English Names Of Countries by Origin - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	Language	% Correct
Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Spanish	100%
Guiana	Guyana	Amerindian language	100%
Kongó-Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	Lingala	100%
Γραικός	Greece	Ancient Greek	83%
Granada	Grenada	Spanish	83%
ශ්‍රී ලංකා	Sri Lanka	Sinhala	83%
މާލެ + 𑀤𑀻𑀯	Maldives	Dhivehi/Prakrit	67%
Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	English	67%
Balis/Baliz	Belize	Most likely a Spanish corruption of an unknown Mayan word	50%
Āfrica + Australis	South Africa	Latin	50%
San Cristóbal + Nuestra Señora de las Nieves	St. Kitts and Nevis	Spanish	50%
افغانستان	Afghanistan	Dari	33%
Santa María de la Antigua + Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Spanish	33%
Argentina	Argentina	Italian	33%
Terra Australis	Australia	Latin	33%
Ostarrîchi/Marchia orientalis	Austria	Old High German/ Medieval Latin	33%
Bahama	Bahamas	Taíno	33%
Barbados	Barbados	Portuguese/Spanish	33%
Белору́ссия	Belarus	Russian	33%
Belgium	Belgium	Latin	33%
Ile-Ibinu	Benin	Yoruba	33%
Puliwya	Bolivia	Quechua	33%
Botswana	Botswana	Setswana	33%
Brasil	Brazil	Portuguese	33%
y’Uburundi	Burundi	Kirundi	33%
កម្ពុជា	Cambodia	Khmer	33%
Kanata	Canada	St. Lawrence Iroquoian	33%
Cabo Verde	Cape Verde	Portuguese	33%
République Centrafricaine	Central African Republic	French	33%
Chili	Chile	Quechua	33%
Colombia	Colombia	Spanish	33%
Česko	Czechia		33%
Kongó-Kinsásá	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Lingala	33%
Danmark	Denmark	Danish	33%
Andorra/Andurrial	Andorra	Spanish and Likely Basque	33%
Yibuuti	Djibouti	Afar	33%
Dominica	Dominica	Latin	33%
República Dominicana	Dominican Republic	Spanish	33%
Ikwayur	Ecuador	Quechua	33%
El Salvador	El Salvador	Spanish	33%
Eritrea	Eritrea	Italian	33%
eSwatini	Eswatini	Swazi	33%
Micronesia	Federated States of Micronesia	English	33%
Finnland	Finland	Finnish	33%
Francia	France	Latin	33%
Gabon	Gabon	Portuguese	33%
Jorgia	Georgia	Latin	33%
Germania	Germany	Latin	33%
Ghana	Ghana	Soninke	33%
Cuauhtēmallān	Guatemala	Nahuatl	33%
Guiné	Guinea	Portuguese	33%
Guiné + Bossassun	Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese/Papel	33%
Ísland	Iceland	Old Norse	33%
𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭	Iran	Middle Persian	33%
ישראל	Israel	Hebrew	33%
Côte d'Ivoire	Ivory Coast	French	33%
Gilberts	Kiribati	English	33%
Lesotho	Lesotho	Sotho	33%
Liberia	Liberia	English	33%
Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	German	33%
Malaŵi	Malawi	Chewa	33%
Mandé	Mali	Manding	33%
Maurītānia	Mauritania	Latin	33%
Moldova	Moldova	Romanian	33%
Monoikos	Monaco	Ligurian	33%
Marocum	Morocco	Medieval Latin	33%
Moçambique	Mozambique	Portuguese	33%
မြန်မာ	Myanmar	Burmese	33%
Namib	Namibia	Khoekhoe	33%
𑀡𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀮 or नेपाल	Nepal	Prakrit or Sanskrit	33%
Nicarao + Agua	Nicaragua	Nahuat/Spanish	33%
egereou n-igereouen	Niger	Tuareg	33%
Nigeria	Nigeria	English	33%
Βορέας Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ	North Macedonia	Ancient Greek	33%
Norþweg	Norway	Anglo-Saxon	33%
پاک + ـستان	Pakistan	Pashto/Farsi (also an English acronym)	33%
Belau	Palau		33%
Panamá	Panama	Spanish (originally from an unknown indigenous language)	33%
Paraguái	Paraguay	Guaraní	33%
Birú or Pelu	Peru	Kuna or Quechua	33%
Philippines	Philippines	Spanish	33%
Polska	Poland		33%
Român	Romania		33%
u Rwanda	Rwanda	Rwanda-Rundi	33%
Sāmoa	Samoa	Samoan	33%
San Marino	San Marino	Italian	33%
São Tomé + Ilha do Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Portuguese	33%
Senegal	Senegal	Portuguese	33%
Ср̀бија	Serbia	Serbo-Croatian	33%
Seychelles	Seychelles	French	33%
Serra Leoa	Sierra Leone	Portuguese	33%
Slovensko	Slovakia	Slovak	33%
Islas Salomón	Solomon Islands	Spanish	33%
南高麗	South Korea	Hokkien	33%
Sancta Lucia	St. Lucia	Spanish	33%
San Vicente + las Granadinas	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Spanish	33%
Surinen + aima	Suriname	Lokono	33%
Swēorice	Sweden	Anglo-Saxon	33%
زَنْج + Tanga	Tanzania	Swahili/Arabic	33%
Togo	Togo	Ewe	33%
Fakatonga	Tonga	Tongan	33%
Trans + nistru + ia	Transnistria	Romanian	33%
Türkmen + ـستان	Turkmenistan	Turkmen/Classical Persian	33%
Tuuvalu	Tuvalu	Tuvaluan	33%
Buganda	Uganda	Luganda	33%
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	English	33%
United States of America	United States	English	33%
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Bislama	33%
Civitatis Vaticanae	Vatican City	Latin	33%
南越	Vietnam	Old Chinese	33%
𐩺𐩣𐩬𐩩	Yemen	Old South Arabian	33%
Zambia	Zambia	Likely Bisa	33%
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Shona	33%
აფხაზა + ეთი	Abkhazia	Mingrelian	17%
Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ	Albania	Byzantine Greek	17%
Angola	Angola	Portuguese	17%
𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴	Armenia	Old Persian	17%
বাংলাদেশের	Bangladesh		17%
بروني	Brunei	Malay (Jawi)	17%
Παλαιά Μεγάλη Βουλγαρία	Bulgaria	Byzantine Greek	17%
Burkina + ߝߊ߬ߛߏ߫	Burkina Faso	Mooré/Dioula	17%
Camarões	Cameroon	Portuguese	17%
Sádǝ/تشاد	Chad	Kanuri/Arabic	17%
चीन	China	Sanskrit	17%
Cobao	Cuba	Taíno	17%
Guinea Ecuatorial	Equatorial Guinea	Spanish	17%
Αἰθιοπία	Ethiopia	Greek	17%
Viti	Fiji		17%
Kambra	Gambia	Mandinka	17%
Honduras	Honduras	Spanish	17%
Οὔγγροι	Hungary	Byzantine Greek	17%
Indonesia	Indonesia	English	17%
عراقِ	Iraq	Farsi	17%
Éire	Ireland	Irish	17%
𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞	Italy	Oscan	17%
Xaymaca	Jamaica	Taíno	17%
עבר הירדן	Jordan	Hebrew	17%
قَزّاقِسْتان	Kazakhstan	Farsi	17%
Kĩrĩnyaga	Kenya	Gikuyu	17%
ٱلْكُوَيْت	Kuwait	Arabic	17%
ເມືອງລາວ	Laos		17%
Latvija	Latvia	Latvian	17%
לבנון	Lebanon	Classical Hebrew	17%
	Libya	Egyptian	17%
Litua	Lithuania	Latin	17%
Lucilinburhuc	Luxembourg	Old High German	17%
Madagasikara	Madagascar	Malagasy	17%
मलयद्वीप	Malaysia	Sanskrit	17%
Mauritius	Mauritius	Dutch	17%
Mēxihco	Mexico	Nahuatl	17%
ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ	Mongolia		17%
Naoero	Nauru		17%
Nova Zeelandia	New Zealand	Latin	17%
北高麗	North Korea	Hokkien	17%
Peleset /	Palestine	Philistine / Egyptian	17%
Pepuah or Papo Ua + Nueva Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Malay or Ternate/Spanish	17%
Роусь	Russia	Old East Slavic	17%
المملكة العربية السعودية	Saudi Arabia	Arabic	17%
सिंहपुर	Singapore	Sanskrit	17%
Slovenija	Slovenia	Slovene	17%
صومالِيَ‎	Somalia		17%
جنوب السودان	South Sudan	Arabic	17%
السودان	Sudan	Arabic	17%
Suittes	Switzerland	Medieval Latin	17%
𔒂𔒠‎ (Sura/i)	Syria	Luwian	17%
臺窩灣	Taiwan	Mandarin and Southern Min	17%
ประเทศไทย	Thailand		17%
Timór Lorosa'e	Timor-Leste	Tetum	17%
La Isla de la Trinidad + tabaco	Trinidad and Tobago	Spanish	17%
تُونُس	Tunisia	Arabic	17%
Ꙋкраина	Ukraine	Old East Slavic	17%
Uruguái	Uruguay	Guaraní	17%
Veneziola	Venezuela	Italian	17%
الجزائر	Algeria	Arabic	0%
Ātṛpātakāna	Azerbaijan	Avestan	0%
الْبَحْرَيْن	Bahrain	Arabic	0%
भुटान	Bhutan	Sanskrit	0%
Βοσώνα + Hersek	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Byzantine Greek/Turkish	0%
جَزِيرَة القَمَر	Comoros	Arabic	0%
Χοροάθος	Croatia	Scythian Language	0%
𐀓𐀠𐀪𐀍 (Κύπρος)	Cyprus	Mycenaean Greek	0%
/ الصحراء الغربية الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية	Western Sahara / Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Arabic	0%
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt	Ancient Greek	0%
Eistland	Estonia	Old Norse	0%
Ayiti	Haiti	Taíno	0%
𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁	India	Old Persian	0%
日本	Japan	Min/Wu	0%
قوصوه	Kosovo	Ottoman Turkish	0%
Кыргызстан	Kyrgyzstan		0%
Μελῐ́τη	Malta	Ancient Greek	0%
Crna Gora	Montenegro	Serbian	0%
Germania Inferior	Netherlands	Latin	0%
عُمَان	Oman	Arabic	0%
Portus Cale	Portugal	Latin/Likely a Celtic Language	0%
Catharrei	Qatar	Latin	0%
Dáćšinas Iazi / Yazig	South Ossetia	Scytho-Sarmatian	0%
𐤔𐤐𐤍 𐤀𐤉	Spain	Phoenician	0%
تاجیکستان	Tajikistan	Classical Persian	0%
𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜	Turkey	Old Turkic	0%
الْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَّة الْمُتَّحِدَة	United Arab Emirates	Arabic	0%
اوزبک	Uzbekistan	Chagatai	0%

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