Country Name Etymologies of Africa - Statistics

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Language Definition Answer % Correct
French The coast of a previous main export Cote d'Ivoire
97%
English Self descriptive, based on its position relative to the equator Equatorial Guinea
90%
Sotho Land of Basotho speakers Lesotho
77%
Spanish Lion mountain Sierra Leone
77%
Tswana Country of the Tswana, which comes from the word alike, or equal Botswana
73%
English Self descriptive, based on its place relative to Sudan South Sudan
73%
Portuguese Green cape Cape Verde
70%
French Self descriptive, based on its position in the continent and its government style Central African Republic
70%
Portuguese Saint Thomas and the prince Sao Tome and Principe
70%
English Self descriptive, based on its place in the African continent South Africa
70%
English Land of the Zambezi Zambia
70%
Swazi Land of the Swazi Eswatini
67%
Latin Free Liberia
67%
Latin Land of the Moors Mauritania
63%
English Land of Tanganyika and Zanzibar Tanzania
63%
Portuguese (?) Corruption of the word Ghana (?) Guinea
60%
Arabic Land of the black people Sudan
60%
Italian Land of the Red Sea Eritrea
57%
Portuguese and Unknown (?) Corruption of the word Ghana and the name of the clan Bossassun (?) Guinea Bissau
57%
Kikuyu Land of the White Mountain Kenya
57%
Latin Home of ka and Ptah Egypt
53%
Berber Land of God Morocco
53%
Buganda United as a bundle Uganda
53%
Yoruba Home of vexation Benin
50%
Kanuri Lake Chad
47%
Ikirundi Land of the Ikirundi speakers Burundi
43%
Portuguese The land of the Ndongo Angola
40%
Arabic The name Mussa Ben Mbiki Mozambique
40%
English Land of its capital, derived from a Phoenecian god or the Berber word meaning to lie down Tunisia
40%
Dutch Named after the Prince of Nassau Mauritius
37%
Kinyarwanda Large Rwanda
37%
Portuguese Variant of the Berber Zenaga Senegal
37%
French Shrimp Cameroon
33%
Unknown Corruption of Mogadishu Madagascar
30%
Malinke or Bamana Hippopotamus Mali
30%
Nama Land of the land where there is nothing Namibia
30%
Ewe By the water of behind the sea Togo
30%
Unknown Land of the [Covered], possibly meaning cattle herders or a legendary patriarch named Samaale Somalia
27%
Latinization of French The land of this country's capital Algeria
23%
More and Dioula Land of honest men Burkina Faso
23%
Portuguese (?) The name of a kingdom of Bantu peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo| Republic of the Congo
23%
Tuareg Flowing water Niger|Nigeria
23%
Arabic Moons Comoros
20%
Latin Land of the Blacks Ethiopia
20%
Portuguese Cloak Gabon
20%
Shona House of Stones Zimbabwe
20%
Unknown Land of Tehuti Djibouti
17%
Unknown The name of a native tribe that lived in the area Libya
17%
Unknown Flaming water, or tongues of fire Malawi
17%
French Named after King Louis the XV's finance minister Seychelles
17%
Unknown Strong warrior king Ghana
13%
Madinkan An ancient kingdom The Gambia
13%
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