Statistics for Countries by Alternate Etymology

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Name meaning	Country	% Correct
Named for a U.S. state	Georgia	91%
Named for a tasty bird	Turkey	85%
Because so many people there didn't get enough to eat	Hungary	82%
Named for porcelain	China	73%
Because people there were always in a hurry	Russia	72%
So many people deny its existence, they changed the name to mean "is genuine"	Israel	67%
Because their country is shaped like a pepper	Chile	59%
Corruption of "seashell"	Seychelles	59%
Because they have a passion for women's support garments	Brazil	54%
Named after a type of lettuce	Romania	53%
Corruption of "monocle", because so many people there wear them	Monaco	47%
Given their name by Brazil, who was making a homophobic insult	Uruguay	46%
Formed by the merger of two countries named "Oneisia"	Tunisia	43%
Nike paid them to promote a brand of sneaker	Jordan	42%
Because there are a lot of microbes there	Germany	40%
Portmanteau of "more" and "delicious"	Mauritius	40%
Because of the thick hair gel applied by their men	Greece	38%
Originally one region of a country named "Lice"	Laos	30%
Named for their choirs of impoverished beggars	Singapore	25%
Because their leader, Ebenezer Scrooge, didn't like the ruling party of Gaza	Bahamas	12%