North American Countries by Etymology

When given the country's name origin, guess the country.

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Name Meaning	Country
"The Bearded Ones"	Barbados
"Depths" referring to deep waters off the coast	Honduras
Huron-Iroquois word for "village" or "settlement"	Canada
Likely comes from the Taino language and could mean "where fertile land is abundant" or "great place"	Cuba
"Land of wood and water" in English, "Xaymaca" in its native tongue Arawak	Jamaica
The first name derives from the Holy Trinity, and the second name possibly comes from the indigenous word "tabaco"	Trinidad and Tobago
"Place of many trees"	Guatemala
"The Savior"	El Salvador
Named after St. ____ of Zaragoza, and "pomegranates"	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
A combination of the native tribe that inhabited this country's big lake, and the Spanish word for "water"	Nicaragua
"Ancient" and "Bearded"	Antigua and Barbuda
Named after Amerigo Vespucci	United States of America

Name Meaning	Country
"Rich coast"	Costa Rica
Derived from how Aztecs called themselves	Mexico
Named for a city in Andalusia	Grenada
Possible origins include "muddy-watered" or the Spanish pronunciation of "Wallace"	Belize
Named after Saint Dominic	Dominican Republic
"Land of mountains"	Haiti
"Christopher's Island" and "Our Lady of the Snows"	St. Kitts and Nevis
From Guarani meaning: "Place of many fish," possibly	Panama
"The Lord's Day"	Dominica
The only country in the world named after a human female	St. Lucia
"Large upper middle island" or "shallow sea"	Bahamas

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Level 91

Jan 27, 2023

Great idea, but maybe decrease the time. If you know all the North American countries, there's enough time to succeed by guessing.

Level 75

Jan 27, 2023

Okay, I decreased the time.

Level 71

Jan 27, 2023

Mexico is called after the Mexica people. The way Aztecs used to refer to themselves

Level 75

Jan 27, 2023

Fixed!

Level 49

Jun 1, 2023

Panama, according to a widely accepted legend, does mean "place of many fish." But it is not Guarani, which is spoken in Paraguay. The language was lost after the Spanish conquest, so no one is completely sure exactly what the original meaning of the word Panama was