Countries Named for People

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Countries Named for People #43273 09/28/2001 12:10 AM
Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand
stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia	WITHOUT diving for the atlas OR the internet, how many present day countries can you think of that were named after people? I came up with 4 fairly quickly and one question mark (see below), but there must be more? Also thought of one from the recent past - don't think we need to go back into antiquity (Ceasaria?). USA - Amerigo Vespucci Bolivia - Simon Bolivar Columbia - Christopher Columbus The Philippines - King Philip of Spain Question mark - Jordan? Recent Past - Rhodesia - Cecil John Rhodes stales

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Countries Named for People	stales	09/28/2001 12:10 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	doc_comfort	09/28/2001 12:43 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	stales	09/28/2001 4:46 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	belligerentyouth	09/28/2001 7:03 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	Faldage	09/28/2001 5:12 PM
Re: Countries Named for People	Jackie	09/28/2001 12:52 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	Keiva	09/28/2001 12:56 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	Jackie	09/28/2001 1:02 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	Keiva	09/28/2001 1:08 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	Jazzoctopus	09/28/2001 1:52 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	inselpeter	09/28/2001 3:01 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	Keiva	09/28/2001 12:58 AM
Salvadores	Bobyoungbalt	09/28/2001 5:25 PM
Re: Countries Named for People	jmh	09/28/2001 7:59 AM
Rhodes scholars	Jackie	09/28/2001 10:43 AM
Re: Rhodes scholars	jmh	09/28/2001 11:12 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	consuelo	09/28/2001 9:59 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	Keiva	09/28/2001 11:25 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	TEd Remington	09/28/2001 4:15 PM
Jordan	Bobyoungbalt	09/28/2001 5:20 PM
Re: Jordan	Keiva	09/28/2001 8:34 PM
Re: Kenya	wow	09/29/2001 9:09 PM
Re: Kenya	stales	10/02/2001 1:38 AM
Re: Kenya	wow	10/02/2001 3:03 PM
Re: Kenya	NicholasW	10/17/2001 8:13 AM
Bermuda	Sparteye	10/21/2001 5:00 AM
Re: Bermuda	Jackie	10/21/2001 11:16 AM
Re: Countries Named for People	paulb	10/04/2001 12:03 PM
Re: Countries Named for People	stales	10/21/2001 11:52 AM

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