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Deutschland = Germany = Allemagne = Niemcy
Nippon = Japan
and so on.
Most of the variations can be explained by going back far enough to "us guys" and "you guys." How many variations can we collect?
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I don't have any nation names to add but many of the native race names I've heard mean "the people", or to put it in Spartese "us guys".
What are you looking for? What nations are called in different languages?
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Hellas = Greece = Yunani
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I'm always puzzled by why we in the USA call this place "America," when both North and South America are America! What it was according to people from Aztecs and Algonquins to Zapotecs and Zunis, I'll not likely ever know.
Why the switch from Iran to Persia to Iran?
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Sparteye, are you just looking for nation names in different languages, or something more specific, like names which have changed in English? The following url gives European place names, including country names in various languages, and there are no doubt many more such lists. http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/europe.htmlRod
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I first learned a bit about nation names as a tad, around the time of WWII, when I began collecting stamps, and found that Finland was Suomi, Germany Deutschland, Austria Oesterreich, etc. In the 60s when people had the oval stickers on their cars identifying their country, most of them were obvious, like FR and IT, but I was able to amaze people by telling them why CH was Switzerland -- it stands for Confoederatio Helvetica.
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One of the quirkier examples is Holland/the Netherlands. From what I can tell they are synonymous in English. I can't think of another country with two names in English (aside from those that have changed names and are still occasionally referred to by the old one). To add to the fun, the inhabitants of the country are Dutch!
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In Italian, Tedesco=German. But I think Germany is "Germania". emanuela?
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In Italian, Tedesco=German. But I think Germany is "Germania". emanuela?
I had a grandfather who was of Spanish descent who always called Germans, "Aleman"
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