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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Countries Named for People #43290 09/28/01 05:12 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 the USA takes its name from Sr. Vespucci *If we accept that notion (which, apparently, some don't) we also have the possibility that the name Amerigo derives from a Germanic phrase meaning Kingdom of Heaven. And then, Rome started out as the name of a city but became the name of an entire empire. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Countries Named for People stales 09/28/01 12:10 AM Re: Countries Named for People doc_comfort 09/28/01 12:43 AM Re: Countries Named for People stales 09/28/01 04:46 AM Re: Countries Named for People belligerentyouth 09/28/01 07:03 AM Re: Countries Named for People Faldage 09/28/01 05:12 PM Re: Countries Named for People Jackie 09/28/01 12:52 AM Re: Countries Named for People Keiva 09/28/01 12:56 AM Re: Countries Named for People Jackie 09/28/01 01:02 AM Re: Countries Named for People Keiva 09/28/01 01:08 AM Re: Countries Named for People Jazzoctopus 09/28/01 01:52 AM Re: Countries Named for People inselpeter 09/28/01 03:01 AM Re: Countries Named for People Keiva 09/28/01 12:58 AM Salvadores Bobyoungbalt 09/28/01 05:25 PM Re: Countries Named for People jmh 09/28/01 07:59 AM Rhodes scholars Jackie 09/28/01 10:43 AM Re: Rhodes scholars jmh 09/28/01 11:12 AM Re: Countries Named for People consuelo 09/28/01 09:59 AM Re: Countries Named for People Keiva 09/28/01 11:25 AM Re: Countries Named for People TEd Remington 09/28/01 04:15 PM Jordan Bobyoungbalt 09/28/01 05:20 PM Re: Jordan Keiva 09/28/01 08:34 PM Re: Kenya wow 09/29/01 09:09 PM Re: Kenya stales 10/02/01 01:38 AM Re: Kenya wow 10/02/01 03:03 PM Re: Kenya NicholasW 10/17/01 08:13 AM Bermuda Sparteye 10/21/01 05:00 AM Re: Bermuda Jackie 10/21/01 11:16 AM Re: Countries Named for People paulb 10/04/01 12:03 PM Re: Countries Named for People stales 10/21/01 11:52 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,389 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 835 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,572 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,920 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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