List of nations by name etymology

This is a list of nations by the origin of their names. This list is in progress, and needs to be improved with more information about different Civ Servers.

CivMC Nations

Country Name	Language of Origin	Notes
Mount Augusta
Bergburg	German	Approximate meaning of "Mountain Fortress".
Camiseo
Crystalis
Dalgon
Danzilona	Slavic/German	Named by one of its founders after the heavy metal band Danzig
Deriykosa
Doom City	English	Named after Mount Doom.
Falkorst	Scottish?
Grand Imperium	English
Griffin	Greek	Named after the mythological bird.
Hyperborean Confederation	Greek	Named after the mythical continent of the Great North
Icenia
Ila'Kyavul	Conlang
IMC
Knights of Lawton	English
Krohil	Conlang	Literally means 'River Clan' from the river that was the epicenter of said nation during ancient times
境界の西部共和国	Japanese	Means "Boundary Western Republic".
Leibniz Confederation	German
Mercury	Greek	Based off the Greek god Mercury, for trade and commerce.
Mery
Mikasi
Monaco	French	Named after the country.
Myra	Turkish/Greek	Named after Myra, a settlement in Turkey prior to 2005.
Nassau	German	Named after the capitol city of The Bahamas.
Nara	Japan	Named for the Japanese city.
Pavia	Italian	Named for the Italian town.
Petrichor	English
Potistani Host
Rhode Island	English	Named after the U.S. state.
Rozia
Tenants' Toil	English
Titan	Greek	Named after the Titans.
The State	English	Named after the concept of geopoltical entities.
Holy Truidencian Empire	None	Cross between Imperial Truidence and the Holy Roman Empire.
Winterbourne	English

CivRev Nations

Country Name	Language of Origin	Notes
Astonia (CivRev)	English	Comes from the English region of Aston.
Columbia (CivRev)	Latin	Name taken from Columbia.
Fortuna	Italian	Means 'fortune'. Named after the Roman goddess of luck.
Garfield Island (CivRev 2.0)	English	Garfield, the eponymous character of the famous comic strip by Jim Davis.
Holy Shaded Empire	English	Combination of the names of Holy Jaded Empire and the player bonkill.
Hyperborean Confederation (CivRev)	Greek	Named after the Continent of Hyperborea, the Great North
Icarus	Greek	Named after a legendary Greek hero.
Kenosha	Potawatomi	Named after Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Lambat (CivRev)	Tagalog (Filipino)	CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lambat.
Lusitania (CivRev)	Latin	CivClassic 2.0 nation of Lusitania.
Numenor	High Elvish	Named after a continent in J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
Narra	Tagalog (Filipino)	Pterocarpus indicus, national tree of the Philippines.
Partyland 2	English	Named after Partyland and based on the American tradition of direct-to-video sequels.
Rizalia (CivRev 2.0)	Filipino	Named after Jose Rizal, Filipino author, ophthalmologist, and polymath executed by Spain, sparking the Philippine revolution. The surname of Rizal is of Spanish origin.
Free Territory of Sovia	English	Named after Sovia, with the Free Territory naming implying the anarchist nature of the country
Saint Lola	English	Named after the character Lola Bunny.
São Tomé	Portuguese	Named after an island that makes up part of the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe

CivRealms Nations

Country Name	Language of Origin	Notes
Norlund	Debated	"Nor-" could derive from proto-germanic "north": "nurþrą" and "-lund" either from proto-germanic "land": "landą" or old-norse "grove": "lundr"
Varathia		Based on "Varathia" from the Text RPG Magium
Otonabee	Ojibwe	Named after the Otonabee River in Ontario, Canada. Named Odoonabii-ziibi in Ojibwe, for from the words ode which means "heart" and odemgat that comes from "boiling water". It translates into "the river that beats like a heart"

CivClassic 2.0 Nations

Country Name	Language of Origin	Notes
Acadia	French	Comes from a name for a region in Canada that once hosted French settlers, that were later expelled during the Seven Years' War.
Adina	Tahar	Means 'heaven' in the Adina conlang.
Äggland	Swedish	Named after Agania. Also from the Swedish words for Egg (Ägg) and Country (Land).
Amyr	None	Comes from the ancient Military order in The Name of The Wind. Conveniently an anagram of Army
Atlantis	Greek	Comes from the writings of Plato.
Astonia	English	Comes from the English region of Aston
Batavia	Latin	Ancient Roman name for a region in the modern-day Low Countries (Batavia's players are Dutch).
Beretia	French	Named for Beretism, the state religion, which was named after a youtuber named RedBeret, which is a combination of the English word Red, and the French word Beret.
Boatmurdered	English	Comes from the name of a famous let's play of Dwarf Fortress.
Buckeye	English	Possibly named after the nickname of the state of Ohio.
Caledonia	Latin	Roman name for Scotland.
Capeland	English	Named in honor of its main settlement, Cape Cocoa.
Christopia	English	Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan
Columbia	Latin	There is one country, one Canadian province, and one U.S federal district named Columbia. The name comes from a Latin feminized form of the name Christopher Columbus
Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate	English	Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP).
Confederation of Socialist Augusta	English	Ironically referring to the Confederate States of America, as well as describing its nature ("Augusta" in the name refers to the Augustan region). Further a
Cortesia Del Mar	Spanish	Translates to "Courtesy of the Sea".
Imperial Federation of Eddie Murphy	English	Named after the actor Eddie Murphy, known for such movies as Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop.
City of England	English	Named after the viral 2017 meme England Is My City.
Kingdom of Fish	English	You should be able to solve this.
Frostwall	English	Presumably a combination of the words Frost and Wall.
Gabon	French	Named after the country.
Gensokyo	Japanese	Comes from the name of the primary setting of Touhou Project. Gensokyo is variously translated as "Lotus Land", "land of dreams" and "Wonderland".
Gigachadtopia	English	Named after Gigachad.
Gondolin	Sindarin	Named after the city of Gondolin in The Silmarillion.
Gempire	English	Presumably a combination of the words Gem and Empire. May also be a Steven Universe reference, but this is unknown.
Hjaltland	Old Norse	Comes from the Old Norse name for The Shetland Islands
Imperial Truidence	None	Named by a random name generator.
Icenia	Latin	Named after the Iceni tribe of Roman Britain.
Jolington	English	Combination of the name of SinjoroJoCrafter and Arlington, Texas.
Kallos	None	Deliberately made up.
Kaltsburg	German	Originally named 'Kaltberg' (meaning Cold Mountain) referencing the terrain Kaltsburg was first settled in. Slowly morphed into Kaltsburg because it sounds better.
Krowatia	Russian	Comes from the name of Rowa's capital Krowa.
Laconia	Greek	Named after a region of Greece that the city of Sparta resided in.
Lambat	Tagalog (Filipino)	Translates to "fishing net", in an undisclosed reference.
Lusitania	Latin	Named after an ancient Roman province in what is now Portugal due to it's heavy basis on Portuguese customs.
Lumière	French	French for "light".
Mauritanië	French	Named after Mauritania.
Mir	Russian	Presumably named after the Russian space station Mir meaning "Peace" or "World"
Monterrey	Spanish	Presumably named after Monterrey, Mexico, which itself is indirectly named after Monterrei, Spain.
Mount September	English	Mount Augusta plus one month.
Mount Augusta	English
Mythril	Sindarin	Comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
Nipplerock	English	Named after an oddly-shaped landform back on Civcraft.
Nro'Meagh	Jevokro'uv	Translates roughly to "highland villages" in Nro'Meaghev conlang.
Nudist Beach	English	Comes from the name of an anti-government resistance group in the anime Kill La Kill.
Nyasaland	English	Comes from the name of a British colony that is currently the nation of Malawi. It is also named for cat"girl"s.
Ossenkirch	German/Russian	The name Ossenkirch comes from a combination of the Russian word for "Fall" (Осень) and the German word for "Church" (kirche).
Okashima	Japanese	Named by Neosaur after the words "Tree" and "Island" in japanese
Pacem	Latin	Translates to "peace" in the accusative (direct object) case.
Partyland	English	Definitely a combination of the words Party and Land.
Piltover	English?	Named after a town in League of Legends.
Pogland	None	Named after the PogChamp emote on Twitch.tv.
Potatoeland	English?	Named after player CommradePotatoe.
Risk Republic	English	Named after the Roblox group 'Risk Universalis'.
Rowa	Russian	Rowa, or Гоша comes from the russian fashion designer Gosha Rubchinskiy. (Гоша Рубчинский)
South Augusta	English	Name describes its location ("Augusta" in the name refers to the Augustan region)
Southshire	English	Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of The Commonwealth.
Sovia	English	From the word Soviet which means Council in Russian, a reference to the socialist nation of the nation
SPQR	Latin	Comes from the motto of the Roman Republic, "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (The Senate and the People of Rome)
Sussex	English	Named after Sussex Courthouse, in keeping with former land occupant Appomattox, similarly named after a courthouse.
Shrimptopia	English	Named after its founder, WimpyShrimp.
Thalassocracy	Greek	Means 'Maritime Empire'.
Tierra de Conciencia	Spanish	Means 'land of conscience'.
Riverland	English	Presumably a combination of the words River and Land.
Varkonia	None	Named after the player Varkanos.
Veldt	Dutch	Named after the book of the same name by Ray Bradbury, which the founder was inspired to read after listening to the song The Veldt.
Verda	English	From the word "Verdant".
Vitelia	Oscan	The name Vítelia comes from Oscan víteliú which is believed to be where the Latin Italia was derived through Greek transmission.
Wolken	German	German for "clouds". Presumably named after its location in a highland region.
Yoahtl	Nahuatl	Roughly translates to "noble struggle" or "great war" in Nahuatl.

Civcraft Nations

Country Name	Language of Origin	Notes
Abyssi
Abyssima		Named by combining the names of Abyssi and Kolima
Acacia
Aeon
Akihabara
Ancona
Aradesh
Arrakeen
Atlas
Atolia
Aurora
Aytos
Balkania
Beneshire
Blackcrown	English
Bohemia
Brimstone
Bryn
Cairdeas
Caledonia
Carbon
Carson
Catalonia
Centauri
Chanada
Chanos
Churchill	English
Cian
Claytican
Cuba
Commonwealth	English
Defem
Donetsk
Eclipse	English
Epicus
Eros Varos
Eterna
Federal Assembly	English
Fellowship	English
Fourty-Two	English
Federal Socialist Republics
Freedom	English
Gardizona
Garundistan
Gensokyo
Goodsprings	English
Grundeswald
Haven	English
Hjaltland
Hobbiton
Holy Krautchan Empire
Holy Tree	English
Icenia
Imperium
Iria
Isle of Arran
Istanbul
Jericho
Kaiserinreich
Kappi
Kolima
Lio
Little Latvia
Loveshack	English
LSIF	English
Lux Federation
Megaton
Metropolis
Minas Minas
Mir	Russian
Monaco
Mount Augusta
New Augusta
New Brynley	English
New Covenant	English
New Leningrad
New Danzilona	Slavic/German	Named by one of its founders after the heavy metal band Danzig
New Sayvard
Newtro
Nexus
Nine	English
Nox
Olympia	Greek
Orion
Pella	Greek
Pemberly
Petrania
Polska	Polish
Polynesia
Proletarskaya	Russian
Prussia	German
Quito
Ravenport	English
Remnant	English
Riverford	English
Rosewall	English
RSSR
Russian Federation	Russian/English
Sandy Shores	English
Saraliana
Savion
Shadap Gahar
Senntisten	Hungarian
Silesia	Slavic/German
Sky City	English
Skywatch	English
Spainland
Stoneburrow	English
Suilven
Terminus
Thornia
Thule
Trenzalore
Tropica	English
U3P
UIA
Ulaanbaatar
Vale	English	A product of Nexus renaming after bad PR under the former name
Valeaum
Valex
Vectoria
Venice	Italian/English
Versailles	French
Viridian
Volterra
Xia
Xiphias
Yoahtl	Nahuatl
Waldenherz	German
Western Empire
Zixusa