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|Comes from the name of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyasaland British colony] that is currently the nation of Malawi. |
|Comes from the name of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyasaland British colony] that is currently the nation of Malawi. It is also named for [https://rezero.fandom.com/wiki/Ferris cat"girl"s.] |
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|Comes from the name of a famous let's play of ''Dwarf Fortress''. |
|Comes from the name of a famous let's play of ''Dwarf Fortress''. |
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|Christopia |
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|Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan |
|Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan |
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|Named after the player [[Varkanos]]. |
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|[[Kallos]] |
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|Deliberately made up. |
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|[[Caledonia]] |
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|Roman name for Ireland. |
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|Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP). |
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|[[Monterrey]] |
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|Presumably named after Monterrey, Mexico, which itself is indirectly named after Monterrei, Spain. |
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|[[Veldt]] |
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|Named after a type of biome common in southern Africa. |
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|[[Batavia]] |
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|Ancient Roman name for a region in the modern-day Low Countries (Batavia's players are Dutch). |
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|[[Nya-Äggland]] |
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|Named for [[Agania]]. |
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|[[Southshire]] |
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|Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of [[The Commonwealth]]. |
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|[[Capeland]] |
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|Named in honor of it's main settlement, Cape Cocoa. |
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|[[Gondolin]] |
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|Named after the historical city of Gondolin in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion The Silmarillion].'' |
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|[[Laconia]] |
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|Named after a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia region of Greece] that the city of Sparta recided in. |
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|[[Mauritanië]] |
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|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania Mauritania]. |
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|German for "clouds". Presumably named after it's location in a highland region. |
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Revision as of 22:19, 28 September 2021
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.
Nations with known etymology
Country Name | Language of Origin | Notes |
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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 |
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English | Named by a random name generator. |
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English | Named after Gigachad. |
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Latin | Translates to "peace" in the accusative (direct object) case. |
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Old Norse | Comes from the Old Norse name for The Shetland Islands |
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Japanese | Comes from the name of the primary setting of Touhou Project. Gensokyo is variously translated as "Lotus Land", "land of dreams" and "Wonderland". |
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French | Comes from a name for a region in Canada that once hosted French settlers, that were later expelled during the Seven Years' War. |
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English | Comes from the name of the country of England. |
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Latin | Comes from the motto of the Roman Republic, "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (The Senate and the People of Rome) |
Sindarin | Comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium. | |
English | Named after Sussex Courthouse, in keeping with former land occupant Appomattox, similarly named after a courthouse. | |
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Spanish | Translates to "Courtesy of the Sea". |
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Tagalog (Filipino) | Translates to "fishing net", in an undisclosed reference. |
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Jevokro'uv | Translates roughly to "highland villages" in Nro'Meaghev conlang. |
English | Named for Beretism, the state religion. | |
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English | Mount Augusta plus one month. |
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English | Name describes its nature ("Augusta" in the name refers to the Augustan region) |
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English | Name describes its location ("Augusta" in the name refers to the Augustan region) |
French | Named after the country. | |
Latin | Named after an ancient Roman province in what is now Portugal and Galicia, Spain | |
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English | Combination of the name of SinjoroJoCrafter and Arlington, Texas. |
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Latin | Named after the Iceni tribe of Roman Britain. |
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English | Comes from the name of a British colony that is currently the nation of Malawi. It is also named for cat"girl"s. |
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Nahuatl | Exact etymology unknown. |
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Greek | Comes from the writings of Plato. |
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Spanish | Means 'land of conscience'. |
Risk Republic | English | Named after the Roblox group 'Risk Universalis'. |
Thalassocracy | Greek | Means 'Maritime Empire'. |
Vitelia | Oscan | The name Vítelia comes from Oscan víteliú which is believed to be where the Latin Italia was derived through Greek transmission. |
Rowa | Russian | Rowa, or Гоша comes from the russian fashion designer Gosha Rubchinskiy. (Гоша Рубчинский) |
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Russian | Comes from the name of Rowa's capital Krowa. |
Nudist Beach | English | Comes from the name of an anti-government resistance group in the anime Kill La Kill. |
Boatmurdered | English | Comes from the name of a famous let's play of Dwarf Fortress. |
Christopia | English | Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan |
None | Named after the player Varkanos. | |
Kallos | None | Deliberately made up. |
Caledonia | Latin | Roman name for Ireland. |
Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate | English | Acronym deliberately the same as the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union (CCCP). |
Monterrey | Spanish | Presumably named after Monterrey, Mexico, which itself is indirectly named after Monterrei, Spain. |
Veldt | Dutch | Named after a type of biome common in southern Africa. |
Batavia | Latin | Ancient Roman name for a region in the modern-day Low Countries (Batavia's players are Dutch). |
Nya-Äggland | Swedish | Named for Agania. |
Southshire | English | Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of The Commonwealth. |
Capeland | English | Named in honor of it's main settlement, Cape Cocoa. |
Gondolin | LotR nerds fill this out | Named after the historical city of Gondolin in The Silmarillion. |
Laconia | Greek | Named after a region of Greece that the city of Sparta recided in. |
Mauritanië | French | Named after Mauritania. |
Wolken | German | German for "clouds". Presumably named after it's location in a highland region. |
Nations without known etymology
Name | Notes |
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Even its founder doesn't remember why it was called that. |