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Revision as of 19:33, 11 January 2022
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
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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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English | Comes from the English region of Aston |
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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. | |
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Tahar | Means 'heaven' in the Adina conlang. |
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. |
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. | |
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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 due to it's heavy basis on Portuguese customs. | |
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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. |
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Latin | Roman name for Scotland. |
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). |
Äggland | Swedish | Named after Agania. Also from the Swedish words for Egg (Ägg) and Country (Land). |
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English | Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of The Commonwealth. |
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English | Named in honor of its main settlement, Cape Cocoa. |
Sindarin | Named after the city of Gondolin in The Silmarillion. | |
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Greek | Named after a region of Greece that the city of Sparta resided in. |
Mauritanië | French | Named after Mauritania. |
Wolken | German | German for "clouds". Presumably named after its location in a highland region. |
Kingdom of Fish | English | You should be able to solve this. |
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English | Named after an oddly-shaped landform back on Civcraft. |
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German | Originally named 'Kaltberg' (meaning Cold Mountain) referencing the terrain Kaltsburg was first settled in. Slowly morphed into Kaltsburg because it sounds better. |
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French | French for "light". |
Shrimptopia | English | Named after its founder, WimpyShrimp. |
Pogland | None | Named after the PogChamp emote on Twitch.tv. |
Buckeye | English | Possibly named after the nickname of the state of Ohio. |
Gempire | English | Presumably a combination of the words Gem and Empire. May also be a Steven Universe reference, but this is unknown. |
Frostwall | English | Presumably a combination of the words Frost and Wall. |
Partyland | English | Definitely a combination of the words Party and Land. |
Ossenkirch | German/Russian | The name Ossenkirch comes from a combination of the Russian word for "Fall" (Осень) and the German word for "Church" (kirche). |
Riverland | English | Presumably a combination of the words River and Land. |
Mir | Russian | Presumably named after the Russian space station Mir meaning "Peace" or "World" |
Piltover | English? | Named after a town in League of Legends. |
Eddie Murphy | English | Named after the actor Eddie Murphy, known for such movies as Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop. |
Amyr | None | Comes from the ancient Military order in The Name of The Wind. Conveniently an anagram of Army |
Ionia | Greek | Named after the Ionian tribes of ancient Greece. |
Nations without known etymology
Name | Notes |
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