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.

Nations with known etymology


Country Name	Language of Origin	Notes
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
Hjaltland	Old Norse	Comes from the Old Norse name for The Shetland Islands
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".
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.
City of England	English	Comes from the name of the country of England.
SPQR	Latin	Comes from the motto of the Roman Republic, "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (The Senate and the People of Rome)
Mythril	Sindarin	Comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
Sussex	English	Comes from a region in England.
Gabon	French	Named after the country.
Lusitania	Latin	Named after an ancient Roman province in what is now Portugal and Galicia, Spain
Jolington	English	Combination of the name of SinjoroJoCrafter and Arlington, Texas.
Nyasaland	English	Comes from the name of a British colony that is currently the nation of Malawi.
Yoahtl	Nahuatl	Exact etymology unknown.
Atlantis	Greek	Comes from the writings of Plato.
Tierra de Conciencia	Spanish	Means 'land of conscience'.


Name	Notes
Varkonia	No records of anything called "Varkonia" from before Civ exists.
Imperial Truidence	See above.
Astonia	Even its founder doesn't remember why it was called that.