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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.
==[[CivRev]] Nations
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!Country Name
!Language of Origin
!Notes▼
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|{{flagicon|Astonia}} [[Astonia (CivRev)]]
|English
|Comes from the English region of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston Aston]
|-▼
|{{flag|Saint Lola}}
|English
|Named after the character Lola Bunny.
|[[São Tomé]]
|Portugese
|Named after an island that makes up part of the nation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe São Tomé and Príncipe]
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|{{flag|Icarus}}
|Greek▼
|Named after
|-
|[[Partyland 2: Oh God It's Back]]
|English
|Named after [[Partyland]] and based on the American tradition of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video direct-to-video sequels].
|-
|Potawatomi<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Kenosha</ref>
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha,_Wisconsin Kenosha, Wisconsin].
|-
|{{flag|Fortuna}}
|Italian
|Means 'fortune'. Named after the Roman goddess of luck.
|-
|[[Numenor]]
|High Elvish
| Named after a continent in J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium.
|-
|{{flag|Holy Shaded Empire}}
|English
|Combination of the names of [[Holy Jaded Empire]] and the player [[shadedoom]].
|}
==[[CivClassic|CivClassic 2.0]] Nations==
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|There is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia one country], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia one Canadian province], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C. one U.S federal district] named Columbia. The name comes from a Latin feminized form of the name [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus]
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|{{flag|Imperial Truidence}}
|English
|Named by a random name generator.
|-
|{{flag|Gigachadtopia}}
|English
|Named after [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gigachad Gigachad].
|-
|{{flag|Pacem}}
|Latin
|Translates to "peace" in the accusative (direct object) case.
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|{{flag|Gensokyo}}
|Japanese
|Comes from the name of [https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Gensokyo the primary setting] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project ''Touhou Project'']. Gensokyo is variously translated as "[https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Lotus_Land_Story Lotus Land]", "land of dreams" and "Wonderland".
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|{{flag|Astonia}}
|English
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|{{flag|SPQR}}
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|{{flag|Adina}}
|Tahar
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|-
|{{flag|Sussex}}
|English
|Named after Sussex Courthouse, in keeping with former land occupant [[Appomattox]], similarly named after a courthouse.
|-
|{{flag|Cortesia Del Mar}}
|Spanish
|Translates to "Courtesy of the Sea".
|-
| {{flag|Lambat (CivClassic 2.0)}}
|Tagalog (Filipino)
|Translates to "fishing net", in an [https://discord.com/channels/810436686021394492/846374210979758100/890490336047161394 undisclosed reference].
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|{{flag|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.
|-
|{{flag|Mount September}}
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|{{flag|Confederation of Socialist Augusta}}
|English
|Name describes its nature ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]])
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|{{flag|Gabon}}
|French
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon the country].
|-
|{{flag|Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)}}
|Latin
|Named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitania an ancient Roman province in what is now Portugal] due to it's heavy basis on Portuguese customs.
|-
|{{flag|Jolington}}
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|{{flag|Yoahtl}}
| Nahuatl
|Exact etymology unknown.
|-
|{{flag|Atlantis}}
|Greek
|Comes from the writings of ''Plato''.
|-
|{{flag|Tierra de Conciencia}}
|Spanish
| Means 'land of conscience'.
|-
|[[Risk Republic]]
|English
|Named after the ''Roblox'' group ''<nowiki/>'Risk Universalis'''.
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|[[Vítelia|Vitelia]]
|Oscan
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|-
|[[Rowa]]
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|{{flag|Krowatia}}
| Russian
|Comes from the name of Rowa's capital Krowa.
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|[[Nudist Beach]]
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|[[Boatmurdered]]
|English
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|[[Christopia]]
|English
| Named after ChrisChispie and Chris-Chan
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|{{flag|Varkonia}}
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|[[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]]
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|Named after [[Agania|Agania.]] Also from the Swedish words for Egg (Ägg) and Country (Land).
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|{{flag|Southshire}}
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|Named for the fact it was once the southernmost region of [[The Commonwealth]].
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| {{flag|Capeland}}
|English
|Named in honor of its main settlement, Cape Cocoa.
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|Named after the city of Gondolin in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion The Silmarillion].''
|-
| {{flag|Laconia}}
|Greek
|Named after a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia region of Greece] that the city of Sparta resided in.
|-
|[[Mauritanië]]
|French
|
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| [[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.
|-
|{{flag|Nipplerock}}
|English
| Named after an oddly-shaped landform back on [[Civcraft]].
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|{{flag|Kaltsburg}}
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|{{flag|Lumière}}
| French
|French for "light".
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|[[Buckeye]]
| English
|Possibly named after the nickname of the state of Ohio.
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|None
|Comes from the ancient Military order in The Name of The Wind. Conveniently an anagram of Army
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▲|[[Ionia]]
▲|Greek
▲|Named after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia Ionian tribes] of ancient Greece.
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