they're different in every language (for the most part)
2006-06-17 21:20:36
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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The origins of country names are very diverse: America was named after an explorer called Amerigo Vespucci who did not discover it. Canada was named on an old portuguese map Ca Nada meaning nothing there in Portuguese. France was named after the Franks, an ancient Germanic tribe. Scotland was named after the Scotti a tribe from Ireland. Ther used to be a country called the Holy Roman Empire. It wasn't holy, roman or an empire.
2006-06-18 04:26:57
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answer #2
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answered by Vermin 5
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the people of that country
2006-06-18 04:33:35
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answered by VIRDS 5
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There is a name in that country's national language, and a name by which the country is known internationally. e.g. Albania is known as Shqipeira, Switzerland's (although often known as Suisse, or Schweiz) official title is Confederatio Helvetia. I could go on forever, but I think you get the gist.
2006-06-18 18:40:25
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answered by TrueBrit 3
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No one named all the countries
but each countries decided it own name
or it had the name before many centuries and they kept it
e.g. Egypt
2006-06-18 04:29:07
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answer #5
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answered by The Be$t of the Re$t 2
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Nobody. All the countries are named by their ancestors.
2006-06-18 04:23:46
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answered by Crappy 3
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this answer is definite, trust me
i read in my history book in class that right at the beginning of the world the earth was just land. as the human population grew, more people began to explore. when they reached a new peice of land they outlined the borders and claimed it.
usually naming it after themselves.
2006-06-18 17:36:39
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answered by vetwannabe 3
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it just happens!! have you ever made up a word like for example bfes and then that has like become part of your language??
2006-06-18 05:10:32
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answered by -x-vitu-x- 5
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simon cowell
2006-06-18 04:29:37
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answered by Anonymous
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interesting question. now im curious about that.
2006-06-18 04:21:59
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answered by Anonymous
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