Why is it that 1 country has 3 names?

Question

For example:
Germany in english, Deutschland in german and Alman in persian?

Answer 1

Hi, Azade!
The same question came up a few days ago, so I paste my answer below again. It was fun to learn that it's called Alman in Persian. That's the French choice too (Allemagne). In the link under "Source" you can find a link where the history is explained (Names for Germany).

Germany:
From Latin word Germanus, first attested in writings of Julius Caesar, who used Germani to designate a group of tribes in northeastern Gaul, origin unknown, probably the name of an individual tribe. It is perhaps of Gaulish (Celtic) origin, perhaps originally meaning "noisy" (cf. O.Ir. garim "to shout") or "neighbor" (cf. O.Ir. gair "neighbor").

Alemania:
name of a Suebic tribe or confederation that settled in Alsace and part of Switzerland (and source of the Fr. Allemand "German"), from P.Gmc. *Alamanniz, probably meaning "all-man" and denoting a wide alliance of tribes, but perhaps meaning "foreign men" (cf. Allobroges, name of a Celtic tribe in what is now Savoy, in L. lit. "the aliens," in reference to their having driven out the original inhabitants), in which case the al- is cognate with the first element in L. alius "the other" and Eng. else

Deutschland:
The name Deutschland and the other similar-sounding names above are derived from the Old High German diutisc which originally meant "of the people". This in turn comes from a Germanic word meaning "folk" (leading to Old High German diot, Middle High German diet), and was used to differentiate between the speakers of Germanic languages and those who spoke Celtic or Romance languages. These words come from *teuta, the Proto-Indo-European word for "people" (Lithuanian tauto, Old Irish tuath, Old English þeod).

Answer 2

Language changes as time moves on. During the time of the ancient Persian empire the Germans were known as Almani.
Later it became Germans, and the Germans themselves prefer to call their country Deutschland.

It is the same, or even worse with China, called China by the English speaking people, Sino the Latin, Chinoi to the French, Sinim to the Hebrews, Ching Guo to the ancient Chinese, Zhong Guo to the modern Mandarin Chinese (which actually means "Middle Kingdom/Country", or the Centre of the Earth,) Teng Shua to the Hokkienese, and Tiongkok to the Indonesian.

Answer 3

one million. The United States two. A army that's inclined to battle and deliver their possess lives to free up and guard foreigners. It's customarily essentially the most empathic factor on this planet in these days. three. Theocrats that reproduce like flies, purchase up the entire land, spoil the rest desert, and give a contribution to overpopulation.

Answer 4

same with Russia in English, Russland in German and Rosiya in Russian

Answer 5

Lots of countries have different names in different languages.
My countries name in English is Wales.
In the native Welsh it is Cymru.

Answer 6

its just what the natives of a country called another country before they learnt that country's language. e.g. england in english, angleterre in french and inglaterra in spanish. but there are normally similarities on the continent of europe in names. ie angleterre and inglaterra, Germany is: allemange in french and allemania in spanish etc

Answer 7

Well, because the name is different in different languages.

eg: Nihon; Japan; Japón, etc.

But officially, the name is only one

Answer 8

It is called The Fatherland in French. That makes it four.

Answer 9

Different languages.

Answer 10

Ahhh....USA.....America......United States.