List of country-name etymologies
Not too many hot countries abroad as they call themselves. Often, the country names are not written in the Latin alphabet. The Etymological list of country names is a systematic overview and comparison of the country name in English and the local language, whose etymology.
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The name " Albania " possibly comes from the pre- Celtic Alb ( "hill" whence comes Alps ) or the Indo-European * albh ( " white ", of which Albion was originally ) back. The Italo - Albanians and the Albanian minorities ( in Greece) have been named differently in the course of time: Arbënuer, Arbënor, Arbëneshë, Arbreshë. There is no doubt that the root alb- or arb older than shqip, from which the modern name of the country ( Shqipëria ) derives.
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The Latin Graecia ( the Greek Γραικοί ) actually refers only to the inhabitants of Epirus. Also Ἑλλάς ( Hellas ) or Ἑλλοπία ( Hellopía ) was a tribal name of the inhabitants in the north of Εὔβοια ( Euboea / Evvia ), the Σελλοί ( Selloi ) or short Ἑλλοί ( Helloí ) called themselves. The further etymology of this name is unknown. See also: Hellas
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The official self-designation of the Balkan state is " Republic of Macedonia" ( Република Македонија ), by the UN, the state is under pressure from Greece, which fears territorial claims on the northern Greek region of Macedonia, recognized under the name "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".
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The name Pakistan is an acronym of the initials PAKI, which is composed stan ( " land") from the words Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Indus and the syllable. At the same pak means in Pashtu also "pure", is therefore also spoken of the " Land of the Pure ".
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South Africa (english) Suid Afrika ( Afrikaans ) Ningizimu Africa ( isiZulu ) iSewula Africa ( isiNdebele ) Africa Borwa ( Sesotho and Northern Sotho ) iNingizimu Africa ( Swati ) Africa Dzonga ( Xitsonga ) Aforika Borwa ( Setswana ) Afurika Tshipembe ( Tshivenda ) Mzantsi Africa ( isiXhosa )
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The collective name of the nomadic peoples and nations of horsemen ( the early first " Turks" ) in the Central Asian region was since the 2nd millennium Turk. So Turks and the Turkish form of the Arabic Nisba - iye: "Land of the Turks".