zen Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Besides the name of your country/countries, which country has the best name? Below one of my posts for reference: Quote A quick toponymy to see how many countries have named themselves: A topographic feature: Lake Chad -> Chad, Montenegro (Black Mountain), Iceland, Honduras (Deep Water) Tribes: Franks -> France, Schwyz -> Switzerland, Vitali -> Italy Older identity and/or preferring endonyms over English name: Ceylon -> Sri Lanka, Gold Coast -> Ghana People's attributes: Pakistan (Land of the pure), Burkina Faso (Land of honest people), Barbados (Bearded ones), Tobago (people stuffed leaves in pipes to smoke Tobacco) Land attributes: Costa Rica (The rich coast), Nippon (The land of the rising sun), Norway (Northern way) Animal attributes: Sierra Leone (Lion Mountains), Singapore (Lion City) Leaders/Historical/Mythical figures: Bolivia (Simon Bolivar), Philippines (King Philips of Spain), Israel (Jacob), Mauritius (Maurice of Nassau), The Solomon Island (Biblical King Solomon), America (Amerigo Vespucci) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Czechia for the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mariyam Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, sandeep said: Czechia for the win. Best name if you want a high score in scrabble. Otherwise quite a tongue twister. sandeep and Yoda-esque 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Mariyam said: which country are your from? .... the name should not be of your country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, zen said: which country are your from? .... the name should not be of your country I did that to troll you. Papua New Guinea I like the level of detail here, the insistence on the usage of the word 'new'. Lest we mistake it for Papua Old Guinea. Edited March 27, 2020 by Mariyam Yoda-esque 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mariyam said: I did that to troll you. Papua New Guinea I like the level of detail here, the insistence on the usage of the word 'new'. Lest we mistake it for Papua Old Guinea. If I am not mistaken, "Guinea" = black people in some language. Because that reminded of people of West Africa, probably Papua New Guinea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, sandeep said: Czechia for the win. check kiya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 There are quite a few good names but leaning towards Monaco .... Reminds me of Monaco biscuits as well. May be time for a cup of Kusmi Kashmir Tchai OpeningBatsman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 20 minutes ago, zen said: check kiya For the gujjus - cheko kari nakhyo zen and Mariyam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 22 minutes ago, zen said: If I am not mistaken, "Guinea" = black people in some language. Because that reminded of people of West Africa, probably Papua New Guinea "Guinea" was used to refer pejoratively to Italians in the early 20th century US. Back when Italians were the mexicans of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Brasil Honourable mentions - Azerbaijan , Belgium, Vietnam, Tanzania... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Norman said: Azerbaijan bhai jaan! 1 minute ago, Norman said: Tanzania... I liked Tanganyika quite a bit when I was a kid - just sounded cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, sandeep said: "Guinea" was used to refer pejoratively to Italians in the early 20th century US. Back when Italians were the mexicans of the time. From the ones from the Roman Empire to Guinea, quite a journey for them! .... Circling back to Guinea, it is the west coast of Africa (Gulf of Guinea) iirc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Norman said: Brasil Honourable mentions - Azerbaijan , Belgium, Vietnam, Tanzania... Brazil is a cool name .... probably refers to the place where the Brazilwood comes from Vietnam, probably means people of the south Tanzania = Tanzi something + Zanzibar (when the two merged) Edited March 27, 2020 by zen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Morocco is good too .... Its cities have cool names too -> Tangiers, Casablanca, Marrakesh, etc. sandeep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny_Pacquiao Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Mozambique. sandeep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pollack Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Budapest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Pollack said: Budapest nice name but a city though (Capital of Hungary) Edited March 27, 2020 by zen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickydev Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Kazakhstan, Venezuela, El Salvador really nice names Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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