List of countries named after people
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This is a list of countries and dependent territories named after people.
Sovereign countries named after people
[edit]story of Bihar during the Afghan rule in India. Page 2 & 9.</ref> |- | Armenia (Hayastan) || Hayk |- | Bangladesh || from "Bengal", which, according to one hypothesis, is named after Bang, son of Hind, son of Ham, son of Noah[2][3][4] |- | Belarus || Rus |- | Cambodia || Sage Kambu Swayambhuva |- |-Turkey / Turkmenistan || Turks |- | Czech Republic || Čech |- | Denmark || Dan I of Denmark |- | Djibouti || "Djibouti" means "Land of Tehuti" or "Land of Thoth", after the Egyptian Moon God |- | Hungary || Hunor (or Magyarország — Magor) |- | Bhārat (India) || Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata[5] |- | Egypt || Misr in Arabic, Misrayim in Hebrew, named after the biblical figure Mizraim. |- | Israel || Jacob, who was also called Israel in the Bible |- | Éire (Ireland) || Éire (Ériu), a Celtic fertility goddess |- | Italy || Italus |- | Laos || possibly after Lava |- | Lechia (historical and/or alternative name of Poland)||Lech |- | Norway || Nór (although other etymologies are generally more widely accepted) |- | Romania || from "Rome" (the modern capital city of Italy) / "Roman", which possibly comes from Romulus |- | Russia || Rus |- | Solomon Islands || King Solomon of Israel and Judah |- | Somalia || Supposedly named after Samaale.[6] |}
Former countries named after people
[edit]Dependent territories named after people
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Porras Barrenechea, Raúl. El nombre del Perú. Lima: Talleres Gráficos P.L. Villanueva, 1968, p. 83.
- ^ Land of Two Rivers, Nitish Sengupta
- ^ Abu'l-Fazl. Ain-i-Akbari.
- ^ RIYAZU-S-SALĀTĪN: A History of Bengal Archived 15 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Ghulam Husain Salim, The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, 1902.
- ^ Roshen Dalal (2010). The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths. Penguin Books India. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-14-341517-6.
- ^ Lewis, Ioan M. (1961). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 11–13. ISBN 9780852552803.
- ^ Monroe, J. Cameron (2011). "In the Belly of Dan: Space, History, and Power in Precolonial Dahomey". Current Anthropology. 52 (6): 769–798. doi:10.1086/662678. S2CID 142318205.
- ^ "Manannán mac Lir | Irish deity". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 November 2020.