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Place Names

Place Names. Amazon River Early Spanish explorers noticed that women battled alongside men and so named the river for the legendary Amazon female warriors. Austria From the word Ostreich meaning, "eastern kingdom.“

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Place Names

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  1. Place Names

  2. Amazon RiverEarly Spanish explorers noticed that women battled alongside men and so named the river for the legendary Amazon female warriors. AustriaFrom the word Ostreich meaning, "eastern kingdom.“ BelgiumThe Celtic tribe Belgae lived in the area before the first century.

  3. BoliviaNamed for the South American independence fighter Simon Bolivar. Delaware, United StatesNamed for the 17th century governor of Virginia, Thomas West, the Baron De La Warr. IrelandFrom the Gaelic name of the country, "Eire", which is pronounced "air." Ivory Coast / Cote d'Ivoire, AfricaIn the 19th century, the French traded ivory from this coastal colony.

  4. JapanComes to us from a transliteration the Chinese phrase meaning "land of the rising sun." In Japanese call their nation Nippon. Mediterranean SeaIn Latin, the term "mare mediterraneum" means "sea in the middle of the earth." At the time of it's name, civilization surrounded the Mediterranean. Sydney, AustraliaNamed for the British Secretary of State Lord Sydney. Australia itself is named for the ancient mythical Greek Terra Australis, or "southern land."

  5. Tripoli, LibyaThe name means "three cities" in Greek and is named because of three ancient cities which were once in the modern city's location. VenezuelaReminded explorers of Venice because of native homes on stilts; Venezuela means "little Venice." AlbaniaBased on the Latin root "albus," for white, Albania means white land. Argentina"Argentum" is the Latin word for silver thus Argentina means silvery.

  6. CongoIn Bantu the word "kong" means mountains. EstoniaThe ancestors of modern Estonians were called "Esthes." GambiaGambia comes from the local word for river "ba-dimma." JamaicaIn Arawak, Jamaica means "island of water springs."

  7. MaldivesThis oceanic nation of 1200 atolls gets its name from the words in the Sanskrit language, "mal" for thousand and "diva" for island. MyanmarFrom the words "mien" for strong and "ma" for honorable. RussiaThe Swedish word "rus" means inhabitants or tribe and was applied to the ancestral Russians.

  8. SingaporeSingapore is the "city of lions" from Sanskrit - "singha" for lion and "pore" city. UkraineThe name Ukraine is Slavic for border or frontier. Vatican CityThe Pope lives in the Vatican Palace in this enclave, named for the Latin word "vaticinatio" for prophesy. YemenThis country, located at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, has a name that means "to the south" or "to the right" in Arabic.

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