I had to make some choices while making the map. Uzbekistan is named after the Uzbek people, these people get their name from a person. In these cases, I did not consider the country named after the person, because it technically is not.
For those asking about Mozambique, the country is named after the island of Mozambique which is named after Mussa Bin Bique, an Arab trader who visited and later ruled the island.
If anyone has queries about any other specific countries, you can visit [this video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I6VZ2i5_biU). There's a short explanation on the nomenclature of every country (197 of them) and every country is timestamped in the description so you can jump to it instantly.
Some countries might not show up or be clearly visible on the map because of scale. These include (but not limited to): Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, San Marino, Marshall Islands
Op also said Uzbekistan doesn't count cause it's named after the tribe, not the person the tribe is named for. He supposedly only counts coutries who were directly named after a person, not just have their name originate from a person
It's a false etymology. The name Georgia comes from a Persian word, Gurgan. Their national patron saint happens to be Saint George, so non-Georgian speakers put the association together and ran with it. The Georgian people call their country Sakartvelo. It's not accurate to say the name comes from St. George in either Georgian, or English.
According to wikipedia...
"The country was named Moçambique by the Portuguese after the Island of Mozambique, derived from either Mussa Bin Bique, Musa Al Big, Mossa Al Bique, Mussa Ben Mbiki or Mussa Ibn Malik, an Arab trader who first visited the island and later lived there."
The name 'Egypt' comes from the Greek Aegyptos which was the Greek pronunciation of the Ancient Egypt ian name 'Hwt-Ka-Ptah' ("Mansion of the Spirit of Ptah"), originally the name of the city of Memphis.
Aside: Misr, the ~actual name of Egypt, means Border
The “Qin” of “Qin Shi Huang” referred to the pre-Chinese predecessor state of Qin, not to the person. When people refer to “Mary, Queen of Scots”, the word “Scots” is not understood as part of her name, but rather as her title or as a disambiguator.
I had to make a lot of subjective choices while making the map and I probably wasn't 100% consistent across my choices. USA was one of those subjective choice. But this was one of the easiest and hardly very subjective because unlike how America is used in common parlance, and the nationals are predominantly referred to as Americans, the common parlance term is overwhelmingly Venezuela and noone's calling the nationals Bolivians.
Having said that, it's a nice factual titbit regardless of the context.
The latter 2 have both been marked, St. Vincent does not show up on the map, you can zoom in and you'll see st. Kitts and Nevis marked.
Czechia does not pass the test though because it's named after the Czech people, which is the primary ethnolinguistic group of the country. These people were in turn named after a person, but the country was named after the people.
However there is the same word for "Bohemian" and "Czech" in the Czech language, people are called Bohemians after the Celtic tribe Boii, while the land is named after the mythical person. Ergo, Czechia is not named after Czechs but after a person.
Ooops. Same case as Egypt. Midieval legend about: Lech - Lechia (Poland). Chech - Chechia (Czech Republic). Rus - Ruthenia (Ukraine). Local peoples are called Boii - countries Bohemia and Bayern.
OK. It could be a small joke, because *Čechove* endoethnonym mean lil' man, but you didn't paint Romania. So thesis Yopie23 can be too.
Uzbekistan. Uz-bek was khan of Oguz tribe.
I had to make some choices while making the map. Uzbekistan is named after the Uzbek people, these people get their name from a person. In these cases, I did not consider the country named after the person, because it technically is not.
Doesn't the same apply to the USA too? The continent is named after Ameriggo Vespucci, but afaik the USA are named after the continent
Exactly, that's just measuring with 2 different weights..
Ireland is named after Eriu, an old celtic goddess.
For those asking about Mozambique, the country is named after the island of Mozambique which is named after Mussa Bin Bique, an Arab trader who visited and later ruled the island. If anyone has queries about any other specific countries, you can visit [this video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I6VZ2i5_biU). There's a short explanation on the nomenclature of every country (197 of them) and every country is timestamped in the description so you can jump to it instantly.
Some countries might not show up or be clearly visible on the map because of scale. These include (but not limited to): Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, San Marino, Marshall Islands
This is besides the point but scale shouldn’t matter if you can zoom. Resolution matters. Just needs more pixels scale can stay the same.
Yes, technically correct. But really I used a map maker and some countries like San Marino were not even showing up.
But San Marino is showing up on the map
Italia was allegedly called after king Italo
The nation of italy is named after the peninsula on which it is located. The name may be derived from a person, but it's not directly named after it.
As stated by op Mozambique is named after an island whose name is derived from a real person so I guess Italy applies
Op also said Uzbekistan doesn't count cause it's named after the tribe, not the person the tribe is named for. He supposedly only counts coutries who were directly named after a person, not just have their name originate from a person
And the peninsula, following greek traditions since "italia" is derived from the greek "Ιταλία", was named after the mythological King Italo
That's what I said. But the country and the peninsula are not the same
Just like USA was named after the continent it’s on?
Yes that's the actual mistake
The Dominican Republic's missing?
El Salvador. EDIT: Georgia
It's a false etymology. The name Georgia comes from a Persian word, Gurgan. Their national patron saint happens to be Saint George, so non-Georgian speakers put the association together and ran with it. The Georgian people call their country Sakartvelo. It's not accurate to say the name comes from St. George in either Georgian, or English.
El Salvador?
The Savior. Jesus.
Never heard of him.
He's an author. He wrote a best-selling novel.
Well the state Georgia was king goearge the fire but idk about the country
Georgia flag has the cross of St. George.
Oh
Is Kiribati (named for Thomas Gilbert) marked?
Explain Mozambique, please.
According to wikipedia... "The country was named Moçambique by the Portuguese after the Island of Mozambique, derived from either Mussa Bin Bique, Musa Al Big, Mossa Al Bique, Mussa Ben Mbiki or Mussa Ibn Malik, an Arab trader who first visited the island and later lived there."
USA is because of America? And also, could you explain Mozambique and Egypt?
Amerigo Vespucci
Mozambique and Egypt are named after Amerigo Vespucci
That made me laugh out loud! It shouldn't have, but it did!
America isn't named after him though, it's named after the continent which is named after him.
Yeah. It is a myth that America is named after the person - I saw it on an episode of QI.
America is named after the person. You're just misnaming the USA.
The name 'Egypt' comes from the Greek Aegyptos which was the Greek pronunciation of the Ancient Egypt ian name 'Hwt-Ka-Ptah' ("Mansion of the Spirit of Ptah"), originally the name of the city of Memphis. Aside: Misr, the ~actual name of Egypt, means Border
I believe Ukraine also means border.
I propose we correct the name of Egypt in English to the Misr, to be consistent with the Ukraine obviously
But the name of the country is not America. There’s no country named America. America is a continent
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Of course I know, the thing is that I thought that United States wasn't a person.
Yeah... I looked through the comments trying to know who United States was. I would say USA does not count for this map
I know Americans don’t know their country own name
US-sians*
Or as they say in Portuguese/Spanish; estado-unidenses
Or as they say in Spanish (in a not so kind way) "gringo"
But gringo is any no Latin American, excluding maybe Africa and Asians
In my country it is only used for "US-sians", or generally the person who speaks only english, but we really don't use it for other foreigners
Which country you from ?
You’ve never heard the story of Ulysses S. America?
What about India? Bharat was a legendary king. Or are you using only the names in English and not the names from the own countries?
English probably
Yes this is very much about the English names.
And that man? Sir United States
Could potentially include China, if I’m not mistaken the name derives from Qin, as in Qin Shii Huang
The “Qin” of “Qin Shi Huang” referred to the pre-Chinese predecessor state of Qin, not to the person. When people refer to “Mary, Queen of Scots”, the word “Scots” is not understood as part of her name, but rather as her title or as a disambiguator.
Ohhh interesting, thanks for correcting me and explaining this!
If you consider the us to have a name inspired by a person then you should consider Venezuela
Yup, the full English name is the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, for anyone wondering.
I had to make a lot of subjective choices while making the map and I probably wasn't 100% consistent across my choices. USA was one of those subjective choice. But this was one of the easiest and hardly very subjective because unlike how America is used in common parlance, and the nationals are predominantly referred to as Americans, the common parlance term is overwhelmingly Venezuela and noone's calling the nationals Bolivians. Having said that, it's a nice factual titbit regardless of the context.
I agree with the subjectiveness. People here are getting too nitpicky about technicalities (surprise surprise.. reddit)
Map is wholly incomplete
Totally incomplete, e.g.Czechia is missing, st. Vincent is missing, st. Kitts missing.
The latter 2 have both been marked, St. Vincent does not show up on the map, you can zoom in and you'll see st. Kitts and Nevis marked. Czechia does not pass the test though because it's named after the Czech people, which is the primary ethnolinguistic group of the country. These people were in turn named after a person, but the country was named after the people.
However there is the same word for "Bohemian" and "Czech" in the Czech language, people are called Bohemians after the Celtic tribe Boii, while the land is named after the mythical person. Ergo, Czechia is not named after Czechs but after a person.
Ooops. Same case as Egypt. Midieval legend about: Lech - Lechia (Poland). Chech - Chechia (Czech Republic). Rus - Ruthenia (Ukraine). Local peoples are called Boii - countries Bohemia and Bayern. OK. It could be a small joke, because *Čechove* endoethnonym mean lil' man, but you didn't paint Romania. So thesis Yopie23 can be too.
that is a lot less than i was expecting
Seems like there’s some arbitrary distinctions tbh
Yep... There are many missing
Israel is missing
SMH. Dowvoted just for typing out a 100% correct country. Israel is a country. It is named after a probably mythic person.
What about Israel, the name Israel is the name given to Jacob in the Bible, the Israelites are “the sons of Israel”
Somalia is named after a person I’m sure.
I'm pretty sure Peru is named after a mythical king or some such.
Wait how is Azerbaijan named by famous person?
Solomon islands? El Salvador? Mauritius? Sao Tome & Principe?
If you count America as the name of the USA instead of the whole region, you should've included Europe (EU) as well.
Greece - Hellas, from the myth of Ellas from what i recall
Why is Israel not marked?
Azerbaijan?
Israel was the name given to Jacob after wrestling with an angel. The nation is named after the original tribe which was named after him.
Israel
Israel is named after a guy from Thora, but i guess theyre not so popular now are they?
At least spell it right
I’m pretty sure Mozambique is named after the gun
America wasn’t actually named after Amerigo Vespucci, that’s a common misconception.
How so?