• onion@feddit.deOP
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    10 months ago

    My wisdom:

    • “The United States of America” is not a name but a description
      • It’s a bad description since there’s multiple unions of states in america
    • Klear@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Tell that to Austria - Österreich. That means “Eastern realm”, since there are no countries more to the East of anything than them. Or hell, Iceland. And Niger is named after the river Niger, which might come from ger-n-ger meaning “river of rivers”, so that’s another wonderfully unambiguous name.

      I’m sure there are other great examples.

        • Klear@lemmy.world
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          10 months ago

          Meanwhile Czech name for Germans is “Němci”, which means “Those who can’t speak”, as compared to Slavs (Slovani) which is “Those who can speak”.

    • CptEnder@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      It’s funny because our neighbor is also literally called United States, Estados Unidos Mexicanos.