How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

[Rollo]

Gt Britain named after Britannia

Britan is named after the Britons. If you follow that to the logical end, it means "the painted people", like the Picti in Latin.

Dominique is a unisex name......French

France is named for the Franks. Which might mean anything from the "francisca" which is a throwing axe in Latin, to some proto-germanic word which means fierce.

Wales must be names after someone's mother-in-law.

Wales comes from the proto-germanic word "Walha" which means stranger. This is an insult as the word "Cymru" means friend.

Still out there!

[Tazio]

.....and not far away

[onemanband]

Has to be Ireland then. (with all those hints)

[Rollo]

Has to be Ireland then. (with all those hints)

WIN

Ireland is named after the Gaelic goddess Ériu; who as I understand it, is the goddess of the land.


And that's it - just two.

[anfield5]

Since I got the easy one (saint Lucia) it must be your question onemanband

[onemanband]

I don't know, I got it only thanks to the hints, you actually had to know something
If you have a qood question then have a go because I don't have one at the moment.

[anfield5]

Name the countries that only have a single vowel in their common English name. The vowel can occur more than once for example yoyo has two O's but only has o's so it is ok.

[gadjo_dilo]

Togo, Congo, Morocco, Greece, Fiji, Canada, Bahamas, Japan, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Chad, Madagascar, Panama, Malta,*Rwanda

[schmenke]

... Czech Republic ...

?

[gadjo_dilo]

In my country we use to say Cehia, not Republica Ceha. I thought that "Republic" is optional. Matter of fact there are rumours that officially the republic reference will be omitted.