How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

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Originally Posted by D-Type

Gt Britain named after Britannia

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

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Originally Posted by Tazio

Dominique is a unisex name......French :angel: ;)

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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.

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Originally Posted by Firstgear

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

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

Still out there!

.....and not far away :idea:

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

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Originally Posted by onemanband

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

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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.

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

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

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.

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

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Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo

... Czech Republic ...

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? :crazy:

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.