[CruzIzabella]

Portugal is Gallic Port: Portu - Gal "Beautiful Port" is Protovelho.

It's not Gallic Port. It's the latin name of two towns on the shores of river Douro: Portus and Cale. Those two towns gave the name to the Portucalense county which was the predecessor of the kingdom of Portugal.

Portus and Cale are the old names of the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.

[qwerty1]

Wow "Land of the People" Though on a literal translation, Deutschland would mean "The Land of the Teuton".

[Xzmwskxn]

The origin of the word Brazil is controversial. There is the "red wood" theory, as "pau brasil", a kind of wood, was explored early on in the XVI century. But it seems the word already was used to designate some mythical place in the Atlantic ocean. So who knows for sure?

Brazil, also known as Hy-Brazil or several other variants,[1] is a phantom island which features in many Irish myths. It was said to be cloaked in mist, except for one day each seven years, when it became visible but still could not be reached. It probably has similar roots to St. Brendan's Island. The names Brazil and Hy-Brazil are thought to come from the Irish UÃ* Breasail (meaning "descendants (i.e., clan) of Breasal"), one of the ancient clans of northeastern Ireland. cf. Old Irish: Ã�: island; bres: beauty, worth; great, mighty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Brazil

[ugosanchezo]

Also the case with France, which is land of the Franks, and here they have gone with a speculative idea about the original meaning of the name of the people, the Franks.
Wiki has a whole article on the subject of the etymology of France!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_France

Comes from Frekkr (ferocious) or Frei mannar (free men).

[melissa]

Sweden is not one own's land, its from Svea Rike, meaning kingdom of Svear.

[Friend_Joe]

Sweden is not one own's land, its from Svea Rike, meaning kingdom of Svear.

Gaets and Scanians seem like they don't like of idea .

[MyOwnStyle]

Gaets and Scanians seem like they don't like of idea .

Geats have been here from the beginning at least, hehe.

Interesting how we call Deutschland Tyskland btw.

[LottiFurmann]

Gaets and Scanians seem like they don't like of idea .

They do not have the right to like or complain on, as long as we did conquer them it's their duty to obey us.

[hoarrimilsora]

Wait a minute

The Poster is from China, maybe the map is about the names translated from Chinese and they use another names to call some countries.

Check the name of China in the map: "Central Nation"

We dont call China "Central Nation" we call the China after the Persian word Cin that mean 'Porcelain'. But Chinese do call their nation 'Central Nation' or 'Middle kingdom'

[muytreda]

It's not Gallic Port. It's the latin name of two towns on the shores of river Douro: Portus and Cale. Those two towns gave the name to the Portucalense county which was the predecessor of the kingdom of Portugal.

Portus and Cale are the old names of the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.

Yes, it does not mean Gallic Port. However, from what I know of the area, "Cale" referred to the Gales (Gallaecian Celts) who inhabited the North-west region of Iberia. These people spoke Galeic, similar to Old Irish.

[Buildityrit]

Africa's various historical meanings:

Afar: "Dust" (Phoenician)
Ifri or Ifran: "Cave" (From the Banu Ifran Berber Tribe of Yafran)
Aprica: "Sunny" (Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville)
Aphrike: "Land Free of Cold and horror" (Greek)
Af-rui-ka: "To turn toward the opening of KA"/the "Birthplace" (Egyptian)

Africa (as Ifriquiya) comes from the Latin Africa name given to the part of territory around Cartago inhabited by berber celebrity and among them Ifren (that is to say cavemen), afterward the acceptance of the word evolved to extend in North Africa then in whole continent.

[ViagraPriceBuying]

Boriken-Land of the courageous Lord(Taino)

San Juan Bautista-known apostle who witnessed the Apocalyse in dreams(ancient colonial name, Spanish)

Puerto Rico-Rich Port(actual name, Spanish)

[feseEscaple]

Wales: foreigner. I knew that, but it remains funny. Also goes for Wallonia and Wallachia. Colloquially French-speaking Swiss are also called Welsche by German-speaking Swiss.

[SappyAppy]

The nations ending with "stan" I find amusing. Stan means city or town in swedish. "Turkmenistan" translates to something like this. "Turk men in town". What does it actually mean?

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The nations ending with "stan" I find amusing. Stan means city or town in swedish. "Turkmenistan" translates to something like this. "Turk men in town". What does it actually mean?

"Land of strong men" is that right?