Origins of some country name and it's mean.

Here’s a list of country name origins and what they mean:  

Origins of Country Names  

Europe  

1. France 

– From the Latin 'Francia', meaning "Land of the Franks" (a Germanic tribe).  

2. Germany 

– From the Latin Germania, used by the Romans to describe the land of the Germanic tribes.  

3. Italy 

– From 'Italia', possibly from the ancient Greek word 'Italos', meaning "land of calves."  

4. Spain 

– From 'Hispania' (Roman name), possibly from the Phoenician word for "land of rabbits."  

5. Portugal 

– From 'Portus Cale', an ancient Roman-Celtic name meaning "warm port."  

Asia  

6. China 

– From 'Qin' (Chin), an ancient dynasty.  

7. Japan 

– From 'Nihon' (日本), meaning "origin of the sun" or "Land of the Rising Sun."  

8. India 

– From the River 'Indus', which comes from the Sanskrit word *Sindhu*.  

9. Indonesia 

– From Greek 'Indos' (India) and 'nesos' (island), meaning "Indian Islands."  

10. Malaysia 

– From the word 'Melayu', referring to the Malay people.  

Africa  

11. Egypt 

– From the Greek 'Aigyptos', which comes from an ancient name for the land, 'Hwt-Ka-Ptah'.  

12. Nigeria 

– Named after the River Niger.  

13. Kenya 

– From 'Mount Kenya', which comes from the Kikuyu word 'Kirinyaga', meaning "mountain of whiteness."  

14. South Africa 

– Named simply because it is the southernmost country in Africa.  

15. Zimbabwe 

– From 'Dzimba-dza-mabwe', meaning "houses of stone" (after the Great Zimbabwe ruins).  

North & South America  

16. United States of America 

– 'America' is named after explorer "Amerigo Vespucci".  

17. Canada 

– From the Iroquois word 'kanata', meaning "village" or "settlement."  

18. Mexico 

– From the Aztec word 'Mēxihco', meaning "place of the Mexica people."  

19. Brazil 

– Named after the 'pau-brasil' tree, which was used for dye.  

20. Argentina 

– From the Latin 'argentum', meaning "silver," after early Spanish explorers thought the land had silver mines.  

Oceania  

21. Australia 

– From the Latin 'Terra Australis, meaning "Southern Land."  

22. New Zealand 

– Named by Dutch explorers after the Dutch province of 'Zeeland' (Sea Land).  

23. Papua New Guinea 

– 'Papua' comes from a Malay word for curly-haired people, and "New Guinea" was named because it reminded explorers of Guinea in Africa.  

ok that's a little bit about origin some country name and it's mean,see ya all later in the next post...