The name "Cambodia" derives from that of the ancient Khmerkingdom of Kambuja (Kambujadesa).
Named for Lake Chad (or Tchad) in the country's southwest.
According to Hesiod, the Macedonians were named for king Makedon, the founder of the kingdom, a son of Zeus and a grandson of Deucalion, the common ancestor of all Greeks.
It was named by the French in reference to the ivory that was present in the country.
Magyarország (native name - land of the Magyars): According to a Hungarian legend, the Hungarians descended from Magor, the son of Nimrod of the HebrewBible.
The legal name of the modern country remains currently a matter of dispute between the inhabitants of Greece (who claim the name "Macedonia" as their own cultural patrimony) and the Slavic inhabitants of the "Macedonian" republic (who claim the right to use such a term).
The legal name of the modern country remains currently a matter of dispute between the inhabitants of Greece (who claim the name "Macedonia" as their own cultural patrimony) and the Slavic inhabitants of the "Macedonian" republic (who claim the right to use such a term).
Burma (former name): The name Burma apparently derives from the Sanskritname for the region: "Brahmadesh", land of (the deity) Brahma.
Named by the Spanish explorer Gil González Dávila after Nicarao, a leader of an indigenous community inhabiting the shores of Lake Nicaragua; subsequently, the ethnonym of that native community.
Country is also a short form for the countryside or the country music genre.
A country usually has its own government, administration and laws; and often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and a population who are referred to as one another's countrymen.
In this sense of country, the reference is more likely to be to a group that supposedly shares a common ethnic origin, language, religion, or history (real or imagined).
Since its formation, the kingdom was enlarged in 1801 by the addition of the island of Ireland, then reduced, around 1920, by the loss of what is now the Republic of Ireland.
The name of the kingdom changed accordingly and to some writers the meaning of British and Britain have changed with it.
Great Britain is undisputedly the name of the large island, but is occasionally used to mean the UK, for instance in the modern Olympic Games.
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The country was settled in the interior by people who were no longer closely connected to England and did not travel there often by sea, and as such the inland speech is much more homogeneous than the East Coast speech, and did not participate in changes imitated from England.
The name "England" is derived from "Engla-lond" or "land of the Angles".
Following the introduction of a printing press into the country by William Caxton in 1476, the Elizabethan era saw a great flourishing of the literature, especially in the field of drama, with William Shakespeare standing out as a poet and playwright, the quality of whose output has yet to be surpassed.
This is a list of reference tables, similar to the collection of reference tables found at the back of almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
List of cities that have been the birthplace of a genre of music
List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
This list was compiled with a true appreciation for "the prime numbers of the English language."
With The Anagram Genius you can find out what lurks within the letters of YOUR name, or that of your boss, employer or anything else that you choose." You supply the name or phrase, tone, gender, context, use (or not) of vulgar words, and number of requested responses.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~tpayne/lingolym/ Linguistic Phenomena/DevicesThis is a list of some of the lesser-known linguistic phenomena and devices used in English writing.
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Some countries are nation states – for example, France or Israel.
Other states, such as the People's Republic of China, Spain or the United Kingdom contain several nations (or, at least, some parts of the population call themselves a nation), in spite of some of them considering themselves as nation states.
Some countries consist of non-contiguous parts (an exclave), separated by land of one or more other countries.
Another shade of meaning is added with the Persian word Pa-k, which means "pure"; the full name therefore meaning "land of the pure".
I use "the Ukraine" for the area and "Ukraine" for the country.
I'm away from my books at the moment, but I checked through the Perseus lexicon and the "citadel" and "castle" listings are quite interesting, with phrourion and phylakterion way up there.
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The name of the Goryeo Dynasty itself appears to be derived from a traditional name for the "race" of people, known in Classical Chinese as Gāolí (高 麗), who founded various ancient states and empires in the area of Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula, such as Ancient Joseon and Goguryeo.
Doclea (ancient name for Montenegro): Doclea, the name of the region during the early period of the Roman Empire, reflected the name of an early Illyrian tribe.
Burma (former name): The name Burma apparently derives from the Sanskritname for the region: "Brahmadesh", land of (the deity) Brahma.
