ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? Submitted by bentobam t3_10ohrv7 on January 29, 2023 at 8:33 PM in explainlikeimfive 88 comments 145
Marequel t1_j6eqo6q wrote on January 29, 2023 at 8:52 PM Well usually they just don't. Most common origin for country names is "we heard that our neighbour call it this way so we just accepted it" and "they wrote their name down but we are not sure how to pronounce it so we will just guess" Permalink 25
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