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[deleted] t1_j6h65ul wrote

Reply to comment by police-ical in ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam

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Rauche t1_j6ha0i9 wrote

Kanto is named after the Kanto region of Japan, not after Canton.

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supagirl277 t1_j6nkbwu wrote

You’re right, I totally pulled that out of my ass with no thought and didn’t really check. That was stupid of me to act like I knew

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