Submitted by bentobam t3_10ohrv7 in explainlikeimfive
Gingrpenguin t1_j6i56ss wrote
Reply to comment by KidenStormsoarer in ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam
It's also why England has plenty of rivers named Avon which was the celtic word for river. When the romans came and asked the locals what the river was they simply replied its a river
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