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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

TIL Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman.

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TIL Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman.

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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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  • ikt@aussie.zone
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    what countries are named after men?

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      Philistan. Named after Phil.

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      Chad, duh

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        Oman

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          No way, that is “zero man”!

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      For the sake of completeness, YSK there are only two countries in the world that are named after the families that rule them. They have a common border and are both kingdoms: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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      Phillipines, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Colombia, Georgia, El Salvador, Swaziland, Peru, Saint Vincent, San Marino, United States of America, etc. There are 22 countries named after men.

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        Modern scholarship generally derives the name Georgia from the Persian term Gurj (گرج), a historical ethnonym for Georgians. The ultimate origin of this term is debated, though it may be connected to gurğān, a region name meaning “land of wolves.”[33]

        but checked out a few others and yeah sounds right

        interesting

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          ᕕ(گرج )ᕗ

          Sorry if insensitive lol

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            insensitive?

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              “if it’s an impropriate joke” (I guess)

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                :/ what’s the joke? it just looks like hieroglyphs to me

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                  an emoji, ready to punch and flexing

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                    i thought it was dancing

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          but wolf means man. check and mate

          werewolves were scary because were meant woman and werewolves were mythical men who turned into women when the moon rose.

          mythical scary wolf drag queens sounds pretty awesome tho

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      Columbia.

      • Quilotoa@lemmy.caOP
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        That’s not a country.

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        ™️

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