Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down17
arrow-up1193arrow-down1external-linkTIL Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squaremedem@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoFor 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.
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.