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-squareLumisal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoBut it was named after the Argentine, which I remember is supposed to be a mythological land of women, similar to the Amazons. Or maybe I’m getting my ancient lores mixed up
minus-squaresugarfoot00@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoI suspect that you’re thinking of El Dorado, which was a mythical golden city believed to be in South America, more specifically Columbia. It’s in Voltaire’s Candide. amongst other places.
But it was named after the Argentine, which I remember is supposed to be a mythological land of women, similar to the Amazons.
Or maybe I’m getting my ancient lores mixed up
I suspect that you’re thinking of El Dorado, which was a mythical golden city believed to be in South America, more specifically Columbia. It’s in Voltaire’s Candide. amongst other places.