{"id":3616,"date":"2020-08-31T10:57:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T05:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/?p=3616"},"modified":"2020-08-31T19:56:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:26:03","slug":"world-map-listing-literal-translations-of-every-countrys-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/world-map-listing-literal-translations-of-every-countrys-name\/","title":{"rendered":"World Map listing Literal Translations of Every Country’s Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.’ a famous quote by William Shakespeare from Romeo & Juliet. When we talk about Country names it turns out that the names incorporate lots of insights into the history and culture of a place. To understand this in more detail Credit Card Compare which is an Australia-based website recently dug into the etymology of place names to create a world map that highlights the literal translation of the world’s countries names<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“We live in a time of air travel and global exploration,” the company writes in the blog. “We\u2019re free to roam the planet and discover new countries and cultures. But how much do you know about the people who lived and explored these destinations in times past? Learning the etymology\u2014the origin of words\u2014of countries around the world offers us fascinating insight into the origins of some of our favorite travel destinations and the people who first lived there.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nName translations for Asia<\/center><\/p>\n

Some of the names are obvious and I already knew about them, others were a surprise. For example I didn’t know that Bhutan’s<\/i> literally translates as “The Land of the Thunder Dragon”<\/i> or that Brazil<\/i> literally means “Red like an Amber”. The obvious ones are India<\/em> which means “Land of the Indus”<\/em> and Russia which means “Land of the Rus”<\/em><\/p>\n

Check out the full selection at: World map: the literal translation of country names<\/a> and details on origin of these names here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– Suramya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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