Country name etymology
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Oct 31, 2009
Leighton Cooke said...
Nederland is singular, so it would be Lowland, although in German it is plural.
Nov 01, 2009
Ozan Sakin said...
This always bugged me: Iceland is covered with greens, though Gronland (a.k.a. Green Land) is mostly covered with ice.
Nov 02, 2009
Daniel said...
Moldova is definitely not the "river land".The etymology of the name is unclear. The legend says it comes from "Molda", the name of the dog of the first prince of the country.
Nov 05, 2009
Brands-and-Jingles said...
Ukraine would be proper.ly translated as Inland, not borderland.
