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== Name origins == | == Name origins == | ||
* | * Literal Meanings of Country Names map | ||
** a credit card travel service in Australia created a world map showing the "literal translation" of names of every country | |||
** the original website is a sales site here: [[https://finty.com/au/research/world-map-literal-translation-country-names/ https://finty.com/au/research/world-map-literal-translation-country-names/ (finty.com)]] | |||
*** downloads for the world map and separate continents can be found at the bottom of that page | |||
*** here for the [[https://finty-au.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/01_Literal-Translation-Of-Country-Names_WorldMap.pdf direct link to the world map (finty.com)]] | |||
*** here for articles on the map [[https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-literal-translation-of-every-countrys-name/ Mapped: The Literal Translation of Every Country’s Name (VisualCapitalist.com)]] or https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/map-literal-translation-country-names This map shows you the literal translation of country names (LonelyPlanet.com | |||
*** here [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12QSXFBOLaNS05EdRXE6FsyBO8Noj-pSkr8LD0yTg3z0/edit#gid=0 a web-based spreadsheet with details of the word origins (etymology)]] from the makers of the map | |||
=== America === | === America === | ||
* '''America''' is name for the Italian explorer and map-maker Amerigo Vespucci | * '''America''' is name for the Italian explorer and map-maker Amerigo Vespucci | ||