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Klear@lemmy.world 10 months agoTell that to Austria - Österreich. That means “Eastern realm”, since there are no countries more to the East of anything than them. Or hell, Iceland. Niger is named after the river Niger, which might come from ger-n-ger meaning “river of rivers”, so that’s another wonderfully unambiguous name.
I’m sure there are other great examples.
onion@feddit.de 10 months ago
Deutschland (Germany) means “land of the people” :D
Klear@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Meanwhile Czech name for Germany is “Němci”, which means “Those who can’t speak”, as compared to Slavs which is “Those who can speak”.
bigboismith@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Åland (a region of Finland) means “land of rivers”. The are no rivers
onion@feddit.de 10 months ago
When you have a dream and a corrupt cartographer
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 10 months ago
Also there is Greenland