Ever wondered how England got its name? As with countless other countries, it's all down to a tribe of early settlers (in this case the 5th Century Angles).
你有没有好奇过英格兰的国名是从何而来的?和无数其他国家一样,英格兰的名字源于早期定居者的一个部落名(英格兰的名字源于5世纪的盎格鲁部落)。
In fact, almost every country in the world is named after one of four things: 1) a tribe; 2) a feature of the land; 3) a directional description; or 4) an important person. That's according to Quartz, which analysed 195 countries listed in the Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names.
事实上,世界上几乎所有国家的名字来源都属于以下四种:部落、地貌、方位描述和重要人物。这是Quartz网站分析了《牛津简明世界地名词典》中列出的195个国家名称后得出的结论。
下面,我们就分别举例来说一说。
Tribe names 部落名
England is in good company with the lion’s share (about a third) of the world’s countries named after an early tribe or ethnic group.
英格兰和世界上的很多国家(约三分之一)一样,都是以早期部落或种族的名字命名的。
FRANCE – Named after the Franks, who conquered the land in the Medieval ages.
法国:以法兰克人命名,法兰克人在中世纪征服了法国大陆。
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