科普：每个国家的名字是怎么来的？_BEC初级作文

科普：每个国家的名字是怎么来的？

挪威：挪威这个名字要追溯到古英语，意思是“北方的道路”，880年由盎格鲁-撒克逊人首次提到。

JAPAN – Nippon, which is the name commonly used by Japanese natives, means “land of the rising sun”, referring to its geographical location of being east of China.

日本：日本人普遍使用Nippon这个国名，意思是“日出之国”，指其位于中国以东的地理方位。

不过，也有些国家的名字起源无法归入以上四大类，来看看哪些国家是例外：

There do exist a smattering of countries in the world which stepped outside the box with their naming criteria - around 20 of them. While some are disputed or their exact origins unclear, here is a handful of the most quirky and imaginative...

世界上确实有少数国家的命名方式突破常规——大约有20个。其中有些国名存在争议或起源不明，但也有几个国家的命名方式非常离奇而富有想象力，一起来看看：

Bhutan, which calls itself Druk Yul, means "land of the thunder dragon" on account of the magnificent storms that tear through the Himalaya Mountains.

不丹，在本国语言中是Druk Yul，意思是“雷龙之地”，源于喜马拉雅山脉地区壮观的雷雨。

There are several theories as to the origin of Nepal's name, one of which makes reference to Kathmandu's sheep-rearing history, given that in Tibetan, "ne" means "home" and "pal" means "wool" - ergo "the home of wool"