Location 方位
用方位命名的国家是这四大类中数量最少的,大概有25个。
AUSTRALIA – First coined by the Ancient Greeks, Australia translates to “Unknown Southern Land”, but was officially declared by this name in the early 1800s by English cartographer Matthew Flinders.
澳大利亚:“澳大利亚”一词是古希腊人造的, NORWAY – Conversely, this country traces its name to the Old English term for “northern way”, first mentioned in 880 by the Anglo-Saxons.
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:
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