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Beautifully Designed Map Shows the Literal Translations of Country Names

Started by xSilverPhinx, March 19, 2018, 10:59:12 PM

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joeactor

xSp - the maps are cool, but the comments section is worth reading too!

I guess many of the names are up for debate.

Plus, they seem to be missing some countries (where's Lebanon?).

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: joeactor on March 19, 2018, 11:51:02 PM
xSp - the maps are cool, but the comments section is worth reading too!

I guess many of the names are up for debate.

Plus, they seem to be missing some countries (where's Lebanon?).

So they are!  :D Yeah I guess the comments section is more educational than the names on the map. :smilenod:

I noticed that Brazil's name is wrong too...it's almost correct but not quite. 'Brasil' comes from a tree called 'pau brasil', which is a tree from which the Portuguese harvested red dye, during the colonial age. There is no 'wood' in Brazil. ::)

As for the US, why isn't there mention of Amerigo Vespucci?
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Davin

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Icarus

Most interesting and fun resource Silver.  How in hell do you find time to gather these little gems? 

Thank you.

Tank

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xSilverPhinx

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xSilverPhinx

Here's probably a more correct version (they got Brazil and Portugal right this time)











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