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1. The name Canada comes from the Huron-Iroquois language. What does "Canada" actually mean?
2. From what language does the English name Algeria come?
3. How about Cameroon? From what language did that name originate?
4. From what language did the nation of Togo get its name?
5. The capital of this "L" country is Monrovia. What name is derived from the Latin word, "liber" meaning "free"?
6. The capital of this Central American country is Tegucigalpa. The country's name comes from the Spanish for "deep" or "depths". To which country am I referring?
7. The next country is Bermuda, whose name comes from the explorer who discovered it in 1505.
8. The name "Argentina" comes from the Latin "argentum", meaning "gold".
9. Okay, this next question isn't about a country, but a polar region. The etymology of the name "Arctic" is Greek. What does it mean?
10. The name "Bahrain" comes from Arabic. What does it mean?
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