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Quiz about What They Call Their Own Country

What They Call Their Own Country Quiz

We may call it one thing in English, but sometimes the name of a country can be radically different in the country's own language. I give you their name, you pick the English name. Hint: It is not always in the official language of the country

A multiple-choice quiz by case2. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
case2

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
86,381

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
8 / 15

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4824

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Question 1 of 15

1. Suomi Hint

Switzerland

Finland

American Samoa

North Korea

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Question 2 of 15

2. Cymru? Hint

Scotland

Wales

Cyprus

Faroe islands

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Question 3 of 15

3. Shqip�ria? Hint

Albania

Georgia

Tajikistan

Slovenia

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Question 4 of 15

4. Sakartvelo? Hint

Czech Republic

Armenia

Georgia

Hungary

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Question 5 of 15

5. Taehan-min'guk? Hint

Laos

Taiwan

South Korea

Nepal

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Question 6 of 15

6. Bod? Hint

Mongolia

Iran

Bhutan

Tibet

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Question 7 of 15

7. - al-Maghrib? Hint

Morocco

Algeria

Bahrain

Yemen

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Question 8 of 15

8. Aotearoa? Hint

Fiji

Micronesia

Indonesia

New Zealand

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Question 9 of 15

9. Hayastan? Hint

Georgia

Chechnya

Hungary

Armenia

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Question 10 of 15

10. Alba? Hint

Albania

Estonia

Scotland

Andorra

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Question 11 of 15

11. Kalaallit Nunaat? Hint

Canada

Greenland

Finland

Latvia

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Question 12 of 15

12. Magyarorsz�g? Hint

Georgia

Moldova

Hungary

Belarus

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Question 13 of 15

13. Ningizumu Afrika?
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South Africa

Namibia

Central African Republic

Ethiopia

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Question 14 of 15

14. Wuliwya? Hint

Bhutan

Vietnam

Bolivia

Venezuela

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Question 15 of 15

15. Nippon? Hint

North Korea

Taiwan

Finland

Japan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Suomi

Answer: Finland

Finnish is a non indo-European language and therefore has a very different vocabulary from the English. Suomi is related to suo, meaning peatland. Finland simply means land of the Finns. Interestingly though, the Finns are closely related to the Hungarians.

2. Cymru?

Answer: Wales

This is the name in the old Celtic Welsh language. It means "friends" or "companions". Strangely enough, Wales is derived from an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning "foreigners" or "strangers".

3. Shqip�ria?

Answer: Albania

The English name comes from the Albanoi tribe. The Albanian name is probably derived from shqipe meaning eagle, i.e the land of the Eagle.

4. Sakartvelo?

Answer: Georgia

The Georgian name means Land of the Karts (the biggest tribe).

5. Taehan-min'guk?

Answer: South Korea

The English name is derived from Koryo, the dynasty that ruled the peninsula from 935 to 1392. The Korean name means Great Han Empire.

6. Bod?

Answer: Tibet

The Tibetan name is probably derived from Bon, Tibet's pre-Buddhist, animist religion. The European version is derived from the Arabic Tubbat which was derived from the Chinese Tufan used for Tibet between 600 and 900.

7. - al-Maghrib?

Answer: Morocco

The Arab name means "of the setting sun", the English name is derived from the city of Marrakesh.

8. Aotearoa?

Answer: New Zealand

This is the Maori name for New Zealand and means Land of the Long White Cloud. Tasman named the country after the Dutch province of Zeeland.

9. Hayastan?

Answer: Armenia

'Armenia' is of Persian or Greek origin, but the meaning is unknown, Hayastan is named after the Hayes-Azzi tribe.

10. Alba?

Answer: Scotland

This is Scots Gaelic for Scotland, derived from Albion, the old name for Great Britain. It means "white". Scotland is derived from the tribe of the Scots.

11. Kalaallit Nunaat?

Answer: Greenland

The Greenland name means The Land of Man.

12. Magyarorsz�g?

Answer: Hungary

The Hungarian name means Country of the Magyar, which is the name of a tribe. Hungary is possibly derived from the Asian tribe of the Huns who overran Europe in the 4th and 5th century.

13. Ningizumu Afrika?

Answer: South Africa

This is the Zulu name for South Africa.

14. Wuliwya?

Answer: Bolivia

This is the Aymara word for Bolivia, Aymara is the main language of Bolivia spoken by two million people.

15. Nippon?

Answer: Japan

The Japanese name means "of the Rising Sun", the English name comes from the Malay "japang" meaning "sunrise".

Source: Author case2

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