Why Countries Change Their Names
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Published 2019-05-16
This video was made in collaboration with Atlas Pro, check out his related video: • Exonyms vs. Endonyms: Rename Continents?
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All Comments (21)
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Excited to announce that this video was made as a collaboration with a fantastic (and fairly new) YouTube channel called Atlas Pro. I've been subbed to him since he had just 11k subs, and he's been blowing up lately, and rightly so. Go watch his related video on Renaming the Continents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07vPaWKzpCI Thanks to everyone for watching. I hope you enjoyed this video. And any new subs that may have come from Atlas Pro's channel: welcome!
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Swaziland: Changed it's name so people don't confused it with Switzerland Austria & Australia: Hmmmmm....
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Germany: Guten tag, mein name ist 'Deutschland' England: Hi, Germany France: Salut, Allemagne Poland: Cześć, Niemcy Sweden: God dag, Tyskland Finland: Hei, Saksa
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The funny thing about the Czech Republic/Czechia dispute is that its neighbour Slovakia has nearly always been called Slovakia (because of Czechoslovakia), even though it's official name is the Slovak Republic.
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So calling Iran “Persia” is basically like calling the Netherlands “Holland”
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Name Explain: (misses a topic on how a country changes names) WonderWhy: Now this looks like a job for me
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French Sudan, the one and only flag with STICK FIGURES on it.
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Also, the "endonym" name for New Zealand is Aotearoa (which translates to "land of the long white cloud"). Named by the Maori and still used frequently. We are also one of few countries to have 2 national anthems (one in Maori and one in English),.
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Where do you live? East East i mean where exactly? Eastern East East
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No one: Hungary: Ｍａｇｙａｒｏｒｓｚáｇ
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Who else realized the visuals look alot better?
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Gonna be honest, this video blew my mind, because I had no idea Swaziland changed its name.
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Excellent post! thank you so much for making this. I enjoy every single one of your videos!
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Country: I want that name Other country: I am that name Continents: We hold all your names
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Fun fact: the Chinese name for North Korea can be translated to “everyday is fresh” in old Chinese.
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Great collaboration. As you discussed country names I wondered about the origin of Europe’s name.
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The protoslavic word for Germany (We'll take "Niemcy" in Polish as an example) comes from the words "Nie mówiący" or "Niemy" meaning "Not speaking" or "Speachless". It is believed that the slavic tribes called Germans that because they didn't understand their language , and vice versa
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Glad to see a YouTube that prioritizes quality over quantity
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Korea is an exonym, derived from the Goryeo dynasty that ended in 1392. South Korea calls itself Hanguk (한국), after the name used by the short-lived Korean Empire, while North Korea calls itself Joseon (조선) after the last dynastic kingdom of unified Korea. And the two countries also have different words for their language and writing system that reflect these different names. I think it's a pretty interesting case.
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I have wondered about this very subject. Great job with your video.
