Iceland: In 865, Norwegian Loki sailed to a new island. The island is high in mountains and deep in valleys, and the glaciers are shining with cold light, so Loki temporarily named the island Iceland. Later, many immigrants moved, and some immigrants called it "Snow Island". The name of this island has not been determined. Finally, the opinion in favor of the island (Iceland) as the name of the island prevailed. This place name has just been decided. However, the original name was anglicized internationally, and is (ice) was changed to ICE (ice), so the name of Ieeland was opened.
Russia: The word Russia evolved from Ross. The Ross people are a branch of the Eastern Slavs, whose name comes from the Ross River, a tributary of the Dnieper River. 1 century, the original country of Eastern Slavs, the Principality of Kiev, was born. /kloc-At the end of 0/4, the Eastern Slavs unified all places except Ukraine. That is, from then on, the name Rossiya (Russian land) began to appear in the imperial edicts of the principality. The Chinese translation of the name "Russia" is translated through Mongolian.
Ecuador: It belongs to the ancient Inca Empire. 1532, the Spanish invaded this area and began the era of colonial rule. Because the colony is located on the equatorial line, it is called Ecuador (equatorial) colony, hence the name.
Franca: Long ago, the weapons used by franka were mainly spears, which were called Falanca. That's why they are called Franks. At the end of the 5th century, the Franks occupied Gaul and later developed into a unified kingdom with Paris as its capital. This kingdom is usually called the Frankish Kingdom.
Philippines: from the name of a Spanish royal family. 15 12 years, Magellan named it "Saint lazarus Islands". 1543, Spanish colonists occupied the islands and renamed them Magellan. The Filipi Islands were named after Spanish Crown Prince Philip (later called Philip II or Philip II), which means "Crown Prince Philip's Islands (pronounced Philip in English)", from which the Philippines came.
Costa Rica: On Columbus's fourth voyage, he discovered a place where all residents wore gold ornaments. He thought he had entered the long-awaited Golden Peninsula, so he named this coast Costa del Oro. Later, the place "Gold Coast" became a Spanish colony. However, when it was made clear that there was no gold here and the gold ornaments worn by local residents were only brought by Indians when they moved from other places, people changed their old name and called this place Costa Rica (Rich Coast).
Greenland: In 982 AD, the Norwegian "Eric with Red Beard" sailed west from Iceland and came to a huge island covered with snow all year round. Eric wanted to turn this place into a place of hope for immigrants, so he took a touching name-Green Island. The present English place name Greenland is translated from this Norwegian place name.
Holland: Holland is actually just an ordinary name. Its official name is the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Netherlands is only one of its provinces. 158 1 year, with the Dutch province as the center, the people launched a movement for independence and established the federal Republic of the Netherlands (a low-lying country). Because the economic and political status of Dutch province is the most important in the Federation, people also use "Netherlands" to represent the country name.
Egypt: The name Egypt was given by foreigners. The ancient Egyptians called their country Kyoto Electronic Industry Co., Ltd. Teh (the country of black) or Bagte (the country of olives). In the era when Egypt was divided into two countries, upper Egypt was called "Mao Se" (system of canals) and lower Egypt was called "Hu Mei" (papyrus). No one has ever used the name "Egypt". From the 0/0 century BC to the 5th century BC, the Greeks came to the Nile, and the capital of Lower Egypt was called Hart kaptar. When the Greeks asked the local residents, they learned that the "Hart" at the beginning of the name meant "region and country", so they changed it to Greek "Ai" (country and region), while the word "Ka" was misinterpreted as "Ji". Written as "pt", with the Greek suffix os, it is translated into a complete Greek place name. Later, the Roman Empire conquered Egypt, which was pronounced "Egyptian Putes" in Latin, from which Egypt was derived.