It's quiz time again! Here is a quiz of where modern European countries derive their names from. All of these are countries that exist today, and there are no repeats. Some are not the names the country calls itself, but the one nearly everyone else does. I stuck to my traditional 21 question format, which means not all European countries are represented. (Sorry to those left out
) Some are easy, and some not.
Also, a disclaimer: Most of these I can vouch for with certainty but a few I am on thin ice about; if you know better please do fill us in, though Ill ask for some credible sources.
Also, Knight-Dragon: Maybe a similar quiz on Asian countries would be interesting....
Have fun!
1. This country takes its name from a Celtic tribe that once occupied the same real estate.
2. This countrys name is derived from the tribe that first united the country in the early 10th century, called (in English) The Field Wanderers.
3. This countrys name likely derives from this peoples ancient association with the Volga River.
4. This countrys name is derived from its geographical association with a language family, although almost every one of this countrys neighbors each has a completely different name for this country because of the multiplicity and independence of its early tribes.
5. This countrys name derives from a single Germanic tribe, although this peoples origins are far more ecclectic.
6. This countrys common name according to its neighbors likely derives from their mistaken historical association with the Huns, though this country has never called itself by this name.
7. This countrys name derives from its claimed historical origins in the Roman Empire.
8. This country derives its name from its act of creation in 1707 through the combination of several crown lands.
9. This countrys official name derives from its medieval status as a detached colony of a great empire, though it is commonly known by the name of one of its largest provinces much to the other provinces annoyance.
10. This countrys name derives from its medieval establishment as the Frankish kingdoms eastern march (military district).
11. What country is named after a tribe that lived in Calabria around the beginning of the 1st millennium B.C.?
12. This country derives its name from one of the two tribes that settled Västergötland in the 7th century A.D.
13. This countrys name derives from its earliest foundations by a foreign people whose own name (from their neighbors) derived supposedly from their red facial hair?
14. This country derives its name from an ancient tribe, known variously as the Aeolians, the Alashia or the Alasiyans.
15. This peninsular country takes its name from the Roman Empires provincial name for it.
16. Where exactly this countrys name derives is not exactly known but it is first found on a Jelling (birth) stone for Harold I Bluetooth from the mid-10th century.
17. This countrys name is thought to derive from an ancient pagan goddess widely worshipped but particularly attached to the Fomorian tribe.
18. This countrys name has recently been a point of contention because it has taken on the name of a former people who once occupied the same real estate in ancient times.
19. This countrys name derives from two of its imperial neighbors referring to it as The Frontier. This refers to this countrys early history as a lawless frontier region between 3 competing empires.
20. This country derives its name from the leading district (or Orte; locality) that led an alliance against the Habsburgs.
21. This country derives its name according to its neighbors from Tacitus Germania, in which they are refered to as an unbelievably wild and miserably poor people. These people have always had a different name for themselves.
Good luck!
Also, a disclaimer: Most of these I can vouch for with certainty but a few I am on thin ice about; if you know better please do fill us in, though Ill ask for some credible sources.
Also, Knight-Dragon: Maybe a similar quiz on Asian countries would be interesting....
Have fun!
1. This country takes its name from a Celtic tribe that once occupied the same real estate.
2. This countrys name is derived from the tribe that first united the country in the early 10th century, called (in English) The Field Wanderers.
3. This countrys name likely derives from this peoples ancient association with the Volga River.
4. This countrys name is derived from its geographical association with a language family, although almost every one of this countrys neighbors each has a completely different name for this country because of the multiplicity and independence of its early tribes.
5. This countrys name derives from a single Germanic tribe, although this peoples origins are far more ecclectic.
6. This countrys common name according to its neighbors likely derives from their mistaken historical association with the Huns, though this country has never called itself by this name.
7. This countrys name derives from its claimed historical origins in the Roman Empire.
8. This country derives its name from its act of creation in 1707 through the combination of several crown lands.
9. This countrys official name derives from its medieval status as a detached colony of a great empire, though it is commonly known by the name of one of its largest provinces much to the other provinces annoyance.
10. This countrys name derives from its medieval establishment as the Frankish kingdoms eastern march (military district).
11. What country is named after a tribe that lived in Calabria around the beginning of the 1st millennium B.C.?
12. This country derives its name from one of the two tribes that settled Västergötland in the 7th century A.D.
13. This countrys name derives from its earliest foundations by a foreign people whose own name (from their neighbors) derived supposedly from their red facial hair?
14. This country derives its name from an ancient tribe, known variously as the Aeolians, the Alashia or the Alasiyans.
15. This peninsular country takes its name from the Roman Empires provincial name for it.
16. Where exactly this countrys name derives is not exactly known but it is first found on a Jelling (birth) stone for Harold I Bluetooth from the mid-10th century.
17. This countrys name is thought to derive from an ancient pagan goddess widely worshipped but particularly attached to the Fomorian tribe.
18. This countrys name has recently been a point of contention because it has taken on the name of a former people who once occupied the same real estate in ancient times.
19. This countrys name derives from two of its imperial neighbors referring to it as The Frontier. This refers to this countrys early history as a lawless frontier region between 3 competing empires.
20. This country derives its name from the leading district (or Orte; locality) that led an alliance against the Habsburgs.
21. This country derives its name according to its neighbors from Tacitus Germania, in which they are refered to as an unbelievably wild and miserably poor people. These people have always had a different name for themselves.
Good luck!
We'll see. 
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