Huayna Capac357
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Why the generic name for our country (USA)?
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To be fair, it is still the newest province.Newfoundland: was out of date pretty quickly
To differentiate it from West East, no doubt... otherwise, people might get lost!
aronnax
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I rather Hate the name Singapore which is the anglised version of Singapura which means Lion City.
The story of an Indonesian prince landing on the island and seeing a lion and so called it Lion City. I rather hate it.
Chinese Names for most country have not actual meaning or even sounding to their english version.
America is Mei Guo which directly translated means Beautiful Country
However, England is Ying Guo which does means English Country
But UK also is Ying Guo which is rather ignorant
Greece is Xi La
and Turkey is Tu Er Qi
The story of an Indonesian prince landing on the island and seeing a lion and so called it Lion City. I rather hate it.
Chinese Names for most country have not actual meaning or even sounding to their english version.
America is Mei Guo which directly translated means Beautiful Country
However, England is Ying Guo which does means English Country
But UK also is Ying Guo which is rather ignorant
Greece is Xi La
and Turkey is Tu Er Qi
come on singapura aint that bad.. or u want it still to be called Temasek? Republic of Temasek?
aronnax
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It really means nothing, but directly translated its something like "Rare Preserved (meat)" Sounds nothing like it, means nothing like it
Singapore and Singapura is rather cruddy to say.
Preferably, I would like a Chinese name or one with a better meaning. Like Syonan was nice caused, it meant Light at the South. Too bad Japanese imperialism sorta killed it.
it makes sense that we could have been called Columbia
After all, the District of Columbia or DC..or Washington DC..which is just a city, nothing more, is our capital, yet it has its own region
Stewie0416
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Wait, i speak chinese and ummmm, i dont think the words really mean anything. They just kinda sound like the country's name in english, or sometimes they dont make much sense at all such as YingGuo ( not sure if i got the first one right...) or Britian means eagle country i think, but other than a few special contries the others are just what i like to call Chinglish. Chinese+English.
(PS, Russia is really weird in Chinese)
(PS, Russia is really weird in Chinese)
Huayna Capac357
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sure the characters together don't mean things, but they do still have meanings separately which you can put together to get literal meanings.
Russia is Eguo, is I always thought meant "hungry nation," but actually means "Russian nation."
Russia is Eguo, is I always thought meant "hungry nation," but actually means "Russian nation."
Stewie0416
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I dont think russia is called Hungary nation. I seem to remember that it had 3 letters (É luó sī and no guo in it, but my memory is flawed
and no guo in it, but my memory is flawed
Dann
Green bug
俄罗斯（e-luo-si）is the modern name for modern day Russia.I dont think russia is called Hungary nation. I seem to remember that it had 3 letters (É luó sī
苏联（su-lian）is the former Soviet Union.
俄国（e-guo）is a generic name for Russia, but is usually reserved for the historic tsarist Russian Empire.
Stewie0416
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Thxs Dann, May be Chinese but living in USA really kills your Chinese language skills.
aronnax
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Huayna Capac357
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Again, it's just phonetic, but the characters in "Yiselie" mean roughly "By means of color in a line."
hehe, reminds of when I was in Michigan - it took my a long to find someone who actually knew what an inhabitant of Michigan is called
Think it's Michigander....
We dont care. The only thing we know is that the Red Wings Rule.
And how to pronunce Mackinac and Ypisilanti.
Elta
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Everyone here has gotten the origins of the name Mexico mixed up
(Rather than a drawn out explanation I'll use wiki)
The term Mexico in Spanish literally means land of Mexica. Which later became the generic name after long being called simply New Spain. The term Mexican only came back into common usage as a way to rally all types of people against Spain. "We are not meztizos, Spainish or Indian- but Mexican!" etc etc The exact name of the country is Estados Unidos Mexicanos. "The United States of Mexico"
(Rather than a drawn out explanation I'll use wiki)
The term Mexico in Spanish literally means land of Mexica. Which later became the generic name after long being called simply New Spain. The term Mexican only came back into common usage as a way to rally all types of people against Spain. "We are not meztizos, Spainish or Indian- but Mexican!" etc etc The exact name of the country is Estados Unidos Mexicanos. "The United States of Mexico"
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