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Re: Bet you didn't know 'all' these names.
« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2006, 09:23:56 PM »
Most countries and languages have different names in other languages.

Most countries and languages have different names in other languages. For example, Germans call their country "Deutschland"; in English people say "Germany"; in France, it is called "Allemagne", and in Poland, "Niemcy".

^I didn't know Germay had so many names :)

Greece - Ellas
Finland - Suomi
India - Bharat
Albania - Shqipëria
Egypt - Misr
Algeria - al-Jaza'ir
Japan - Nippon or Nihon
China - Zhōnggúo or Chung-kuo

Similarly, the native name of "Persia" is "Iran".


what language is that??? never heard that name