Is there a reason that England is Engelestan but Scotland is Scotland and Iceland is Eesland? Why the -stan?
Kanser_kitlenin_amk on
The funny thing is that in Turkish we call Greece “Yunanistan” Germany “Almanya” syria “Suriye” and armenia “Ermenistan” 😀
Shadrol on
So Iranians get to do wrong-Georgia jokes about Greece.
WhoAmIEven2 on
Why is Morocco called the same as one of their major cities?
OrenTree on
Are Lithuania and Latvia correct? It looks like they might be swapped.
Ok_Beyond_4993 on
Whoa! the Serb’s got a stan added, thats gotta be a hugse sign of respect.
pipka__ on
Check ✅
GollyBell on
Funny to see Ukraine here being called okrain. Because some russian nationalists call Ukraine (okraina) meaning some place that is far away from the center , trying to insult Ukraine nation 😁
sheikhdavid on
Aaragh is my favorite one. 🇮🇶
Awesome_Lard on
Why are some “stan” while others are “land”
FriendoftheDork on
Funny how many of these are just English ones with spelling to fit other pronunciations. Like Norwej and Earland.
Yunan is special though – not too surprised given the long (and not always friendly) history, but what does that mean? It sounds like a place in China. And it is so far from what the Greeks and Romans called it.
LifeisGood112233 on
Engelestan is my favorite and to the point.
VectraVX on
Lol ‘montenegro’
-CJJC- on
In the middle age France was known as Farangistan and Catholic Europeans in general were deemed Farangi.
Meanteenbirder on
Scotland: “Am I a joke to you?”
Alternative_Goose857 on
Love Suwiss! so cool
thedemonlord02 on
I’m super happy about Majarestan, it’s finally not a variation of Hungary! It’s actually very close to what we call ourselves!
Mapman obviously has no clue where Engelestan starts and Velz ends
Soft_Letterhead_5655 on
Iran literally translates to “Aryan.” Persians are of the Aryan race.
alwxcanhk on
Would love to know how the following countries are pronounced in Persian:
China
Egypt
Japan
South Korea
Thank you in advance to anyone.
Bozocow on
Man I hate this transliteration. ee to describe /i/ is always so cringe.
Wide_Ad9104 on
persian asks me where i’m from
me: 👂
Unlikely_Baseball_64 on
Wales would be Velz since the map creator couldn’t be bothered to include it
Seraphina_Renaldi on
I really like Lahestan. It’s more inclusive and fitting than Poland. Like a place for all Slavic ethnicities that have the lechites tribes as their ancestors, but aren’t necessarily of polish origin, but live within polish borders like Pomeranians or Silesians.
alrae70 on
Why no name for Wales?
Relevant_Isopod_6449 on
Some how “Engelestan” is appropriate
loopgaroooo on
I read each one in a thick Persian accent. So satisfying
TommyPpb3 on
Lahestan?😭
ZalmoxisRemembers on
This is the reason why gypsies (which originate from India, not Romania) should be called Domani, not Romani. The confusion created from the nomenclature is akin to cultural appropriation. I think Romanians and Italians would agree.
ZodiacError on
it’s quite interesting to see the French influence in some of the country names e.g.
– Austria -> Autriche -> Otrish
– Switzerland -> Suisse -> Suwiss
– Germany -> Allemagne -> Alman
– Belgium -> Belgique -> Belgick
– Sweden -> Suède -> Sued
– all the balkan countries ending in -i are also pronounced like that in French although idk if that’s also taken from there or the same in Persian
– funniest is having the long aa sound in Finland, when you pronounce it in French.
It’s interesting to see which language loaned the countrynames to another one.
BigGingerYeti on
Wales gets fucked over again. Velz according to Google.
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What’s the story behind Poland and Greece?
Is there a reason that England is Engelestan but Scotland is Scotland and Iceland is Eesland? Why the -stan?
The funny thing is that in Turkish we call Greece “Yunanistan” Germany “Almanya” syria “Suriye” and armenia “Ermenistan” 😀
So Iranians get to do wrong-Georgia jokes about Greece.
Why is Morocco called the same as one of their major cities?
Are Lithuania and Latvia correct? It looks like they might be swapped.
Whoa! the Serb’s got a stan added, thats gotta be a hugse sign of respect.
Check ✅
Funny to see Ukraine here being called okrain. Because some russian nationalists call Ukraine (okraina) meaning some place that is far away from the center , trying to insult Ukraine nation 😁
Aaragh is my favorite one. 🇮🇶
Why are some “stan” while others are “land”
Funny how many of these are just English ones with spelling to fit other pronunciations. Like Norwej and Earland.
Yunan is special though – not too surprised given the long (and not always friendly) history, but what does that mean? It sounds like a place in China. And it is so far from what the Greeks and Romans called it.
Engelestan is my favorite and to the point.
Lol ‘montenegro’
In the middle age France was known as Farangistan and Catholic Europeans in general were deemed Farangi.
Scotland: “Am I a joke to you?”
Love Suwiss! so cool
I’m super happy about Majarestan, it’s finally not a variation of Hungary! It’s actually very close to what we call ourselves!
Few corrections:
Lithuania and Latvia are swapped, so
Lithuania > Litvani.
Latvia > Latvia/Letoni (both work)
Sloveni > Eslovani.
Okrain > Okra’ayn.
Caspian > Khazar.
Belgick > Beljhik or Belzhik (like Rouge)
Aaragh!!
Sweden got sued
Lol how is Scotland just Scotland
“Marg bar ___________!”
Lahestan 🇵🇱
Mapman obviously has no clue where Engelestan starts and Velz ends
Iran literally translates to “Aryan.” Persians are of the Aryan race.
Would love to know how the following countries are pronounced in Persian:
China
Egypt
Japan
South Korea
Thank you in advance to anyone.
Man I hate this transliteration. ee to describe /i/ is always so cringe.
persian asks me where i’m from
me: 👂
Wales would be Velz since the map creator couldn’t be bothered to include it
I really like Lahestan. It’s more inclusive and fitting than Poland. Like a place for all Slavic ethnicities that have the lechites tribes as their ancestors, but aren’t necessarily of polish origin, but live within polish borders like Pomeranians or Silesians.
Why no name for Wales?
Some how “Engelestan” is appropriate
I read each one in a thick Persian accent. So satisfying
Lahestan?😭
This is the reason why gypsies (which originate from India, not Romania) should be called Domani, not Romani. The confusion created from the nomenclature is akin to cultural appropriation. I think Romanians and Italians would agree.
it’s quite interesting to see the French influence in some of the country names e.g.
– Austria -> Autriche -> Otrish
– Switzerland -> Suisse -> Suwiss
– Germany -> Allemagne -> Alman
– Belgium -> Belgique -> Belgick
– Sweden -> Suède -> Sued
– all the balkan countries ending in -i are also pronounced like that in French although idk if that’s also taken from there or the same in Persian
– funniest is having the long aa sound in Finland, when you pronounce it in French.
It’s interesting to see which language loaned the countrynames to another one.
Wales gets fucked over again. Velz according to Google.