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  2. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The AD 947 Baksei Chamkrong inscription explains (and probably invented) the Sanskrit name from Kambu, a legendary Indian sage who journeyed to Indochina and married a naga princess named Mera, plus (-ja) meaning "descendants of". [134] In informal usage Cambodians refer to their country as Srok Khmer, "Land of the Khmers".

  3. List of sovereign states by date of formation - Wikipedia

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    Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...

  4. History by country - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of articles covering the history of present-day nations, states, and dependencies. Countries are listed in bold under their respective pages, whereas territories and dependencies are not. Disputed and unrecognized countries are italicized.

  5. List of continent name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    It derives its name from the island country of New Zealand which occupies the vast majority of its non-submerged land. Dutch explorers named the land Nova Zeelandia after the Dutch province of Zeeland, [25] [26] and British explorer James Cook subsequently anglicised the name to New Zealand. [27] [self-published source] [28]

  6. List of countries named after people - Wikipedia

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    Country Source of name Afghanistan: Supposedly named after tribal chief Prince Afghana. [2]Armenia (Hayastan): Hayk: Bangladesh: from "Bengal", which, according to one hypothesis, is named after Bang, son of Hind, son of Ham, son of Noah [3] [4] [5]

  7. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    The name was initially proposed for the Territory of Colorado until its origins were discovered. Years later it fell into common usage, and was proposed for the Territory of Idaho instead. [30] [31] Plains Apache: ídaahę́: Possibly from the Plains Apache word for 'enemy' (ídaahę́), which was used to refer to the Comanches. [32] Illinois ...

  8. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    (Although it is known that vehicles incorporating at least some of the features of the tank were designed in a number of countries from 1903 onward, none reached a practical form.) 1916: The Czochralski process, widely used for the production of single crystal silicon, is invented by Jan Czochralski.

  9. Personal name - Wikipedia

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    However, the legal full name of a person usually contains the first three names (given name, father's name, father's father's name) and the family name at the end, to limit the name in government-issued ID. Men's names and women's names are constructed using the same convention, and a person's name is not altered if they are married. [4]