List of countries named after people

This is a list of countries named after people.

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Country	Source of name
Armenia	Armenak (traditional)
Bermuda	Juan de Bermúdez
Bharat (Republic of India)	Bharata
Bolivia	Simón Bolívar
Cambodia	Sage Kambu Swayambhuva
China	Qin Shi Huang
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	William Keeling
Colombia	Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo in Italian)
Cook Islands	James Cook
Czech republic	Forefather Czech, the legendary ancestor of the Czechs
Dominican Republic	Saint Dominic
El Salvador	Jesus (literally, The Savior)
Falkland Islands	Viscount Falkland
Georgia	St George
Gibraltar	Tariq ibn Ziyad (Jebel Tariq = Tariq's Mountain)
Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)	Thomas Gilbert
Hellenic Republic (Greece)	Hellen
State of Israel	Jacob, who was also called Israel in the Bible
Liechtenstein	Princely Family of Liechtenstein
Marshall Islands	John Marshall
Mauritius	Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
Mozambique	Musa Mbiki (traditional)
Northern Mariana Islands	Mariana of Austria
The Philippines	King Philip II of Spain
Pitcairn Islands	Robert Pitcairn
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)	Cecil Rhodes
Saint Barthélemy	Bartholomew the Apostle
Saint Helena	Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Christopher Columbus
Saint Lucia	Saint Lucy
Saint Martin	Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint Peter
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent of Saragossa
San Marino	Saint Marinus
Hawaii (Sandwich Islands)	John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
São Tomé and Príncipe	Saint Thomas
Saudi Arabia	Muhammad bin Saud
Seychelles	Jean Moreau de Séchelles
Solomon Islands	Solomon
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	George III of the UK, and the 4th Earl of Sandwich
Swaziland	King Mswati II
Tristan da Cunha	Tristão da Cunha
United States of America	Disputed: Amerigo Vespucci or Richard Amerike (see Naming of America)
Wallis and Futuna	Samuel Wallis

See also

• Lists of etymologies
• List of country subdivisions named after peoplevi:Tên các quốc gia có nguồn gốc tên người