List of countries named after people

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This is a list of countries named after people.

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[citation needed][dubious ]
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

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