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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
[
citation needed
]
[
dubious
–
discuss
]
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 people
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