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02-11-2008, 01:30 PM

Six Foot Three Six Foot Three started this thread

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I found this list on Wikipedia that list the countries of the earth and the historical origins of how they got their name.
Kinda cool to look up any country that intrests you to see how it's name was formed.
List of country name etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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