Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Austria -> Noricum
Latvia -> Blyatvia
Kingdom of Spain -> Kingdom of Pain
Germany -> Germoney / IV Reich
Hungary -> Starving
Turkey -> Shish Kebabey
Estonia -> Southern Helsinki
Iraq > Assyria/Akkad/Babylonia (any of its historical names)
Turkey > Ottoman (that name has a bad connotation to it I guess)
United States > Columbia (the name should've gone for that country)
Italy > Romania (or something like that, something similar to "Roman")
Netherlands > Holland
New Zealand > Zealandia (that's the name of its continental shelf, and it sounds much better)
Lebanon > Phoenicia
Iran > Persia
Romania > I don't know, something other than that
Absolutely no! For Italy there isn't any other name that can represent the whole country!
Any name that derive from Rome would represent only Rome. During the Roman empire the Romans where quite "egocentric", and so used a name that reminded their capital for their huge Empire, but nowadays this would not make much sense.
Spoiler
About the "egocentricity" of Rome in the ancient time, here there are some old famous epithets for the city of Rome:
- the Urbe = The city
- Caput Mundi = the head of the world
- The eternal city
Anyway, already during the Roman Empire, the territories of the peninsula were known as "Italia" (as France was called "Gallia", Germany "Germania" and so on).
After the fall of the western Roman Empire the territories of the peninsula have been divided into several smaller entities, often ruled by foreign reigns. But during all this period the name "Italia" periodically came out, together with the intolerance for the foreign domination. This kind of ideals were particularly strong during the "Risorgimento", which is the period that leaded to the unification of our country. And, just after the unification, I don't think that they had any doubt about the name they were going to give to their new Nation.
Iraq > Assyria/Akkad/Babylonia (any of its historical names)
Turkey > Ottoman (that name has a bad connotation to it I guess)
United States > Columbia (the name should've gone for that country)
Italy > Romania (or something like that, something similar to "Roman")
Netherlands > Holland
New Zealand > Zealandia (that's the name of its continental shelf, and it sounds much better)
Lebanon > Phoenicia
Iran > Persia
Romania > I don't know, something other than that
Transylvania
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
