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Colombia was actually called the United States of Colombia in the middle of the 19th century.
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"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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I think they should be called United States of Vespucci. Only a moron would name a nation after someones first name... the exception being Mingapolco of course !
There's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.Comment
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Panama is supposed to mean "abundance of fish". Panama is still home to some of the best deep sea sport fishing in the whole world.If you don't like reality, change it! me
"Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard ShawComment
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England, the land of Angles and other geometry references.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Lietuva:
Version A - named after a river Lietava in central Lithuanian;
Version B - Named after "lietus", meaning rain.Originally posted by Serb:Please, remind me, how exactly and when exactly, Russia bullied its neighbors?
Originally posted by Ted Striker:Go Serb !
Originally posted by Pekka:If it was possible to capture the essentials of Sepultura in a dildo, I'd attach it to a bicycle and ride it up your azzes.Comment
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And on the other side, the name Hellas (Greece) means "Land of Light" according ot one etymology.
Then there's also another myth associated with the name Hellas but I'll let you find it out yourselves
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A face that could launch a thousand ships....
Must have been damned ugly to get everyone to run away like that.
(I know its Helen not Hellene)
One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Are you talking about the myth?
If so explain.Comment
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The Hellene myth or the Helen myth?One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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The Hellene myth of course!Comment
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I don't know it. Apart from Hellene was supposed to be the ancestor of the Greek race.
I only mentioned the Helen myth by word association.
One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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In profile, she resembled a well-greased slipway.Originally posted by Big Crunch
A face that could launch a thousand ships....
Must have been damned ugly to get everyone to run away like that.
The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Nederland - Lowland.
Pretty self explanatory
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Helen my ass of course. It was just a question of not letting a profitable colony gain independance.
But it made a nice tale.Comment
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Belgium ...
Land of the Belgae, a collection of Gallic tribes ...
The name is totally artificial though. It didn't exist until 1830."Ceterum censeo Ben esse expellendum."Comment
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