We jump on a plane, a train, a car, direction ... Canada, Burkina Faso, Italy or the Seychelles.
But do we know what these names of countries mean, which are so easy to visit today?
They are sometimes carriers of a tasty etymolgy.
“ Sri
Lanka”
for example, is made up of
Sri
,
“sovereignty, wealth, brilliance”
, and
Lanka
, which was first
Langkâ
, from the Greek
lagkanein
, or
“to obtain by lot”
.
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The
"France"
was named after the
"people of the Franks"
, whose name comes first Frankish
Frank
, a Germanic tribe, meaning
"free men"
.
The
"Poland"
, is said in Polish
"Polska"
, named for the
"Polans"
or:
"the people of the plain"
.
Le Figaro invites
you to rediscover the origins of these names of countries around the world.
Will you be the best in this test?