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France, Canada ... Do you know the delicious history of country names?

2022-01-01T07:18:17.617Z


QUIZ - Le Figaro looks back at the origin of the appellations of our regions. Will you be 10/10 on this test?


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?

Source: lefigaro

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