The name of which country is translated as the country of hippos. What do the names of some countries say?
The game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS has already managed to win a very large number of fans. This game is probably the most popular in the Odnoklassniki social network. In the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS, there are completely different levels, there are very simple ones, but there are quite complex ones and there is nowhere to go, you have to go through them. For those who find it difficult, we offer answers to the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS in pictures. If in this material you could not find the necessary answers to the game, then look at the site. They are sure to be found. If you don't have them, they will definitely appear soon. We just divided all the levels into blocks of 10 pieces in one. Below are the answers to levels 1 to 10 in pictures.
Crossword planet: ANIMALS answers in Odnoklassniki level 11-20
In this article, we offer you answers to the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS levels 11 to 20 inclusive.
Answers to the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS 11, 12, 13, 14, 15:
Level 11:
The hunting method characteristic of the cheetah is the pursuit
The name of which African country is translated as "country of hippos" - Mali
Japanese wisdom "if you want to get rich - invite ..." - rat
Community of bees living together - family
Which mammal can turn its neck 270 degrees? sloth
Who in the old days was called a boar - boar
The best runner from the chicken family - pheasant
What do birds have and other animals don't? feathers
The coat of arms of Australia depicts a kangaroo and a bird. Which? — emu
The smallest mammal on earth shrew
Level 12:
The longest living bird cockatoo
Room for horses stable
Which spider has become a pet of man - tarantula
This fish, eating the larvae of the malarial mosquito, turned Sochi into a resort - gambusia
Found on a chessboard, on the roof of a wooden house and in the gym - horse
Which bird has a beak length of forty-seven centimeters - pelican
The most numerous detachment in the class of mammals - rodents
Black leopard - panther
wolf family - flock
This bird, nicknamed the "forest lamb", "sings" with its tail - snipe
Level 13:
What birds come to us first in spring - rooks
Kalmyk antelope - saiga
The community of horses herd
What is the most developed sense organ in kiwi? vision
This writer created the story "How Wolves Teach Their Children" - Tolstoy
She is not afraid to lose her tail, because she will definitely grow a new one - lizard
Ancient ancestor of the horse eohippus
What did Petra, the black swan from Germany, spin the novel with - catamaran
The emblem of which institution is adorned with a snake wrapped around a bowl - pharmacy
Another name for toothless whales is mustachioed
Level 14:
What dolphins can do talk
If she flies low above the ground - be rain - martin
They say about a coward that he trembles like her tail - sheep
A gait in which the horse raises its legs crosswise - lynx
Where does the fennec fox live? Africa
Who wrote the ode "Praise to the mosquito" - Derzhavin
The name of the dog that made Gagarin's path in space 18 days before its launch is star
He lays eggs, but feeds the young with milk - platypus
Deer, the female of which wears antlers - northern
Fish that can "walk" along the shore - climbing perch
Level 15:
Member of the canine family arctic fox
Tropical arachnid predator - telephone
Clockwork spinning children's toy and forest lark - whirligig
The smallest predator weasel
Large whale from the smooth family - Greenlandic
Large representative of the insectivorous order - muskrat
With the help of the eggs of which bird, Pushkin's contemporaries removed freckles - magpie
What order of mammals do sloths belong to? edentulous
The name of which scientist is a wild horse, preserved only in captivity - Przhevalsky
What color is yak milk? pink
Answers to the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS levels 16, 17, 18, 19, 20:
Level 16:
Who is the snake-eater - bird
This bird clings to the trunk with its claws and tail, which serves as a prop - woodpecker
A mouse-like rodent with horny scales at the tip of its tail rat
Singer of Russian fields - lark
Who is Dolly the world's first cloned sheep named after? parton
Which bird has a bag - pelican
The last, fourth stage of butterfly development - imago
The name of which snake can be an adverb - already
How many legs do spiders have eight
Poodle cat - rex
Level 17:
How many stomachs does a bee have? two
Blanket for a horse blanket
Where does the platypus live? Australia
What animals live in the Hermitage, from the day the museum was founded - cats
A cub of a fox, a wolf or a sable - puppy
The smallest snakes narrow-mouthed
Translate into Tatar "tiger" - leopard
In the 80s of the twentieth century, fur coats from the fur of this wild cat cost 40 thousand dollars - ocelot
What subclass of fish does the horntooth belong to? dipnoi
The science that studies reptiles herpetology
Level 18:
In which country were the longest elephant tusks found? Zaire
Eared ... lives in China and bunches of white feathers grow on the sides of his head - pheasant
What is at the ends of the wings of the South American goatzin - claws
The nickname of the she-wolf who sheltered Mowgli - Raksha
A bird that eats insect pests from the order Passerines - starling
Dog breed bred by a German tax collector - doberman
Who married a fly and a mosquito - Chukovsky
Where was the goliath frog first discovered? Africa
Wild forest bull from Belovezhskaya Pushcha - bison
Animal on the coat of arms of Lesotho Crocodile
Level 19:
A narrow black ribbon appears on the neck of a male bird in the spring - fire burn
The space in place of the missing fangs in rodents - diastema
Which monkeys are considered the best swimmers among monkeys - noses
The opponent of the snake in the famous work of M. Gorky - falcon
The smallest antelope royal
What is another name for capybaras? capybara
Ballroom dance, consonant with the name of one of the gaits of horses - gallop
This bird waving its long tail every minute, even when resting - wagtail
From which animal do they take wool for the famous Orenburg shawls - goat
During winter migration to India, the Central Siberian goose crosses ... - Himalayas
Level 20:
The breed of Anna Andreevna's dog from Chekhov's story "The Lady with the Dog" - Spitz
Residents of Germany and tropical stinging insects - german
Who is called an irbis - leopard
This animal has the longest hair - muskox
What is the name of a chariot drawn by four horses? quadriga
What hare did Lewis Carroll tell us about - March
What kind of birds do the Chinese teach to capture fish with their beak and bring them to the owner? cormorant
The largest frog Goliath
And the story of A. Tolstoy and a poisonous snake with a flat triangular head - viper
Questions:
1. Which of the animals is the thickest-skinned?
2. How do baboons (a type of monkey) drink water?
3. How fast does a three-toed sloth move on the ground?
4. How fast does a three-toed sloth move through trees?
5. What is the smallest flying mammal?
6. What are the dimensions of the smallest flying mammal?
7. How high can an African leopard jump?
8. Can goats graze on tree branches?
9. How many years do horses live?
10. Which cats are called "poodle cats"?
11. Why are "poodle cats" called that?
12. Danish artist Gottfried Mind painted only one "model" for many years. Who exactly?
13. What animal was the name of the ancient Russian coin?
14. How many grains of cereals does a hamster store for the winter?
15. How many times does the fat content of hare's milk exceed that of cow's milk?
16. Who is the riddle dedicated to:
In rich clothes
Yes, I'm blind.
Lives without a window
Didn't see the sun?
17. What does the name of the African country Mali have to do with animals?
18. What does the name of the African country Somalia have to do with animals?
19. What is the color of the horse?
20. What color horse is called bay?
21. What color horse is called black?
22. What animal do sailors call "sea canary"?
23. For what features is the "sea canary" so called?
24. To whom are the lines of the poem by E. Trutneva dedicated?
Here she is jumping on the branches,
Flickered over the bush
Like a lively red ball,
With fluffy fur and a tail?
25. Monuments to what animal are erected in Germany, Scotland, France, Russia and some other countries?
26. What are the names of one-humped camels?
27. What are the names of two-humped camels?
28. On behalf of which country does the name of the dog breed "spaniel" come from?
29. How do these folk signs end:
a) The dog curls up and lies in a ball - to ...
b) The horse snorts - to ...
c) Sheep knock their foreheads - to ...
30. The name of the famous painting by the great artist Leonardo Da Vinci "Lady with an Ermine" is incorrect. Why?
31. What animals are in the staff (that is, are official employees) of the London post offices?
32. The name of what breed of dog is translated as "bull dog"?
33. Why is a bulldog called that?
34. Are there “boss-subordinate” relationships in the herd of cows?
35. How do these proverbs end:
a) The hare is not a coward, but himself ...
b) The wolf sees the goat, forgot and ...
c) The fox and in a dream have ears ...
36. Which animal was domesticated first?
37. Who is a hinny?
38. What is a mule?
39. Can a goat be the leader of a flock of sheep?
40. What is the longest recorded length of an elephant tusk?
41. What is the longest recorded length of a rhinoceros horn?
42. What animal was the symbol of the 1972 Munich Olympics?
43. What animal was the symbol of the 1980 Olympics held in Moscow?
44. The name of which animal can be found on the chessboard, on the roof of a wooden house and in the gym?
45. To whom do these lines belong:
What are you neighing, my zealous horse,
That you lowered your neck
Don't shake your mane
You don't bite your bits?
46. What Russian artist painted the famous painting "Bathing the Red Horse"?
47. Which artist painted the painting "Striguns at a Watering Place"?
48. In which country is the monument to horse courier mail installed?
49. When they say so:
a) The horse did not roll;
b) Not in horse food;
c) No whoa, no well?
50. Which famous writer's Peru owns the story "Mustang Pacer"?
Answers
1. Nile hippopotamus. The thickness of his skin is 2.5 cm.
2. Wet the tail in water, and then suck it.
4. Up to 3 m/min.
5. Thailand bumblebee bat.
6. Body length - about 30 mm, wingspan - 160 mm, weight - about 2 g.
8. In the Atlas Mountains (Africa), goats have learned to climb the branches of low-growing, almost dwarf trees.
9. About 55 years old.
10. Rex cats.
11. For curly hair.
12. Your cat with her next family.
13. Martens. The coins were called "kuna".
14. From 4 to 6 kg.
15. 6 times.
17. The name translates as "country of hippos."
18. "Go milk the cow".
19. This is her color.
20. Red with black tail and mane.
21. Black.
22. Beluga.
23. For white with yellow coloring and rather musical "chants".
25. Dog.
26. Dromedaries.
27. Bactrians.
28. Spain.
29. a) to the cold; b) heat; c) strong winds.
30. The painting depicts not a stoat, but a furo, a domesticated albino black ferret.
31. Cats. They protect correspondence from mice and rats and get paid for this.
32. Bulldog.
33. Since they were originally used for baiting bulls and other large animals.
34. Yes, there is a cow-leader in the herd, “close associates” and “lower class”.
35. a) saves; b) a thunderstorm; c) on top.
36. Dog.
37. Hybrid (option - offspring) of a stallion and a donkey.
38. Hybrid (option - offspring) of a donkey and a mare.
39. Yes, quite. An experienced goat leader is a good helper to the shepherd. Sheep obey him in everything.
40. 3 m 48 cm.
41. 1 m 58 cm.
43. Bear.
44. Horse - a chess piece, decoration of the roof of the hut, sports equipment.
45. A. S. Pushkin.
46. K. S. Petrov-Vodkin.
47. V. A. Serov.
49. a) Nothing done; b) something is not good; c) neither here nor there.
50. E. Seton-Thompson.
March 18th, 2015
Many people believe that hippos are slow and clumsy because of their size, but this is a dangerous delusion. Here is a video of a hippo chasing a motorboat in Chobe National Park in Botswana. The driver of the boat speeds up just in time before the huge animal emerges from the water.
In 2014, a hippopotamus attack on a boat on a river in Niger killed 12 schoolchildren - seven girls and five boys. Such data of the country's authorities are cited by Agence France-Presse. The incident took place near the country's capital, Niamey. There were at least 18 people in the pie. Most of them are 12-13 year olds who were on their way to a school across the Niger River. The authorities did not specify how exactly they died.
Hippos, which often approach Niamey in search of deep places in Niger, frighten the locals. Experts note the strongest aggressiveness of adults at a time when their cubs are next to them. In such situations, hippos often attack cattle that graze on the banks of the river.
Let's learn more about these animals...
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Hippos are quite rightly considered to be among the most dangerous African animals. But they pose a danger only to those who themselves are trying to threaten them. In fact, the hippo personality has traits that many of us might envy. In this article we will try to tell you more about these amazing animals.
The life of a hippopotamus is somewhat reminiscent of the life of a retired heavyweight boxer. Calm, outwardly clumsy and phlegmatic, a little gloomy, but not an aggressive homebody. There are practically no enemies, all the neighbors know him well and are the first to greet him, and who does not know, just in case, tries to stay away. He does not offend the little ones, he can even provide help on occasion. Home, family, prosperity - he has everything, and he does not need anything from someone else. But if the "gopniks in the gateway" stick, then ...
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Don't believe? Judge for yourself: predators are afraid to attack a hippopotamus because it is painfully terrible in anger, and it is armed perfectly. Despite the fact that the hippopotamus is a herbivore, its teeth are perhaps the most terrible one can imagine, especially the lower fangs. They grow throughout their lives and reach a length of over half a meter. In a fit of rage, the hippo easily bites a giant Nile crocodile in half.
The African fat man also has a lot of cunning and ingenuity. A case is known when a lion attacked a hippopotamus, when he was grazing on the shore. Probably, the king of beasts was too hungry, or something happened to his head, because hippopotamus lions usually bypass them. But, one way or another, this lion coveted a hippopotamus chewing grass, for which he paid. He did not even tear him with his fangs and trample him with his strong legs, but simply grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and dragged him into the water, where it was deeper. There the poor fellow-lion choked.
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And here is another case: a hippopotamus resting in the river was attacked by ... a shark. It was a rather large (about two meters) specimen of the so-called herring shark, which lives mainly in the ocean. But by some miracle, she was brought not only into the Mediterranean Sea, but also into the Nile Delta. And I must say, the herring shark is unusually aggressive and dangerous. Her teeth are long, sharp, bent back and form a solid palisade. In her element, she does not let anyone through: fish, sea animal, man - everything goes to feed her.
And this predator decided to feast on a hippopotamus, but literally attacked the wrong one. Unlike the case with the lion, the hippo did the opposite to her - he dragged the sea monster to the shore and trampled it there. Who will now doubt that hippos have brains?
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Of course, there is a predator on earth - cruel and merciless, capable of ruining any animal. This is a person. But people, oddly enough, do not need anything from hippos (as, in fact, hippos do not need anything from people). They do not have valuable tusks or horns, teeth are not listed on the market. All that the hippo has is just meat, and even that is far from a delicacy. In the days of slavery, whips were made from the skin of hippos to drive slaves, but slavery was officially abolished, and the production of whips disappeared with it. So even people do not touch hippos.
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Hippos lead a secluded lifestyle. You can walk several kilometers along the banks of the Nile and not meet a single hippo, and then suddenly it turns out that you have passed dozens of animals and simply did not notice them. You can swim in a boat a couple of meters from a hippopotamus and not pay attention to it. Among the garbage that the Nile carries into the sea, it’s hard to see a pair of small black “floats” - this hippo escapes from the heat, putting out only its eyes and nostrils. During the day, the animals lie at the bottom of the river. Their ears are "plugged" with special membranes that prevent water from entering. So, in the daytime, the hippopotamus is starving, and it goes out on the promenade only at night, and here it comes off in full in terms of feeding. To feed themselves, the hippopotamus has to eat 50-60 kilograms of grass per day.
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Of course, in the environment of hippos, as in any other, it is not without conflicts. Sometimes during the mating season or during the distribution of food places, the matter ends in a fight, and blood is shed. But often the dispute about brides and territory is resolved quite peacefully. Male hippos periodically find out which of them is larger. Usually a contender for power approaches the commander in chief in the clan and stands nearby. Both hippos carefully examine each other, and the one who did not come out tall bashfully retires home, and the larger specimen becomes (or remains) the “boss”. The war can only start if both contenders have the same weight category.
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As for such hippo traits as kindness and generosity, here are a few examples for you.
The famous zoologist Dick Recassel witnessed how a crocodile attacked one of the antelopes that came to the watering hole. A hippo resting nearby came to the aid of an animal beating in the teeth of an alligator. He recaptured the antelope from the crocodile, pulled it ashore and began ... to lick its wounds. “The rarest case in the animal kingdom,” Recassel comments. - A real manifestation of mercy, and to a representative of a completely different species! Alas, help came too late. Half an hour later, the antelope died from shock and blood loss. But the hippopotamus remained near her for another quarter of an hour, driving away the flocked vultures, until the sun forced him to return back to the river.
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And more recently, visitors to the reserve in Kenya had a chance to observe the actions of a hippopotamus - almost a professional rescuer. Here is how it was. Wildebeest and zebra crossed the Mara River. An antelope cub, separated from its mother by the current, began to sink. Then a hippopotamus emerged from the water and began to push the baby to the shore. Soon, he safely got out on land and joined his mother, who all this time could only helplessly watch what was happening. In less than ten minutes, the same hippo rescued a drowning zebra. He helped her keep her head above the water and, like the "antelope", pushed her to land.
So these hippos are not such simple animals.
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Common hippos spend most of their time in the water, most often in fresh water. Occasionally they can go to sea.
If earlier the animal was found in many places on the globe, now a very small number of them have survived only in areas south of the Sahara. But even in Africa they are becoming less and less due to the fact that they are exterminated in large numbers by the local native population. Hippo meat is their main meat food.
Hippos adapt well to captivity, so almost all zoos contain this interesting beast.
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Who are the hippopotamus and hippopotamus? Many people do not know that these words refer to the same animal of the artiodactyl genus. The first name is translated from ancient Hebrew as "beast", perhaps due to the massiveness of this beast. The second is translated from Greek as "river horse" - hippos really love water.
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His body resembles a huge barrel, his legs are thick and so short that his stomach almost drags along the ground when walking. It can be up to 4 m in length, and the mass is simply fantastic - up to 5 tons! After elephants, the hippopotamus is in second place in size, as is the rhinoceros.
The tail is short, but quite mobile, with the help of it it sprays droppings and urine - it marks the territory.
On the paws there are 4 fingers with a membrane. When walking in the mud, the fingers spread out, and the stretched membrane helps not to slip and not to fall through.
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The ears are small, but with them he constantly tries to drive away insects. The head resembles a roughly cut rectangle, and the muzzle is covered with special sensitive hairs. In many photos, the hippopotamus is depicted with its mouth wide open - and indeed it can open it up to 150 degrees.
In it, a frightening-looking 36 teeth-fangs are visible. He uses them as protection or digs the ground.
The eyes are very small, around them are large folds of the eyelids.
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Unusually, these animals communicate with each other - by voice. They even have their own sounds-signals to indicate fear, aggression, danger. They express them with a roar, sometimes sounds like a horse neighing or grunting. The roar of hippos is very loud, it spreads far across the African expanses.
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Hippos live for about 40 years and die more often from diseases. In nature, they are not afraid of anyone except the lion. No one dares to attack them anymore. Yes, and a lion that encroached on a cub, a female in a rage can drown in silt mud or simply trample.
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Man is the biggest threat. Poaching for the meat, fangs and bones of the hippopotamus significantly reduces their population. Despite the fact that any child knows the phrase “oh, it’s not an easy job to drag a hippopotamus out of the swamp,” these animals have not yet been studied enough. Most likely, this happened because it is difficult to observe them, because they spend most of the day in the water.
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Do you know what the hippopotamus is doing in this GIF? Now I'll tell you.
Hippos do not like to travel, they do not search for food in distant lands, but prefer to grow grass themselves, in their own, so to speak, "garden". They do this in the following way: having limited a certain area for feeding themselves and their families, these animals regularly and diligently fertilize it with their own feces. And in order for the fertilizer to be distributed evenly, the animal “in the process”, so to speak, vigorously turns its tail, like a propeller. As a result, the "garden" of the hippopotamus, like a good farmer's, is always fertilized with high quality and brings an excellent harvest. And you don't have to follow him far.
Here it is worth noting that female hippos, while searching for a betrothed, meticulously monitor not the ability of males to care for the opposite sex, but their success in agriculture. The more powerfully the tail of a male hippopotamus spins, the more he gives out feces and the farther he scatters them, the greater the chances for the groom: it means that his family will live in abundance and will not die of hunger. A real marriage of convenience. But, perhaps, in this case, this is the right approach.
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Do you think about the names of the countries of the globe when you read them on maps? Surely not! Meanwhile, many of them translated into Russian are quite interesting, sometimes even unusual. True, most of the names, as they should, fully or partially correspond to certain features of the countries, but there are also those that, on the contrary, cause surprise by their striking inconsistency.
Let's go on a short journey along the geographical map and consider the content of the "surnames" of some states.
For example, the following names tell about the features of the geographical location: Norway ("Country of the Northern Way"), Vietnam and Australia ("Country of the South"), Japan ("Land of the Rising Sun", that is, "Eastern"). Austria - translated from German "Osterreich" means "Eastern power", while in reality it is located in the very center of Europe. Whatever you say, there was a clear overlap here. The name Ireland comes from "Eire", i.e. "western island".
As for the name of the South American country of Ecuador, it is not difficult to guess that it means "equator".
But the name of Syria even has a cosmic origin. It is associated with the brightest star in our sky, Sirius, which means "brilliant" in Latin. But, as you know, there are many countries on Earth that are hotter and sunnier.
The whole phrase - "Eight islands that stand side by side" - translates the name of the small country of Tuvalu, which arose in the Pacific Ocean on the site of the former English colony - the Gilbert Islands.
The names of the Netherlands ("low country") and Iraq ("Lowland") speak of the features of the earth's surface, and the name of the island Central American state of Haiti is the only thing left of the indigenous population of the Arawak Indians, destroyed by the colonialists, in whose language it means "mountainous country ".
The names of a number of countries reflect the features of their flora or fauna. So, for example, the name Brazil comes from the paubrazil mahogany growing here. It is interesting that the name of the capital of this state - Bamako is no less exotic and means "a village on the back of a crocodile." The coat of arms of the city is decorated with images of crocodiles in memory of those times when many of these animals lived in the waters of the Niger River. And the name of the capital of another African country Uganda - Kampala - means "antelope".
Abu Dhabi is the name of a small oil-rich principality in the United Arab Emirates, located on the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf. In translation, its name means "gazelle". Once there were many of these animals.
The name of the state of Somalia, according to some scientists, comes from the words "sao somao", which in the local language means: "go milk the cow." There are so many cattle in this African country that it is said that there is more milk than water. The vast majority of the country's population is engaged in cattle breeding.
Do not be surprised, but the name Spain means in translation from the ancient Carthaginian "country of rabbits". Indeed, once there were many of these rodents. Rabbits were even depicted on local coins.
The names of many states of the globe are the same as the names of individual natural objects located on their territory: mountains, rivers, lakes, etc. These geographical names-duplicates are characteristic first of all for the young independent states. For example, the Republic of Cameroon in Africa inherited its name from the volcano of the same name.
From the names of the rivers come the "surnames" of such countries as Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia, Congo, as well as the South American country of Paraguay. "River" origin and the name India (from the great river Indus), although only a relatively small section of the river belongs to this power. The Indus flows mainly in neighboring Pakistan.
The name of the state of Namibia comes from the desert of the same name.
From the famous Lake Chad comes the name of one of the African republics. The unique combination of the names of the lake (Tanganyika) and the island (Zanzibar) resulted in the name of the African country of Tanzania. The names of the islands on which such countries as Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada in Central America, Ireland, Iceland, Great Britain, Malta in Europe, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Philippines in Asia are located, became their names.
However, as you have already noticed, the names of not all states can be considered successful. Do you know, for example, that the name of the country Uruguay, although associated with the name of the local river, for some reason means "bird's tail", and Guatemala - "rotten tree"? The name of the Republic of Panama means "butterfly". However, with someone's light hand, it spread to the famous headdress. In fact, it was first made in Ecuador, and Panama was only a transshipment base, from where hats, the so-called "panamas", were exported to Europe.
The names of a number of other states are based on the peculiarities of the national composition of their population. For example, the name of the Republic of Afghanistan means "Country of the Afghans", just like Thailand - "the country of Thai". But the name Romania comes from the Latin Roma (Rome). Thus, the Republic of Romania bears the name of the capital of another European country - Italy. The name Romania appeared on the map of Europe in 1877 after the final liberation of the country by Russian troops from the Turkish yoke.
The South American country is named after another Italian city, Venice. In 1499, Spanish sailors saw an Indian village on stilts on the shores of the Maracaibo lagoon in the northern part of the mainland, like Venice, and called it Venezuela, that is, "little Venice" .. Now Venezuela is discussing the issue of changing this random name to Libertador, then there is a "liberator", in honor of the hero and leader of the liberation struggle of the peoples of Latin America against the Spanish colonialists Simon Bolivar. By the way, another South American country, Bolivia, is named after him, the first president of which he was.
On a small island in the Caribbean, there is a country that bears the name of the famous Spanish city - Grenada.
From proper names came the names of some more states, for example, Saudi Arabia (in 1926) - after its founder, King Ibn Saud. As for the name of the South American Republic of Colombia, it probably does not require explanation.
The name of the West African Republic of Burkina Faso, translated from the language of the Mosi, its main population, means "country of worthy people", and its capital Wugadugu - "Welcome".
A small country in West Africa is called Liberia, that is, "the land of freedom." And the name of the small Pacific island republic of Vanuatu (the former common Anglo-French colony of the New Hebrides) means: "a country that is and will be independent."
It hardly needs to be said that these young states are in fact still in complete economic and political dependence on their former mother countries. But names are names, and they testify to the desire of the peoples of these countries to achieve independence.
