Country Name Help Thread

[Dom Jao II]

I have decided to create this thread to help brainstorm for names of countries you have no idea what to name.

To start off, what would a 19th Century African Jihad State (Along the lines of Sokoto,) that comprised of the Area Surrounding the Niger River Delta?

[stateless_englishman]

Originally Posted by Dom Jao II

I have decided to create this thread to help brainstorm for names of countries you have no idea what to name.

To start off, what would a 19th Century African Jihad State (Along the lines of Sokoto,) that comprised of the Area Surrounding the Niger River Delta?

Sokoto was named after the main city, so something like the Ubani Caliphate (after Bonny)?

[Iori]

Maybe the Orimi Emirate.

Orimiri/Orimili is the Igbo (the principle Ethnic group of the region) name for the Niger river, and given it's importance it'd makse sense they'd name the state after it, especially given their really are'nt any major cities (even Bonny was just a town).

Emirate since it's the most common Islamic term for a state, though they might just go with Kingdom (several Muslim states have in the past and do so today).