Basically as the title says. What are some good alternate names for OTL countries?
The countries can be short lived like the CSA or The Republic of Texas or be long lived like the United Kingdom, France, or the United States. They can also be countries that were long lived but were conquered by/united with another country, like England or one of the former independent Spanish Kingdoms like Catalan.
The names have to actually make sense and be something that the inhabitants of the country would call it back when the name started becoming widespread and in common usage. For countries like the United States that actually chose their name, the name would have to be something that the founders/namers of the country would come up with.
When coming up with a name, please post the OTL name of the country you are renaming (of course
) and a reason for/explanation of why the new name was chosen.
Some name ideas I have are as follows:
For the United States of America, the United States of Columbia, Columbia being a poetic name for America since the 1700s (according to The Great, Amazing, and Infallible Wikipedia). The name 'United States of Columbia' would help avoid the small predicament of US citizens being called Americans when really the term 'American' also applies to the rest of the people living in the Americas as well, though it might cause confusion with the South American country called Columbia if it was still founded/called Columbia.
For England, Anglo-Saxony. It seems slightly strange to me that the England was only named after one of the three Germanic tribes (Angles, Saxons and Jutes) that settled/conquered it way back in the early Middle Ages. Anglo-Saxony would at least be named after two of them. It also gives another region that would be named after the Saxons in addition to the Continental Saxonies in Modern Day Germany.
For France, Gaul, after what the region was called during Antiquity. Gaul could be adopted/retained either during the Middle ages instead of France or could be readopted by the French people during one of their revolutions/changes of government since the late 1700s.
The countries can be short lived like the CSA or The Republic of Texas or be long lived like the United Kingdom, France, or the United States. They can also be countries that were long lived but were conquered by/united with another country, like England or one of the former independent Spanish Kingdoms like Catalan.
The names have to actually make sense and be something that the inhabitants of the country would call it back when the name started becoming widespread and in common usage. For countries like the United States that actually chose their name, the name would have to be something that the founders/namers of the country would come up with.
When coming up with a name, please post the OTL name of the country you are renaming (of course
) and a reason for/explanation of why the new name was chosen.Some name ideas I have are as follows:
For the United States of America, the United States of Columbia, Columbia being a poetic name for America since the 1700s (according to The Great, Amazing, and Infallible Wikipedia
). The name 'United States of Columbia' would help avoid the small predicament of US citizens being called Americans when really the term 'American' also applies to the rest of the people living in the Americas as well, though it might cause confusion with the South American country called Columbia if it was still founded/called Columbia.For England, Anglo-Saxony. It seems slightly strange to me that the England was only named after one of the three Germanic tribes (Angles, Saxons and Jutes) that settled/conquered it way back in the early Middle Ages. Anglo-Saxony would at least be named after two of them.
It also gives another region that would be named after the Saxons in addition to the Continental Saxonies in Modern Day Germany.For France, Gaul, after what the region was called during Antiquity. Gaul could be adopted/retained either during the Middle ages instead of France or could be readopted by the French people during one of their revolutions/changes of government since the late 1700s.
