AHC: More Countries Starting with "J"

[Kevin Renner]

Have England be named after the Jutes instead of the Angles. But then the Battle of Jutland would be really confusing

 

[Simreeve]

That would be Jacobite, the Jacobins were a radically left-wing party in the early days of the French Revolution.

Also, the very idea of a country declaring itself a republic yet keeping the name of the group who support a certain bloodline's claim to the throne is somewhat amusing.

The term 'Jacobite' is also used for the Syrian Orthodox Church, so potentially its members could (perhaps under French influence/protection)have established a 'Jacobite Republic'.

 

[Hollis Hurlbut]

When South Sudan was preparing to declare independence, there was some discussion of alternate names, one of which was Juwama.

 

[Hollis Hurlbut]

Have England be named after the Jutes instead of the Angles. But then the Battle of Jutland would be really confusing

But not if "Jylland" becomes the English name for the peninsula.

 

[Isot the Terrible]

The city state of Jerusalem, existing side-by-side with the province or realm of Judaea, separated by the River Jordan from Transjordania, better known as Jordania.

Dont forget the West Bank, now renamed Jericho. And the independent Arab enclave of Jaffa.

 

[Baconheimer]

Jubbaland.

 

[Avitus]

There is a TL here that calls the alt America Johannia.

Indeed. I can't wait for him to get to the discovery of the Americas again in 2.0

 

[NotYetRegistered]

Yemen gets spelled as Jemen. Which is how it's spelled in my country, anyway. And Yemen splits up in South and North Yemen.

 

[ModusViv]

Or change the spelling of Djibouti ...