Alternate Names for Modern Countries

Redbeard

Banned
If England is to be Sexland or Saxland, because the Saxon and not the Angel invaders of 5th century supply the name (The Angels stay home in southern Jutland/Slesvig), then I suppose Denmark could be England or Engmark, as Denmark, seen from the south where we got our name from, is now the country of the Angels.

If that again is connected to the Danes having stayed at home in Scania/S.Sweden then that area might be Danrige...


Regards

Steffen Redbeard

PS: If the Sexland name is to be used in tourism campaigns I guess you better ensure some significant (and sexy) PoDs across the North Sea, if you want tourists to come back :D
 

Monopolist

What about using Vespucci instead of Amerigo for North and South America?
Or how about Magellan's name for the Phillipines? San Lázaro could be used too
Myanmar could be Burma like it used to be...
 

Atom

I've used Cabralia for South America (for Cabral, it's discoverer), and Baccaliue for North America (Cod, since it was first discovered by Cod Fishermen off the grand banks) in a world where Columbus never existed.

Oh, and for the maya lands, perhaps a version of the Nahuatl name for it tlalli tlacatli auh copotiz (I think, but probably not. That was made with blind idiot translation and a dictionary. Any experts on nahuatl want to help me out?), or "the lands of red and black."?
 
The Professor

The Professor

Gonzaga said:
What about "Platinea" for Argentina?
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That "e" always strikes me as extraneous. Why not Platinia or Platina?

Redbeard said:
If England is to be Sexland or Saxland, because the Saxon and not the Angel invaders of 5th century supply the name (The Angels stay home in southern Jutland/Slesvig), then I suppose Denmark could be England or Engmark, as Denmark, seen from the south where we got our name from, is now the country of the Angels.

If that again is connected to the Danes having stayed at home in Scania/S.Sweden then that area might be Danrige...


Regards

Steffen Redbeard

PS: If the Sexland name is to be used in tourism campaigns I guess you better ensure some significant (and sexy) PoDs across the North Sea, if you want tourists to come back :D
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I like the idea of an Englemark under a Scanerrike :D.

I assume England (from (A)Engel-lond, the English Land) was because most the Anglo-Saxon lands were Angle Kingdoms - Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia) - and the most dominant Kingdoms tended to Mercia or Northumbria. The dominance of Wessex - The West Saxon Kingdom - only came about after the Anglian Kingdoms were dominated by the (Old) Danes whose subject people were mostly Angles.
Strangely enough the Welsh and Scottish lords, and the Normans, called the English Saxons.

I don't think Sexland quite works. Maybe Sexany, Sexery (the Sexerrike?), or Sexerdom would? ;)
 

Janprimus

The Professor said:
That "e" always strikes me as extraneous. Why not Platinia or Platina?



I like the idea of an Englemark under a Scanerrike :D.

I assume England (from (A)Engel-lond, the English Land) was because most the Anglo-Saxon lands were Angle Kingdoms - Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia) - and the most dominant Kingdoms tended to Mercia or Northumbria. The dominance of Wessex - The West Saxon Kingdom - only came about after the Anglian Kingdoms were dominated by the (Old) Danes whose subject people were mostly Angles.
Strangely enough the Welsh and Scottish lords, and the Normans, called the English Saxons.

I don't think Sexland quite works. Maybe Sexany, Sexery (the Sexerrike?), or Sexerdom would? ;)
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Or just another Saxony to make it even more confusing.;)
 
The Professor

The Professor

North America: Atlantica, Atlantia, Atlancy, Atla(u)nce
South America: Hesperica, Hesperia, Hespery
Quebec/New France: Mackaynia - the MacKayne Beck is OTL ST Laurence; incidentally Laurasia > MacKaysia :)
eastern Venezuela: West Guijana - part of Guijana/Guyana, Dutch South America.
The Caribbean Sea: the Antillian Sea
 

Nitzkrieg

There are already 3 states retaining the title of Saxony (Saxony Anhalt, Nether Saxony, Saxony, blah blah). And from my terribly frightening experiences in Dresden, Sexland would be an appropriate name, I assure you.

Babylonian Republic for Iraq would be sweet.
Republic of the Persians would be rad, also.
Turkey needs an improvement, I'll admit. Sharing a name with a bird (however tasty it may be) is unfortunate. Besides, Ataturk sounds more like a bizzare form of encouragement than a father of the nation. How about The Republic formerly known as the Ottoman Empire? About as bad as the FYR Macedonia.
 

ninebucks

Banned
I had the idea a while ago of calling North America 'Ferdinandea', and and South America 'Isabellania'. It'd require a stronger Spanish influence though.
 

Saya Aensland

Nitzkrieg said:
Turkey needs an improvement, I'll admit. Sharing a name with a bird (however tasty it may be) is unfortunate. Besides, Ataturk sounds more like a bizzare form of encouragement than a father of the nation. How about The Republic formerly known as the Ottoman Empire? About as bad as the FYR Macedonia.
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Or if we want to be boring, Turchia.
 

Roberto

Uruguay is also known as Banda Oriental. Cisplatina could stick if the Brazilians stay around long enough.

Argentina could simply be La Plata, or Platinea. Maybe if it retained all of the territory of the Viceroyalty of La Plata, Potosia, named for the silver?
 

sunsurf

In another thread I mentioned an Uber-Manitoba; would the hyphenation and the "Uber-" be likely?

The names of the Central American countries come from vague, assorted sources, so...

OTL ATL
Mexico Colombia
Guatemala Mexico
Nicaragua Guatemala
Belize Honduras
Honduras Panama
Panama Darien
Colombia Venezuela
 
RMcD94

RMcD94

commandant spangler said:
What about using Vespucci instead of Amerigo for North and South America?
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What do you mean instead? Neither were named after Amerigo...

No one named anything after their first name, the biggest and best proof that it wasn't him. It was a Welshman named something Amerik, IIRC.
 
The Professor

The Professor

RMcD94 said:
What do you mean instead? Neither were named after Amerigo...

No one named anything after their first name, the biggest and best proof that it wasn't him. It was a Welshman named something Amerik, IIRC.
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I believe you are referring to Richard Ap-Merike/Meryk/Meuric/Ameryk etc who financed John Cabot's explorations.

I see no reason why it isn't both. After all Richard Amerik (another spelling ;)) was financing the exploration and mapping of the New World at the same time as Americus Vesputius was exploring and mapping.
In any dispute about which explorer to name them after - Cabotia or Vesputia - you can certainly see "America" chosen as compromise because it could imply both.
 
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