Alternate Names for Modern Countries

Pretty oviouse, Judas for Israel (pronounced Ye-Hoo-Dah)

England for Britain (assuming they took over scotland)

Normandy for France
 
For the Netherlands the old name United Provinces is possible.
I like that better anyways.
And wasn't the United States name inspired by that?
 
With an early enough PoD it would be easy to have Canada be the province and Quebec the whole country.

(Since they were both names for the Quebec city area. Sort of.)
 
Scotland - Pictia
Norway - Nöria
England - Angland
Wales - Kimria
Ireland - Eire
Germany - Alamania
Netherlands - Batavia/Dutchland
Switzerland - Helvetia
France - Gaul
Italy - Romia
Austria - Ostria
Finland - Swomia
Turkey - Turkland
Iraq - Babylonia/Assyria/Mesopotamia/Euphraytia
Israel - Judea
Palestine - Near Jordan
Jordan - Far Jordan
Egypt - Mesria/Nileland/Ægypt
Morocco - Mauretania
Japan - Nihon/Nippon/Nihonia
South Africa - Hopeland
Pakistan - India
India - Hindland
(South) Korea - (South) Corea/Silla
(North) Korea - (North) Corea/ Goguryeo
China - Seresia/Taugatia
Canada - Rupertia
USA - Federated Provinces of Columbia and the Territories
Brazil - Amazonia
 
Hmmm...if English just tried to translate....could China be the Midlands?

People's Republic of the Midlands?:eek:;):rolleyes::D:cool:

I ouched looking at that line of text:rolleyes:

OTOH, would that be that big of a chance for ATLs to adopt the same Pinyin system which transliterate 中國 into "Zhongguo" and others? I mean not just an analogue, but the exactly same system that produces the same transliteration? Plus this requires some Romanization efforts which usually come late in whatever TLs revolving around China and such.

Most plausibly, if transliteration had been the way to go, the romanized name would have undergone nativization in whatever tongue the most influential foreign power Chinese had encountered first and en masse, though linguistic isn't really where I'm good at...
 
Probably already mentioned, but Mexico could be Anahuac or Tenochca or something along those lines. Yucatan could also retain the original (and not too daunting) name of Uluumil Kutz Yetel Ceh. Or just Uluumil Kutz for short perhaps. Or some variation of it.
 
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