etymology Archives - My English World https://www.myenglishworld.org/tag/etymology/ The Place to English! Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:26:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.myenglishworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-myw-favicon-01-32x32.png etymology Archives - My English World https://www.myenglishworld.org/tag/etymology/ 32 32 131553760 Naming a country? It’s easier than you think… https://www.myenglishworld.org/naming-a-country-its-easier-than-you-think/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=naming-a-country-its-easier-than-you-think https://www.myenglishworld.org/naming-a-country-its-easier-than-you-think/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2020 05:00:37 +0000 https://www.myenglishworld.org/?p=17203 Toponymy is the study of place names (toponyms), their origins, and their meanings, and it can be quite an interesting subject. There are 195 countries in the world today and they have all sorts of names. But where do these names come from? The answer to that question is both easy and interesting. What if ... Continue Reading

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