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Where Did Europe’s Countries—and the United Kingdom—Get Their Names?

Open Culture 24 July 2026 22h ago
Where Did Europe’s Countries—and the United Kingdom—Get Their Names?
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The typical student traveling on a Eurail pass will stop in such lands as Österreich, Italia, Česko and Schweiz — also known as Suisse, Svizzera, and Svizra. If that student happens to hail from the English-speaking world, the names Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic (the recent movement for Czechia notwithstanding), and Switzerland will sound more familiar. But […]
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