African countries carry names shaped by geography, ethnicgroups, kingdoms, rulers, trade and colonial history.Some names point directly to natural features. Cabo Verde,meaning "Green Cape", reflects ...

Plenty of countries are known for having long, quite formal names, such as the United States of America or the United Arab Emirates. But a fact that is less commonly talked about, is that a surprising ...

Every place in the U.S. that shares the name of a foreign country or country adjective, or select foreign territories or cities. It has come to our attention that much of the United States of America ...