List of countries named after people

List of countries named after people

This is a list of countries named after people.

CountryPerson(s) Named After
ArmeniaArmenak (traditional)
AzerbaijanAtropat
BelizePeter Wallace (name Hispanicised)
BermudaJuan de Bermúdez
Bharat (India)Bharata
BoliviaSimon Bolivar
CambodiaKambu Svayambhuva
ChinaQin Shi Huang
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsWilliam Keeling
ColombiaChristopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo in Italian)
Cook IslandsCaptain James Cook
Dominican RepublicSaint Dominic
El SalvadorJesus (literally, The Savior)
Falkland IslandsViscount Falkland
GibraltarTariq ibn-Ziyad (Jebel Tariq = Tariq's Mountain)
Hellenic Republic (Greece)Hellen
IsraelJacob
KiribatiThomas Gilbert
Marshall IslandsJohn Marshall
MauritiusMaurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
MozambiqueMusa Mbiki (traditional)
Northern Mariana IslandsMarie-Anne of Austria
The PhilippinesKing Phillip II of Spain
Pitcairn IslandRobert Pitcairn
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)Cecil Rhodes
Saint HelenaSaint Helena
Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Christopher
Saint LuciaSaint Lucy
Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Peter
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent of Saragossa
San MarinoSaint Marinus
São Tomé and PríncipeSaint Thomas
Saudi ArabiaMuhammad bin Saud
SeychellesJean Moreau de Sechelles
Solomon IslandsSolomon
SwazilandKing Mswati I
United States of AmericaDisputably Amerigo Vespucci or Richard Amerike (See Naming of America)
Wallis and Futuna IslandsSamuel Wallis

See also

*Lists of etymologiesplaces named after people]
*List of country subdivisions named after people


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