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AngryBlitzcrankMain t1_j6ewh7c wrote

Reply to comment by Shawaii in ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam

>Germany comes from a town in Deutschland.

Huh? Germany comes from the name Romans used for area north of Rhine, Germania.

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Shawaii t1_j6exlzl wrote

Thanks - I knew it was something like that.

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AngryBlitzcrankMain t1_j6eymxb wrote

All good. Etymology for different versions of names fo Germany are all over the place.

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