Not something I thought of a lot when I was back in US since USA is... a pretty bureaucratic name by all means. But I just realized that some countries have really fascinating names in their local language

Like how China names itself Central/Middle country in a very grandiose way (as in, we are the center of the world), or Japan being "land of the rising sun"

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago

Portugal comes from "Portus Cale". It was in the general area of the city of Porto. The word "Postus" and "Porto" mean port, as in a port for ships.

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