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Tsara-jevsus
King-jesus.

The Beris in Llanberis isn't a corruption of Peris, it's just Peris after having been mutated due to treiglo (A grammatical rule in Welsh where the first letter of a word is changed depending on the word before it in order to help with pronunciation; a bit like the word a becoming an in English)

Wyoming is the name of 3 counties in New York State, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. It is also the name of a borough in Pennsylvania and a village in New York State.

Valhalla is also the name of a hamlet in Westchester County, New York.

OOOoooooooklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain!
And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the raAAAAAAAAAAin!

The Russian city Samara is named after the Samara River, which probably means "summer water" or "summer pasture" in the Indo-Iranian language. [noted -ed]

What do you think people named America would think of this XD.

Belizameth is a waitress at The Speckled Trout Restaurant and Bottle Shop in Blowing Rock, NC.

This is also the Japanese form of saying Canada. [noted -ed]

Personal Impression: Corinthe would make a good first name. It sounds feminine and strong.

Personal Impression: Cyprus stands well as a first name. It not only evokes a idyllic Mediterranean island, it also is a homonym for cypress, which is a tree. This makes Cyprus have a very natural feel. It fits in with the growing popularity of nature-based names, while having a spelling that seems a bit more dignified and name-like.

Qatar is the host country for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

I love this as a girl’s first name!

Italian pronunciation is /ˈfran.t͡ʃa/ or FRAN-cha. [noted -ed]

Really gorgeous name.

The Swedish pronunciation is /'stɔk.(h)ɔlm/ (stress on the first syllable). Listen to the pronunciations here: https://sv.forvo.com/word/stockholm/#sv [noted -ed]

Dutch form of United States. It is literally a direct translation of the country's name, since it consists of the Dutch adjective verenigde meaning "united" combined with the Dutch noun staten meaning "states".

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Note: the official name of the country is United States of America, which translates to Dutch as Verenigde Staten van Amerika. The country is never called that in Dutch, however. It is only ever called Amerika, Verenigde Staten and VS (pronounced as vay-es). The latter is an abbreviation of Verenigde Staten, which makes it equivalent to US, the English abbreviation of United States. Please note that VSA (which would be equivalent to USA) is hardly ever used, if at all. It is a technically correct abbreviation, but it just never became mainstream.

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- https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verenigde_Staten (in Dutch)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Verenigde_Staten (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verenigde#Adjective (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/staten#Dutch (in English)

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(Information from name #321097 originally submitted by user Lucille)

English: /meˈdina/, /məˈdiːnə/ or
/mɪˈdaɪnə/ - a city Medina in Medina County, Ohio.
And /ˈmədaɪ.nə/ - a city Medina in Gibson County, Tennessee, United State.
Sources:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medina
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina,_Ohio
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina,_Tennessee
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It's interesting to note, that the main river of the Isle of Wight is called Medina.
Although in this case «The name Medina comes from the Old English Meðune meaning "the middle one", and the current pronunciation was first recorded as 'Medine' in 1196.»
According to Wikipedia, «"Medina" was an older name for Newport which has been preserved in the River Medina.»

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Also, Medina was a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough on the Isle of Wight in England from 1974 to 1995.

Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Medina
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina,_Isle_of_Wight

I'm not sure how its pronounced. I believe its said ne-der-land-er-na.

Pronounced as /zim.bɑbˈvɛ/ or /zimˈbɑb.vɛ/ in Armenian
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D4%B6%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%BE%D5%A5

Indonesia is also Greek, Hebrew, Thai, Lao, Burmese, Persian, Urdu, and Sinhalese.

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Scripts: Ινδονησία (Greek), אִינדוֹנֵזִיָה (Hebrew), อินโดนีเซีย, ประเทศอินโดนีเซีย (Thai), ອິນໂດເນເຊຍ (Lao), အင်ဒိုနီးရှား (Burmese), اندونزی (Persian), انڈونیشیا (Urdu), ඉන්දුනීසියාව (Sinhala)

The "Usage" of this name lists "Late Greek". However, the "Scripts" section of this name lists, "Ἰνδονησία (Ancient Greek)". Meanwhile, the entry for "India" lists "Ancient Greek" as a usage, and the "Scripts" section for "India" lists, "Ἰνδία (Ancient Greek)". Thus, something isn't consistent across this place names websites. Therefore, I think that the usage of Ancient Greek should be added to this name, the Ancient Greek script can be kept, and I'm not sure what to do about the Late Greek usage.

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Sources: https://places.behindthename.com/name/india
https://places.behindthename.com/name/indonesia

Fun fact: in Hebrew the word "Christian" (Nozri;נוצרי) comes from the name "Natzrat".

This is also used in Hebrew: ארגנטינה
https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94 [noted -ed]

Also the Indonesian name for Lithuania -- https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lituania (in Indonesian) [noted -ed]

This is the place name collection of Behind the Name.

London a place in England.

Cute as a middle name.

IPA transcription of Italian pronunciation: /raˈven.na/ (http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/ricerca?lemma=Ravenna, www.dizionario.rai.it/poplemma.aspx?lid=19384) [noted -ed]

Also used in Italian. IPA: /ˈam.ster.dam/ (http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/ricerca?lemma=Amsterdam) or /am.sterˈdam/ (www.dizionario.rai.it/poplemma.aspx?lid=85770), but I've mostly heard the former. [noted -ed]

IPA transcription of pronunciation: /alˈd͡ʒɛ.ri/. [noted -ed]

IPA transcription of Italian pronunciation: /ˈroma/. [noted -ed]

Italian pronunciation: /teeˈran/. http://www.dizionario.rai.it/poplemma.aspx?lid=5484

Also used in Italian. IPA: /ˈtɔ.kjo/. [noted -ed]

IPA transcription of pronunciation: /ˈlon.dra/ [noted -ed]

IPA pronunciation: /peˈkino/. [noted -ed]

Best country in the world.

The city of Odessa in Ukraine is named after the ancient Greek settlement of Odessos. [noted -ed] That name most likely came from a pre-Greek language and means "town on the water".

Reminds me of the Sweden music on Minecraft.

Myanmar is also Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Uyghur, Catalan, Galician, Basque, and Chichewa.

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Scripts: מיאנמר (Hebrew), میانمار (Persian), میانمار (Urdu), میانمار (Pashto), بېرما (Uyghur)

Thailand is also Hebrew, Urdu, Pashto, Uyghur, Afrikaans, Chichewa, Filipino, Cebuano, Malay, Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese.

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Scripts: תאילנד (Hebrew), تھائی لینڈ (Urdu), تایلینډ (Pashto), تايلاند (Uyghur)

Vietnam is also Javanese, Sundanese, Filipino, Cebuano, Hebrew, Arabic, Bengali, Nepali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Odia, Sinhala, Malayalam, Afrikaans, Hausa, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Albanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Pashto, Turkish, Uyghur, and Chichewa.

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Scripts: וייטנאם (Hebrew), فيتنام (Arabic),
ۋيېتنام (Uyghur), ویتنام (Pashto), ভিয়েতনাম (Bengali), भियतनाम (Nepali), व्हिएतनाम (Marathi), વિયેટનામ (Gujarati), ਵੀਅਤਨਾਮ (Punjabi Shahmukhi), ଭିଏତନାମ (Odia), වියට්නාමය (Sinhala), വിയറ്റ്നാം (Malayalam), Виетнам (Bulgarian), Виетнам (Macedonian)

Japan is also Myanma/Burmese, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Cebuano, Afrikaans, and Chichewa.

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Scripts: ဂျပန် (Myanma/Burmese), יפן (Hebrew), ژاپن (Persian), جاپان (Urdu), जापान (Hindi)

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Sources: - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ဂျပန်#Burmese (in English)
- https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/ဂျပန်နိုင်ငံ (in Burmese)

Korea is also Filipino, Cebuano, Hebrew, Urdu, Chichewa, Basque, and Armenian.

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Scripts: קוריאה (Hebrew), کوریا (Urdu), Կորեա (Armenian) [noted -ed]

China is also the Cebuano, Galician, and Chichewa name for the country.

India is also Hebrew, Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano, Lao, Galician, Basque, and Chichewa.

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Scripts: הוֹדוּ (Hebrew), ອິນເດຍ (Lao)

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Sources: - Lao: https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/ປະເທດອິນເດຍ (in Lao) -- written as ອິນເດຍ
Tagalog: https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/India (in Tagalog)

Usages: Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek

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Pronunciation: zyim-BAB-veh(Russian)

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Transcription: Зимбабве(Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian Cyrillic, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Uzbek Cyrillic) زىيمبابۆە(Kazakh Arabic) Зімбабве(Ukrainian)

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Meaning: Form of ZIMBABWE.

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- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zimbabve (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B5 (in English)
• Azerabaijani: https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabve (in Azerbaijani)
• Bosnian: https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabve (in Bosnian)
• Bulgarian: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B5 (in Bulgarian)
• Croatian: https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabve (in Croatian)
• Kazakh: https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B5 (in Kazakh)
• Kyrgyz: https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B5 (in Kyrgyz)
• Latvian: https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabve (in Latvian)
• Macedonian: https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B5 (in Macedonian)
• Mongolian: https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B5 (in Mongolian)
• Russian: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B5 (in Russian)
• Serbian: https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B5 (in Serbian)
• Slovene: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabve (in Slovene)
• Tajik: https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B5 (in Tajik)
• Turkish: https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabve (in Turkish)
• Ukrainian: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B5 (in Ukrainian)
• Uzbek: https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabve (in Uzbek)

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(Information from name #272189 originally submitted by user Sofia) [noted -ed]

Usages: English, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish

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Pronunciation: ro-DEE-shə(English) ro-DEE-zhə(English)

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Meaning: Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia (named after British diplomat Cecil Rhodes) prior to 1980.

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- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in English)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in English)
• Danish: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Danish)
• Finnish: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Finnish)
• Italian: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Italian)
• Norwegian: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Norwegian)
• Romanian: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Romanian)
• Swedish: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia (in Swedish)

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(Information from name #260983 originally submitted by user anonymous)

Usages: Maltese, Polish, Turkmen

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Pronunciation: gva-teh-MA-la(Polish)

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Meaning: Maltese, Polish, and Turkmen form of Guatemala.

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- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gwatemala (in English)
- Maltese: https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwatemala (in Maltese)
- Polish: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwatemala (in Polish)
- Turkmen: https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwatemala (in Turkmen)

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(Information from name #348279 originally submitted by user lezginkas) [noted -ed]