Identification. The name of the country and the term "English" derive from the Old English word for one of the three Germanic peoples that invaded the British Isles in the fifth century C
Read MoreIdentification. "Eesti" can be traced to a first-century mention by the Roman historian Tacitus of a people or place called Aestii or Aestui.
Read MoreIdentification. The term "eritrea" derives from Sinus Erythraeus, the name Greek tradesmen of the third century B.C.E.
Read MoreIdentification. The name "Ethiopia" derives from the Greek ethio, meaning "burned" and pia, meaning "face": the land of burned-faced peoples.
Read MoreIdentification. The British named the two islands after the naval officer Viscount Falkland.
Read MoreIdentification. "Faroe" (sometimes "Faeroe") may mean "Sheep Islands." The population is monoethnic, but is culturally distinct within Denmark as a whole.
Read MoreIdentification. The Republic of the Fiji Islands is a multicultural island nation with cultural traditions of Oceanic, European, South Asian, and East Asian origins.
Read MoreIdentification. The terms "Finland" and "Finns" are external obscure derivations from early (first century C.E.) Roman references to people known as Fenni (probably Lapps or Saami) who occupied lands north of the Baltic Sea.
Read MoreIdentification. French national identity is based on the historical origins of the nation in Celtic, Gallo-Roman, and Frankish cultures.
Read MoreIdentification. Christopher Columbus sighted the Guiana coast in 1498 during his third trip to the New World.
Read MoreIdentification. The Territory of French Polynesia consists of five archipelagoes (Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Austral Islands, and Gambier Islands) under French administration.
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