Identification. The Republic of the Philippines was named the Filipinas to honor King Philip the Second of Spain in 1543.
Read MoreIdentification. The name "Portugal" derives from a Roman or pre-Roman settlement called Portus Cale (the modern city of Porto) near the mouth of the Douro River.
Read MoreIdentification. Christopher Columbus landed in Puerto Rico in 1493, during his second voyage, naming it San Juan Bautista.
Read MoreIdentification. Residents of Qatar can be divided into three groups: the Bedouin, Hadar, and Abd.
Read MoreIdentification. Reunion Island (in French, La Reunion) is a multicultural society composed of people originally from France, Mozambique, India, China, Madagascar, and the Comores.
Read MoreIdentification. The name "Romania," which was first used when the three regions of the country were united in 1859, reflects the influence of ancient Rome on the nation's language and culture.
Read MoreIdentification. "Rus" may derive from the name of a tribe that gained political ascendancy in Kiev and other Slavic towns and lent its name to the language, culture, and state.
Read MoreIdentification. The Rwandan culture includes not only the population of Rwanda but people in neighboring states, particularly Congo and Uganda, who speak the Kinyarwanda language.
Read MoreThe inhabitants of the two islands are referred to as Kittitians (or Kitticians) and Nevisians, respectively
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