What are the interesting country names in ancient times?
There are many interesting country names in ancient times, which seem to make people laugh, such as 800 daughter-in-law, Fish Country, Ivory Coast and so on. What are some interesting country names? Let's take a look at interesting country names at home and abroad this time.
An interesting country name in ancient China.
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Mysterious totem, rare literature? Yuxiang town
Found on the loess platform of Rujiazhuang, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, Yuguo is a mysterious ancient country with few records in handed down literature. It is because of the excavation of Rujiazhuang cemetery that archaeologists have entered the field of vision. The ancestors of the fish country probably lived in Bashu area and belonged to the southwest ethnic group. Later, they migrated across the Qinling Mountains and settled in the Qingjiang River basin in the south of Baoji. Fish country is probably related to the totem worship of their ancestors. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was also a fish country in Central Asia, and Yu Hong of the Sui Dynasty came from this mysterious country, but unfortunately it was not recorded in history.
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The prestige of a small country? Dominate the whole country
It is also a small vassal state in the pre-Qin period, which has never been recorded in historical materials. It was found in the Western Zhou cemetery of Dahekou, Yicheng County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province, and was annexed by the State of Jin after expert analysis. It is also interesting for a small country to have such a domineering name.
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Mobei nomadic regime named after Gaolun? High car
Gaoche is a general term for some nomadic tribes in Mobei, named after "the wheels are tall and the spokes are the most". People in the Southern Dynasties called it Dingling, and people in the northern desert also called it Chile and Tiele. The famous "Chilean Song" is actually a grassland song sung by the high car people. In the 5th century, Gaoche people established a powerful kingdom in the Western Regions, but it was later destroyed by Rouran people. Gaoche is named after the living customs of this nation.
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The daughter country of the western Sichuan Plateau? Dongnvguo
This is a daughter country, which did exist in the western Sichuan Plateau during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The social system centered on women and worshipped by women is prevalent, and there is a custom similar to the Mosuo people's walking marriage system today. The Old Book of Tang Dynasty called the country "vulgar values women over husbands", and the New Book of Tang Dynasty also said that the country of oriental women is "vulgar values men, expensive values are salty, and there are waiters". In other words, this is a paradise that feminists dream of, and a beautiful peach blossom garden where everyone is the master.
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At first glance, the magical ghost formula
These are some ancient ethnic minorities living in the northwest of China. They were a great threat to the Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty, and they had deep roots with the later Huns. But the name Ghost Party sounds creepy, as if it means ghost country, but it actually refers to a distant country. (Press "Poetry? 9? Daya？ 9? He waved and said, "The internal affairs are in China, Qin and the ghost side." Mao Chuan: "The ghost face is far away. Zhu Chuan: "Ghost face is a country far away from foreigners." . )
The origin of interesting foreign names
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Arab States
It is a name for the Arab region in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and it has a mysterious color. Zheng He was here when he went to the Western Ocean. "Ming history? 9? Biography of the Western Regions IV? 9? Arabian Nights: In Arabian Nights, Gu Yun rushed to the ground, a paradise, that is, Jia Mu. "Ming history refers to the holy city of Mecca.
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Eight hundred daughter-in-law
The name of this country is very different, which is reminiscent of the scene of beautiful women in groups. In fact, it refers to the Lanna Dynasty in Thailand. Located in the south of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, it is said that ministers have 800 wives and each has a village, so it is called "the country of 800 wives". It covers southern JD.COM, western Mekong River, eastern salween and northern Thailand, with Chiang Mai, Thailand as its center. Also known as 800 countries.
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Philippines named after foreign colonists.
The output of coconuts, bananas and other fruits in the Philippines ranks first in the world, so it has the title of "Coconut Country". However, the name of this country is a bit confusing, because it is the only country in Asia that takes the name of a foreigner as its country name. This country was once a colony of Spain, and its name was/kloc-the name of a Spanish king in the 6th century. The name of the Philippines comes from the name of the colonists. In memory of King Philip II of Spain, it was named Philippin, which is the Philippines translated in Chinese today. This is embarrassing enough. The national liberator of the Philippines once intended to change the name of the country and replace it with "Balange" in ancient times or "Maha Luriga" in the democratic era. ("Balangue" refers to the ship crossing the sea; The so-called "Maha Luriga" refers to a free man)
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A four-purpose Kuwait
The word "Kuwait" is very clever. It has four functions: country name, capital name, province name and provincial capital name, which means "small castle". The earliest Kuwait was a seaside village developed from a small castle, and it was a county of Ottoman Turkey in19th century. Today, it is rich in oil in the Middle East.
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Djibouti's name comes from misunderstanding.
In the local dialect, "Djibouti" means "my pot". When several western explorers landed here for the first time, they saw an old man cooking and asked, "What is this place?" The old man mistakenly thought whose pot he was asking, so he replied, "Djibouti (my pot)!" " "Westerners then called this place Djibouti and marked it on the chart.
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A country named after a big river: Zambia
Named after the Zambezi River, "Zambezi River" is also an African dialect, meaning "big river". The Zambezi River, with a total length of 2,660 kilometers and a drainage area of 6.5438+0.35 million square kilometers, is the fourth largest river in Africa and the largest river in southern Africa, with abundant water and tropical vegetation along the river.
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Ivory Coast in Colonial Trade
This is what Cô te d 'Ivoire used to mean in French. It is rich in ivory and resources. 16- 18 century, it was an important commercial and trade area in west Africa, with many French and Spanish colonial strongholds.
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Kenya is named after ostrich.
The name comes from Mount Kenya, which means ostrich in African Bantu language, because the mountain looks like an ostrich.
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Canada whose name is misunderstood
The most popular saying is that the name Canada was also coined when European explorers first came here and asked the locals what the place was called. The locals didn't understand, thinking that they asked what the house they lived in said, so they answered kanata and transcribed it into Canada. After textual research by linguists and historians, "Canada" was originally the name of one of many local Indian villages, and later became the general name of the surrounding areas, and finally became the country name. The name may have originated from kanata (hut, shack) in Iroquois, so this widely circulated statement seems to be in line with the historical facts at that time.
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