Countries With MASSIVELY Different Names For Themselves 

Soviets: Invade Finland: Get out of my Suomp

Fun Fact: Australia is called Australia in Australia

The Slavic name of Germany is based on nemets/nimets' derived from nem-/nim- "mute/speech impaired" (Leonard Nimoy 's surname has the same root), i.e. Slavs historically saw Germans as the people whose words they couldn't understand.

Actually fun fact, why Slavs usually call Germany as "Niemcy" "Nemčija" and similar stuff is because the old Slavic tribes, when they came in contact with the German tribes, they couldn't communicate with eachother. So the word derives for the word "mute" which in Slavic Languages is "Nem". So basically, we Slavs call German "land of the mutes" because we weren't able to communicate with them

Croatia -Hrvatska Greece - Hellas Albania - Shqiperia Edit : You have to breath

Finland has swamps The word for swamp is Suo Suomi basically means the land of swamps

YES he forgot countries. There are 194 of them. Jesus, people.

I remember the opening ceremony of the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, the German comentator confused the country of Georgia with the state, and thought the US went crazy to have a separate team for the state of Georgia.

Play in .75 speed. It's so much better. Sorry OP

I find it extremely funny that Switzerland are being neutral even in their own official name.

Hey, what's your name? De: "Deutschland." Zh: "Did you say Déguó?" De: "no..." Es: "Did you say Alemania" De: "..." En: "Did you say Germany?" De: "..." De: "WTF?!"

could you please speak faster?

Completely skips over Magyarorszag when almost every country west of it says a variant of Hungary.

In Swedish we still call Belarus white Russia (Vitryssland).

Polish name for Italy : Wlochy !!!

Eminem Who?

I will never understand how people manage to confuse Switzerland with Sweden but not Swaziland 2021 update: If you're going to comment "tHeY cHaNgEd NaMe To Eswatini"/"Swaziland dOeSnT eXiSt", please check the date this comment was posted first, then check the date they changed the name of the country and then I'm sure you can figure out the rest by yourself :)

"Some European countries which call themselves vastly different things to their English names"... Errr, NO. The English call them different than their real names; why is that?

3:17 Fun fact about the Sweden-Finland-Norway tripoint: It is the northern most tripoint in the world at 69"03"35 degrees north and the Russia-Finland-Norway tripoint is 69"03"06 degrees north only 00"00"29 degrees south of the other tripoint. Both are 69 degrees north. Nice.

I'm czech and this is how we call other countries: Afghanistan - Afghánistán Albania - Albánie Algeria - Alžírsko Andorra - Andorra Angola - Angola Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua a Barbuda Argentina - Argentina Armenia - Arménie Australia - Austrálie Austria - Rakousko Azerbaijan - Ázerbájdžán Bahamas - Bahamy Bahrain - Bahrajn Bangladesh - Bangladéš Barbados - Barbados Belarus - Bělorusko Belize - Belize Benin - Benin Bhutan - Bhútán Bolivia - Bolívie Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosna a Hercegovina Botswana - Botswana Brazil - Brazílie Brunei - Brunej Bulgaria - Bulharsko Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso Burundi - Burundi Cambodia - Kambodža Cameroon - Kamerun Canada - Kanada Central African Republic - Středoafrická republika Chad - Čad Chile - Something like 'Čile' I'm not sure China - Čína Colombia - Kolumbie Comoros - Komory Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Konžská demokratická republika Congo, Republic of the - Konžská republika Costa Rica - Kostarika Croatia - Chorvatsko Cuba - Kuba Cyprus - Kypr Czech Republic - Česká republika Denmark - Dánsko Djibouti - Djibouti Dominica - Dominika Dominican Republic - Dominikánská republika East Timor - Východní Timor Ecuador - Ekvádor Egypt - Egypt El Salvador - El Salvador Equatorial Guinea - Rovníková Guinea Eritrea - Eritrea Estonia - Estonsko Eswatini - Eswatini Ethiopia - Etiopie Fiji - Fidži Finland - Finsko France - Francie Gabon - Gabon Gambia - Gambie Georgia - Gruzie Germany - Německo Ghana - Ghana Greece - Řecko Grenada - Grenada Guatemala - Guatemala Guinea - Guinea Guinea-Bissau - Guinea-Bissau Guyana - Gujana Haiti - Haiti Honduras - Honduras Hungary - Maďarsko Iceland - Island India - Indie Indonesia - Indonésie Iran - Írán Iraq - Irák Ireland - Irsko Israel - Izrael Italy - Itálie Ivory Coast - Pobřeží slonoviny Jamaica - Jamaica Japan - Japonsko Jordan - Jordán/Jordánsko Kazakhstan - Kazachstán Kenya - Keňa Kiribati - Kiribati Korea, North - Severní Korea Korea, South - Jižní Korea Kosovo - Kosovo Kuwait - Kuvajt Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstán Laos - Laos Latvia - Lotyšsko Lebanon - Libanon Lesotho - Lesotho Liberia - Libérie Libya - Libye Liechtenstein - Lichtenštejnsko Lithuania - Litva Luxembourg - Lucembursko Madagascar - Madagaskar Malawi - Malawi Malaysia - Malajsie Maldives - Maledivy Mali - Mali Malta - Malta Marshall Islands - Marshallovy ostrovy Mauritania - Mauritánie Mauritius - Mauricius Mexico - Mexiko Micronesia - Mikronésie Moldova - Moldavsko Monaco - Monako Mongolia - Mongolsko Montenegro - Černá Hora Morocco - Maroko Mozambique - Mozambik Myanmar - Myanmar Namibia - Namibie Nauru - Nauru Nepal - Nepál Netherlands - Holandsko/Nizozemsko New Zealand - Nový Zéland Nicaragua - Nikaragua Nigeria - Nigérie North Macedonia - Severní Makedonie Norway - Norsko Oman - Omán Pakistan - Pákistán Palau - Palau Palestine - Palestina Panama - Panama Papua New Guinea - Papua-Nová Guinea Paraguay - Paraguay Peru - Peru Philippines - Filipíny Poland - Polsko Portugal - Portugalsko Qatar - Katar Romania - Rumunsko Russia - Rusko Rwanda - Rwandě Saint Kitts and Nevis - Svatý Kryštof a Nevis Saint Lucia - Svatá Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Svatý Vincenc a Grenadiny Samoa - Samoa San Marino - San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe - Svatý Tomáš a Princův ostrov Saudi Arabia - Saudská Arábie Senegal - Senegal Serbia - Srbsko Seychelles - Seychely Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Singapore - Singapur Slovakia - Slovensko Slovenia - Slovinsko Solomon Islands - Solomonovy ostrovy Somalia - Somálsko South Africa - Jižní Afrika South Sudan - Jižní Súdán Spain - Španělsko Sri Lanka - Srí Lanka/Šrí Lanka Sudan - Súdán Suriname - Surinam Sweden - Švédsko Switzerland - Švýcarsko Syria - Sýrie Taiwan - Tchaj-wan Tajikistan - Tádžikistán Tanzania - Tanzanie Thailand - Thajsko Togo - Togo Tonga - Tonga Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad a Tobago Tunisia - Tunisko Turkey - Turecko Turkmenistan - Turkmenistán Tuvalu - Tuvalu Uganda - Ugandě Ukraine - Ukrajina United Arab Emirates - Spojené arabské emiráty United Kingdom - Spojené království United States - Spojené státy Uruguay - Uruguay Uzbekistan - Uzbekistán Vanuatu - Vanuatu Vatican City - Vatikán Venezuela - Venezuela Vietnam - Vietnam Yemen - Jemen Zambia - Zambie Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe edit: added few more countries i forgot

Wow, and I thought I was a fast talker. He really needs to lay off the amphetamines.

In Russian we call Germany "Germania", but we call German people - "nyemcy" which literal meaning was "nyemye" - someone who can't speak (our language). Also we call Georgia "Gruziya"and China "Kitay".

Toycat: 2nd channel, don't care. Also Toycat: *gets 828k views*

0:00 - 13:29 *me on a date*

I cant listen to this ...Really intresting video but .. 1. Talk slower. 2. Skip the stupidity. (Sweden is NOT switzerland and so on)

Finland is the Swedish name for the country, it used to be part if Sweden and represented internationally by the swedes, so that's where it got it's name.

A real swiss german speaker says "Schwiiiiz" to switzerland

This is mostly done from an English perspective, but I love how Dutch people often correct English-speaking countries with "It's not Holland, but the Netherlands, Holland is only part of the Netherlands", meanwhile like a score of different countries calls all of the Netherlands for Holland officially

It's not that the original words have no relation to the english words, it's the other way around.

There are many more countries like this, for example Albania in Albanian is Shqiperia, Greece is Hellas, China is Zhongguo, Hungary is Magyarorszag, Armenia is Hayastan, Montenegro is Crna Gora and India is Bharat (even though there's a lot of different languages in India so they probably don't all call India the same). The word for Germany in Slavic languages doesn't actually come from a tribe name, it has a much different origin that I think is cool (I may be biased because I'm a Slav). So Slavs originally lived near the Germans (modern day Poland, Belarus and parts of Ukraine) and the Germans spoke a language that the Slavs could not understand. So they called them 'people who cannot speak' or 'mute people', and the word for 'mute' in the original common Slavic language was 'nem' (still is in many Slavic languages). In contrast, the Slavs called themselves 'people who can speak' and the word for 'letter' or possibly 'language' was 'slovo'. Add a few suffixes, and today in most of the Slavic languages Germans are Nemcy and Slavs are Sloveni (or something similar)

Wir nennen unser Land nicht anders... ihr nennt unser Land anders..

In Norwegian we call Belarus: "Hviterussland" this directly translates to white Russia.

What about the Balkans? Greece = Hellenic Republic Albania = Shqipëri Montenegro = Crna Gora Croatia = Hrvatska Edit: Greece is Hellas, sorry. Hungary = Magyarország, also very different. Crna Gora means Black Mountain. Kosovar Albanians call Kosovo Dardania sometimes.

Why's everyone complaining about how fast you're speaking, I'm German and understand everything

In Welsh Wales= Cymru England= Lloegr Scotland= Yr Alban Ireland= Iwerddon Northan Ireland= Gogledd Iwerddon....

have to correct you about switzerland tho. They used to call them self "Die Eidgenossenschaft" which roughly translates to "the ough cooperative". the first 3 cantons to swear that oath of brotherhood and unity where Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden. they quickly got the image of being utter savages amongst the german and austrian kingdoms, as they (especially habsburg) tried to conquer them. the habsburgs didn't want to call this group of region anything that has to do with god , so the simply denigrated the closest canton to them as "schweit" for switzerland or "Schweiter" for swiss. Sooner or later the swiss stood to it and where like "so what? we are schweiter!". the latin name is a dark ages thing, where everything had to be biblic. soo yeah, taken all the "schweiz" swizzera" "souisse" "switzerland" translations away, switzeland in fact has 3 names. 1. Die Eidgenossenschaft 2. Confeteratio Helvetica 3. Schweiz The last is the most recent and therefor the official one.

In Finnish Belarus is Valko-Venäjä which literally translates to White Russia

Finland is called Finland because the first tribe Swedish crusaders in finland ran into was called "Finns"

The English Language: Let's give some English language names to these countries that we can use among ourselves. Also The English Language: Why do these countries not use our English names we gave them?

But you forgot: Austria - Ostereich (East Empire) Albania (Land of White, Alba is White in Latin) - Shqipëria (Land of Eagles) Croatia - Hrvatska

change speed to 0.75. Thank me later

In Polish the reason why we call Germany a "Niemcy" instead of Germany is really simple, when polish tribes first met germanic tribes we couldn't understand them in any way so they was silent for us, or mute i don't know how to translate that...and the word "Niemcy" is from word "niemy" what can be translate as silent or mute. sorry for my english im still trying to make it better than it is

That explains why ANA stands for all nippon airways

Finland is called suomi because suo=swamp and Finland has thousands of them. So it literally means 'the land of the swamps' or sth I'm not finnish, I just love this country! ❤

Jeez he's in a hurry.

The official name of Germany is: Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Am I the only one who loves the speed at which he talks? To me it just shows enthusiasm and how much he loves what he’s talking about. Doesn’t hurt that the faster he talks, the more you learn in the same amount of time.

In German Belarus is called "Weißrussland", which actually translates to white Russia

You're talking faster then a Russian rushes B...

Some additions: Wales=Cymru Albania=Shqipëria Greece=Ελλάδα or Elláda Austria=Österreich=Rakousko (čeština) similar names in other slavic languages. Croatia=Hrvatska Montenegro=Црна Гора or Crna Gora (montenegrinian)=Mali i Zi (albanian) Germany=Ubudage (kirundi) Greenland=Kalaallit Nunaat People's Republic of China=中华人民共和国 or Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó South Korea=한국 or Hanguk North korea=조선 or Chosŏn Armenia=Հայաստան or Hajastan/Hajasdan Egypt=مصر or Miṣr Jordan=الأُرْدُنّ or al-Urdunn India=भारत or Bhārata=天竺 or Tianzhu/Tenjiku (chinese/japanese) Morocco=المغرب or al-Maghrib Algerien= الجزائر or al-Dschazā’ir Scotland=Alba (scottish gaelic) Falkland Islands= Islas Malvinas (español) Norway=Norge (bokmål) or Noreg (nynorsk) Germany=Vokietija (lithuanian) Austria=Itävalta (finnish) New Zeeland=Aotearoa Sweden=Sverige When you know other examples, write it in the comment so I can add it to the list.

Finnish actually uses very weird words for some other countries as well: Sweden is Ruotsi, Russia is Venäjä, Germany is Saksa and Estonia is Viro. These country names are based on name of a small part of the country or historical states,like Saksa comes from Saxony which just a small part of Germany. Virunmaa is an area in Estonia.

In Germany, Belarus is called Weißrussland (Weiß = White Russland = Russia) I don't know why i have mentioned it

Still waiting for 10 provinces and states that used to countrys

China is Zhong Guo, English speakers call it China after the Quin (pronounced 'chin') dynasty.

In Romanian , We call Switzerland “Elveția”

Fun fact:in Poland Germany is called "Niemcy" because when Polish tribes encountered Germans first time, they language was so different we couldn't communicate, as if they were mute (pl. mute - niemy) P.S. Germany was there for a long time, but they kept changing name, and I think that's why there's no single universal name for them

In Greek Switzerland is called Ελβετία,which is pronounced Elvetia it is more like the official name

Suomi :D Also in Finland, Belarus is literally called Valko Venäjä Which translates to White Russia.

Thank you this is great!

Here's an example of Spanish variations of some European countries Spain - España France - Francia Belgium - Bélgica Switzerland - Suiza Netherlands - Holanda/Países Bajos Germany - Alemania Denmark - Dinamarca England - Inglaterra Scotland - Escocia Iceland - Islandia Norway - Noruega Sweden - Suecia Latvia - Letonia Lithuania - Lituania Ukraine - Ucrania Moldova - Moldavia Belarus - Bielorrusia Poland - Polonia Czechia - República Checa Slovakia - Eslovaquia Greece - Grecia Turkey - Turquía Croatia - Croacia Italy - Italia France - Francia Russia - Rusia Wales - Gales Ireland - Irlanda Romania - Rumanía The ones that aren't listed it's because they're called the same way as English.

You speak so fast and yet you say so little.

Tromsø is not in Finnmark

You are the English listening exam.

Thanks for sharing and your zeal for explaining the history of each country's borders. 🤗🤗

Thanks, but you forgot Hungary = Magyar and Greece = Hellas.

Sorry, but you talk way to fast. Great content but you're too quick for my brain to process. Maybe my brain´s too slow but I guess you still could benefit from a slow down.

Love you bro these videos make me happy. From Minnesota

Wtf i actually played it in 1.5 speed because it was too slow for me Also: You missed Greece, North Korea, South Korea, and probably so many more but it was an interesting video nonetheless

In Russian, Georgia is "Gruzia". And in Russian, Germany is "Germanya", but "German" (person) is "Nyemec" [nʲemets]

Man, you speak more words in an hour than I do in a week!

In Poland we call belarus White-rus And montenegro Black-mountain (witch is translation from Old hispanic language that British use to name montenegro) And we call Italy Włochy For some reason Oh and we call netherlands Holland

Regarding your first fact, it's not just Finland that call themselves Suomi. The Baltics all call Finland with the same root - in Estonian it's Soome, in Latvian - Somija and in Lithuanian it's Suomija. Also, other Lithuanian anomalies: Germany - Vokietija Poland - Lenkija Belarus - Gudija (though we also say Baltarusija, which means "white Russia") Georgia - Sakartvelo Montenegro - Juodkalnija (literally "the land of black mountains")

Oh no, he did the Sweden - Switzerland thing... How can it be so hard 😂

Here is some hungarian words :) Russia= Oroszország England=Anglia Hungary=Magyarország Germany=Németország Greece=Görögország Turkey=Törökország AND MOREEEEE :DDD

That moment when the countries that share borders with you have stranger names for you then countries which are super far away.

set it on x0.75 thank me later...

I think you forgot hungary because in hungarian hungary = Magyarország

Interesting subject matter, but I could only take 6 mins of the intensely irritating narrative.

In Arabic, we call Austria "Nemsa" (which is like the polish "Niemcy" for Germany)

9:23 “so there’s doge”

You really need to slow down. You would make less mistakes and also get more air.

How can you have this list without Hungary? Magyarorszag

In Turkish; Turkey - Türkiye Iceland - İzlanda The United Kingdom - Birleşik Krallık Ireland - İrlanda Sweden - İsveç Norway - Norveç Finland - Finlandiya Denmark - Danimarka The Netherlands - Hollanda Belgium - Belçika Luxembourg - Lüksemburg Germany - Almanya France - Fransa Spain - İspanya Portugal - Portekiz Italy - İtalya Switzerland - İsviçre Austria - Avusturya Czechia - Çekya Hungary - Macaristan Poland - Polonya Latvia - Letonya Lithuania - Litvanya Russia - Rusya Belarus - Beyaz Rusya Ukraine - Ukrayna Slovakia - Slovakya Slovenia - Slovenya Croatia - Hırvatistan Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosna Hersek Serbia - Sırbistan Montenegro - Karadağ Kosovo - Kosova Macedonia - Makedonya Albania - Arnavutluk Greece - Yunanistan Bulgaria - Bulgaristan Romania - Romanya Moldova - Moldova Georgia - Gürcistan Armenia - Ermenistan Azerbaijan - Azerbaycan The United States of America - Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Canada - Kanada Mexico - Meksika Brazil - Brezilya Chile - Şili Argentina - Arjantin Japan - Japonya South Korea - Güney Kore India - Hindistan China - Çin Australia - Avustralya New Zealand - Yeni Zelanda

great video!

Finland Suomi-Finnish Soome-Estonian Somija-Latvian Suomija-Lithuanian Sweden Ruotsi-Finnish Rootsi-Estonian Isvec-Turkish Estonia Viro-Finnish Igaunija-Latvian

Belarus is even called "Weißrussland" in german, literally White Russia

This video never leaves my recommendations

You always sound as though you just gulped an entire pot of coffee. To quote Simon & Garfunkel "slow down, you move too fast" (The 59th Street Bridge Song aka "Feelin' Groovy")

Celtic languages aren't "English languages" ace

12:54 Gaelic is *NOT* an 'English' language. It is closely related to Irish and Manx (and more distantly to Welsh, Cornish and Breton), and only very vaguely related to English. Do *NOT* call it Gaelic an 'English' language. It is insulting.

A really interesting insight

Fun fact: If you look up the names of some countries in the langueges of nearby countries or by countries that existed/were esablished at a similar point in time and not english they usualy have names that correspond to the native way of saying it.

Lithuanian here, that's how we call other countries. USA - Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos Canada - Kanada Mexico - Meksika France - Prancūzija Germany - Vokietija Spain - Ispanija Norway - Norvegija Sweden - Švedija Finland - Suomija Estonia - Estija Latvia - Latvija Lithuania - Lietuva Poland - Lenkija Netherlands - Nyderlandai/Olandija Belgium - Belgija Danmark - Danija Russia - Rusija Belarus - Baltarusija/Gudija Bulgaria - Bulgarija Portugal - Portugalija Italy - Italija Greece - Graikija China - Kinija India - Indija Japan - Japonija Australia - Australija Turkey - Turkija Switzerland - Šveicarija Austria - Austrija Slovakia - Slovakija Slovenia - Slovėnija Czechia - Čekija Romania - Rumunija Hungary - Vengrija Croatia - Kroatija Ukraine - Ukraina Serbia - Serbija Montenegro - Juodkalnija Ireland - Airija Wales - Velsas England - Anglija Scotland - Škotija

Very interesting, but you are talking too fast, way too fast 😳😩

0:04 I tried understanding what he said. "Toycat fiyow, et ewo ses segchawt series where I talk about"

A couple of others you could've mentioned: Croatia = Hrvatska Montenegro = Crna Gora Hungary = Magyarország Albania = Shqipëria Armenia = Hayastán Bhutan = Druk Yul China = Zhōngguó Egypt = Misr Greece = Hellas Greenland = Kalaallit Nunaat India = (many different languages but always something along the lines of Bharot or Bharat) Jordan = Al-Urdun North Korea = Choson/Bukchoson South Korea = Hanguk/Namhan Macau = Oumún Maldives = Dhivehi Raajje Marshall Islands = Aorōkin M̧ajeļ

Estonians call Finland Soome

White/Black in front of country name does not have anything to do with black or white racial composition of country, but it is more like "east, west, north, south". You had in history "Qara (black) Qoyunlu" and "Ağ (white) Qoyunlu", you had White Croatia, White Serbia etc.

You missed one. English: Korea North Korean: Choson South Korean: Hankuk

Wow I didn’t know u did this!