List of countries named after people
Sovereign countries named after people

List of countries named after people

Section Title: Sovereign countries named after people
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Country	Source of name

Bolivia	Simón Bolívar

China	Emperor Qin (pronounced "Chin") of the Qin Dynasty

Colombia	Christopher Columbus

Dominican Republic	Saint Dominic

El Salvador	Jesus (literally, The Saviour)

Eswatini (Swaziland)	King Mswati II

Israel	Jacob, who was also called Israel in the Bible

Kiribati	Thomas Gilbert ("Kiribati" is the Gilbertese rendition of "Gilberts")

Liechtenstein	Princely Family of Liechtenstein

Marshall Islands	John Marshall

Mauritius	Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange

Mozambique	Mussa Bin Bique

Nicaragua	Nicarao

Peru	Birú, a local ruler who lived near the Bay of San Miguel, Panama City, in the early 16th century.

Philippines	King Philip II of Spain

Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Christopher

Saint Lucia	Saint Lucy

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent of Saragossa

San Marino	Saint Marinus

São Tomé and Príncipe	Saint Thomas and Prince of Portugal to whom duties on the island's sugar crop were paid

Saudi Arabia	Muhammad bin Saud

Seychelles	Jean Moreau de Séchelles

Solomon Islands	King Solomon of Israel and Judah

United States of America	Amerigo Vespucci (see Naming of America)

Uzbekistan	Öz Beg Khan

Venezuela (The Bolivarian Republic of)	Simón Bolívar (as for the Bolivarian Republic), the name Venezuela is however derived from Venice. See: Venezuela#Etymology

Jordan (The Hashemite Kingdom of)	Hashim ibn Abd Manaf (as for the Hashemite Kingdom), the name Jordan is from Jordan River.

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Bolívar is one of the people to have a country named after him.
Bolívar is one of the people to have a country named after him.

final_sentence: Bolívar is one of the people to have a country named after him.
final_sentence: Bolívar is one of the people to have a country named after him.