The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-21
Names Of Countries.

name AAtiilds Dut A0L so many Atc !
aware that Europe means broadEace in /
Greek: that Asia is the land Of the
dawn, and that Africa comes from a
phoenielan word meaning a black man.
and IS literally the land Of the blacks
The Latin word austrails. southern,
gives a name to Australia The an
clients knew only the lands around the
Mediterranean. and for this reason
considered that sea 'in the middle Of
the world" The Adriatlc is named
from the city Of Adria. the black town,
which was so called because ii was
built upon the black SOIL brought down
by the River Po.
The origin Of the name Canada is
unknown Mexico comes from Nexiu,
the Aztec war god. Honduras means
deep water: Costa Rica. rich coast and
Nicaragua sweet water Venezula,
meaning Little Venice, was SO named
because some or its people built their
houses over the water, as the Venetians
did. When the Spaniard asked the In
uians Of part Of Central America the
name Of their country. they answered,
''Junca tan?" c'What do you say2'1 and
the country was called Yucatan IN com
sequence Brazil was SO named be-
cause the wood Of a certain tree Of that
country was thought to resemble in
color the Goals in a hrazler. Ecuador
means equator; Argentine, silver; Chilli,
the land Of snow; Patagonia, the land
OF big feet. and Paraguay. the river Of
waters. Only men from bleak north
ern latitudes could have named Green
land and Labrador. the last meaning
land that might be cultivated.
Britain is a word OF uncertain origin.
The name may come from the Celtic
britii. painted. applied TO the inhabl-
tants, because they painted their bod
les; or from the Phoenician baratanic
the land OF tin. because the Phoeni-
clans visited Cornwall for tin. Eng
land is Angle-land, the Angles being
one OF the Teutonic tribes that overran
the island. Scotland is the land OF the
Scots, or wanderers. Ireland may de-
rive its name from IT. a Spanish chief
who invaded the country early in the
Christian era.
The German Franks, who settled
among the Celtic tribes Of Gaul, gave
their name to France, themselves de-
riving 1t from franca, a kind Of spear
with which they were armed Belgium
takes its name from the Belgae. who
possessed one OF the three parts Of "All
Gaul" in Caesars time. The Sueyi. an
other tribe mentioned by Caesar, gave
their name to Sweden. Holland means
marsh ground, and nearly the same
meaning is preserved in the present
name Of the country-Netherlands, the
underlands. or lowlands. Denmark is
plainly the march or territory Of the
Danes.
Austria Is Oesterreich. the Eastern
empire. Prussia is the land Of the Bor-
tussi, and Russia is the country Of the
Russ. a Swedish tribe that overran a
part Of the land. and founded the EN-
pire at Novgorod.
The name Germany is Of uncertain
origin. BY some it is supposed to be
derived from Dschermania, the name
Of a region IN Central Asia. The Ger
mani, a tribe whose name means ..fol-
lowers Of Buddha.a lived IN Persia. in
the days of Herodotus. Switzerland
gets its name from schweiz. the name
Of the three cartons that 1rst asserted
their independence OF Austria. Spain.
Latin Hispania, comes from the Phoe-
nician spahan. a rabbit. the country in
early times abounding in these ami
mails. Portugal is derived BY some
from Portus Gale. the ancient name OF
0port0; others find in the pord portus
Gallae. the gateway Of Gaul. italy
comes either from Italus. an early trl-
( hsl chief cf the country. or from the
4 Greek itaios. a young bullock. The
4 Greeks called their country Hellas. and
themselves Hellenes, but the Romans
named the land from the GraecIi. a
tribe Of Epirus.
Turkey means tributary people; Per-
sias the land Of brightness: Arabia. the
district ofsthe desert-man; TIindoostan.
fixed dwelling place; Siam. dark land
A~AA NAE NJsOt ~ tAc cNAts aAG ley tlQAG,
lions. japan is a corruption OF Zipan-
gu, the name Of the country as given
by Marco Polo, the Venetian traveller
who visited It ia the thirteenth cen
tury
The derivation Of Egypt IS unknown
Morocco is the territory Of the M0ors
and Barbara that Of the Berbl S. Sou
dan means the district Of the blacks
The Desert CT sahara is a needless
repetition. for Sahara means desert
Gibraltar IS "the mountain Of Tariff
who. with a Saracen army, built a cas-
tie on the rock ia the eighth century
In South Africa. TransVasi Is the eoun.
try beyond the Naal river. and Nata
owes 4is eeme e she fact that Ii wal
discovered "a Christmas. tae dies ma
rails s. CAr.s.- Philadelphia Times.