Countries ending with ia?
Why are there so many countries and places that end with ia in their native languages and in English? Such as Italia, Romania, Australia, Austria, Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania, Germania (used to exist), Latvia, Russia, Zelandia(undersea continent), Bulgaria, Serbia, Armenia, Albania, India, Asia, Indonesia, Croatia, Slovenia, and a lot more.
For those of you saying that Asia is not a country I also said PLACES.
Italia is Italy in Italian.
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March 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Souldn’t this question be under . . . . . trivia?
March 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Yea Asia .. big country.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Albania Algeria Armenia Australia Austria Bolivia Bulgaria Cambodia Colombia Croatia Estonia Ethiopia The Gambia Georgia India Indonesia Latvia Liberia Lithuania Macedonia Malaysia Mauritania Micronesia Mongolia Namibia Nigeria Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Somalia St. Lucia Syria Tanzania Tunisia Zambia
Asia’s not a country…?
March 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am
A lot of them get their names from Latin - Germania, for example. When newer countries had to be named, the English followed the pattern established by the Romans. All the names ending in -ia are what they’re known as in the English-speaking world. The names are different in the language of the country concerned.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am
It’s Italy, not Italia>>> cheater
March 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Don’t forget Bolivia.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am
In English Italia is Italy, I think
March 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania = Romania… its 3 regions, not separate countries and moldavia is translated as Moldova… the rest end in ia also in Romanian