Which nation calls itself in its own native language "People"? There are two cases.

Flynn_17

I'm sure one of them is Finland, the word being 'Suomi'. Jul 08 05, 12:19 PM

kokomania

Well,I guess you are not right.Suo means swamp in Finnish.So I guess the name is approximately about swamps,which is so typical to Finland. Jul 08 05, 1:49 PM

Flynn_17

Is Lesotho one? Incidentally, they named Iceland that because it would put people off settling there. Muahah. Jul 08 05, 3:26 PM

bloomsby

There's the _disputed_ view that "deutsch" is ultimately derived from Primitive Germanic "theoda" meaning "(a or the) people". It is said that the Primitive Germanic word is preserved in a few place-names, such as Thetford (in Norfolk) and Duisburg (in the Rhineland) and possibly also in the name Dietrich (also Dieter, etc.) Here's a link (albeit in German): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymologie_des_Begriffs_Deutsch Jul 08 05, 4:41 PM

centerice

My people do. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/artic/inuit/people.htm The Navajo call themselves Dine, which means the people. http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/swvocab.htm Many Native peoples call themselves "people". Jul 08 05, 9:38 PM

Lonagan

centerice was referring to Inuit Eskimos I think (thats in the URL... the liunk was broeken though.) I would add to that Athabascans, who referred to themselves and negibboring 'tribes' as "dene" which translates as people. Jul 08 05, 10:30 PM

centerice

Blanking computer eats my links at random. Yes, I was referring to Inuit. We find the term "Eskimo" offensive. Jul 08 05, 10:34 PM

kokomania

Well,I expected to get the answer about the Eskimos which call themselves Inuit(people)By the way,Eskimo means "Eater of raw meat".Another good example is the Gipsies.They call themselves Rom or Roma which meams in their native tongue "PEOPLE". Jul 09 05, 11:43 AM

H0T-Lead

In the Sioux Nation of North America they call themselves "Human Beings" and the context of the sobriquet only applies to their tribe. Jul 12 05, 8:10 AM