Thick woods, Dense woods, or Great woods translates to a South American country which has a large undeveloped region. What is the country?

miffy42

As far as i can find it's none of them. Brazil comes closest. WORD HISTORY The name Brazil is derived from the Portuguese and Spanish word brasil, the name of an East Indian tree with reddish-brown wood from which a red dye was extracted. The Portuguese found a New World tree related to the Old World brasil tree when they explored what is now called Brazil, and as a result they named the New World country after the Old World tree. The word brasil is cognate with French brésil, Old French berzi and bresil, Old Italian verzino, and Medieval Latin brezellum, brasilium, bresillum, braxile. The many Latin forms suggest a non-Latin, non-Romance origin, as in an East Indian term. http://www.answers.com/topic/brazil Jan 07 07, 11:30 AM

lanfranco

Guatemala might qualify, since its name is derived from an indigenous word meaning "land of many trees." However, Guatemala is in Central, not South, America: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala Jan 07 07, 5:34 PM

miffy42

That'll be the one. But i never looked up central America. Jan 08 07, 7:18 AM