Of the Origin of Countries I

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1. This country is named after the Arab royal family which founded the kingdom, and still rules it today. What is its name? Yemen Kuwait Saudi Arabia Bahrain

2. Which country's name comes from a Spanish adaptation of a Portuguese name meaning "Lion mountains"? Moldova Sierra Leone Laos Suriname

3. This country's name was created at the beginning of the 20th century by a student while in Cambridge. What is its name? Liberia New Zealand Swaziland Pakistan

4. Which small country's name comes from Sanskrit for "Lion City"? Brunei Bangladesh Sri Lanka Singapore

5. This country's name was first written Lbn, which means "white" in an ancient language. It appears over 50 times in the Hebrew Bible, and in three of the twelve tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh, which was first written about 4,000 years ago. What is its English name? Lybia Gibraltar Albania Lebanon

6. This country's name comes from Arabic, not Latin, and means "land of the blacks". What is it? Ethiopia Sudan Mauritania Niger

7. Which country's name was supposedly inspired by the city of Venice, because a village built on a lake reminded sailors of the Italian city? Venezuela Belize Vanuatu Fiji

8. This country's name comes of the Portuguese name "Rio de Camaroes", which means "River of Shrimp" or "River of Prawns". What is its name? Mauritius Cameroon Comoros Somalia

9. This country's name comes from the Latin word for silver, even though this particular country has little to no sources of the precious metal. What is it called? Slovenia Argentina Azerbaijan Grenada

10. Which country's name comes from old Germanic and means "low land", because most of the country is at or below sea level? Luxembourg The Netherlands Belgium Estonia