| @nadivereb: one can make a guess that Marekani comes from "American" and Uingereza from "English". What seemed completely unexplained was Ureno for Portugal, so I googled it. Seemingly when the Portuguese arrived in Africa and were asked where they came from, they answered "O reino de Portugal" (the kingdom of Portugal) but the natives, finding this name too long, shortened it to "o reino" instead of "Portugal". |