| Hint | Country |
|---|
| Greek: 'Indian Islands' | |
| 'East _____' in Portuguese | |
| 'Holy Island', from Sanskrit | |
Rosia or Rossiya, from the Byzantine
Greek Rōsía 'Land of the Rōs' | |
From Geppun, Marco Polo's Italian
rendition of the islands' Shanghainese name | |
| Etymology unknown. Conveys the meaning 'Terraced Bay' | |
| 'Land of the Indus River' in Latin, from Greek | |
French united three kingdoms, naming
the country after the dominant ethnic group | |
| From Middle Persian Chīnī, derived from Sanskrit Cīnāh | |
| Sanskrit: Simhapura 'Lion City' | |
| From the Arabic mahal 'palace' or 'Palace Islands', because the main island, Malé, held the palace of the islands' sultan | |
| Named for an ethnoreligious group of Austronesian people, derived from melayu or mlayu (to steadily accelerate) | |
| Etymology unknown. Folk etymology: From an exclamation Baru nah! 'that's it!', supposedly exclaimed by Awang Alak Betatar, the legendary 14th-century sultan upon arrival | |
From the name of the majority Bamar ethnic group
The country's present name is not
universally recognized within the country | |
'Viet South', an inversion of Nam Việt,
the name of the 2nd-century BC kingdom | |
'Land of the _____' in Latin
Ultimately of uncertain etymology,
but with many hypotheses | |
| 'Lands of Prince Philip of Asturias', from the Spanish Felipinas, honoring the future King Philip II of Spain | |
'Land of the _____', an ethnic group from
the central plains Etymology of group uncertain | |
| An exonym derived from Cauli, Marco Polo's transcription of the Chinese, Gāo Lí, the Chinese name for Goryeo, also known as Koryŏ, a kingdom lasting from 918–1392 | |
| 'Land of the Kambojas', Latinized from French Cambodge, from Sanskrit Kambojadeśa | |
Etymology unknown
Name is traditionally taken to be a transcription
of the Sanskrit Bhoṭa-anta 'end of Tibet' | |
Named after the people who inhabited the land
Their name literally means 'those who domesticate cattle' | |
| 'Country of Bengal', Bengal being a geographical and ethno-linguistic region in South Asia, Origin unknown | |
