Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 个月前TIL Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down18
arrow-up1195arrow-down1external-linkTIL Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 个月前message-square51linkfedilink
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 个月前It is an adjective! República Argentina means silver republic
minus-squareLumisal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 个月前But it was named after the Argentine, which I remember is supposed to be a mythological land of women, similar to the Amazons. Or maybe I’m getting my ancient lores mixed up
minus-squaresugarfoot00@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 个月前I suspect that you’re thinking of El Dorado, which was a mythical golden city believed to be in South America, more specifically Columbia. It’s in Voltaire’s Candide. amongst other places.
It is an adjective! República Argentina means silver republic
But it was named after the Argentine, which I remember is supposed to be a mythological land of women, similar to the Amazons.
Or maybe I’m getting my ancient lores mixed up
I suspect that you’re thinking of El Dorado, which was a mythical golden city believed to be in South America, more specifically Columbia. It’s in Voltaire’s Candide. amongst other places.