Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1202
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minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 months agoIt is an adjective! República Argentina means silver republic
minus-squareLumisal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBut 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-up2·2 months agoI 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.