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THE Sudan, The Ukraine, The Cameroon etc

Omackeral · 2011-12-08 17:33:29

Can anyone enlighten me as to why these nations have the word 'the' attached to their name? I can understand why people say the United Kingdom or the United States but am at a loss for the rest.

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#32 19-04-2012 12:20am
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Omackeral wrote: »

Sort of irrelevant but I've always thought that these two names suited the other country better. i.e. Greenland is full of ice and Iceland is greener than Greenland

not sure how true it is but I remember hearing greenland was named as such to encourage(trick really) other people to settler there.

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