Countries with Names Deriving from the Greek Language

 

It is estimated that at least 5,000 words — and most likely many, many more — in almost all languages spoken today stem from the Greek language. Perhaps a bit more surprisingly, the names of many countries around the world, some of them thousands of miles away from Greece, come from words in the Greek language.

Argentina: the land of silver

The name of the second largest country in South America, Argentina, comes from the Latin “argentum,” which, in turn, has its roots in ancient Greek word Άργυρος (Argyros), meaning silver.

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