The country that gave its name to the Siamese cat is Siam, now called Thailand.
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The country which gave the equator its name is Ecaudor in South America, including the Galapagos Islands.
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Believing that China was directly in the center of the world, they called their country Zhong Guo. It is believed that Qin Shi-Huangdi who was the first emperor of the country gave it the name of China.
Mexico; "Poinsettia" was the name of the US ambassador there.
A country and a movie An ancient city in Mesopotamia, which gave its name to the surrounding region (Babylonia)
Magellan gave it the name of San Lazaro in 1521 but the 1542 naming by Villalobos of Leyte and Samar as Felipinas to honor King Philip II of Spain is the name that stuck.
When Christopher Columbus discovered it on Sunday 3rd November 1493 he gave it the name Dominica for the Lords Day.
The country of Siam, which changed its name to Thailand in 1939.It was the country of Siam - which is now called Thailand.