Puerto Rico is not a country is a "commonwealth associated" with the US
Because Spanish is the official language of the Dominican Republic
Although about 30 countries recognise French as a official language alongside others in very few countries is it the first language. They are France and Monaco.
Spanish-Speaking CountriesMost countries have an "official national language"; there are 14 countries in the world that have Spanish as their official language, and 6 more (and a US territory) that have Spanish as the de facto national language (*).Here is the list of countries by continent (with their capital in parenthesis):EuropeSpain (Madrid)AfricaEquatorial Guinea (Malabo) in West AfricaNorth and Central AmericaMexico (Mexico City) *Costa Rica (San José)Cuba (Havana)Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) *El Salvador (San Salvador)Guatemala (Guatemala City)Honduras (Tegucigalpa)Nicaragua (Managua) *Panama (Panama City)Puerto Rico (San Juan) *South AmericaArgentina (Buenos Aires) *Bolivia (La Paz)Chile (Santiago) *Colombia (Bogotá)Ecuador (Quito)Paraguay (Asunción)Peru (Lima)Uruguay (Montevideo) *Venezuela (Caracas)
There are many more than just ten countries that speak Spanish. The following is the list of 21 countries that most schools will provide students as the list of "official Spanish-speaking countries," but of this list only 14 have Spanish as an official language, another six have it as a primary, Puerto Rico is actually a commonwealth of the U.S. and there are several others that have a heavy Spanish language use, but do not recognize the language. Please see the related questions section below for a comprehensive list of all the Spanish-speaking countries. Spain (España) Mexico (México) Guatemala Argentina Honduras Venezuela Colombia Ecuador El Salvador (Salvador) Cuba Paraguay Uruguay Peru (Perú) Panama Nicaragua Costa Rica Dominican Republic (La república dominica) Puerto Rico Bolivia Chile Equatorial Guinea (Guinea Ecuatorial)
Some countries of seven letters where French is an official language would be Belgium, Senegal, Burundi, Comoros & Vanuatu.
Names are the same no matter what language they are in.
The area was settled by the Spanish and used to be part of Mexico. Most of the Spanish-language names are the names they were given at the time of settlement.
Here are the names of a few countries in their own languages: Germany: Deutschland (German) France: France (French) Japan: Nihon/Nippon (Japanese) Brazil: Brasil (Portuguese) Mexico: México (Spanish) China: Zhongguo (Mandarin Chinese)
All names are the same in every language.
Names are the same no matter what language they are in.
Names are the same no matter what language they are in.
Names are the same no matter what language they are in.