Venezuela, which means "Little Venice"
Ecuador is the spanish word for equator and since the equator runs through Ecuador that is how it got its name.
Bolivia, named after Simon Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar Palacios Blanco (1783 - 1830)
The hantavirus is named after the Hantan River in South Korea, which was where the virus was first identified during the Korean War in the 1950s.
The element named for a Cajun country is Americium, which is named after the United States of America.
While it is commonly believed that the continent of America is named after 15th-16th century cartographer Amerigo Vespucci, there is growing evidence that it is in fact named after Welshman Richard Ameryk, the owner of the ship that John Cabot used to sail to North America in 1497. A letter, discovered in 1504, once believed to have been printed in 1497, and penned by Amerigo Vespucci, is now believed to be a forgery.
Venezuela! (Little Venice)
Venezuela was named after Venice by Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who noticed similarities between the two locations' landscapes and waterways.
Venezuela was named after the Italian city of Venice by explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who noticed the indigenous stilt houses on Lake Maracaibo resembled those in Venice.
Venezuela! (little Venice)
It is called Columbia. ~Hope this helps!~
Columbia
Columbia :)
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