National Endonyms: What Countries Call Themselves: The Quest to Stop Deadnaming Nations Once and For All! The Hidden Real Names and True Meanings ... Languages and Scripts (Linguistics Book 13) Kindle Edition

NATIONAL ENDONYMS: WHAT COUNTRIES CALL THEMSELVESThe Quest to Stop Deadnaming Nations Once and For All!The Hidden Real Names and True Meanings Revealed in Native Languages and Scripts--- (Please consider the paperback and hardcover versions to make sure all scripts are correctly written.)The way we talk about other countries is wildly inaccurate. Imagine if you knew 200 people, but only knew 100 of their real names? It's likely the same with countries of the world.Get a glimpse into how other countries see themselves simply by learning the names that they call themselves -their endonyms.We all know the exonyms (our names) of these huge countries that we deal with the culture and geopolitics of quite frequently -China,India,and Russiafor example -and with other countries the list goes on and on.But what if I told you (or reminded you) that these aren't even those countries' real names!With this book, discover the real names and their hidden meanings from the countries themselves. This study will certainly change the way you see foreign countries and their peoples.Go from the blurry nicknames most commonly used (our exonyms) to the real names for countries as used by the countries themselves. Get to know the nations of the world for real. Countries and territories included in this book:AbkhaziaAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraAngolaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBruneiBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaColombiaComorosCongo (Congo-Brazzaville)Congo, Democratic Republic of theCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCyprusCzechia (Czech Republic)DenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEast Timor (Timor-Leste)EcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatini (Swaziland)EthiopiaFijiFinlandFranceGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasHong KongHungaryIartolIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKuwaitKyrgyzstanLaosLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmar (Burma)NamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorth KoreaNorth MacedoniaNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestinePanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRussia...and many more! (Too many to fit in this description.) Read more