How Did Each African Country Get Its Name

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Morocco 0:44
Western Sahara 1:26
Algeria 1:41
Tunisia 2:09
Libya 2:41
Egypt 3:08
Northern Sudan 3:40
Benin 4:59
Burkina Faso 5:31
Cabo Verde 6:02
Côte d'Ivoire 6:39
The Gambia 7:09
Ghana 7:52
Guinea 8:25
Guinea-Bissau 8:51
Liberia 9:27
Mali 9:54
Mauritania 10:08
Niger 10:24
Nigeria 10:36
Senegal 10:47
Sierra Leone 11:09
Togo 11:41
Angola 11:56
Cameroon 12:17
Central African Republic 12:42
Chad 12:57
Republic of Congo 13:12
Democratic Republic of Congo 13:48
Equatorial Guinea 14:05
Gabon 14:20
São Tomé e Príncipe 14:53
Burundi 15:25
Comoros 15:42
Djibouti 16:16
Eritrea 16:34
South Sudan 16:57
Ethiopia 17:08
Kenya 17:41
Madagascar 18:10
Malawi 18:37
Mauritius 18:53
Mozambique 19:26
Rwanda 19:40
Seychelles 19:58
Somalia 20:06
Somaliland 20:24
Tanzania 20:30
Uganda 20:51
Zambia 21:08
Zimbabwe 21:30
South Africa 21:47
Eswatini 21:54
Lesotho 22:07
Namibia 22:19
Botswana 22:44
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  • @General.Knowledge
    @General.Knowledge2 жыл бұрын

    Did I make any mistakes in any country names meanings or origins?

  • @hunrgyok4229
    @hunrgyok42292 жыл бұрын

    Glad to know why South Africa is called South Africa, very helpful.

  • @Shandakai
    @Shandakai2 жыл бұрын

    As a South African, I'm anticipating a very short section of this video.

  • @gganbp
    @gganbp2 жыл бұрын

    African coast:

  • @doctorj6030
    @doctorj60302 жыл бұрын

    Africa is so often overlooked, it's a continent rich in culture & history. Enjoyed your video.

  • @sugargay7168
    @sugargay7168 Жыл бұрын

    The name difference between Niger and Nigeria is a linguistic one. Niger was a French colony and has a French name. Nigeria was English and has an English name. Both are in reference to the Niger river. This is similar to Arkansas and Kansas in the United States. A Native American tribe called the Kansa lived in the area. The French area was called Arkansas as a reference to the Kansa tribe. The same goes for Kansas as it also references the Kansa tribe but this time in an English literation.

  • @corentin6835
    @corentin68352 жыл бұрын

    You definitively should do this type of videos with flags of every country

  • @lavenderlover5549
    @lavenderlover55492 жыл бұрын

    For Sierra Leone, I can explain why it’s named “Lion mountain” my parents are both from Sierra Leone and my mom told me that they were taught that when the Portuguese were sailing to Sierra Leone, it was storming and the storms were so loud that it sounded like a lion, and the country itself is almost like a mountain, and that’s how they got “Lion mountain” not sure if this is actually true or not but that’s what my Sierra Leonean mom told me lol

  • @pffft333
    @pffft3332 жыл бұрын

    Japan: land of the rising sun

  • @ekx5120
    @ekx51202 жыл бұрын

    We keep ponting fingers at the French and the British, but damn the Portuguese had their little fun too. From Cabo Verde aaaall the way to Japan.

  • @AllanLimosin
    @AllanLimosin2 жыл бұрын

    Actually, it is not surprising that a lot of names come from Portuguese language, Portuguese people were the first to make maps of Africa written in the language, to be dominant towards the other European powers.

  • @Mixert
    @Mixert

    Rwanda comes from a local language verb: "Kwanda". This verb literally means: "To expand". I'd try to explain Rwanda as meaning the expanding country and this was long given to the territory by the Ancestors who wanted to mean that the country was geographically expanding as they were fighting.

  • @muchuramwangi4043
    @muchuramwangi4043

    I love this! I'm from Kenya and while you're right about the origin of the name, I should point out that in Gîkûyû, the language spoken by the Agîkûyû, 'nyaga' or 'manyaga' also refers to blotches/patches. So that would explain why the mountain and the ostrich share a name... They're both primarily black with white blotches. The mountain with blotches(snow) and the bird with blotches(white parts of an ostrich).

  • @muha8598
    @muha85982 жыл бұрын

    Uganda is the Swahili word for Buganda which is the kingdom after which the country was named. The word comes from “abantu ab’oluganda” meaning people in a brotherhood. (Oluganda is a brotherhood).

  • @muha8598
    @muha85982 жыл бұрын

    19:53

  • @kap849
    @kap8492 жыл бұрын

    For Kenya, it was actually "Kirinyaga" but the explorers heard "Kenya".

  • @KlaustheViking
    @KlaustheViking2 жыл бұрын

    Slightly disappointed that Chad isn’t “Land of alpha males.”

  • @rugapeso
    @rugapeso2 жыл бұрын

    Hey, General Knowledge, I'm pretty sure you're portuguese. It's good to see high quality content on youtube, from a compatriot.

  • @yassomesho4554
    @yassomesho45542 жыл бұрын

    FYI, Egypt's native Arabic name is 'Misr', which is the country's name in the Quran, but Egyptians often use 'Masr' for no real reason. Misr in Arabic has 3 meanings: The first is literally just that Misr means "country", the second is that Misr means "fortress", the third is that Misr means "protected", the last 2 refer to Egypt's natural protective borders. As such the full name can be "Misr Al Mahrosa" (Egypt the Protected).

  • @Valentine-du8fx
    @Valentine-du8fx2 жыл бұрын

    Well done with the research🔥