How Did Each Asian Country Get Its Name?

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TIMESTAMPS:
Japan 0:44
Philippines 1:37
Korea (North and South) 2:01
Taiwan 3:05
China 4:49
Mongolia 5:49
Vietnam 6:27
Laos 7:06
Cambodia 7:34
Brunei 8:01
Malaysia 8:40
Indonesia 9:18
Singapore 9:40
Thailand 10:09
Myanmar 10:52
Bangladesh 11:19
Bhutan 11:56
Nepal 12:13
India 12:56
Sri Lanka 12:21
Maldives 13:55
Pakistan 14:09
Tajikistan 14:41
Kyrgyzstan 14:56
Kazakhstan 15:12
Uzbekistan 15:26
Turkmenistan 15:49
Afghanistan 16:19
Iran 16:33
Iraq 17:02
Azerbaijan 17:25
Georgia 17:42
Armenia 18:05
Syria 18:41
Lebanon 19:01
Palestine 19:11
Israel 19:48
Jordan 20:05
Saudi Arabia 20:20
Kuwait 20:45
UAE 21:02
Qatar 22:01
Oman 22:21
Yemen 22:51
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[@General.Knowledge]

Did I get any of these wrong?

[@lookbehindyou2862]

You forgot about Bahrain

[@user-vo6ec7hk4u]

When you spoke about Saudi arabia i expected you to speak about the origin of the word "arab" because almost everyone know that the word "Saudi" is the name of the royal family.... Also, you should apologize about forgetting Bahrain, about saying that ajam is a Persian word while it is an arabic word, and also Kut is an arabic word not hindustani one 😒😒😒 Also, if any arabic subscriber recognize that you intended to make Israel's part at the minute 19:48 in reference to the masecares that happened at the year 1948 you will lose them

[@AzzrudinJamil]

Apart for a few mispronounciation which is normal. You did an excellent job imo, short and packed.

[@EuropeanAndrew]

Yes georgia is on wrong continent

[@foodlord1]

@@EuropeanAndrew he mentioned why those countries are on this video on a prior one.

[@valterpenasribeiro5183]

So East Asian names basically is Portuguese people trying to speak persian

[@romanyoder9266]

Lol basically. English people translating portuguese people trying to speak Persian. 🤣🤣

[@faristont4561]

Persian.? not all. Japan name definitely nothing persian influence as stated in the video

[@shailabanu5884]

Funny

[@kanekiken2002]

@@romanyoder9266 In case of China it's even worse, it's like English translating Portuguese, while Portugese themselves were trying to translate Persian, while Persian themselves were trying to translate Sanskrit. Pretty fucked up😂

[@spillthetruth5898]

lol

[@FreedumbSauceFriedFrogs]

The TITLE should be: How each Asian country gets "English" name.

[@FreedumbSauceFriedFrogs]

@@gon_freecs4030 in the meantime, they also have French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese …… names. If you are not happy with your name, I assume its your choice to rename it?

[@safalparajuli]

@@FreedumbSauceFriedFrogs me: *laughs in Nepali*

[@nischarya]

@@safalparajuli aeee Nepali

[@Santoso.10]

Yes english name

[@AbbiAbii]

Its not english its international name...

[@azhang5438]

Because Bahrain was excluded, I will include it in the comment section. Bahrain is an Arabic word meaning "Two Seas", and is thought to either refer to the fact that the islands contain two sources of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas, or to the south and north waters of the Persian Gulf, separating it from the Arabian coast and Iran, respectively. Source: Bahrain - McGill School Of Computer Science

[@gxguy2906]

Respect to Iran for pointing out their right name to the world. I feel like countries and their people should have a say in what they want the world to call them. Not by some past-timer foreigners.

[@bernard3303]

One other important reason is that persia refers to just one group of our people living in the southern region of the country while we have hundreds of different ethnicities who are not pars or persian, but are in fact iranian

[@A.T.R.94]

Country Timestamps: 00:45 Japan 1:38 Philippines 2:02 Korea 3:05 Taiwan 4:50 China 5:50 Mongolia 6:28 Vietnam 7:06 Laos 7:34 Cambodia 8:01 Brunei 8:40 Malaysia 9:18 Indonesia 9:40 Singapore 10:10 Thailand 10:52 Myanmar/Burma 11:19 Bangladesh 11:57 Bhutan 12:14 Nepal 12:57 India 13:22 Sri Lanka 13:56 Maldives 14:10 Pakistan 14:41 Tajikistan 14:56 Kyrgyzstan 15:12 Kazakhstan 15:26 Uzbekistan 15:49 Turkmenistan 16:19 Afghanistan 16:34 Iran 17:03 Iraq 17:25 Azerbaijan 17:42 Georgia 18:05 Armenia 18:42 Syria 19:01 Lebanon 19:12 Palestine 19:49 Israel 20:06 Jordan 20:20 Saudi Arabia 20:46 Kuwait 21:04 United Arab Emirates 22:01 Qatar 22:21 Oman 22:52 Yemen

[@ajinkyatarodekar9099]

Thanks

[@mhackysaldo]

How about Bahrain?

[@bubpab2b379]

I laos

[@unknownname8213]

This list available in description in this video

[@SilverRedKing]

Bahrain is not mentioned... WHY..!!! “Well because nearly 80% of the world or more don’t know that Bahrain exist.” (I asked a question, answered my own question 😐)

[@phoenicianknight7801]

Now it makes sense, John Cina

[@RenegadeShepard69]

lmfao

[@hoodclassicsofcalifornia]

John Xina*

[@tosterm]

come on stop bullying the poor guy

[@RenegadeShepard69]

@@rj5848 lol this is the most absurd way I've seen someone try to minimize China.

[@auritro3903]

John China?

[@williamlam7446]

The word China probably came from “Qin Dynasty” (秦）BC221, around the same time as the Roman Empire.

[@wuhuhu1390]

Yes, China is derived from Qin dynasty. Persian and Sanskrit pronounced Qin as Cina. From which European renamed as China.

[@GioGziro95]

17:42: It's worth noting that _Georgia_ is country's exonym (external name) the Western world adopted and later became its international name. The endonym (native name) is _Sakartvelo (საქართველო)_ which literally means _the land of the Kartvels, the place of the Kartvels,_ or simply _of the Kartvels._ Kartvels (ქართველები) are the native ethnic group of Georgia. The word _Kartvel_ comes from the core region of Georgia called _Kartli_ which gets its name from the medieval kingdom of the same name - Kingdom of Kartli - the most direct predecessor of Kingdom of Georgia (also referred as _Georgian Empire_ in some sources); although the ancient polity (and later a kingdom) of Colchis also played a major role in its formation as both kingdoms spoke related languages (known as Kartvelian languages), and shared lots of cultural heritage. The Kingdom of Kartli was called _Iberia_ in the Greco-Roman geography while Colchis is a Greco-Roman name itself that was later adopted by Georgian historians too; the ancient native name of Colchis was _Egrisi,_ and its origins are unknown. As for the origin of the name _Kartli,_ it't highly debated, but the most widely-accepted hypothesis is that it came from the Iranian word _"kart",_ meaning _"a land that is surrounded",_ referring to the mountainous nature of the region that served as a natural fortification which made the region hard to invade. P.S.: I'm Georgian but the sources I've read are all in English, so feel free to do your own research.

[@user-oi3hu6nf1s]

Madloba megobari!Thank you for supporting us! Greetings from Ukraine 🤗🇺🇦🇬🇪

[@ybdeng7736]

我叫鄧雲波，別人暗中稱呼我和我的三十五名男性同伴為小英男孩，我們平日專門負責為我們的乾媽蔡英文提供性服務，乾媽平日在公眾面前表現很冷淡，但私下性欲卻極強悍，經常一次會召集我們十幾名同伴一起為她服務，事後我們身體雖會有些吃不消，但我們卻很高興， 經常會因誰能被乾媽翻牌子而爭風吃醋。 但是蔡乾媽有時表現也會有點無情，會下令我們為黨內大佬如賴清德、蘇貞昌、陳建仁、陳時中等人提供性服務，這些大佬中我們最討厭蘇貞昌，因為他又禿又老又醜，玩起來還很變態，而我個人最喜歡陳時中，因為他唱歌好聽也幽默風趣，以前他最喜歡點我和林志堅一起唱歌喝酒，出手很大方， 一次就會打賞我們一兩百萬新臺幣。 還有從上次希拉莉來臺灣，乾媽還命令我們為其提供過一次性服務，不過我們私下都不喜歡希拉莉，她皮膚很松垮，下麵妹妹也也松垮，我們五六個男孩一起插進去都塞不滿，乾媽下麵比希拉莉緊多了，保養很好，甚至比很多少女的妹妹都要緊，而且出水很多，我們都覺得跟乾媽一起玩很潤。 我們都很喜歡乾媽蔡英文，自願跟乾媽一輩子在一起，快活至死不後悔……

[@Jusats]

@@ybdeng7736 bro what the fuck 💀

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

Thank you for pointing this out. Several months after visiting Tbilisi last year, I have been calling the country _Sakartvello_. This is out of respect for the country, but also because I'm tired of people confusing it with the American state called Georgia. I hope we can get more and more people to call it _Sakartvelo_.

[@BrazilianImperialist]

​@@ybdeng7736true

[@handidandi0220]

The rest of asian nations: (deep origin or unknown origins) Meanwhile Philippines: name it after a European Catholic King....

[@koppii2]

that doesn't mean that it doesn't have deep origin

[@yoboyshane.9579]

@@koppii2 Right

[@handidandi0220]

@@koppii2 well it does.... It's just named after a spanish King.... I am a Filipino and I love the name Philippines.... It's just that it is named after a spanish King.... There were times when the name is suggested to be changed from Philippines to Maharlika (which is a class of the Lower Nobility) but Philippines is a pride for me... And I don't care if it is named after a person...

[@koppii2]

@@handidandi0220 The name Maharlika is not suggested to be CHANGED, it is suggested to BRING BACK. Maharlika is the original name of the Philippines before the Spanish Era. Yeah it does so what are you even pointing at on your comment.

[@med2517]

@@koppii2 Lol, no. Maharlika is NOT the original name of the Philippines. It was just suggested by politicians.

[@dulguungantumur472]

5:31 That's the Qing dynasty, it was established in 1636, thousands of years after the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC which is the one that most believe is the origin of the word Cina you mentioned.

[@quasar7055]

This guy knows nothing about China so he should shut up. This a such obvious mistake.

[@louisxiv3850]

Indian, persian and arabs had already made trade with unified Qin (chin) dynasty in 2nd century BC through silk road, importing their tea and porcelain (china), thats why when europeans take over the maritime silk route from the arab, persian and indian traders they call the land as such.

[@kaiden7063]

@@quasar7055 why are you so mad lmao

[@quidam_surprise]

@@kaiden7063 Bro, time out. What tf is that profile picture 😂 ?

[@kaiden7063]

@@quidam_surprise what's the issue

[@tytan9139]

Excellent research done. Eye opening.

[@Philippe_III]

Amazing amount of research. Great job!. Funny image appears quickly between descriptions of Oman and Yemen. Was it intentional??? Thanks for all this information.

[@zjreviews4288]

So Uzbekistan is literally the land of the free? America: am I a joke to you?

[@danialomidiyan7390]

@Ararune in Borat😂

[@llen156yearsago6]

@Ararune quite rare seeing a borat referrence outside of the kazakhstan national anthem, or maybe im not looking hard enough

[@MisterSpinalzo]

also kinda ironic considering that Uzbekistan has a bit of a forced labour problem

[@anicetcastel9393]

Yes

[@connerstewart7155]

@Ararune very nice

[@tihk89]

Bahrain: Am I a joke to you?! :(

[@ap6480]

Who cares

[@yogisteinanimations8235]

@@ap6480 calm down bro

[@ropsen]

@@yogisteinanimations8235 who cares

[@wariare12world95]

@@ropsen lol wtf😅 you have something against Bahrain don't you?! XD

[@mricci07]

@@wariare12world95 they were prob joking

[@vlogvanjava2860]

Thanks for having the time stamps dude

[@aidin_alimsyah]

You forgot East Timor! The named drived from the word Timor which is the name of the island it sits on, when translated, Timor means east, so calling east Timor actually calling it "East of the East" the name of the island itself is referred from the location which is the most Eastern island on the greater Sunda Archipelago. When still under Indonesian colonization, the area was a part of Timor Timur Province, before seceding from Indonesia in 2002. Other name of the country is "Timor Larosae" on which "Larosae" means "Rising Sun" on regional language.

[@danielch6662]

Timor is the island, because it is in the east. East Timor (Timor-Leste) is because the country is only on the eastern half of the island. West Timor is part of Indonesia. West Timor (Timor Barat) was also previously known as Indonesian Timor and Dutch Timor. East Timor was Portuguese Timor. No prize for guessing how that division happened. 😊

[@MegaGigaPetarD]

Eastern Timor = Timor Leste = East East

[@angelaviska9201]

Just fyi, before Timor Leste become a country the area were called "Timor Timur" which literally means "East East" as what you're saying ^^

[@angelaviska9201]

@@yudhobaskoro8033 oh, really? i didn't know that haha, guess i have to learn more, thanks for the info :D 👌

[@kevinchenr]

@@yudhobaskoro8033 We should start referring to Timor Timur as West Timor Timur to avoid further confusion, and to just add more confusion.

[@aldas9174]

❤️💛🧡

[@Valathia]

East East is one of my favorite country names by far. Its just too funny. As people have pointed out, the island is split and both halves are called East East, literally because colonisers didn't understand the local language. I just can't with it

[@motiss27]

China's etymology isn't about the "Qing" dynasty, but the "Qin" one, which is way more older.

[@wagenlowyikhang7019]

秦 to be specific

[@vivimhy]

Lol in iran we still call China "qin" or "chin"

[@orz.4805]

@@vivimhy that’s cool to know actually. That you can still see an old empire’s historical influence alive

[@Justiceforall3799]

Qin or in English as Chin was the first dynasty while Qing was the last dynasty in the sense of having an emperor. Several thousand years in between.

[@wagenlowyikhang7019]

@@Justiceforall3799 technically the first dynasty is Xia, or Shang Xia having no proof but it's recorded in Ancient Chinese history books So xia , shang, Zhou then only it's Qin Qin was the first dynasty that the emperor call himself the emperor making himself the absolute power of the country

[@tammyho3648]

Singapore was known as Temasek from 13-14th century, after 14th it was Singapura. Temasek is still an important name in current Singapore and used for many institutions.

[@user-vt7br6ti5x]

Land of lions

[@ramaraksha01]

Singapore comes from the Sanskrit word Simhapuri - Simha (Lion) Puri (place, country, city) Slowly over time the word changed to what it is now

[@chengyichang3427]

The word Taiwan did come from indigenous Taiwanese. However it had several names in history: Yizhou夷洲（baren island), Liuqiu流求(considered a part of Ryukyu islands), Dongning東寧（peace in the east). Dongning and Taiwan are the two names of the island when it serves as a province of China (Ming, Qing and ROC).

[@wuzhishen]

台湾，是郑成功起的名字。原来叫大冤

[@The__Leo69]

7:59 ancient Sanskrit texts mention a land by name 'Kamboj Desh'. Probably that's origin of this name.

[@kemvichetlong1102]

Yes it is the sanskrit name of Cambodia. Kambu in sanskrit mean gold so Kambuja or Kamboja means the "golden land" or sovannaphum which is the reference to land of Cambodia during the Angkor period.

[@samgal9205]

@@kemvichetlong1102 Interesting, in Sanskrit: Suvarn - Gold Bhoom - Land

[@D__Ujjwal]

Kamboja was one of the 16 Mahajanpads that make India which is today now. It was present north to gandhar(modern day afganistan)

[@marcgargante9776]

How did he miss that the local name for Bhutan is Druk Yul, which means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"? Probably the most epic name for any country in the world

[@antares_m20]

bhutan is easy to miss

[@arghyaprotimhalder5592]

@@antares_m20 it's small no one wants it lacks in natural resources no one wanna see ccupy, A buffezone between a lion and dragon m

[@notmilkie]

​​@@arghyaprotimhalder5592 yeah and also he missed hong kong and caomen just because it's smaller than taiwan.

[@user-ek4jf4tz3j]

@@notmilkie well, i guess its part of china now? which is now confusing for some of us nowadays. if its part of china or....

[@blackbway]

​@@user-ek4jf4tz3j just like Tibet, didn't hear his name got called. I guess he part of China also, (although you can't say that to a Tibetan)...

[@G4MBIT]

Both the Greeks and the Romans had established connections with Sri Lanka. In fact, Sri Lankan emissaries had been in Rome when the Romans were fighting English Barbarians.

[@sophiachang8559]

Great video!!

[@bakthihapuarachchi3447]

Roman emissaries visited Sri Lanka during the reign of Emperor Claudius. They gave a large amount of glass beads to the Sri Lankan king at the time, King Bhathikabeye, who then donated it to the temple of Ruwanwali Maha Saaye, the largest and most important Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka. I'm a student of history from Sri Lanka, and this is the only instance I know of Sri Lankans interacting with the Romans.

[@Razorcarl]

Wow

[@RR_theproahole]

I don't know about Sri Lankan history but Romans traded extensively with the southern Indian kingdoms, there was a temple of Emperor Augustus somewhere in South India, ambassadors from both sides regularly visited each other and these relations went on for more than three centuries, in light of this we can say that they must have known about Sri Lanka.

[@marcusthehandsome8609]

Oh,I know Rome used to use ports from Egypt to trade with India,So there must have been some connection,But wow Romans in India,How cool,Love from Egypt btw.

[@bakthihapuarachchi3447]

@Mario Fonseca well even as far back as Ptolemy's world map, Sri Lanka is showed as an island. If we look even far back, their might be an instance like that, but I can't find it

[@bakthihapuarachchi3447]

@Mario Fonseca well that's entirely possible since there was a land bridge connecting Sri Lanka and India back in the day. Also are you Indian? Because you have such a Sri Lankan name : D

[@paulbelarmino93]

i love how every countries name was mis-translated words , from an unknown source or common name in ancient times then there's the philippines

[@the_struggler963]

Lol Philippines is Property of king philips😂

[@FarhanHafizh]

Lmao. If I'm not mistaken, their former president wanted to change the name to a more native sounding name but he failed I guess.

[@TheSeth2003]

Each islands in the Philippines had their ancient names though, we're different because our islands werent unified by an empire, we were only unified because of our colonizers Here's an example, cebu before was called sibu, and luzon was called Luzon based on the inhabitants there that were called lusong Negros island had their own name too, but was changed by the Spaniards because of the native's skin color

[@pauloalano5010]

Kung walang Spain, Di mabubuo ang bansang pilipinas,, bawat isla sa Pilipinas dati ay may sarisariling mundo.

[@fliontio3246]

@@TheSeth2003 I heard from a chinese that Luzon's name was originally (as far as I can remember) called Liu Zhong (related to chinese words). I'm gonna edit this if I found that chinese one comment. Edit: My mistake. She said it was originally called, Liu Song. Edit 2: You can find her comment on "What do Chinese think of Philippines..." by Chinesevid. It is under the pinned comment there. She is called halashet.

[@bvillafuerte765]

Excellent video.

[@mukeshangrish]

When pronouncing Sanskrit words, you don’t need to pronounce the last letter “a”. That is there just so you extend the pronunciation of last sound before the “a”. For example, “CĪNA” or चीन is pronounced “CHEEN” with extended intonation at “N” and skipping the letter “A” altogether. This is true for all Sanskrit words written in English/Latin alphabet. Another word was “DEŚA” or देश which is pronounced like “THEY-SH”.

[@D__Ujjwal]

"Chin" was first used in Mahabharata (sanskrit) to describe yellow people on north of india. South east asian countries name are also named in sanskrit . Any country which use "stan" is its name is also sanskrit , as it means place/land

[@youtubeuserxix]

​@@D__Ujjwal "Stan" is Persian, but "Sthan" as in "Rajasthan" is Sanskrit.

[@ManjuSingh-un5mj]

Bharat comes from an ancient king, named 'Bharat'. He captured the land from Himalayas to Indian Ocean. He named it 'Bharatvarsh'

[@vimdhayakjiofhimachal6448]

Captured 😑😑 Dude he was King of this land

[@AnkitKumar-tk7nb]

@@vimdhayakjiofhimachal6448 that's u learn wen u read Aryan invasion theory

[@vimdhayakjiofhimachal6448]

@@AnkitKumar-tk7nb Aryan invasion 😑😑 Dude in ancient times migration used to happen N Aryan theory is not proven yet Go n check it It's not relevant Many migration of humans used to happen in ancient times And Invasion is not a correct word Bec. Invasion r done on kingdom or country And During Aryan Dravidian times there were no kingdoms n countries

[@AnkitKumar-tk7nb]

British people captured Britain How does this sound?😂🤣😂🤣

[@ashutoshpriyam5493]

Aryan and davidian theory was given by marxist historians and Brits to divide us.. dont follow that

[@paracelcius848]

I’m surprised nobody else mentioned you forgot Bahrain. It comes from the Arabic al-bahrayn, meaning two seas.

[@barackobama4904]

Ya habibi, Ya hanana Gosok gigi, pakai sepana

[@oshi2119]

East Timor?

[@arnoldhayahay9269]

@@oshi2119 Yeah I put it there already sir lol

[@esfandiarhoseini8257]

Probably because you can't see or find it on the map. 😂

[@mohsenamiri5696]

Bahrain was one of the Iran islands in persian gulf separeted from Iran by birtish

[@trottyong]

Ugggg . How did i miss this video? I usually watch your vids the first day they available! I’m still available to go on a diplomatic mission to the “micro nation” of the Republic of Molossia….. as it’s less than thirty minutes away! Great work

[@FlameEmber]

@3:28 Although the names may sound alike, Republic of China is a very different government than the People's Republic of China. The island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, had been ceded to Japan by the Qing Dynasty in the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki. Then in 1945 after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II, the island of Taiwan became under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China. The RoC was a party established in 1912 who overthrew the Qing Dynasty of China. They also fought in conflicts with Russia and the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1949 after civil war with the communist party of China, The RoC government relocated to Taiwan along with ~1.2 million people from China to Taiwan.

[@bakhtiyorakramjonov7606]

Asia : *exists* Portugal and Iran : *I'll buy your entire stock*

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[@inguunenkhtaivan9146]

Only in the naming them. Nothing else.

[@bakhtiyorakramjonov7606]

@@inguunenkhtaivan9146 oh yeah that's right

[@mojiahedadam9417]

Iran is in Asia btw

[@lightyagamis]

Sanskrit - Am I joke to you ?

[@ozark7834]

Portuguese: *Writes word on paper*. East Asia: Good enough that's the *European* name of my country.

[@erikchengmo]

We often don't have a chance. If a name or a more severe misconception has already been widely spread, it is very hard to reverse it. The same principle applies to names of the states. It will usually take decades for the general preception to change.

[@noctusowl]

@Dirk Platinum Portugal ironically being one of the exceptions. Meanwhile Germany answers Yes! when asked how many different names did they want to be known for.

[@MinhNguyen-ff6xf]

The Netherlands, not “Het Nederlands” Germany, not “Deutschland” Italy, not “Italia” Spain, not España Finland, not “Suomi” Hungary, not “Magyarország” Austria, not “Österreich” It looks like Anglophone has been dominated the Europe

[@laurajl1672]

the *english name* of the country. Most of these names have nothing to do with the native language (or neighbouring language) of the country name though

[@crystaluwu1012]

China and Korea's name are understandable and are named after one of their dynasties, foreigners actually made an effort to call them the way they want to be called since the name China might have derived from the Qing and Qin dynasties, while Korea's was the name of their first unified Kingdom (Goryeo) and arguably their most powerful ancient kingdom during the era of the 3 kingdoms (Goguryeo), the problem is, foreigners don't know when this kingdoms they used to know change their name since communication between countries used to be hectic as fuck and takes 2+ years, this is like when Goryeo changed its name to Joseon etc, so the foreigners stick with the names they already know when refering to the place in a map, so the name eventually stuck, as for Japan a more likely origin of the name is that Nippon was mispronounced by people, since Japan and Nippon sound very similar.

[@moses3207]

No the “Go” sound in Korean is pronounced as “Ko” and because of how Koreans was pronouncing the name “Goryeo” over time it became Koryeo then Korea so yeah but hell this is what the Koreans told me

[@iamsheep]

There's a typo or mistake with the China part, the ancient Perian use of Chin/Cina referring to China during the QIN dynasty, not QING dynasty, since QIN was from 2nd century BC, whereas the QING dynasty started in the 17th century.

[@pemadendup3753]

Bhutan's official name is Druk yul literally, "country of the Land of the Thunder Dragon," hence the dragon on the flag.🇧🇹

[@sahkogile]

cool name

[@aniket7680]

Hello,bro! i am from India

[@aniket7680]

@@pemadendup3753 mean's???

[@pemadendup3753]

@@aniket7680 nothing lol

[@shiningstarsinthedarknight733]

I guess this country was made by some anime lover 😁

[@finiteincantatem776]

Indonesia - Malaysia - Philippines - Southern Thailand - Singapore - Brunei = *"Nusantara"*

[@amoishasha6335]

@@pocongmumun79 back then is langkasuka and old kedah

[@zaldyv3406]

Malaya penisula?

[@elvyelios8051]

@@zaldyv3406 Maybe yes

[@alien4167]

Indo-Facific 🌏🇮🇩

[@kingdom1872]

You spelled Sunda Empire wrong.

[@sammysuri393]

That's how some of these countries are pronounced in Persian: (I found it interesting) Zhaapon (Jaapon) Cheen Koreh (meaning ball shaped) Hend (formal: Hendustan) Andonezee Arabestaan Araaq Afqanestaan Paakestaan Gorjestaan Lobnaan Emaaraat Ordon Essraaeel Yaman Surieh Koveyt Aazarbaayjaan Armanestaan Torkiyeh Btw the suffix "stan" is a Persian suffix meaning "place of" or "land of" or "full of".

[@themultipurposewizard1673]

India is also known as Hindustan which is also derived from Sindhu river Hindu is Sindhu and stan is land It means land near river sindhu

[@BeanOnTheFlipside]

That's of Persian descent if im not wrong

[@yj9032]

@@BeanOnTheFlipside correct

[@indiansaresuperioralienrac3615]

No Persian decent..what you talking ,people of indus valley is dravidians..

[@indiansaresuperioralienrac3615]

@@BeanOnTheFlipside indians have no connections with Persian until mughals ...indians are mix of indoaryan ,elamit, dravidian and austroloids.most of indians dna show relation with austroloids..

[@aliimran2485]

Sanskrit 🧡🤍💚

[@vfnikster]

Georgia originates from St. George, but the native country name is Sakartwelo, which wasnt described.

[@larrywave]

Well he didnt describe native names for koreas either

[@mariami7281]

Name Georgia doesn't originate from St.George, but from the same greek word, that means "tiller of the land".

[@MS-wg2pn]

Sri Lanka (Siri Lanka or Lanka) was known as Ceylon under British rule. Prior to colonisation it was known as “Hela Bima” which translated into English means land of the “Hela” people. The main language spoken is “Sinhala” or “hela basa”.

[@7amoodoq8]

As an Arab I appreciate your efforts to try and pronounce the Arabic names correctly 🖐 And actually Kut became Kuwait, because in Kuwait we used to give diminutive words to things instead of calling them by their actual name; so Kut = Fort that is built by the sea, Kuwayt is the diminutive word for Kut, so Small Fort by the sea.

[@kuzon1286]

Actually, Malay🇲🇾 call Japan as "Jepun", while indonesian🇮🇩 called it as "Jepang".

[@ThatOneMalaysianGuy]

"Old Malays"

[@TheCherishGlory]

If I'm not mistaken, Siamese also call Japan as Jepun

[@tehtarik4326]

@@ThatOneMalaysianGuy wdym by old malay? Bolehkah laksamana Hang Tuah menerangkan kepada tuan hamba apa yang ingin tuan katakan?

[@ThatOneMalaysianGuy]

@@tehtarik4326 old malays = Melayu Klasik? Idk

[@muhammam]

Thai call Jepun

[@hrishavroy3450]

Actually as far as I know.. Bangladesh gets its name from two words- "Bangla" denoting the language spoken in the country and "Desh" meaning country (in Bangla language).. So in short Bangladesh means "Country of the Bangla speaking people".. Interesting points: 1.Earlier it was a part of Bengal sultante (or subah), then British India and then East Pakistan before gaining independence as a separate nation. 2. It was basically a part of undivided Bengal till partition after which it, majorly being inhabited by Bengali Muslims, decided to join Pakistan before gaining independence as separate nation. 3. The other half of Bengal (West Bengal), being inhabited mostly by Bengali Hindus, is still an important and integral part of India.

[@ChoCoMoCo69]

It was divided in 1905 by Britishers that's why west bengal still is West Bengal even it is in East.

[@hrishavroy3450]

@@ChoCoMoCo69 agreed and it was reunited again in 1911

[@mannadiisyed259]

@@hrishavroy3450 yep it reunited in 1911 and Rabindranath tagore who was against this partition got nobel prize in 1913. Aftermaths : *Muslim league was reformed after 1915 *Dhaka University was established in 1921 *Partition of India happened in 1947 and East Bengal (Present Bangladesh🇧🇩) joined Pakistan *East Pakistan became an independent country called ''Bangladesh'' in 1971 after a 9 months war against West Pakistan

[@yilonmusk1189]

They should have just made another new country called United Bengal... What we suffered in the 1971 war was enough for both East Pakistanis and West Pakistanis

[@freedom1667]

Yeah, I'm Bangladeshi and you are absolutely right

[@otterspotter]

Peleset is also one of the connected names to the "Sea Peoples" of near legendary status now. Wouldn't change the name of their name origin, as they were thought to be related to the Phoenicians, but it could add another level to the etymology. Provided, of course, there is any relation. I personally cannot attest to anything, but thought it might be worth a mention.

[@leoesque2803]

You forgot the name Temasek for Singapore. Singapore was known as Pulau Ujong (Malay ver of Pu Luo Zhong) then Temasek then change to Singapura when Sang Nila Utama came founding the kingdom of Singapura. It was later change to Singapore after WW2 when it was called syonanto

[@0900370pian]

Another plausible version was that Temasek used to be a port where trading ships came to stop by particularly ships from Tamil Nadu, India. During some point certain Temasek people mistreated these sailors and these sailors from Tamil Nadu became angry. They decided to no longer stop by Temasek and went to other islands/places nearby to trade. Thus whenever these ships passed Temasek, the Temasek people will shout at these ships in Malay Singgah oi! Singgah! Mari Singgah! (Singgah means stop by). The sailors just replied in Tamil Podah!! Podah!! Cit Podah!! (Podah means go away in Tamil). This quirky situation turns into shouting match between Singgah and Podah. The Srvijayan prince saw this situation happens so many times so much so that he renamed the island Singgah Podah. After a long time has passed by Singgah Podah became Singapura which is the corrupted version of the original Singgah Podah. This I believe the true origin of the name Singapore.

[@afk_is_ok]

I would say you offended the North Koreans by showing South Korea's flag for entirety of Korea buuuut...

[@FF-qp4xq]

Maybe the great Kim watch KZbin, who knows...

[@dinamosflams]

Well, they can Just see this video and correct him then

[@banealsmanana3672]

The Korean flag🇰🇷 has a history that has continued since the Joseon Dynasty. It represents the spirit of Korea. During the Japanese colonial era, we all waved this flag. Even after the division of the Korean Peninsula, North Korea also used the flag for a while. Until the Soviet Union ordered a change to communist style.😕

[@Luzitanium]

do they even have access to this video?

[@mariotheundying]

@@Luzitanium if they escaped their country... but if so, in exchange of their family's lives

[@nrritiroy6527]

Most of the Names of these Countries are of Indo-Iranian(sanskrit & persian) origin. And Iran means Land of the Aryans. Also Vedic aryans called their nation Aryavarta means abode of Aryans.

[@danialomidiyan7390]

👍👌🔥

[@InterestingVideos063]

Aryan in sanskrit means a nobel person , in mahabharata pahalva kingdom of Iran is called a vedic kingdom . ancient persian language Avesta is similar to sanskrit only few words are changed .

[@jonasdavies1806]

The name Aryavarta was specific to India north of vindhya mountain range. It doesn't include South or north Eastern parts of the country.

[@nrritiroy6527]

@@InterestingVideos063 Aryan in Veda means one who follow Vedic Religion or One's own people.

[@Darkest_matter]

"land of the aryans..." Don't let Hitler see this comment. Side note: I thought Aryan means blonde, white and blue eyes.

[@Star_dragon]

13:20 the name BHARAT came from "THE GREAT EMPEROR BHARAT " who United the entire indian subcontinent. He is referred to in religious texts as MAHABHARAT( the great war of BHARATA) . India's religions are based on its history.

[@IkramHawk]

Thank you!

[@Needed4Reddit]

Just a heads up. The language and people of Cambodia are pronounced Khamai not how it's spelled Khmer. Not a bit deal. Just letting you know. Edit: Source: I dated a girl while I was in Siem Reap.

[@davinhong427]

yep you’re correct!

[@aethyrial3856]

damn bro no need to 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅

[@Needed4Reddit]

@@aethyrial3856 Not trying to flex. Just trying to say that I was there for a decent amount of time and was involved in the culture. Not just a fly in fly out deal.

[@Needed4Reddit]

@Lianhua Xin That would be more accurate as the k is super short. I didn't think about people just reading it drawing out kha. Also did not think about them reading mai as may. I guess more accurate for western readers would be k'my,

[@aethyrial3856]

@@Needed4Reddit I was just joking lol hence the bolded ‘flex’

[@mpqplays2760]

Bahrain in the background being forgotten: 👁💧👄💧👁

[@BeanOnTheFlipside]

New Zealand of asia moment

[@VenatusUprising]

Timor-Leste is also being forgotten.

[@FuraCaoLoko]

@@VenatusUprising That one is being covered in the Oceania video.

[@VenatusUprising]

@@FuraCaoLoko Isn't Timor leste in Asia, at least geographically?

[@glitchtastic759]

Scuffed

[@Aceo_0]

Fun fact: Northern Afghanistan, Tokharistan was famous for its small size but strong horses. Chinese Han dynasty sent an envoy to take some of those horses from hellenic kingdom of Bactria but was refused thus the first clash between China and a western culture appeared known as the war of heavenly horses.

[@SAHAAF7]

Nice vid

[@ishanbajpai6940]

13:14 The name Bharata has two connections One with the Semi-mythical Emperor of all of the Indian subcontinent EMPEROR BHARATHA in whose dynasty was the famous war of MAHABHARATA Happened and the epic of Mahabharata was written. The other one is from the Vedic tribes that formed the Early proto-republics of Ancient India and the most Dominant and powerful of them was the BHARATHA Tribe.

[@ABHI690]

No only first one only

[@ABHI690]

Second one is wrong no one knows that

[@ishanbajpai6940]

@@ABHI690 Actually the second one has more of an archaeological backing.

[@ABHI690]

@@ishanbajpai6940 I never heard that

[@ishanbajpai6940]

@@ABHI690 You should probably research about it,I also was not aware of this before I started reading up about it. You can start from a basic Wikipedia search about Vedic tribes.👍🏻

[@SetuwoKecik]

When you told american that there are more Asians than Chinese, Korean and Japanese: 👁️👄👁️

[@BinglesP]

I’d assume a lot of Americans don’t know much about the Middle East outside Saudi Arabia/Egypt(maybe Israel too if we’re being generous) either, I sure didn’t see any of the others when I was younger

[@troy5094]

people like to correct Americans by saying what they usually refer to Asia is actually East and/or Southeast Asia but imho the whole idea of Asia was made up to contrast with Europe so it doesn't really matter

[@SetuwoKecik]

@@troy5094 "Asian" is basically just people who lives in the continent of Asia, that's it. Why these people are always making things difficult smh

[@troy5094]

@@SetuwoKecik I'm saying that it doesn't make sense for Europe and Asia to be considered different continents in the first place lol

[@SetuwoKecik]

@@troy5094 hmmm that's a fair argument

[@johngibny3344]

I love your channel ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@wuhuhu1390]

The name China is derived from Qin dynasty 221 BC. Persian and Sanskrit pronounced Qin as Cina, from which European named it China.

[@D__Ujjwal]

Indians used chin for china longs before qin dynasty came into existence

[@user-om2jr5ut9s]

He literally skipped the jammu and kashmir ( state in india ) from both india and pakistan maps 😂😂😂😂. 5 min prayer to this legend 😂😂

[@koustavchakraborty3694]

Lol you are not aware of Google different map boders, then I think you should know about it because Google uses different boders for different countries he is from another country so Google shows different map boundaries for him it's not his fault so pls learn a little more about Google maps and policies from Wikipedia or theirs official page then comment

[@user-om2jr5ut9s]

@@koustavchakraborty3694thanks for your advice , i will read that stuff . According to you jammu and kashmir is not the part of Google maps due to its policies 🤣. Google shows full maps with borders nomatter j&k included in india or pak or china according their countries Google maps ,but the area is defined properly . skipping the land area is not the part of Google policies bro 🤣 . Google shows jammu and kashmir everywhere in the world .(anyone can search j&k)he should have included it anywhere (basic). And for knowing this atlas is enough ...Half knowledge is dangerous 👍🏻 .

[@salma-nw9fe]

@@eternalgamer674 hehe😂😂🥱

[@user-om2jr5ut9s]

@@eternalgamer674 wow then take it 😂😂 if its possible 🤣🤣

[@O_M_]

@@eternalgamer674 Lol how delusional 😂 Jammu and Kashmir was a princely state during British rule with a Hindu ruler Maharaja Hari Singh . And he signed Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947 and J &K became the part of India .

[@musirhythm]

Burma was earlier called bramhadesh which english translated to Burma

[@fabiasoha1684]

Obviously y'all gotta copy Bangladesh I mean just leave Bengalis alone bruh

[@paaglimonicat6307]

@@fabiasoha1684 desh just means country...

[@Isroinfo861]

@@fabiasoha1684 lol desh means country nothing related to bangladesh

[@penpithmind1941]

@@fabiasoha1684 Copy? Bruh Bangladesh is not even 60 years old.

[@molestedcanofbeans3018]

@@fabiasoha1684 ewww Bengali. Please be alone, that would be a favour from your side.

[@ounalan]

The country "Oman" was called in the Ottoman times "Umman" which means the Ocean. This makes sense, as Umman is the place where Indian Ocean starts (for the Ottomans). Btw, Oman and Umman are written exactly the same in Ottoman script (which is quite similar to the Farsi and Arabic scripts).

[@renicostareni2313]

So far, so good! But what about another countries which are located in American= South and North. Very nice context, I do appreciate. Congrat. and thank you for share with me.🙋👍🤝

[@CharDhue]

"Sungai melayu river" The sungai itslef mean river 😂

[@cheers9503]

LMAO yeahh

[@bestenemies4520]

Hahah iya

[@elvyelios8051]

River Melayu river 🤣🤣🤣

[@blackknight3359]

LOL 😂

[@MrLing-yr1jt]

Loll

[@_ric]

GK: "Here is a list of Asian countries..." * list includes Taiwan * Chinese YT Comment Bots: "Hold up..."

[@yuantingkung378]

Meanwhile, YT is still banned in China so you know how China bot must do before they show up in the comment section.

[@nkzmaskdd]

Taiwan appearing as a country in the screen* Chinese bots: (fnaf 2 hallway ambience)

[@sleepyjam7845]

No wonder KZbin is banned in China since people like GK is trying to undermine its sovereignty

[@nkzmaskdd]

@@sleepyjam7845 So here's the first one

[@yuantingkung378]

@@sleepyjam7845 So where exactly is the place of Russia when it comes to undermining sovereignty and annexing territory? Anyone remember which country Vladivostok and Tannu Uriankhai belongs to in Qing dynasty? Don't be silly. The reason China banned YT is simply because it will hinder their legitimacy to rule as YT still don't fully come under the control of PRC.

[@aadhyachintala8532]

ive studied sanskrit in highschool, my grandmother is an avid sanskrit text reader, and I kid you not,the amount of sanskrit I see in these country origins is both quite shocking. edit: countries I saw from sanskrit origin: Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Kuwait

[@D__Ujjwal]

"Chin" was first used in Mahabharata (sanskrit) to describe yellow people on north of india. South east asian countries name are also named in sanskrit . Any country which use "stan" is its name is also sanskrit , as it means place/land

[@srilavu]

You are absolutely correct regarding India. Originally it is called as Bhārat, and recognised by the constitution. Before there is any country that was even identified, India was called as "Bharata varsha" after the king Bharata, who conquered all six parts of the world and fought with his brother to conquer the last remaining city of the world. In ancient times, it was called as "Jambu dweepa". The term "India" is put by the British which has no meaning or even not identified in sastras.

[@ankur8075]

In case of Sri Lanka, Lanka word already existed from ancient time such as in Ramayana it's called as "LANKA" only, but by adding Sri, it's mostly used for respect.

[@fai3379]

Our country knows as srilanka after 1972 when it became a republic.but e did moy learn what was the name in ancient they were different names lanka,lankadwipa,sihala dweepa, British said ceylon,arab sais serendib, Vijay said thambapanni.mostly used sinhale

[@wxllxt5650]

"Kyrgyzstan" literally means not "we are forty" but "land of forty tribes"

[@mndplg]

You missed Bahrain, previously known as Dilmun of the Dilmun civilization. Bahrain means "two seas". During Helenic times it was referred to as Tylos.

[@nathpoti]

The sanskrit ancient name of China "Cina" is derived from the QIN dynasty (221 BCE), which comes from the name of the first emperor of China (Qin Shihuang), instead of the QING dynasty (1636-1912) that you mistakenly talked about in the video.

[@monarchistheadcrab8819]

There is something else about Turkmenistan's name, It comes from the Persian words Tir-o-Kaman, meaning bow and arrow, because those people were good at shooting arrows.

[@minzblatt]

Could we agree on not bringing up outdated Persian theories on how everything and everyone once was Persian but only forgot about it? Thanks

[@monarchistheadcrab8819]

@@minzblatt no, because they're not outdated, your welcome.

[@apalahartisebuahnama7684]

Turkmenistan simply means Land of Turkmens/Turkoman, another variation of Turkic people and historically related to Turkish people.

[@khankavkaz6505]

It literally comes from "Türk menem" (I'm a Turk). Stop Persifying everything

[@monarchistheadcrab8819]

@@khankavkaz6505 It literally comes from "Tir-o-kaman" (bow and arrow). Stop Turkifying everything.

[@NisansaDdS]

13:38 Yes. Romans did know about Sri Lanka. In fact, Pliny the Elder writes in his "Natural History" about "Annius Plocamus " a tax collector who facilitated trade between the Roman Empire and present day Sri Lanka.

[@user-yp9jb8qf5n]

The map of India is shown wrong. Sorry my Frnd plz refer to the right source before posting, Kashmir is part of India before BC until current time. From the BC INDIA is called as BHARAT. INDIA is called India from last 300 years.

[@ahmadjanahi1329]

Hi dear thank you very much for giving essential information but I believe you forgot to include Bahrain, thanks

[@majidaminzadeh]

You missed Bahrain.It means two seas! And also Iran means land of sacred people

[@subutaiisunderrated2293]

I thought Iran meant "Land of Aryans".

[@nashleydias1597]

@@subutaiisunderrated2293 it is

[@swap__yt]

@@subutaiisunderrated2293 wait so let every person names aryan go there😂

[@subutaiisunderrated2293]

@@nashleydias1597 so what's up with sacred people.

[@nashleydias1597]

@@subutaiisunderrated2293 I'm not sure of that😶

[@dofinoah]

The word Siam are more likely to be delivered from a Sanskrit word rather than Chinese as the nation has a strong bond with theravada Buddhism since the past. But there's also other argument mentioned that the Thai Royals does has Chinese ancestry since the early of Ayutthaya Kingdom. Thais prefer to say Prathet Thai rather than Muang Thai but maybe it use for certain or specific occasions

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[@Aman-qr6wi]

They said pali which is ultimately derived from sanskrit.

[@Swastikanothookcross]

Yep Sanskrit had strong influence in the South East. So the chances are higher.

[@jacure123]

Yes, Sanskrit is everywhere in southeast Asia. That's why some of them are called Indo-China.

[@D__Ujjwal]

Every east Asian(China) , southeast Asian, South Asian countries name come from sanskrit used in India. Meanwhile India's name comes from Romans 😂😂😂

[@SSchithFoo]

Romans did know about Sri Lanka, Romans coins are found in many ancient trade ports and a delegation from Sri Lanka has been to Rome. It is not just Rome, even Greek-Macedonians knew about Sri Lanka as some of them adopted Buddhism. The words, Seylan, Ceylon, Ceylao, etc all came from Sinhale which is the name of the main ethnicity even now.

[@korihor9161]

I know this video is 2 years old but some of the best Italian historians have discovered that Roman empire had some fortress and merchant outposts in the western coast of India, explored the Nile almost to it's beginning and there are few evidences that indirectly had contact with the Americas. I don't mean they knew about the continent but some Roman coins have been found there and some mosaics of pineapples and turkeys have been found in the late Roman era

[@victorialopez9717]

I know you stated that you would probably mess up pronunciations, but one thing that would be helpful is if you pronounce the letter H as in English and not silent because how you said the modern name of Korea was odd. It is Dae ( like the word day) Han (pronouncing the H) Min (meen) Guk (gook). I lived in South Korea for 5 years so I'm familiar with the name.

[@alicecamilo4283]

I think it's important to say that Georgia is the "international" name, because native georgians call their country "Sakartvelo" (საქართველო in their alphabet) that would mean "where the kartveli are from" (sa- being a sufix meaning where) and kartveli, how they call themselves, apparently comes from one of the first villages of the country. :)

[@njnikusha]

As a Georgian myself i agree…. Kartli is actually one of the regions of the country . Name could have derived from greek georgos as a land of the farmer since in antique times Georgia was know for its fertile land

[@dedisfication]

also term Georgia is most likely derived from the greek word for landworkers georgos

[@itismethatguy]

Well yeah India is also called Bharat and Korea is also called something else i think so it’s normal

[@TheofilosMouratidis]

​@@dedisfication Georgia was used because of Saint George probably, If I am mistaken the one who is buried on the bottom level of that giant church in Tbilisi. And of course, as you said, the name George/ia (male/female) comes from the word for agriculture. Ancient Greeks called the place Kolhis and Iberia and Batis the nowadays city of Batumi.

[@eclectic2327]

wtf is that language

[@izzyabby123ok]

Thank you for your diligence in creating this very entertaining piece of work! 😎✨🇺🇸

[@awesomask]

Interesting thing to be noted is that Syria is named after Assur the sun god and in Arabic and local dialect it is referred to as Surya by the middle eastern people. Surya is a Sanskrit word for Sun. Might be related or just a coincidence. This is just my hypothesis.

[@khalidsami7947]

Kuwait: the fort was built by one of Alexander the Great successors in an island known today by “Failaka” but by their time it was named as “Icarus” because in resamples Aegean sea island Icarus. The fort wasn’t on main land. However, Kuwait name was Laressia, then kadhma, then Grane, then Kout and now Kuwait. Kadhama: because a hill in Kuwait known as that name. And named by Arabs in the war of the chains, when Arabs conquest the Sassanid Empire. Grane: there is a argument about that name as some agreed it meant a small hill, while others agrees that it mean a small horn, as Kuwait City took a shape of horn. Kout: it meant a fort above the sea, it’s an Indian word. As many Indian coastal cities was named with Kout such as Calcutta.

[@shilpamaiya2523]

Bharata doesn’t come from a religious leader, he was an ancient King. Got nothing to do with religion.

[@harshpathak2778]

Look at the map of India which this foolish man has shown.

[@Aegon_Targaryen]

13:14 Wrong map of India 🤬🤬🤬 Why Kashmir and ladakh is not in Indian Map

[@shilpamaiya2523]

Why do you guys get riled up? He is just ill-informed. Dear creator please correct the map of India. You can check out the government website.

[@jeppy4021]

@@shilpamaiya2523 Its because they are disputed areas and he is just being politically neutral, not his fault

[@mens.glowup]

@@Aegon_Targaryen It's right map

[@vishalgupta7522]

13:00 that map of india is incorrect jammu kashmir 2/3 is under india the part you have shown in pakistan 🙄

[@Musa_T_Nasir]

Yes finally the true indian is found

[@arjunvinayak0916]

Yes the map is distorted

[@veeeeeeee9908]

They didn't highlight it for either nation because of the disputed status it has globally which I find absurd since they cut a part of Ladakh (specifically Aksai Chin) and displayed it as a part of China. They only highlighted Jammu and Kashmir after both India and Pakistan were discussed. But yeah the map is distorted.

[@shubhamjain6338]

@@veeeeeeee9908 True. Aksai Chin should also not be highlighted if he is considering disputed territories not to put in any nation

[@stfu1503]

You are correct but they do this because that state or land is disputed between 2 countries. Just to be safe and neutral.

[@ShineWang-wz9mp]

Very nice video, but made a huge mistake on the China part. As you pointed out, the "China" is evolved from the ancient Latin word"Chin", "Cina" or "Sina" which has been recorded since the 2th century. It is generally acknowledged that this pronunciation is reffing to the Qin(秦) dynasty, one of the most powerful empire in Chinese history around BC 200, Yet the picture you used in this video is in fact the Qing(清) dynasty, a regime did not occur until the 17th century. There is nearly a 2000-year-gap.😂 Conclusion: It seems that you mistook Qing(清) for Qin(秦), and this is understandble as it is very similar in pronunciation for foreigners. However, for Chinese, they are very different. First, the handwriting (character) is very different. Moreover, the Qin is usually deemed as the first centralized regime and most powerful dynasty in Chinese history, while the Qing as the last feudal dynasty was notorious for their rotten governance. They are totally different or I would say exactly opposite for Chinese.😂

[@theboyofjoyy]

14:00 Maldives got its name from Tamil words "மாலை (Maalai)" + "தீவு (dheevu)" which exactly means Flower Garland + Island since Tamils had close proximity to the island

[@storytellerstudiostm9409]

This was great! it's always surprising where these huge countries get their simple names from. Also, do you plan on doing another flag (re)design contest? Those are very popular and I think people would really enjoy it.

[@asuka4ever1979]

In Southern Chinese dialects, Japan has been called: Yapon. When the Europeans first came to China, initially the Portuguese and Spaniards, they arrived in the South and adopted the pronunciation. Obviously, in many Romance languages, "J" has been pronounced as "Y". So, they spelled Yapon as Japon/Japan. Then, the British came and mixed up the pronunciation, mistakenly converting the Y-sounded J to dz-sounded J, just like "Yesus" to "Jesus", "Yerusalem" to "Jerusalem". So, after the British became the strongest colonial power, the dz-sounded J stayed and Yapon had since then been pronounced as Japan (with the dz-sounded "J").

[@romandeity4754]

wow. That's so interesting!

[@fullaw7624]

I think your version is more accurate.

[@um1541]

In Russian and, I believe, in most post-soviet countries it's called Yaponiya.

[@fidel1803]

English probably is a worst language for international names. Mayby only Franch is its rival in distorting of original names.

[@prashantmoily5481]

Yes. You are accurate. The India given by British came from Indus river. Interestingly, we indians locally call it Sindu River. So, S in Sindu become H in Hindu. And now they call it Indus. What a distortion.

[@godfathergaming1671]

I am from Nepal and the name of Nepal is actually comes from name of Sage "NE" and PAL means inhabiting some place or like this is my home or the place where I live. That's how people started calling it "NE PAL" like this is where Sage NE lives. And Yes that's how NEPAL name come into existence.

[@reny62]

who is sage NE

[@jacklee279]

Asia, the largest continent in the world. Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Armenia, are in Asia. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, are in Asia. A number of people think that only East Asians, like Japan, China, and Korea, are the only Asians, but that is wrong, Asia has so much variety, and are all Asians.

[@maka2210angel9_devil]

That's true. Also big part of Russia is also Asia. And both transcaucasion three countries. But the most big continent is Europe Asia. With Russia and Georgia there and with connecting with Europe and Asia.

[@nathanmonahan6157]

@General Knowledge I noticed a timestamp error between India and Sri Lanka. You got Sri Lanka marked for 12:21 instead of 13:21. Great video. Loved the level of detail. Perfectly quelled my curiosity when this exact question crossed my mind.

[@pranjitakumari4838]

12:57 POK is a part of India *TRIGGERED*

[@mens.glowup]

I am from Kashmir and we don't like to be called Indians . We have our own identity

[@TZxKraken]

​@@mens.glowupKashmir is an inaugural part of India anyone says otherwise comes under police arrest threat, Kashmir is/was and always be a part of India Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@cringe1660]

​@@mens.glowupdoesn't matter Go to jail if you disagree🙈🤣

[@Mahaodeh]

You forgot Bahrain, a small Island kingdom off the eastern coast of the Arabian peninsula. The name means “the two seas” in Arabic, but that was originally the name of a larger region along the coast that includes the island.

[@Ye_fan.]

The Qing Empire is actually pronounced as the Cing Empire in Manchu, which is suspected to be the Golden Empire. "Qing" is actually pronounced in Mandarin, similar to the Jin Dynasty established by the Jurchen people, which also means the Golden Empire. The ruling class of Manchuria is also known as Aisin Gioro, meaning the Golden Family, which expresses the widespread worship of gold among nomadic peoples. For example, the ruling class of the Mongols was also known as the Golden Family. The Qin Empire was called cinostan

[@FF-qp4xq]

You miss Bahrain and East Timor !

[@br_yan]

He wasn't going to include East Timor but he did forget Bahrain

[@otakuofmine]

@@br_yan why didnt he include East Timor?

[@ZM19.]

@@otakuofmine he said he’s including it in the Oceania video

[@br_yan]

@@otakuofmine watch the video smh

[@donkis4227]

Pretty sure it means "east east"

[@abdelkarim8381]

Okay so as an Arab I have to point out the following: Some of the names you mentioned have perfectly understandable Arabi meanings without having to look for origins. Like Qatar for example You thought it was those old mapping guys and the names evolved from there, but it's definitely the opposite. They knew them by those names because that's what the Arabs already called them. And the distortion of course comes because they're translating the names to their tongue. This btw confirms the idea I had from the start of the video that in a lot of cases (not all) you find the original western name and work from their, which is misleading to say the least.

[@tonynunes4965]

That is a good point and an important correction. In GK's defence I think he is tracking the origin of the modern international name (let's face it, that means current English language name, basically). Anyway, it would be less interesting if he only said "Qatar means xxxx in Arabic", but I agree he should have added that, in addition to the history of the modern "international" name.

[@A-T_Teitus]

@@tonynunes4965 it's important to note that Names are different in languages, each language uses a name for a specific country and that name drives from different place, here we are using English so we are talking about the names of these nations in english, like Germany, in English it's called germany but in Arabic it's called "Almania" both names come from different places, Soo Qatar in English comes from different place than Arabic, And each language gets the name from different place. So it's not important to use what it means in Arabic because the english didn't take the name from Arabic it took it from different language So the origin of that name in English will be different than the Origin of the name in Another language!

[@9y2bgy]

I think if you did a video of from where country's names in Arabic originated, you wouldn't necessarily explain it as "this is how the natives say it" and leave it at that. The video would be very short and very incomplete. The point of this video is how the ENGLISH names of these countries came to be.

[@nikhtzatzi]

the guy just says where the present used names derive from, not exactly the authentic name's origin.

[@nayokaldou6251]

@@A-T_Teitus The english word comes from diffrent origin than Arabic HOW ! Qatar is the English Pronunciation for the Arabic Word قطر the country name

[@RaiRoss]

Singapura was known as Pulau Hujung or Pulau Ujung. Pulau meaning island and hujung meaning end so it is the Island at the End as it is at the end of Malaysia. Another name was Temasek which is in Melayu and Chinese explorers called us Danmaxi. The word Singapore was to commercialize the island internationally. Malaysia was known as Malaya before the merger with Singapura. During the merger it was change to Malaysia as the letters 'S' and 'I' refers to Singapura. Then the separation happened. Peace and love from Singapura! We love you too Malaysia ❤

[@hritikyadav5866]

also in hindi singh is lion and pur used to refer areas like cities in raipur nagpur jamshedpur etc.

[@RaiRoss]

@@hritikyadav5866 Oh cool. The word Singapura itself is derived from Sanskrit of the same meaning you have described.

[@hritikyadav5866]

@@RaiRoss exactly

[@0900370pian]

Another plausible version was that Temasek used to be a port where trading ships came to stop by particularly ships from Tamil Nadu, India. During some point certain Temasek people mistreated these sailors and these sailors from Tamil Nadu became angry. They decided to no longer stop by Temasek and went to other islands/places nearby to trade. Thus whenever these ships passed Temasek, the Temasek people will shout at these ships in Malay Singgah oi! Singgah! Mari Singgah! (Singgah means stop by). The sailors just replied in Tamil Podah!! Podah!! Cit Podah!! (Podah means go away in Tamil). This quirky situation turns into shouting match between Singgah and Podah. The Srivijayan prince saw this situation happens so many times so much so that he renamed the island Singgah Podah. After a long time has passed by Singgah Podah became Singapura which is the corrupted version of the original Singgah Podah. This I believe the true origin of the name Singapore.