How Did The Regions Of Spain Get Their Names?

[@NameExplain]

What region of Spain are you watching from?

[@IronpenWorldbuilding]

None

[@IronpenWorldbuilding]

Muhahahahah

[@gonzalodefresnodiaz9898]

Madrid!

[@RedoStone35]

Uhm, England

[@Ilkeyrion]

I'm watching from the former Spanish possession of San Agustín de la Florida :P

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Fun fact: "Oja" has no meaning, it is actually Ojo which means eye but can also be used to say "Look Out!" Or "Caution!" *The more you know*

[@mkra7769]

Kim Jong-un speaks Spanish?? The more you know indeed...

[@timomastosalo]

It may be some dialectal version from the verb oír, where you get the command form oye (look, watch) etc.

[@aqpatt4675]

@@timomastosalo no it isn't, also he pronuncies the J wrong, it's like the H from "hello" but stronger, and not like an Y

[@timomastosalo]

@@aqpatt4675 Yeah, I know Oja is said like that. But doesn't it also come from the verb oír? O was only saying how oye is said. But like an 'eye' is ojo, so I think oja has something to do with watching. Is ojar a verb like 'to eye, to ogle, to watch'? To do something with eyes. Like ojala is 'maybe' - but does it mean 'we'll see (it)?

[@aqpatt4675]

@@timomastosalo oja doesn't come from "oír", yes it is a conjugation of "ojar" but this verb is in disuse and nowadays people say "ojear". "Ojalá" comes from an Arab word. Anyways I've looked up the etymology of the Río Oja and it seems it comes from a basque or latin word related with forest.

[@Sonrhayyt]

Spaniard here. "Oja" means nothing in Spanish, the word you are looking for is "ojo!" like in "eye" which indeed means "watch out" if used as an expression in spoken Spanish. Closest thing to the name of the river in proper Spanish would be "hoja", which means "leaf" .

[@gonzalodefresnodiaz9898]

Cierto JAJAJAJJAA

[@tomassanz2003]

Pues si

[@rateeightx]

9:25 Actually The Word 'Vandal' Is Derived From The Name Of The Tribe The Vandals, Who Were Among The Germanic Peoples To Invade Iberia, Infact, Southern Spain (Andalucia) Was One Of The Main Places They Ruled, Before Getting Pushed Out By The Visigoths And Moving To Modern-Day Tunisia.

[@thebrocialist8300]

This dude doesn’t do his homework

[@LandgraabIV]

6:45 Although people did and do still associate León with león (lion) because they are homophones, the origin of the name is from the Roman legion (Legio VI Victrix) who founded the settlement. So it's from Latin "legio, legionis" (legion). The loss of Latin -g- in Spanish was systematic (cf. legere > leer).

[@ScipeoX]

Extremadura in spanish means hard border, during the reconquista the land that borders the muslim part was named that way so many parts of spain during its history have been named Extremadura. La mancha (stain) its named like that because in ancient times there was a big forest in the land so in the maps it looked like there was a stain (those old spaniards had a lot of imagination to name the region cause of that).

[@d.p.2375]

ok he seriously doesn't even try to pronounce the names even in a thick english accent that's just him guessing 😭😭😭LMAO

[@sehnsuchtherz]

I can't begin to count the number of mistakes in this video....

[@eniascika3050]

What do you mean?

[@sehnsuchtherz]

​@@eniascika3050 My brother, I wrote this 3 years ago, just read the other comments, they pretty much contain every single mistake

[@interfear1]

Patrick, I love you, but I was cringing at your pronunciation of those Spanish names 😂

[@lerquian1970]

I can get that he would butcher names from other places, but Spanish has relatively easy pronunciation rules and they're almost 100% consistent

[@TomLWaters]

Also, apparently not rehearsed, as some names get multiple pronunciations as he runs through the scripts. It's like he's just hitting them cold as they come up.

[@stvp68]

I find that Brits generally massacre the pronunciation of non-English words

[@maxis2k]

"Castilla La Macha. You know, like Macha Tea. So anyway, La Mancha...."

[@SteveFrench_420]

He pronounced most of them a couple of ways, covering his bases. Take La Mancha for example. At 8:00 he pronounced it La ManKia. But at 8:11 he pronounced it ManCHia. I cringe every time there's a word that begins with "Th". He pronounces em with an "F". He and Thoughty2 have the same speech impediment. Or should I say Foughty2?

[@cliodeo]

Patrick, I love your videos but in this in particular there were three mistakes... 1st: León got its name from the Roman legion "Legio VI Victrix" which its camp were established there, it may surpise even to spanish folks that it doesn't came from lion (león) than from legion (legión) but with the passing of time the "g" was lost, making it sound like the spanish word for "lion", that's why its flag depicts a lion. 2nd: Certainly La Mancha can be translated to "the stain" but there's another meaning, speaking about territorial entities a "Mancha" is a territory that is different from the rest. So etymologically it means literally "the other Castille". 3rd: There is a misspelling with Melilla.

[@xromulorcorreax]

9:20 the etymology of Andalusía is mirkier than that, but the "Vandals" were not named after "vandalism", which is the modern sense of the word. "Vandalism" was named after the Germanic tribe of the Vandals and not vice versa.

[@lorenzmaut3708]

Yes you are right, so they hated so much the things the vandals did to their lands that they connoted their name with such a awful meaning.

[@ind-m-20]

You forgot to mention that Asturia and Galicia also have their own unique languages...

[@jbonillaguitar]

As does catalunya, Valencia and Basque.

[@ind-m-20]

@@jbonillaguitar I mean he mentioned those...

[@JL-ex7yp]

As does most areas

[@ind-m-20]

@@JL-ex7yp No only Asturia, Galicia, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, and Valencia have unique languages, the rest speak Spanish

[@jesuluc0885]

Hey Asturias has not its own language it has its own dialect and its very similar to spanish its practically the same. Also no one speaks it. Im am from asturias and havent heard someone speaking it in my whole live. Sorry for my broken english btw

[@mfvieira89]

It's Melilla, not Mililla... I usually love your videos, but there are lots of mistakes on this one

[@PockASqueeno]

Just an FYI - “ja” in Spanish is pronounced like “ha,” not “ya.”

[@lerquian1970]

J in general is pronounced as the english H

[@TomLWaters]

@@lerquian1970 It's a velar fricative, more like German ch; stronger than English h

[@avennui]

Awe, LOVE, your channel but this video seems a bit rushed in terms of research and pronunciation. Also! Spanish is not as tricky as french or Italian, most everything has a consistent pronunciation and can be read in English. No need to roll your Rs, I think just using the English pronunciation suffices, otherwise, it sounds like an L (a global and historically common human sound mutation). I think the main sounds to keep in mind are that "ll" (doubles Ls) make a sort of y sound, ñ, is ny/ni as in "caNYon" or "oNIon," j is H and ignore H lolz

[@LandgraabIV]

That's true, so many mistakes... Most of the etymologies he gives are either completely wrong or extremely simplified.

[@avennui]

I know native Spanish speakers will get annoyed with me saying J sounds like H (not to mention the letter Z) but for the purposes of simplifying pronunciation for an English speaker those are my tips.

[@ReticulatedViper]

Leon, Castile, Aragon... I’ve always thought those names sounded like awesome fantasy kingdoms with dragons, and palaces, and wizards and such. They have such an interesting history, it’s a shame they were never really touched on in any of the history classes I’ve taken.

[@julianxamo7835]

It's very weird how you mispronounce something just to pronounce it right seconds later or vice-versa, I think you should pay more attention to that, maybe try listening to the pronunciation on YT or Google translate and saying it out loud a few times before recording the take, even if you don't do that, Spanish has a pretty straightforward pronunciation and you can "sound out" like 99% of the words

[@julianxamo7835]

I'm gonna have to dislike this man, I'm sorry, but this seems so poorly researched and fact-checked unlike most of your videos...

[@BurnBird1]

@@julianxamo7835 This video isn't particularly worse than his other videos, it's just that you already have knowledge on the subject and thus can point out when he's wrong.

[@Elsenoromniano]

Somo corrections Leon is actually not name after Lions, but comes from Legion is, because the city grew from the placement of the Legio Séptima Gemina. The whole region got the name from the city. Then it got changed into León, which sounds just like the animal, so they adopted that as their shield. La mancha does not come from the Spanish word from Spain, rather, it comes from two possible arabic origins, the first Al-manya, meaning plateau, because the region is a plateau, or Al-Mansha, meaning arid land, which is also fitting, since it is a very dry and arid region. Also the term vandal comes from the Germanic tribe and not the other way around. So the vandals were not called that because they acted like vandals, rather people who act in destructive ways are call that because they act like the Vandals. Also, initially the term was only applied to the South part where Andalusia is located, since that was the part conquered by the Vandals, but since that was the important part for the Muslims (since there was where their bigger cities like Seville, Corduba or Granada were located) they applied it to the whole Peninsula.

[@andres315]

The name of Asturias is not of Basque origin but Celtic, just as Galicia and Cantabria. It comes from the Celtic tribe of the Astures, and their name is thought to come from the Celtic "stour", meaning river

[@snowcold5932]

Euskaldunak is the basque word for "basque people", the geographic region itself goes by Euskadi instead

[@oanaomg7298]

I like that every time you say Ceuta, the pronunciation changes :))

[@LandgraabIV]

Haha I noticed that too

[@lewatoaofair2522]

Manka vs Mancha Castilia vs Castilila Patrick has gotten into this habit of bouncing between pronunciations. I guess after years of being scolded for his pronunciation (I’m one of those scolders), he’s decided to pronounce these names in different ways in the hopes he gets it right.

[@oanaomg7298]

@@lewatoaofair2522 😂😂😂 Yeah, I think you’re right. Mission successfully failed. Sometimes I feel the pronunciation butchering is more entertaining than the actual content 😅

[@CPUAlexis]

None of which were right

[@migspeculates]

Yeah, when it "ceuts" him 😂✌ I tried.

[@odzevens3352]

I appreciate videos like these however if one does not look at the comments in these videos...they are in danger of harbouring a lot of false information and the lack of context and disregard of pronunciation is quite off-putting.

[@barraman.]

Bro you messed up the León one

[@EJavierPaniaguaLaconich]

"Cetúa" and "Mililla"? I mean... it's name explain. Should get the names right.

[@rateeightx]

2:06 I Always Thought The Name Of Galicia Was Related To Gaul, Like Galatia In Anatolia, As It Was One Of The Areas Of Iberia With Most Notable Celtic Influence.

[@WillGo7]

Yes, Gaul derives from Gallaeci as well, as does Portugal

[@Strav9]

You sure Galicia doesn’t come from the same origins as the second part of “Portugal” come? “Callaeci” seems to be just to similar

[@pepsdeps]

Portugal could be the port (puerto) of the callaeci (puerto de los galos?) Maybe?

[@ericacaa]

Yes, portugal comes from porto de gália, port of galicia

[@dallasrover5515]

I thought the Vandals thing was the other way around. It was the name of the people and the modern descriptive term "vandal" comes from how the Romans saw them.

[@mateolopez2099]

The name of leon does not come from lion, it actually comes from legion as the capital of Leon (the city of leon) used to be the encampment of the IV Legion. Also Galicia used to be the kingdom gallecia which was modern day northern Portugal and Galicia. Galicia like the basque and the catalans are their own ethnic group aswell with their own language. Nice video overall, sorry if any explanation sounded too pedantic. You can look up in google city of leon or kingdom of galecia for more info!

[@angyliv8040]

Lo siento pero es el mismo grupo étnico. Mi madre es gallega (y toda su familia de generaciones) y padre catalán (y toda su familia) ambos y yo nos hicimos test de adn y salió ibero en gran parte y luego celta de las “islas británicas” y de otras regiones como Italia, sardeña, Francia y Alemania. E incluso báltico.

[@ivanmehboob]

"LL" in spanish isnt the same as "LL" in english. "LL" in spanish is pronounced like a y (or a j in certain latin amercan dialects), so it would be "Casti-yah" not "Cas-tila".

[@daddyleon]

And the. "Spanish J" also is pronounced quite differently.

[@ivanmehboob]

@@daddyleon yea is sounds like and h and h in Spanish is silent

[@daddyleon]

@@ivanmehboob The American Spanish, yes; but European Spanish has is more like the Dutch G or Arabic Kh or Gh

[@joanignasi91]

In European Spanish LL is not pronounced like Y but a sound that doesn't exist in English between an l and a y represented by ʎ in the phonetic alphabet.

[@Aetherguy-cb9bu]

Es "castisha" gallego listo

[@ff_crafter]

Why you sometimes pronounce the "j" as /x/ and sometimes as /j/ Spanish "j" is always pronounced as /x/

[@moritamikamikara3879]

There was a tribe that migrated through Iberia to get to Africa beneath it that was just called the Vandals. As far as I'm aware, vandal as it exists in English did not mean the same thing in Latin, so please talk more about the Vandals.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Additionally with the balearic slingers, yes they used slings, but it's a different type of sling. Thing the thing that David killed Goliath with, a piece of cloth you stick a stone or a lead ball in and swing around your head before letting go.

[@kaloarepo288]

Vandals were originally from Scandinavia and migrated south to Italy,Spain and north Africa until their kingdom was destroyed by the Byzantines.Romans saw them as destructive barbarians because they sacked many cities including Rome-hence the word "vandalism" to describe wanton destruction.I once read that the "van"part of the name means "strength.""vitality" and is related to the Latin word for the goddess of love"Venus/venereal and also to Venice and to the Slavic tribe of the Wends.

[@Mozgarage]

History reveals that the Papacy destroyed three kingdoms, (1) The Heruli in A.D. 493, (2) the Vandals in A.D. 534, (3) the Ostrogoths in A.D. 538.

[@summerwell8262]

Im from Spain and we also call them “regions”. Both names are valid in Spanish

[@paununs8719]

Hmm, I'm not sure. Region is a generic term, so it may apply to comunidades autónomas, but also "regions" that predate these administrative units, like La Alcarria, El bierzo, Levante, La Mancha, Baja Andalucía and so on. He could have sticked to Autonomías.

[@matthewgrgaddie]

I'm surprised that when talking about Murcia you didn't mention the similar sounding name of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.

[@crazyoskie90]

FYI it's Basque Country and not county

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

The text on screen read so.

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

The text on screen read so.

[@crazyoskie90]

@@Ggdivhjkjl yet he pronounced it multiple times as county

[@kevinfromsales9445]

Thank Dios for the comments section this video is filled with misinformation!

[@GenlukD]

"Oya in spanish means whatch out" me as a spanish speaking person: "Oya is a word?!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Yup, island of the dogs Not to mention, dogs are also on the Canary Islands flag! The islands are so beautiful. I'm of Canarian descent so it's nice whenever someone mentions the islands

[@Aetherguy-cb9bu]

So you're Canarian? Give me every Guanche word.

[@antimatterg]

I saw you everywhere, then I read your about page and understood why...

[@kenzooz9227]

Mellila comes from the berber root MLL meaning white. There are plenty of places in north African named after that root (In Morocco: Beni Mellal, Titt Melil, Algeria: Mlila etc...)

[@davidprimo8236]

We usually call "regions" those which were recognized between 1833 and, when ACs appeared, 1980s. Those regions differ slightly from ACs; besides, "region" is used as the counterpart of "nation", here, and many ACs consider themseves as nations. Just a note of your begining note xDD

[@Esteban-lh7qz]

5:13 no it doesn't

[@mfvieira89]

The Duero/Douro river starts in Castilla y León, not Extremadura!

[@lewatoaofair2522]

10:13 *Melilla

[@IanCookUS]

a lot of this seems poorly prepared, from the research to fact checks to the pronunciation

[@senor-achopijo3841]

It is believed that La Mancha comes from the Arabic word "Manshaf", which, apparently, could mean something along the lines of "land without water" (it's a pretty dry place) or "elevated place" (as it's part of the Iberian Plateau).

[@mikehusanj1704]

The Canary Islands: birds named after the island, island named after dogs : god forbid somebody brings a cat to the island🐶🐱🐥

[@ericacaa]

In brazil, people who are fair-skinned, light color eyes and hair are nicknamed "galego", literally "galician-portuguese".

[@Fati.Ferreiro]

Oh wow i didnt know how interesting Greetings from Galicia😄

[@mannyfernandez1713]

I must add that madrid is named after the madroño tree that dots the area, not necessarily for the river

[@AFrogInTheStars]

I’m a sucker for name explain videos. Please dont stop

[@redman5945]

The Dalrita Kings came from Spain I think from what I read and this may be an interesting place to look. The Dalritens were metal smiths trading gold products. They seem to have had a port in Wales. Thanks for the help.

[@pepsdeps]

Another explanation I've heard for Madrid is that it comes from the Madroño tree (which is in their coat of arms, along with a bear). Madroño would be the tree, and thr city, having many Madroños, was called Madrid (place of many madroños)

[@arielgaray302]

Actually, I found a mistake. "León" as in "Castilla y León" does not come from the word for Lion, but for the latin word for "Legion" ==> "Legio" because there was a roman legion stationed here during the times of the empire. "Legio" evolved into "León", which coincidentally also means "lion".

[@enricbf8475]

I've always liked all your videos, but being from Spain I can assure you most of those etimologies are completely misunderstood or straight up wrong. Some of the words were not correct, you said "Basque people" rather than "Basque country in euskera", "oja" doesn't mean anything in spanish. Leon doesn't come from the animal, any research at all would have shown it, la mancha comes from Arabic words and has nothing to do with stains... The list just goes on and on. It seems like you rushed cheap false explanations that come from "logical" reasonings without fact checking, paretymologies, if you may, which Isidoro de Sevilla is widely known for. It feels rushed, and I understand that happens, sometimes you have to rush things, but it does still feeling :/

[@AlejandroNavarroJiménez]

In the castilla-la mancha name the "mancha" stands for a a zone in the center of the region with yellow colour land

[@victorosorio5252]

Actually, the Kingdom of León got its name from the city of León, which is called that way because it was a major encampment for the Legio VII Septima in the early Roman Empire. All the lion motifs came later. Also a popular theory says La Mancha gets is name from how flat it is, appearing almost like an inkblot. Nice vid!

[@chrishowland8857]

Before the Great War my great great grandparents (on my moms side) were from Galicia in modern day Poland

[@jsolloso]

So a couple of points you missed. Galicia has it's own language from which descends Portuguese. It was its own Kingdom and from it descend the Royalty of Spain which unified all crowns. It's also the place with the oldest Celtic village in existence and came to prominence by the landing of the Visigoths and it's ruler after the Roman collapse. It also ensures the Christianisation of Spain via Santiago, hence the Cathedral. Castilla La Mancha is so named because of the desert occupying vast parts of its geographical output. La Mancha referring to the desert which is a stain upon the otherwise green and mountainous landscape. Cataluña is a new region. It was originally part of Aragon and the Catalan language is a derivative of Aragonese and only came to importance in the latter half of the 19th century. Navarre was its own Kingdom, one of the original 5 and it was the Basque regions which belonged to it, not the other way around. The Basque language was used in Navarre and neighbouring areas.

[@sardoniceheleno.7452]

all you said is correct except the origins of the Catalan language, it's actually in the iberian-occitanian family inside of the romance languages, where it shares place with the occitan language and the Catalan dialects.

[@jsolloso]

@@sardoniceheleno.7452 No, everything I said is correct INCLUDING what I said about the Catalan language. The language comes from Aragonese, which was the Kingdom the area known as Catalonia belonged to. As a region, Catalonia is quite new, as in no history past the middle 1800s.

[@jsolloso]

@@sardoniceheleno.7452 The Catalan language belongs to Aragon, there has never been a Catalan entity outside of Aragon or Spain. So the language is Aragonese. Fact.

[@GGSigmar]

Leon does not come from lion. The connection was made later. The name comes from latin word for 'legion', because roman legions stationed and started a settlement there.

[@thedownfallparodist1145]

Good Video!

[@mlovecraftr]

"Mancha" also has the meaning of VAST, either as an amount of people or area. La Mancha as a historical region was mostly a vast plain.

[@Mervinthefish]

The Balearic slingers were used as a mercenary slingers by the Romans and the Carthaginians in the Punic wars , they were well liked as they were extremely proficient with their slings, some record stating they slung rocks/lead shot weighing 300g over 200 meter, if I remember right.

[@phil..rubi123]

4:12 ”The Region of NAVALA”

[@Kestas_X]

9:27 Actually Vandals were a germanic tribe that plundered Rome. That's where we get the modern association from.

[@senor-achopijo3841]

Sorry, but I have to correct you on one thing: the Kingdom of León's name comes from the Latin word "Legionis", which means legion. After many centuries, the name changed into León and people forgot where the name originally came from, so they assumed it was named after an animal. That is why León's flag has a lion (lion in Spanish just so happens to be "león").

[@adrianramirez221]

An interesting aside I'm surprised you didn't get into was that León wasn't actually named for lions, but for being the site of a roman legion settlement. Latin "Legion" became the Leonese "Llion" became the Castillian "León."

[@moonbeammimi]

About La Mancha: Known to the Arabs as Al-Manshah (“Dry Land” or “Wilderness”), the region was an intermediate zone between Christian and Moorish forces during the Middle Ages. (Copied from Britannica.com) 🤷‍♀️

[@fedejr712]

Explain the names of the Provinces of Argentina please!

[@nenu]

I would say that the main difference is that autonomies are administrative regions while the regions properly are cultural. Like you have 50 states in the US with the regions being New England, South, MidWest, PacificNorthWest... including several states

[@asherl5902]

Regions are a former division which is based mainly in the kingdoms that existed before after creating smaller provinces in the XIX century: they could or couldn't correspond to autonomies. For example, Castile and León are 2 different regions and kingdoms, while Cantabria and La Rioja were part of Castile region and kingdom; Madrid, as capital city community, has never been a region nor kingdom itself but part of Toledo Kingdom = "Castile the New One" region, which is mainly present day Castile - La Mancha without a province from Murcia region/kingdom. As you say, when "region" is used today, although may not correspond exactly former regions, it's certainly meaning cultural regions.

[@nenu]

@@asherl5902 going back to the previous kingdoms would mean incorporating leonese Extremadura to Leon and Castilian Extremadura (Eastern Caceres) to Castile, as well as having Cantabria and LaRioja in Castile, Albacete together with Murcia....

[@asherl5902]

​@@nenu Yes, more or less. It's complicated. There were the Christian kingdoms which united themselves with marriages and so, and the most common was that these kingdoms were like confederations or federations named "crowns" whose autonomy variated (both between them and with the time) from totally autonomous to only retaining their name as a constituent kingdom... However, not all of these kingdoms survived. By the other way, the Muslim kingdoms were the "taifas": when a Christian king conquered them, he sometimes treated them in the same way (the most large, important, etc), but other new kingdoms were created joining multiple taifas in one territory, or one taifa was anexed in an already extisting kingdom or maybe a particion was made when multiple kings conquered them together. Extremadura, which sometimes was referred as a kingdom but was more like a kind of special (mediaeval) province, has been always a separate region from Leon, although it was part of the Crown of Leon which was part of the Crown of Castile. The Basque Country's provinces are a region since they always had an special status and laws because of their culture, while always part of Castile Kingdom. Cantabria and La Rioja didn't, but they are now atonomous because of culture, their economy and resources, etc. The region of Andalucia formerly didn't include the kingdom of Granada, and although it contained 3 different kingdoms it was always treated a region because of its culture ans so: the other regions were all derived directly form the former kingdoms with one to one correspondence.

[@nenu]

@@asherl5902 Extremadura was not a Kingdom The Extremaduras were the buffer-zone areas between christians and muslims that were south of the Duero river (hence ExtremiDorii, literally 'on the other side of the Duero') There was an Aragonese Extremadura, a Castilian Extremadura, a Leonese Extremadura and a Portuguese Extremadura. From those, only the spanish region of Extremadura and the portuguese province of Estremadura are the only ones to keep their name images.app.goo.gl/9Eo2dfyTSTWWWfbP6

[@asherl5902]

​@@nenu Yes, I know, but the Leonese one was a few times referred as so, as a sucessor of the taifa of Badajoz, if memory don't fails me, maybe with that name (Badajoz). Anyway, kingdom or not, it was always considered a different region of Leon both culturally and by law, where it counted as if it were a different entity.

[@nenu]

Obviously Navarra comes from valley. Roughly 1/3 of the people who repopulated central Spain during the Reconquista were of basque origing, and central Spain has a large number of towns and villages called "Nava de something" as those towns are located on a flat land next to that something

[@jamespyle777]

Satellite views of La Mancha are more red than other parts of Spain. Also it has been where much of the cultural mixing happened during the Reconquista.

[@carlosdiazgarcia1445]

Basque Country and Catalonia's culture and past is in no way bigger than those of Galicia, Asturias, León, Castilla, Navarra, Aragón or Andalucía. They only have a better "marketing strategy". In fact, almost everything currently known as "typical Basque" belongs mostly to Navarra's past. Specially Basque language.

[@cvlen]

So true. Basque was refered to in ancient texts as "lingua navarrorum".

[@jorgefloresgarcia7479]

Madrid, Murcia and Extremadura also have a lot of history, including some of the oldest cities in our country : Merida and Cartagena. By the way, the photo you showed while speaking about Murcia is not Murcia city, it is Cartagena.

[@247-x2i]

People from the actual Navarre used to call themselves as 'euskaldun' before the Romans arrived to the region and the word 'Vasconum' ('Basque') is thought to come from there. So you can call it 'Basque culture' or 'Navarrese culture' is just the same thing

[@mpanzera]

Yes, mancha does mean "stain" BUT the origin is related to "manga" meaning "sleeve" and in turn a geographical extension. Compare to the French for "English Channel" = La Manche.

[@mooshinu]

You were incorrect regarding the spelling of Melilla and its etimology, in the Amazigh language the city of "Melilla" actually means "the white one".

[@F1990T]

Far as we know in spain, the arab spoken in al-andalus period was heavly influenced by the hispanian dialects of latin (roman language) and germanic languages like visigothic (western goths) and the suevian (from swabia, it was the name of the lands that today are parts of switzerland and of the german province of baden-wurttenberg), al-andalus most probably is the "corruption" of the word of the latin/roman name of the german tribe known as "Vandalii", i.e Vandals, this because the time before the arabs conquered what is today the magreb, (north africa), there was the remanents of a post-roman germanic kingdom build by the vandals in north africa, Vandals ravaged Italy, crossed the mediterranean sea and conquered the old roman provinces of africa, they build their kingdom there, Sicily, Sardinia, Tunisia, north Libya and northern Algeria was their territory, they used carthage as capital, centuries later, as arabs conquered north africa from the byzantines, they knew that the place was one ruled by an european tribe, different than romans, a realm that was destroyed by the byzantines "east romans", emperor justinian (who ruled right in the century before the rise of the arabs), ordered the famous general belisarius to destroy the vandal kingdom, after their conquest, arabs must have suspected that the germanic tribes in spain, the goths, were the same as the vandals, so, after they conquered 3/4 of spain, they adapted the name in their language as Al-Andalus, the "vandal land", "land of the vandals".

[@alanjrubin2012]

Castilla La Mancha doesnt come from the Castillian meaning (stain) but from (most probably) the Arabic name for the region Al-Mansha (meaning dry land)

[@TotoDG]

Video Idea: How did Simpsons characters get their names?

[@urquizabr]

Precisamente, según varias teorías, es de la lengua árabe de la que procede el topónimo "Mancha": así, Manxa o Al-Mansha se traduce como "tierra sin agua", y Manya como "alta planicie" o "lugar elevado", siendo estas teorías las más comunes sobre el origen del topónimo.

[@lorenzmaut3708]

You got wrong the name ceuta you said cetua , just a small mistake, good video

[@JFWacK]

When you talk about Murcia and say is named after the city you showed a picture of Cartagena, a city in the same region, really old and important but not the capital. I guess somebody is not going to take that well XD. Also I think it was worth commenting the possible origin of La Mancha from Arabic "Al-mansha" meaning "dry land", etc. There are whole books about the origin of names of places in Spain so, nice try condensing it to a 10 min video.

[@chito2294]

basque county? really? twice. la manchia? really? if your deal is names, you should get them right. i lost trust in the validity of your content today

[@cvlen]

It's as easy as pasting them in Google translate and listen!

[@aro4cinglife]

5:13well i didn´t know THAT word existed, also y do u pronounce "r" like "l"

[@SergioSovi]

Extremadura is "beyond the Douro river", not "at the end of the river".. Seeing from the North. In Portugal are similarly named historical regions.

[@anthonymartinez509]

The castilla la mancha region is named so because of how flat it is and such, but I am no linguist so I don't know for sure, great vid! edit: As for the balearic islands' name it comes from the weapon used by the original settlers of the island who used a traditional sling called a "fona" in catalonian and "honda" in spanish

[@aaronodonoghue1791]

I used to think "Extremadura" meant "extremely hard" ("extrema" should be obvious, "dura" as in "dura mater" or "durable"), and was wondering why the place would be extremely hard

[@marcc375]

I think you forgot the Balearic Islands.

[@attackcrash0787]

9:54

[@marcc375]

@@attackcrash0787 Bruh. Ok sorry I'm dumb, but thanks.

[@jonlerones1610]

The kindom of Leon cames from its capital, Leon, an this name cames from the roman city of Legio wich in the middle ages became Leon

[@jorgemanrique743]

aragon son of arathorn

[@carlwheezer1030]

Just watching this one, you should definitely do a Mr beast KZbin title name explain for next April fools😂

[@markaguzmanartist630]

Galicia where populated by celts , asturias is also celtic and arian goth s the expanded in that aria asturias is simular to austria , galicia is also found in the east russia galician galic origin of the gual by the celtic Basques were like celts mixed from the north half a million end up in france and in northorn spain Bascos , Catalunia was latin origin by the romans and part from the goth people germanic visagoths , also franks populated , by german arian goths later changed to the franks , spain is history celts greeks romans phocians basques vandals , goths visagoths franks part goths slavs also goths jews arabs moors later the cristians and other migrants from northern ueropeans french austrians , italians lately alot of polish ,

[@frankietobarensis5033]

Would be better if, la rioja navarra and vascones was one, and leon and castille separated, castille la mancha only called la mancha, and andalus to be divided in vandalusia and granada

[@lordpickle65]

No balkanization is dumb

[@marcc375]

Cantabria - Canterbury; Murcia - Mercia? I'm starting to see a pattern here. Haha

[@KarolinaWojtczak01]

I usually love your videos but this had so many mistakes that i can't help but say you probably should've taken more time to do the research, not to mention practice the pronounciations. It's a no from me this time Patrick. Looking forward to more accurate videos in the future

[@Neilos-sd6ti]

Try to pronounce: sabadell( tourists and even spaniards themselves always have problems pronouncing it)

[@Neilos-sd6ti]

And yes sabadell is in spain which is hilarious.

[@KarolinaWojtczak01]

Soy tinerfeña, sé pronunciar Sabadell y hasta Villarcayo de la Merinidad de Castilla la Vieja, lo cuál el pobre Patrick desafortunadamente no y se dedica a explicar nombres

[@MusicLusber]

Ha! Your English is not that accurate either. You should probably have taken some time to check your grammar, spelling and even your punctuation. This has had so many mistakes that I can’t help but to tell, to mention or to call your attention... giving you some advice.

[@timomastosalo]

Cantabria could have the meaning of 'Cornerland' - namely in the ancient time, when the Celts gave the name, it would have been a corner towards the Basqueland. There was no Spain yet . the Celts gave names from their own perspective. That would still leave about the end, the -br..ia. Well, aber means a river delta in Welsh, so a 'Corner of (the) Delta' would maje some sence, for people by a Delta in Cantabria, aware that tehy are near the Basqueland. Yet another Celtic word is bri, brin for a hill. So 'Hill Corner, Hill Region' would work as well.

[@timomastosalo]

I'd say Vascon...es, and the Basque are just results of the Romans not being able to say Euskaldunak, Euskarra. That Eusk- turned to Vasc-, I think. Just because languages do this, when they find something difficult to pronounce in the other languages. Like German ich (I, me) is said 'ick, ish' by the English speakers before they learn the -ch sound of German. Though it's in the Celtuc languages of the British Isles - and even some northern English say words like lock as if the Scottish 'loch'.

[@timomastosalo]

Aragon may have a lot to do with the certain King of Gondor in the Niddle Earth - namely Tolkien borrowed many words from various languages almost without a change - like Theoden is a name from Anglo-Saxon or Old English. So I think Aragón and Aragorn may be related - especially as a word play, becaure when the English don't pronounce the R before the N, they say the name pretty much like the region of Spain should be said. Tolkien's texts are full of these kinds of jests, puns or confessions of his love of words (depends how you take them). I know, as a Finn I've found many Finnish words in Quenya, one of his Elven languages. The words have been changed by their meaning, often times - but sometimes just slightly, or a few times not really at all.

[@gonzalodefresnodiaz9898]

I'm Spanish. Very good video.

[@mattpotter8725]

IT'S NOT BASQUE COUNTY, BUT COUNTRY!!! YOU CONTINUALLY MAKE THIS MISTAKE.

[@mattpotter8725]

Also learn how to say Cantábria, the emphasis is on the a and whilst the roots may be similar to Canterbury it isn't pronounced anything like that!!!

[@mattpotter8725]

And Castilia-La-Mancha you butchered!!! Castilla is pronounced like Castiya and the Mancha part like Mansha. Did you do any research into pronouncing these names? This video was such a let down!!!

[@mattpotter8725]

And Murcia isn't pronounced like the Anglo Saxon Kingdom of Mercia!!! It's not like Murthia. Geez, how much can you get wrong in one video?!!!

[@mattpotter8725]

When I saw you were doing a video on this I thought this would be a great video, but it was let down by what I can only see as having done zero research on how to actually pronounce the words, which made it almost unwatchable. Sorry, if these criticisms are harsh, but you are usually much better than this.

[@efstathiospanouridis]

I completely understand what you say. I am Greek and every time I watch his “greecebased” videos I find so many errors in his pronunciation that makes me sick, especially the fact that he can’t even pronounce the letter “R” as an “R” but instead he uses “L”. How can you name your channel “Name Explain” when you cannot pronounce right even the letter “R”?

[@jasonbailey9139]

Sad that you used a cute little dog for the Canary Islands. Look up canarian mastiff and get a look at the huge dogs they are! Thanks for another fun video.

[@ctchristensen955]

Damn this dude said Basque COUNTY like 4 times

[@rgm6286]

Hi, la mancha comes from arabic, means “the plain”, is not the stain 🤣

[@unoreversecard1o1o1o]

the Basque country is called "Euskal Herria" meaning Basque nation or Basque people or "Euskadi", Euskaldunak is not correct at all: Euskaldun means "basque person", the suffix -a makes is the definite article (So euskalduna means the basque person), the -k suffix makes it plural so Euskaldunak means the basque persons. I don't know where u get ur info but a lot of stuff in this video is wrong and so is your pronunciation ngl, i liked the video though

[@spadaacca]

I have found a person named Sam.

[@TurtleChad1]

Turtle approved