Show NAMES OP OF NATIONS fhe the derl derivations rations of tho the JSames of tho the principal european countries these are derived principally from some pe peculiar e uliar cause or object for instance ireland which ju julius li cresar first hiber hibernia is a kind of modification of erin or the country of tho the west scotland from scotia a tribe which originally came from ireland it was anciently called cal e edonia donia which means a mountainous country forests and lands portugal the ancient lusitania was so named from a town on the river douro called cale opposite to which the inhabitants built a city c called porto or oporto and when he the country was recovered from the moore moors the inhabitants combined the words and called it the kingdom of Fortu calo hence portugal spain S printhe pa inthe the ancient iberia from the river iberius or hispania from the phoenician Spa niga which signifies abounding with rabbits which animals are very numerous in that country hence spain F france rance from the franks ranks F a people of germany who conquered that country its ancient name was celta gauf gaul ar or galfa galia Barc Bare chatta the latter signifying striped breeches which were worn ivorn by the natives Sitz switzerland W erland the ancient hel heb vetia was wasso so named by the austri aa ans I 1 iha called the i inhabitants a of these mounta mountainous inous countries schweitzer italy received its present name from fro a renowned prince called it was called hesperia from its western estern Nv locality holland the ancient a warlike people was sor so na named m ed f from ro in the german word hohl the english of which is is hollow implying a very low country the inhabitants inh abrants are called dutch from the german dentsch Je litch or teutsch sweden and norway were an clentry called scandinavia pavia which the modern antiquarians think means a country and woods which have been burned or destroyed the appellation sweden is derived from sintina or Sui theod the native natie term norway or the northern way explaining itself prussia Pru saia from a slavonic I 1 race bul but somo some writers suppose jt it took its name from russia and the slavonic syllable po which means adjacent or near denmark means the marchen territories or boun boundaries diries of th the e danca danes russia is the ancient salmatia Sar matia natia which has been subsequently named it derives derive sits I 1 its present name from russi a slavonic tribe tribe who founded founder the russian monarchy the original savage inhabitants used to paint their bodies hodies in ih order to appear more wore terrible in battle they generally lived in the mountains and their chariots were their only habitations turkey took its name from the turks or which segni fies wan wanderers derera and originally belonged to the hians ianis or tartars it is is sometimes called the ottom n empire from othman their principal leaders |