科普：每个国家的名字是怎么来的？
<p><span word="Ever">Ever</span> <span word="wondered">wondered</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="name">name</span>? <span word="As">As</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="countless">countless</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tribe">tribe</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="settlers">settlers</span> (<span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="the">the</span> 5<span word="th">th</span> <span word="Century">Century</span> <span word="Angles">Angles</span>).</p><p>你有没有好奇过英格兰的国名是从何而来的？和无数其他国家一样，英格兰的名字源于早期定居者的一个部落名（英格兰的名字源于5世纪的盎格鲁部落）。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="fact">fact</span>, <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="things">things</span>: 1) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tribe">tribe</span>; 2) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="feature">feature</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="land">land</span>; 3) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="directional">directional</span> <span word="description">description</span>; <span word="or">or</span> 4) <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="person">person</span>. <span word="That">That</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Quartz">Quartz</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="analysed">analysed</span> 195 <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="listed">listed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Oxford">Oxford</span> <span word="Concise">Concise</span> <span word="Dictionary">Dictionary</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Place">Place</span>-<span word="Names">Names</span>.</p><p>事实上，世界上几乎所有国家的名字来源都属于以下四种：部落、地貌、方位描述和重要人物。这是<span word="Quartz">Quartz</span>网站分析了《牛津简明世界地名词典》中列出的195个国家名称后得出的结论。</p><p>下面，我们就分别举例来说一说。</p>
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