@CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 8 months agoSweden has had enough of being mixed up with Switzerlandwww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down19
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minus-squareZeroCoollinkfedilinkEnglish27•8 months agoBoth named in honor of Brendan Fraser’s classic performance in the live action adaptation of George of the Jungle (1997).
minus-squareIgnaciolinkfedilink12•8 months agoWait, weren’t they named in honour of George the Curious?
minus-square@jwt@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoHey buddy, it’s pronounced ‘Jeorjia’.
minus-squareSkualinkfedilink20•8 months agoGeorgia gets double points because it was also known as Iberia for a long tìme, completely unrelated to the peninsula at the opposite end of Europe
minus-squareSkualinkfedilink7•8 months agoPreviously parts of the larger states Czechoslovenia and Yugoslovakia of course
Georgia Georgia
Both named in honor of Brendan Fraser’s classic performance in the live action adaptation of George of the Jungle (1997).
Wait, weren’t they named in honour of George the Curious?
Georgia was, but not Georgia.
Hey buddy, it’s pronounced ‘Jeorjia’.
Georgia gets double points because it was also known as Iberia for a long tìme, completely unrelated to the peninsula at the opposite end of Europe
Slovenia Slovakia
Previously parts of the larger states Czechoslovenia and Yugoslovakia of course
Niger and Nigeria