Comments on: Country names

Comment on Country names by: Swobodin

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:51:53 +0000

lol
I agree with the word “beer”, but what do cats have to do here?

Comment on Country names by: Karim2k

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:45:20 +0000

Tunisia = land of the drinking cats (not water, but usually beer)

Comment on Country names by: Swobodin

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:59:22 +0000

@Tarek
Nothing is sure, it’s just a theory, which seems logical however. We can’t deny it
@Adélia
Thanks for the information (obrigado pela informação ). Brazil’s wealth is in fact one of the more threatened in the planet, not only trees, but also fauna, rivers, etc.

Comment on Country names by: Adélia

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:31:46 +0000

Brazil - its meaning comes from the tree called “pau-brasil”…and “brasil” was a portuguese word that means “brasa” ..in english it means “burning coal”.
The tree was so red that it looked like a real burning coal.
The old native indians used that tree to take its ink to make up their faces and to colour their textiles.
pau-wood
brasil-burning coal
Unfortunatelly the portuguese colonization, the uncontrolled population growing and the society development had extinguished that tree…
Finally…we got with only its name!

Comment on Country names by: Tarek

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:48:43 +0000

Are you sure Swobodin? I thought it was Arabs who named Tounes, which replaced Ifriqiyya, the berber name…

Comment on Country names by: Swobodin

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:21:33 +0000

Another theory is that tounes is a berber word that means small cape.
http://swobodin.fedora-tn.org/?p=80.

Comment on Country names by: Tarek

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:36:56 +0000

Tunisia, Tounes = the “friendly” place