The game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS has already managed to win a very large number of fans. This game is probably the most popular on the Odnoklassniki social network. In the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS, there are completely different levels: some are very simple, and some are quite complex and there is nowhere to go, you have to go through them. For those who find it difficult, we offer answers to the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS in pictures. If you couldn’t find the answers you need to the game in this material, then look at the website. They will definitely be found. If yours are not there, then they will definitely appear soon. We just divided all the levels into blocks of 10 pieces in one. Below are the answers to levels 1 to 10 in pictures.

Crossword Planet: ANIMALS answers in Odnoklassniki level 11-20

In this material we offer you answers to the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS levels from 11 to 20 inclusive.

Answers to the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS 11, 12, 13, 14, 15:

Level 11:

The hunting method characteristic of the cheetah is the pursuit

The name of which African country is translated as “country of hippopotamuses” - Mali

Japanese wisdom “if you want to get rich, invite...” - rat

A community of bees living together - family

Which mammal can rotate its neck 270 degrees? sloth

Who was called boar in the old days - boar

The best runner from the chicken family is pheasant

What do birds have that other animals don't? feathers

The Australian coat of arms features a kangaroo and a bird. Which? — emu

The smallest mammal on earth is shrew

Level 12:

The longest living bird is cockatoo

Room for horses - stable

Which spider became a person's pet? tarantula

This fish eating larvae malaria mosquito, turned Sochi into a resort - Gambusia

Found on the chessboard, on the roof of a wooden house and in the gym - horse

Which bird has a beak length of forty-seven centimeters? pelican

The most numerous order in the class of mammals is rodents

Black leopard - panther

Wolf family - flock

This bird, nicknamed the “forest lamb,” “sings” with its tail - snipe

Level 13:

What birds come to us first in the spring - rooks

Kalmyk antelope - saiga

Horse community - herd

Which sense organ is the most developed in kiwi? vision

This writer created the story “How Wolves Teach Their Children” - Tolstoy

She is not afraid of losing her tail, because she will definitely grow a new one - lizard

The oldest ancestor of the horse is eohippus

What did Petra, the black swan from Germany, have an affair with? catamaran

The emblem of which institution is decorated with a snake entwined in a bowl - pharmacy

Another name for toothless whales is mustachioed

Level 14:

What dolphins can do - talk

If she flies low above the ground - it will rain - martin

They say about a coward that he trembles like her tail - sheep

A gait in which the horse raises its legs crosswise - lynx

Where does the fennec fox live? Africa

Who wrote the ode “In Praise of the Mosquito” - Derzhavin

The name of the dog that followed Gagarin’s path in space 18 days before his launch is star

He lays eggs, but feeds the young with milk - platypus

A deer whose female wears antlers - northern

A fish that can “walk” along the shore - Anabass

Level 15:

Representative of the canine family - arctic fox

Tropical arachnid predator - telephone

Clockwork rotating children's toy and wood lark - spinning top

The smallest predator - weasel

A large whale from the smooth family - Greenlandic

A large representative of the order insectivores - muskrat

With the help of which bird's eggs did Pushkin's contemporaries produce freckles? magpie

What order of mammals do sloths belong to? partial teeth

A wild horse preserved only in captivity bears the name of which scientist? Przhevalsky

What color is yak milk? pink

Answers for the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS levels 16, 17, 18, 19, 20:

Level 16:

Who is the snake eater? bird

This bird holds on to the trunk with its claws and tail, which serves as a support - woodpecker

A mouse-like rodent with horny scales at the tip of its tail - rat

Singer of Russian fields - lark

Who is the world's first cloned sheep, Dolly, named after? Parton

Which bird has a bag? pelican

The last, fourth stage of butterfly development is imago

The name of which snake can be an adverb - really

How many legs do spiders have? eight

Poodle cat - rex

Level 17:

How many stomachs does a bee have? two

Horse blanket - blanket

Where does the platypus live? Australia

What animals live in the Hermitage since the foundation of the museum - cats

A fox, wolf or sable cub - puppy

The smallest snakes - narrowmouth

Translate “tiger” into Tatar - leopard

In the 80s of the twentieth century, coats made from the fur of this wild cat cost 40 thousand dollars - ocelot

What subclass of fish does the cattail belong to? dipnoi

The science that studies reptiles is herpetology

Level 18:

In which country were the longest elephant tusks found? Zaire

Eared... lives in China and tufts of white feathers grow on the sides of its head - pheasant

What is at the tips of the wings of the South American hoatzin - claws

The nickname of the she-wolf who sheltered Mowgli is Raksha

A bird that eats insect pests from the order Passeriformes - starling

A breed of dog bred by a German tax collector - doberman

Who married a fly and a mosquito - Chukovsky

Where was the goliath frog first discovered? Africa

Wild forest bull from Belovezhskaya Pushcha - bison

Animal on the coat of arms of Lesotho - Crocodile

Level 19:

A narrow black ribbon appears on the neck of a male bird in spring - fire

The space in place of missing fangs in rodents - diastema

Which monkeys are considered the best swimmers among monkeys - proboscis monkeys

The opponent is already in famous work M. Gorky - falcon

The smallest antelope is royal

What are other names for capybaras? capybaras

Ballroom dance, consonant with the name of one of the gaits of horses - gallop

This bird wags its long tail every minute, even while resting - wagtail

From which animal is the wool taken for the famous Orenburg scarves? goat

During winter migration to India, the Central Siberian goose crosses... - Himalayas

Level 20:

The breed of Anna Andreevna's dog from Chekhov's story “The Lady with the Dog” - spitz

Residents of Germany and tropical stinging insects - Germans

Who is called the snow leopard? leopard

This animal has the longest fur - muskox

What is the name of a chariot drawn by four horses? quadriga

What kind of hare did Lewis Carroll tell us about? March

What kind of birds do the Chinese teach to capture fish with their beaks and bring them to the owner? cormorant

The largest frog is Goliath

And the story of A. Tolstoy and the poisonous snake with a flat triangular head - viper

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Afghanistan- possibly from "Upa-Ghana-Stan" (Sanskrit for "land of united tribes").

Albania- land of the highlanders. The root "Alb" means "white" or "mountain". It is assumed that mountain tribes from modern Kosovo brought their mountain ethnonym to the narrow coastal plain. The name Shqiperia used domestically means "land of the eagle". Perhaps the eagle was a tribal totem.

Algeria- from the name of the capital Algiers (Algiers), which in French is Alger, in Arabic - Al Jazair (island).

Andorra- origin unknown. Possibly Iberian or Basque.

Angola- from ngola, a title used by a monarch in the pre-colonial Ndongo kingdom.

Argentina- from the Latin "argentum" (silver). Merchants used Argentina's Rio de la Plata (Silver River) to transport silver and other treasures from Peru. The land downstream became known as Argentina (Land of Silver).

Australia- from “unknown southern land” (lat. terra australis incognita). The area was named by early European explorers who believed that the Australian mainland was much larger than they had yet discovered. The explorer Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), who first explored and mapped the Australian coast, used the term "Australia" in his work.

Austria- "eastern kingdom", for example, compare with modern German: Osterreich. In the 9th century, Austria was the extreme eastern territory of the Frankish Empire, as well as the border zone of German settlements with the Slavic land. Charlemagne named the country Ostmark ("eastern border territory"). In the 11th century the term Ostarrichi first appeared.

Azerbaijan- “land of fire” (from fires on the surface of ancient oil basins) The ancient name Atropatene in Arabic began to be pronounced as Azerbaijan.

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Bahamas- from the Spanish "Baja Mar" ("shallow sea"). The Spanish conquistadors named the islands in this way based on the characteristics of the water that surrounds them.

Bahrain- from Arabic “two seas”. Just what seas are being talked about here is still under debate. Bahrain lies in a gulf surrounded by Arab land and the Qatari peninsula, and some people believe that the "two seas" refer to the water of the gulf on both sides of the island. Others believe that in this case there is a reference to the position of the island of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, separated by “two seas” from the Arab coast in the south and Iran in the north.

Bangladesh- from Sanskrit/Bengali. Bangla means Bengali-speaking people and Desh means country, thus Bangladesh is the "Country of Bengali-speaking people". The country was formerly part of India and Bengali culture covers a large area of ​​India and Bangladesh.

Barbados- was named by the Portuguese explorer Pedro a Campos "Los Barbados", which means "the bearded ones". This was said about the appearance of the island's fig trees.

Belarus- “Belaya Rus”, formerly Belarus, “white Russia”. The name was changed after the collapse of the USSR to emphasize that Belarus and Russia were and remain separate countries. It is assumed that the new name has an independent root rus from Ruthenia (to be honest, I could not find an analogue of this name in books on the history of Russia, if anyone comments, I will only be glad). Although in fact Ruthenia and Russia came from the same root “Rus”, which came to us from the Vikings. Thus, the Ukrainian region of Ruthenia can be found in older sources as "Red Russia" (perhaps referring to Kievan Rus), where the term does not refer to all of Ukraine or the USSR.

Belgium- from the name of the Celtic tribe, Belgae. Perhaps the name later came from "Bolg" (Proto-Indo-European group of languages), meaning bag or womb.

Belize- from a distorted Spanish pronunciation of "Peter Wellis" - the pirate who created the first settlement in Belize in 1638.

Benin- named after the old African Empire of the same name, on whose territory modern Benin is located. The state of Benin was formerly called Dahomey from the largest ethnic group.

Butane- land of Bhotia. Tibetans or Bhotia migrated from Tibet to Bhutan in the 10th century. The common root is "bod", the ancient name of Tibet. The second unofficial name is Druk-Yul, which means "land of the thunder dragon", "land of thunder" or "land of the dragon".

Brazil- from the tree of the same name, which, in turn, was named because of the reddish color of the wood, reminiscent of the color of hot coals (brasil in Portuguese).

Bolivia- in honor of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), a military leader who fought the Spanish, and the first president of the republic (after independence was recognized in 1824).

Bosnia and Herzegovina- previously the country consisted of two separate territories: the larger northern part was named after the Bosna River, the smaller southern part took its name from the German noble title "duke". This title was awarded to the supreme voivode of the territory, Stefan Vikčić (if it is pronounced wrong, sorry) by Emperor Frederick 4 in 1448.

Botswana- named after the country's predominant ethnic group, the Tswana. The previous name - Bechuanaland - came from Bechuana, another spelling of "Botswana".
Bulgaria is “a country of a tribe formed from many tribes.” "Bulg" comes from a Turkish root meaning "mixed."

Burkina Faso- "land of honest people." Previously, the country was called "Upper Volta" from the names of the two main rivers - the White and Black Volta - which originate in Burkina Faso.

Burundi- the land of those who speak the Rundi language.

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Vanuatu- from "forever on our land" in Bislama. The country was previously known as the New Hebrides Islands after the islands in Scotland.

Vatican- from lat. vaticinari "to prophesy", from the name of the hill "Mons Vaticanus", on which the Vatican is located. The street at the foot of this hill was used by fortune tellers and soothsayers in Roman times.

Hungary- "people of ten copies." In other words, "a union of ten tribes."

Venezuela- "little Venice", from diminutive form"Venice". European explorers were amazed by the stilt houses built by the natives on Lake Maracaibo and decided to name the country after Venice.

Vietnam- "southern land". The original layer of Vietnamese civilization was actually much further north than modern Vietnam.

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Gabon- from the Portuguese name for the river Mbe: "Gabao" (coat with a hood) from the specific shape of the river mouth.

Haiti- in the language of the Indians, Taino means “high mountain”; Columbus gave the name “Hispaniola” (“little Spain”), but before him the region was called
Haiti.

Guyana- perhaps from the local "Guainazes" - "people worthy of respect."

Ghana- in honor of the ancient West African kingdom of the same name. However modern territory Ghana was never part of it.

Germany- “land of spearmen” from the Germanic “gar” (“spear”) and the Latin and Germanic “man” - man. In Latin, "Germany" means: Allemagne - "land of all people", i.e. "our many nations"; Deutschland - "land of people"; Nemetsy (Polish: Niemcy; Romanian: Nemti; Czech: Nemecko; Hungarian: Nemet(orszag)) - "land of the dumb", where "dumb" is a metaphor for "those who do not speak our language". The Hungarian name is borrowed from Slavic languages.

Honduras- from the Spanish "depth", refers to the deep waters off the northern coast.

Grenada- from the southern Spanish city (province) with the same name.

Greece- from lat. Grecus (Greeks), Aristotle assumed that this name referred to the indigenous peoples of Epirus (the mountainous coastal region surrounded by Macedonia and Thessaly); Hellas - "land of light" (a dubious assumption, since in Greek there are no words similar to "light" and "earth" in Hellas).

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Denmark- dhen (Proto-Indo-European group of languages) means "low" or "flat" and in Germanic "mark" means "border land" and/or "border forest". The name was used by the ancient Goths to describe the forest that separated Gothland (I'm afraid I mistranslate) from Scania.

Djibouti- named after the lowest point of the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean. Possibly derived from the word "gabouti" (in the Afar language) - a door mat made of palm fiber. Dominican Republic - from lat. "Dies Dominica" ("Sunday"), the day of the week on which Christopher Columbus first landed on the island.

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Egypt- "temple of the soul of the god Ptah."

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Zambia- from the Zambezi River.

Zimbabwe- “stone houses” in Shona, related to the stone-built capital of the ancient trading empire of Great Zimbabwe.

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Israel- an alternative name for the biblical hero Jacob, literally "wrestling with God."

India- in honor of the Indus River (in Hindi). It is often believed that "Bharat", the native name for India, was derived from the name ancient king“Jada Bharatha”, but this name could also come from another king Bharata, the son of the legendary king Dushyanta (sorry, I’m not familiar with the history of India. As, indeed, with the history of many other countries...).

Indonesia- "Indian islands". From the Greek word nesos, "island", added to the name of the country India.

Iraq- from the Hebrew "Uruk" ("between the rivers"), which is a reference to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Iran- "land of Aryans" or "land of the free." The term "Arya" comes from the Proto-Indo-European group of languages ​​and usually has the meaning of "noble" or "free", akin to the word of Greek origin "aristocrat". Persia (former name of Iran): from lat. "Persais", from the ancient Persian "Paarsa", the central region in the country, modern Fars. Persia is often associated with Greek mythology - the “land of Perseus”.

Ireland- from Eire from pre-Celtic Iweriu - "fertile place" or "place of Eire", the Celtic goddess of fertility. Very often it is mistakenly believed that it came from the “land of iron” (in English “land of iron”).

Iceland- “land of ice” (Island in Icelandic). Named this way to discourage foreigners from attempting to settle on what was in fact fertile land.

Italy- "son of the bull god" or "calf god", a name usually attributed only to a small area at the southern tip of modern Italy.

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Yemen- The origin of the name is debated. Some sources claim that it comes from the Arabic yamin, meaning "at the right hand" (a reference to the position of Yemen from the perspective of an observer looking from Mecca), others suggest that the name came from yumn, meaning "happiness", "blessing" . The name (for the classical world - "Arabia Felix" (again lack of knowledge of history)) usually referred to the entire southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Cape Verde- from the Portuguese Cabo Verde ("green cape"), named by Portuguese sailors who traveled along the Sahara Desert before seeing the relatively green islands.

Cameroon- from the Portuguese Rio de Camaroes ("river of shrimp"), the name given to the Vouri River by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century.

Canada- “small settlement” or “village” in Algonquian (one of the languages ​​of the indigenous people of North America). This name applied to Stakadona, a settlement near modern-day Quebec.

Kenya- after Mount Kenya, in the Kikuyu language the mountain is called Kere-Nyaga ("mountain of whiteness").

Cyprus- named after the copper mines located on its territory.

Kiribati- a corruption of "Gilbert", from the European name for the Gilbert Islands. By the way, that’s what they are called in Russian.

China(pronounced "China" in English) - named after the Chin dynasty in Sanskrit.

Colombia- in honor of Christopher Columbus.

Comoros- in Arabic "Djazair al Kamar" ("island of the moon").

Korea- in honor of the Goryeo Dynasty (again I'm afraid to be wrong), the first Korean dynasty in which people from the West visited the country. Hangeuk's internal name means "land of morning calm" in ancient Joseon.

Costa Rica- "rich coast" in Spanish.

Cuba- "Cubanacan" ("central place") in the Taino Indian language.

Kuwait- from the Arabic "Kut", meaning "fortress".

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Lebanon (Lebanon)- from the Hebrew "white mountains".

Lesotho- in honor of the Sotho people.

Liberia- from lat. liber, "free". So named because the nation was created as a homeland for freed American slaves.

Liechtenstein- "light stone". The country was named after the Liechtenstein dynasty, which bought and united the territories of Schellenburg and Vaduz. The Roman Emperor will allow the family to rename their new property.

Luxembourg- (Celtic "Lucilem" - "small", Germanic "burg" - "castle") "small castle".

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Mauritius- named after the Dutch ruler Prince Mauricius (Maurice) of Orange.

Malawi- from the local "flaming water", possibly referring to Lake Malawi.

Malaysia- land of the Malay people.

Maldives- in Sanskrit mahal ("palace"), diva ("island"). On the main island was the palace of the local sultan.

Malta- from the Phoenician "shelter". The name most likely remained in circulation due to the existence of the Greek and Latin word melitta ("honey"), the name of the island in ancient times, as well as the main export product of those times.

Morocco- from the city of Marrakesh. The local name "Al Maghreb al Aqsa" means "far West".

Marshall Islands- named after British captain John Marshall, who first documented the island's existence in 1788.

Mexico- in honor of the branch of the same name of the Aztecs.

Micronesia- from Greek "small islands"

Moldova- from the Moldova River in Romania. The river was named so because of the quarrying of minerals, for which its waters were used. Molde is the German term for this type of mining.

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Namibia- from the Namib Desert. "Namib" means "place where there is nothing" in the Nama language.

Nepal- "wool market".

Nigeria- from the local African language "Ni Gir", "river Gir" (Niger).

Netherlands- Germanic "low lands". Holland (part of the Netherlands; the name is often used to refer to the country as a whole) - Germanic "holt land", i.e. forested land (very often mistakenly thought to mean "hollow land"). Batavia - "arable land" (derived from Betuwe, as opposed to the local name "Veluwe" - "uncultivated land").

New Zealand- from the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands.

Norway- from Old Norse northr and veg (“northern path”). The Norwegian name Norge comes from the roots northr and rike ("northern kingdom").

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Oman- controversial origin. In some sources, the name comes from the Arabic term for "sedentary" (as opposed to nomads), or from other Arabic words meaning "peace" and "trust". Others claim that the country was named after a historical figure, perhaps Oman bin Ibrahim al-Khalil, Oman bin Siba" bin Yaghthan bin Ibrahim, Oman bin Qahtan or Oman bin Loot (the Arabic name of the biblical character Lot). The name existed for some time and mentioned by the geographer Ptolemy (85-165 AD)

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Pakistan- acronym (provinces: Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Iran, Sindh, Tokharistan). Also means “land of the pure, impeccable”, because. "pak" means "pure".

Palestine- from the Roman name of the country, literally “country of invaders” (“Philistines” from Hebrew root, meaning "invader").

Panama- in honor of a previously existing village near the modern capital. In the Indian language, Cueva means "place where there are many fish", perhaps from the Caribbean for "abundance of butterflies" or from another local name referring to the tree of the same name.

Papua- "Papua" means "land of people with curly hair." Named so by the neighboring Malays, whose hair is generally straight.

Peru- possibly from the Biru River in modern Ecuador.

Poland- from the German polen, “field”.

Portugal- from lat. portus, "port" and the names of the Roman port of Gaya, which later became known as Calais. The derivative name belonged to the small town of Portucale, now Porto.

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Russia- from an ancient group of Vikings known as the Rus, and from the kingdom they created in what is now Ukraine.

Romania- “country of the Romans”, because the local "Romanized" population called themselves Rumani or Romani.

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Salvador- "salvation" in Spanish, named after Jesus Christ.

Samoa- "Sacred Moa Sanctuary", from moa, a local poultry similar to chicken. According to legend, the place for the sacred chicken "Sa-moa" was fenced off by order of King Lu. After fighting to defend this zone, he named his son Samoa. Later, Samoa became the progenitor of the Moa clan, which became the head of the island of Manua and then all the islands of Samoa.

San Marino- in honor of Saint Marino, who, according to legend, founded San Marino in 301.

Sao Tome and Principe- Portuguese: Saint Thomas and Prince Islands.

Seychelles- named after Jean Moreau de Sechelles, Minister of Finance of King Louis XV of France.

Serbia and Montenegro. Serbia - unknown, possibly Sarmatian in origin; "Rowan" (Sorbs) in modern Germany has the same origin, the Serbs migrated to the Balkans from a region in Germany known as Lusatia, where rowan is still found.
Montenegro - named montenegro, "black mountain" by the Venetian conquerors because of appearance Lovcen Mountains or, more likely, due to its dark coniferous forests. Crna Gora, the modern local name of the country, the literal translation of Montenegro (Montenegro). (note: "mountain" in Serbian means "forest on the mountains", so the name of the country rather means "black forest"). Previously the country was known as "Zeta", Dioclea (in Serbo-Croatian Duklia) and Doclea. Doclea - the name of the area in the early period of the Roman Empire, was given to an ancient tribe. In subsequent centuries, the Romans transferred Doclea to Dioclea, mistakenly believing that I had been lost due to speech patterns. The early Slavic name Zeta comes from the name of a river in Montenegro, which in turn comes from a root meaning "harvest" or "grain". (Contrary to the general opinion: Montenegro did not come from Italian, because “black mountain” in Italian is monte nero without a g.)

Singapore- the city was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819 and he borrowed the name Singapore from the Malay language. Sinhapura was also the early name of the island. Sinhapura in turn comes from Sanskrit (Simhapura), which means “city of lions”.

Slovakia- from the Slavic “glory” or “word”.

Slovenia- similar to Slovakia.

USA- in honor of the explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci, who wrote his name on maps of the New World. Buyers mistakenly believed that the name belonged not to the cartographer, but to the new land.

Sudan- from the Arabic Bilad as-Sudan, “land of the blacks.”

Suriname- in honor of the Surinen people, local American settlers.

Sierra Leone- adapted from either the Spanish version Sierra Leon or the Portuguese Serra-Leoa ("lion mountains").

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Tajikistan- from the Turkic root tasi, meaning “Muslim”.

Thailand- from Thai "land of the free". The country was previously known as Siam. Siam - the name was given to the ancient Thais by their neighbors and may be derived from the Pali place name "Suvarnabhuma" ("Land of Gold"), another root "sama" meaning various shades of colors, mostly brown or yellow, but sometimes green or black (approx. Siam means “beautiful” in Sanskrit).

Taiwan- "terrace bay" in Chinese. Rice fields constitute the typical landscape of Taiwan.

Tanzania- a combination of the names of two states that are part of this country - Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

Timor- from the Malay word timur, meaning "east". In its official language, Tetun, East Timor is known as Timor Lorosae. neighboring
In Indonesia it is known as Timor Timur, "east of the east".

Togo- from the settlement of Togo. In the language of the local Ewe people, “to” means “water” and “go” means shore.

Tonga- from the local "south", "southern". The islands were named so by James Cook. In the 19th century they were known as the "Islands of Friendship".

Trinidad and Tobago- "Trinidad" after the three prominent mountain peaks and the Christian trinity (trinidad is trinity or trio in Spanish). "Tobago" - in honor of the tobacco that the locals smoked.

Tuvalu- from the local "eight islands" or "eight standing together." An early name, Niulakita, which was banned, was the name of the first atoll.

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Uganda- from the early “Buganda”, “land of people”, the ethnonym of the dominant people in this area.

Ukraine- from Slavic “border territory”. According to another theory, from “edge” - locality, territory.

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Fiji- from the Tongan name for the islands "Viti".

Philippines- "land of King Philip" (Spanish monarch in the 16th century).

Finland- from Germanic Fennland, possibly from a root meaning "wanderers". Suomi, the name used by the indigenous people, may be derived from the Baltic word for "land".

France- “land of the Franks”, literally “land of free people”. The country was previously known as Gaul from the Celtic tribe.

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Croatia- unknown, usually believed to have originated from the Sarmatian language.

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Chile- unknown. Possibly from the Aracaunian (settler language) name for "depths", which is a reference to the fact that the Andes loom over a narrow coastal plain. Another possible origin of "Chile" could be "the end of the world" ("end of the world") in the language of the Qechua people.

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Switzerland- from the canton of Schwyz, perhaps earlier this name came from the German "Schweitz", "swamp".

Sweden- "people of Svea". The exact development of the ethnonym is unknown, but at least it is known that it came from the Old Norse "Svithjoth", the origin of "Svi", "thjoth" from the Germanic "people" ("people") is unknown. The term Svithjoth was originally used to refer to various locales found in Norse mythology, including areas in Scandinavia and/or modern Russia. The unclear manner of use of this place-name suggests that it was used for areas generally unknown, but just beyond the north or west of what the Goths, the most frequent users of the term, considered the zone of civilization. The derivative name "Svear rike" ("Kingdom of the Svi") appears to have emerged after the northern Heruli people were driven out of the Gothic kingdom into southern Scandinavia. It would be logical to believe that the Heruli, pushed beyond the northern borders of the Gothic kingdom, could have taken the traditional name "Svi". In the end, they captured the Goths, and from that moment on, modern scientists can talk about the existence of Sweden, and not one of its constituent territories.

Sri Lanka- "shiny island" in Sanskrit. Serendip is an ancient name derived from Sinhala-dweepa in Sanskrit meaning either "land of lions" or "land of the Sinhala people", sinha meaning "lion" in Sanskrit, Sinhala being the early settlers of the area.

Ceylon(Ceylon - English, Cilan - Portuguese, Seilan) - previous names of the country, also meaning "land of lions".

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Ecuador- "equator" in Spanish.

Equatorial Guinea- "equatorial" - from the geographical location, "Guinea", - possibly from the word "aguinaoui" in the Berber language, which means "black".

Eritrea- named by Italian colonialists, from the ancient Greek name of the Red Sea “Erythrea Thalassa”.

Estonia- from the Germanic “eastern path”. It is commonly mistakenly believed that the name comes from Aestia in ancient Greek sources, but in fact Aestia is modern Masuria in Poland and the name may have come from a Baltic root meaning "motley", as the land is dotted with lakes.

Ethiopia- from lat. "Aethiopia" meaning "land of the blacks". The root word in Greek comes from aithein "to burn" and ops "face". The old name Abyssinia comes from the Arabic "mixed", a reflection of the many peoples inhabiting the country.

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Jamaica- in the Indian language "Hamaica" means the land of wood and water, or perhaps the land of springs.

Japan- "ribenguo" in Chinese or "land of the rising sun", which refers to the fact that Japan lies east of China (where the sun rises). Japanese scholars borrowed the term, simplifying Nippon-gu to Nihon-gu to simply Nihon or Nippon ("origin of the sun").

I suggest you get acquainted with the etymology of the names of countries around the world.

Where do the names of the countries of the world come from? What are they connected to? For those interested... to broaden your horizons.))

Afghanistan- possibly from "Upa-Ghana-Stan" (Sanskrit for "land of united tribes").
Albania- land of the highlanders. The root "Alb" means "white" or "mountain". It is assumed that mountain tribes from modern Kosovo brought their mountain ethnonym to the narrow coastal plain. The name Shqiperia used domestically means "land of the eagle". Perhaps the eagle was a tribal totem.
Algeria- from the name of the capital Algiers (Algiers), which in French is Alger, in Arabic - Al Jazair (island).
Andorra- origin unknown. Possibly Iberian or Basque.
Angola- from ngola, a title used by a monarch in the pre-colonial Ndongo kingdom.
Argentina- from the Latin "argentum" (silver). Merchants used Argentina's Rio de la Plata (Silver River) to transport silver and other treasures from Peru. The land downstream became known as Argentina (Land of Silver).
Australia- from “unknown southern land” (lat. terra australis incognita). The area was named by early European explorers who believed that the Australian mainland was much larger than they had yet discovered. The explorer Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), who first explored and mapped the Australian coast, used the term "Australia" in his work.
Austria- "eastern kingdom", for example, compare with modern German: Osterreich. In the 9th century, Austria was the extreme eastern territory of the Frankish Empire, as well as the border zone of German settlements with the Slavic land. Charlemagne named the country Ostmark ("eastern border territory"). In the 11th century the term Ostarrichi first appeared.
Azerbaijan- “land of fire” (from fires on the surface of ancient oil basins) The ancient name Atropatene in Arabic began to be pronounced as Azerbaijan.

Bahamas- from the Spanish "Baja Mar" ("shallow sea"). The Spanish conquistadors named the islands in this way based on the characteristics of the water that surrounds them.
Bahrain- from Arabic “two seas”. Just what seas are being talked about here is still under debate. Bahrain lies in a gulf surrounded by Arab land and the Qatari peninsula, and some people believe that the "two seas" refer to the water of the gulf on both sides of the island. Others believe that in this case there is a reference to the position of the island of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, separated by “two seas” from the Arab coast in the south and Iran in the north.
Bangladesh- from Sanskrit/Bengali. Bangla means Bengali-speaking people and Desh means country, thus Bangladesh is the "Country of Bengali-speaking people". The country was formerly part of India and Bengali culture covers a large area of ​​India and Bangladesh.
Barbados- was named by the Portuguese explorer Pedro a Campos "Los Barbados", which means "the bearded ones". This was said about the appearance of the island's fig trees.
Belarus- “Belaya Rus”, formerly Belarus, “white Russia”. The name was changed after the collapse of the USSR to emphasize that Belarus and Russia were and remain separate countries. It is assumed that the new name has an independent root rus from Ruthenia (to be honest, I could not find an analogue of this name in books on the history of Russia, if anyone comments, I will only be glad). Although in fact Ruthenia and Russia came from the same root “Rus”, which came to us from the Vikings. Thus, the Ukrainian region of Ruthenia can be found in older sources as "Red Russia" (possibly referring to Kievan Rus), where the term does not refer to all of Ukraine or the USSR.
Belgium- from the name of the Celtic tribe, Belgae. Perhaps the name later came from "Bolg" (Proto-Indo-European group of languages), meaning bag or womb.
Belize- from a distorted Spanish pronunciation of "Peter Wellis" - the pirate who created the first settlement in Belize in 1638.
Benin- named after the old African Empire of the same name, on whose territory modern Benin is located. The state of Benin was formerly called Dahomey from the largest ethnic group.
Butane- land of Bhotia. Tibetans or Bhotia migrated from Tibet to Bhutan in the 10th century. The common root is "bod", the ancient name of Tibet. The second unofficial name is Druk-Yul, which means "land of the thunder dragon", "land of thunder" or "land of the dragon".
Brazil- from the tree of the same name, which, in turn, was named because of the reddish color of the wood, reminiscent of the color of hot coals (brasil in Portuguese).
Britannia- "painted", a reference to the original settlers of the islands who used paint and tattoos to decorate their bodies; may also come from the Celtic goddess Brigid.
Bolivia- in honor of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), a military leader who fought the Spanish, and the first president of the republic (after independence was recognized in 1824).
Bosnia and Herzegovina- previously the country consisted of two separate territories: the larger northern part was named after the Bosna River, the smaller southern part took its name from the German noble title "duke". This title was awarded to the supreme voivode of the territory, Stefan Vikčić (if it is pronounced wrong, sorry) by Emperor Frederick 4 in 1448.
Botswana- named after the country's predominant ethnic group, the Tswana. The previous name - Bechuanaland - came from Bechuana, another spelling of "Botswana".
Bulgaria- "a country of a tribe formed from many tribes." "Bulg" comes from a Turkish root meaning "mixed."
Burkina Faso- "land of honest people." Previously, the country was called "Upper Volta" from the names of the two main rivers - the White and Black Volta - which originate in Burkina Faso.
Burundi- the land of those who speak the Rundi language.

Vanuatu- from "forever on our land" in Bislama. The country was previously known as the New Hebrides Islands after the islands in Scotland.
Vatican- from lat. vaticinari "to prophesy", from the name of the hill "Mons Vaticanus", on which the Vatican is located. The street at the foot of this hill was used by fortune tellers and soothsayers in Roman times.
Hungary- "people of ten copies." In other words, "a union of ten tribes."
Venezuela- “little Venice”, from the diminutive form “Venice”. European explorers were amazed by the stilt houses built by the natives on Lake Maracaibo and decided to name the country after Venice.
Vietnam- "southern land". The original layer of Vietnamese civilization was actually much further north than modern Vietnam.

Gabon- from the Portuguese name for the river Mbe: "Gabao" (coat with a hood) from the specific shape of the river mouth.
Haiti- in the Indian language Taino means “high mountain”; Columbus gave the name “Hispaniola” (“little Spain”), but even before him the region was called Haiti.
Guyana- perhaps from the local "Guainazes" - "people worthy of respect."
Ghana- in honor of the ancient West African kingdom of the same name. However, the modern territory of Ghana was never part of it.
Germany- “land of spearmen” from the Germanic “gar” (“spear”) and the Latin and Germanic “man” - man. In Latin, "Germany" means: Allemagne - "land of all people", i.e. "our many nations"; Deutschland - "land of people"; Nemetsy (Polish: Niemcy; Romanian: Nemti; Czech: Nemecko; Hungarian: Nemet(orszag)) - "land of the dumb", where "dumb" is a metaphor for "those who do not speak our language". The Hungarian name is borrowed from Slavic languages.
Honduras- from the Spanish "depth", refers to the deep waters off the northern coast.
Grenada- from the southern Spanish city (province) with the same name.
Greece- from lat. Grecus (Greeks), Aristotle assumed that this name referred to the indigenous peoples of Epirus (the mountainous coastal region surrounded by Macedonia and Thessaly); Hellas - "land of light" (a dubious assumption, since in Greek there are no words similar to "light" and "earth" in Hellas).

Denmark- dhen (Proto-Indo-European group of languages) means "low" or "flat" and in Germanic "mark" means "border land" and/or "border forest". The name was used by the ancient Goths to describe the forest that separated Gothland (I'm afraid I mistranslate) from Scania.
Djibouti- named after the lowest point of the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean. Possibly derived from the word "gabouti" (in the Afar language) - a door mat made of palm fiber. Dominican Republic - from lat. "Dies Dominica" ("Sunday"), the day of the week on which Christopher Columbus first landed on the island.

Egypt- "temple of the soul of the god Ptah."

Zambia- from the Zambezi River.
Zimbabwe- “stone houses” in Shona, related to the stone-built capital of the ancient trading empire of Great Zimbabwe.

Israel- an alternative name for the biblical hero Jacob, literally "wrestling with God."
India- in honor of the Indus River (in Hindi). It is often believed that "Bharat", the native name for India, came from the name of the ancient king "Jada Bharatha", but this name could also come from another king Bharata, the son of the legendary king Dushyanta (sorry, not familiar with the history of India. How , however, with the history of many other countries...).
Indonesia- "Indian islands". From the Greek word nesos, "island", added to the name of the country India.
Iraq- from the Hebrew "Uruk" ("between the rivers"), which is a reference to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Iran- "land of Aryans" or "land of the free." The term "Arya" comes from the Proto-Indo-European group of languages ​​and usually has the meaning of "noble" or "free", akin to the word of Greek origin "aristocrat". Persia (former name of Iran): from lat. "Persais", from the ancient Persian "Paarsa", the central region in the country, modern Fars. Persia is often associated with Greek mythology - the “land of Perseus”.
Ireland- from Eire from pre-Celtic Iweriu - "fertile place" or "place of Eire", the Celtic goddess of fertility. Very often it is mistakenly believed that it came from the “land of iron” (in English “land of iron”).
Iceland- “land of ice” (Island in Icelandic). Named this way to discourage foreigners from attempting to settle on what was in fact fertile land.
Italy- "son of the bull god" or "calf god", a name usually attributed only to a small area at the southern tip of modern Italy.

Yemen- The origin of the name is debated. Some sources claim that it comes from the Arabic yamin, meaning "at the right hand" (a reference to the position of Yemen from the perspective of an observer looking from Mecca), others suggest that the name came from yumn, meaning "happiness", "blessing" . The name (for the classical world - "Arabia Felix" (again lack of knowledge of history)) usually referred to the entire southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

Cape Verde- from the Portuguese Cabo Verde ("green cape"), named by Portuguese sailors who traveled along the Sahara Desert before seeing the relatively green islands.
Cameroon- from the Portuguese Rio de Camaroes ("river of shrimp"), the name given to the Vouri River by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century.
Canada- “small settlement” or “village” in Algonquian (one of the languages ​​of the indigenous people of North America). This name applied to Stakadona, a settlement near modern-day Quebec.
Kenya- after Mount Kenya, in the Kikuyu language the mountain is called Kere-Nyaga ("mountain of whiteness").
Cyprus- named after the copper mines located on its territory.
Kiribati- a corruption of "Gilbert", from the European name for the Gilbert Islands. By the way, that’s what they are called in Russian.
China(pronounced "China" in English) - named after the Chin dynasty in Sanskrit.
Colombia- in honor of Christopher Columbus.
Comoros- in Arabic "Djazair al Kamar" ("island of the moon").
Korea- in honor of the Goryeo Dynasty (again I'm afraid to be wrong), the first Korean dynasty in which people from the West visited the country. Hangeuk's internal name means "land of morning calm" in ancient Joseon.
Costa Rica- "rich coast" in Spanish.
Cuba- "Cubanacan" ("central place") in the Taino Indian language.
Kuwait- from the Arabic "Kut", meaning "fortress".

Lebanon (Lebanon)- from the Hebrew "white mountains".
Lesotho- in honor of the Sotho people.
Liberia- from lat. liber, "free". So named because the nation was created as a homeland for freed American slaves.
Liechtenstein- "light stone". The country was named after the Liechtenstein dynasty, which bought and united the territories of Schellenburg and Vaduz. The Roman Emperor will allow the family to rename their new property.
Luxembourg- (Celtic "Lucilem" - "small", Germanic "burg" - "castle") "small castle".

Mauritius- named after the Dutch ruler Prince Mauricius (Maurice) of Orange.
Malawi- from the local "flaming water", possibly referring to Lake Malawi.
Malaysia- land of the Malay people.
Maldives- in Sanskrit mahal ("palace"), diva ("island"). On the main island was the palace of the local sultan.
Malta- from the Phoenician "shelter". The name most likely remained in circulation due to the existence of the Greek and Latin word melitta ("honey"), the name of the island in ancient times, as well as the main export product of those times.
Morocco- from the city of Marrakesh. The local name "Al Maghreb al Aqsa" means "far West".
Marshall Islands- named after British captain John Marshall, who first documented the island's existence in 1788.
Mexico- in honor of the branch of the same name of the Aztecs.
Micronesia- from Greek "small islands"
Moldova- from the Moldova River in Romania. The river was named so because of the quarrying of minerals, for which its waters were used. Molde is the German term for this type of mining.
Monaco- "alone and on his own", a reference to the Greek hero Hercules.

Namibia- from the Namib Desert. "Namib" means "place where there is nothing" in the Nama language.
Nepal- "wool market".
Nigeria- from the local African language "Ni Gir", "river Gir" (Niger).
Netherlands- Germanic "low lands". Holland (part of the Netherlands; the name is often used to refer to the country as a whole) - Germanic "holt land", i.e. forested land (very often mistakenly thought to mean "hollow land"). Batavia - "arable land" (derived from Betuwe, as opposed to the local name "Veluwe" - "uncultivated land").
New Zealand- from the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands.
Norway- from Old Norse northr and veg (“northern path”). The Norwegian name Norge comes from the roots northr and rike ("northern kingdom").

Oman- controversial origin. In some sources, the name comes from the Arabic term for "sedentary" (as opposed to nomads), or from other Arabic words meaning "peace" and "trust". Others claim that the country was named after a historical figure, perhaps Oman bin Ibrahim al-Khalil, Oman bin Siba" bin Yaghthan bin Ibrahim, Oman bin Qahtan or Oman bin Loot (the Arabic name of the biblical character Lot). The name existed for some time and mentioned by the geographer Ptolemy (85-165 AD)

Pakistan- acronym (provinces: Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Iran, Sindh, Tokharistan). Also means “land of the pure, impeccable”, because. "pak" means "pure".
Palestine- from the Roman name of the country, literally "land of invaders" ("Philistines" from the Hebrew root meaning "invader").
Panama- in honor of a previously existing village near the modern capital. In the Indian language, Cueva means "place where there are many fish", perhaps from the Caribbean for "abundance of butterflies" or from another local name referring to the tree of the same name.
Papua- "Papua" means "land of people with curly hair." Named so by the neighboring Malays, whose hair is generally straight.
Peru- possibly from the Biru River in modern Ecuador.
Poland- from the German polen, “field”.
Portugal- from lat. portus, "port" and the names of the Roman port of Gaya, which later became known as Calais. The derivative name belonged to the small town of Portucale, now Porto.

Russia- from an ancient group of Vikings known as the Rus, and from the kingdom they created in what is now Ukraine.
Romania- “country of the Romans”, because the local "Romanized" population called themselves Rumani or Romani.

Salvador- "salvation" in Spanish, named after Jesus Christ.
Samoa- "Sacred Moa Sanctuary", from moa, a local poultry similar to chicken. According to legend, the place for the sacred chicken "Sa-moa" was fenced off by order of King Lu. After fighting to defend this zone, he named his son Samoa. Later, Samoa became the progenitor of the Moa clan, which became the head of the island of Manua and then all the islands of Samoa.
San Marino- in honor of Saint Marino, who, according to legend, founded San Marino in 301.
Sao Tome and Principe- Portuguese: Saint Thomas and Prince Islands.
Seychelles- named after Jean Moreau de Sechelles, Minister of Finance of King Louis XV of France.
Serbia and Montenegro. Serbia- unknown, possibly Sarmatian in origin; "Rowan" (Sorbs) in modern Germany has the same origin, the Serbs migrated to the Balkans from a region in Germany known as Lusatia, where rowan is still found.
Montenegro- named montenegro, "black mountain" by the Venetian conquerors, due to the appearance of Mount Lovcen or, more likely, due to its dark coniferous forests. Crna Gora, the modern local name of the country, the literal translation of Montenegro (Montenegro). (note: "mountain" in Serbian means "forest on the mountains", so the name of the country rather means "black forest"). Previously the country was known as "Zeta", Dioclea (in Serbo-Croatian Duklia) and Doclea. Doclea - the name of the area in the early period of the Roman Empire, was given to an ancient tribe. In subsequent centuries, the Romans transferred Doclea to Dioclea, mistakenly believing that I had been lost due to speech patterns. The early Slavic name Zeta comes from the name of a river in Montenegro, which in turn comes from a root meaning "harvest" or "grain". (Contrary to the general opinion: Montenegro did not come from Italian, because “black mountain” in Italian is monte nero without a g.)
Singapore- the city was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819 and he borrowed the name Singapore from the Malay language. Sinhapura was also the early name of the island. Sinhapura in turn comes from Sanskrit (Simhapura), which means “city of lions”.
Slovakia- from the Slavic “glory” or “word”.
Slovenia- similar to Slovakia.
USA- in honor of the explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci, who wrote his name on maps of the New World. Buyers mistakenly believed that the name belonged not to the cartographer, but to the new land.
Sudan- from the Arabic Bilad as-Sudan, “land of the blacks.”
Suriname- in honor of the Surinen people, local American settlers.
Sierra Leone- adapted from either the Spanish version Sierra Leon or the Portuguese Serra-Leoa ("lion mountains").

Tajikistan- from the Turkic root tasi, meaning “Muslim”.
Thailand- from Thai "land of the free". The country was previously known as Siam. Siam - the name was given to the ancient Thais by their neighbors and may be derived from the Pali place name "Suvarnabhuma" ("Land of Gold"), another root "sama" meaning various shades of colors, mostly brown or yellow, but sometimes green or black (approx. Siam means “beautiful” in Sanskrit).
Taiwan- "terrace bay" in Chinese. Rice fields constitute the typical landscape of Taiwan.
Tanzania- a combination of the names of two states that are part of this country - Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
Timor- from the Malay word timur, meaning "east". In its official language, Tetun, East Timor is known as Timor Lorosae. It is known to neighboring Indonesia as Timor Timur, "east of the east".
Togo- from the settlement of Togo. In the language of the local Ewe people, “to” means “water” and “go” means shore.
Tonga- from the local "south", "southern". The islands were named so by James Cook. In the 19th century they were known as the "Islands of Friendship".
Trinidad and Tobago- "Trinidad" after the three prominent mountain peaks and the Christian trinity (trinidad is trinity or trio in Spanish). "Tobago" - in honor of the tobacco that the locals smoked.
Tuvalu- from the local "eight islands" or "eight standing together." An early name, Niulakita, which was banned, was the name of the first atoll.

Uganda- from the early “Buganda”, “land of people”, the ethnonym of the dominant people in this area.
Ukraine- from Slavic “border territory”.

Fiji- from the Tongan name for the islands "Viti".
Philippines- "land of King Philip" (Spanish monarch in the 16th century).
Finland- from Germanic Fennland, possibly from a root meaning "wanderers". Suomi, the name used by the indigenous people, may be derived from the Baltic word for "land".
France- “land of the Franks”, literally “land of free people”. The country was previously known as Gaul from the Celtic tribe.

Croatia- unknown, usually believed to have originated from the Sarmatian language.

Chile- unknown. Possibly from the Aracaunian (settler language) name for "depths", which is a reference to the fact that the Andes loom over a narrow coastal plain. Another possible origin of "Chile" could be "the end of the world" ("end of the world") in the language of the Qechua people.

Switzerland- from the canton of Schwyz, perhaps earlier this name came from the German "Schweitz", "swamp".
Sweden- "people of Svea". The exact development of the ethnonym is unknown, but at least it is known that it came from the Old Norse "Svithjoth", the origin of "Svi", "thjoth" from the Germanic "people" ("people") is unknown. The term Svithjoth was originally used to refer to various locales found in Norse mythology, including areas in Scandinavia and/or modern Russia. The unclear manner of use of this place-name suggests that it was used for areas generally unknown, but just beyond the north or west of what the Goths, the most frequent users of the term, considered the zone of civilization. The derivative name "Svear rike" ("Kingdom of the Svi") appears to have emerged after the northern Heruli people were driven out of the Gothic kingdom into southern Scandinavia. It would be logical to believe that the Heruli, pushed beyond the northern borders of the Gothic kingdom, could have taken the traditional name "Svi". In the end, they captured the Goths, and from that moment on, modern scientists can talk about the existence of Sweden, and not one of its constituent territories.
Sri Lanka- "shiny island" in Sanskrit. Serendip is an ancient name derived from Sinhala-dweepa in Sanskrit meaning either "land of lions" or "land of the Sinhala people", sinha meaning "lion" in Sanskrit, Sinhala being the early settlers of the area.
Ceylon (Ceylon - English, Cilan - Portuguese, Seilan) - previous names of the country, also meaning "land of lions".

Ecuador- "equator" in Spanish.
Equatorial Guinea- "equatorial" - from the geographical location, "Guinea", - possibly from the word "aguinaoui" in the Berber language, which means "black".
Eritrea- named by Italian colonialists, from the ancient Greek name of the Red Sea “Erythrea Thalassa”.
Estonia- from the Germanic “eastern path”. It is commonly mistakenly believed that the name comes from Aestia in ancient Greek sources, but in fact Aestia is modern Masuria in Poland and the name may have come from a Baltic root meaning "motley", as the land is dotted with lakes.
Ethiopia- from lat. "Aethiopia" meaning "land of the blacks". The root word in Greek comes from aithein "to burn" and ops "face". The old name Abyssinia comes from the Arabic "mixed", a reflection of the many peoples inhabiting the country.

Jamaica- in the Indian language "Hamaica" means the land of wood and water, or perhaps the land of springs.
Japan- "ribenguo" in Chinese or "land of the rising sun", which refers to the fact that Japan lies east of China (where the sun rises). Japanese scholars borrowed the term, simplifying Nippon-gu to Nihon-gu to simply Nihon or Nippon ("origin of the sun").

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Name the archipelago country located on four large islands and almost 4 thousand small islands in the Pacific Ocean? (Japan)

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Which country is the birthplace of the Olympic Games and marathon running? (Greece)
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Which country in Africa is the largest by area? (Sudan)
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Which African country has the largest population? (Nigeria)
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Which country is called the country of fjords? (Norway on the Scandinavian Peninsula)
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Which country is called the "dairy farm" of Europe? (Switzerland)
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Which country is called the “forestry shop” of Europe? (Finland)
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Which country is called the “banker” of the whole world? (Switzerland)
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“Which Middle Eastern country is the world's freshwater exporter? (Kuwait - seawater desalination)
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Which Asian country can you travel from end to end by metro? (Singapore)
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In which modern state is Latin the official language? (Vatican City, a city state within the capital of Italy - Rome)
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Which country was the first in Europe to have paved streets? (in the Czech Republic, in Prague. In London, stone pavements appeared only 100 years later)
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In which country were the steam locomotive and the subway born? (In Great Britain)
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Which European country has 80 thousand lakes? (in Finland)
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Which country is the birthplace of carnival? (Italy)
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Which country is called the “Moon on Earth”? (Iceland, because of its topography)
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Which two states have the same flag? (Principality of Monaco in Southern Europe and the Republic of Indonesia in Southeast Asia - red and white banner)
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Which state has a single color flag without any dark green design? (near Libya, North Africa)
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Which state's flag shows its borders? (Republic of Cyprus)
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Which country's economy is said to “ride on a sheep”? (Australia)
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Which African state is landlocked and borders only one country? (Lesotho is a state in southern Africa, an enclave in South Africa)
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Which country separates two continents - North and South America? (Panama, on the Isthmus of Panama)
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Which two different states have the same name for their capitals - Victoria? (the first state is Hong Kong, which is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China with its administrative center in Hong Kong, and in the English version - Victoria. The second state is the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean)
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Which country is the first in the world to produce porcelain dentures? (Liechtenstein in Central Europe)
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Which country is the first in the world to produce olive oil? (Spain)
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Which country is the first in the world in cobalt reserves and production?
(Zaire in Central Africa)
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Which country is the first in the world in tin mining and production? palm oil? (Malaysia in Southeast Asia)
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Which country is the first in the world to produce and export watches? (Switzerland)
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Which country is the world leader in growing and exporting cocoa? (Brazil)
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In what country is there a village in which all the houses and even the fortress with the wall are made of ordinary salt? (Phases in Algeria: it rarely rains in those places, so the salt village has existed for many years)
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Which Scandinavian country celebrates Father's Day every fall? (in Finland)
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In which country is Lake Balaton located? (in Hungary)
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In which country are there two major deserts in the world, and one of them is part of the other and bears the name of the country on which it is located? (the Sahara Desert and its northeastern part - the Libyan Desert - occupy the territory of the African state of Libya)
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The birthplace of the Olympic Games and marathon running (Greece)
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"Duchy of Steel" (Luxembourg)
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Tulip Country (Netherlands)
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A country constantly at war with the sea (Netherlands)
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Former "world workshop" (UK)
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The country has the Koh-i-nor factory, which produces 1 million pencils per day (Czech Republic)
The only colonial possession in Europe (Gibraltar)
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Due to its geographical location, this European state was called the “country of the northern route” (Norway)
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The name of the state translates as “low country” (Netherlands)
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The state called “the country of rabbits” in Carthaginian (Spain)
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This state translated from German sounds like “eastern power” (Austria)
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In addition to Australia, there is another state located in Eurasia, which is called the “country of the south” (Vietnam)
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The name of this state in the language of the Arawak Indians destroyed by the colonialists meant “mountainous country” (Haiti)
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African state, the name of which is translated from the local language as “country of hippopotamuses” (Mali)
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The Spaniards called this country Little Venice because of the villages on stilts (Venezuela)
The name of this West African republic translated from my language means “homeland of worthy people” (Burkina Faso)
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Paradoxically, the national dress of women in this country makes them flat in front and hunchbacked in back (Japan)
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In this country, New Year's gifts are given to children by the fairy Beffana and Babbo Natale (Italy)
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In the 17th century they said that there are more artists in this country than bakers (Netherlands)
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This country has the oldest text of the national anthem (Japan)
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Which countries can be given the name “country of volcanoes”? (Iceland, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia)
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According to the traditions of this country, giving flowers ordinary people can only be a person of the imperial family (Japan)
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Which country is called the “Land of Tea and Sapphires”? (Sri Lanka)
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Which country gave the world Arabic numerals? (India)
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The country is famous for the cultivation and export of a plant called “green gold”? (Brazil - coffee)
Snow Maiden.
Name the archipelago country located on 4 large islands and almost 4 thousand small islands in the Pacific Ocean? (Japan)
Leading.
Which state is in South America biggest? (Brazil)
Presenter.
Which Asian state is divided by the territory of another country into two parts, separated from each other by a distance of almost 1300 km? (Pakistan)
Father Frost.
Which country is the first in the world to produce and export cane sugar? (Cuba)
Snow Maiden.
Which country is the world leader in growing and harvesting cotton? (China)
Leading.
Which country is the largest producer of iodine in the world? (Chile in South America)
Presenter.
Which country is the first in the world in nickel mining? (Canada)
Father Frost.
Which country is the first in the world to produce and export tea? (India)
Snow Maiden.
In which country is there a joke: “We build shooting ranges before churches and schools”? The best shooters of this country are in military service in another country (in Switzerland) as guardsmen.
Leading.
Which country's anthem was written by Russian composer P.A. Shurovsky? (Thailand)
Presenter.
What country in the world does not have a constitution? (Andorra is a dwarf state in Europe)
Father Frost.
In which country was the martial art of Taekwondo born? (V South Korea)
Snow Maiden.
In which country was judo born? (in Japan)
Leading.
What is the name of the Asian kingdom in the rugged part of the Eastern Himalayas? (Butane)
Presenter.
In which of the former Soviet republics Is the Baikonur cosmodrome located? (Kazakhstan)
Father Frost.
The capital of which autonomous republic of the Russian Federation is the city of Saransk? (Mordovia)
Snow Maiden.
In what country is the city of Alexandria located? (Egypt)
Leading.
What US state is Hollywood located in? (California)
Presenter.
Which South American country is named after its liberator from the Spanish colonialists? (Bolivia)
Father Frost.
The description of the coat of arms of Mozambique contains the Russian surname Kalashnikov (the coat of arms depicts a Kalashnikov assault rifle)
Snow Maiden.
Who is the head of state of New Zealand? (Queen of Great Britain)
Leading.
In which country is the national dress called kimono? (Japan)
Presenter.
Women from which country wear saris? (India)
Father Frost.
In which country is the Medeo winter sports complex located? (Kazakhstan)
Snow Maiden.
Residents of which state call their homeland “The Land of the Rising Sun”? (Japan)
Leading.
Which country owns the island of Crete? (Greece)
Presenter.
What is the Italian name for the Latin American holiday “farewell to meat”? (Carnival)
Father Frost.
Which country's dances are polonaise, mazurka, and krakowiak? (Poland)
Snow Maiden.
Residents of which country dance csardas? (Hungary)
Leading.
Both a resident of Seoul and a resident of Pyongyang are... (Korean).
Presenter.
From which country did the word "newspaper" come? (from Italy)
Father Frost.
Which of these countries borders Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia? (Slovenia)
Snow Maiden.
In which country is the famous Maracanã stadium located, with a capacity of 200 thousand, the field of which is separated from the spectators by a deep, dry moat two meters wide? (Brazil)
Leading.
Which country's flag is similar to the medical one with the only difference being that this flag does not have a red cross on a white background, but rather a white cross on a red background? (Switzerland)
Presenter.
The capital of which sovereign state is still called the “mother of Russian cities”? (Ukraine)
Father Frost.
Which country's parliament still votes "out the door"? (Great Britain)
Snow Maiden.
What is England divided into? (counties)
Leading.
How many stars are on the US flag? (50)
Presenter.
Which country's first cosmonaut was named Zhugderdamidiin Gurragcha? (Mongolia)
Father Frost.
Which islands added the 50th star to the US flag? (Hawaiian)
Snow Maiden.
In which country does the international circus festival “Golden Clown” take place annually? (Monaco)
Leading.
Denmark ranks first in Europe in the use of energy... (wind).
Presenter.
On the coat of arms of which country is a double-headed eagle holding a hammer and sickle in its talons? (Austria)
Father Frost.
Which country's coat of arms depicts a man on an island? (Iceland)
Snow Maiden.
In which country is the most common surname Smith? (Great Britain)
Leading.
In what country was biathlon born? (Norway)
Presenter.
In which country does the prefix “de” before a surname mean noble origin? (France)
Father Frost.
Which country is the smallest after the Vatican? (Monaco)
Snow Maiden.
Each Norwegian has his own sporting passion... (skier).
Leading.
Which country put into orbit in 1990 space telescope Hubble? (USA)
Presenter.
What people invented the dances “Lyavonikha” and “Kryzhachok”? (Belorussian)
Father Frost.
This country is called the “Switzerland of Central America” (Costa Rica)
Snow Maiden.
More recently, it was spoken of as a country that walked on “wooden legs”, and today - as “European Japan” (Finland)
Leading.
On the coat of arms of which country were the words “Divides the country, unites the world” (Panama)
Presenter.
Which African country honored to be called an oasis of calm? (Tunisia)
Father Frost.
Which country is figuratively called the European Hong Kong or the “Mecca of smugglers”? (Andorra)
Snow Maiden.
A country that until recently was said to be more inaccessible than Tibet, more mysterious than India, a country without windows and doors? (Albania)
Leading.
This African country is called the land of a thousand green hills and seven volcanoes (Rwanda)
Presenter.
Which country is rightly called a meteorite paradise? (Namibia)
Father Frost.
Which country exports soldiers? (Nepal)
Snow Maiden.
Which African state has never been colonized? (Liberia)
Leading.
Mountains in South Africa are called lunar, and what state did the Arabs name in honor of our heavenly companion? (Comoros)
Presenter.
A country in Southeast Asia that has never been colonized by a foreign power? (Thailand)
Father Frost.
Which country is called the winged kingdom? (Denmark)
Snow Maiden.
About which island state do they say: “All men are sea wanderers, all women are daughters of the waves”? (Republic of Maldives)
Leading.
Which country is called Asian Holland? (Iran)
Presenter.
In which country does a high-altitude “human” taxi exist? (China)
Father Frost.
Which country is called the land of olive oil? (Israel)
Snow Maiden.
In which country can you buy the cheapest elephant? (Zimbabwe)
Leading.
Which country in the world began scientific and technical preparations for transporting icebergs? (Saudi Arabia)
Presenter.
Which European country can be considered a global “garden and vegetable garden”? (Spain)
Father Frost.
Which island state still retains the title of “Sugar Bowl of Europe”? (Mauritius)
Snow Maiden.
Which country in the world leads in the number of snake bites? (India)
Leading.
Which country is the largest consumer of gold and jewelry in the world? (Saudi Arabia)
Presenter.
Which country annually hosts the world's only congress of sorcerers? (Mexico)
Father Frost.
Where do the shortest people on the planet live? (Brazil)
Snow Maiden.
Which African country's name translates to Dairy? (Somalia)
Leading.
In which island nation is the gem capital located? (Sri Lanka)
Presenter.
When visiting which country, tourists must follow local customs: be clean-shaven, combed, and dressed in a jacket and tie? (Malawi)
Father Frost.
In which country is it customary to serve live, jumping fish? (Laos)

NORTHERN EUROPE

Snow Maiden.
What country is without forest, like a bear without hair? (Finland)
Leading.
Northern European country, one of the top five countries with high HDI (Norway)
Presenter.
The largest port, the name of which translates as “trade harbor” (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Father Frost.
Capital of Finland from 1809 to 1812 (Turku Abo)
Snow Maiden.
The great Russian traveler Vitus Bering was from... (Denmark)
Leading.
Name the names of Russian women connected in some way with Sweden, or more precisely, with Stockholm (Sofya Kovalevskaya - professor at Stockholm University, her grave is located there; Alexandra Kollontai - the first extraordinary ambassador of the USSR to Sweden; Galina Ulanova - ballerina, whose lifetime monument was erected at the entrance to the Stockholm Dance Museum)
Presenter.
The great storyteller who gave the world " Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling" (H.H. Andersen, Denmark)
Father Frost.
Name the explorer travelers originally from Norway. Remember their merits (F. Nansen - Arctic; R. Amundsen - South Pole; T. Heyerdahl - crossed Atlantic Ocean)
Snow Maiden.
Administrative divisions of Denmark (Amty)
Leading.
What is Althing? (Parliament in Iceland)
Presenter.
City declared European Capital of Culture in 1998 (Stockholm)
Father Frost.
Which country does Zealand and the Faroe Islands belong to? (Denmark)
Snow Maiden.
Administrative divisions in Norway (Fylke County)
Leading.
Which country owned Iceland for five and a half centuries? (Denmark)
Presenter.
In which country is the bicycle the most popular means of transportation? (in Denmark)
Father Frost.
In which country are forests covering half the area? (in Sweden)
Snow Maiden.
They say about the inhabitants of this country that they are “born with skis on their feet” (Norway)
Leading.
What is the northern border of Europe? (Spitsbergen Island)
Presenter.
Who does it belong to? (Norway)
Father Frost.
Where are Volvo cars made? (in Sweden)
Snow Maiden.
Where is the drilling platform that is taller than all the skyscrapers in the world? (Troll, Norway; North Sea)
Leading.
The longest country in Europe (Norway)
Presenter.
Fjords are a landmark... (Norway).
Father Frost.
Who are Tiu, Odin, Thor and Freya? What do their names mean? (Gods of Germanic-Scandinavian mythology; four days of the week in Germanic)
Snow Maiden.
Sweden's second largest city (Gothenburg)
Leading.
The fourth largest country in Europe (Sweden)
Presenter.
What NATO country is without its own armed forces? (Iceland)
Father Frost.
Which country is called the “forest shop” of Europe? (Finland)
Snow Maiden.
Which country owns the island of Öland? Why is he interesting? (Sweden; Alvaret nature park, reconstructed Iron Age settlement, royal summer residence)
Leading.
Why is Gothenburg called “little London”? (shipbuilding, fog, football)
Presenter.
Which country is called the “land of eighty thousand lakes”? (Finland)
Father Frost.
Which country ranks first in hydropower reserves? (Norway)
Snow Maiden.
What does the name of the wise goose Kebnekaise mean? (the highest peak in Sweden - 2123m)
Leading.
The average July temperature in Iceland rarely rises above... (+11 °C)
Presenter.
Which country ranks first in the world in launching icebreakers? (Finland)
Father Frost.
Which country ranks first in the world for gender equality? (Sweden, 40% women in the Swedish parliament)
Snow Maiden.
Which Nordic country is not part of the EU? (Norway)
Leading.
Which country's economy is dominated by fishing and fish processing? (in Iceland)
Presenter.
Why did the aluminum industry develop in Norway, since it does not have its own raw materials? (cheap energy)
Father Frost.
What's happened? Where is?
a) Kirunava (field iron ore- Sweden);
b) Zidvaranger (iron ore deposit - Norway);
c) Kemi (chrome ore deposit - Finland).
Snow Maiden.
Industry of international specialization in Sweden and Finland (timber industry)

WESTERN EUROPE

Leading.
Where are:
a) Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen (Hannover, Germany);
b) Louvre (Paris, France);
c) valley of high technology" (south of France, near Nice);
d) Heathrow Airport (London, UK).
Presenter.
Homeland of Immanuel Kant, Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany)
Father Frost.
The gateway to Euroregion No. I is the airport in the city... (Basel, Switzerland).
Snow Maiden.
The most chemicalized country in the world (Germany)
Leading.
In 1951, the first step towards the unification of Europe was taken - the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community. Which two countries created this association? (Germany and France)
Presenter.
The climate of this country is characterized by foens - warm, dry winds from the mountains (Switzerland)
Father Frost.
The country is a fashion center, famous for its wines and perfumes (France)
Snow Maiden.
The great singer of Hungarian passions Liszt was by origin... (German).
Leading.
Country ranked 129th in the world in area, first in population density (Netherlands)
Presenter.
The country that provided political asylum to Herzen and Lenin was always a favorite holiday destination for Einstein and Chaplin (Switzerland)
Father Frost.
The sector of international specialization of the Netherlands (floriculture)
Snow Maiden.
On the coat of arms of the state capital there is a silver boat with the inscription: “It rocks, but it does not sink” (France)
Leading.
Steel production per capita is in first place in the world (Luxembourg)
Presenter.
Country - manufacturer of hunting rifles-Brownings (Belgium)
Father Frost.
The production of alpine skis is developed in... (Austria)
Snow Maiden.
One version of the formation of the name of the capital of this state from the Celtic “fortification on a hill” (Great Britain)
Leading.
The headquarters of 150 international organizations are located in this country (Switzerland)

SOUTHERN EUROPE

Presenter.
The world's first geothermal thermal power plant was built in this country (Italy)
Father Frost.
Main "garment factory of Europe" (Portugal)
Snow Maiden.
The olive tree is the national symbol of this country (Greece)
Leading.
Homeland of Don Quixote (Toledo, Spain)
Presenter.
The official language is Catalan; equal rights also used French and Spanish (Andorra)
Father Frost.
How many islands is Venice on? (119) How many bridges are there between them? (400)
Snow Maiden.
Capital of Italy in 1865 - 1871 (Florence)
Leading.
Country of “heroes, saints and sailors” (Portugal - Knights Templar, Order of Christ)
Presenter.
The city where Romeo and Juliet lived (Verona)
Father Frost.
This country has the oldest parliament in Europe after Iceland (Andorra since 1419)
Snow Maiden.
What city do they say about: “A dream woven from air, water, earth and sky”? (about Venice)
Leading.
The main part of the country is located on the Meseta plateau (Spain)
Presenter.
The oldest astrophysical observatory in Europe was founded in 1321 in... (Florence, Italy)
Father Frost.
The printing of postage stamps brings large revenues to the treasury of this state (Monaco)
Snow Maiden.
This state, being under the double protectorate of France and the Bishop of Urgell (Spain), paid them a symbolic monetary tribute and tribute in kind: 12 heads of cheese, 12 partridges, 6 hams (Andorra)
Leading.
Where did the word “confectioner” and the art of confectionery itself appear? (Venice, Italy)
Presenter.
State located at the foot of Mount Titano (San Marino)
Father Frost.
A country where there are approximately 100 tourists for every resident (Andorra)
Snow Maiden.
Export: wine, cork, fish, marble (Portugal)
Leading.
The territory of this state is 61 km2. (San Marino)
Presenter.
Where is the oldest Botanical Garden located? (in Italy, Florence)
Father Frost.
The official name of this state is “Valleys and Dominions” (Andorra)
Snow Maiden.
The attraction of this state is its oceanographic museum (Monaco)
Leading.
The territory of this state is 0.44 km2 (Vatican City)
Presenter.
Petrarch, Dante, Raphael, Titian - representatives... (Italy)
Father Frost.
The first gambling house was opened in this country (Monaco, 1861)
Snow Maiden.
The most ancient republic in Europe (San Marino, founded 301, the name “Republic of San Marino” appears in documents of the 10th century)
Leading.
The sacred grottos of the Vatican serve exactly this (they bury popes)
Presenter.
The country where European poetry and drama originate (Greece)

EASTERN EUROPE

Father Frost.
In the first centuries AD, the territory of that state was the outskirts of the Roman Empire (hence its name) (Romania)
Snow Maiden.
The name of the capital translates as “burning out the forest for arable land” (Prague, Czech Republic)
Leading.
The capital of this state, part of the Roman Empire, was called Serdica, as it was located almost in the center (Bulgaria)
Presenter.
The inhabitants of this country call themselves Magyars (Hungary)
Father Frost.
The country is famous for its jewelry and glassware (Czech Republic)
Snow Maiden.
Of all the countries in Eastern Europe, only the inhabitants of this country belong to the Uralic language family (Hungary)
Leading.
Export: rose oil, pepper, tomatoes (Bulgaria)
Presenter.
The country freed itself from vassalage from Turkey in 1877 (Romania)
Father Frost.
The name of the capital was formed as a result of the unification in 1872 of two cities located on opposite banks of the Danube (Hungary)
Snow Maiden.
Lived here in the 1400s. Prince Vlad Tepes, who is the prototype of the terrible Dracula (Romania)
Leading.
The only state where the majority of the population professes Islam (Albania)
Presenter.
This state lost its independence in 1620 and regained it in 1918 after the collapse of Austria-Hungary (Czech Republic)
Father Frost.
Until 1929, this country was called the “Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes” (Yugoslavia)
Snow Maiden.
Independence declared in 1912 after Turkey's defeat in the First Balkan War (Albania)
Leading.
Was an ally in the Great Patriotic War fascist Germany(Romania)
Most urbanized (75%) country (Czech Republic)
Presenter.
This country has the highest natural increase - 20 people per 1000 inhabitants (Albania)
Father Frost.
Leader in industrial output per capita (Czech Republic)
Snow Maiden.
What? Where?
a) “Koh-i-Nor” (pencil production, Czech Republic);
b) “Tatra” (brand passenger cars, Czech Republic);
c) “Iron Gate” (hydroelectric power station on the Danube, border of Romania);
d) “Ikarus” (buses, Hungary);
e) no-spa (medicinal product, Hungary).

STWOUNDSI KONTINENTY

ONIDIANSWER

80. Which country annually hosts the world's only congress of sorcerers?

A) Bangladesh;

b) Myanmar;

c) Mexico.

81. In which island state is the capital of gems located?

a) In Sri Lanka;

b) in Madagascar;

c) in Malta.

82. Pig farming, as one of the branches of livestock farming, is widely known in the world. Where did pig farming develop?

a) In Taiwan;

b) in Cuba;

c) in the Philippines.

83. Which country has the deepest wells in the world?

a) In Pakistan;

b) in Turkmenistan;

c) in Saudi Arabia.

84. In which country in the world can you learn everything that the oceans and seas of the planet conceal, and experience heavenly pleasure while walking through an exotic garden or in underground grottoes?

a) In Mexico;

b) in Monaco;

c) in France.

85. In which country in the world is the love for dogs all-encompassing?

a) In Australia;

b) in Thailand;

86. Where do the shortest people on the planet live?

a) In Benin;

b) in Brazil;

c) to Tuvalu.

87. When visiting which country, tourists should follow local eccentricities: be clean-shaven, combed, dressed in a jacket and tie?

a) In Albania;

b) in Malawi;

c) in Oman.

88. Where is the largest water park?

a) In the United Arab Emirates;

b) in Tunisia;

c) in France.

89. It is difficult to imagine modern human life without perfume. Where did cologne come to us from?

a) From France;

b) from Germany;

c) from Bulgaria.

90. Where did oil production by drilling first begin?

a) In Libya;

c) in France.

91. Where does scuba come from?

a) From Brazil;

b) from France;

c) from Tunisia.

92. “Milk rivers” of a number of European countries - an economic reality. And the name of which African country is translated as Dairy?

a) Somalia;

b) Burundi;

c) Botswana.

93. The most fragrant strawberries in the world grow on these islands. But it is not the berries that annually attract thousands of fishermen from many countries around the world. On which islands does Neptune always give them good luck?

a) In the Maldives;

b) in the Canary Islands;

c) on the Åland archipelago.

94. Where is the most quiet place in the world?

a) In Tahiti;

b) in Suriname;

c) in Andorra.

95. Where do jeans come from?

a) From Great Britain;

b) from the USA;

c) from France.

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FINDANSWER

96. What type of transport is the most popular among tourists in Australia?

a) Camels;

b) bicycles;

97. Numerous competitions, contests, and youth festivals are preferred all over the world. In which country is the international festival of grandmothers held?

a) In the Philippines;

b) in Mozambique;

c) in Norway.

98. Throughout the world, salt was considered a symbol of health and hospitality. Where is the world's only salt museum?

a) In Poland;

b) in Austria;

c) in Germany.

99. The eternal city of Rome, as you know, stands on seven hills. And what capital lies in a depression surrounded by mountain peaks?

a) Tirana;

100. Where is the “football Mecca” located?

a) In Barcelona;

b) in Rio de Janeiro;

c) in Buenos Aires.

ANSWERS TO THE SECTION"ONE QUESTION - THREE ANSWERS"

1 (c). This is the diamond capital of the world, Kimberley. Nai-

the more famous of the South African pipes, the Great Hole, has long been exhausted. However, the other four, from which tens of millions of carats of diamonds have been recovered since the diamond rush began in 1871, are still scarce. The decoration of the De Beers company is a skyscraper without a single window - a memory of the world famous mine.

2 (c). In Canada, near Drumheller, there is a Museum

dinosaurs. As you know, dinosaur remains are found on all continents, but the Red Deer Valley is the richest place on the globe in this regard. Over the course of a hundred years, hundreds of completely preserved skeletons have been discovered here. In the exotic park with a “lunar” landscape, you can see stuffed gigantic dinosaurs, as if grazing on the hills, as well as genuine bones of lizards whitening in the grass.

3 (c). In Liechtenstein, half of workers employed in

enterprises of the food-flavoring, textile, ceramic, pharmaceutical, furniture industries, arrives daily from the border areas of Switzerland and Austria.

4(a). In Thailand, per capita there are

more than 300 kg of rice per year. The first furrow ceremony is held annually in May. Oxen harnessed to a golden plow make 3 furrows in Bangkok's Royal Square. The most beautiful girls, dressed for the occasion in appropriate attire, place blessed rice grains in the furrows.

5(a). The largest bell in Russia rings

world - the Sysoy bell, one of the 15 bells of the belfry of Rostov the Great, Yaroslavl region. Its weight is 32 tons. Cast in 1688 by master Frol Terentyev, it once again conquers Rostov-on-Don.

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vat and city guests with its powerful velvety ringing. In the German city of Cologne, the Peter bell weighing 24 tons, cast in 1923, has a special sound. It is difficult to compare the sound of these two bells, since they differ in timbre and performance technique. But, undoubtedly, the ringing of bells fascinates, leaving no one indifferent.

6 (c). Russian cultural heritage has survived in Alaska primarily due to the Orthodox faith. More than two centuries ago, in 1794, explorers in monastic robes landed on Kodiak Island. The mission of Orthodoxy had a strong influence on the indigenous population. To this day, Alaska Natives constitute the largest religious community. Orthodoxy here is experiencing a kind of renaissance.

7 (c). In Thailand. This is the durian fruit. The best foolish

Among experts, it is considered to be grown on plantations in the outskirts of Bangkok. It is very expensive. At the moment of eating the thorny fruit, Thais do not see or hear anything. Europeans are scared off by a terrible smell - a mixture of the aroma of spicy cheese, rotten egg and a dead dog. Durian is prohibited from being brought into a hotel or taken on board an airplane.

8(b). The Marc Chagall Museum is located in his homeland,

in Belarus, in Vitebsk. The originality of Marc Chagall's plots (illustrations to the Bible - from the creation of the world to the books of the prophets, sketches of theatrical scenery and other works) arouses constant interest in the art world.

9 (c). Andorra is also called a tax paradise.

Here you can buy absolutely everything. Prices are 30-40% lower than the European average! Trading and financial transactions are often semi-legal, but very profitable. Japanese multinational corporations use the principality as a springboard where they sell their goods, bypassing European Union rules. In terms of per capita income growth, Andorra ranks 2nd in the world after the United States, experiencing enormous economic growth.

10(b). The Chinese city of Xi'an, a three-thousand-year-old former capital of 11 dynasties that ruled the Celestial Empire, is an amazing combination of ancient times and modernity. From here, from the city of eternal peace, the Great Silk Road began, ending in the Roman Empire.

11(b). This is Albania, where until recently there was only

two hotels for foreigners, usually empty. There was virtually no contact between the local population and guests. Televisions were rare, and private cars were prohibited. The poor, Spartan-living country was isolated from the world for a long time. Today the world is talking about this country again.

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(A). This is Rwanda, where hard work is imbibed with mother's milk. The harvest lasts all year round, and the farmer cannot relax, otherwise he will not be able to harvest two harvests a year. That is why to imitate a lizard basking in the sun during the day means to cover yourself with the shame of a lazy person. Tea and sorghum, yams and sweet potatoes, green peas and cotton, coffee and chocolate trees, bananas - everything requires enormous physical strength.

(b). Shamayaka - that was the name of the wonderful island

Jamaica in the Caribbean. Opened to Europeans by Columbus in 1497, it was a stronghold of the Spanish conquistadors and a haven for ferocious pirates. The arrival of white settlers brought complete extermination to the indigenous inhabitants of the island. Only the name of the island has been preserved. Jamaica's main source of income is tourism.

14(a). A real forest laboratory has been created in Oregon -

thorium according to the latest science and technology of afforestation.

(b). Harbin, where the ice sculpture festival is held annually, is called the ice capital of the world. The ice sculptures look especially beautiful at night, illuminated by multi-colored lights. Thousands of tourists are attracted by the winter wonderland on ancient Chinese soil.

(b). This is Oman. This is where the four thousand years began

a mile-long route of incense to Palestine, the temples of Egypt, Rome, Greece, Russia. In 1991, the Omani perfume Alivaje (Waves) received worldwide recognition in Cannes, ahead of Chanel, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, and Ermi. They cost thousands of US dollars because they are bottled only in gold, silver, and crystal bottles.

(A). Bangkok is the largest tourism and business center in Southeast Asia. It offers more than 200 first-class hotels. One of them houses a super restaurant with 3,700 seats.

(b). Namibia. Here, 450 kilometers north of

capital of Windhoek, lies Khoba - the largest

of the world's known meteorites weighing 50 tons. 350 kilometers south of Windhoek, a meteor shower fell over an area of ​​about 20 thousand square kilometers.

19(a). In the USA at the beginning of the last century, tomato fruits were considered poisonous and there was a law prohibiting their cultivation as a food product. In 1830, one of the farmers from New Jersey, Robert Gibbon, proved the opposite to the court by eating them in front of the crowd. Since then, a tomato festival has been held in memory of the brave farmer.

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20 (c). In Mongolia, the art of using a bow,

that has come since the time of Genghis Khan is especially appreciated. And although many Mongols moved to cities, this philosophical mandate is passed down from generation to generation.

(A). In Milan (Italy). On its coniferous branches are placed 1800 carats of diamonds, 300 sapphires, 400 emeralds and rubies and a whole scattering of pearls. The total cost of the tree is more than 22 million dollars.

(b). In 1843, a print was published in Great Britain.

Tana's first greeting card. The inscription has remained unchanged since then - “Merry Christmas!” or “Happy New Year!” Christmas cards originally featured Jesus Christ. Later, an image of Father Frost (Santa Claus) appeared.

(A). Outside the kingdom of Nepal, in India, Great Britain, Singapore, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Brunei, more than one hundred thousand Gurkha soldiers and officers are now serving. They are considered the best infantrymen in the world, distinguished by their special courage, courage, endurance and stamina.

(b). In Washington, at the National Aeronautical Museum

nautics and space, presents the dramatic history of human exploration of airspace and the daring entry of civilization into near-Earth orbits. The aviation collection began in 1876.

(A). In Nigeria, the engagement ceremony and wedding begin at night in the presence of relatives and friends of the bride and groom. In the morning, the newlyweds pray in a square framed by palms and mango trees, sacrifice domestic animals, and dance near the chief’s house. After this, the bride becomes the legal wife.

(b). Liberia was founded by freed black slaves

arrived from the USA. Having bought 13 thousand from local tribes square kilometers$50 worth of land, they built settlements. In 1947, the Republic of Liberia was proclaimed.

27 (c). In the Laotian capital Vientiane there is a single

The world's only palm library. How is a future book born? Young leaves are dried and placed under a press. Then they polish it, polishing it white with fine river sand. The text is applied with a sharp object, rubbing the plates with soot and resin. After removing the “ink,” only black letters remain on the surface. The library stores thousands of copies of unusual books.

(A). In Syria, near the city of Tadmor, in the northeast of the country, there are the ruins of Palmyra, in the past a major center of caravan trade and craft. The city achieved architectural greatness under the Byzantine emperor Justinian. For more than two thousand years, the architectural masterpieces of the legendary Palmyra have delighted those who see them.

(b). There are discussions in the courts and legislative bodies

heated debate about the Colorado River, which stretches 2,198 kilometers in the United States alone. It supplies water to more than 20 million inhabitants and irrigates 800 thousand hectares of cultivated land. Its rapid flow to the sea is held back by ten hydroelectric power stations. The four upstream states are now actively objecting to excessive water withdrawals by the three southbound states. Water is the most important value that determines the future. The demand for strict distribution of Colorado River waters is growing stronger.

30(b). In the highlands of northern Pakistan,

In the land of green pastures and mountain lakes, lost among the spurs of the Hindu Kush, the game of polo originated. In ancient times, Tamerlane, who made campaigns against India and Iran, loved this game in moments of relaxation. Instead of balls, he preferred the heads of executed opponents. In this game without rules, it is not uncommon for horses to be driven and people to die.

31(b). Vienna, overflowing with the melodies of waltzes and marches, annually holds a festival of brass bands. A unique anthem for musical celebrations is “Tales of the Vienna Woods” by J. Strauss.

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32 (A). The Comoros Islands were named lunar for the first time

seen by Arab sailors at night. It is from the Arabic word “qamr” (moon) that the current name of this state comes from. Basil, jasmine, and ylang-ylang earned them the fame of the “archipelago of spices.” The country of six hundred mosques attracts tourists from all over the world.

33 (b). The Kingdom of Thailand, which is already more than 200

The Chakri dynasty has ruled for years (the current ruler is Rama IX) With 1932 is a constitutional monarchy. The capital of seven million people, Bangkok, is one of the most dynamically developing cities in the world.

34(a). Thanks to the Colorado River water supplied

500 kilometers along the aqueduct. The water is used in specially constructed greenhouses controlled by computers.

(A). The postal service originated in Austria. IN 1490 year, by order of the Austrian Archduke Maximilian, the first postal stagecoach departed from the city of Innsbruck to the Belgian city of Mechelen, which laid the foundation for European postal communication.

(V). To this day, matriarchal features have been preserved here.

hut. Men are mainly engaged in housework, including childcare, and women are engaged in a unique and dangerous trade - catching various marine animals from the bottom of the sea.

37(b). In the Sultanate of Oman, where the tradition originated

fumigation with incense.

38 (c). In Italy in the 15th-16th centuries,

the first exchanges, or market places, where many merchants and trade intermediaries gathered.

39 (V). In Germany, in the city of Erbach, there is a museum

the art of ivory carving. This craft, unusual for Odenwald, originated more than two centuries ago. Due to a ban on African ivory mining, local carvers use mammoth tusks from Russia.

(b). The ancient country of a million elephants and a white umbrella, Laos is the birthplace of irrigated rice farming. According to modern research, from here this culture spread throughout Indochina. Somewhat later, it was adopted by our northern neighbors - the Chinese.

(V). Until now, the ancient tree of the planet is considered

A sequoia from California, USA, was 3,200 years old. However, 80 kilometers from the southern Chilean town of Puerto Montt, the oldest tree was discovered. This is one of the types of cedar - alerse, aged 4200 years, reaching six meters in diameter.

42(b). It was built in Denmark more than a hundred years ago

first wind turbine. The quality and variety of more than two thousand plastic windmills are unparalleled in the world. Export of wind turbines to the USA, Germany, China, Australia, Brazil, Greece, Egypt, India, Jordan, Pakistan, Thailand, and Zimbabwe brings significant income to the “winged” kingdom.

43 (c). In the USA, in New York, there is a giant

a storage room carved into the granites of Manhattan. It contains gold from more than 80 countries, worth almost $160 billion. More than 11 tons of gold bars are hidden in this main chest of the world.

44(b). A purebred Arabian horse is highly prized

same. Since ancient times, the glory of Arabian horses has been known throughout the world. It is to them that we owe

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its development European horse breeding. The Arabian horse today is the property of only a few rich people.

45(b). The Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba grew up around the El Moro fortress. Once upon a time, with its complex system of fortifications, it reliably protected the city from pirates. In April 1538, the defenders of the fortress under the command of Captain Don Diego Perez put the “seekers of fortune” to flight. It was here that they decided to eventually open such an unusual museum.

46(b). In the USA, in New York, on the island embankment

Ellis Island is home to the Emigration Museum. There you can read the names of all the migrants who became pride great country. Opposite the museum, on Liberty Island, stands the Statue of Liberty, calling emigrants from all over the world, promising them its patronage.

47(a). On the coast Persian Gulf Even at the beginning of the 20th century, the pearl fishing season, called big diving and lasting from early June to early October, provided work for more than 85% of the population. The emergence of cheap cultured Japanese pearls undermined this leading branch of the Emirates economy.

48(b). About the Republic of Maldives. On their palm-wood sailing ships, the men fearlessly sail into the open ocean in search of tuna. Up to 95% of foreign exchange earnings come from this salted, smoked, dried Maldivian fish, the main importer of which is Japan. And women weave mats, baskets, and fishing nets. And often, standing on the shore, they wait with hope for the return of their “sea wanderers.”

49(a). Iran, which grows a variety of flowers not only for the domestic market, but also for export, is called Asian Holland. Iranian flowers today can be found in the bazaars of many countries, especially the CIS. The most expensive gift on the eve of No'uruz - New Year - goldfish, lawns of green grass and most importantly - flowers. Iranians' love for flowers knows no bounds. Flowers can be seen wherever possible. And if Iranian flower growers master the culture of tulips, then Perhaps this Asian country will supplant Holland in the flower market.

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50(a). In the Chinese province of Sichuan, on Mount Omei,

at an altitude of 3355 meters, there is a Buddhist temple. He has a service of rickshaw porters who carry pilgrims on their shoulders to the top of the mountain. A kind of “human taxi” has to cover a considerable distance with its living cargo.

51(b). The world's first astronomical observatory

built by the Sumerians, inhabitants of ancient Mesopotamia (the territory of modern Iraq) in the 3rd millennium BC. They came up with the simplest astronomical instrument - the gnomon, a sundial.

52(b). It is believed modern research, olive-

The cowberry tree first appeared on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, in modern Israel. Already six thousand years ago it was known to the world. It is no coincidence that an olive branch adorns the state emblem. These branches symbolized for the ancients

The Jews give them peace, prosperity, wisdom and abundance. Olive oil was used for lighting, cooking, and rubbing the body. They treated wounds, throat, and stomach. It was chosen for ceremonies such as the anointing of kings or sacrifice.

53(b). In Eritrea, the youngest independent state,

In the region of Africa, no one extorts bribes from foreign businessmen who are attracted here by oil and other minerals. People show much more interest in the fate of their country than in their own. This is the norm of life for Eritreans.

(A). This ritual originated in the countries of the East. In the mid-19th century, during archaeological excavations in the Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq, the oldest bell that has survived to this day was found, dating back to 1100 BC. In Europe bell ringing entered into the rite of worship in the 7th century. After the introduction of Christianity in the 10th century, bells began to spread in Russia.

(A). In Zimbabwe, for only US$375. Manager

The Department of National Parks and Nature Reserves announced the urgent sale or slaughter of 8,600 savannah giants. Currently, there are about 80 thousand elephants in the country, while the optimal number should not exceed 45 thousand. The elephant army poses a serious threat to the environment in this country. An elephant eats 200 kilograms of greens per day. Many areas are devastated after the passage of elephant hordes. Entire villages are attacked in search of food.

bb(a). Turin, the first capital of the Italian kingdom, is the birthplace of Fiat. Established in 1899, today the Italian Automobile Factory (abbreviated as FIAT) is one of the largest manufacturers in the world. It produces road construction equipment, tractors, buses, and trucks. But, undoubtedly, passenger cars brought fame to Fiat.

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57 (c). Surrounded by tropical nature and good

people, thirty-year-old Chekhov was truly happy in Ceylon. Sri Lankans keep the memory of the outstanding Russian writer: a museum named after him has been created in Colombo, and his plays continue to be staged on theater stages in Sri Lanka.

58(b). Saudi Arabia decided, with the help of satellites,

niks to look for suitable icebergs containing approximately 100 million cubic meters of ice in the northern regions of the southern seas. To prevent a possible capsize, they will be accompanied by helicopters with radar equipment. Wrapped in plastic film, the iceberg will be cut into layers of forty meters at the delivery site. The pipeline will pump Antarctic water. The cost of this water will be 50-70% lower than desalinated water. According to another option, icebergs will be delivered to South Africa. Further fresh water will be sent by tankers to Saudi Arabia.

59(a). In the southwest of Ethiopia lies the province of Kafa, into which foreigners were not allowed for a long time. Communication with the outside world was carried out through the only trading city of Bonga, from where Arab merchants exported coffee. To this day, wild bright green trees covered with scarlet shiny berries grow on the forested mountain slopes.

60(b). In order to revive national traditions

This annual holiday appeared in Turkmenistan. By this day, the whole country is blooming with carpet patterns. President Saparmurad Niyazov called the Turkmen carpet “a banner leading to victory and a happy future.” In recent years, several original works of art have rolled off the country's looms: portrait carpets, including those of Turkmen Bashi and US President Bill Clinton.

61(b). In Northern Bavaria the city of Herzo-

Genurakh, where the residence of the Adidas company is located. Founded in 1948 by engineer and sports enthusiast Adolf Dassler, the sports shoe factory gave rise to the production of sporting goods. Almost the entire sports world uses the products of the German “empire of sports accessories”.

62(b). In Lebanon and now at the city walls of the Mediterranean

In the northern cities of Saida and Tyre, you can see high mountains of purple shells. It was the gastropod mollusks of the needle family that were the main prey of numerous divers. Then a few drops of liquid were squeezed out of them, added some salt, kept for several days, and heated over moderate heat. After that, it acquired the color of scarlet blood. The red-violet dye, together with the production of glass and textiles, brought glory to the Phoenicians, the ancient people of Lebanon.

63 (c). The expression “rich as Rockefeller” has long been

proverbial as American banks have always served as the benchmark for wealth. But on