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sebgr on July 19, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Things Unexpectedly Named After People

America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer who was pretty sure America was a separate continent - pretty random !

https://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/aug03/america.html

mamon on July 20, 2020 [–]

Bolivia is named after Simon Bolivar, its first president.

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_named_after_...

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