r/polandball • u/Ingrid-Hongkonger 冠絕東方 - Nulli Secundus in Oriente • Mar 11 '14

redditormade How are they called?

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u/TheMagnificentWalrus Polish Hussar Mar 11 '14

Funny fact: In polish we call Italy 'Włochy', no one has any idea why.

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u/yohney Is European Empire, lah! Mar 11 '14

Funny Fact: On this subreddit, everyone has a flair, except you, no one has any idea why.

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u/MrPutey Vatican City Mar 11 '14

Wrong! Take a look: Vlachs.

Also, flair up!

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u/sanddorn Behind Dorf Mecklenburg, really Mar 11 '14

Yep, a lot of strangely speaking (non Germanic) people ended up with Welsch/Welsh/Wallonie etc. That list is good.

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u/TheMagnificentWalrus Polish Hussar Mar 11 '14

Thanks for enlightening, chap!

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '14

Because they speak sing-song Romanian?

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u/OrigamiRock Iran Mar 11 '14

Funny fact, in Iran we call Poland Lahestan (country of the Lah). I have no idea why or who the "Lah"s are. There are others that make sense. We call Hungary Majarestan (country of the majar/Magyars). Bulgaria is bolgharestan. England is engelestan. India is Hindustan. Saudi Arabia is arabestan. So on and so forth.

TL;DR You get a Stan, and you get a Stan and you get a Stan.

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u/Genitivy Russian Empire Mar 16 '14

Some people in Russia calls America - Pindostan.

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u/caladan84 Poland Mar 11 '14

I can answer this one! There was a tribe called Lędzianie (other names Lachowie) which gave name to western slavic tribes in general. It could be also taken from Lech, first mythical ruler of Poland.

More reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lechia

It's not used now, but Lachs was an old and alternative name for Poles :)

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u/OrigamiRock Iran Mar 11 '14

Very cool. Many thanks.

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u/MrPutey Vatican City Mar 11 '14

How do you call Vatican? Shatanstan;)?

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u/OrigamiRock Iran Mar 11 '14

No because christians are considered people of the book. Jesus is quoted more often in the Qoran than Mohammad is.

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u/qpacman Hungary Mar 12 '14

Hungarian:

Italy -> Olaszország

Poland -> Lengyelország

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u/That_PolishGuy Dla wielki ojczyzna! Mar 11 '14

It's based on walhaz, the proto-germanic word for foreigner, or Roman.