What's in a Name
The naming of geographic features is a matter of great interpretation, evolution, and sometimes controversy. This theme explore some of the names or toponymic roots that are among the most interesting in World's geography.
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The United States in 1783
6 April, 2022 6151 VIEWS -
Africa in 1914
17 February, 2022 5545 VIEWS -
Europe in 1600
22 December, 2022 4192 VIEWS -
Two-Islands Countries
30 December, 2022 3975 VIEWS -
Austria-Hungary in 1867
12 January, 2022 3915 VIEWS -
Charlemagne's Empire
25 October, 2022 3761 VIEWS -
The Papal States
14 November, 2022 3491 VIEWS -
Central America in 2022
28 March, 2022 3411 VIEWS -
Europe in 1815
1 September, 2022 3307 VIEWS -
Turkey's WW1 Territorial Losses
18 August, 2022 3177 VIEWS -
Germany's WW1 Territorial Losses
6 January, 2022 3167 VIEWS -
Northern Europe in 2022
7 November, 2022 3155 VIEWS -
The Inca Empire
22 November, 2022 3136 VIEWS -
Prussia
6 May, 2022 3104 VIEWS -
Anglia
8 April, 2022 3098 VIEWS -
Moldavia
14 January, 2022 3007 VIEWS -
Piedmont-Sardinia in 1720
10 January, 2022 2986 VIEWS -
The Reconquista
25 January, 2022 2961 VIEWS -
Mexico in 1844
29 June, 2022 2929 VIEWS -
The Imia-Kardak Rocks Dispute
11 January, 2022 2863 VIEWS -
Europe in 1950
24 November, 2022 2848 VIEWS -
North and South Vietnam
19 September, 2022 2775 VIEWS -
The Russo-Japanese War
28 September, 2022 2755 VIEWS -
Italy's WW1 Territorial Gains
3 March, 2022 2712 VIEWS -
Romania's WW1 Territorial Gains
26 May, 2022 2697 VIEWS -
The Ottoman Empire
10 May, 2022 2655 VIEWS -
Italy in 1943
19 May, 2022 2617 VIEWS -
The British Conquest of India
22 March, 2022 2575 VIEWS -
Bulgaria's WW1 Territorial Losses
8 December, 2022 2550 VIEWS -
Gran Colombia in 1819
7 February, 2022 2523 VIEWS -
The Drying of the Aral Sea
13 July, 2022 2470 VIEWS -
The British Empire in 1945
30 August, 2022 2459 VIEWS -
The Middle-East in 1950
4 August, 2022 2453 VIEWS -
The Napoleonic Wars
6 September, 2022 2442 VIEWS -
The French Conquest of Indochina
19 April, 2022 2372 VIEWS -
Poland-Lithuania
27 June, 2022 2274 VIEWS -
The Olivenza Dispute
5 April, 2022 2213 VIEWS -
North and South Yemen
30 May, 2022 2133 VIEWS -
Russia's WW1 Territorial Losses
10 November, 2022 2096 VIEWS -
Germany in 1945
16 June, 2022 2058 VIEWS -
The Byzantine Empire in 600ad
2 August, 2022 2057 VIEWS -
The Russian Empire
7 June, 2022 2006 VIEWS -
The Horcon Tract
15 June, 2022 2003 VIEWS -
Bolivia in 1936
9 February, 2022 1956 VIEWS -
Luxembourg in 1839
1 June, 2022 1950 VIEWS -
The Aland Islands in 2022
5 January, 2022 1884 VIEWS -
Jervis Bay
30 June, 2022 1864 VIEWS -
The Perejil Island Dispute
31 May, 2022 1825 VIEWS