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The next time you are creating a language set on Earth, why not try naming countries and regions after animals, rather than just borrowing their names for themselves into your language?  Use the contact form to submit your own ideas.  Thanks to everyone who has contributed ideas! By Region By Animal  By Region Åland roe deer, perch I vote for Roe(deer) to represent Åland. This would also fit in with the deers and variations thereof which the nordic countries already have. (This, because the roedeer are all over the place there). Or you could have Åland have the perch as a translation of what its Finnish name ahvenamaa sounds like to a finn - land of perches, although it is from Old Scandinavian ahva - water. Markus Miekk-oja Alaska salmon Stone Gordonssen Albania two headed eagle Joe Fatula Algeria fennec fox Herman Miller Amazon sloth J Y S Czhang Andes Mountain countries Andean condor Jeffrey Henning Andorra bull Clint Jackson Baker Anguilla dolphin Clint Jackson Baker Antarctica emperor penguin Stone Gordonssen Arctic, North Pole walrus Jeffrey Henning Argentina giant anteater Stone Gordonssen Armenia lion Joe Fatula Australia, Commonwealth of Australia kangaroo, koala Jeffrey Henning Austria black eagle Carlos Thompson Barbados flying fish Jeffrey Henning Belgian Congo gorilla, bonobo, okapi Jeffrey Henning; Herman Miller Belgium parakeet Jan van Steenbergen Belize hummingbird Stone Gordonssen Bhutan dragon on the Bhutanese flag Pavel Iosad Bolivia condor Condor has already been proposed for Andean Countries, but I think this is an oversimplification that blurs national identities..., well, there are condors from Chile to Colombia, but it is only in the coat of arms of Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia, so lets limit the condor to one of these. Ecuador has already a guinea pig, so lets use the condor for Bolivia. Carlos Thompson Brazil coati, boa constrictor The coati, a relative of the raccoon, might be a good representative for Brazil (but they're also found in other South American countries). Herman Miller California condor Clint Jackson Baker Canada beaver Jeffrey Henning Caribbean islands parrot Jeffrey Henning Cayman Islands sea turtle Clint Jackson Baker Chile chinchilla Herman Miller China (mainland) panda, dragon Jeffrey Henning; Jan van Steenbergen Colombia cayman, capibara Carlos Thompson, Stone Gordonssen Cuba pig Because of the Bay of Pigs. Jeffrey Henning Denmark mermaid Carlos Thompson, Stone Gordonssen Dominica frog, sisserou parrot Jeffrey Henning; Clint Jackson Baker Ecuador guinea pig Carlos Thompson Egypt cat Jan van Steenbergen England robin redbreast David Barrow Finland reindeer Jeffrey Henning Florida alligator, panther Jeffrey Henning, Clint Jackson Baker France auroch, snail, rooster Lascaux cave Jeffrey Henning; Jan van Steenbergen Galapagos Islands tortoise Herman Miller Georgia, Sakartvelo lamb Jan van Steenbergen Germany white stork, German shephard Jeffrey Henning; Jan van Steenbergen Great Britain bulldog David Barrow Greece flying horse Jan van Steenbergen Greenland polar bear Clint Jackson Baker Guatemala quetzal Jeffrey Henning Hawaii ne' ne' Stone Gordonssen Iceland horse, puffin Joe Fatula, Stone Gordonssen India peacock, tiger, Indian elephant Jeffrey Henning; Jan van Steenbergen Indiana bat Clint Jackson Baker Indonesia komodo dragon Herman Miller Israel gazelle From the poetic name in Hebrew eretz ha-tzvi, 'land of (the) gazelle/splendor'. Steg Belsky Italy dolphin Stone Gordonssen Jamaica crab, conch OK, I probably shouldn't let The Little Mermaid inspire these choices.; From the cuisine. Jeffrey Henning; Clint Jackson Baker Kazakstan eagle Joe Fatula Kentucky race horse Jeffrey Henning Kenya giraffe, cheetah Herman Miller Kyrgystan falcon Joe Fatula Laos elephant Elephant might also be good for Laos, the so-called land of a million elephants (their old flags had elephants on them as well, it seems). Admittedly, Laos is probably not the most obvious match for elephant, but I don't know what would be a better match for Laos. Tim May Lebanon murex snail ancient dye industry Steg Belsky Lesotho crocodile Jeffrey Henning Libya fennec fox Herman Miller Maine lobster Jeffrey Henning Malagasy Republic lemur Jeffrey Henning Malawi cichlid fish Herman Miller Malaysia orangutan Herman Miller Mauritius dodo Jeffrey Henning Mexico chihuahua, monarch butterfly, scorpion, eagle, rattlesnake Jeffrey Henning; Clint Jackson Baker Moldova eagle, bull Clint Jackson Baker Mongolian People's Republic Bactrian camel, gerbil While gerbils are widespread, the ones familiar from pet stores are generally Mongolian gerbils. Stone Gordonssen; Herman Miller Namibia golden mole Stone Gordonssen Netherlands cow Jan van Steenbergen New Zealand kiwi Jeffrey Henning Newfoundland Newfoundland dog Jeffrey Henning Nippon crane Jeffrey Henning North American country coyote, raccoon, white tailed deer Herman Miller Norway moose, lemming, whale, elk For some reason I associate lemmings with Norway. - Herman Miller; Shouldn't Sweden/Norway have the elk instead of the moose - I know this is hairsplitting, but the European variety is generally known as an elk. -Could leave the moose to some US or Canadian state. - Markus Miekk-oja Jeffrey Henning; Herman Miller; Markus Miekk-oja Panama tree frog OK, taking names from a Beanie baby is probably a bad idea as well. Jeffrey Henning Papua New Guinea bird of paradise Jeffrey Henning Pennsylvania groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Jeffrey Henning Peru llama, guinea pig There is a nice Llama in the Peruvian coat of arms, so let's use the Llama for Peru. Carlos Thompson, Stone Gordonssen Philippines tarsier, bearcat, tamarau Barry Garcia Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Island Warbler Wonder Al Poland white eagle P. M. Arktayg Portugal moray eel Stone Gordonssen Puerto Rico cooquee frog Carlos Thompson Republic of Ireland kelpie Stone Gordonssen Russia bear symbol of Soviet Union Jeffrey Henning Sapmi fell fox If you decide to list the Sapmi area as one country too, I suggest fjällräven - the fellfox or fjeldfox (alopex lagopus), even though it predominantly is an animal of the tundra, if you still have the reindeer to be the symbol of Finland. Markus Miekk-oja Saudi Arabia camel Jeffrey Henning Scotland Scottish terrier, unicorn Jeffrey Henning, Clint Jackson Baker Seychelles giant tortoise Jeffrey Henning Siberia mammoth, Siberian tiger Jeffrey Henning, Markus Miekk-oja Solomon Islands sea turtle Jeffrey Henning Somalia gerenuk A good one for Somalia: the long-necked antelope called a gerenuk (which comes from an actual Somali word). Scientific name _Litocranius walleri_. Herman Miller South Africa springbok Jeffrey Henning South American country llama Jeffrey Henning South Pacific tropical fruit bat J Y S Czhang Spain bull Pamplona Jan van Steenbergen Sweden moose Sweden should be moose, or you'll confuse the Monty Python fans. - Herman Miller; Shouldn't Sweden/Norway have the elk instead of the moose - I know this is hairsplitting, but the European variety is generally known as an elk. -Could leave the moose to some US or Canadian state. - Markus Miekk-oja Herman Miller; Markus Miekk-oja Switzerland St. Bernard Jeffrey Henning Taiwan cloudy leopard Adam Walker Tanzania impala Herman Miller Tasmania thylacine, tasmanian devil Stone Gordonssen Tchad scimitar horned oryx Herman Miller Thailand Siamese cat, peacock, albino elephant I associate the peacock more with Thailand [than India]. - Stone Gordonssen; For Thailand, thare's also the albino elephants kept by the kings of Siam (featured on the national flag from 1816-1916). These were revered throughout the region, though, I think. - Tim May Jeffrey Henning; Stone Gordonssen; Tim May Uganda crested crane Clint Jackson Baker Ukraine pig Isaac Penzev United Kingdom lion David Barrow United States bald eagle, buffalo, rattlesnake, turkey Rattlesnakes have been taken to be an American emblem from early on, even featuring on some of the revolutionary flags against England. Stone Gordonssen; Joe Fatula Vatican City fish St. Peter the fisherman Clint Jackson Baker Venezuela capibara, hoatzin How about shifting the capibara to Columbia, and using the hoatzin (only bird in the world whose chicks have vestigial wing-claws) for Venezuela? - Stone Gordonssen Carlos Thompson, Stone Gordonssen Vietnam pigmy musk deer Stone Gordonssen Wales dragon Jeffrey Henning Wisconsin badger Wonder Al Yugoslavia Dalmatian Named for Dalmatia, a region divided by Croatia and Serbia in the 10th century. Jeffrey Henning Zambia eagle Clint Jackson Baker Zimbabwe hippo, impala Jeffrey Henning, Herman Miller By Animal alligator Florida anteater, giant Argentina auroch France badger Wisconsin bat Indiana bat, tropical fruit South Pacific bear Russia bear, polar Greenland bearcat Philippines beaver Canada bernard, st. Switzerland bird of paradise Papua New Guinea bonobo Belgian Congo buffalo United States bull Andorra, Moldova, Spain bulldog Great Britain butterfly, monarch Mexico camel Saudi Arabia camel, bactrian Mongolian People's Republic capibara Colombia, Venezuela cat Egypt cat, siamese Thailand cayman Colombia cheetah Kenya chihuahua Mexico chinchilla Chile coati Brazil conch Jamaica condor Bolivia, California condor, andean Andes Mountain countries constrictor, boa Brazil cow Netherlands coyote North American country crab Jamaica crane Nippon crane, crested Uganda crocodile Lesotho dalmatian Yugoslavia deer, pigmy musk Vietnam deer, roe Åland deer, white tailed North American country dodo Mauritius dog, newfoundland Newfoundland dolphin Anguilla, Italy dragon Bhutan, China (mainland), Wales eagle Kazakstan, Mexico, Moldova, Zambia eagle, bald United States eagle, black Austria eagle, two headed Albania eagle, white Poland eel, moray Portugal elephant Laos elephant, albino Thailand elephant, indian India elk Norway falcon Kyrgystan fish Vatican City fish, cichlid Malawi fish, flying Barbados fox, fell Sapmi fox, fennec Algeria, Libya frog Dominica frog, cooquee Puerto Rico frog, tree Panama gazelle Israel gerbil Mongolian People's Republic gerenuk Somalia german shephard Germany giraffe Kenya gorilla Belgian Congo groundhog Pennsylvania guinea pig Ecuador, Peru hippo Zimbabwe hoatzin Venezuela horse Iceland horse, flying Greece horse, race Kentucky hummingbird Belize impala Tanzania, Zimbabwe kangaroo Australia, Commonwealth of Australia kelpie Republic of Ireland kiwi New Zealand koala Australia, Commonwealth of Australia komodo dragon Indonesia lamb Georgia, Sakartvelo lemming Norway lemur Malagasy Republic leopard, cloudy Taiwan lion Armenia, United Kingdom llama Peru, South American country lobster Maine mammoth Siberia mermaid Denmark mole, golden Namibia moose Norway, Sweden ne' ne' Hawaii okapi Belgian Congo orangutan Malaysia oryx, scimitar horned Tchad panda China (mainland) panther Florida parakeet Belgium parrot Caribbean islands parrot, sisserou Dominica peacock India, Thailand penguin, emperor Antarctica perch Åland pig Cuba, Ukraine puffin Iceland quetzal Guatemala raccoon North American country rattlesnake Mexico, United States redbreast, robin England reindeer Finland rooster France salmon Alaska scorpion Mexico sloth Amazon snail France snail, murex Lebanon springbok South Africa stork, white Germany tamarau Philippines tarsier Philippines tasmanian devil Tasmania terrier, scottish Scotland thylacine Tasmania tiger India tiger, siberian Siberia tortoise Galapagos Islands tortoise, giant Seychelles turkey United States turtle, sea Cayman Islands, Solomon Islands unicorn Scotland walrus Arctic, North Pole warbler, pitcairn island Pitcairn Islands whale Norway
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