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[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago

Georgia Georgia

[-] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 27 points 10 months ago

Both named in honor of Brendan Fraser’s classic performance in the live action adaptation of George of the Jungle (1997).

[-] Ignacio@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago

Wait, weren't they named in honour of George the Curious?

[-] bob_lemon@feddit.de 18 points 10 months ago

Georgia was, but not Georgia.

[-] jwt@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Hey buddy, it's pronounced 'Jeorjia'.

[-] Skua@kbin.social 20 points 10 months ago

Georgia gets double points because it was also known as Iberia for a long tìme, completely unrelated to the peninsula at the opposite end of Europe

[-] tal@lemmy.today 14 points 10 months ago

Slovenia Slovakia

[-] Skua@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

Previously parts of the larger states Czechoslovenia and Yugoslovakia of course

[-] mx_smith@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Niger and Nigeria

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