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 BJSC Country Names: Meanings & Concepts, how did you come up with yours? |
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 14th September 2017, 08:32 PM
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 I asked for my account to be banned
Joined: 26 September 2008
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 We've had a country name rate and I was wondering how you came up with yours. Please tell me it's a more interesting concept than mine, which I literally took out of thin air as far as I can remember cos apparently at the time it sounded acceptable enough for a country name to me. Was just kinda playing around with letters. Later I found out it's a girl's name, which I find kinda cool actually. The odd time I almost imagine that all my votes are put together by this mysterious girl named Deandria and that my fictional country is her vision come to life 
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14th September 2017, 08:37 PM
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 Alone and wounded
Pronouns: She/her
Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,196 User: 12,810 
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I wanted to incorporate my name into the country somehow so people would instantly associate this country name with me. I'm sure some people are still a bit unsure about the posters that are behind certain countries so I wanted mine to stand out in that way. 'Jade' didn't quite work, so I incorporated 'Jadakiss' a nickname of mine, then just added the generic 'nia' to make it sound like a country.
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14th September 2017, 08:38 PM
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 Former iconic poster with no consistent posting style
Pronouns: Don't take em seriously tbh
Joined: 20 June 2014 Posts: 20,582 User: 21,005 
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Triangle bc illuminati (rip 2015 mi) and donia bc well, it's one of my fave irl country endings
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14th September 2017, 08:39 PM
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 Here to play, here to stay
Pronouns: he/him
Joined: 8 February 2015 Posts: 20,289 User: 21,587
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Zanmato was a special move by the aeon Yojimbo on Final Fantasy X, my all time favourite game. I named my country after this special move which would always guarantee an instant kill no matter who the opponent. It wouldn't happen all the time, as his moves were selected at Ramos, but when that it did happen, it was a great feeling to know that victory was imminent. Zanmatony likes to believe that someday they will secure their first victory too. 
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14th September 2017, 08:42 PM
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THE BLAZE *.*
Joined: 27 December 2012
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I got Hushkanukia from what I could remember from Maddie in Suite Life of Zach and Cody saying pretending to be a Swedish Woman.
Iconic (pronounced Hoosh-can-ook-A-ah, not Hush-an-ook-A-ah) |
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14th September 2017, 08:44 PM
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 laugh 'til we cry
Pronouns: she/her
Joined: 29 August 2014 Posts: 13,713 User: 21,176
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I was playing about with musicians names, got Taahino from Whakaio Taahi, Tonight Alive's lead guitarist
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14th September 2017, 08:50 PM
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It's a cruel summer.
Joined: 26 May 2014
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Do I even need to explain mine
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14th September 2017, 08:52 PM
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is my brain across your walls?
Joined: 14 February 2009
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Named after the Greek queen of the underworld Persephone. I just stole it off Tirren and Leww who posted that name all the time for reasons I don't remember and I thought it sounded cool. x
(Egabbac was obviously a way better name, it was the word 'cabbage' spelt backwards) |
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14th September 2017, 08:56 PM
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 you never forget your first time...
Pronouns: he/him
Joined: 19 April 2011 Posts: 121,809 User: 13,530 
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14th September 2017, 08:59 PM
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 BuzzJack Legend
Joined: 21 January 2007
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Bota means World in albanian but I thought it was too short, and eventually that week I was in Botanical Garden in Dubai and thought it might be cool to go for Botanikka (now stylized as Bøtanikkä)
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14th September 2017, 09:00 PM
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Queen of Soon
Joined: 24 May 2007
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Ashton has no rhyme or reason.
Áskorza is Ashtonise for "unfairly judged to be of unsuitable temperament" QUOTE(JosephGutierrez @ Sep 14 2017, 09:56 PM)  Sure jan. |
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14th September 2017, 09:08 PM
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 The owls are not what they seem
Pronouns: He/him
Joined: 11 July 2009 Posts: 37,133 User: 9,232
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Terra Avium is Latin for 'land of birds' which fits in with my general theme, however it seems to actually be incorrect and be 'Terra Aves' so Google Translate must have been lying to me around the time I thought the name up
 It's stuck though, except for a brief period when dinosaurs took over.
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14th September 2017, 09:13 PM
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new hair, new tee, new Levii’s Jeans
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Mine just means "wolf heart" in Latin <3
Also Cameron it was Finnish not Swedish |
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14th September 2017, 09:20 PM
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Here to play, here to stay
Pronouns: he/him
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QUOTE(Daddy Addy! @ Sep 14 2017, 09:59 PM) Bota means World in albanian but I thought it was too short, and eventually that week I was in Botanical Garden in Dubai and thought it might be cool to go for Botanikka (now stylized as Bøtanikkä) Addy yours is one of my favourite country names! But I always have to check the spelling every time I type it!
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14th September 2017, 09:24 PM
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I'm a paragon so don't perceive me
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It's a common misconception that I created Séyetana because the first part was Eyes backwards and I was called Eyes at the time. In fact, as far as I remember, that was a complete coincidence and I only noticed it a couple of months later when someone like Pavel pointed it out (so, there may have been some subconscious choosing but I didn't INTEND it to be like that). I was just playing around with random names and near enough the entire thing came into my head fully formed, like a vision.
The one thing I changed from that initial flash of inspiration was to add an accent onto the first é because I figured it was a nice way to make my country name look fancy while also probably being the easiest accented letter to type so it wasn't too rough on hosts/other participants. |
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14th September 2017, 09:29 PM
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#TeamAnneMarie
Joined: 3 July 2010
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I wanted to include part of my username into my country name (Klum) and then tried to find a real country to make a pun with it (Dominican Republic) hence Kluminican Republic!
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14th September 2017, 09:35 PM
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I asked for my account to be banned
Joined: 26 September 2008
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QUOTE(Iz~ @ Sep 14 2017, 10:24 PM) It's a common misconception that I created Séyetana because the first part was Eyes backwards and I was called Eyes at the time. In fact, as far as I remember, that was a complete coincidence and I only noticed it a couple of months later when someone like Pavel pointed it out (so, there may have been some subconscious choosing but I didn't INTEND it to be like that). I was just playing around with random names and near enough the entire thing came into my head fully formed, like a vision. That's absolutely my favourite thing about (coming up with) titles, the way they just come seemingly from nowhere but end up having layers that the person maybe didn't even intend to put there, as well as a meaning that fits in some way. This post has been edited by M.: 14th September 2017, 09:37 PM |
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14th September 2017, 09:38 PM
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Hello?
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Rontvia was my town name in Animal Crossing on the Gamecube, back in the early 00s. I just carried it over from there and added the FSR (Former Scandinavian Republic) as I wanted it to sound closely affiliated with Scandinavia.
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14th September 2017, 09:43 PM
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Here to play, here to stay
Pronouns: he/him
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Pronunciations are important too, there's a few countries I'd struggle to pronounce without someone telling me.
In the case of Iz~ am I right to assume the country is pronounced "Say-Uh-Tay-Nah" ? 
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14th September 2017, 09:48 PM
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Joined: 30 August 2010
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Danaelanda, was meant to be Danieland (Daniel Land) but that looked too basic so swapped the 'i' for an 'a' and added an extra 'a' at the end. It's pronounced 'Dan-Ay-Lan-Da'.
The South Danaelanda rebrand was off the back of when I DNQ'd a year back and wanted to see a new vision for the nation's prospects, which worked as we ended up getting 10 qualifications in a row (again)! It was originally meant to be a short term thing but it's sticking now. |
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