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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Buzzjack Song Contest _ BJSC Country Names: Meanings & Concepts
Posted by: M. 14th September 2017, 08:32 PM
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 
Posted by: Jade 14th September 2017, 08:37 PM
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.
Posted by: SouthsideSpinner 14th September 2017, 08:38 PM
Triangle bc illuminati (rip 2015 mi) and donia bc well, it's one of my fave irl country endings 
Posted by: ⓐⓦⓐⓡ^ 14th September 2017, 08:39 PM
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. 
Posted by: Cameron 14th September 2017, 08:42 PM
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)
Posted by: ʟɪɴᴅs. 14th September 2017, 08:44 PM
I was playing about with musicians names, got Taahino from Whakaio Taahi, Tonight Alive's lead guitarist
Posted by: UltraReputation 14th September 2017, 08:50 PM
Do I even need to explain mine 
Posted by: Brébino 14th September 2017, 08:52 PM
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)
Posted by: JosephGutierrez 14th September 2017, 08:56 PM
Posted by: Daddy Addy! 14th September 2017, 08:59 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 Břtanikkä)
Posted by: 5 Silas Frřkner 14th September 2017, 09:00 PM
Ashton has no rhyme or reason.
Áskorza is Ashtonise for "unfairly judged to be of unsuitable temperament"
Sure jan.
Posted by: Chez Wombat 14th September 2017, 09:08 PM
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.
Posted by: Cody Lukasiak 14th September 2017, 09:13 PM
Mine just means "wolf heart" in Latin <3
Also Cameron it was Finnish not Swedish
Posted by: ⓐⓦⓐⓡ^ 14th September 2017, 09:20 PM
Addy yours is one of my favourite country names! But I always have to check the spelling every time I type it!
Posted by: Iz~ 14th September 2017, 09:24 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.
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.
Posted by: Klumzee 14th September 2017, 09:29 PM
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!
Posted by: M. 14th September 2017, 09:35 PM
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.
Posted by: gooddelta 14th September 2017, 09:38 PM
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.
Posted by: ⓐⓦⓐⓡ^ 14th September 2017, 09:43 PM
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" ? 
Posted by: danG 14th September 2017, 09:48 PM
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.
Posted by: Noahspike 14th September 2017, 09:56 PM
I remember putting serious thought into mine (while waiting for my mum in a supermarket car park lol) as I wanted it to have some form of personal meaning while also sounding like it'd fit nicely on a real world map.
'Des' came from 'desu' - Japanese for 'to be' - which had become my nickname during a uni semester in Tokyo after I kept introducing myself incorrectly. 
'bua' is the Irish word for victory... Can't fault my ambition.
And 'nda' was just a mix of trying to work my actual name (Andy) into it and also giving the entire thing a realistic/African feel.
Posted by: RobBob 14th September 2017, 10:06 PM
I mean, Henderson is my surname. Not remotely creative.
Posted by: Iz~ 14th September 2017, 10:13 PM
In the case of Iz~ am I right to assume the country is pronounced "Say-Uh-Tay-Nah" ?
Yes. That was the other reason I put the accent on the e, to hint people into the correct way of saying it.
Posted by: Riser 14th September 2017, 10:32 PM
Since it's a song contest I wanted my country name to be something musical, plus I LOVE the word 'harmonica', it's one of my favorite words. I wish it was a suitable name for a human, which it's not, but it rhymes with Veronica so I used that for the capital city 
Posted by: Rob S 14th September 2017, 11:45 PM
Well I never picked mine as I was struggling to think of something, actually that's slightly incorrect... I was thinking of using my surname Summer anyway but since I happened to be talking to James (JSG) he came up with the icia add on. It's clearly meant to be a upbeat cool vibes sounding name basically albeit no other real meaning to it!
Posted by: Leonardo 15th September 2017, 12:32 AM
I thought mine sounded pretty, almost changed it to Democratic Nation of Quintessa upon my return as a reflection of my poor standing in the contest but I couldn't be arsed.
Posted by: FrankLuck 15th September 2017, 05:35 AM
I was thinking of a country name at work and thought that I'll simply use the name of our group 'DW' (the population of the 'country' /6/ was valid at the time). So yeah, nothing creative here. Btw 'DW' stands for 'Digital Workflow', not Dr Who Although I quit DW more than a year ago, I really loved the team and found some great friends there, so I think I'll keep the name in the long run, as it reminds me of a pleasant phase of my life.
Posted by: Oliver 15th September 2017, 06:13 AM
Cadelicia is named after an "actor" on a NSFW site.
Posted by: M. 15th September 2017, 06:50 AM
Although I quit DW more than a year ago, I really loved the team and found some great friends there, so I think I'll keep the name in the long run, as it reminds me of a pleasant phase of my life.okay but like, I have always thought of it as "Land of Don't Worry"
Posted by: Oliver 15th September 2017, 08:07 AM
I always assumed Frank was a massive "Arthur" fan.
Posted by: SouthsideSpinner 15th September 2017, 08:14 AM
Posted by: ⓐⓦⓐⓡ^ 15th September 2017, 08:15 AM
There goes my suspicions that DW had something to do with DarkWing Duck! 
Posted by: StillJupiter 15th September 2017, 08:20 AM
Mine is very creative and original and took a lot of brainstorming.
Posted by: Daddy Addy! 15th September 2017, 04:11 PM
Awee Andrew thanks
And yes I saw a lot of people typing Botannika instead of Botanikka
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 16th September 2017, 02:05 PM
I was randomly contemplating country names and realised that if I chose 'Niceland' I could make a very easy pun with the flag...
(one of my 'interesting' potential name choices was Devland, in honour of King Dev *.* & I was honestly planning on revealing my votes in the wrong order in my first contest )
Posted by: BridgeCow 16th September 2017, 02:27 PM
same
Posted by: HarryEzra 16th September 2017, 02:32 PM
Flynn is my surname so yeah pretty self-explanatory as to where Flynnonda comes from
Posted by: *Tim 16th September 2017, 02:37 PM
I searched for "fantasy name generator" and this popped up
Posted by: Big Hiss Machine 16th September 2017, 05:50 PM
I just thought the idea of having a mountain realm was appealing and so I called it Buzzjack Mountain!
Posted by: dandy* 16th September 2017, 06:20 PM
Fljótavík means a cove in Icelandic which is 1. pretty cool and 2. matches my country shape.
Posted by: Big Hiss Machine 16th September 2017, 06:23 PM
And yes I saw a lot of people typing Botannika instead of Botanikka
I am imagining Botanikka to be a giant forest with elf style houses in the trees.
Posted by: M. 16th September 2017, 06:26 PM
I assumed you just named it right after the Sigur Rós track
(which maybe was the case anyway)
Posted by: dandy* 16th September 2017, 06:46 PM
(which maybe was the case anyway)Oh that did play a part but it sealed the deal when I found out what it translated to...
Posted by: Brett-Butler 16th September 2017, 07:10 PM
As my music taste tends to be less poppy that your average Buzzjacker, I wanted to include "Alt" somewhere in the name. I went with Alteria as it sounded a lot like "ulterior", and I'm a sucker for a pun.
Posted by: SouthsideSpinner 16th September 2017, 10:11 PM
(one of my 'interesting' potential name choices was Devland, in honour of King Dev *.* & I was honestly planning on revealing my votes in the wrong order in my first contest
)
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