How about a country named after the ruler of another country: Philippines - King Philip II of Castille A country named after a city in another country: V

How about a country named after the ruler of another country: Philippines - King Philip II of Castille A country named after a city in another country: Venezuela - Little Venice A capital city named after the leader of another country: Monrovia, Liberia - after US President Monroe A country named after it's discoverer from another country: USA - Italian Amerigo Vespucci A country named after its liberator from another country: Bolivia - Venezuelan Simon Bolivar A country named after another country: Indonesia - *Indian Islands* An American state named after a fictional muslim ruler: California - from an old Spanish romance novel about a fictional *Queen Calafia,* derived from *Khalif(a)* The fortunate and unexpected discovery that serendipity is named after a country: Serendip - old Arabic/Persian name for Ceylon, Sri Lanka