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Much of the world seems to have been shaped by "war" and colonialism. Only "eponymous" label is for Hungary. The country correctly self-identifies in term-freq

by mahmud 14y ago

Much of the world seems to have been shaped by "war" and colonialism. Only "eponymous" label is for Hungary. The country correctly self-identifies in term-frequency ;-) Most poetic definitions: New Zealand: Maori. North Korea: Kim. Saudi Arabia: Oil. Somalia: Government .. LOL!

randomafrican 14y ago
DRC and Nigeria also have government... I guess the lack of it is important.
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nord 14y ago
Well, not really. The label "Hungary" does not represent Hungary but Slovakia — a neighbouring country.
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eCa 14y ago
It's funny that apart from a few regions... * Bessarabia (an old name for the region where current day Moldova is) * Moravia (an important region in Czech republic) * Transsylvania (central Romania) ...most of those with country names are actually not in the countries themselves: * Hungary in Slovakia * Iraq in Kuwait * India in Pakistan * Ethiopia in Eritrea * Albanian in Kosovo * And of course British, Frech, Portuguese, Spanish and Soviet all over the place. Also interesting is Sweden, though our history certainly was defined by war we are only two years away from reaching 200 years of no war.
- michaelt 14y ago
  Given that for Ireland the word is 'Northern' (as in 'Northern Ireland') I assume the person who made the map excluded the country's name.
- robin_reala 14y ago
  ‘No war’ for Sweden is only defined in terms of not declaring war on another country; Sweden has still sent soldiers to Congo, Afghanistan and Libya to take part in military action in more recent times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Swedish_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Swedish_wars
  - hkj 14y ago
    There is a big difference between being at war and sending peace keeping troops. Defining the use of military in an area to prevent further violence and war as being at war is very wrong.
marcosdumay 14y ago
Seems that Brazil was not shaped by "war", but by "military". I'd say it's right on the mark.
atsaloli 14y ago
Australia: New
- Zecc 14y ago
  The author has stated[1] that the names of the countries were excluded for consideration in the choice of most frequent word. @atsaloti "New" really should have been excluded as the most frequent word. It appears a lot in the names of New Guinea, New South Wales, New Holland... It would be interesting to know what word came afterwards in frequency. [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/omnitarian/8288065763/sizes/o/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/omnitarian/8288065763/sizes/o/i...

by mahmud 14y ago

randomafrican 14y ago

DRC and Nigeria also have government... I guess the lack of it is important.

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nord 14y ago

Well, not really. The label "Hungary" does not represent Hungary but Slovakia — a neighbouring country.

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eCa 14y ago

It's funny that apart from a few regions... * Bessarabia (an old name for the region where current day Moldova is) * Moravia (an important region in Czech republic) * Transsylvania (central Romania) ...most of those with country names are actually not in the countries themselves: * Hungary in Slovakia * Iraq in Kuwait * India in Pakistan * Ethiopia in Eritrea * Albanian in Kosovo * And of course British, Frech, Portuguese, Spanish and Soviet all over the place. Also interesting is Sweden, though our history certainly was defined by war we are only two years away from reaching 200 years of no war.

michaelt 14y ago
Given that for Ireland the word is 'Northern' (as in 'Northern Ireland') I assume the person who made the map excluded the country's name.
robin_reala 14y ago
‘No war’ for Sweden is only defined in terms of not declaring war on another country; Sweden has still sent soldiers to Congo, Afghanistan and Libya to take part in military action in more recent times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Swedish_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Swedish_wars
- hkj 14y ago
  There is a big difference between being at war and sending peace keeping troops. Defining the use of military in an area to prevent further violence and war as being at war is very wrong.

marcosdumay 14y ago

Seems that Brazil was not shaped by "war", but by "military". I'd say it's right on the mark.

atsaloli 14y ago

Australia: New

Zecc 14y ago
The author has stated[1] that the names of the countries were excluded for consideration in the choice of most frequent word. @atsaloti "New" really should have been excluded as the most frequent word. It appears a lot in the names of New Guinea, New South Wales, New Holland... It would be interesting to know what word came afterwards in frequency. [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/omnitarian/8288065763/sizes/o/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/omnitarian/8288065763/sizes/o/i...