Submitted by bentobam t3_10ohrv7 in explainlikeimfive
cookerg t1_j6gxh5o wrote
Reply to comment by Megalocerus in ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam
OP is asking why the names are different in different languages.
BitScout t1_j6h4srw wrote
For Germany it's because of the different tribes. The Allemans next to France (Allemagne), the Saxons in the northeast (Saksa in Finnish), etc.
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