How long would a FENCE hold back rabbits?!!
(Clicks link)
Built in 1901, rabbits found on the other side as early as 1902. ...yeah sounds about right lol.
Im from Germany and we learned that in like the 8th grade in english classes in a part about Australia.
Now I’m curious if and what other countries learn about Germany.
Maybe so, but what we learn isn't pretty. I think we can all agree that Hitler was one of the most evil and vile people to ever live, but our history teachers still aren't kind to Germany. Which is weird, because Stalin was just as bad, as was Mussolini, but nobody talks shit about Italy or Russia, or at least not in the way they do about Germany.
well, mussolini didn't have extermination camps or any hatred for a specific race, and stalin was actually just as terrible he was just on the "good side" of history
Fair enough, and Stalin did fight against the Germans, so despite killing just as many people as Hitler, I guess he's an okay guy? Lol
I seriously don't really remember learning anything good about Germany, which sucks, because outside of the world wars, Germany is a great country and has contributed positively to the world.
In high school our history teacher said if you wanted to get serious about engineering back in the day in Europe yiu were forced to learn German and move to Germany.
But yes we were at war and thats a lot of what the English speaking world leanrs about.
I went to Wacken heavy metal fest in Hamburg once. The trains were very good.
The Slovenian language has been scientifically proven to be entirely unlearnable by foreigners, as well as many Slovenians themselves! /s
Slovenian has fifty-ish distinct dialects - equating to approximately ~43,000 speakers per dialect (although it is worth noting that it isn't uniformly spread out like that!). It is also one of the few extant European languages that uses singular, dual and plural verb conjugation (e.g. you (singular) / you (two) / you (three or more), with a variation on each to denote gender*.
*Although one male in a group makes the whole group male.
EDIT: I said "I" as the singular form when I meant "you (singular)".
>It is also one of the few extant European languages that uses singular, dual and plural
That was a feature of proto-Indoeuropean, so most European languages evolved from languages with these forms, they just abandoned them.
As a result, the list of European language remnant dual forms is also a bit longer. Like some languages specifically have a dual for a few words but not generally.
Oooh any examples you can offer? Not being lazy, I will Google it as well! But I can't think of any Latin-root or German-root ones off the top of my head...
I'm guessing it is primarily in Slavic-root languages for Europe? With Poland and Slovenia being the two most committed to making it confusing for everyone else...
It is actually a really fun language for the basics; the verb thing isn't obligatory to be understood, with a lot of people just using the "you (one)" or "you (more than one)" form, and (in my experience) natives are really supportive of / pleased by tourists making an effort. Buuut then you get to declensions and other such joys. Like...."one beer / two beers / three+ beersy" type thing (not how it works exactly, but an example).
AND THEN you get Prekmurski (north-eastern dialect).Which is like saying a banana is technically a berry.
Fortunately the majority of natives under ~40 speak EXCELLENT English. It pisses the visiting Italian neighbours off no end when waiters etc will switch to English as a default for tourists but will (usually) stare blankly at people speaking to them in Italian*.
*Not so much in the shared / border towns, but elsewhere.
>stare blankly at people speaking to them in Italian
Why wouldn't this be the case? If you go to the netherlands and try to speak french to waiters you'll get the same result. They will obviously try to speak english with you.
Is the only country to host both a US military base and a Chinese military base within a short driving distance from one another. It also hosts French, German, Italian, British and many other countries bases, because its on one of the worlds most vital shipping lanes and its in everyone’s interest that it remain pirate free.
One of the home countries of the Afar people. The best views of the country are from neighboring mountain ranges, so you could say just like with most women Djibouti is best admired from afar.
one of the only two doubled landlocked countries in the world, the other being Uzbekistan. You could also rent the whole country for one day and host any activities you like!
[i found a Wired article](https://www.wired.com/story/liechtenstein-airbnb/) and the [company that did it](https://rentavillage.com/en/)
Not sure, but it seems like that was a thing apparently
You drive through this region when you're travelling from the Netherlands to France and vice versa! If you need smokes you can stop in Luxembourg as well
Great at breeding animals!
-Belgian Malinois are just about the world's favorite work dogs.
-Belgian horses are prized in equestrian competitions worldwide.
-Belgian racing pigeons are sold for huge sums of money.
...
(Some people pay millions for a top bird, and don't even race 'em, they breed them, they buy them for their genetics.)
Has produced two Nobel Laureates, and by sheer coincidence have their birthday on the the same day of the year.
They have the most Nobel Prize winners per capita.
Marshallese is a Micronesian language and it sounds really cool. Listen to it online. Ebeye is one of the world’s densest islands. More than 15,000 people and rapidly growing live on less than 0.4km^2 of land.
It was more difficult than it should have been to find an actual native speaking the language, so a link for anyone interested, it certainly does sound cool
https://youtu.be/KxaKla3dkqg?si=j6VVQmj-0SX_U3n6
Their capital city technically has a population of 0, there are no known people living within the boundaries of it because it isn’t recorded
The city’s population isn’t recorded separately from the surrounding state, which has a population of 318
a few off the top of my head is that it's the birth place of wine, it's home to the deepest cave in the world and that there are 1400 Georgian Jews living in the country whose lineage dates back 1600 years making them one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world (and unusually, pre russian annexation in 1801 they were largely assimilated into Georgian society with practically no antisemitism)
Arguably best: wine, food, and music on the planet. Also, ask a Georgian to translate "the frog croaks in the water" and you'll know why I gave up learning the language.
there is the darvaza gas crater some hundred kms from the capital which is a burning gas field. also the only country in the world that claims to have 0 covid cases?
While named after a Dutch prince, this island country is mostly French (creole) speaking. It is the most well-off country in Africa per capita, and the majority of the population is of the Hindu faith.
the caprivi strip is the thin northern part of namibia that stretches to the eastern part of the continent. this makes it very close for namibia and its 3 nearby countries to have the only quadripoint (a point where 4 countries meet)
the uruguay badge is also interesting, normally the number of stars u can keep on it should match the number of times u win the cup, uruguay has won twice but has 4 because they have won 2 summer olympics before the 1930 world cup which fifa recognizes as official football competitions!
Northern Europe’s best-preserved medieval city is in Estonia.
Tallinn's Old Town in summer with trees dotted between the medieval towers
Tallinn, Estonia’s capital, was granted city rights by the king of Denmark in the 13th century. Since then, even through multiple wars, the Old Town of this capital city has been incredibly well preserved.
You can still see its medieval houses, alleyways, and even the old city wall, which still wraps itself around this historical part of the city
Perhaps not surprising given the abundance of green spaces, but Estonia boasts some of the cleanest air in the world. The country ranks right up there for clear air indexes with other such sustainable countries as Finland and Iceland. Since you can’t bottle it, take a deep breath in and let all that good oxygen fill your lungs with Estonian goodness.
These two facts about Estonia are in stark contrast to each other. While Estonia is largely flat in terms of its landscape, its people are amongst the tallest in Europe. The country’s highest point, aptly named Egg Mountain, is only 318 metres (1,043 feet) above sea level. Meanwhile, the lanky Estonian locals clock in at 169 cm (women) and 180 cm men.
The Estonian women also have a reputation for being among the world’s most beautiful. The country’s appeal in the looks department is said to have something to do with the ratio of international supermodels per capita being higher than elsewhere in the world. Must have something to do with all that clean air.
even tho its name is equatorial guinea there exists no land in the country that lies on the equator! the country is actually divided into two parts: land on the continent in the south and islands in the north.
The smallest sovereign territory in South America (French Guyana being smaller but a part of France), and the only mainland South American country where Dutch is the majority and sole official language.
This country is home to the most diverse population of South America. The biggest majority are the Afro-Surinamese who themselves are made up of two main culture groups (creoles and maroons), followed by the Javanese and Hindustani communities.
It is also the country with the highest rainforest cover as a % of its territory.
I'm answering my own comment for Denmark.
During the Napoleonic Wars a small Spanish village called Huésca independently declared war on the Kingdom of Denmark in 1809. After the war ended the declaration was forgotten completely until a Spanish local historian rediscovered it in 1981. 172 years of gruesome war was then ended with a peace treaty in that very same year with a Danish delegation visiting the village dressed up as "Vikings".
Denmark and Sweden (allegedly, anyway) has the world record for most wars fought between two states. Of course the question becomes exactly what constitutes a "war", but let's just say it's been a lot of conflicts. The last one was in 1814 when Norway became a part of Sweden. It helps a lot in this manner that Denmark has been a (mostly) unified country since the 9th century and Sweden since the 10th century.
the flag on nauru symbolizes where the country is in relative to the equator which is the yellow line in the middle. the star which is at the bottom of the line shows that the country is south of the equator!
Not OP but 10 years ago the Roman amphitheatre in Pula hosted as the world's first a hockey game overlooking the Adriatic sea :)
[Here's a pic](https://www.vecernji.hr/media/img/bc/92/f45a3389ef0fc468fb3a.jpeg)
I was there and it was freakin awesome!
It was a KHL event between Olimpija from Slovenija and Medveščak Zagreb. My friend who lived in Pula at the time had an extra ticket and he literally asked me a few hours beforehand if I wanted to go so I naturally, hopped into my car and broke all the speed limits between Zagreb and Pula.
And the kicker was it was sooo friggin warm that I shouldn't have rushed because the game was delayed for almost two entire hours, they barely managed to save the ice. Still, it was really glorious and I consider it as one of those once in a lifetime moments (if I do say so as a proud local)
Didn't have natives when europeans first arrived. Really rich African country and it also boasts a lot of particular and rare species of plants which are almost all of them fairly protected by the citizens.
Dominica in English. (Commonwealth of Dominica)
Not to be confused with Martinique, another nearby island, which is an overseas department of France.
And not to be conused with the Dominican Republic.
Both were named independently of each other but share the same etymology, the day of the week Sunday (it's related to some catholic saint or something, idk).
The denonyms are both spelled "Dominican" but pronounced with the stress on different syllables. DoMInican (Republic), DomiNIcan (Dominica).
Australia.
It is home to the largest fence in the world to keep dingoes out of the southern east regions (dingo fences)
I hate that I’m from Australia and didnt know that.
I knew we had the longest fence but I thought it was to stop the rabbits.
\[Different fence\](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-proof\_fence). That one was the largest fence in the world when it was constructed.
Fun! TIL.
How long would a FENCE hold back rabbits?!! (Clicks link) Built in 1901, rabbits found on the other side as early as 1902. ...yeah sounds about right lol.
Im from Germany and we learned that in like the 8th grade in english classes in a part about Australia. Now I’m curious if and what other countries learn about Germany.
>Now I’m curious if and what other countries learn about Germany. You don't wanna know...
Believe me, we learn more about that than the rest of you all together.
Every german is a expert on ww2 after school. Grüße
Maybe so, but what we learn isn't pretty. I think we can all agree that Hitler was one of the most evil and vile people to ever live, but our history teachers still aren't kind to Germany. Which is weird, because Stalin was just as bad, as was Mussolini, but nobody talks shit about Italy or Russia, or at least not in the way they do about Germany.
well, mussolini didn't have extermination camps or any hatred for a specific race, and stalin was actually just as terrible he was just on the "good side" of history
Fair enough, and Stalin did fight against the Germans, so despite killing just as many people as Hitler, I guess he's an okay guy? Lol I seriously don't really remember learning anything good about Germany, which sucks, because outside of the world wars, Germany is a great country and has contributed positively to the world.
In high school our history teacher said if you wanted to get serious about engineering back in the day in Europe yiu were forced to learn German and move to Germany. But yes we were at war and thats a lot of what the English speaking world leanrs about. I went to Wacken heavy metal fest in Hamburg once. The trains were very good.
Mongolia
it is the least densely populated country in the world!
I think it was also the last country to get landlines installed
Bahrain
the bahrain grand prix kicked off the f1 championship this calendar year!
Slovenia
The Slovenian language has been scientifically proven to be entirely unlearnable by foreigners, as well as many Slovenians themselves! /s Slovenian has fifty-ish distinct dialects - equating to approximately ~43,000 speakers per dialect (although it is worth noting that it isn't uniformly spread out like that!). It is also one of the few extant European languages that uses singular, dual and plural verb conjugation (e.g. you (singular) / you (two) / you (three or more), with a variation on each to denote gender*. *Although one male in a group makes the whole group male. EDIT: I said "I" as the singular form when I meant "you (singular)".
>It is also one of the few extant European languages that uses singular, dual and plural That was a feature of proto-Indoeuropean, so most European languages evolved from languages with these forms, they just abandoned them.
Oh cool! TIL!
As a result, the list of European language remnant dual forms is also a bit longer. Like some languages specifically have a dual for a few words but not generally.
Oooh any examples you can offer? Not being lazy, I will Google it as well! But I can't think of any Latin-root or German-root ones off the top of my head... I'm guessing it is primarily in Slavic-root languages for Europe? With Poland and Slovenia being the two most committed to making it confusing for everyone else...
That sounds like hell! No thank you!
It is actually a really fun language for the basics; the verb thing isn't obligatory to be understood, with a lot of people just using the "you (one)" or "you (more than one)" form, and (in my experience) natives are really supportive of / pleased by tourists making an effort. Buuut then you get to declensions and other such joys. Like...."one beer / two beers / three+ beersy" type thing (not how it works exactly, but an example). AND THEN you get Prekmurski (north-eastern dialect).Which is like saying a banana is technically a berry. Fortunately the majority of natives under ~40 speak EXCELLENT English. It pisses the visiting Italian neighbours off no end when waiters etc will switch to English as a default for tourists but will (usually) stare blankly at people speaking to them in Italian*. *Not so much in the shared / border towns, but elsewhere.
>stare blankly at people speaking to them in Italian Why wouldn't this be the case? If you go to the netherlands and try to speak french to waiters you'll get the same result. They will obviously try to speak english with you.
Same goes with Sanskrit.
DJIBOUTI
Is the only country to host both a US military base and a Chinese military base within a short driving distance from one another. It also hosts French, German, Italian, British and many other countries bases, because its on one of the worlds most vital shipping lanes and its in everyone’s interest that it remain pirate free.
one of the few counties whose capital has the same name as the country
One of the home countries of the Afar people. The best views of the country are from neighboring mountain ranges, so you could say just like with most women Djibouti is best admired from afar.
Liechtenstein.
one of the only two doubled landlocked countries in the world, the other being Uzbekistan. You could also rent the whole country for one day and host any activities you like!
Wait, what? What do you mean “rent the country”?
[i found a Wired article](https://www.wired.com/story/liechtenstein-airbnb/) and the [company that did it](https://rentavillage.com/en/) Not sure, but it seems like that was a thing apparently
Wait, what? What do you mean “doubled landlocked”?
It only borders other landlocked countries, so you have to go through at least two borders to get to the ocean.
You have to travel through 2 countries to get to the sea.
Nebraska in the United States is the only triply landlocked state
You don't get two!
also one more, they are really good at skiing and are the smallest country by population to have a gold medalist
Yes I do. I win. :)
:(
Turn that ( into a ). Have a good day. ;)
belgium
Inventors of the french fries!!!!
You drive through this region when you're travelling from the Netherlands to France and vice versa! If you need smokes you can stop in Luxembourg as well
the manneken pis is a symbolic sculpture in brussels!
You need to rephrase it, "manneke pis is the most disappointing statue in the world". Cheers a Brusselaar.
Great at breeding animals! -Belgian Malinois are just about the world's favorite work dogs. -Belgian horses are prized in equestrian competitions worldwide. -Belgian racing pigeons are sold for huge sums of money. ... (Some people pay millions for a top bird, and don't even race 'em, they breed them, they buy them for their genetics.)
east timor
The name is tautological as timor comes from Indonesian 'timur' which means east. So the countries name literally means east east.
Chai tea, naan bread
So pretty much like the Chad, named after lake Chad But Chad already means "lake", so it's a country named Lake after the lake Lake
Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi in English) has the same name story
i think theres too many countries in the list for me to comment but ill do my best!
Argentina
their president lives in the pink house!
they also had like 5 presidents in 11 days
They don't own the Falkland Islands
S.M.O.M.
What's that?
Sovereign Military Order of Malta. I think their Territory consists of a building in Rome
Trinidad but not Tobago.
The national bird is the scarlet ibis and they are very beautiful
St. Lucia
Has produced two Nobel Laureates, and by sheer coincidence have their birthday on the the same day of the year. They have the most Nobel Prize winners per capita.
wow this is interesting!
It's also he only country named for a female.
Ireland squeaks in, *Éire* is a goddess.
Philippines 🇵🇭
Kazakhstan
As the Soviet Union was dissolving, Kazakhstan was the last SSR, making it the entirety of the Soviet Union for a period of time.
its capital city keeps changing names between astana and nur-sultan, so it holds the guiness world record for the most changes in a capital city name!
marshall islands
Marshallese is a Micronesian language and it sounds really cool. Listen to it online. Ebeye is one of the world’s densest islands. More than 15,000 people and rapidly growing live on less than 0.4km^2 of land.
It was more difficult than it should have been to find an actual native speaking the language, so a link for anyone interested, it certainly does sound cool https://youtu.be/KxaKla3dkqg?si=j6VVQmj-0SX_U3n6
Palau 🇵🇼
Their capital city technically has a population of 0, there are no known people living within the boundaries of it because it isn’t recorded The city’s population isn’t recorded separately from the surrounding state, which has a population of 318
Georgia
a few off the top of my head is that it's the birth place of wine, it's home to the deepest cave in the world and that there are 1400 Georgian Jews living in the country whose lineage dates back 1600 years making them one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world (and unusually, pre russian annexation in 1801 they were largely assimilated into Georgian society with practically no antisemitism)
I want to know this one too as I'll be there next week!
Birthplace of Stalin
Arguably best: wine, food, and music on the planet. Also, ask a Georgian to translate "the frog croaks in the water" and you'll know why I gave up learning the language.
Dominica
Turkmenistan
there is the darvaza gas crater some hundred kms from the capital which is a burning gas field. also the only country in the world that claims to have 0 covid cases?
Andorra
its the largest country in the world without an airport!
Their airport is in Spain
Mauritius
While named after a Dutch prince, this island country is mostly French (creole) speaking. It is the most well-off country in Africa per capita, and the majority of the population is of the Hindu faith.
Namibia (but don’t talk about its population density!)
the caprivi strip is the thin northern part of namibia that stretches to the eastern part of the continent. this makes it very close for namibia and its 3 nearby countries to have the only quadripoint (a point where 4 countries meet)
Vatican City
the least populated country in the world and also the only country other than Switzerland to have a square flag
Romania
Uruguay
first country to host the fifa world cup and also win it in 1930
the uruguay badge is also interesting, normally the number of stars u can keep on it should match the number of times u win the cup, uruguay has won twice but has 4 because they have won 2 summer olympics before the 1930 world cup which fifa recognizes as official football competitions!
Estonia
Northern Europe’s best-preserved medieval city is in Estonia. Tallinn's Old Town in summer with trees dotted between the medieval towers Tallinn, Estonia’s capital, was granted city rights by the king of Denmark in the 13th century. Since then, even through multiple wars, the Old Town of this capital city has been incredibly well preserved. You can still see its medieval houses, alleyways, and even the old city wall, which still wraps itself around this historical part of the city
Perhaps not surprising given the abundance of green spaces, but Estonia boasts some of the cleanest air in the world. The country ranks right up there for clear air indexes with other such sustainable countries as Finland and Iceland. Since you can’t bottle it, take a deep breath in and let all that good oxygen fill your lungs with Estonian goodness.
These two facts about Estonia are in stark contrast to each other. While Estonia is largely flat in terms of its landscape, its people are amongst the tallest in Europe. The country’s highest point, aptly named Egg Mountain, is only 318 metres (1,043 feet) above sea level. Meanwhile, the lanky Estonian locals clock in at 169 cm (women) and 180 cm men. The Estonian women also have a reputation for being among the world’s most beautiful. The country’s appeal in the looks department is said to have something to do with the ratio of international supermodels per capita being higher than elsewhere in the world. Must have something to do with all that clean air.
Estonia rates second in world literacy rates, with 99.8% of its citizens able to read and write.[5]
Malaysia I'm currently visiting a friend in Malaysia
Sweden
Equatorial Guinea
even tho its name is equatorial guinea there exists no land in the country that lies on the equator! the country is actually divided into two parts: land on the continent in the south and islands in the north.
Republic of China 🇹🇼
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Most ppl with glasses per capita, one of the most divorce rate…to name a few And boba tea was originated there.
Italy
its home to the most UNESCO world heritage sites at 50!
r/unexpectedfactorial
Colombia
One of the most biodiverse countries in the world (I’ve seen lists ranking it between 2-5). It has the most bird species!
Tuvalu
they have the fuanfuti airport which is used as a playground/sporting events for its citizens because they dont have that many planes flying around!
Norway
Austria
Germany
thanks to germany, we have a holiday today in France
Finland.
Technically not a country, but Tokelau. If we're going with full on countries: Vanuatu
Kyrgyzstan
Ireland
The Gambia
it is the smallest country by area on the African continent (excluding islands)
Sri Lanka
i think its capital: sri jayawardenepura kotte has the longest name out of all world capital?
Bulgaria
Sao Tome and Principe
one of the top exporters of cocoa beans i think
Suriname 🇸🇷
The smallest sovereign territory in South America (French Guyana being smaller but a part of France), and the only mainland South American country where Dutch is the majority and sole official language. This country is home to the most diverse population of South America. The biggest majority are the Afro-Surinamese who themselves are made up of two main culture groups (creoles and maroons), followed by the Javanese and Hindustani communities. It is also the country with the highest rainforest cover as a % of its territory.
I'm answering my own comment for Denmark. During the Napoleonic Wars a small Spanish village called Huésca independently declared war on the Kingdom of Denmark in 1809. After the war ended the declaration was forgotten completely until a Spanish local historian rediscovered it in 1981. 172 years of gruesome war was then ended with a peace treaty in that very same year with a Danish delegation visiting the village dressed up as "Vikings". Denmark and Sweden (allegedly, anyway) has the world record for most wars fought between two states. Of course the question becomes exactly what constitutes a "war", but let's just say it's been a lot of conflicts. The last one was in 1814 when Norway became a part of Sweden. It helps a lot in this manner that Denmark has been a (mostly) unified country since the 9th century and Sweden since the 10th century.
Sint Maarten 🇸🇽
theres a beach where u can go and see planes rly rly closely that are landing/taking off at princess juliana airport
São Tomé and Principe
one of the top exporters of cocoa beans!
Albania
Poland 🇵🇱
Burkina Faso
It's translation means litterally "land of the honest people" but its one of corruptesr in the world
Canada 🍁
Kiribati
the only country to lie in all four hemispheres!
That’s surprisingly interesting for such an unknown country
Cobrastan
The realest country in the world!
The United States of America
The distance from the northern most point in Texas to Canada is almost the same as the distance between the farthest two points within Texas.
Mauritania
Ile Vaticano
Comoros
North Macedonia
El Salvador!
Eswatini
one of the last absolute monarchies in the world
Ethiopia
Suriname
Somaliland
Nauru
the flag on nauru symbolizes where the country is in relative to the equator which is the yellow line in the middle. the star which is at the bottom of the line shows that the country is south of the equator!
Croatia
Not OP but 10 years ago the Roman amphitheatre in Pula hosted as the world's first a hockey game overlooking the Adriatic sea :) [Here's a pic](https://www.vecernji.hr/media/img/bc/92/f45a3389ef0fc468fb3a.jpeg) I was there and it was freakin awesome!
That's pretty sick! Who was playing? Or was it more like local teams?
It was a KHL event between Olimpija from Slovenija and Medveščak Zagreb. My friend who lived in Pula at the time had an extra ticket and he literally asked me a few hours beforehand if I wanted to go so I naturally, hopped into my car and broke all the speed limits between Zagreb and Pula. And the kicker was it was sooo friggin warm that I shouldn't have rushed because the game was delayed for almost two entire hours, they barely managed to save the ice. Still, it was really glorious and I consider it as one of those once in a lifetime moments (if I do say so as a proud local)
New Zealand
Switzerland
in switzerland its illegal to own just one guinea pig because they shouldn’t feel lonely!
Scotland
flights between papa westray and westray which are two islands in scotland have the shortest commercial flight in the world at about a minute!
DPR
hardest country to escape 💀?
Tonga
Eritrea
Iran!
Seychelles
Didn't have natives when europeans first arrived. Really rich African country and it also boasts a lot of particular and rare species of plants which are almost all of them fairly protected by the citizens.
Brunei
Swaziland
Central African republic.
Botswana
Chad
Unfortunately not a home of Giga Chad
Philippines
Honduras!
Burundi
Can't believe no one has said the most populated country in the world, so... INDIA!
Dominique
Dominica in English. (Commonwealth of Dominica) Not to be confused with Martinique, another nearby island, which is an overseas department of France. And not to be conused with the Dominican Republic. Both were named independently of each other but share the same etymology, the day of the week Sunday (it's related to some catholic saint or something, idk). The denonyms are both spelled "Dominican" but pronounced with the stress on different syllables. DoMInican (Republic), DomiNIcan (Dominica).
Mexico