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minus-squareIgnaciolinkfedilink5•2 years agoOne region of Spain is called Asturias. Did I make your brain melt?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 years agoAnother region of Spain bordering Asturias is called Galicia, not to be confused with Galicia.
minus-squareZeroCoollinkfedilinkEnglish28•2 years agoBoth named in honor of Brendan Fraser’s classic performance in the live action adaptation of George of the Jungle (1997).
minus-squareIgnaciolinkfedilink12•2 years agoWait, weren’t they named in honour of George the Curious?
minus-squareSkualinkfedilink7•2 years agoPreviously parts of the larger states Czechoslovenia and Yugoslovakia of course
minus-squareSkualinkfedilink20•2 years agoGeorgia gets double points because it was also known as Iberia for a long tìme, completely unrelated to the peninsula at the opposite end of Europe
Australia Austria
One region of Spain is called Asturias. Did I make your brain melt?
Another region of Spain bordering Asturias is called Galicia, not to be confused with Galicia.
And people shouldn’t confuse Murcia with “Murica” :P
Georgia Georgia
Niger and Nigeria
Both named in honor of Brendan Fraser’s classic performance in the live action adaptation of George of the Jungle (1997).
Wait, weren’t they named in honour of George the Curious?
Georgia was, but not Georgia.
Hey buddy, it’s pronounced ‘Jeorjia’.
Slovenia Slovakia
Previously parts of the larger states Czechoslovenia and Yugoslovakia of course
Georgia gets double points because it was also known as Iberia for a long tìme, completely unrelated to the peninsula at the opposite end of Europe