Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:04 am
It seems most of the nations of the Americas are named after a native group or word. This include 26 US States. The rest in the Americas have names of explorers or Independence leaders. A few have names which remind them of a place like Venezuela which means little Venice. It has to do with the natives living in homes with stilts on the water.
Brazil is named after a tree.
Thus, the US could have been named after a tree or cactus for example. the United States of Saguaro. Problem is there were no Saguaro cactus in the Eastern US. Or at the very least name the US after one of its founding leaders. Or the Atlantic ocean, "New Atlantis".
it seems they stuck with America since it was a neutral name. After all, chances are the early states had there own ideas on what the new nation should be called. So to avoid any possible rivalry they picked a neutral name all would agree too.
Brazil is named after a tree.
Thus, the US could have been named after a tree or cactus for example. the United States of Saguaro. Problem is there were no Saguaro cactus in the Eastern US. Or at the very least name the US after one of its founding leaders. Or the Atlantic ocean, "New Atlantis".
it seems they stuck with America since it was a neutral name. After all, chances are the early states had there own ideas on what the new nation should be called. So to avoid any possible rivalry they picked a neutral name all would agree too.