List of countries named after people

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This is a list of countries named after people.

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Country Person(s) Named After
Armenia Armenak (traditional)
Azerbaijan Atropat
Belize Peter Wallace (name Hispanicised)
Bermuda Juan de Bermúdez
Bharat (India) Bharata
Bolivia Simon Bolivar
Cambodia Kambu Svayambhuva
China Qin Shi Huang
Cocos (Keeling) Islands William Keeling
Colombia Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo in Italian)
Cook Islands Captain James Cook
Dominican Republic Saint Dominic
El Salvador Jesus (literally, The Savior)
Falkland Islands Viscount Falkland
Gibraltar Tariq ibn-Ziyad (Jebel Tariq = Tariq's Mountain)
Hellenic Republic (Greece) Hellen
Israel Jacob
Kiribati Thomas Gilbert
Marshall Islands John Marshall
Mauritius Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
Mozambique Musa Mbiki (traditional)
Northern Mariana Islands Marie-Anne of Austria
The Philippines King Phillip II of Spain
Pitcairn Island Robert Pitcairn
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Cecil Rhodes
Saint Helena Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Christopher
Saint Lucia Saint Lucy
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Peter
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent of Saragossa
San Marino Saint Marinus
São Tomé and Príncipe Saint Thomas
Saudi Arabia Muhammad bin Saud
Seychelles Jean Moreau de Sechelles
Solomon Islands Solomon
Swaziland King Mswati I
United States of America Disputably Amerigo Vespucci or Richard Amerike (See Naming of America)
Wallis and Futuna Islands Samuel Wallis

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