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*In English, we call Germany “Germany”; in German, it is “Deutschland”; in Japanese it is “Doitsu”; in French it is “Allemagne.” Today I want to look at why countries have different names in different languages!*
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Vocabulary
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**To name (v) - **to give someone or something a name.
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**Endonym (n) - **the name used to refer to a place by its inhabitants, as opposed to a name used by foreigners.
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**Exonym (n) - **a name used by outsiders for a place.
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**Linguistic (adj) - **connected with language or the study of language.
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**Variation (n) – **something that is slightly different from the usual form or arrangement.
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**To derive (v) - **to get something from something else.
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**To entrench (v) - **to firmly establish something, especially an idea or a problem, so that it cannot be changed.
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