Even so, many countries don't always make their country names based on language. Take the United States of America for example. The name of this superpower is known to come from the name Amerigo Vespucci, the discoverer of the American Continent.
Not only that, there is also Bolivia which comes from the name of their hero, Simon Bolivar, and the Philippines which stems from the name of the king, King Philip II. Finally, Saudi Arabia also comes from the name of their leader, Muhammad Bin Saud.
That's the real fact why country suffix names are often the same. That is, the naming was not because of the bandwagon, but has its own history.
It turns out that if you look for the origins, many of the names of countries that we know are not just names, but have meaning and history behind them.
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