I wonder how country names come about? That's easy to find out. This answer was at Kwintessential.co.uk A listing of countries is HERE.
"Most of the time, a country got its English name like this: settlers or traders arrive and either name it after the tribe they encounter or use the name the tribe already have for it.
If the new visitors have conquest on their minds, they’ll name a newly discovered land after their leader, the local geography or something reminiscent of their own land.
Some are named for people – some are even named by mistake.
St Lucia
This is one of the only examples of a country named after a woman – St Lucy. Columbus named several of the Caribbean islands he found after saints he was fond of. St Kitts is named for Saint Christopher, his own namesake.
Canada
“Kanata” means village. It was mistakenly assumed to be the name of the country by 16th century explorer Jacques Cartier, when he encountered the native people.
There’s a fascinating trend in country names – countries are almost always named after one of four things: a directional description of the country, a feature of the land, a tribe name or an important person, usually male."
And then there's Canada - the mistake!
Here is yesterday's progress on the multiple exposure technique. What is the field of white sticks? These are stakes for keeping small trees straight in a nursery crop field. The ones in the picture are oak trees and are near Brian's Lilycrest Gardens field where Bakker's has a lot of growing fields.. These fields change often - the rose crop goes to the nursery trade for sale at the end of the first year. It seems like oak trees might take a bit longer than roses - we'll find out.
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