10 Countries Named After Animals

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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases: https://podcasts.apple.com/mn/podcast/animalogy-the-animals-in-our-everyday-words-phrases/id1185697162
Cape Cod: https://www.weneedavacation.com/Cape-Cod/Articles/Gone-Fishing/#:~:text=Striped%20Bass%2C%20Fluke%2C%20Bluefish%2C,fishing%20the%20Cape%20and%20Islands.
Lizard Point: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/galleries/most-misleading-english-place-names/lizard-point/
Pigeon Island: https://www.cheapflights.co.uk/news/places-named-after-birds
Phoenix Arizona: https://www.phoenix.gov/pio/city-publications/city-history#:~:text=Swilling%2C%20having%20been%20a%20confederate,ruins%20of%20a%20former%20civilization.
Fly: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465&view=1up&seq=61
Bumble Bee: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223&view=1up&seq=22
Canary Islands: https://www.gran-canaria-info.com/en/content/history/are-the-canary-islands-really-named-after-big-dogs
Bay of Pigs: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/15040127/What-do-you-call-a-pig-in-Spanish
Capri: https://www.etymonline.com/word/capri
Galapagos: https://www.santacruzgalapagoscruise.com/galapago-islands-or-galapagos/
Abu Dhabi: https://www.quora.com/How-did-the-name-Abu-Dhabi-originated
Alcatraz: https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-alcatraz
Panama: http://www.geocities.ws/NapaValley/4192/panama.html#:~:text=The%20word%20%22Panama%22%20has%20various,people%20of%20many%20different%20cultures.
Uruguay: https://www.academiauruguay.com/montevideo-uruguay/uruguay/#:~:text=The%20name%20%E2%80%9CUruguay%E2%80%9D%20comes%20from,%2C%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%9Cwinding%20river.%E2%80%9D
Cameroon: https://www.etymonline.com/word/cameroon
Mali: https://www.2oceansvibe.com/2019/10/08/very-interesting-how-african-countries-got-their-names/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20particularly%20fascinating,tributary%20of%20the%20Niger%20River.
Sierra Leone: https://theculturetrip.com/africa/sierra-leone/articles/the-real-meaning-behind-sierra-leones-beautiful-name/
Singapore: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-etymology-of-the-word-Singapore
Faroe: https://www.faroeislands.fo/the-big-picture/history/#:~:text=The%20name%20F%C3%B8royar%20(Faroe%20Islands,Norway%20in%20the%209th%20century.
Kosovo: https://www.britannica.com/place/Kosovo
Spain: https://www.culturespain.com/2011/05/28/spain-rabbits-and-the-iberian-lynx/#:~:text=Well%2C%20there%20are%20good%20reasons,%2C%20over%20time%2C%20became%20Espa%C3%B1a.