EPISODE · Apr 18, 2017 · 27 MIN
How Countries Got Their Names
from Word of Mouth · host BBC Radio 4
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright find out how countries - including this one - got their names, and what they mean. Why isn't Greenland green? How is Venezuela like a Little Venice? And what's the only state in the world named after a woman? With Professor Richard Coates. Producer Beth O'Dea.
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