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by yetanother12345 753 days ago
> a country whose name literally just translates into “country of $ethnic_group.”

FYI, this is the case with Denmark as well (as long as you permit Dane to be an ethnic group)

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And "England" - land of the Angles (whence is derived the Anglo- part of Anglo-Saxon).
Is Denmark named after Danes or are Danes named after Denmark.