Do any other animals share their ENTIRE(*) name with a country?
* so guinea-pig and guinea-fowl don’t count, for example
Wales
Siam(ese cats)
The French word for turkey is dinde. The etymology is that the bird originated d'Inde - from the (West) Indies.
Cameroon - apparently the Portuguese word for shrimp.
My uncle’s got a chihuahua called Kazakhstan.
Does that count?
> My uncle’s got a chihuahua called Kazakhstan.
> Does that count?
Only if chihuahua gains independence
Edit: I'm sure I've heard talk of a Chile dog.
Newfoundland,
> Cameroon - apparently the Portuguese word for shrimp.
I'm afraid not. Portuguese for shrimp is camarão. Spanish is closer with camarón. oo doesn't exist in portuguese or spanish.
Georgia (Georgia O'Keeffe?)
Panama (Panama hat?)
Struggling here
Chad. Is the name of my dog.
Laos
and Orang-Bhutan
If we go down that road we'll end up in Yorkshire
> I'm afraid not. Portuguese for shrimp is camarão. Spanish is closer with camarón. oo doesn't exist in portuguese or spanish.
Oh dear .
Sorry
Labrador.
