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Japan - "Land of the Rising Sun"

Especially common are poetic namesAsian countries. So, Japan is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun". The Japanese call their country "Nippon" or "Nihon", which translates as "The Motherland of the Sun". Thus, "Land of the Rising Sun" - this is almost the exact translation of the original name of the country. Such a poetic name appeared thanks to the Chinese: they called Japan "The Motherland of the Sun" in the correspondence of the Song dynasty with the Japanese emperor. This was due to the fact that Japan is east of China, on the side where the sun rises.

Korea - "Country of morning freshness"

"The country of morning freshness" is called Korea. This is due to the ancient name of Korea, Joseon. This name consists of two hieroglyphs, the first of which now means including "morning", and the second - "freshness". Scientists tend to believe that the word "Joseon" initially did not carry such poetic meaning. This name came to this day from Chinese manuscripts that distorted Korean pronunciation. In addition, the pronunciation of Chinese characters changed over time. Now the name "Joseon" for Korea is used only in the DPRK. In South Korea, their country is called "Namkhan".

China - "The Celestial Empire"

You can often hear how China is called"Celestial". For the first time this name appeared in China before our era and originally designated all the world famous for the Chinese. Then, "Celestial" was only called the territory where the power of the Chinese emperor was spread, which in the Confucian ideology was the representative of heaven on earth. Now in China, under the "Celestial" understand the whole world, but in Russia so they call it China.

England - "Foggy Albion"

England is called the "Foggy Albion". Albion - this is the oldest name of the British Isles, translated from Latin - "white mountains". So the ancient Romans called the islands that they discovered because of the fact that the coasts of England are formed from chalky rocks. The epithet "foggy" is explained by the fact that the islands of Great Britain are often enveloped in a very dense fog.

Ireland - Emerald Island

Thanks to the mild climate in Ireland all year rounda lot of greenery. That's why this country is called the "Emerald Island". In addition, green is the national color of Ireland, strongly associated with the most famous national holiday - St. Patrick's Day.

Finland is a country of thousands of lakes

In Finland, there are about 190,000 lakes,which form a ramified lake system. Lakes play a special role in the nature of Finland. Not surprisingly, this country received the poetic name "Country of a thousand lakes".