Reader's Digest Asia Pacific

Inspiratio­nal Creatures

- DIGG.COM

We think of country names as coming from – well, where do they come from? Other than Iceland. That one is easy. It turns out that the names of some countries were inspired by animals. A few examples:

ALBANIA: Land of the Eagle

BHUTAN: Land of the Thunder Dragon

CAMEROON: River of Prawns

SINGAPORE: The Lion City

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