NationStates Jolt Archive

I haven't been here very long (like two days) so this may have been done before.

How did you make your nation's name? Is it totally made up? Is it derived from a Proto-IndoEuropean root for basket? Is it in reference to a superhero?

I originally wanted to name my country after John Calvin: Calvinia, but that name was already taken. So I chose to name it after Jonathan Edwards: Edwardia. However, I pressed s instead of a without realizing. So now, my nation is Edwardis. Nothing too spectacular.

I had probably the stupidist reason here.

My surname is Hyde, and it's my land. So it's called Hydesland. How stupid is that!?!?!?!

I took two syllables and put them together.

*headbangs*

I once knew a dustman, who used to collect the rubbish from my street every Wednesday morning at 7:36 AM, on the dot. As he came up the road in his big van, he would should 'Philo! Philo!', which he claimed was a chant to the ancient gods of Atlantis to give him good luck. You see, he believed that being a dustman was a dirty profession in the eyes of the gods, and so felt the need to cleanse himself of this sin as he earned his living.

Now, the 'sopy' part is the Latin word for 'Ancient Forest of Willows', a reference to my love of the great game of cricket.

The above post is total bullshit. The author accepts no responsibility for any errors resulting from it.

"Soheran" was the name of a benevolent theocracy in a world I invented once; I think the origin of the word has something to do with the Hebrew term "beit sohar" (prison) but I can't recall what.

I had probably the stupidist reason here.

My surname is Hyde, and it's my land. So it's called Hydesland. How stupid is that!?!?!?!
Very. :p

Mine is from a little town I know.

Sarkhan from the book The Ugly American.

My ability to manipulate the warp;)

I was trying to think of something related to the Phantom of the Opera, and so I picked Chandelier.

This one nation I use to log in here is named Yesmusic because I'm a huge nerd.
Yes = early 70's British prog band
and the music part is obvious.

I really should have used killer in the sea instead. It sounds so much cooler than Yesmusic.

guess....

EDIT: I hate my name what the hell was I thinking!:headbang:

It sounds kinda nice....
Plus I've realised the first part rhymes with something.... heh :P

My ability to manipulate the warp;)

Where's a Commissar when you need one?

Anyway, I wanted something vaguely German sounding that would go with the title "Grand Duchy" because that's the coolest title ever.

I take the award for stupidest name on NS....

my fav. character from "The Brothers Karamazov"
Pyotr Pavlovich Karamazov.

What Was I Thinking.

BTW: Smerdyakov did it and everybody knows it.....

>.>

EDIT: I hate my name what the hell was I thinking!:headbang:
That you were aiming for the "w" and "i" keys, and missed horribly? :p

My grandmother's name was H N Fiddlebottoms VIII.
[color=white]All of this post is a horrible lie. ITS ALL LIES, HORRIBLE LIES! I swear it on my mother's grave, Tatyanna, just believe me!![/quote]

I take the award for stupidest name on NS....

my fav. character from "The Brothers Karamazov"
Pyotr Pavlovich Karamazov.

What Was I Thinking.

BTW: Smerdyakov did it and everybody knows it.....

>.>

I hated that guy so much

No prizes for guessing where my name comes from.

No prizes for guessing where my name comes from.
Your nation is named after your grandmother too, isn't it?

It's an ancient swahili phrase meaning, "He whose testicles we can beat a lion to death with". :)

Zilam..hmm i made the name up..or so i thought. It is actually a city in southern turkey, I am assuming it is actually kurdish, as all the results for Zilam are in Kurdish :p

our english teacher asked us to come up with a pseudonym.
the first thing that popped into my head was zo garbin.
garbinea comes from garbin.

therefore.... voila.

Irish for hell.

whats better than a secluded island?

My ability to manipulate the warp;)
I gotta ask, are you sanctioned or rogue? =I=

Mine is a nickname I picked up 12 years ago in the States - so I became the German Nightmare. That simple ;)

whats better than a secluded island?

a not secluded island with casinos...and internet access

I gotta ask, are you sanctioned or rogue? =I=

Sanctioned sir, honest I am. For the Emperor and all that.


Heehee I think he bought that oh crap is this thing still on {click}

It sounds kinda nice....
Plus I've realised the first part rhymes with something.... heh :P

:D

a not secluded island with casinos...and internet access

pfft... foolishness! anyways you could get wireless internet access and gamble online...

Welsh Pride!!
King Arthur was, by accounts, a Welshman. The Welsh Flag was his flag, the Welsh Dragon is really the Pendragon. I'm a pan-Gealic man, including Welsh blood, so I decided to bring back the old Round Table.

Go ask Lord Buckley. He'll tell you all about this hip cat he called The Nazz.

I love Dumas, so I referenced The Man in the Iron Mask with the rebellious and outlawed Jesuits...I suppose that would make me Chevalier D'Herblay...woot!
My other nation Ehrmordung is German for assassination, and I'm a linguist so...and the word's in Dan Brown's Digital Fortress.
I like reading.

Welsh Pride!!
King Arthur was, by accounts, a Welshman. The Welsh Flag was his flag, the Welsh Dragon is really the Pendragon. I'm a pan-Gealic man, including Welsh blood, so I decided to bring back the old Round Table.

so where did you get “the great" :p

I really have no clue why this is the name. When I was trying to come up with a name I was for some reason thinking of the word "constituent" and that turned into Alstitua.

I love Dumas, so I referenced The Man in the Iron Mask with the rebellious and outlawed Jesuits...I suppose that would make me Chevalier D'Herblay...woot!
My other nation Ehrmordung is German for assassination, and I'm a linguist so...and the word's in Dan Brown's Digital Fortress.
I like reading.

literature-inspired names UNITE!:p

Sanctioned sir, honest I am. For the Emperor and all that.


Heehee I think he bought that oh crap is this thing still on {click}

:confused:

I'm far too confused far too often these days.

:confused:

I'm far too confused far too often these days.

Sweet, I love it when I confuse people.:cool:

Sweet, I love it when I confuse people.:cool:

Meany. :( :confused:

Rameria is the surname of a plaintiff in a case from work. I think it's also Italian for something to do with the bronze age, but I'm not sure about that.

I had probably the stupidist reason here.

My surname is Hyde, and it's my land. So it's called Hydesland. How stupid is that!?!?!?!

My name is Mike, and the capital city is Mike's Burg. Hence Mikesburg.



Yup.

so where did you get “the great" :p

'Cause "King Arthur" had been taken, and anyways, King Arthur was, by accounts, one of the greatest of the British Kings in his day. He was able to drive away the Saxon invaders, and his marriage to Gwenyvere was somewhat political, since it gave him a claim to much of Alba (Scotland). He came from mixed Celtic Heritage, making him one of the first kings to have a claim to the throne of Britain long before the Crowns were unified under James VI & I.

I like throwing barrels and stealing princesses.

:cool:

Go ask Lord Buckley. He'll tell you all about this hip cat he called The Nazz.
Well, we gotta take it easy here. We wouldn't want to go ahead and order up something you might not like, would we?

yeah, that would be what I think about every time I see you post.

I like throwing barrels and stealing princesses.

:cool:

*Dons red suspenders, eats giant red mushroom, and throws fireballs at Donkey Kongo*

*Dons red suspenders, eats giant red mushroom, and throws fireballs at Donkey Kongo*

Fire throwing from a mushroom thats ridiculous everyone knows one uses flowers to throw fireballs. Mushrooms just make you bigger;)

Well, i'm a great fan of Kafka and i wanted to name my country K (the main character of The Trial), but somehow my finger flipped and missed the key and i ended up with this mess...

Fire throwing from a mushroom thats ridiculous everyone knows one uses flowers to throw fireballs. Mushrooms just make you bigger;)

I'm not even Italian. You got me.

Sanctioned sir, honest I am. For the Emperor and all that.

Heehee I think he bought that oh crap is this thing still on {click}
By Russ, you are in league with the ruinous powers! You are in serious trouble now, heretic. Traitor - we will hunt you down and I will have your head on a plate.That should provide some entertainment for the young whelps and keep them occupied for a while. Sic him, boys!

(:D)

I'm not even Italian. You got me.

*Tells my Italian Cousins that its going down. They don their red and green suspenders, eat their feathers, and mount their Dragons.*

It's a street in my city, Dublin.

*Tells my Italian Cousins that its going down. They don their red and green suspenders, eat their feathers, and mount their Dragons.*

Do mushrooms really make you 'bigger'? If you pound brick blocks with your fists, will gold coins shoot out?

Please run this by your Italian cousins. I could use some gold coins. Being bigger wouldn't hurt either.

Comes from the name of my SWBF2 EMPIRE (not to be confused with clan). See my region description for more details.

I took two syllables and put them together.

I took "Min" (small... I forget why...) and put "-is" and the end (to make it sound like a real word ('-is' is a Latin ending (3rd declension, Masculine/Feminine, Nominative Singular)). Since "Minis" sounds horrible, "ar" got thrown in...

So it came to be "Minaris"...

I looked it up one time, and it means something... does anyone know what it means?

Because it rhymes and I thought it a good joke. I probably should have named it Machiavellian Wankstas. It would have been more in keeping with my motto.

My nation was born out of the first three letters of my name and then my nickname.

My nation was born out of the first three letters of my name and then my nickname.

Dude, your nickname is moley? Man.... I thought short pudgy bastard was bad enough...

Mine is a cool-sounding corruption of Rome. Rome --> Rhome --> Rhomi --> Rhaomi. It kinda sounds like Naomi, which I always thought was an interesting name. Plus, it has some vocal sounds I've always liked, such as "rh" and "ao". But it doesn't really mean anything in itself.

I took two syllables and put them together.

I took two syllables and seperated them.

Luporum: M, Gen, PL: Of the wolves.

I once knew a dustman, who used to collect the rubbish from my street every Wednesday morning at 7:36 AM, on the dot. As he came up the road in his big van, he would should 'Philo! Philo!', which he claimed was a chant to the ancient gods of Atlantis to give him good luck. You see, he believed that being a dustman was a dirty profession in the eyes of the gods, and so felt the need to cleanse himself of this sin as he earned his living.

Now, the 'sopy' part is the Latin word for 'Ancient Forest of Willows', a reference to my love of the great game of cricket.

The above post is total bullshit. The author accepts no responsibility for any errors resulting from it.
That was one of the more amusing pieces of bullshit I've had the pleasure to read.

As for my name: It's one of my many random names I came up with as a kid. Just random letters put together to make a pleasing name. Kyronea. Ky, pronounced Kai. Ron, pronounced as one would pronounce the ron in ronin. And ea, which should be obvious. Kyronea. Nice, eh?

A (tongue in cheek) tribute to this man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boon).

A (tongue in cheek) tribute to this man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boon).
lol.
Intriguing...

I once knew a dustman, who used to collect the rubbish from my street every Wednesday morning at 7:36 AM, on the dot. As he came up the road in his big van, he would should 'Philo! Philo!', which he claimed was a chant to the ancient gods of Atlantis to give him good luck. You see, he believed that being a dustman was a dirty profession in the eyes of the gods, and so felt the need to cleanse himself of this sin as he earned his living.

Now, the 'sopy' part is the Latin word for 'Ancient Forest of Willows', a reference to my love of the great game of cricket.

That is genius!

As I was backpacking through Europe one summer, I became thirsty and tired..

After walking several miles, I came across a vineyard and felt like exploring the grounds. As I reached the west side of the rows and rows of vibrant grapes on vines; I had found a little cottage and a little old lady sitting on a bench.

She waved me over and offered me all types of foods and wines that her family has made. Whilst sitting in her kitchen, I noticed a bottle covered in dust, laying in the cupbard. She saw me looking at the bottle and started telling me about it, its history.

The bottle of wine had been the last thing her late husband had ever created. As she wiped a tear from her eye she picked up the bottle, and dusted off the label.

On the label said "IL Ruffino"; she insisted I take it with me on my journey, I couldn't say no to such a nice lady..


And that is how I got my nations name.

.. that, or it was the old empty wine bottle I found at my nana's house..

I'm not a big fan of my nation name. It's real random. I was just real high, and saw a link to Nationstates...and couldn't think of a name.

As I was backpacking through Europe one summer, I became thirsty and tired..

After walking several miles, I came across a vineyard and felt like exploring the grounds. As I reached the west side of the rows and rows of vibrant grapes on vines; I had found a little cottage and a little old lady sitting on a bench.

She waved me over and offered me all types of foods and wines that her family has made. Whilst sitting in her kitchen, I noticed a bottle covered in dust, laying in the cupbard. She saw me looking at the bottle and started telling me about it, its history.

The bottle of wine had been the last thing her late husband had ever created. As she wiped a tear from her eye she picked up the bottle, and dusted off the label.

On the label said "IL Ruffino"; she insisted I take it with me on my journey, I couldn't say no to such a nice lady..


And that is how I got my nations name.

.. that, or it was the old empty wine bottle I found at my nana's house..
Hey that reminds me of that Friends episode.:p

Hey that reminds me of that Friends episode.:p

I still don't know what you're talking about!

Hey that reminds me of that Friends episode.:p

He's trying to seduce us!:eek:

I still don't know what you're talking about!
Innocent?
He's trying to seduce us!:eek:
Indeed, Ruffy is.

Innocent?

Indeed, Ruffy is.
*covers butt*

:confused:

*covers butt*

*does the same*

I couldn't, so I didn't.

I wanted a nation that reflected the source of my political views (at the time) and "Noam Chomsky" was already taken.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Clean_Fun

My name comes from the main country in a book I'm attempting to write...

'earl' is from that fairly funny show 'my name is earl' and 'cup' is what master shake from ATHF gets called by his detractors and 'o' gives it a nice ring. Two great characters rule my region.

It sounds kinda nice....
Plus I've realised the first part rhymes with something.... heh :P

hehehe :D

'earl' is from that fairly funny show 'my name is earl' and 'cup' is what master shake from ATHF gets called by his detractors and 'o' gives it a nice ring. Two great characters rule my region.

I dig both those shows. And my first post was also about my name (presuming you're really new and not someone's puppet) (which also makes me feel for some reason that I always have to answer the name threads even though it's pretty self explanitory....)

So, uh, welcome I guess.

I honestly dont remember how i came up with this name.....

my other name on the was just 3 words i thought would sound funny together.

Heidelberg is the town where the Heidelberg Catechism was created: the first ecumenical (Calvinist and Lutheran) catechism ever.

"Neu" (German for "new") was inserted out of deference to that once great town of RL Heidelberg.

Mine's completely made up, the term Shaolin AND the number 9 never existed before I did :D

Edit: I may or may not be talking BS!

Truth: Shaolin cos I do Praying Mantis Kung-Fu and 9 cos it seems to be a recurring number around me (well that's a shortened version).

I keep trying to use Fangio as a username and everywhere I go it's taken. And then I'll try all kinda names and they all seem to be taken. Shaolin9 seems to be the only username that I can use everywhere I go.

I honestly dont remember how i came up with this name.....

my other name on the was just 3 words i thought would sound funny together.
That Civil war Ship and you were drunbk at the time?

*covers butt*
*does the same*
*Also covers butt*

That Civil war Ship and you were drunbk at the time?


civil war ship?


and not drunk, but not sober.... :P

civil war ship?


and not drunk, but not sober.... :P
Minotor(SP(NOT DRUNBK)) Iron Hull...

Minotor(SP(NOT DRUNBK)) Iron Hull...

nothing to do with that.

minoritee = minority

minoriteeburg just seemed to go better than minorityburg

Originally Posted by The Psyker
Sanctioned sir, honest I am. For the Emperor and all that.

Heehee I think he bought that oh crap is this thing still on {click}

Let the warp beckon you to the darkness and allow yourself to indulge in the pleasures of insanity. DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR!!!

My name came from the ideas of Metal Bands that have been on tour too long, and I think an entire nation of sore-throated Ozzy's, Corey Taylor's, and other such metal bands would be amusing. A government that requires Metal Music at all hours of the day, regardless of health issues. A moment of silence and the Preafects will execute the the familes of the perpetrators.

... Or something like that.

My nation is named after an old character of mine from Diablo II, back when I used to waste far too much time on that cursed game. He was a level 96 Druid (Werewolf type for the curious) before lack of activity resulted in his deletion.

I thought I was coming up with an original word when I made the name up, but I learned later that it is (or was), in fact, a word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delator

I just wanted to think up a name for my nation, and Zatarack was what I thought up.

Mine's from an episode of American Dad.

"Well we don't live in Should Land!"

Genitalia, small.

If where the following story came from needs explaining, then you're too much of a n00b.




Back in the day, (a few years ago actually) me and my best mate were N64 wh0res and one of the games we played was wcw/nwo revenge, a pro-wrestling game. One day I decided to re-name on of the made up characters. Being a southpark fan then too, I named him 'FiveassedmonkeymanVII' with the 'manVII' being added on in a spur of the moment thing. About a month later, I was discussing with this said friend what I should use for my yahoo msger ID (I just started using that again even though no one I know is ever on) and he suggested I use the fiveassed name, so I did, 'Fiveassedmonkeyman7' became my Yahoo ID. A few months later, I started playing the online game 'Planetarion' (sometime during Round 3 for people who know when that was) and stuck with the name for my planets ruler name. Using IRC became an important part of playing this game, and I was forced to shorten my name to 'Monkeyman7' for IRC. Sometime during the round, my birthday happened and some of my friends gave me an orange 'pimp' tshirt which I wore constantly. When round 4 of Planetarion started, I adjusted my ruler name slightly on the back of this tshirt to 'Fiveassedmonkeypimp7' or 'Monkeypimp' for IRC. When I started up on NS, I ran with it.


This post is dedicated to Sdaeriji.

it sounded like a good idea at the time

Misanthrop was already taken, so i thought of that other thing which pretty much defines my being...

No, not that other thing. >.>

It was just the first thing that popped into my head when I was thinking of a name for my nation. Not as funny as my old name, but much cooler :D

The bestest speeling of a Jewish city.

Narache is the starting point of Tauren in WoW...

I had probably the stupidist reason here.

My surname is Hyde, and it's my land. So it's called Hydesland. How stupid is that!?!?!?!

eh......my name is Smunkee, and I added the ville because I like Power Puff girls (and also Superman so the -ville is double duty........)

Mine is just a play on the word Orwellian.

I had a nation called Ichi Ni (1 2 in japanese) and when that nation... died... I just merged the numbers together to form 12, or Jyu-ni but the AC was on super high... and my fingers were cold...

Mine is just a play on the word Orwellian.

Awesome name, you even spelled it right.:cool:

I had no idea what to name myself, so I tried to pull something out of Hebrew.
Couldn't think of much there either.
So I pulled a stupid and named myself "2nd". Really, that's what it means.
It also explains my nation's motto.

BTW, did anybody notice that my nation's story is strangely similar to the guy above me?

Anglachel and Anguirel come from the Tolkien mythology. They were two swords forged by the Dark Elf Eol. He kept Anguirel, but gave Anglachel to King Thingol in tribute. Thingol then gave Beleg Cuthalion permission to take any sword from his hoard, and he chose Anglachel. After Beleg's accidental killing by his companion Turin, the sword passed to Turin and was renamed Gurthang, or Iron of Death.

Since my two main nations are Beleg Cuthalion and Turin Avenged, and this is my usual UN nation, I figured this name was appropriate (and I think just plain ol' Anglachel was taken).

Long story short: Anglachel was sword used by other nations' namesakes. Anguirel was twin sword to Anglachel.

Even shorter: Tolkien.

I wanted a nation that revolved around mercenaries. Seeing as how soldier of fortune (for those of you not in the know, it's a term for a mercenary) was taken I tweaked it a bit, and came up with Nation of Fortune. Hence a connotation that means a nation of mercenaries.

Anglachel and Anguirel come from the Tolkien mythology. They were two swords forged by the Dark Elf Eol. He kept Anguirel, but gave Anglachel to King Thingol in tribute. Thingol then gave Beleg Cuthalion permission to take any sword from his hoard, and he chose Anglachel. After Beleg's accidental killing by his companion Turin, the sword passed to Turin and was renamed Gurthang, or Iron of Death.

Since my two main nations are Beleg Cuthalion and Turin Avenged, and this is my usual UN nation, I figured this name was appropriate (and I think just plain ol' Anglachel was taken).

Long story short: Anglachel was sword used by other nations' namesakes. Anguirel was twin sword to Anglachel.

Even shorter: Tolkien.

Dostoevsky is better than Tolkien

LONG LIVE THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV!

Dostoevsky was illiterate compared to Tolkien, though he was good compared to most people. Hail Tolkien!

Dostoevsky is better than Tolkien

LONG LIVE THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV!

YES!! Fyodor Pavlovich is my idol of drunkenness and debauchery

Captain pooby?

Saw it on ARFCOM so I had to have it for myself. Was tempted betwixt The Beerslayer, marxsucksbighairydonkeyballs, fadedsun, dzlbenz, kcimb, hebrew hammer, etc.

WC=Walnut Creek, CA

Anglachel and Anguirel come from the Tolkien mythology. They were two swords forged by the Dark Elf Eol. He kept Anguirel, but gave Anglachel to King Thingol in tribute. Thingol then gave Beleg Cuthalion permission to take any sword from his hoard, and he chose Anglachel. After Beleg's accidental killing by his companion Turin, the sword passed to Turin and was renamed Gurthang, or Iron of Death.

I'm re-reading the Silmarillion right now...such a great story. :)

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/p32shooter/detail?.dir=f328&.dnm=68c4.jpg&.src=ph

me and my serbu lol

My country's name is just the username that I use for EVERYTHING. Plus, my "alter ego", so to say, is a blue dragon. Whatever.

*points to location*


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My nation's name was inspired by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I've always been very interested in Russia as a country, especially the revolutionary and cold war eras. I wanted my name to sound "socialist"-like, so I used the word scarlet, being a predominantly "socialist" colour, put "states" in front of that, then I chose to put "The Confederacy of..." before it, as I've always been a fan of the Swiss confederate government.

[insert quip here]

My first name's Ivy, and Stalin is an anagram of my middle initial and my surname.

Of course that's bollocks.

Stolen... uh, borrowed, from an obscure fantasy series that I picked up second-hand. Anyone ever heard of Simon Brown?

My real name is Ieuan

that has 4 vowles

i wanted the whole set

hence Ieuano

im ignoring y, thats only a wanabee vowel that doesnt deserve to be called a constanant either

It sounds kinda nice....
Plus I've realised the first part rhymes with something.... heh :P

Glitzy bits?

Man, if I were PM I would so insert osmehting horny here. Oh hell, I will anyway!

Glitzy bits, huh? Can I see?

My nation was born out of the first three letters of my name and then my nickname.

Ciaran? Because that is a cool name.

Yeah... mine is the name of a country from a novel a friend of mine and I were writing together, but never finished. how original.

Schartelfritzen was a running joke in a parody series of mine, and I decided I liked the name too much to let it go.

it's a good name... reminds me of Slartibartfast. so are we to guess what series you were parodying or are you going to tell us? (*is lazy*)

I was drunk when i wrote my name and then I couldn't be bothered to change it:)

I was drunk when i wrote my name and then I couldn't be bothered to change it:)
From the game?

My name is entirely made up by me. I created a name that sounded elvish without resourcing to the common literature and themes, like Tolkien, DragonLance, D&D and so forth.

I think I managed to achieve my goal. Aelosia is also the name of one of my characters, and the name of a fantasy nation I created for a D&D campaign like five or six years ago. It was supposed to mean "The land of the mists".

Here in NS the meaning has changed a lot.

From the game?

No I was looking for a nice email address and I was reading a book and I thought it looked ok. I was only about 15 at the time lol. Like I say only because of laziness have I kept it

Malenkigord means "Little Town" in russian... I love russian language!!! Niahahaha! And I thought that nobody would have the same..

I had a country before but it died :( (sniff sniff). So I wanted to call my country Isis and the Goddess, but that name was taken so now I'm isiseye. Not all that interesting.

Well i was meaning to get around to doing this and kind of forgot...
Here goes nothing...

I was up late wathing my Favourite English Football side Liverpool, and of course their Jerseys had the Carlsberg Logo on the front, i went to the fridge for a snack and what do you know, We had Jarlsberg Cheese in the fridge, at the time i was a major fan of Age of Empires and the Goths and their Elite Units, The Huskarl's, well i combined all 3 and got Harlesburg as a name.:)

No I was looking for a nice email address and I was reading a book and I thought it looked ok. I was only about 15 at the time lol. Like I say only because of laziness have I kept it
Cool, i pictured you to be older though, good for you for exuding Maturity.:)
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Boony!
Crazy Japanese (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11606767&postcount=34):D
Didn't want to dredge up too many threads you see.;)

I haven't been here very long (like two days) so this may have been done before.

How did you make your nation's name? Is it totally made up? Is it derived from a Proto-IndoEuropean root for basket? Is it in reference to a superhero?

I originally wanted to name my country after John Calvin: Calvinia, but that name was already taken. So I chose to name it after Jonathan Edwards: Edwardia. However, I pressed s instead of a without realizing. So now, my nation is Edwardis. Nothing too spectacular.

:cool: not telling.
its catalan though

i wanted Donmania but someone all ready had it. so i went with gorias, the east city of tir na n-og where lugh(the god of being really cool) got his spear from from.

Aquilonius Gloria is latin for Northern Glory. Since I´m from Iceland I wanted something suitable, but almost everything was taken. Why in Latin? Well I didn´t have any special reason, I know of this English to Latin website and I thought it sounded pretty cool...or at least not completely stupid.:rolleyes:

My name is entirely made up by me. I created a name that sounded elvish without resourcing to the common literature and themes, like Tolkien, DragonLance, D&D and so forth.

I think I managed to achieve my goal. Aelosia is also the name of one of my characters, and the name of a fantasy nation I created for a D&D campaign like five or six years ago. It was supposed to mean "The land of the mists".

Here in NS the meaning has changed a lot.

Yet very similar to the roman city of Alesia.... :confused:

I made a thread just like this and it died, mere months ago :(
Noone likes my threads :(

Well the story behind my name is this. My screen name is Dryk (more or less random, no vowels intended (rhymes with bike, dyke etc.)) and I had a few mishaps when trying to join NS, so I added "'s Legacy" to the end.

Pretty crappy story huh? :D

it's a good name... reminds me of Slartibartfast. so are we to guess what series you were parodying or are you going to tell us? (*is lazy*)

Fame at last......mentioned in anothers post:) (except I spelt mine a wrong)

My nation name (Nihonou-san) comes from Japanese:

Nihon: Japan
ou: King
-san: An honorific somewhat like Mr.

Yeah, it's true, my nation name means Mr. King of Japan (I wasn't really thinking about it) BTW, I'm trying to change my forum username to Johnny B Goode. How do I do that? (And add more stuff for my sig).

I haven't been here very long (like two days) so this may have been done before.

How did you make your nation's name? Is it totally made up? Is it derived from a Proto-IndoEuropean root for basket? Is it in reference to a superhero?

I originally wanted to name my country after John Calvin: Calvinia, but that name was already taken. So I chose to name it after Jonathan Edwards: Edwardia. However, I pressed s instead of a without realizing. So now, my nation is Edwardis. Nothing too spectacular.

You mean Jonathan Edwards, the Biggest Douche In The Universe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Douche_in_the_Universe