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== Regarding Realm Names ==

This looks like a fine variety, but the name should have something to do with history, or else mean something; naming a realm just because the name is a passable fantasy/medieval name is well enough, but for something so RP-centered you're going to want to kick off the culture and setting with as much background info as possible.

In other words, a 'relevant' name.

--[[User:Aquitaine|Aquitaine]], 14 March 4:57 EST

:I'd agree with you, but I am not absolutely sure if it should be that way. No country names actually mean anything. For istance, what do Brazil, America, Italy, Ethiopia, China, Australia mean? Some of the names presented are scientific names of flower by the way. 

:However, you are free to suggest if you have any idea. :) --[[User:L'inconnu|L&#39;inconnu]] 23:55, 14 March 2008 (CET)
::There is actually a reason behind the naming of America. Named after the explorer that originally found it (no, it wasn't christopher columbus). --[[User:Kagurati|Kag]] 02:22, 15 March 2008 (CET)
:::Since I didn't know the origins of the six countries asked about, I thought I'd look them up...
:::*'''Brazil''' - derived from the Portuguese and Spanish word ''brasil'', the name of an East Indian tree with reddish-brown wood from which a red dye was extracted  http://www.answers.com/topic/brazil?cat=travel
:::*'''America''' - a variety of possibilities abound   http://www.uhmc.sunysb.edu/surgery/america.html
:::*'''Italy''' - from  the Oscan word ''Víteliú'', meaning "land of young cattle" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy#Etymology
:::*'''Ethiopia''' - from a Greek word ''Aithiopis'', from ''aithe'': burn, ''opsis'': appearance (i.e. dark-skinned natives appeared burnt) http://www.statoids.com/uet.html
:::*'''China''' - Anglicized - possibly from the Qin Dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China#Etymology
:::*'''Australia''' - derived from the Latin ''Australis'', meaning "Southern" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia#Etymology
:::--[[User:Tinsley|Tinsley]] 05:38, 15 March 2008 (CET)

:::: America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, a mapmaker. [[User:Ceorl|Ceorl]] 13:53, 22 March 2008 (CET)