NAMES FOR NATIONS
WHAT OTHERS CALL THEM. Most nations have two or more names: one by which the nation calls itself, and the other by which it is known elsewhere. The Germans, for instance, call themselves Deutsche (meaning "the people" or "the nation") but we call them Germans, while the French call them Allemands (meaning "foreigners"). The people whom we call Dutch call themselves Netherlander.". while the Germans call them Hollanders. The Finns call themselves Quoins. Even the English are not known as English to the Irish, Scotch and Welsh, and they call them Sasunnaich. The name Briton or British, is derived from brith. meaning "paint." which was the sort of war-like cosmetic which our ancestors employed. In fact, their war-paint. The Franks, or French, get their name from franca, a kind of javelin, and the Turks are "men with helmets." Holland is the "Fen." from ollant. meaning "marshy ground,"
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 December 1939, Page 3
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150NAMES FOR NATIONS Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 December 1939, Page 3
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