Mexico, I believe, was named by the Indian peoples in that area, and later kept by the Spanish conquistadores, unchanged. Bolivia was named after Simon Bolivar, the revolutionary who threw out the Spanish colonial government. Peru is another ancient Indian name. I think Cuba is another. Hawaii is another name which the place was given by its Native people long before the white explorers arrived there.

Canadian provinces...Saskatchewan and Manitoba are Indian names. Ontario may be too, but I'm not sure.

Does anyone know how the Chinese actually pronounce "China" in their own tongue?

Greece, I believe, is called "Elatha" (or something like that) by the Greeks.

- LH