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ost_uid0]Ahh, but "Romania" is derived from "Roman."
I have no idea what that proves.[/color
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ost_uid0]I would think, like "Germania," "Slovenia," "Britannia," and "Yugoslavia," the "ia" comes from a traditional feminization of land titles in accordance to the traditional indentification of the earth as being female, i.e. motherland. Like Gea.
Just a thought. ;P
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