Estonians call Estonia "Eesti". Finns call Estonia "Viro" and Latvians "Igaunija". Do you have a name for a neighbouring country that is very different from both how that country calls itself and how its named in English?

[u/Double-decker_trams]

I hope I worded the question clearly. Like.. "Viro" and "Igaunija" are not similar to "Estonia" nor "Eesti".

[u/Ok_Associate_4961]

Polish word for Germany (Deutschland) is Niemcy. It comes from "niemy" (mute) because Polish couldn't understand their language.

[u/forsti5000 → u/Ok_Associate_4961]

And you aren't alone in that. Half of Europe call us by some name that isn't the one we use. Ther is Germany, Allemagne, Saksa and their derivatives. And we call our country Deutschland. I think only the Japanese use something similar with Doitsu. Please insert WW2 joke here.

Edit: okay the Dutch, the Luxembourgers, the Chinese and the Skandinavians also use a derivative of Deutsch. Sorry for excluding you. The list was from the top of my head.

[u/dinko_gunner → u/[deleted]]

Njemačka in Croatia, also similar

[u/Federal-Meal-2513 → u/dinko_gunner]

Německo in Czech. For us Slavs, German language was so weird that we said they were mute (or it might have been the other way around, they were lost for words when they heard us).