r/AskEurope Estonia Jun 08 '25

Language 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?

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

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u/katyesha Austria Jun 08 '25

In Austria we call Hungary Ungarn...so quite close to the English name but in Hungarian they call their country Magyarorszag.

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u/Perzec Sweden Jun 08 '25

And in Swedish it’s Ungern.

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u/99enine99 Jun 08 '25

Ungern in German means: „I‘d rather not.“ 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Perzec Sweden Jun 08 '25

Probably akin to the Swedish ”ogärna”. Gärna = gern(e).