"From The Greek Words ""Meso"" (Middle) & Potamus (River) "

"After It's Founder Alexander The Great "

"In 1664 The Dutch Colony Of New Amsterdam Was Invaded By The English Who Renamed It New York "

"Simon Bolivar Who Led The Country To Independence "

"Amerigo Vespucci A Navigator From Florence "

"The Qin Dynasty (Pronounced Chin) Which Means(Founders Of Modern China) "

"Carthage Is Phoenician For ""New City"" "

"It Is Named After A Complex Of Stone Ruins In That Country "

"When French Explorer Jaques Cartier Discovered The Bay Of St Lawrence In 1530 Locals Told Him He Had Found ""Canada"" Meaning A Village "

It Was Founded Around It's Main Hill "The Mount Real"

"The Meadows A Mormon Settler Named It In The 1850's "

"It Lies On The Equator "

"Good Air The Spanish Were Relieved To Get There After Months Of Plagued Voyaging "

"Little Venice "

"Named In 1836 After Queen Adelaide Wife Of King William The IV "