# Why do so many Country/state/Province names end with the letter A?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-country-state-province-names-end-with-the-letter-a/396288>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-country-state-province-names-end-with-the-letter-a/396288 "2007-03-17T01:38:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-country-state-province-names-end-with-the-letter-a/396288/21 "2013-09-30T15:15:51Z")

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For example Amerigo Vespucci latinized his name as Americus, so his feminized latinized name was applied to the land- America. Could be worse, they could be the United States of Vespuccia.

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