Most of these should be pretty easy but you still may wish to spoiler your answers. Depending on how this goes I might share the B’s tomorrow, and C~E the day after that, until I’ve gone through all the names I’ve come up with.
Today’s list includes:
- 3 continents
- 9 UN member countries
- 1 partially recognized non-UN member country
- 4 colonies[1]
- 1 disputed territory
- = 18 names in total
Unsolved names are bolded.
| Name | Hint |
|---|---|
| Abya-Yala | Name associated with Indigenous activism. |
| Afgániya | |
| Afrika | |
| Aíti | |
| Akrotiri u Dekeliya | |
| Aksá | Pars pro toto. |
| Alaska | |
| Aĺamane | Endonym. |
| Alžehi | French name. |
| Andora | |
| Aňgola | |
| Aotearowa | Endonym. |
| Apsni | Endonym. |
| Aŕentina | |
| Aruba | |
| Azeriya | |
| Aziya | |
| Azoriya |
Perhaps I’m using this term a bit loosely. I’m thinking of territories that are politically, economically, militarily, and/or diplomatically subordinated to a geographically distant metropole/“mainland”. ↩︎
Response
Close enough, so I’ll just reveal the actual answer now.
To generalize, the name Turtle Island is associated with the seven continent model and is used more by English-speaking Indigenous activists, while Abya Yala is associated with the six continent model and is used more by Spanish-speaking Indigenous activists. Put simply, Turtle Island replaces “North America” and Abya Yala replaces “América” (“the Americas”).
The name Abya Yala is from the Kuna language of Panama and means something to the effect of “mature land”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abya_Yala
I did coin a Manjatian calque of Turtle Island as well, that being Bómbyadá; but since I’m using the six continent model here, Turtle Island is seen as more of a region than a continent.