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[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Which ruler is the first one? I wasn’t aware of a country being named after one

[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Simon Bolivar

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thank you! I knew who it was, but the name slipped my mind and, the only country my stupid brain would associate him with was Columbia. 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I wasn’t aware of a country being named after one

apart from this guy, the Philippines are named after King Philip II of Spain.