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Archive for April 19th, 2006

The ORIENTAL Republic?

Posted by southron on April 19th, 2006

The official name of the country is República Oriental del Uruguay / Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Contrary to popular thought, and unlike the West Indies, which Columbus thought were part of India, it is NOT based on a mistaken notion by an explorer that he had found China or Japan.


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