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Author Message Admin (Admin) Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 861 Registered: 7-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 8:11 am:        What do Guatamala and Holland have in common with each other but with no other countries? Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1817 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 8:31 am:        Is the commonality in their: names? History? People? Languages? A specific word? Resources? Weather? Geography? Traditions? Borders? Government? Economy? Flora? Fauna? Can it be considered a good thing? Bad? Neutral? War relevant? Admin (Admin) Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 863 Registered: 7-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 9:53 am:        Galfisk, VERY THOROUGH QUESTIONING! Is the commonality in their: names? YES History? People? Languages? A specific word? Resources? Weather? Geography? Traditions? Borders? Government? Economy? Flora? Fauna? NO Can it be considered a good thing? Bad? Neutral? NEUTRAL War relevant? NO GOOD START Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2631 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 10:17 am:        Relevant that Holland is now more often called the Netherlands? The two countries' names have a similar etymology is this relevant? Admin (Admin) Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 865 Registered: 7-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 4:36 pm:        Peter, Relevant that Holland is now more often called the Netherlands? NO The two countries' names have a similar etymology is this relevant? YES It_so_happened (It_so_happened) New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 43 Registered: 5-2010 Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 5:04 pm:        They both mean "land of trees" or something like that? Admin (Admin) Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 867 Registered: 7-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 6:21 pm:        * * * SPOILER * * * It so happened got it. Guatamala means land of trees in Mayan which is what Holland means in Dutch. Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2669 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 6:46 am:        Good one! I was going to ask if it meant "lowlands."