Italy in Hungarian (was: diction and contradiction)

[Kreso Megyeral]

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Gabor Sandi wrote:

"It should be noted that Hungarian names of countries outside Europe never seem
to use "orsza'g", even -ia is not essential, so that we have, for example:
Ki'na, Japa'n."

Of course, if you consider Armenia (Örminyorszag) a part of Europe.
Also, one, rather rarely encountered, ending is "föld" (lit. "ground"),
coming historically from German, now a usual word in Hungarian, which
sometimes stands for "-land" if it's not a European country. Thus Thaiföld,
Szvaziföld.