Words Which You Know In Spanish, Thai, Urdu and Persian from Country Names and Place Names

Problem
I'm sure you and I know a lot of words in foreign languages, if only we could get the translations.

Answer
It is easier to remember the name of a country or area if you know the words' meanings. Here are a few words you know with their translations:

LANGUAGE or COUNTRY Foreign word - English
German Oktober (as in Oktoberfest) - October

Spanish Puerta del sol - gate of the sun (Central point of Spain, in the capital, Madrid)
Honduras (the country name) means great depths
Kazakhstan - land of the wanderers
Persian - Pakistan means land of the pure; paki-pure; stan- land or place of (Persian language of Iran)

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Thai - Prathet Thai which translates into Thailand, means land of the free; Thai is free
Urdu - Pakistan means land of the pure (same as  in Persian); Paki pure, stan land

English - Foreign Word
costa - coast (Spanish)
of the - del - of the (Spanish)
gate - puerta (Spanish)
October - Oktober (as in Oktoberfest, German)
sun - sol (Spanish) as in Puerta del Sol and Costa del Sol

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. teacher of English and other languages.