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In Italy and all over Europe and the Middle East you will find place names connected with the romans. But the Latin language has inclusenced names in many other places as well, including American and Australia.
Australia = southern, from the Latin terra australis meaning southern land
agriculture - from the Latin word for field, ager
Aquarium = from the Latin word aqua meaning water
Argentina = the country, from the Latin word, argent, for silver
Horticultural centre = garden centre, from hortus, Latin for garden
island - from the Latin word for island isla
peninsula - almost an island, a finger-shape piece of land sticking out into the sea, from the Latin words paena meaning almost and the Latin word for island
Victoria was the Roman goddess of victory. From Queen Victoria we get numerous placenames, such as Victoria state in Austrlia, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England. The Victoria Falls in Africa are in several countries, and will be in travel histories and old guidebooks when renamed on maps in later years.
Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_words_with_English_derivatives
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