The Spanish call Germany Alemania, ... was Germany to some folks long before the country united and called itself Deutschland. What is this all about?
Why call a … In Spanish, Germany is Alemania, in French it is Allemande.

In actuality though, the names most countries are called by their neighbors can be quite different from what they in fact call themselves. Alemania ganó la Copa Mundial por cuarta vez en el 2014. Why the Romans called it that is uncertain, but the American Heritage Dictionary suggests that the name may have come from a Celtic word for neighbor. The masculine form is usually used to refer to more than one person of unknown gender. However, I don't know what the origin of the word 'Germany' is.

I’m sure everyone knows of Germany, if you don’t please come out from under that rock; but have you heard of Alemania?

alemania is spanish for the word "German" No. In history, I've learned that one of the Germanic tribes which once inhbitated at least part of the region now called Germany were THE ALLEMANI, and is it was after this group that some languages named the country now known in English as Germany.

Alemania happens to be the Spanish name for Germany. It's Deutschland (Doichlahnd), not "Duestchland.," but in any case, English somehow acquired the Latin name for it, "Germania." Berlin is a city and the capital of Germany. In Spanish, nouns, and adjectives usually, have a masculine form and a feminine form depending if the person being referenced is male or female.

Well, that’s Germany too, only it’s what the Spanish call it, and Deutschland is what the Germans call Germany.


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