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Originally Posted by Capsicum
While some countries are named after historical entities larger or more expansive than their current areas, many countries are also named after areas previously much smaller than themselves. For example, Mexico the country was in a sense named after Mexico the city, as it was the capital and heartland of the Aztec empire.
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France is also a good example. Originally, the term referred to a much smaller geographical area; the modern country got united much later.