Why do we have different names in different languages for different countries? Shouldn’t we all call the country by whatever name the citizens of that country call it?

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Like Germany vs Deutchland

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Answer 1

Because languages evolved differently. For some reason Germany probably has the most variant when it comes to the name of the country in different languages. The Japanese name for Germany is probably the closest to the German version, but I assume that’s because World war II