Culture of São Tomé e Príncipe
Identification. São Tomé e Príncipe is the second smallest country in the Organization of African Unity.
Culture of Saudi Arabia
Culture of Scotland
Scottish or Scots; Scotch is considered antiquated and belittling.
Culture of Senegal
Identification. The area that today is Senegal once was part of the West African Empire of Mali, Ghana, and Tekrur.
Culture of Serbia and Montenegro
Culture of Seychelles
Identification. The name "Seychelles" derives from the 1756 French expedition that led to the annexation of the islands.
Culture of Sierra Leone
Identification. The name "Sierra Leone" dates back to 1462, when Portuguese explorer Pedro da Cintra, sailing down the West African coast, saw the tall mountains rising up on what is now the Freetown Peninsula and called them the "Lion Mountains," or "Serra Lyoa." Successive visits by English sailors and later British colonization modified the name to "Sierra Leone." Despite distinctive regional variations in language and local traditions, Sierra Leoneans today are united by many factors, such as their shared lingua franca Krio, widespread membership in men's and women's social associations and societies, and even sporting events, especially when the national football (soccer) team plays.
Culture of Singapore
Identification. The place name "Singapore" is derived from Singa-pura ("City of the Lion"), a commonly used term since the fourteenth century.
Culture of Slovakia
Identification. "Slovak" is derived from the Slovakian term for Slav: Slovan.
Culture of Slovenia
Slovenia is officially known as the Republic of Slovenia and called Slovenija by its residents.
Culture of Solomon Islands
Melanesia; Melanesians; Wantoks ("one people," people from the Melanesian region sharing certain characteristics, especially the use of pidgin English).
Culture of Somalia
Culture of South Africa
Identification. South Africa is the only nation-state named after its geographic location; there was a general agreement not to change the name after the establishment of a constitutional nonracial democracy in 1994.
Culture of Spain
Identification. The name España is of uncertain origin; from it derived the Hispania of the roman Empire.
Culture of Sri Lanka
Identification. The official name of the nation is the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Culture of Sudan
In Arabic, it is called Jumhuriyat as-Sudan, or simply as-Sudan.
Culture of Suriname
Identification. The name "Suriname" (Sranan, Surinam) may be of Amerindian origin.
Culture of Swaziland
Identification. The Swazi nation is named for Mswati II, who became king in 1839.
Culture of Sweden
Identification. The people who came to be called Swedes were mentioned by the Roman historian Tacitus in 98 C.E.
Culture of Switzerland
Culture of Syria
Identification. Syria is the name that was given to the region by the Greeks and Romans and probably derives from the Babylonian suri.
Culture of Taiwan
Identification. Over four-fifths of the people are descendants of Han Chinese settlers who came to the island in the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries from southeastern China.
Culture of Tajikistan
Identification.
Culture of Tanzania
Identification. It is said that the mainland portion of what is now Tanzania was named by a British civil servant in 1920, from the Swahili words tanga (sail) and nyika (bright arid plain).
Culture of Thailand
Identification. The name "Thailand" is associated with the dominant ethnic group, Thai.