"United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym

https://lemmy.world/post/37578315

"United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

I am forever annoyed that every language has the audacity to rename other countries to something that is not their name.

Germany? It’s called Deutschland

Spain? España.

Russia? Rossiya.

It’s everywhere and it’s weird.

Russia == Rossiya doesn't belong in that list.
Spain and españa are also just cognates