Country Name Changes
Before 1935, Iran was known by this name, coming from the Greek word for the province of Fars.
What is Persia?
This flightless New Zealand bird can also mean a person from the same island.
What is a kiwi?
Chicken
What is chicken?
This is Coy's legal first name. Coy is just his middle name!
What is Thomas?
Lonesome George was the last surviving Pinta Island tortoise, a subspecies originating from Pinta Island in this Pacific archipelago.
What are the Galapagos Islands?
In 1986, the West African country of Ivory Coast changed its name to this. A hint: it's their old name, but in French.
What is Côte d'Ivoire?
If someone is out of their mind, they may be called this, also a diving water bird.
What is a loon?
Mutton
What is sheep?
This is the name of Coy's worldbuilding project.
What is Elterra?
The last known member of this marsupial species died in 1936 in Hobart Zoo, Tasmania. It was driven to extinction primarily by farmers who erroneously believed it preyed on their livestock.
What is the thylacine/Tasmanian tiger/Tasmanian wolf?
The name "Tanzania" is a combination of the two nations that merged to form it: Tanganyika and this East African island.
What is Zanzibar?
These senior members of the Catholic Church are appointed by the pope and are also responsible for electing the next one.
Who are cardinals?
Buffen
What is buffalo?
Like at least one person in Turlington, Coy is from this North Carolina county.
What is Wayne County?
Madhuca diplostemon was considered extinct for 184 years, until a single tree in a sacred grove in this country was determined to belong to the species.
What is India?
This East African commonwealth country was known as Nyasaland until 1974, when it became fully independent from the United Kingdom.
What is Malawi?
To wear this around one's neck is to bear a burden born of one's past actions.
What is an albatross?
Chevon
What is goat?
This name is the one Coy would have today if his mom hadn't shot it down for being "too old". 19 years later, it would be repurposed for his dad's dog.
What is Clyde?
Incas was the last known member of this species and died in 1918. It was the only parrot species native to Eastern North America and shares a name with my home state.
What is the Carolina parakeet?
Zaire became known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997, when this dictator was forced into exile by popular rebellion.
Who is Mobutu Sese Seko?
This comes from the term "war hawk" and means a politician that supports entering armed conflict despite avoiding military service themself.
What is chickenhawk?
Chevaline
What is horse?
This is Coy's favorite bird.
What is a kea?
This fitting adjective is used in the common name of Hyophorbe amaricaulis, a species of palm with only one known member, located in Mauritius.
What is "loneliest"?