Monday 2 November 2009

Question for November 3-Gaurav Kane


Identify X and Y:

The name X is a cognate of Aryan, and means "Land of the Aryans"

As the New York Times explained at the time,
"At the suggestion of the Y Legation in Berlin, the Y government, on the Y New Year, March 21, 1935, substituted X for Y as the official name of the country. In its decision it was influenced by the Nazi revival of interest in the various Aryan races, cradled in ancient Y.

5 comments:

Sailesh Ganesh said...

X - Iran, Y - Persia.

Rahul said...

X- Iran, Y- Persia

Gypsy said...

X = Arabia?
Y = Iran

Ankur said...

X = Iran
Y = Persia

The Answer said...

X - Iran
Y - Persia