Origins Quiz — Tuesday, September 15, 2026

What country's name comes from the Venetian dialect of Italian and means 'black mountain,' a direct translation of the local Slavic name Crna Gora, for the dark, densely forested peaks that greeted sailors arriving on its Adriatic coast?

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