A map has been created showing the the most common word used in each county’s English language Wikipedia page.
Picture: Reddit / Amiantedeluxe
This excludes linking words such as ‘the’, ‘country’, ‘government’ and demonyms.
Some of the most interesting ones are:
- The most commonly used word on the UK’s Wikipedia is ‘Ireland’, and the most commonly used word on Ireland’s page is ‘state’.
- In the US and Spain entires the most common word is ‘war’.
- In Russia and a lot of the former USSR countries the most common word is ‘Soviet’.
- North Korea’s most commonly used word is ‘south’ and South Korea’s most common word is ‘North’.
- Most island countries have ‘island’ as the most recurring word.
- ‘World’ is the most common word across Europe, which is likely due to the World Wars.
You can visit a high-res zoomable version here.