Always wondered about this, If kan i.e. 漢 means china then it would be more meaningful to call china as 漢国 instead of 中国。Is there any reason why they don't do that? Because I find it odd that foreign country is called as 外国 and china, Which is a foreign country is called as 中国, 中国 literally means 国内 from my perspective, so I wonder why is a foreign country i.e. china, called as 中国. If anyone know the factual Reason for this, please let me know about it, that will be much appreciated.
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