The first or maternal family name is LourenÃ§o and the second or paternal family name is Nunes. Amanda LourenÃ§o Nunes (born May 30, 1988) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. She currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is the UFC Women's Bantamweight champion.
Prussia became part of the modern country of Germany. Parts of Prussia, however, became parts of Poland, Russia, Denmark, Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Lithuania after the German losses in World War I and World War II. Keep Learning.
Reader Jonathan wrote in to ask, âWhy do we call other countries by names that they do not use themselves? Where did these names come from and why do we use them?. Germany image via Shutterstock. To Americans, the European country that gave the world Volkswagens, the Scorpions and World War II is Germany. But in Germany, they call the place Deutschland. The Spanish call Germany Alemania, the Poles call it Niemcy and the Thai call it ???????.