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Ever wondered how England got its name? As with countless other countries, it's all down to a tribe of early settlers (in this case the 5th Century Angles).

In fact, almost every country in the world is named after one of four things: 1) a tribe; 2) a feature of the land; 3) a directional description; or 4) an important person. That's according to Quartz, which analysed 195 countries listed in the Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names.

1> Tribe names

England is in good company with the lion’s share (about a third) of the world’s countries named after an early tribe or ethnic group.

FRANCE – Named after the Franks, who conquered the land in the Medieval ages.

VIETNAM – Named after the Viets of the South.

AFGHANISTAN – Translates to "Afghan-land; place of the Afghans”.

THAILAND – Relates to the “tai” people, an ethnic group from the central plains region.

RUSSIA – From the Medieval Latin term “Russi”, which denoted the people of the land.

2> Important people

SAINT LUCIA – This Caribbean island was named by the French in 1625 after the Catholic Saint Lucy, who was widely worshipped during the Middle Ages.

COLOMBIA – Named after famed explorer Christopher Columbus, who incidentally never even set foot in the country. It was in fact discovered by his companion Alonso de Ojeda in 1499, but was eventually named after Columbus anyway.

PHILIPPINES – Named by Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, in honor of King Philip II of Spain in 1542.

SAUDI ARABIA – After esteemed warrior and aristocrat Emir Muhammad bin Saud, who is considered the founder of the First Saudi State in 1744.

SEYCHELLES – In 1976, this beautiful chain of islands in the Indian Ocean gained independence from the UK but before that it was controlled by France and was named after French minister of finance Jean Moreau de Sechelles in the 1700s.

EL SAVADOR – This tiny country in Central America takes its name from Jesus and translates to "The Saviour". It was named by Spanish conqueror Pedro de Alvarado in the 1500s.

3> Land features

ICELAND – This moniker translates to "Land of Ice", perhaps for obvious reasons, from the ancient language of Old Norse, and is said to have been named by Norwegian Viking Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson in 856 AD. This ignores Iceland’s plentiful green landscape, however, and many theorise that Iceland was named as such to dissuade potential settlers from invading what would have sounded like a cold, hostile environment.

HAITI – This Caribbean country’s name translates to "mountainous land" in its indigenous Taíno language. It was colonised by Spain in 1492 and originally named “La Española”, but was later renamed “Haiti” in 1804 by former slave and revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who declared himself emperor and took back the land.

BARBADOS – This name translates to ‘the bearded’ in Portuguese, which is thought to be due to the long hanging roots of the fig trees that were noticed and marvelled at by colonizers in the late 16th Century.

UKRAINE – Ukraine was labelled as such during the 12th Century and translates to “near the border” in Old Slavic. Essentially it was used to define an area of territory within what was then the East Slavic state of Kievan Rus.

4> Location

AUSTRALIA – First coined by the Ancient Greeks, Australia translates to “Unknown Southern Land”, but was officially declared by this name in the early 1800s by English cartographer Matthew Flinders.

NORWAY – Conversely, this country traces its name to the Old English term for “northern way”, first mentioned in 880 by the Anglo-Saxons.

JAPAN – Nippon, which is the name commonly used by Japanese natives, means “land of the rising sun”, referring to its geographical location of being east of China.

There do exist a smattering of countries in the world which stepped outside the box with their naming criteria - around 20 of them. While some are disputed or their exact origins unclear, here is a handful of the most quirky and imaginative...

Bhutan, which calls itself Druk Yul, means "land of the thunder dragon" on account of the magnificent storms that tear through the Himalaya Mountains.

There are several theories as to the origin of Nepal's name, one of which makes reference to Kathmandu's sheep-rearing history, given that in Tibetan, "ne" means "home" and "pal" means "wool" - ergo "the home of wool"

Nauru, one of the world's most remote islands and the smallest state in the South Pacific, might take its name from the native term "anáoero" - which rather charmingly means, "I go to the beach".

Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor is inexpensive capacitor with high capacitance values for filtering lower frequencies. Our products are very great diversification in styles, series with tailored lifetimes and electrical parameters. GKT-VZ is Kingtronics excellent product, you must be satisfied with it.

Features of GKT-VZ SMD E Cap
LZ code printed on the Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Surface
Designed for surface mounting on high density circuit board
Reach/RoHS certified quality
Various dimensions: 4*5.4mm ~ 16*16.5mm
Long load life: 2000 ~ 3000H

Specifications of GKT-VZ SMD E Cap
Operating Temperature: -55℃~ +105℃
Wide Range Capacitance: 0.1uF ~ 4700uF
Voltage Range: 6.3V ~ 50V.DC

More information about Kingtronics SMD E cap, please check: http://www.kingtronics.com/aluminum-electrolytic-capacitors/GKT-VZ-105C-SMD-Aluminum-Electrolytic-Capacitors.html

1. Wish beloved father good health, great happiness and good luck in everything on the coming Father's Day！
在父亲节来临之际，祝愿敬爱的父亲身体健康，节日快乐，万事如意！



2. May happiness in countless ways fill every moment of your holiday.
愿数不尽的欢乐陪伴您佳节的每时每刻。

3. Wish you a happy Father's Day and the best of everything!
祝您父亲节快乐!万事如意！


4. I hope you know how proud I am of you, father. Happy Father's Day! Happiness always!
爸爸，我希望您能知道我是多么为您感到自豪啊，祝您父亲节快乐，永远快乐！


5. Happy Father's Day to you, my dear father! Thank you for everything you've done for me!
父亲节快乐，亲爱的爸爸！谢谢您为我所做的一切！

Happy New Year. Wish dear all good luck and good health in whole 2016.

The new year, the new beginning. We suggest you to consider our Kingtronics/Kt brand in 2016. Please kindly use 1 minute to check my below email. Thanks. (*^__^*) 

1. Do you buy Passive Components? If yes, are there any problems you're facing? Like quality, price, package and L/T...
    Passive Components including trimmer, Quartz Crystal, radial / axial type for MLCC and tantalum capacitors. We produce these parts with RoHS Compliant.

2. We're ISO 9001:2008 manufacturer since 1990. We have confidence to help you with above problems. 
a. Quality is very good with ISO, UL & SGS certificates
b. Prices are very competitive on the market

c. Durable package & punctual delivery time
3. We cooperate with Newark Farnell (Element 14), Avnet Abacus, Arrow Electronics, Compel, YE International...
    These distributors are well-known in the components field

4. Different from other suppliers, our service is very good & our brand enjoys good reputation worldwide. 
    We show our products at Electronica in Munich, Expo Electronica in Moscow, FIEE in Brazil & Asia Electronica in HK

5. Below our passive components for your study. Kindly please check if any exact inquiry for us. Look forward to your business chance in 2016! 
MKT: Radial multilayer ceramic capacitor
AKT: Axial multilayer ceramic capacitor
LKT: Chip multilayer ceramic capacitor
HKT: High voltage chip multilayer ceramic capacitor
TKT: Dipped tantalum capacitor
CKT: Chip tantalum capacitor
RKT: Trimmer potentiometer 3296 3006 3386 3266 3362 3329 3590S SMD C3305...
QKT: Quartz Crystal HC49S, HC49U, HC49SMD.

Regarding specification, please refer to our website http://www.kingtronics.com/

Dear Valued Customers,

Firstly, Kingtronics hope all of you and your familly have a prosperous New Year, we sincerely wish you happiness, cheerfulness and success. ^ ^

Besides, pls keep us informed once you need component support, we are always at you service, hope we win more business together in 2016. Cheers for New Year. 

We are always here for you!

1.> We are a HK based ISO manufacturer, producing components under our own registered brand Kt Kingtronics since 1990, ISO/SGS/RoHS certified 

2.> For a long-term cooperation, we sell our parts to Newark Farnell (Element 14), Avnet Abacus, Compel, YE International...enjoy good reputation in Europe, America, Asia, Afirica...

3.> Do you have related inquiries of trimmer potentiometer(cross Bourns/Vishay/Murata...)/multilayer ceramic capacitor&tantalum capacitor(cross Kemet/Vishay/AVX...)/diode rectifier(cross Diodes/Fairchild..)... welcome to check the best price with us.

New Year is coming soon.Wish you have a wonderful holiday in advance.

Below hot sellers many buyers will buy for resale or stock before New Year. Do you have any demand for those? We will try our best to satisfy you well with competitive prices as per your request.

And we are on the stage of evaluating old distributors and develop more potential new distributors, do you have interests in being kingtronics distributor? 

RKT trimmer potentiometer: 3296 3006 3386 3266 3362 3329 3590S SMD C3305
TKT radial tantalum capacitors & MKT radial multilayer ceramic capacitors 

Transistor BC847A/B/C SOT-23 T&R RoHS 
Transistor BC807-16/25/40 SOT-23 T&R RoHS 

Switch diode BAV70 SOT-23 T&R RoHS 
Switch diode BAV99 SOT-23 T&R RoHS 

M7 DO-214AC T&R RoHS 
LL4148 LL-34 T&R RoHS

1. Do you buy Passive Components? If yes, are there any problems you're facing? Like quality, price, package and L/T...
    Passive Components including trimmer, Quartz Crystal, radial / dipped type for MLCC and tantalum capacitors. We produce these parts.

2. We're ISO 9001:2008 manufacturer since 1990. Maybe we can help you solve above problems. 
    a. Quality is very good. With ISO, UL & SGS approval.
    b. Prices are competitive on the market, maybe not the lowest, but it costs our valued products.
    c. Good package & Fast delivery time.

3. We also sell our parts to Newark Farnell (Element 14), Avnet Abacus, Compel, YE International...

4. Different from other suppliers, our service is very good, enjoy good reputation on the market. 
    We show our products in Munich Electronica, Moscow Expo Electronica, Brazil FIEE, HK Asia Electronica.

5. Below is our Passive components we produce, kindly please check if you have inquiry for us.
MKT: Radial multilayer ceramic capacitor.
http://www.kingtronics.com/mlcc-capacitors/radial-mlcc-capacitors.html

LKT:  Chip multilayer ceramic capacitor
http://www.kingtronics.com/mlcc-capacitors/smd-mlcc-capacitors.html

HKT:  High voltage multilayer ceramic capacitor
http://www.kingtronics.com/mlcc-capacitors/high-voltage-mlcc-capacitors.html

TKT:   Dipped tantalum capacitor.
http://www.kingtronics.com/tantalum-capacitors/dipped-tantalum.html

CKT:  Chip tantalum capacitor
http://www.kingtronics.com/tantalum-capacitors/chip-tantalum-capacitors.html

RKT:  Trimmer potentiometer 3296 3006 3386 3266 3362 3329 3590S SMD C3305...
http://www.kingtronics.com/trimming-potentiometers/

QKT:  Quartz Crystal HC49S, HC49U, HC49SMD.
http://www.kingtronics.com/quartz-crystals/

Amplifier manufacturers please kindly pay attention to China top ISO manufacturer Kingtronics.

Kingtronics is one of the most popular manufacturers in the electronic components field, who can offer you superior quality, unbeatable price and efficient service.

Do you need following SKT, MKT and trimpot 3329H? Below pls check and advise. Your inquiry is much appreciated. ^_^

SKT--Surge Arrester
SKT-2R-230-A5L Bulk RoHS
Datasheet: www.kingtronics.com/pdf/2-Surge-Arresters.pdf

RKT--Trimmer Potentiometer
RKT-3329H-102-R 1K Ohm
Datasheet: www.kingtronics.com/pdf/RKT-3329.pdf

MKT--Radial Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors
0.1uF 100V Y5V +/-20% pitch 5.08mm  Bulk RoHS
0.01uF 50V X7R +/-10% pitch 5.08mm  Bulk RoHS
0.1uF 50V Y5V   +/-20% pitch 5.08mm  Bulk RoHS
220pF 1000V NPO +/-5% pitch5.08mm Bulk RoHS
Datasheet: www.kingtronics.com/pdf/radial-mlcc-capacitors.pdf

Feature:
* Body small, linear uniform.
* Best resistance from the entire circuit to adjust the electrical circuit.

Application:
1, Mainly used for potential control of all kinds of radios mobile communication radios, wireless equipment;
2, DVD, car audio, audio and other common AV equipment;
3, Seat heating for the automotive interior, various control dimmers, chaotic water etc;
4, For residential equipment of various control.