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English: Sweden, Switzerland

In Slavic languages its arguably somewhat close: - Russian: Швеция, Швейцария (translit: Shvetsiya, Shveytsariya). - Ukrainian: Швеція, Швейцарія (Shvetsiya, Shveytsariya) - Polish: Szwecja i Szwajcaria etc.

Romance languages, as well: - French: Suède, Suisse. - Italian: Svezia, Svizzera. - Spanish: Suecia, Suiza. - Catalan: Suècia, Suïssa. etc.

It’s more likely in spanish, where it’s Suecia vs. Suiza.

I definitely seen it happen. Hell, people do confuse Czech Republic with Chzechnya..

I overheard a conversation just this morning where a young man was explaining to his friend that he was from Chzechnya, not Czechia. This apparently resolved a lot of questions for the friend.

If not the words, then the stereotypes. Sweden! Watches and chocolate, right?