The name America likely comes from Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, the first person to realize the entire continent was its own landmass rather than a part of Asia. Others are more gloriously ...

Word puzzle advice site WordFinderX compiled a list of the most frequently mispronounced first names around the world. The data was culled from Forvo, an online pronunciation tool.

On the map - generated using Google search data - country names have been supplemented with their residents' most-searched-for bucket-list experience.

A hiker and outdoorsman, Mr. Thomas as a child yearned for a world where nature ruled supreme. His map represents the “idealistic planet that I wanted,” Mr. Thomas, 34, said.