Which countries refer to themselves by their shape?
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Mother India (Bharat Mata in Hindi) since the shape is like a lady standing draped in a saree (traditional Indian female attire) with her arms open. Check the map below.
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Not sure how relevant it is, but Russia is self-referred as "one seventh of dry land" (одна седьмая часть суши).
Used to be "one sixth"(?) at the time of USSR. Wolfram Alpha says the real ratio is closer to one ninth.
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The Finnish Maiden (Suomi-neito) refers to the shape of Finland, which looks vaguely like a woman in a long dress with one hand raised:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Maiden; the red bits represent territory lost to Russia after WW2.
Notably, the "arm" is known in Finnish as "The Arm" (Käsivarsi) and former capital Turku has the unfortunate designation of being Finland's butt (Suomen perse; it's even more rude in the original).
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Italy nicknamed lo Stivale (the Boot).
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