How come some countries begin with "The" and others don't?

The Ukraine. The Sudan. The Congo. The Philippines. The United States.
Why not The Canada? The Mexico? The Germany? The Russia? Etc. etc.

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>The Faggot OP

Next time make better language

the Gambia

>The cuckhold's republic of cockgobbling

also know as OP's house.

Ukraine means frontier, the frontier is the proper way to say it
No idea about the other ones

How come the song is "Born in the USA" and not "Born in USA"?

>How come
Guaranteed sign of a retard

All countries begin with a "The", even ours, have you never heard about "The United States" dumbass?

So you're from The Brazil?

Yes

Russia isn't a country nigger, its The Russian Federation

You are very, very dumb.

No one has answered the question sufficiently.

No one has explained why some countries' names begin with a definite article while most countries get no article.

>The Ukraine. The Sudan.
not proper
>The Congo. The Philippines. The United States.
proper (though desu I'm not seeing why congo doesn't follow the scheme or I misunderstand the congo is.)
*The* usually only heads collections. Like there's Russia then *The* Russian Federation.

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The Turkmenistan

Putin made it this way
Accept it or die.

The Tsar used to be called "Tsar of all the Russias," implying that the Russias are a collection, and that there are multiple Russias.

>scrolling
>see OP question
>i bet thats an american poster
there we go

Because... Well they just are okay??

The Australia

Its to know if they are full of faggots

Right but even that implies a collection that spawn off just "Russia"

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It really is certain isn't it?