Home›World Traditional Verse Forms›Place of OriginBrowse ByPlace of OriginPlace of origin names where a genre was first written. Wikipedia records that "the first work to be labelled as Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto," a single English novel that gave an entire genre its name. This dimension shows which places have given the world their own genres of writing.Place of OriginComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Place of OriginFilter Results29 entriesArea (sq km)All10,991 (1)20,947 (1)45,335 (1)70,273 (1)100,472 (1)198,113 (1)241,038 (1)242,500 (1)302,069 (1)331,338 (1)338,455 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)505,983 (1)513,120 (1)592,796 (1)632,702.3 (1)637,657 (1)947,303 (1)996,603 (1)1,648,195 (1)2,650,670 (1)3,287,263 (1)5,222,321 (1)6,142,700 (1)9,572,900 (1)30,370,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Country CountAll49 (1)54 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All5895 (1)8849 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1492 (1)1801 (1)1861 (1)1917 (1)1918 (1)1922 (2)1945 (2)1947 (1)1949 (1)1960 (2)1961 (1)1962 (2)PopulationAll1,362,954 (1)2,824,913 (1)3,193,513 (1)5,458,600 (1)5,652,881 (1)16,100,000 (1)19,655,000 (1)31,964,956 (1)45,905,417 (1)49,752,000 (1)51,106,229 (1)58,900,000 (1)65,975,198 (1)67,462,121 (1)69,081,996 (1)69,414,000 (1)74,000,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)92,417,681 (1)103,439,000 (1)109,139,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)468,200,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)2,040,000,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 29AfricaPlace of Origin2 entriesAsiaPlace of Origin2 entriesThe Basque CountryPlace of Origin1 entryChinaPlace of Origin9 entriesEgyptPlace of Origin2 entriesEstoniaPlace of Origin1 entryFinlandPlace of Origin1 entryFrancePlace of Origin1 entryGermanyPlace of Origin1 entryIndiaPlace of Origin6 entriesIranPlace of Origin3 entriesIrelandPlace of Origin3 entriesItalyPlace of Origin2 entriesJamaicaPlace of Origin1 entryJapanPlace of Origin5 entriesKareliaPlace of Origin1 entryMadagascarPlace of Origin1 entryOccitaniaPlace of Origin19 entriesSomaliaPlace of Origin1 entrySouth AsiaPlace of Origin2 entriesSouth KoreaPlace of Origin1 entrySouthern AfricaPlace of Origin1 entrySpainPlace of Origin1 entryTanzaniaPlace of Origin1 entryThailandPlace of Origin1 entryUgandaPlace of Origin1 entryUnited KingdomPlace of Origin4 entriesVietnamPlace of Origin1 entryWest AfricaPlace of Origin1 entryComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.