discriminative thread? i don't think so, timetraveller. Just because kaka said that word came from tibet doesn't mean that whoever believes it has to live in tibet. that's ridiculous. to your question "does it matter where nepal's name came from?" my answer is yes, it is important. I'd like to know where the name of my country, which i love very much, came from. I'd like to know my ancestry, and where my ancestors were from. This is history man, and it is interesting and it also makes us who we are today. it gives us an identity. any more theories on the name "Nepal"?