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Description
Albania
Algeria

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
RepublicofAlbania(official,English),RepublikaeShqipris(official,
Albanian),Arnavutluk(Turkish)
People'sDemocraticRepublicofAlgeria(official,English),alJazir(common,

(common,

Arabic),alJumhuriyyaalJazaa'iriyyaadDmuqriyyaashSha'biyya(official,

English)

Arabic)

Argentina
(common,
English)
Armenia
(common,
English)

ArgentineRepublic(official,English),laArgentina(colloquial,Spanish),the
Argentine(archaic,English),ArgentineNation(officialandlegallypreferred,
English),UnitedProvincesoftheRodelaPlata(official,English),Argentine
Confederation(official,English)
Hayastan(transliteratedArmenian,original:),Republicof
Armenia(official,English)

Australia
(common,

CommonwealthofAustralia(official,English),NewHolland(formername,English)

English)
Austria
(common,
English)
Azerbaijan
(common,
English)

RepublicofAustria(official,English),Republiksterreich(official,
German),sterreich(common,German)
AzrbaycanRespublikas(official,Azerbaijani),RepublicofAzerbaijan(official,
English)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
Bangladesh(commonname,meaningthecountryofBengal),
GnprjatntriBangladesh(longofficialname
inBengali),People'sRepublicofBangladesh(longofficialnameinEnglish),
Bangla(alternativenamemeaningthegeographicalland

Bangladesh ofBengal),Bngg(Bongo,historicalnameforgeographicalareaofBengal),
Gnggarriddhi(ancientnameforBengalregion),BengalPresidency(former
politicalname),

PurbBngg/EastBengal(formerpoliticalname),

Purb

Pakistan/EastPakistan(formerpoliticalname).
Belarus

RepublicofBelarus(official,English),Gudija(Lithuanian),Byelorussia(former
name),WhiteRussia(outdated)

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Belize
Benin
Botswana

BritishHonduras(former,English)
Dahomey(formername),RepublicofBenin(official,English),Rpubliquedu
Bnin(official,French)
Bechuanaland(former,English),RepublicofBotswana(official,English)
Pindorama(native,precolonization,TupiGuaran),TerradeSantaCruz(early

Brazil

Portuguesecolonization),IlhadeVeraCruz(former,Portuguese),Empireof
Brazil(former,English),UnitedStatesofBrazil(former,English),Federative
RepublicofBrazil(official,English),TerradiPapaga(former,Italian)

Burkina
Faso
(official,English
andFrench)

UpperVolta(formername,English),HauteVolta(formername,French),Bourkina
Fasso(unofficialFrenchforminthefirstfewdaysafterthe1984changefromUpper
Voltauntilthegovernmentclarifiedtheofficialspelling)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
KingdomofCambodia(official,English),RoyaumeduCambodge(official,

Cambodia

French),Kampuchea(formerofficiallysanctionedcommonnameintheEnglish

(common,

languageandtransliterationfromKhmerlanguage),KhmerRepublic(former

English)

official),DemocraticKampuchea(formerofficial),People'sRepublicof
Kampuchea(formerofficial),StateofCambodia(formerofficial)

Cameroon
(common,
English)
Canada
(official,English
andFrench)

RepublicofCameroon(official,English),UnitedRepublicofCameroon(former
official,English)
DominionofCanada(historicallongform,English),DominionduCanada(historical
longform,French),Acadia(Frenchcolony),Francisca(aslabeledonanoldmap )

Cape
Verde

CaboVerde(official,PortugueseandEnglishtheGovernmentofCaboVerdenow

(common,

usesthatformforofficialpurposesinEnglishaswellasPortuguese)

English)
Central
African

OubanguiChari(former,French),UbangiShari(English),Rpublique

Republic

Centrafricaine(official,French),EmpireCentrafricain(formerofficial,French),Central

(official,

AfricanEmpire(English)

English)
Chile
(official,

RepublicofChile(official,English),Chilli(Aymara),Chili(Quechua),Reynode
Chile(colonialSpanish),CapitaniageneraldeChile(colonialSpanish)

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People'sRepublicofChina(official),PRC(initialism),China
(common,ambiguous),CommunistChina(colloquial,mainlyusedbyWestern
countries),RedChina(colloquial,mainlyderogatory),(colloquialandmainly

China

derogatory,mainlyusedbytheROCwithacognateusedinVietnam),MainlandChina/

(common,

/(colloquial,referstotheareathatthePRCGovernmentadministers

English)

sincetheendoftheChineseCivilWar),NewChina/(colloquial,pro
Communist),Shenzhou/,Ch'inEmpire,Cathay(obsolete,nowmainlyused
poetically),ZhongguoisthenameforChinainChineselanguage.

Democratic
Republicof
Congo
(official,
English)

Zaire(formerofficialname,1971to1997stilloccasionallyusedtodistinguishit
fromRepublicoftheCongo),DRC(initialism),CongoKinshasa(usedincontrastto
"CongoBrazzaville"),BelgianCongo(formernameduringBelgiancolonization,1908
to1960,English),Congobelge(formername,French),CongoFreeState(former
name,1885to1908),RepublicoftheCongo(formername,1960to1964,during
whichtimebothCongoshadidenticalofficialnames)

Republic
ofCongo

Congo(common),CongoBrazzaville(usedincontrastto"CongoKinshasa"),French

(official,

Congo(formernameduringFrenchcolonization,1880to1910,English)

English)
Croatia
(official,
English)

Hrvatska(official,CroatianalsoinSerbian,Bosnianand
Montenegrin),Hrvaka(Slovenian)

Czech
Republic

eskrepublika(official,Czech,Slovak),esko(common,Czech,

(official,

Slovak),Czechia(rare,English),Bohemia(former,English)

English)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
FrenchTerritoryoftheAfarsandtheIssas,FrenchSomaliland,Obock

Djibouti

Territory(formernames,English),TerritoirefranaisdesAfarsetdesIssas,Cte

(common)

franaisedesSomalis,Territoired'Obock(formernames,French),Republicof
Djibouti(official,English),RpubliquedeDjibouti(official,French)

Denmark
(common,
English)

Danmark(common,Danish,Swedish,Norwegian)KingdomofDenmark(official,
English),KongerigetDanmark(official,Danish)

Romarome
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Othername(s)oroldername(s)

Egypt

Mir(formalshortened,Arabic),Mer(common,Arabic),Aegyptus(former,

(common)

Latin),Kmi(Coptic)ArabRepublicofEgypt(official,English),

Estonia
(common)

Eesti(common,Estonian),Viru(poetic,Estonian),Viro(common,
Finnish),Estland(common,German,Swedish,Danish,Norwegian,
Dutch),Maarjamaa(TerraMarianapoetic,Estonian),Igaunija(common,Latvian)

Ethiopia

Abyssinia(former),Habeshastan(Turkish),FederalDemocraticRepublicof

(common)

Ethiopia(official,English),Ethiopi(common,Dutch),AlHabasha(Arabic)

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Description
Finland
(common,
Englishand
Swedish)
France

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
RepublicofFinland(official,English),Suomi(common,Finnish),Suomen
tasavalta(official,Finnish),RepublikenFinland(official,Swedish),Soome(common,
Estonian)
FrenchRepublic(official,English),RpubliqueFranaise(official,

(common,

French),L'Hexagone(oftenjournalistic,colloquialFrench),Gaul(formername,

Englishand

English),Gaule(formername,French),LaFrance(unofficial,French),Farana(common

French)

Arabic)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)

Georgia

Iberia(former,English,EastGeorgia),Colchis(former,English,West

(official,

Georgia),Iveria(usuallyusedasChristianname),RepublicofGeorgia(former,before

English)

the1995Constitution),Grcistan(Turkish),Sakartvelo(intheirownlanguage)
FederalRepublicofGermany(official,English),BundesrepublikDeutschland(official,
German),Deutschland(common,German),BRD(Germaninitialism),FRG(English
initialism)allformerlymeantonlyWestGermanybutnowapplytoreunifiedGermany
Duitsland(common,Dutch)

Germany

FormerEastGermany(unofficial,English):DeutscheDemokratischeRepublik(official,

(common,

German),GermanDemocraticRepublic(official,English),DDR(German

English)

initialism),GDR(Englishinitialism).
InRomancelanguagesGermanyisreferredtobyvarietiesofAlemanniaandinSlavic
languagesvariantsofNemacia.Somelanguagesuseparsprototonames

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likeBavariaorSaxonyortheformerPrussia.
Ghana
(common,

GoldCoast(colonial,English),UnitedGoldCoastConvention(UGCC)

English)
Greece
(official
English
description)
Guinea
Bissau
(common,
English)

Hellas(officialandcommonname),("Hellada"commonnamein
Greek),("Hellas"officialdescriptioninGreek),Yunanistan(Turkish),Hellenic
Republic(officialnameofGreekstate,English)
PortugueseGuinea(former,English),RepublicofGuineaBissau(official,
English),GuinBissao(archaic,Portuguese),Guinea(shorthand,usedwhencontext
clearlydistinguishesGuineaBissaufromtheneighboringRepublicofGuinea)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
RepublicofHungary(officialbetween19461949and19892012),People'sRepublic
ofHungary(official,19181919and19491989),KingdomofHungary(10001918and

Hungary
(official,
English)

19191946),RegnumHungari(officialinLatin,thelanguageofadministrationuntil
1834),Hungaria(shortform,Latin),Magyarorszg(officialHungariannamehasbeen
thecommonlyusedformofthenameduringallitshistory),Magyar
Kztrsasg(Hungarianfor"RepublicofHungary"),MagyarNpkztrsasg(Hungarian
for"People'sRepublicofHungary"),MagyarTancskztrsasg(Hungariannameofthe
firstPeople'sRepublic),MagyarKirlysg(Hungarianfor"KingdomofHungary")

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)

Iceland

RepublicofIceland(officialEnglishdescription),sland(officialIcelandic

(official,

name),Lveldisland(officialIcelandicdescription),Fold(poeticname),Thule(Latin

English)

name,alsopoetic),Frn,safold(bothpoetic)
Bhrat(officialnameinHindiandallIndianLanguages),BhratGaarjya(officiallong

India

forminHindi),RepublicofIndia(officiallongforminEnglish),UnionofIndia,

(common,

Hindustan(unofficialnameinHindi/Urdu),(Al)Hind(namein

English)

Arabic/Persian/Urdu),Aryavarta(nameinSanskrit),BhratPrajatantra(officiallongform
inBengali),Bhratavara(nameinSanskrit).
Nusantara(datingbackfromHinduera),Insulinde(fromtheColonial

Indonesia

era),Indunesia(suggestionforDutchEastIndies'modernname),Indonesi(common,

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Dutch)
PersiawascoinedbyancientGreeksreferringtoIran,whichhasalwaysbeenthelocal
name.UseoftheGreeknamecontinuedinthewestuntil1932,whenuponIran'srequest,
Iran

thelocalnameofIranbecametheinternationallylegalname,replacingPersia.Though
bothstillremaininusetoday,outsideoflegalsphere.FarsinArabic.IslamicRepublicof
Iranisthecurrentofficialname.

Iraq

Mesopotamia(formername),Assyria(former/historicalname),Babylon(former/historical
name)

Ireland

ire(officialIrishname),IrishFreeState(19221937),Poblachtnahireann(official

(common

Irishdescription),RepublicofIreland(unofficialEnglishdescription),Saorstt

andofficial,

ireann(Irish19221937),Erin,Banba,Fodla(threepoeticnames),Hibernia(Latin

English)

name,alsopoetic)

Israel

StateofIsrael(officialEnglishname),(MedinatYisra'el)(officialHebrew
name),

(DawlatIsra'il)(officialArabicname),theJewishState(unofficial),the

HebrewState(unofficial),theHolyLand()/EretzYisrael()(Bible)

Italy
IvoryCoast
(common,
English)

RepubblicaItaliana(officialItalianname),Italia(common,
Italian),Ausonia,Esperia,Enotria,Tirrenia(poeticnames)
Cted'Ivoire(common,Frenchandofficial,English),theRepublicofCted'Ivoirehas
askedthattheFrenchnamebeusedinalllanguages

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Description
Jamaica

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
Xamayca(SpanishversionofTainoname)
Nippon(?)(officialnameinJapanese),Nihon(alternate,morecommonreadingof

Japan

inJapanese),Yamato(?)or(historic,ancientJapan),yashima(
?)(meaningthecountryofeightgreatislands,historic),Cipangu/ZipanguorGipangu
(appearedinTheTravelsofMarcoPolointhe13thcentury)

Jordan

HashemiteKingdomofJordan(official,English)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
RepublicofKazakhstan(officialEnglishlongname),Kazakhstan(Englishpassport

Kazakhstan

shortname),RepublicofKazakhstan(Englishpassportlongname),(official

(common,

Kazakhshortname),(officialKazakhlong

English)

name),Qazaqstan(KazakhshortnameinLatinscript),Alash//Ala(former

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name,alsopoetic)
Kenya
(conventional
shortform)

RepublicofKenya(official,English),JamhuriyaKenya(official,Swahili),BritishEast
AfricaProtectorate(formernamewhenheldinprotectoratestatuspriortobecominga
colonystartinginthe1880suntil1920),KenyaColony(formernameduringBritish
colonization,fromthe1920until1963)

NorthKorea

DemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(official,English),D.P.R.K.,DPRK(initialism,

(common,

English),ChosonMinjujuuiInminKonghwaguk()(official,

English)

Korean),Choson()(colloquial,Korean),Korea(conventionalshortform)

SouthKorea

RepublicofKorea(official,English),R.O.K.,ROK(initialism,English),Daehanminguk

(common,

()(official,Korean),Hanguk()(colloquial,Korean),Korea(conventional

English)

shortform)

Kosovo
(common,

RepublicofKosovo(official,English),RepublikaeKosovs(official,Albanian)

English)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)

Latvia
(common,

Latvija(common,Latvian),Lettland(German,Swedish),Letland(Dutch,Danish)

English)
Lebanon
(common,
English)

TheLebaneseRepublic(official,English),AlJumhuriyyaAlLubnaniyya(official,
Arabic),LebnanorLubnan(Common,Arabic),Liban(Common,French)

Lesotho
(common,

Basutoland(former,English),KingdomofLesotho(official,English)

English)
Lithuania
(common,

Lietuva(common,Lithuanian),(Litva)(common,Russian)

English)

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Description
Malawi
(common)

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
Nyasaland(former,English),RepublicofMalawi(official,English)
PersekutuanMalaysia(officiallongform,Malay),FederationofMalaysia(officiallong

Malaysia

form,English),Malaya,SabahandSarawak(former,Englishnamesofthevarious

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(official)

components),TanahMelayuorMalayLand(former,Malay),/
Mlixy(common,Mandarin),/Malesiya(common,Tamil)

Maldives

RepublicoftheMaldives(official),TheMaldiveIslands(colloquial,

colonial),

/DhivehiRaajje(official,Dhivehi),Mahal

(common)

Dvipaor/Malldvipa(ancient,Sanskrit),/DhibatalMahal(ancient,
Arabic)

Mauritania

IslamicRepublicofMauritania(official,English),RpubliqueIslamiquede

(common)

Mauritanie(official,French)

Mexico
(shortened
form)

UnitedMexicanStates(official,English),EstadosUnidosMexicanos(official,
Spanish),Mxico(Spanishshortform),RepblicaMexicana(OnlyheardinMexico,
colloquial,Spanish),Mjico(Spanishvariant),MEX(initialism),MX(initialism),Aztln,
Aztln(Spanish,Nahuatl)

Republicof

(officialMacedonian),Macedonia,TheformerYugoslavRepublicof

Macedonia

Macedonia,FYROM,Paeonia(Latinname,poetic),VardarBanovina(formerYugoslav

(official)

province)
RepublicofMoldova(official),RepublicaMoldova(official,Moldovan),Moldavian
SovietSocialistRepublic(formerSovietname,English),

Moldova

(formerSovietname,
Moldovan),Bessarabia,Bassarabia(historicname,stillused
byirredentists),Bodan('LandofVoyvodaI.Bogdan',formercommonandofficialname
duringOttomanEmpire,Turkish)

Morocco

KingdomofMorocco(official),AlMamkakaAlMaghribiya(official,Arabic)meansThe
Farwestkingdom,CommonlyknownasMaghreb(TheSunsetCountry,English)

Montenegro
(official,
Englishand

CrnaGora(official,Montenegrin,SerbianandCroatian),MaliiZi(official,Albanian)

other
languages)
Myanmar

RepublicoftheUnionofMyanmar(official),Burma(colloquial)

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Othername(s)oroldername(s)
KingdomoftheNetherlands(official,English),KoninkrijkderNederlanden(official,

Netherlands[1] Dutch),Nederland(Dutch),Holland(parsprototo,English,Dutchandother
(official,

languages),Batavia(formerandpoetic,English,Dutchandotherlanguages),Pays

English)

Bas(French,usedalongside"Netherlands"asnamesinthetwoofficiallanguagesofthe
Int'lOlympicCommittee)

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NewZealand

Aotearoa(official,Maori),RealmofNewZealand(officialEnglishnameincludingCook

(official,

Islands,Niue,Tokelau,andRossDependency),DominionofNewZealand(former

English)

official,English)

Norway

Norge(common,NorwegianBokml,Danish,Swedish),Noreg(common,

(common,

NorwegianNynorsk),KingdomofNorway(official,English),KongeriketNorge(official,

English)

NorwegianBokml),KongeriketNoreg(official,NorwegianNynorsk)

Nepal

saghiyalokatntrikagaatantranepla(official,

(common,
English)

Nepalese),FederalDemocraticRepublicOfNepal(official,English)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
IslamicRepublicofPakistan(officialandconstitutional,English),Federationof

Pakistan

Pakistan(alternateofficialname,English),DominionofPakistan(historicofficialname,

(common,

English),WestPakistan(commonandlaterofficialnamefortheareanowcovering

English)

Pakistan,usedwhendiscussingthepolitybeforethesecessionofBangladesh),(unofficial
historicalnames)SindhustanandIndoscythia

Palau
(common,
English)

RepublicofPalau(official,English),Belau(common,Palauanwasalsosometimesused
byEnglishspeakerswhosupportedPalauanindependencebeforeitwasgainedin1994)

Peru

RepublicofPeru(official,English),RepblicadelPer(official,

(common,

Spanish),Per(common,Spanish),PeruvianRepublic(formerofficialname,

English)

English),RepblicaPeruana(formerofficialname,Spanish)
RepblikangPilipinas(official,Filipino),Republicofthe
Philippines(official,English),Pilipinas(common,manylocallanguagescorruptionofthe
Spanish,Filipinas),Filipinas(commonSpanishandotherlocallanguages,contractionof

Philippines
(common,
English)

following),LasIslasFilipinas(namedafterPhilipIIofSpain,historical,Spanishoriginally
corruptionofthefollowing),LasIslasFelipenas(historical,byRuyLopezde
Villalobos),'Pins(colloquial),PH(officialinitialism,changedfromRPtoavoidconfusion
withPolandseebelow),PhilippineIslands(historicofficialnameunderAmerican
controlalsousedcolloquially,English),Filipina(common,Malay),HarngBayang
Katagalugan("SovereignTagalogNation",historical,byAndrsBonifacio),IslasdeSan
Lzaro("IslesofSaintLazarus",historical,byFerdinandMagellan)
RepublicofPoland(official,English),RzeczpospolitaPolska(official,
Polish),Polska(common,Polish),RP(oftenjournalistic,Polish),People'sRepublicof

Poland

Poland(formerCommunistname,English),PolskaRzeczpospolitaLudowa(former

(common,

Communistname,Polish),Rzeczpospolita(historiccommonname,Polish),Polish

English)

LithuanianCommonwealth(historicofficialname,English),RzeczpospolitaObojga

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Narodw(historicofficialname,Polish),UnitedCommonwealthoftheTwo
Nations(historicofficialname,English)
PortugueseRepublic(official,English),Lusitania(official,Latin),Galaico
PortuguesenationandPortucalefromtheGallaecitribe(CelticGaleandRoman
CelticPortusCale)andGalicianPortuguese(ethnictermderivedfromtheoriginal
language)OphiussaalsospelledOphiusa(theancientGreeknameofwhatisnowthe
Portugueseterritory.ItmeansLandofSerpents)Portugalensispatrie,Portugalensium
patrieandPortugaliaebyKingAfonsoI,RegnoPortugalensiumandPortugalis(Latin,
Portugal

Medieval)PortugalliaeetAlgarbiae,Portugalliae,Lusitaniae(Latin)Purtugall(Middle
Ages)BurtughlisthewordforPortugalandorangeinArabic(Portugueseinfluenceand
expansion)PortingallorPortingal(commonclassicalEnglishandotherlatemedieval
Germaniclanguages)OcidentalPraiaLusitana(WesternLusitanianBeach)andPtria
Lusitana(LusitanianFatherland)fromthenationalpoemOsLusadasandfromallepic
poetryandchroniclesoftheLateMiddleAgesand
Renaissance.LuxitaniaandPortugraal(PortofGrail)inEsotericismandmetaphysical
literature

PuertoRico
(common,
Englishand
Spanish)

EstadoLibreAsociadodePuertoRico(official,Spanish),CommonwealthofPuerto
Rico(official,English),PortoRico(archaic,English),AssociatedFreeStateofPuerto
Rico(nonofficialliteraltranslationtoEnglishoftheofficialSpanish
name),Borikn,Borinquen,orBorinken(formerTanonamealsousedcolloquiallyand
amongnationalists)

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Othername(s)oroldername(s)
Romnia(official,Romanian),RumaniaorRoumania(archaic,English),Kingdomof
Romania(nameundermonarchy,English),RegatulRomniei(nameundermonarchy,

Romania

Romanian),RomanianPeople'sRepublic(formerCommunistname,English),Republica
PopularRomn(formerCommunistname,Romanian),SocialistRepublicof
Romania(formerCommunistname,English),RepublicaSocialistRomnia(former
Communistname,Romanian)
RussianFederation(officialEnglishdescription),(official
Russian),Russia,(officialandcommonname,ambiguous,English),(Rossiya)

Russia

(common,Russian),RF(initialism),RussianSocialistFederativeSoviet
Republic(formername),RSFSR(formernameinitialism),Rus(poeticorobsoletename,
ambiguous),GreatRussia(obsoletename)
RepublicofRwanda(official,English),RpubliqueduRwanda(official,

Rwanda

French),Repubulikay'uRwanda(official,Kinyarwanda),"Paysdesmille
collines"(poetic,French),Ruanda(formercolonialname)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
FederationofSaintKittsandNevis(coofficial,English),FederationofSaint
ChristopherandNevis(coofficial,English),SaintChristopherandNevis(alternate

SaintKitts

shortform,English),SaintChristopherNevisAnguilla(formerofficial,English),Saint

andNevis

KittsNevisAnguilla(formercommon,English),SaintKittsorSaint
Christopher(shorthand,English),LiamuigaandOualie(formerindigenousnamesofthe
islandsofSaintKittsandNevis,respectively)

Saudi
Arabia

KingdomofSaudiArabia(official,English),KSA(initialism),Saudia(formerinEnglish,

(common,

commoninArabic)AlMamlakaalArabiyyaasSaudiyya(officialnameinArabic)

English)
Serbia

RepublicofSerbia(official,English),Servia(archaic,English),Srbija(common,

(common,

Serbian),RepublikaSrbija(official,Serbian),SerbiaandMontenegro(formercommon,

English)

English),Yugoslavia(formercommon,English)
RepublicofSingapore(official,English),Singapura(common,

Singapore

Malay),Sinhapura(Sanskrit,i.e.,LandofLions),Xnjip/(common,

(common,

Chinese),Cikappr/(common,Tamil),PulauUjong(historical,

English)

ancient),Shnant/(former,Japaneseoccupation),littlereddot(colloquial
originallyderogatory)

SouthAfrica
(common,
English)

Azania,Mzansi(Xhosa,forSouth),SuidAfrika(official,Afrikaans),ZuidAfrika(former
official,Dutch)
Espaa(common,Spanish),ReinodeEspaa(official,Spanish),Espanya(common,
Catalan),Espainia(common,Euskera),SpanishState(formername,alsousednowwith

Spain

politicalnuances),lapieldetoro(Spanish)/lapelldebrau(Catalan)("thebullhide",
metaphoricnameaftertheshapeoftheIberianPeninsula),LasBatuecas(derogatory
nameintheworksofMarianoJosdeLarra)

SriLanka
(common,
Sanskrit,
English)

Ceylon(former,English),DemocraticSocialistRepublicofSriLanka(official,English)/
(official,Tamil),Heladiva (Landof
Sinhalese)(former,Sinhala),Ratnadeepa(IslandofGems) (former,
Sinhala),elangai/(common,Tamil),Taprobane(oneofthemedievalnamesof
SriLanka)
RepublicoftheSudan(official,English),TheSudan(alternateEnglish),Anglo

Sudan

EgyptianSudan(colonialname,English),MahdistState(formerEnglish
unofficial),Nubia(ancientname,alsopoetic)

Suriname

DutchGuiana(former,English),NetherlandsGuiana(formerofficial,English),Republic

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(common,

ofSuriname(official,English),RepubliekSuriname(official,Dutch),Surinam(English

English)

nameuntil1978)

Sweden

Sverige(common,Swedish,Danish,Norwegian),KonungariketSverige(official,

(common,

Swedish),KingdomofSweden(official,English),SveaRike(possiblyformer/poetical,

English)

Swedish),Thule(Latinname,alsopoetic),Svitjod(OldNorse)
SwissConfederation(official,English),Schweiz(common,German,Danish,

Switzerland
(common,
English)

Swedish),SchweizerischeEidgenossenschaft(official,German),Suisse(common,
French),Confdrationsuisse(official,French),Svizzera(common,
Italian),ConfederazioneSvizzera(official,Italian),Svizra(common,
Romansh),ConfederaziunSvizra(official,Romansh),Confoederatio
Helvetica,Helvetia(Latin,sometimesusedofficially),CH(initialism)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
RepublicofChina(official,English),(official,Chinese),(common,
Chinese),ROC(initialism),ChineseTaipei/(international
designation),SeparateCustomsTerritoryofTaiwan,Penghu,Kinmenand

Taiwan

Matsu/(internationaldesignation),Taipei,
China(designationusedbyChinatoimplythatTaiwanispartofChina),Taiwan,
ProvinceofChina(UNdesignation),NationalistChina(obsolete),Free
China(obsolete,proNationalist),Formosa(former,English)

Tanzania
(common,
English)
Thailand
(common,
English)
Transnistria
Trinidadand

UnitedRepublicofTanganyikaandZanzibar(former,English),UnitedRepublic
ofTanzania(official,English).DeutschOstafrika,togetherwithRuandaandUrundi
(=GermanEastAfrica,colonialnameuntil1918).Thecountryisnamed
afterTanganyika,itsmainlandpart,andtheZanzibarislandsoffitseastcoast.
Siam(former,English),(former,Thai),KingdomofThailand(official,
English), (official,Thai),(common,Thai)
Pridnestrovie(officialshortformname),PridnestrovskaiaMoldavskaia
Respublica(official,longform)
Iere(poetic,"LandoftheHummingbird,"believedtobederivedfrom

Tobago(common, Arawak),RepublicofTrinidadandTobago(official,English),Trinbago(informal,
English)

English)
(official,Arabic)(common,French,English)

Tunisia

Tunisia(officialshortformname),RepublicofTunisia(official,longform),
,(official,Arabic)
RepublicofTurkey(official,English),TrkiyeCumhuriyeti(official,Turkish),Asia

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Turkey

Minor(geographical,English),Anatolia(geographical,English),Ottoman
Empire(former,English),TurkishEmpire(formerunofficial,
English),PorteorSublimePorte(EnglishdescriptionsoftheformerOttomanstate)

Tuvalu

Tuvalu(shortandlongformname,EnglishandTuvaluan),ElliceIslands(colonial
name,English)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
Ukraine(official),Ukrana(Ukrainian),UA,UKR.(initialism),KievanRus'(Formername

Ukraine
(shortened
form)

forofEastSlavictribesinEuropefromthelate9thtothemid13thcentury),Kingdomof
GaliciaVolhyniaorKingdomofRuthenia(historicnameofWestern
Ukraine),ZaporizhianHost(isanadoptednameinhistoriographyfortheUkrainian
CossackstateontheterritoryofDnieperUkraineandSiveriathatexistedbetween1649
and1764)

UnitedArab
Emirates

UnitedArabEmirates(English),TrucialStates(English,priorto1971),AlEmiratal

(shortened

ArabbiyaalMuttahida(official,Arabic)UAE,U.A.E.(Englishinitialism)

form)
UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(official,
English),Britain(colloquial),GreatBritain(colloquial),UK,U.K.(initialism),United
United

Kingdom(shortform),Albion(poetic,Latin),Britannia(poetic,Latin),Perfidious

Kingdom

Albionifsaidbyanoldenemy(mainlyhumoroustoday),Anglia(poetic,Latin,refers

(shortened

specificallytoEngland),Alba(Scottish,Gaelicrefersspecifically

form)

toScotland),Caledonia(poetic,Latinrefersspecifically
toScotland),Cymru(official,WelshrefersspecificallytoWales),Ulster(colloquial,refers
specificallytoNorthernIreland)
UnitedStatesofAmerica(official),America(colloquialandalsoformername

United

originally),theStates(colloquial),US,U.S.,USA,Usa,U.S.A.,

States

U.S.A(initialism),Columbia(Latin,poetic),Freedonia,Appalachia,Alleghany(names

(shortened

proposedafterAmericanRevolutionaryWar),UnitedStates(shortform),Usonia(usedby

form)

JamesDuffLawandpopularizedbyFrankLloydWright),Usono(Esperantonamebased
on"UnitedStatesofNorthAmerica.)

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Description

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
NewHebrides(formernameunderBritishandFrenchcondominiumrulefrom1906

Vanuatu

1980),Niuhebridis(Bislama),NouvellesHebrides(formerofficialnamein

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French),RpubliquedeVanuatu(French),Ripablikblong
Vanuatu(Bislama),Vanuatri(jocularnameusedinhumour)[citationneeded]
AnNam(formernameinotherforeignlanguages),Champa(historicalkingdom),i
Vit(historicalkingdom),GiaoCh(formerChineseprovinceorvassalkingdom),French
Indochina(formernameunderFrenchcolonizationwhenunitedwithLaosand

Vietnam

Cambodia,English),LnhNam(poeticname),SocialistRepublicofVietnam(official,

(common)

English),partedinNorthVietnam(DemocraticRepublicofVietnam)andSouth
Vietnam(RepublicofVietnam)from1954to1975,CnghaXhiChnghaVit
Nam(official,Vietnamese),VitNam(shortform,Vietnamese),SRV,S.R.V.,VN,
V.N.(Englishinitialism)

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Description
Zambia
(common)

Othername(s)oroldername(s)
NorthernRhodesia(former,English),RepublicofZambia(official,English)

Zimbabwe

RhodesiaorRepublicofRhodesia(formernames,English),Republicof

(common)

Zimbabwe(official,English),SouthernRhodesia(former,English)

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