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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_country_names

Description Other name(s) or older name(s)

Albania Republic of Albania (official, English), Republika e Shqipris(official,

Albanian), Arnavutluk(Turkish)

Algeria

(common,

English)

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (official, English), al-Jazir(common,

Arabic), al Jumhuriyya al Jazaa'iriyya ad-Dmuqriyya ash Sha'biyya (official,

Arabic)

Argentina

(common,

English)

Argentine Republic (official, English), la Argentina(colloquial, Spanish), the

Argentine(archaic, English), Argentine Nation(official and legally preferred,

English),United Provinces of the Ro de la Plata (official, English), Argentine

Confederation (official, English)

Armenia

(common,

English)

Hayastan(transliterated Armenian, original: ), Republic of

Armenia (official, English)

Australia(common,

English)

Commonwealth of Australia(official, English), New Holland(former name, English)

Austria

(common,

English)

Republic of Austria (official, English), Republik sterreich(official,

German), sterreich(common, German)

Azerbaijan

(common,

English)

Azrbaycan Respublikas(official, Azerbaijani), Republic of Azerbaijan(official,

English)

B [edit]


Bangladesh

Bangladesh(common name, meaning the country ofBengal),

Gnprjatntri Bangladesh(long official name

inBengali), People's Republic of Bangladesh(long official name in English),

Bangla(alternative name meaning the geographical landofBengal), Bngg(Bongo, historical name for geographical area ofBengal),

Gnggarriddhi(ancient name for Bengal region), Bengal Presidency(former

political name),

Purb Bngg/East Bengal(former political name), Purb

Pakistan/East Pakistan(former political name).

Belarus Republic of Belarus (official, English), Gudija(Lithuanian),Byelorussia (former

name), White Russia(outdated)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bengalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bengalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Presidencyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangaridaihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Holland_(Australia)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Australiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayastanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania


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Belize British Honduras(former, English)

Benin Dahomey(former name), Republic of Benin (official, English),Rpublique du

Bnin(official, French)

Botswana Bechuanaland(former, English),Republic of Botswana (official, English)

Brazil

Pindorama(native, pre-colonization, Tupi-Guaran), Terra de Santa Cruz(early

Portuguese colonization), Ilha de Vera Cruz(former, Portuguese),Empire of

Brazil(former, English),United States of Brazil(former, English), FederativeRepublic of Brazil (official, English), Terra di Papaga(former, Italian)

Burkina

Faso

(official, English

and French)

Upper Volta(former name, English),Haute-Volta(former name, French),Bourkina-

Fasso(unofficial French form in the first few days after the 1984 change from Upper

Volta until the government clarified the official spelling)

C [edit]


Cambodia

(common,

English)

Kingdom of Cambodia (official, English), Royaume du Cambodge(official,

French), Kampuchea(former officially-sanctioned common name in the English

language and transliteration from Khmer language),Khmer Republic (former

official),Democratic Kampuchea(former official), People's Republic of

Kampuchea(former official), State of Cambodia(former official)

Cameroon

(common,English)

Republic of Cameroon (official, English), United Republic of Cameroon(former

official, English)

Canada

(official, English

and French)

Dominion of Canada(historical long form, English), Dominion du Canada(historical

long form, French), Acadia(French colony), Francisca (as labeled on an old map )

Cape

Verde

(common,

English)

Cabo Verde(official, Portuguese and English the Government of Cabo Verde now

uses that form for official purposes in English as well as Portuguese)

Central

African

Republic

(official,

English)

Oubangui-Chari (former, French),Ubangi-Shari(English), Rpublique

Centrafricaine(official, French),Empire Centrafricain(former official, French), Central

African Empire(English)

Chile

(official, Republic of Chile (official, English),Chilli(Aymara), Chili(Quechua),Reyno de

Chile(colonial Spanish),Capitania general de Chile(colonial Spanish)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Chilehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Empirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oubangui-Charihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verdehttp://www.chronologia.org/map/im/pt01.JPGhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampuchea#Transition:_State_of_Cambodia_.281989_-_1993.29https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampucheahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Kampucheahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampucheahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cambodiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Upper_Voltahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Fasohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechuanalandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswanahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beninhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize


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English)

China

(common,

English)

People's Republic of China (official), PRC( initialism),China

(common, ambiguous),Communist China(colloquial, mainly used by Western

countries), Red China(colloquial, mainly derogatory), (colloquial and mainly

derogatory, mainly used by the ROC with a cognate used in Vietnam),Mainland China/

/(colloquial, refers to the area that the PRC Government administers

since the end of the Chinese Civil War),New China/ (colloquial, pro-Communist), Shenzhou/ , Ch'in Empire, Cathay(obsolete, now mainly used

poetically), Zhongguois the name for China in Chinese language.

Democratic

Republic of

Congo

(official,

English)

Zaire(former official name, 1971 to 1997 still occasionally used to distinguish it

from Republic of the Congo), DRC( initialism), Congo Kinshasa(used in contrast to

"Congo Brazzaville"), Belgian Congo(former name during Belgian colonization, 1908

to 1960, English), Congo belge(former name, French), Congo Free State(former

name, 1885 to 1908),Republic of the Congo(former name, 1960 to 1964, during

which time both Congos had identical official names)

Republic

of Congo

(official,

English)

Congo(common), Congo Brazzaville(used in contrast to "Congo Kinshasa"), French

Congo(former name during French colonization, 1880 to 1910, English)

Croatia

(official,

English)

Hrvatska(official, Croatian also in Serbian, Bosnian and

Montenegrin),Hrvaka(Slovenian)

Czech

Republic

(official,

English)

esk republika (official, Czech, Slovak), esko(common, Czech,

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

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Djibouti

(common)

French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, French Somaliland,Obock

Territory(former names, English), Territoire franais des Afars et des Issas, Cte

franaise des Somalis, Territoire d'Obock(former names, French), Republic of

Djibouti (official, English),Rpublique de Djibouti(official, French)

Denmark

(common,

English)

Danmark(common, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian) Kingdom of Denmark(official,

English), Kongeriget Danmark(official, Danish)

Roma--rome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmarkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmarkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djiboutihttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1_republikahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrvatskahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Congohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_(L%C3%A9opoldville)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_Statehttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congo_belge&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zairehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China


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E [edit]


Egypt

(common)

Mir(formal shortened, Arabic), Mer(common, Arabic), Aegyptus (former,

Latin), Kmi(Coptic) Arab Republic of Egypt (official, English),

Estonia(common)

Eesti(common, Estonian), Viru(poetic, Estonian), Viro (common,

Finnish), Estland(common, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian,Dutch),Maarjamaa(Terra Marianapoetic, Estonian), Igaunija(common, Latvian)

Ethiopia

(common)

Abyssinia (former), Habeshastan(Turkish), Federal Democratic Republic of

Ethiopia (official, English), Ethiopi(common, Dutch),Al-Habasha (Arabic)

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Finland

(common,

English and

Swedish)

Republic of Finland(official, English), Suomi(common, Finnish),Suomen

tasavalta(official, Finnish),Republiken Finland (official, Swedish), Soome (common,

Estonian)

France

(common,

English and

French)

French Republic(official, English),Rpublique Franaise (official,

French), L'Hexagone(often journalistic, colloquial French), Gaul(former name,

English), Gaule(former name, French), La France(unofficial, French), Farana(common

Arabic)

G [edit]


Georgia

(official,

English)

Iberia(former, English, East Georgia), Colchis(former, English, West

Georgia), Iveria(usually used as Christian name), Republic of Georgia(former, before

the 1995 Constitution), Grcistan(Turkish),Sakartvelo(in their own language)

Germany

(common,

English)

Federal Republic of Germany(official, English), Bundesrepublik Deutschland(official,

German),Deutschland(common, German),BRD(German initialism), FRG(Englishinitialism) - all formerly meant only West Germanybut now apply to reunified Germany

Duitsland(common, Dutch)

Former East Germany(unofficial, English): Deutsche Demokratische Republik (official,

German), German Democratic Republic (official, English), DDR (German

initialism),GDR (English initialism).

In Romance languagesGermany is referred to by varieties of Alemanniaand in Slavic

languagesvariants ofNemacia. Some languages usepars pro totonames
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_languageshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languageshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germanyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germanyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakartvelohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Georgiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colchishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_Iberiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaulhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=6https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Marianahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypthttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=5


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like BavariaorSaxonyor the former Prussia.

Ghana

(common,

English)

Gold Coast(colonial, English), United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC)

Greece

(official

English

description)

Hellas(official and common name),("Hellada" common name in

Greek), ("Hellas" official description in Greek),Yunanistan(Turkish), HellenicRepublic(official name of Greek state, English)

Guinea-

Bissau

(common,

English)

Portuguese Guinea(former, English), Republic of Guinea-Bissau(official,

English), Guin-Bissao(archaic, Portuguese),Guinea(shorthand, used when context

clearly distinguishes Guinea-Bissau from the neighboring Republic of Guinea)

H [edit]


Hungary

(official,

English)

Republic of Hungary(official between 19461949 and 19892012), People's Republic

of Hungary(official, 19181919 and 19491989), Kingdom of Hungary(10001918 and

19191946),Regnum Hungari(official in Latin, the language of administration until

1834), Hungaria(short form, Latin),Magyarorszg(official Hungarian name has been

the commonly used form of the name during all its history), Magyar

Kztrsasg(Hungarian for "Republic of Hungary"), Magyar Npkztrsasg(Hungarian

for "People's Republic of Hungary"), Magyar Tancskztrsasg(Hungarian name of thefirst People's Republic),Magyar Kirlysg(Hungarian for "Kingdom of Hungary")

I [edit]


Iceland

(official,

English)

Republic of Iceland(official English description), sland(official Icelandic

name), Lveldi sland(official Icelandic description), Fold(poetic name), Thule(Latin

name, also poetic), Frn, safold(both poetic)

India

(common,

English)

Bhrat(official name in Hindiand all Indian Languages), Bhrat Gaarjya(official long

form in Hindi), Republic of India(official long form in English),Union of India,

Hindustan(unofficial name in Hindi/Urdu), (Al-)Hind(name in

Arabic/Persian/Urdu), Aryavarta(name in Sanskrit), Bhrat Prajatantra(official long form

inBengali), Bhratavara(name inSanskrit).

Indonesia

Nusantara(dating back from Hindu era), Insulinde(from the Colonial

era), Indunesia(suggestion for Dutch East Indies' modern name),Indonesi (common,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nusantarahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Indiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_India#Bharathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dslandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=9https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungaryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=8https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Guineahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissauhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greecehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_(region)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana


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Dutch)

Iran

Persiawas coined by ancient Greeks referring to Iran, which has always been the local

name. Use of the Greek name continued in the west until 1932, when upon Iran's request,

the local name of Iran became the internationally legal name, replacing Persia. Though

both still remain in use today, outside of legal sphere.Fars in Arabic. Islamic Republic of

Iranis the current official name.

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

Ireland

(common

and official,

English)

ire(official Irish name), Irish Free State (19221937), Poblacht na hireann(official

Irish description),Republic of Ireland(unofficial English description), Saorstt

ireann(Irish 1922-1937), Erin,Banba, Fodla(three poetic names),Hibernia(Latin

name, also poetic)

Israel

State of Israel(official English name), (Medinat Yisra'el) (official Hebrew

name), (Dawlat Isra'il) (official Arabic name),the Jewish State(unofficial), the

Hebrew State(unofficial), the Holy Land( ) / Eretz Yisrael( ) (Bible)

Italy Repubblica Italiana(official Italian name), Italia(common,

Italian),Ausonia, Esperia, Enotria, Tirrenia(poetic names)

Ivory Coast

(common,

English)

Cte d'Ivoire(common, French and official, English), the Republic of Cte d'Ivoire has

asked that the French name be used in all languages

J [edit]


Jamaica Xamayca(Spanish version of Taino name)

Japan

Nippon(?) (official name inJapanese), Nihon(alternate, more common reading of

in Japanese),Yamato(?) or (historic, ancient Japan), yashima(

?) (meaning the country of eight great islands, historic), Cipangu/Zipangu or Gipangu

(appeared in The Travels of Marco Poloin the 13th century)

Jordan Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan(official, English)

K [edit]


Kazakhstan

(common,

English)

Republic of Kazakhstan(official English long name), Kazakhstan(English passport

short name),Republic of Kazakhstan(English passport long name), (official

Kazakh short name), (official Kazakh long

name), Qazaqstan(Kazakh short name in Latin script),Alash/ / Ala (former
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=11https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Travels_of_Marco_Polohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_setshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_setshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamato_periodhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_setshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaicahttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_Coasthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89irehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irelandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran


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name, also poetic)

Kenya

(conventional

short form)

Republic of Kenya (official, English), Jamhuri ya Kenya(official,Swahili), British East

Africa Protectorate(former name when held in protectorate status prior to becoming a

colony starting in the 1880s until 1920), Kenya Colony(former name during British

colonization, from the 1920 until 1963)

North Korea

(common,English)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (official, English), D.P.R.K., DPRK (initialism,

English), Choson Minjujuui Inmin Konghwaguk ()(official,Korean), Cho-son ( )(colloquial, Korean), Korea(conventional short form)

South Korea

(common,

English)

Republic of Korea (official, English),R.O.K., ROK (initialism, English),Dae-han-min-guk

()(official, Korean), Han-guk ( )(colloquial, Korean), Korea(conventional

short form)

Kosovo

(common,

English)

Republic of Kosovo (official, English), Republika e Kosovs(official, Albanian)

L [edit]


Latvia

(common,

English)

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

Lebanon

(common,English)

The Lebanese Republic (official, English), Al-Jumhuriyya Al-Lubnaniyya(official,

Arabic),Lebnan or Lubnan(Common, Arabic), Liban(Common, French)

Lesotho

(common,

English)

Basutoland(former, English),Kingdom of Lesotho (official, English)

Lithuania

(common,

English)

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

M [edit]


Malawi

(common) Nyasaland(former, English),Republic of Malawi (official, English)

Malaysia

Persekutuan Malaysia(official long form, Malay), Federation of Malaysia(official long

form, English),Malaya, Sabahand Sarawak(former, English names of the various
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawihttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=13https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basutolandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesothohttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lebanese_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latviahttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=12https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Kosovohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Koreahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Koreahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Koreahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Colonyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa_Protectoratehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Kenyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya


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(official) components), Tanah Melayuor Malay Land (former, Malay),/

Mlixy(common, Mandarin),/ Malesiya(common, Tamil)

Maldives

(common)

Republic of the Maldives(official),The Maldive Islands(colloquial,

colonial), ,Dhivehi Raajje(official/ Dhivehi), Mahal

Dvipaor/Malldvipa(ancient,Sanskrit), ,/Dhibat-al-Mahal(ancient

Arabic)

Mauritania(common)

Islamic Republic of Mauritania(official, English), Rpublique Islamique deMauritanie(official, French)

Mexico

(shortened

form)

United Mexican States (official, English), Estados Unidos Mexicanos (official,

Spanish),Mxico(Spanish short form),Repblica Mexicana(Only heard in Mexico,

colloquial, Spanish), Mjico(Spanish variant), MEX( initialism),MX(initialism), Aztln,

Aztln(Spanish, Nahuatl)

Republic of

Macedonia

(official)

(official Macedonian),Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia, FYROM,Paeonia(Latin name, poetic), Vardar Banovina(former Yugoslav

province)

Moldova

Republic of Moldova(official),Republica Moldova(official, Moldovan), Moldavian

Soviet Socialist Republic(former Soviet name, English),

(former Soviet name,

Moldovan), Bessarabia,Bassarabia(historic name, still used

by irredentists), Bodan('Land of Voyvoda I. Bogdan', former common and official name

during Ottoman Empire, Turkish)

Morocco Kingdom of Morocco(official), Al Mamkaka Al Maghribiya(official, Arabic) means The

Far west kingdom, Commonly known asMaghreb(The Sunset Country, English)

Montenegro

(official,

English and

other

languages)

Crna Gora(official, Montenegrin, Serbian and Croatian), Mali i Zi(official, Albanian)

Myanmar Republic of the Union of Myanmar(official), Burma(colloquial)

N [edit]


Netherlands[1]

(official,

English)

Kingdom of the Netherlands(official, English), Koninkrijk der Nederlanden(official,

Dutch),Nederland(Dutch), Holland(pars pro toto, English, Dutch and other

languages), Batavia(former and poetic, English, Dutch and other languages), Pays-

Bas(French, used alongside "Netherlands" as names in the two official languages of the

Int'l Olympic Committee)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_(terminology)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_country_names#cite_note-1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=14https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crna_Gorahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegrohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghrebhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Far_west_kingdom&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Mamkaka_Al_Maghribiya&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Moroccohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irredentismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassarabiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavian_Soviet_Socialist_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republica_Moldovahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Moldovahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldovahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardar_Banovinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedoniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives


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New Zealand

(official,

English)

Aotearoa(official, Maori), Realm of New Zealand(official English name including Cook

Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and Ross Dependency),Dominion of New Zealand (former

official, English)

Norway

(common,

English)

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

Norwegian Nynorsk),Kingdom of Norway(official, English), Kongeriket Norge(official,

Norwegian Bokml), Kongeriket Noreg(official, Norwegian Nynorsk)

Nepal(common,

English)

saghiya lokatntrika gaatantra nepla (official,

Nepalese), Federal Democratic Republic Of Nepal (official, English)

P [edit]


Pakistan(common,

English)

Islamic Republic of Pakistan(official and constitutional, English),Federation of

Pakistan(alternate official name, English), Dominion of Pakistan(historic official name,English), West Pakistan(common and later official name for the area now covering

Pakistan, used when discussing the polity before the secession of Bangladesh), (unofficial

historical names) SindhustanandIndoscythia

Palau

(common,

English)

Republic of Palau (official, English),Belau(common, Palauan was also sometimes used

by English speakers who supported Palauan independence before it was gained in 1994)

Peru

(common,English)

Republic of Peru(official, English),Repblica del Per (official,

Spanish), Per(common, Spanish),Peruvian Republic(former official name,English), Repblica Peruana(former official name, Spanish)

Philippines

(common,

English)

Repblika ng Pilipinas(official,Filipino), Republic of the

Philippines(official, English),Pilipinas(common, many local languages corruption of the

Spanish,Filipinas), Filipinas (commonSpanishand other local languages, contraction of

following), Las Islas Filipinas(named after Philip IIof Spain, historical, Spanish originally

corruption of the following), Las Islas Felipenas(historical, by Ruy Lopez de

Villalobos), 'Pins(colloquial), PH(official initialism, changed from RP to avoid confusion

with Poland see below), Philippine Islands(historic official name underAmerican

control also used colloquially, English),Filipina(common, Malay), Harng Bayang

Katagalugan("Sovereign Tagalog Nation", historical, byAndrs Bonifacio), Islas de San

Lzaro("Isles of Saint Lazarus", historical, byFerdinand Magellan)

Poland

(common,

English)

Republic of Poland (official, English), Rzeczpospolita Polska(official,

Polish), Polska(common, Polish), RP(often journalistic, Polish),People's Republic of

Poland(former Communist name, English),Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa(former

Communist name, Polish),Rzeczpospolita(historic common name, Polish), Polish-

Lithuanian Commonwealth(historic official name, English), Rzeczpospolita Obojga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealthhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzeczpospolitahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Polandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethanyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Bonifaciohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Melayuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Colonial_Period_(Philippines)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_Lopez_de_Villaloboshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language_in_the_Philippineshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippineshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippineshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Peruhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Palauhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=15https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand


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Narodw(historic official name, Polish), United Commonwealth of the Two

Nations(historic official name, English)

Portugal

Portuguese Republic(official, English), Lusitania(official, Latin),Galaico-

Portuguesenation andPortucalefrom the Gallaecitribe (Celtic Galeand Roman-

Celtic Portus Cale) and Galician-Portuguese(ethnic term derived from the original

language) Ophiussaalso spelledOphiusa(the ancient Greek name of what is now the

Portuguese territory. It means Land of Serpents)Portugalensis patrie,PortugalensiumpatrieandPortugaliaeby KingAfonso I, Regno Portugalensiumand Portugalis(Latin,

Medieval) Portugalliae et Algarbiae, Portugalliae, Lusitaniae(Latin) Purtugall(Middle

Ages)Burtughlis the word for Portugaland orangein Arabic (Portuguese influence and

expansion) Portingallor Portingal(common classical English and other late medieval

Germanic languages) Ocidental Praia Lusitana(Western Lusitanian Beach) and Ptria

Lusitana(LusitanianFatherland) from the national poem Os Lusadasand from all epic

poetry and chronicles of the Late Middle Ages and

Renaissance.Luxitaniaand Portugraal(Port of Grail) in Esotericism and metaphysical

literature

Puerto Rico

(common,

English and

Spanish)

Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico(official, Spanish),Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico(official, English), Porto Rico(archaic, English), Associated Free State of Puerto

Rico(non-official literal translation to English of the official Spanish

name), Borikn,Borinquen, or Borinken(former Tano name also used colloquially and

among nationalists)

R [edit]


Romania

Romnia(official, Romanian),Rumaniaor Roumania(archaic, English), Kingdom of

Romania(name under monarchy, English),Regatul Romniei(name under monarchy,

Romanian), Romanian People's Republic(former Communist name, English),Republica

Popular Romn(former Communist name, Romanian),Socialist Republic of

Romania(former Communist name, English),Republica Socialist Romnia(former

Communist name, Romanian)

Russia

Russian Federation(official English description), (officialRussian),Russia, (official and common name, ambiguous, English), (Rossiya)

(common, Russian), RF(initialism), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet

Republic(former name), RSFSR(former name initialism), Rus(poetic or obsolete name,

ambiguous), Great Russia(obsolete name)

Rwanda

Republic of Rwanda (official, English), Rpublique du Rwanda(official,

French), Repubulika y'u Rwanda(official, Kinyarwanda),"Pays des mille

collines"(poetic, French), Ruanda(former colonial name)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Rwandahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_SFSRhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=16https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borik%C3%A9nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Ricohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Ricohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_Libre_Asociado_de_Puerto_Ricohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Ricohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Lus%C3%ADadashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_of_Portugalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiussahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician-Portuguesehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaecihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Commonwealth_of_the_Two_Nations


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S [edit]


Saint Kitts

and Nevis

Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis(co-official, English), Federation of Saint

Christopher and Nevis(co-official, English), Saint Christopher and Nevis(alternate

short-form, English), Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla(former official, English),Saint

Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla(former common, English), Saint KittsorSaintChristopher(shorthand, English), Liamuigaand Oualie(former indigenous names of the

islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, respectively)

Saudi

Arabia

(common,

English)

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (official, English), KSA(initialism), Saudia(former in English,

common in Arabic)Al-Mamlaka al-Arabiyya as-Saudiyya(official name in Arabic)

Serbia

(common,English)

Republic of Serbia (official, English),Servia(archaic, English), Srbija(common,

Serbian), Republika Srbija(official, Serbian), Serbia and Montenegro(former common,English),Yugoslavia(former common, English)

Singapore

(common,

English)

Republic of Singapore (official, English), Singapura(common,

Malay), Sinhapura(Sanskrit, i.e., Land of Lions), Xnjip/ (common,

Chinese), Cikappr/(common, Tamil), Pulau Ujong(historical,ancient), Shnan-t/(former, Japanese occupation), little red dot(colloquial

originally derogatory)

South Africa

(common,

English)

Azania, Mzansi (Xhosa, for South), Suid-Afrika (official,Afrikaans), Zuid-Afrika (former

official, Dutch)

Spain

Espaa(common, Spanish), Reino de Espaa(official, Spanish),Espanya (common,

Catalan),Espainia(common, Euskera),Spanish State(former name, also used now with

political nuances), la piel de toro(Spanish) / la pell de brau(Catalan) ("the bull hide",

metaphoric name after the shape of the Iberian Peninsula), Las Batuecas(derogatory

name in the works ofMariano Jos de Larra)

Sri Lanka

(common,Sanskrit,

English)

Ceylon(former, English),Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (official, English)/

(official,Tamil), Heladiva (Land of

Sinhalese)(former, Sinhala), Ratnadeepa (Island of Gems) (former,

Sinhala), elangai/(common, Tamil),Taprobane(one of the medievalnames ofSri Lanka)

Sudan

Republic of the Sudan (official, English), The Sudan(alternate English), Anglo-

Egyptian Sudan(colonial name, English), Mahdist State(former English

unofficial),Nubia(ancient name, also poetic)

Suriname Dutch Guiana(former, English),Netherlands Guiana(former official, English), Republic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinam_(Dutch_colony)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinamehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmadhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sudanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Sudanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Sri_Lankahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taprobanehttp://www.mysrilankaholidays.com/island-of-gems.htmlhttp://mahavamsa.org/history-of-sri-lanka/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Jos%C3%A9_de_Larrahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Batuecashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Statehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaanshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_red_dothttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sh%C5%8Dnan-t%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Ujonghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singaporehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher-Nevis-Anguillahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=17


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(common,

English)

of Suriname(official, English), Republiek Suriname(official, Dutch), Surinam(English

name until 1978)

Sweden

(common,

English)

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

Swedish), Kingdom of Sweden (official, English), Svea Rike(possibly former/poetical,

Swedish),Thule(Latin name, also poetic),Svitjod(Old Norse)

Switzerland

(common,

English)

Swiss Confederation (official, English),Schweiz(common, German, Danish,

Swedish), Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft(official, German), Suisse (common,French),Confdration suisse(official, French), Svizzera (common,

Italian),Confederazione Svizzera(official, Italian), Svizra (common,

Romansh),Confederaziun Svizra(official, Romansh), Confoederatio

Helvetica, Helvetia(Latin, sometimes used officially), CH(initialism)

T [edit]


Taiwan

Republic of China (official, English),(official, Chinese), (common,

Chinese), ROC(initialism),Chinese Taipei/(international

designation), Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and

Matsu/(international designation), Taipei,

China(designation used by China to imply that Taiwan is part of China),Taiwan,

Province of China(UN designation), Nationalist China(obsolete), Free

China(obsolete, pro-Nationalist), Formosa(former, English)

Tanzania(common,

English)

United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar(former, English), United Republic

of Tanzania(official, English). Deutsch-Ostafrika, together with Ruanda and Urundi

(= German East Africa, colonial name until 1918). The country is named

after Tanganyika, its mainland part, and the Zanzibarislands off its east coast.

Thailand

(common,

English)

Siam(former, English), (former, Thai), Kingdom of Thailand(official,

English), (official, Thai), (common, Thai)

Transnistria Pridnestrovie(official shortform name), Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia

Respublica(official, longform)

Trinidad and

Tobago(common,

English)

Iere(poetic, "Land of the Hummingbird," believed to be derived from

Arawak), Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (official, English),Trinbago(informal,

English)

Tunisia

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

Tunisia(official shortform name),Republic of Tunisia(official, longform),

(, (official, Arabic

Republic of Turkey(official, English),Trkiye Cumhuriyeti(official, Turkish), Asia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Turkeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ierehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobagohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Transnistriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyikahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzaniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipeihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=18https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confoederatio_Helveticahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Confederationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverigehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden


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Turkey Minor(geographical, English), Anatolia(geographical, English), Ottoman

Empire(former, English), Turkish Empire(former unofficial,

English), Porteor Sublime Porte(English descriptions of the former Ottoman state)

Tuvalu Tuvalu(short- and long-form name, English and Tuvaluan), Ellice Islands(colonial

name, English)

U [edit]


Ukraine

(shortened

form)

Ukraine(official), Ukrana(Ukrainian), UA, UKR.(initialism),Kievan Rus' (Former name

for of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century), Kingdom of

GaliciaVolhyniaorKingdom of Ruthenia(historic name of Western

Ukraine), Zaporizhian Host(is an adopted name in historiography for the Ukrainian

Cossack state on the territory ofDnieperUkraine and Siveriathat existed between 1649

and 1764)United Arab

Emirates

(shortened

form)

United Arab Emirates(English),Trucial States(English, prior to 1971), Al Emirat al

Arabbiya al Muttahida (official, Arabic) UAE, U.A.E. (English initialism)

United

Kingdom

(shortened

form)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (official,

English), Britain(colloquial), Great Britain(colloquial), UK, U.K.(initialism), United

Kingdom(short form), Albion(poetic, Latin),Britannia(poetic, Latin), Perfidious

Albionif said by an old enemy (mainly humorous today), Anglia(poetic, Latin, refers

specifically toEngland), Alba(Scottish, Gaelic-refers specifically

to Scotland),Caledonia(poetic, Latin-refers specifically

to Scotland), Cymru(official, Welsh-refers specifically toWales), Ulster(colloquial, refers

specifically to Northern Ireland)

United

States

(shortened

form)

United States of America(official),America(colloquial and also former name

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

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

proposed afterAmerican Revolutionary War), United States(short form), Usonia(used by

James Duff Law and popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright), Usono(Esperanto name basedon "United States ofNorth America.)

[edit]


Vanuatu

New Hebrides(former name under British and French condominium rule from 1906

1980), Niuhebridis(Bislama), Nouvelles Hebrides(former official name in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bislamahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hebrideshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=20https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usonia#Origin_of_the_wordhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waleshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdomhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirateshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siveriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnieperhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ukrainehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Rutheniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia%E2%80%93Volhyniahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainehttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=19https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellice_Islandshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Portehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoliahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey


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(common) French),Rpublique de Vanuatu (French),Ripablik blong

Vanuatu(Bislama),Vanuatri(jocular name used in humour)[citation needed]

Vietnam

(common)

An Nam(former name in other foreign languages), Champa(historical kingdom),i

Vit(historical kingdom), Giao Ch(former Chinese province or vassal kingdom),French

Indochina(former name under French colonization when united with Laos and

Cambodia, English), Lnh Nam(poetic name),Socialist Republic of Vietnam(official,

English), parted in North Vietnam(Democratic Republic of Vietnam)and SouthVietnam(Republic of Vietnam)from 1954 to 1975, Cng ha X hi Ch ngha Vit

Nam(official, Vietnamese), Vit Nam(short form, Vietnamese), SRV, S.R.V., VN,

V.N. (English initialism)

Z [edit]


Zambia(common)

Northern Rhodesia(former, English), Republic of Zambia(official, English)

Zimbabwe

(common)

Rhodesiaor Republic of Rhodesia(former names, English), Republic of

Zimbabwe (official, English),Southern Rhodesia(former, English)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rhodesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit&section=21https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed

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