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Most countries of the world have alternative names. Some
countries have also undergonename
changesfor political or other reasons. This article attempts to
give all known alternative names
and initialisms for all nations, countries and sovereign states,
in English and any predominant orofficial languages of the country
in question.
Countries are listed alphabetically by theirdescription, the
most common name or term that is
politically neutral and unambiguous. This may followed by a note
as to the status of the
description used.
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P 16 R 17 S 18 T 19 U 20 V 21 Z 22 See also 23 References
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Description Other name(s) or older name(s)Albania
(common,English)
Republic of Albania (official, English), Shqipria (common,
Albanian)Republika e Shqipris (official, Albanian)
Algeria
(common,English)
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (official, English),
al-Jazir(common, Arabic), al Jumhuriyya al Jazaa'iriyya
ad-Dmuqriyya ashSha'biyya (official, Arabic)
Armenia
(common,
English)Hayastan(transliterated Armenian, original: )
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)
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Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Bangladesh(common,
English)
East Pakistan,East Bengal(former names, English), People's
Republic ofBangladesh (official, English)
Belarus
(common,
English)
Republic of Belarus (official, English), Gudija (Lithuanian),
Byelorussia
(former name),White Russia(outdated)Benin
(common,English)
Dahomey(former name), Republic of Benin (official, English),
Rpubliquedu Bnin (official, French)
Botswana
(common,
English)
Bechuanaland(former, English), Republic of Botswana (official,
English)
Brazil
(common,
English)
Pindorama (native, pre-colonization, Tupi-Guaran), Terra de
Santa Cruz(early Portuguese colonization), United States of Brazil
(former, English),Federative Republic of Brazil (official,
English)
Burkina Faso(official, Englishand French)
Upper Volta(former name, English), Haute-Volta (former name,
French),Bourkina-Fasso (unofficial French form in the first few
days after the 1984change from Upper Volta until the government
clarified the official spelling)
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Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayastanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayastanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Australiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Australiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Holland_(Australia)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Holland_(Australia)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Holland_(Australia)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=2http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bengalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bengalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bengalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beninhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beninhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomeyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomeyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswanahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswanahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechuanalandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechuanalandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Fasohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Fasohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Upper_Voltahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Upper_Voltahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=3http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=3http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Upper_Voltahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Fasohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechuanalandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswanahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomeyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beninhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bengalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Holland_(Australia)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Australiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayastanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania
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Cambodia
(common,English)
Kingdom of Cambodia(official, English), Royaume du Cambodge
(official,French),Kampuchea(former officially-sanctioned common
name in theEnglish language and transliteration from Khmer
language),Khmer Republic(former official),Democratic
Kampuchea(former official),People'sRepublic of Kampuchea(former
official),State of Cambodia(former
official)Canada
(official, English
and French)
Dominion of Canada (historical long form, English), Dominion du
Canada(historical long form, French)
Central African
Republic
(official,
English)
Oubangui-Chari(former, French), Ubangi-Shari (English),
RpubliqueCentrafricaine (official, French), Empire Centrafricain
(former official,French),Central African Empire(English)
Chile
(official,
English)
Chilli (Aymara), Chili (Quechua),Reyno de Chile(colonial
Spanish),Capitania general de Chile (colonial Spanish)
People'sRepublic of
China
(official,English)
China/ (common, ambiguous), (official, Chinese),
PRC(initialism), Communist China (colloquial, mainly used by
Westerncountries), Red China (colloquial, mainly derogatory),
(colloquial andmainly derogatory, mainly used by the ROC with a
cognate used in Vietnam),
Mainland China// (colloquial, refers to the area that thePRC
Government administers since the end of theChinese Civil War),
NewChina/ (colloquial, pro-Communist), Shenzhou/, Ch'in
Empire,Cathay (obsolete, now mainly used poetically)
Democratic
Republic of theCongo
(official,
English)
Zaire(former official name, 1971 to 1997; still occasionally
used todistinguish it fromRepublic of the Congo), DRC (initialism),
Congo Kinshasa(used in contrast to "Congo Brazzaville"),Belgian
Congo(former name duringBelgian colonization, 1908 to 1960,
English),Congo belge(former name,French),Congo Free State(former
name, 1885 to 1908),Republic of theCongo(former name, 1960 to 1964,
during which time both Congos hadidentical official names)
Republic of the
Congo
(official,English)
Congo (common), Congo Brazzaville (used in contrast to "Congo
Kinshasa"),French Congo(former name during French colonization,
1880 to 1910,English)
Cte d'Ivoire
(common,French andofficial, English)
Ivory Coast (common, English), the Republic of Cte d'Ivoire has
asked thatthe French name be used in all languages
Croatia
(official,
English)
Hrvatska(official, Croatian; also in Serbian, Bosnian and
Montenegrin),Hrvaka (Slovenian)
Czech Republic
(official,
esk republika(official, Czech, Slovak),esko(common, Czech,
Slovak),Czechia(abbreviated, English),Bohemia(former, English)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cambodiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cambodiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampuchea#Transition:_State_of_Cambodia_.281989_-_1993.29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampuchea#Transition:_State_of_Cambodia_.281989_-_1993.29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampuchea#Transition:_State_of_Cambodia_.281989_-_1993.29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oubangui-Charihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oubangui-Charihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Empirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Empirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Empirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Chilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Chilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Chilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_Warhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_Warhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_Warhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zairehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zairehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congo_belge&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congo_belge&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congo_belge&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_Statehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_Statehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_Statehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_(L%C3%A9opoldville)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_(L%C3%A9opoldville)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_(L%C3%A9opoldville)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_(L%C3%A9opoldville)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrvatskahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrvatskahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1_republikahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1_republikahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Ceskohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Ceskohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Ceskohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Ceskohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A1_republikahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrvatskahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_(L%C3%A9opoldville)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_(L%C3%A9opoldville)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_Statehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Congo_belge&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zairehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_Warhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Chilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Empirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oubangui-Charihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampuchea#Transition:_State_of_Cambodia_.281989_-_1993.29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampucheahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cambodiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia
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[edit] D
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Djibouti
(common)
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, French Somaliland,
ObockTerritory (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)
[edit] EDescription Other name(s) or older name(s)Egypt
(common)
Mir (formal shortened, Arabic), Mer (common, Arabic), Aegypt
(former, Latin),Kmi (Coptic)
Estonia
(common)Eesti (common, Estonian), Viru (poetic, Estonian)
Ethiopia
(common)
Abyssinia (former), Habeshastan (Turkish), Federal Democratic
Republic ofEthiopia (official, English), Ethiopi (common, Dutch),
Al-Habasha (Arabic)
[edit] FDescription Other name(s) or older name(s)
Republic ofFinland
(official,
English)
Finland(common, English and Swedish), Suomi (common, Finnish),
Suomentasavalta (official, Finnish), Republiken Finland (official,
Swedish), Soome(common, Estonian)
French
Republic
(official,
English)
France(common, English and French), Rpublique Franaise
(official,French), L'Hexagone (often journalistic, colloquial
French),Gaul(former name,English), Gaule (former name, French)
[edit] G
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)Georgia
(official,
Iberia(former, English, East Georgia),Colchis(former, English,
WestGeorgia),Iveria(usually used as Christian name),Republic of
Georgia
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English) (former, before the 1995 Constitution),Sakartvelo(in
their own language)
FederalRepublic of
Germany
(official,
English)
Germany(common, English), Deutschland (common,
German),Bundesrepublik Deutschland (official, German; formerly
meant onlyWestGermany), Duitsland (common, Dutch) BRD (German
initialism),EastGermany,German Democratic Republic, GDR, Deutsche
Demokratische
RepublikorDDRGreece
(official
Englishdescription)
Hellas(official and common name),("Hellada" common name
inGreek), ("Hellas" official description in Greek), Hellenic
Republic(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 whencontext clearly distinguishes Guinea-Bissau
from the neighboring Republic ofGuinea)
[edit] HDescription Other name(s) or older name(s)
Hungary(common,
English)
Republic of Hungary(official, English), Magyar Kztrsasg
(official,Hungarian), Magyarorszg (common, Hungarian)
[edit] I
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
IcelandIceland (official English name), 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
Bhrat(official name inHindi),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)
Indonesia
Nusantara(dating back from Hindu era), Insulinde (from the
Colonial era),Indunesia (suggestion for Dutch East Indies' modern
name), Indonesi (common,Dutch)
Iran Persia was coined by ancient Greeks referring to Iran,
which has always been thelocal name. Use of the Greek name
continued in the west until 1932, when uponIran'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.
Iraq Mesopotamia(former name)
Irelandire(official Irish name), Ireland (official English
name), Irish Free State (1922
1937), Poblacht na hireann (official Irish description),
Republic of Ireland
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(official 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 HebrewState (unofficial), State of
the Jews (unofficial), Palestine of '48 (Arabic, indicates
non-recognition), the Zionist Entity (English)Italy Repubblica
Italiana (official Italian name)
[edit] J
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Jamaica Xamayca (Spanish version of Taino name)
Japan
Nippon (?) (official name inJapanese),Nihon (alternate, more
commonreading of in Japanese),Yamato(?) or (historic, ancient
Japan),
yashima (?
) (meaning the country of eight great islands,
historic),Cipangu/Zipangu or Gipangu (appeared inThe Travels of
Marco Poloin the 13th
century)
Jordan Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (official, English)
[edit] K
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Kazakhstan
(common,English)
Republic of Kazakhstan (official English long name), Kazakhstan
(Englishpassport short name), Republic of Kazakhstan (English
passport long name),
(official Kazakh short name), (officialKazakh long name),
Qazaqstan (Kazakh short name in Latin script), Alash / / Ala
(former name, also poetic)
Kenya
(conventionalshort form)
Republic of Kenya(official, English), Jamhuri ya Kenya
(official,Swahili),BritishEast Africa Protectorate(former name when
held in protectoratestatus prior to becoming a colony starting in
the 1880s until 1920),KenyaColony(former name during British
colonization, from the 1920 until 1963)
[edit] L
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)Latvia
(common, English)Latvija (common, Latvian)
Lesotho
(common, English)Basutoland(former, English), Kingdom of Lesotho
(official, English)
Lithuania
(common, English)Lietuva (common, Lithuanian), (Litva) (common,
Russian)
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[edit] M
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)Malawi
(common)
Nyasaland (former, English), Republic of Malawi (official,
English)
Malaysia
(official)
Persekutuan Malaysia (official long form, Malay), Federation of
Malaysia(official long form, English), Malaya, Sabah and
Sarawak(former, Englishnames of the various components), Tanah
Melayu or Malay Land (former,
Malay),/ Mlixy (common, Mandarin),/ Malesiya(common, Tamil)
Mauritania
(common)
Islamic Republic of Mauritania (official, English), Rpublique
Islamiquede Mauritanie (official, French)
Mexico
(shortened form)
United Mexican States (official), Estados Unidos Mexicanos
(official,Spanish), Mxico (Spanish short form), Repblica Mexicana
(Only heard in
Mexico, colloquial, Spanish), Mjico (Spanish variant), MEX
(initialism), MX(initialism)
Republic of
Macedonia
(official)
(official Macedonian), Macedonia, MKD
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
byirredentists),Bodan ('Land of Voyvoda I. Bogdan', former common
and official nameduring Ottoman Empire, Turkish)
Montenegro(official, Englishand other
languages)
Crna Gora(official, Montenegrin, Serbian and Croatian), Mali i
Zi (official,Albanian)
[edit] N
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Netherlands[1]
(official,
English)
Nederland (Dutch), het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (official
Dutch),Kingdom of Holland(former official name,
English),Holland(common,English, Dutch and other languages),
Bataafse Republiek(former officialname, Dutch),Batavian
Republic(former official name, English), Republiekder Zeven
Vereenigde Nederlanden (former long official name, Dutch),Republic
of the Seven United Netherlands(former long official
name,English),Dutch Republic(former short official name, English),
UnitedProvinces (former common name),Seventeen ProvincesorLow
Countries(aformer official name when united with Belgium and
Luxembourg, English)
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New Zealand(official,English)
Aotearoa(official, Maori),Realm of New Zealand(official English
nameincluding Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and Ross
Dependency),Dominion ofNew Zealand(former official, English)
Norway
(common,
English)
Norge(common, NorwegianBokml, Danish,
Swedish),Noreg(common,NorwegianNynorsk), Kingdom of Norway
(official, English), Kongeriket Norge
(official, NorwegianBokml), Kongeriket Noreg (official,
NorwegianNynorsk)
[edit] P
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Pakistan
(common,English)
Islamic Republic of Pakistan(official and constitutional,
English),Federationof Pakistan(alternate official name,
English),Dominion of Pakistan(historicofficial name, English),West
Pakistan(common and later official name for thearea now covering
Pakistan, used when discussing the polity before the
secession of Bangladesh), (unofficial historical names)
Sindhustan and
IndosyncthiaPalau
(common,English)
Republic of Palau(official, English),Belau(common, Palauan; was
alsosometimes used by English speakers who supported Palauan
independencebefore it was gained in 1994)
Poland
(common,
English)
Republic of Poland(official, English), Rzeczpospolita Polska
(official,Polish), Polska (common, Polish), RP (often journalistic,
Polish), People'sRepublic of Poland (former Communist name,
English),PolskaRzeczpospolita Ludowa(former Communist name,
Polish),Rzeczpospolita(historic common name,
Polish),Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth(historicofficial name,
English), Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodw (historic officialname,
Polish),United Commonwealth of the Two Nations(historic
officialname, English)
Portugal
Portuguese Republic(official, English),Lusitania(official,
Latin), Galaico-Portuguese nation andPortucalefrom theGallaecitribe
(Celtic Gale androman-celticPortus Cale)
andGalician-Portuguese(ethnic term derived fromthe original
language);Ophiussaalso spelled Ophiusa (the ancient Greek nameof
what is now the Portuguese territory. It means Land of
Serpents);
Portugalliae and Lusitaniae (Latin); Regno Portugalensium and
Portugalis(Latin, Medieval); Portugalliae et Algarbiae; Purtugall
(Middle Ages);Burtughl is the word forPortugaland orange in Arabic
(Portuguese influenceand expansion); Portingall orPortingal (common
classical English and otherlate medieval Germanic languages);
Ocidental Praia Lusitana (WesternLusitanian Beach) and Ptria
Lusitana(LusitanianFatherland) from thenational poemOs Lusadasand
from all Epic Poetry and Chronicles of the Late
Middle Ages and Renaissance. Luxitania and Portugraal (Port of
Grail) inEsotericism and metaphysical literature.
Philippines
(official,
English)
Islas de San Lasarus (former named by Ferdinand Magellan), Las
Islas
Felipenas (named by Ruy Lopez de Villalobos), Republika ng
Pilipinas,
Pilipinas, Pinas (Colloquial), RP (English, Official) Filipina
(Malay, common)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=15http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Palauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Palauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Polandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Polandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzeczpospolitahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzeczpospolitahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzeczpospolitahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Commonwealth_of_the_Two_Nationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Commonwealth_of_the_Two_Nationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Commonwealth_of_the_Two_Nationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portucalehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portucalehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portucalehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaecihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaecihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaecihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician-Portuguesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician-Portuguesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician-Portuguesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiussahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiussahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiussahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Lus%C3%ADadashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Lus%C3%ADadashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Lus%C3%ADadashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Lus%C3%ADadashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitanichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiussahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician-Portuguesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaecihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portucalehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Republichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Commonwealth_of_the_Two_Nationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzeczpospolitahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polska_Rzeczpospolita_Ludowahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Polandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Palauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand
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Puerto Rico
(common,
English andSpanish)
Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico(official,
Spanish),Commonwealth ofPuerto Rico(official, English),Porto
Rico(archaic, English), Associated FreeState of Puerto Rico
(non-official literal translation to English of the officialSpanish
name),Borikn,Borinquen, orBorinken (former Tano name alsoused
colloquially and among nationalists)
[edit] R
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Russia
Russian Federation (official English description), (official
Russian), Russia, (official and common name, ambiguous, English),
(old Russian Rossiya, modern Russian Rassiya) (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)
Romania
Romnia (official, Romanian), Rumania orRoumania (archaic,
English),Kingdom of Romania (name under monarchy, English), Regatul
Romniei (nameunder monarchy, Romanian), Romanian People's Republic
(former Communistname, English), Republica Popular Romn (former
Communist name,Romanian), Socialist Republic of Romania (former
Communist name, English),Republica Socialist Romnia (former
Communist name, Romanian)
Rwanda Republic of Rwanda(official, English), Rpublique du
Rwanda (official,French), Repubulika y'u Rwanda (official,
Kinyarwanda), "Pays des millecollines" (poetic, French), Ruanda
(former colonial name)
[edit] SDescription Other name(s) or older name(s)
Saint Kitts and
Nevis
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis(co-official, English),
Federation ofSaint Christopher and Nevis (co-official, English),
Saint Christopher andNevis (alternate short-form, English),Saint
Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla(former official, English), Saint
Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla (former common,English), Saint Kitts orSaint
Christopher (shorthand, English), Liamuigaand Oualie (former
indigenous names of the islands of Saint Kitts and
Nevis,respectively)
Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia
(official,
English)
Saudi Arabia(common, English), KSA (initialism), Saudia (former
inEnglish, common in Arabic) Al Mumlaka Al-Arribiyyah
As-saudiyyah(official name in Arabic)
Republic of
Serbia
(official,
English)
Serbia (common, English), Servia (archaic, English), Srbija
(common,Serbian), Republika Srbija (official, Serbian), Serbia and
Montenegro(former common, English), Yugoslavia (former common,
English)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_Libre_Asociado_de_Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_Libre_Asociado_de_Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borik%C3%A9nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borik%C3%A9nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borik%C3%A9nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=16http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_SFSRhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_SFSRhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_SFSRhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Rwandahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Rwandahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=17http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher-Nevis-Anguillahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher-Nevis-Anguillahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher-Nevis-Anguillahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saudi_Arabiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saudi_Arabiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saudi_Arabiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Serbiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Serbiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Serbiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Serbiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Serbiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saudi_Arabiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saudi_Arabiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher-Nevis-Anguillahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevishttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Rwandahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_SFSRhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borik%C3%A9nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_Libre_Asociado_de_Puerto_Ricohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico
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Republic ofSingapore
(official,
English)
Singapore (common, 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, forSouth), 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(formername, also used now with political nuances), la piel de
toro (Spanish) / la pellde brau (Catalan) ("the bull hide",
metaphoric name after the shape of theIberian 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),Heladiva(Land of Sinhalese) (former,
Sinhala),Ratnadeepa (Island of Gems)(former, Sinhala), elangai
(official, Tamil),Taprobane(one of the medievalnames of Sri
Lanka)
Sudan Republic of Sudan(official, English),The Sudan(alternate
English),Anglo-Egyptian Sudan(colonial name, English),Mahdist
State(former Englishunofficial), Nubia(ancient name, also
poetic)
Suriname
(common,English)
Dutch Guiana(former, English), Netherlands Guiana (former
official,English), Republic 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)
Swiss
Confederation
(official,English)
Switzerland(common, 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)
[edit] TDescription Other name(s) or older name(s)
Taiwan
Republic of China(official, English), (official,
Chinese),(common, Chinese), ROC (initialism),Chinese Taipei/
(internationaldesignation), Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen andMatsu/ (international designation),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Singaporehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Singaporehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Singaporehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Ujonghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Ujonghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Ujonghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sh%C5%8Dnan-t%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sh%C5%8Dnan-t%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sh%C5%8Dnan-t%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sh%C5%8Dnan-t%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_red_dothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_red_dothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_red_dothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaanshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaanshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaanshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Statehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Statehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Statehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Las_Batuecas&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Las_Batuecas&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Las_Batuecas&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Jos%C3%A9_de_Larrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Jos%C3%A9_de_Larrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Jos%C3%A9_de_Larrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Jos%C3%A9_de_Larrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylonhttp://mahavamsa.org/history-of-sri-lanka/http://mahavamsa.org/history-of-sri-lanka/http://mahavamsa.org/history-of-sri-lanka/http://www.mysrilankaholidays.com/island-of-gems.htmlhttp://www.mysrilankaholidays.com/island-of-gems.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taprobanehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taprobanehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Sri_Lankahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Sri_Lankahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Sri_Lankahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinamehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinamehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Guianahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Guianahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverigehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverigehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Confederationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Confederationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Confederationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confoederatio_Helveticahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confoederatio_Helveticahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=18http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipeihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipeihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipeihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipeihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Chinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confoederatio_Helveticahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Confederationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Confederationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverigehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Guianahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinamehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Sri_Lankahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taprobanehttp://www.mysrilankaholidays.com/island-of-gems.htmlhttp://mahavamsa.org/history-of-sri-lanka/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Jos%C3%A9_de_Larrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Jos%C3%A9_de_Larrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Las_Batuecas&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Statehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaanshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_red_dothttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sh%C5%8Dnan-t%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Ujonghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Singaporehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Singapore
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Taipei, China (designation used by China to imply that Taiwan is
part of China),Taiwan, Province of China (UN designation),
Nationalist China (obsolete), FreeChina (obsolete,
pro-Nationalist), Formosa (former, English)
Tanzania
(common,English)
United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar (former, English),
UnitedRepublic of Tanzania (official, English). Deutsch-Ostafrika,
together with
Ruanda and Urundi (= German East Africa, colonial name until
1918). The countryis named afterTanganyika, its mainland part, and
theZanzibarislands off its eastcoast.
Thailand Siam(former name), Kingdom of Thailand (official,
English)
TransnistriaPridnestrovie(official shortform name),
Pridnestrovskaia MoldavskaiaRespublica (official, longform)
Tunisia
(official, Arabic)(common, French, English)
Tunisia (official shortform name), Republic of Tunisia
(official, longform),, (official, Arabic)
Turkey
Republic of Turkey(official, English), Trkiye Cumhuriyeti
(official, Turkish),
Asia Minor(geographical, English),Anatolia(geographical,
English),OttomanEmpire(former, English), Turkish Empire (former
unofficial, English),PorteorSublime Porte (English descriptions of
the former Ottoman state)
TuvaluTuvalu(short- and long-form name, English and
Tuvaluan),Ellice Islands(colonial name, English)
[edit] U
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)United States
(shortenedform)
United States of America (official), America (colloquial), the
States(colloquial), US, U.S., USA, Usa, U.S.A. (initialism),
Columbia (Latin, poetic)
United
Kingdom
(shortenedform)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (official,
English),Britain (colloquial),Great Britain(colloquial),
UK(initialism), UnitedKingdom (short form), Albion (poetic,
Latin),Perfidious Albionif you are anold enemy of this country
(mainly humorous today), Anglia (poetic, Latin,England), Alba
(Scottish, Gaelic), Caledonia (poetic, Latin), Cymru
(official,Welsh), Ulster (colloquial, Northern Ireland)
United Arab
Emirates(shortenedform)
United Arab Emirates (English), Trucial States (English, prior
to 1971) AlEmirat Al Arrabbiyah Al Mutahidah (official, Arabic) UAE
(English
initialism)
[edit] V
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)Vanuatu New
Hebrides(former name under British and French condominium rule
from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyikahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyikahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyikahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Transnistriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Transnistriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkeyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Turkeyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Turkeyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Portehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Portehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Portehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellice_Islandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellice_Islandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellice_Islandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=19http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=19http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=20http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=20http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hebrideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hebrideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hebrideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=20http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=19http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellice_Islandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvaluhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Portehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empirehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Turkeyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkeyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Transnistriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyikahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania
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(common) 19061980, Niuhebridis(Bislama), Nouvelles Hebrides
(former official name inFrench), Rpublique de Vanuatu (French),
Ripablik blong Vanuatu (Bislama),Vanuatri (jocular name used in
humour)[citation needed]
Vietnam
(common)
Champa (Sanskrit),French Indochina(former name under French
colonizationwhen united with Laos and Cambodia, English), Socialist
Republic of Vietnam
(official, English), parted inNorth Vietnam(Democratic Republic
of Vietnam)andSouth Vietnam(Republic of Vietnam) from 1954 to 1975,
Cng ha X hiCh ngha Vit Nam (official, Vietnamese), Vit Nam (short
form, Vietnamese)
[edit] Z
Description Other name(s) or older name(s)Zambia
(common)Northern Rhodesia(former, English), Republic of Zambia
(official, English)
Zimbabwe
(common)
RhodesiaorRepublic of Rhodesia (former names, English), Republic
of
Zimbabwe (official, English),Southern Rhodesia(former,
English)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bislamahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bislamahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bislamahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=21http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=21http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rhodesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rhodesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rhodesiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_alternative_country_names&action=edit§ion=21http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bislama
