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List of alternative country namesMost countries of the world have alternative names. Some countries have also undergone name changes for politicalor other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names and initialisms for all nations, countriesand sovereign states, in English and any predominant or official languages of the country in question.Countries are listed alphabetically by their description, the most common name or term that is politically neutral andunambiguous. This may followed by a note as to the status of the description used.

A

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

Afghanistan(common,English)

Gandhara (Sanskrit), Upaghanistanaha (Sanskrit)

Albania(common,English)

Republic of Albania (official, English), Shqipëria (common, Albanian) Republika e Shqipërisë (official, Albanian),Arnavutluk (common, Turkish), Albanië (Dutch)

Algeria(common,English)

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (official, English), al-Jazā’ir (common, Arabic), al Jumhuriyya al Jazaa'iriyyaad-Dīmuqrāţiyya ash Sha'biyya (official, Arabic), Cezayir (common, Turkish), Algerije (Dutch)

Armenia(common,English)

Hayastan (transliterated Armenian,original: Հայաստան), Armenië (Dutch)

Australia(common,English)

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

Austria(common,English)

Republic of Austria (official, English), Republik Österreich (official, German), Österreich (common, German), Oostenrijk(Dutch)

B

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

Bangladesh(common, English)

East Pakistan, East Bengal (former names, English), People's Republic of Bangladesh (official, English)

Belarus(common, English)

Republic of Belarus (official, English), Gudija (Lithuanian), Byelorussia (former name), White Russia (outdated),Wit-Rusland (former, Dutch)

Benin(common, English)

Dahomey (former name), Republic of Benin (official, English), République du Bénin (official, French)

Botswana(common, English)

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

Brazil(common, English)

Pindorama (native, pre-colonization, Tupi-Guaraní), Terra de Santa Cruz (early Portuguese colonization), United Statesof Brazil (former, English), Federative Republic of Brazil (official, English), Brazilië (Dutch)

Burkina Faso(official, Englishand French)

Upper Volta (former name, English), Haute-Volta (former name, French), Bourkina-Fasso (unofficial French form in thefirst few days after the 1984 change from Upper Volta until the government clarified the official spelling)

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C

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

Cambodia(common,English)

Kingdom of Cambodia (official, English), Royaume du Cambodge (official, French), Kampuchea (formerofficially-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 ofCambodia (former official), Kamboja (former, Sanskrit), Cambodja (Dutch)

Canada(official, Englishand French)

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

Central AfricanRepublic(official,English)

Oubangui-Chari (former, French), Ubangi-Shari (English), République Centrafricaine (official, French), EmpireCentrafricain (former official, French), Central African Empire (English)

Chile(official,English)

Chilli (Aymara), Xile (Catalan), Chili (Dutch, French, Quechua), Cile (Italian), Txile (Basque), Reyno de Chile (colonialSpanish), Capitania general de Chile (colonial Spanish), Şili (Turkish)

People'sRepublic ofChina(official,English)

China/中国 (common, ambiguous), 中华人民共和国 (official, Chinese), PRC (initialism), Communist China (colloquial,mainly used by Western countries), Red China (colloquial, mainly derogatory), 中共 (colloquial and mainly derogatory, mainlyused by the ROC with a cognate used in Vietnam), Mainland China/中国大陆/中国內地 (colloquial, refers to the area that thePRC Government administers since the end of the Chinese Civil War), New China/新中国 (colloquial, pro-Communist),Shenzhou/神州, Chin'n (common - Hindi) ,Ch'in Empire, Cathay

DemocraticRepublic of theCongo(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 Belgiancolonization, 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 theCongo(official,English)

Congo (common), Congo Brazzaville (used in contrast to "Congo Kinshasa"), French Congo (former name during Frenchcolonization, 1880 to 1910, English)

Côte d'Ivoire(common,French andofficial, English)

Ivory Coast (common, English), Pobřeží slonoviny (common, Czech), Elfenbeinküste (common, German), Costa de Marfil(common, Spanish), Fildişi Sahili (common, Turkish), Ivoorkust (Dutch) and other names meaning "Ivory Coast" in theirrespective languages, although the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire has asked that the French name be used in all languages

Croatia(official,English)

Hrvatska (official, Croatian; also in Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin), Kroatien (German, Danish), Chorwacja (Polish),Hrvaška (Slovenian), Хърватия (Bulgarian), Хорватия (Russian), Kroatië (Dutch), Croatie (French), Croacia (Spanish),Hırvatistan (Turkish)

Czech Republic(official,English)

Česká republika (official, Czech, Slovak), Česko (common, Czech, Slovak), Czechia (abbreviated, English), Bohemia (former,English), Çek Cumhuriyeti (Turkish), Tsjechië (Dutch)

D

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

Djibouti(common)

French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, French Somaliland, Obock Territory (former names, English), Territoirefrançais des Afars et des Issas, Côte française des Somalis, Territoire d'Obock (former names, French), Republic of Djibouti(official, English), République de Djibouti (official, French)

Denmark(common,English)

Danmark (common, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian), Denemarken (common, Dutch), Tanska (common, Finnish), Taani(common, Estonian) , Danimarka (common, Turkish)

E

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

Egypt(common)

Miṣr (formal shortened, Arabic), Meṣr (common, Arabic), Aegypt (former, Latin), Mesir (Malay, common), Egypte (common,Dutch), Kīmi (Coptic)

Estonia(common)

Eesti (common, Estonian), Viro (common, Finnish), Igaunija (common, Latvian), Viru (poetic, Estonian), Estland (common,Dutch)

Ethiopia(common)

Abbysinia (former), Habeshastan (Turkish), Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (official, English), Ethiopië (common,Dutch), Al-Habasha (Arabic)

F

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

Republic ofFinland(official,English)

Finland (common, English and Swedish), Suomi (common, Finnish), Suomen tasavalta (official, Finnish), Republiken Finland(official, Swedish), Soome (common, Estonian), Somija (common, Latvian), Suomija (common, Lithuanian), Finlandiya(common, Turkish)

FrenchRepublic(official,English)

France (common, English and French), République Française (official, French), L'Hexagone (often journalistic, colloquialFrench), Gaul (former name, English), Gaule (former name, French), Frankrijk (common, Dutch), Tsarfat (common, Hebrew),Ranska (common, Finnish), Prantsusmaa (common, Estonian), Perancis (common, Malay)

G

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

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), Gürcistan (common, Turkish)

FederalRepublic ofGermany(official,English)

Germany (common, English), Deutschland (common, German), Bundesrepublik Deutschland (official, German; formerlymeant only West Germany), Duitsland (common, Dutch) BRD (German initialism), East Germany, German DemocraticRepublic, GDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR, Allemagne (common, French), Německo (common, Czech),Alemania (common, Spanish), Germania (common, Italian), Alemanha (common, Portuguese), Niemcy (common, Polish),Németország (common, Hungarian), Þýskaland (common, Icelandic), Tyskland (common, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian),Tiara Tudestga (common, Romansh Sursilvan), Ashkenaz (classic, Hebrew), Almanya (common, Turkish), Saksa (common,Finnish), Saksamaa (common, Estonian), Vācija (common, Latvian), Vokietija (common, Lithuanian), Jerman (common,Malay)

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Greece(official Englishdescription)

Hellas (official and common name), Ελλάδα ("Hellada" common name in Greek), Ελλάς ("Hellas" official description inGreek), Hellenic Republic (official name of Greek state, English), Görögország (common, Hungarian), Yunanistan (common,Turkish), Al-Yunan (common, Arabic), Yavan (common, Hebrew), Grekland (common, Swedish), Hellas (common,Norwegian), Kreikka (common, Finnish), Griekenland (common, Dutch), Yunani/Greek (common, Malay), Graikija(common, Lithuanian)

Guinea-Bissau(common,English)

Portuguese Guinea (former, English), Republic of Guinea-Bissau (official, English), Guiné-Bissao (archaic, Portuguese),Guinea (shorthand, used when context clearly distinguishes Guinea-Bissau from the neighboring Republic of Guinea)

H

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

Hungary(common,English)

Republic of Hungary (official, English), Magyar Köztársaság (official, Hungarian), Magyarország (common, Hungarian),Republik Ungarn (official, German), Ungarn (common, German, Danish)), Hongrie (common, French), Hungría (common,Spanish), Ungheria (common, Italian), Hongarije (common, Dutch), Maďarsko (common, Czech and Slovak), Węgry (common,Polish), Унгария (common, Bulgarian), Венгрия (common, Russian), Al-Majar (common, Arabic), Mađarska (common,Serbian), Macaristan (common, Turkish)

I

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

India Bhārat (official name in Hindi), Bhārat Gaṇarājya (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), Hoddu (Hebrew),Aryavarta (name in Sanskrit), "印度" or "Yìndù" (unofficial name in Chinese)

Indonesia Nusantara (dating back from Hindu era), Insulinde (from the Colonial era), Indunesia (suggestion for Dutch East Indies' modernname), Indonesië (common, Dutch)

Iraq Mesopotamia (former name), Irak (common, Dutch)

Iran Persia was coined by ancient Greeks referring to Iran, which has always been the local name. Use of the Greek name continued in thewest until 1932, when upon Iran's request, the local name of Iran became the internationally legal name, replacing Persia. Thoughboth still remain in use today, outside of legal sphere.

Ireland Éire (official Irish name), Ireland (official English name), Irish Free State (1922–1937), Poblacht na hÉireann (official Irishdescription), Republic of Ireland (official English description), Saorstát Éireann (Irish 1922-1937), Erin, Banba, Fodla (threepoetic names), Hibernia (Latin name, also poetic), Ierland (common, Dutch)

Iceland Iceland (official English name), Republic of Iceland (official English description), Ísland (official Icelandic name), LýðveldiðÍsland (official Icelandic description), Fold (poetic name), Thule (Latin name, also poetic), Frón, Ísafold (both poetic),"Izland"(Hungarian), IJsland (common, Dutch)

Israel State of Israel (official English name), Medinat Yisra'el (official Hebrew name), Dawlat Isra'il (official Arabic name), the JewishState (unofficial), the Hebrew State (unofficial), State of the Jews (unofficial), Palestine of '48 (Arabic, indicates non-recognition),the Zionist Entity (English), Rejim Zionis (Malay, derogatory), Israël (common, Dutch)

Italy Repubblica Italiana (official Italian name), Włochy (common, Polish), Itali (Malay, common), Italië (common, Dutch)

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J

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

Jamaica Xamayca (Spanish version of Taino name)

Japan Nippon/日本 (official name in Japanese), Nihon (alternate, more common reading of 日本 in Japanese), Yamato/大和 or 倭(historic, ancient Japan), Ōyashima/大八洲 (meaning the country of eight great islands, historic), Cipangu/Zipangu or Gipangu(appeared in The Travels of Marco Polo in the 13th century), Jepun (common, Malay)

Jordan Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (official, English), Ürdün (common, Turkish), Jordanië (common, Dutch)

K

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

Kazakhstan(common,English)

Republic of Kazakhstan (official English long name), Kazakhstan (English passport short name), Republic of Kazakhstan(English passport long name), Қазақстан (official Kazakh short name), Қазақстан Республикасы (official Kazakh longname), Qazaqstan (Kazakh short name in Latin script), Alash / Алаш / Alaş (former name, also poetic), Kazachstan (common,Dutch)

Kenya(conventionalshort form)

Republic of Kenya (official, English), Jamhuri ya Kenya (official, Swahili), British East Africa Protectorate (former namewhen held in ‘protectorate’ status prior to becoming a colony starting in the 1880s until 1920), Kenya Colony (former nameduring British colonization, from the 1920 until 1963), Kenia or Kenya (common, Dutch)

L

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

Latvia(common,English)

Läti (common, Estonian), Letonya (common, Turkish), Letland (common, Dutch)

Lesotho(common,English)

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

Lithuania(common,English)

Lietuva (common, Lithuanian), Liettua (common, Finnish), Leedu (common, Estonian), Литва (common, Russian), Litvanya(common, Turkish), Litouwen (common, Dutch)

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, Sabahand Sarawak (former, English names of the various components), Tanah Melayu or Malay Land (former, Malay), 马来西亚/Mǎláixīyà (common, Mandarin), மலேசியா/ Malesiya (common, Tamil), Maleisië (common, Dutch)

Mauritania(common)

Islamic Republic of Mauritania (official, English), République Islamique de Mauritanie (official, French), Mauritanië(common, Dutch)

Mexico(shortened form)

United Mexican States (official), Estados Unidos Mexicanos (official, Spanish), México (Spanish short form), RepúblicaMexicana (Only heard in Mexico, colloquial, Spanish), Méjico (Spanish variant), MEX (initialism), MX (initialism),Mexique (French)

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Moldova Republic of Moldova (official), Republica Moldova (official, Moldovan), Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (formerSoviet name, English), Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ (former Soviet name, Moldovan), Bessarabia orBassarabia (historic name, still used by irredentists), Boğdan ('Land of Voyvoda I. Bogdan', former common and official nameduring Ottoman Empire, Turkish), Moldavië (common, Dutch)

Montenegro(official, Englishand otherlanguages)

Crna Gora (official, Montenegrin, Serbian and Croatian), Mali i Zi (official, Albanian), Μαυροβούνιο, Maurobounio(common, Greek), Melnkalne (common, Latvian), Svartfjallaland (common, Icelandic), Karadağ (common, Turkish),Al-Jabal al-aswad (common, Arabic)

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 official name, Dutch), Batavian Republic(former official name, English), Republiek der Zeven Vereenigde Nederlanden (former long official name, Dutch), Republic ofthe Seven United Netherlands (former long official name, English), Dutch Republic (former short official name, English),United Provinces (former common name), Seventeen Provinces or Low Countries (French, Spanish; also a former official namewhen united with Belgium and Luxembourg, English), Alankomaat (common, Finnish), Belanda (Indonesian, common)

New Zealand(official,English)

Aotearoa (official, Maori), Realm of New Zealand (official English name including Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and RossDependency), Dominion of New Zealand (former official, English), Nieuw-Zeeland (common, Dutch)

Norway(common,English)

Norge (common, Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish), Noreg (common, Norwegian Nynorsk), Kingdom of Norway (official,English), Kongeriket Norge (official, Norwegian Bokmål), Kongeriket Noreg (official, Norwegian Nynorsk), Norja (common,Finnish), Norveç (common, Turkish), Noorwegen (common, Dutch)

P

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

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 nowcovering Pakistan, used when discussing the polity before the secession of Bangladesh), (unofficial historical names) Sindhustanand Indosyncthia

Palau(common,English)

Republic of Palau (official, English), Belau (common, Palauan; was also sometimes used by English speakers who supportedPalauan independence before 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's Republic of Poland (former Communist name, English), Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa (former Communistname, Polish), Rzeczpospolita (historic common name, Polish), Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (historic official name,English), Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów (historic official name, Polish), United Commonwealth of the Two Nations(historic official name, English), Lengyelország (common, Hungarian), Lenkija (common, Lithuanian), Puola (common,Finnish), Lehistan (former common and official name of the land, 'Leh' means the people of Poland during Ottoman Empire,Turkish)

Philippines(official,English)

Islas de San Lasarus (former named by Ferdinand Magellan), Republika ng Pilipinas, Pilipinas, Pinas (Colloquial), RP (English,Official) Filipina (Malay, common)

Puerto Rico(common,English andSpanish)

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),Borikén, Borinquen, or Borinken (former Taíno name also used colloquially and among nationalists)

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R

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

Russia Russian Federation (official English description), Российская Федерация (official Russian), Russia (official and common name,ambiguous, English), Россия (common, Russian), RF (initialism), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (former name),RSFSR (former name initialism), Rus (poetic or obsolete name, ambiguous), Roos (Hindi name), Great Russia (obsolete name),Venemaa (Estonian), Venäjä (common, Finnish), Oroszország (Hungarian), Krievija (Latvian), Rusia (Malay, common)

Romania România (official, Romanian), Rumania or Roumania (archaic, English), Kingdom of Romania (name under monarchy, English),Regatul României (name under monarchy, Romanian), Romanian People's Republic (former Communist name, English),Republica Populară Romînă (former Communist name, Romanian), Socialist Republic of Romania (former Communist name,English), Republica Socialistă România (former Communist name, Romanian), Eflak (form of the word Ulahya, Ulahiye and Evlah,'land of the people named 'Ulah', former common and official name during Ottoman Empire, Turkish).

Rwanda Republic of Rwanda (official, English), République du Rwanda (official, French), Repubulika y'u Rwanda (official,Kinyarwanda), "Pays des mille collines" (poetic, French), Ruanda (former colonial name, various languages)

S

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

Saint Kitts andNevis

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 Kitts or Saint Christopher (shorthand, English), San Cristóbal yNieves (common, Spanish), Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès (common, French), Liamuiga and Oualie (former indigenous names ofthe islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, respectively)

Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia(official,English)

Saudi Arabia (common, English), KSA (initialism), Saudia (former in English, common in Arabic) Al MumlakaAl-Arribiyyah As-saudiyyah (official name in Arabic), Arab Saudi (Malay, common)

Republic ofSerbia(official,English)

Serbia (common, English), Servia (archaic, English), Srbija (common, Serbian), Republika Srbija (official, Serbian), Serbiaand Montenegro (former common, English), Yugoslavia (former common, English)

Republic ofSingapore(official,English)

Singapore (common, English), Singapura (common, Malay),Sinhapura (Sanskrit i.e. Land of Lions), Xīnjiāpō/新加坡

(common, Chinese), Ciŋkappūr/சிங்கப்பூர் (common, Tamil), Pulau Ujong (historical, ancient), Temasek (former, Malay),Shōnan-tō/昭南島 (former, Japanese occupation), little red dot (colloquial; originally derogatory)

South Africa(common,English)

Azania, Mzansi (Xhosa, for South) Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans), Afrika Selatan (Malay, common)

Spain España (common, Spanish), Reino de España (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) ("thebull hide", metaphoric name after the shape of the Iberian Peninsula), Las Batuecas (derogatory name in the works of MarianoJosé de Larra), Espanja (common, Finnish), Hispaania (common, Estonian), Sepanyol (Malay, common), Spania (common,Romanian),

Sri Lanka(common,Sanskrit,English)

Ceylon (former, English), Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (official, English), Heladiva [2] (Land of Sinhalese)

(former , Sinhala) , Ratnadeepa (Island of Gems) [3] (former , Sinhala), elangai (official, Tamil), Taprobane (one of themedieval names of Sri Lanka)

Sudan Republic of Sudan (official, English), The Sudan (alternate English), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (colonial name, English),Mahdist State (former English unofficial), Nubia (ancient name, also poetic)

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Suriname(common,English)

Dutch Guiana (former, English), Netherlands Guiana (former official, English), Republic of Suriname (official, English),Republiek Suriname (official, Dutch), Surinam (incorrect but widely-used common English name)

Sweden(common,English)

Sverige (common, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian), Konungariket Sverige (official, Swedish), Kingdom of Sweden (official,English), Svea Rike (possibly former/poetical, Swedish), Ruotsi (common, Finnish), Rootsi (common, Estonian), Thule (Latinname, also poetic), Zviedrija (common, Latvian), Svitjod (Old Norse), Suedia (common, Romanian), İsveç (common, Turkish)

SwissConfederation(official,English)

Switzerland (common, English), Schweiz (common, German, Danish, Swedish), Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (official,German), Sveitsi (common, Finnish), Zwitserland (common, Dutch) Suisse (common, French), Confédération suisse (official,French), Svizzera (common, Italian), Confederazione Svizzera (official, Italian), Svizra (common, Romansh), ConfederaziunSvizra (official, Romansh), Confoederatio Helvetica, Helvetia (Latin, sometimes used officially), CH (initialism), İsviçre(common, Turkish)

T

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

Taiwan Republic of China (official, English), 中華民國 (official, Chinese), 臺灣 (common, Chinese), ROC (initialism), ChineseTaipei/中華台北 (international designation), Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen andMatsu/台灣、澎湖、金門及馬祖個別關稅領域 (international designation), Taipei, China (designation used by China to implythat 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 afterTanganyika, its mainland part, and the Zanzibar islands off its east coast.

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

Transnistria Pridnestrovie (official shortform name), Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica (official, longform)

Tunisia (common, French, English)(official, Arabic)سنوتTunisia (official shortform name), Republic of Tunisia (official, longform), ةيسنوتلا ةيروهمجلا, (official, Arabic)

Turkey Republic of Turkey (official, English), Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (official, Turkish), Asia Minor (geographical, English), Anatolia(geographical, English), Ottoman Empire (former, English), Turkish Empire (former unofficial, English), Porte or SublimePorte (English descriptions of the former Ottoman state), Turki (Malay, common)

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

U

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

United States(shortenedform)

United States of America (official), America (colloquial), the States (colloquial), US/USA (initialism), Columbia (Latin, poetic)Amerika Syarikat (Malay, common), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (German, official)

UnitedKingdom(shortenedform)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (official, English), Britain (colloquial), Great Britain (colloquial), UK(initialism), United Kingdom (short form), Albion (poetic, Latin), Perfidious Albion if you are an old enemy of this country(mainly humorous today), Anglia (poetic, Latin, England), Alba (Scottish, Gaelic), Caledonia (poetic, Latin), Cymru (official,Welsh), Ulster (colloquial, Northern Ireland), İngiltere (common, Turkish).

United ArabEmirates(shortenedform)

United Arab Emirates (English), Trucial States (English, prior to 1971) Al Emirat Al Arrabbiyah Al Mutahidah (official,Arabic) UAE (English initialism) Emiriah Arab Bersatu (Malay, common)

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V

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

Vanuatu(common)

New Hebrides (former name under British and French condominium rule from 1906–1980, Niuhebridis (Bislama), NouvellesHebrides (former official name in French), République de Vanuatu (French), Ripablik blong Vanuatu (Bislama), Vanuatri(jocular name used in humour)

Vietnam(common)

Champa (Sanskrit), French Indochina (former name under French colonization when united with Laos and Cambodia, English),Socialist Republic of Vietnam (official, English), parted in North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and SouthVietnam (Republic of Vietnam) from 1954 to 1975, Cộng hòa Xã hội Chủ nghĩa Việt Nam (official, Vietnamese), Việt Nam(short form, Vietnamese,

Z

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

Zambia(common)

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

Zimbabwe(common)

Rhodesia or Republic of Rhodesia (former names, English), Republic of Zimbabwe (official, English), Southern Rhodesia(former, English)

References[1] This entry is about the country the Netherlands, one of 4 countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. "Netherlands" is also a common

name name for the Kingdom.[2] http:/ / mahavamsa. org/ history-of-sri-lanka/[3] http:/ / www. mysrilankaholidays. com/ island-of-gems. html

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