Most countries of the world have different names in different languages. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Countries are listed alphabetically by their most common name in English. Each English name is followed by its most common equivalents in other languages, listed in English alphabetical order (ignoring accents) by name and by language. Historical and/or alternative versions, where included, are noted as such. Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents are also listed. See also: List of alternative country names
Most sovereign states have alternative names. Some countries have also undergone Geographical renaming, name changes for political or other reasons. Some have special names particular to poetic diction or other contexts. This article attempts to ...
Please format entries as follows: for languages written in the Latin alphabet, write "Name (language)", for example, " (Portuguese)", and add it to the list according to English rules of alphabetical order. For languages written in other writing system
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s, write "Romanization - native script (language)", for example " - (Yiddish)", and alphabetize it in the list by the Romanized form.
Due to its size, this list has been split into four parts:
*List of country names in various languages (A–C)
See also
* List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
The 205 listed states can be divided i ...
*List of country names in various languages (D–I)
See also
* List of sovereign states
* List of Latin place names in Europe
* Names of European cities in different languages
* List of European regions with alternative names
Most regions and provinces of Europe have alternative names in ...
*List of country names in various languages (J–P)
See also
* List of sovereign states
* List of Latin place names in Europe
* Names of European cities in different languages
* List of European regions with alternative names
Most regions and provinces of Europe have alternative names in ...
*List of country names in various languages (Q–Z)
See also
* List of sovereign states
* List of Latin place names in Europe
* Names of European cities in different languages
* List of European regions with alternative names
Most regions and provinces of Europe have alternative names i ...
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership with ...
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List of Latin place names in Europe
This list includes European countries and regions that were part of the Roman Empire, or that were given Latin place names in historical references. As a large portion of the latter were only created during the Middle Ages, often based on scholarl ...
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Names of European cities in different languages
Many cities in Europe have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Below are listed the known different names for cities that are geographically or historically and cultu ...
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List of European regions with alternative names
Most regions and provinces of Europe have alternative names in different languages. Some regions have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all major European re ...
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List of European rivers with alternative names
All or almost all rivers in Europe have alternative names in different languages. Some rivers have also undergone geographical renaming, name changes for political or other reasons. This article provides known alternative names for all major Europe ...
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Names of Asian cities in different languages
This is a list of cities in Asia that have several names in different languages, including former names. Many cities have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone Geographical renaming, name changes for political or ...
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Geographical renaming
Geographical renaming is the changing of the name of a geography, geographical feature or area, which ranges from the change of a street name to a change to the name of a country. Places are also sometimes assigned dual names for various reasons. ...
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Endonym
An endonym (also known as autonym ) is a common, name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate them ...
(internal name) and
Exonym
An endonym (also known as autonym ) is a common, name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate them ...
(external name) of a geographical place
External links
Slovene Governmental Commission for the Standardisation of Geographical Names- in the first column are names as proposed by the commission, in the second column are short official names, in the third column are long official names. Accessed on 7 October 2005.
GEONAMES - Countries of the World- The countries of the world in their own languages and scripts, with official names, capitals, flags, coats of arms, administrative divisions, national anthems, and translations of the countries and capitals into many languages.
CLDR - Unicode Common Locale Data Repository- provides developer-friendly XML files with a lot of language/locale specific data, including country names in over 50 different languages. Download the latest data file, core.zip file, find file common/main/
anguage codexml, and ldml/localeDisplayNames/territories/territory tags from it
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Lists of country names in various languages