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National Names, Adjectives, Demonyms

Peoplese being an international language, the name of each nation is generally the name used by the people who live in that nation.  For example, English "German" is Peoplese "Deutschland"; English Japan is Peoplese "Nihon".  (In text, English names of nations are often footnoted.)

The adjective of a nation is simply the nation's Peoplese name plus hyphen-et y.  E.g. Deutschland۔y.

A demonym is the name of people who live in a certain place.  In Peoplese, if the name of the nation or region ends in a vowel, we simply add "n".  E.g. Botswanan, Europen.  If the name of the nation or region ends in a consonant, we simply add "an".  E.g. Brasilan, Deutschlandan, Jordanan, Pakistanan. 

In Peoplese, all language names end in hyphnenette + ese.  For a list and further explanation, you may click on "language names"  (accessible frrom atop the Grammar page) for a list and explanation.

Besides saving an enormous amount of memorization (compared to English), ambiguity is eliminated.  For example, in English "French" can refer to citizens of France, to an adjective of France (French cheese), or the language of France.  In Peoplese:  Francen citizens, France۔y cheese, France۔ese language.  Only names of nations need be memorized.  

China is an exception.  Citizens of China name their nation 中国 , romanized as Zhong-guo, which could be acceptable as "Zhonguo".  But demonym ”Zhonguon“ and adjective "Zhonguo۔y do not translate well in Chinese language.  Moreover, the national name "China", sometimes with slight variations, is known planet-around; e.g. Spanish, among other languages, also use the national name "China", as does Peoplese.

United States of America, a mouthful, has gradually transitioned into a misnomer, meaning the nation comprised of united proviinces within regions in North America plus Hawaii. "America" is the name of a hemisphere.  Peoplese retains "United States of America" to designate the nation, often shortened to English acronym "USA". USA-y is the adjective, and Usan is the demonym. 


NATION
(English)
NATION
(Peoplese, AE)
ADNOUN
(Peoplese, AE)
DEMONYM
(Peoplese, AE)
NATION
(Peoplese (SSS)







Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan۔y AfghanistananAfghanistan

Albania Shiperia
Shiperia۔y Shiperianꝭiperēa
Algeria Algeria Algeria۔y AlgerianAljērēa

Andorra Andorra Andorra۔y AndorranAndōra
Angola Angola Angola۔y AngolanAngōla
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda۔y Antigua and BarbudanAntigūa and Barbūda
Argentina Argentina Argentina۔y ArgentinanArgentēna
Armenia Hayastan Hayastan۔y HayastananHāyastan
Australia Australia Australia۔y AustralianŌstrālēa

Austria Osterreich Osterreich۔y OsterreichanŌstrēa
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan۔y AzerbaijananAzerbījan
Bahamas Bahamas Bahamas۔y BahamasanBahamas

Bahrain Bahrain Bahrain۔y BahrainanBahrān
Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh۔y BangladeshanBangladeʃ
Barbados Barbados Barbados۔y BarbadosanBarbādōs
Belarus Belarus Belarus۔y BelarusanBelarus

Belgium Belgium Belgium۔y BelgiumanBeljum
Belize Belize Belize۔y BelizeanBelīz
Benin Benin Benin۔y BeninanBenin

Bhutan Bhutan Bhutan۔y BhutananBrūtan
Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia۔y BolivianBōlivēa
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia Bosnia۔y BosnianBosnēa
Botswana Botswana Botswana۔y BotswananBotswana
Brazil Brasil Brasil۔y BrasilanBrasil

Burma Myanma Myanma۔y MyanmanMīanmar
Brunei Brunei Brunei۔y BruneianBrūnī
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Burkina Faso۔y Burkina FasoanBurkēna Fasō
Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria۔y BulgarianBulgarēa
Burundi Burundi Burundi۔y BurundianBūrundē
Cambodia Kampuchea Kampuchea۔y KampucheanKampūqēa
Cameroon Cameroun Cameroun۔y CamerounanKamarūn
Canada Canada Canada۔y CanadanKanada
Cape Verde Cape Verde Cape Verde۔y Cape VerdeanKāp Verdē
Central African Republic Central African Republic Central African Republic۔y Central African Republican`Sentral Afrēka Rēpublik
Chad Chad Chad۔y ChadanQad

Chile Chile Chile۔y ChileanQilē
China China China۔y ChinanQīna
Colombia Colombia Colombia۔y ColombianKōlumbēa
Comoros Komori Komori۔y KomorianKomōros
Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica۔y Costa RicanKōsta Rēka
Croatia Hrvatska Hrvatska۔y HrvatskanHrvatska
Cuba Cuba Cuba۔y CubanKyūba
Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus۔y CyprusanSīprus

Czech Republic Ceska Republik Ceska Republik۔y Ceska RepublikanQek Rēpublik
Democratic Republic of Congo Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa۔y Congo-KinshasanKongō-Kinʃasa
Denmark Danmark Danmark۔y DanmarkanDanmark

Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti۔y DjiboutianJēbōtē
Dominica Dominica Dominica۔y DominicanDōminika
Dominican Republic Republica Dominicana Republica Dominicana۔y Republica DominicananDōminikan Rēpublik
East Timor Timor Leste Timor Leste۔y Timor LesteanĒst Tēmōr
Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador۔y EcuadoranEkwadōr
Egypt Misr Misr۔y MisranMisr

El Salvador El Salvador El Salvador۔y El SalvadoranEl Salvadōr
England England England۔y EnglandanEngland

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea۔y Equatorial GuineanEkwadōrēal Ginē
Eritrea Eritrea Eritrea۔y EritreanEretrēa
Estonia Estonia Estonia۔y EstonianEstōnēa
Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia۔y EthiopianĒθēōpēa
Fiji Fiji Fiji۔y FijianFējē
Finland Suomi Suomi۔y SuomianFinland

France France France۔y FranceanFrans

Gabon Gabon Gabon۔y GabonanGabōn
Gambia Gambia Gambia۔y GambianGambēa
Georgia Sakartvelo Sakartvelo۔y SakartveloanJōrja
Germany Deutschland Deutschland۔y DeutschlandanDōēqland
Ghana Ghana Ghana۔y GhananGana

Greece Hellas Hellas۔y HellasanHelas

Grenada Grenada Grenada۔y GrenadanGrenada

Guatemala Guatamala Guatamala۔y GuatamalanGūatamala
Guinea Guinea-Conakry Guinea-Conakry۔y Guinea-ConakryanGinē-Kōnakrē
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau۔y Guinea-BissauanGinē-Baso
Guyana Guyana Guyana۔y GuyananGēana
Haiti Haiti Haiti۔y HaitianHātē
Honduras Honduras Honduras۔y HondurasanHondūras
Hungary Magyar Magyar۔y MagyaranMagyar

Iceland Iceland Iceland۔y IcelandanĪsland
India Bharat
Bharat۔y Bharatan
Barat
Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia۔y IndonesianIndōnēsēa
Iran Iran Iran۔y IrananĪran
Iraq Irak Irak۔y IrakanĪrak
Ireland Eire Eire۔y EireanĀreh
Italy Italia Italia۔y ItalianItalēa
Ivory Coast Cote-divoire Cote-divoire۔y Cote-divoireanĪvōrē Cōst
Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica۔y JamaicanJamāka
Japan Nihon Nihon۔y NihonanNihon

Jordan Jordan Jordan۔y JordananJōrdan
Kashmir Kashmir Kashmir۔y KashmiranKaʃmēr
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan۔y KazakhstananKazakistan
Kenya Kenya Kenya۔y KenyanKenya

Kiribati Kiribati Kiribati۔y KiribatianKiribatē
Kosovo Kosovo Kosovo۔y KosovoanKōsōvō
Kuwait Kuwayt Kuwayt۔y KuwaytanKūwāt
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan۔y KyrgyzstananKirjistan
Laos Lao Lao۔y LaoanLaō
Latvia Latvia Latvia۔y LatvianLatvēa
Lebanon Libnan Libnan۔y LibnananLebnan

Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho۔y LesothoanLeθōsō
Liberia Liberia Liberia۔y LiberianLībērēa
Libya Libya Libya۔y LibyanLibya
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Liechtenstein۔y LiechtensteinanLiktunstīn
Lithuania Lietuva Lietuva۔y LietuvanLiθūanēa
Luxembourg Letzebuerg Letzebuerg۔y LetzebuerganLuksemburg
Macedonia Macedonia Macedonia۔y MacedonianMasedōnēa
Malawi Malawi Malawi۔y MalawianMalawē
Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia۔y MalaysianMalāja
Maldives Maldives Maldives۔y MaldivesanMaldīvs
Mali Mali Mali۔y MalianMalē
Malta Malta Malta۔y MaltanMalta

Marshall Islands Marshall Islands Marshall Islands۔y Marshall IslandsanMarʃal Īslands
Mauritania Muritania Muritania۔y MuritanianMaūritānēa
Mauritius Maurice Maurice۔y MauriceanMorēs
Mexico Mexico Mexico۔y MexicoanMeksikō
Micronesia Micronesia Micronesia۔y MicronesianMīkrōnēja
Moldova Moldova Moldova۔y MoldovanMoldōva
Monaco Monaco Monaco۔y MonacoanMōrakō
Mongolia Mongolia Mongolia۔y MongolianMongōlēa
Montenegro Crna-gora Crna-gora۔y Crna-goranKma-gora
Morocco Maghrib Maghrib۔y MaghribanMagrib

Mozanbique Mosambique Mosambique۔y MosambiqueanMōzambēk
Myanmar Myanma Myanma۔y Myanman

Namibia Namibia Namibia۔y Namibian

Nauru Nauru Nauru۔y Nauruan

Nepal Nepal Nepal۔y Nepalan

Netherlands Nederland Nederland۔y Nederlandan

New Zealand Aotearoa Aotearoa۔y Aotearoan

Nicaragua Nicaragua Nicaragua۔y Nicaraguan

Niger Nijer Nijer۔y Nijeran

Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria۔y Nigerian

North Korea North Korea North Korea۔y North Korean

Norway Norway Norway۔y Norwayan

Oman Oman Oman۔y Omanan

Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan۔y Pakistanan

Palau Palau Palau۔y Palauan

Palestine Canaan Canaan۔y Cananan

Palestine Palestine Palestine۔y Palestinean

Panama Panama Panama۔y Panaman

Papua New Guinea Papau Niugini Papau Niugini۔y Papau Niuginian

Paraguay Paraguay Paraguay۔y Paraguayan

Peru Peru Peru۔y Peruan

Philippines Pilipinas Pilipinas۔y Pilipinasan

Poland Polska Polska۔y Polskan

Portugal Portugal Portugal۔y Portugalan

Qatar Katar Katar۔y Kataran

Republic of Abkhazia Abkhaza Abkhaza۔y Abkhazan

Republic of the Congo Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville۔y Congo-Brazzavillean

Romania Romania Romania۔y Romanian

Russia Rossiya Rossiya۔y Rossiyan

Rwanda Rwanda Rwanda۔y Rwandan

Liamulga-Oualie Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis۔y Saint Kitts and Nevisan

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Lucia۔y Saint Lucian

Saint Vincent and Grenadines Saint Vincent and Grenadines Saint Vincent and Grenadines۔y Saint Vincent and Grenadinesan

Samoa Samoa Samoa۔y Samoan

San Marino San Marino San Marino۔y San Marinoan

Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe۔y Sao Tome and Principean

Saudi Arabia Arabiyah as Saudiyah Arabiyah as Saudiyah۔y Arabiyah as Saudiyahan

Senegal Senegal Senegal۔y Senegalan

Serbia Serbia Serbia۔y Serbian

Seychelles Seychelles Seychelles۔y Seychellesan

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Sierra Leone۔y Sierra Leonean

Singapore Singapore Singapore۔y Singaporean

Slovakia Slovakia Slovakia۔y Slovakian

Slovenia Slovania Slovania۔y Slovanian

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Solomon Islands۔y Solomon Islandsan

Somalia Somalia Somalia۔y Somalian

Somaliland Somaliland Somaliland۔y Somalilandan

South Africa South Africa South Africa۔y South African

South Korea South Korea South Korea۔y South Korean

South Sudan South Sudan South Sudan۔y South Sudanan

Spain Espanya Espanya۔y Espanyan

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka۔y Sri Lankan

Sudan Sudan Sudan۔y Sudanan

Suriname Suriname Suriname۔y Surinamean

Swaziland Swaziland Swaziland۔y Swazilandan

Sweden Sverige Sverige۔y Sverigean

Switzerland Schweizerische Schweizerische۔y Schweizerischean

Syria Suriyah Suriyah۔y Suriyahan

Tajikistan Tajikistan Tajikistan۔y Tajikistanan

Tanzania Tanzania Tanzania۔y Tanzanian

Thailand Thailand Thailand۔y Thailandan

Togo Togo Togo۔y Togoan

Tonga Tonga Tonga۔y Tongan

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago۔y Trinidad and Tobagoan

Tunisia Tunisia Tunisia۔y Tunisian

Turkey Turkiye Turkiye۔y Turkiyean

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Turkmenistan۔y Turkmenistanan

Tuvalu Tuvalu Tuvalu۔y Tuvaluan

Uganda Uganda Uganda۔y Ugandan

Ukraine Ukraina Ukraina۔y Ukrainan

United Arab Emirates Emerates Emerates۔y Emeratesan

United States of America Usa Usa۔y Usan

Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay۔y Uruguayan

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan۔y Uzbekistanan

Vanautu Vanautu Vanautu۔y Vanautuan

Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela۔y Venezuelan

Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam۔y Vietnaman

Yemen Yemen Yemen۔y Yemenan

Zambia Zambia Zambia۔y Zambian

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe۔y Zimbabwean



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