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| Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Afġānistān (Pashto) |
| Albania | Albania | Albania (Medieval Latin); Shqipëri (Albanian) |
| Algeria | Algeria | (Arabic) الجزائر, al-Jazā'ir; ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ, ed-dzayer (Berber); Algérie (French) |
| Andorra | Andorra | Principat d'Andorra (Catalan) |
| Angola | Angola | Ngola (Kikongo, Kimbundu, Umbundu); Angola (Portuguese) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua, Barbuda (Spanish) |
| Argentina | Argentina | Argentina (Spanish) |
| Hayastan | Armenia | Հայաստան, Hayastan (Armenian); Αρμενια, Armenia (ancient Greek). The native Armenian name for the country is `Hayk’. The name in the Middle Ages was extended to Hayastan, by addition of the Iranian suffix -stan (place). |
| Australia | Australia | Australia (English) |
| Osterreich | Austria | Österreich (German) |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan | Azərbaycan (Azerbaijani) |
| Bahamas | Bahamas, The | from "baja mar", shallow sea (Spanish) |
| Bahrain | Bahrain | (Arabic) البحرين al-Baḥrayn; (Persian) بحرین Bahreyn |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh | বাংলাদেশ (Bengali) |
| Barbados | Barbados | maybe from "Los Barbudos", bearded ones (Spanish) |
| Belarus | Belarus | Белару́сь, Bielaruś (Belarusian) |
| Belgium | Belgium | België (Flemish) |
| Belize | Belize | probably from "belix" / "beliz" (Mayan), translated as "Belize" (Spanish, year 1677) |
| Benin | Benin | name chosen for its neutrality, from Benin empire |
| Bhutan | Bhutan | འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ brug-yul (Dzongkha), possibly from Bhoṭa-anta (भोट-अन्त, "end of Tibet" (Sanskrit) |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | Bolivia (Spanish) |
| Bosnia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | probably from river Bossina (Latin), later renamed river Bosna |
| Botswana | Botswana | Lefatshe la Botswana (Tswana) |
| Brasil | Brazil | Brasil (Portuguese) |
| Brunei | Brunei | Brunei Darussalam (Malay), (Jawi) نڬارا بروني دارالسلام (Arabic) دولة بروناي، دار السلام |
| Bukina Faso | Bukina Faso | Bukina Faso (French) |
| Bulgaria | Bulgaria | България (Bulgarian) |
| Burundi | Burundi | Republika y'Uburundi (Kirundi) |
| Kampuchea | Cambodia | Kampuchea (Khmer) |
| Cameroun | Cameroon | République du Cameroun (French) |
| Canada | Canada | Canada (English) |
| Cape Verde | Cape Verde | Cabo Verde (Portuguese) |
| Central African Republic | Central African Republic | République centrafricaine (French) |
| Chad | Chad | (Arabic) تشاد Tšād |
| Chile | Chile | Chile (Spanish) |
| China | China | 中国 "middle kingdom" (Chinese); zhōng guó (Mandarin Chinese pronunciation) |
| Colombia | Colombia | Columbia (Spanish) |
| Komori | Comoros | Udzima wa Komori (Comorian) |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rica | Costa Rica (Spanish) |
| Hrvatska | Croatia | Hrvatska |
| Cuba | Cuba | Cuba (Spanish) |
| Cyprus | Cyprus | Κύπρος (Greek); Kıbrıs (Turkish) |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Česká republika (Czech) |
| Congo-Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | République démocratique du Congo (French), formerly Zaire |
| Danmark | Denmark | Danmark (Danish) |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | (Arabic) جيبوتي Jībūtī |
| Dominica | Dominica | Dominica (Latin for "Sunday") |
| Republica Dominicana | Dominican Republic | República Dominicana (Spanish) |
| Timor Leste | East Timor | Timor Leste (Tetum). Timor, east (Indonesian & Malay) + Leste, east (Portuguese) |
| Ecuador | Ecuador | Ecuador (Spanish) |
| Egypt | Egypt | مصر(Arabic) Miṣr |
| El Salvador | El Salvador | El Salvador (Spanish, "the savior") |
| Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinea | Guinea Ecuatorial (Spanish) |
| Eritrea | Eritrea | Eritrea - the Italian form of the Greek name Ἐρυθραίᾱ (Erythraíā ), meaning "red [land]" |
| Estonia | Estonia | Eesti Vabariik (Estonian) |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopia | ኢትዮጵያ (Amharic) |
| Fiji | Fiji | Viti Levu (main island), pronounced by Tongans "Fisi", which English explorers pronounced "Fiji". |
| Suomi | Finland | Suomi (Finnish); Finland (Swedish) |
| France | France | France (French) |
| Gabon | Gabon | République Gabonaise |
| Gambia | Gambia | Gambia (English, from Gambia river) |
| Sakartvelo | Georgia | საქართველო Sakartvelo (Georgian) |
| Deutschland | Germany | Deutschland (German) |
| Ghana | Ghana | Ghana, "warrior king", from the medieval western African Ghanan empire |
| Greece | Greece | Ελλάδα (Greek) |
| Grenada | Grenada | at the southern end of Grenadines island chain |
| Guatamala | Guatamala | Guatamala (Spanish) |
| Guinea-Conakry | Guinea, Guinea-Conakry | Guinée (French) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | Guiné-Bissau (Portuguese) |
| Guyana | Guyana, French Guiana | Guyane française (French) |
| Haiti | Haiti | Ayit (Haitian Crole), Haiti (French) |
| Honduras | Honduras | Honduras (Spanish) |
| Magyar | Hungary | Magyarország (Hungarian) |
| Iceland | Iceland | Ísland (Islandic) |
| India | India | भारतीय गणराज्य Bhāratiya Gaṇarājya; भारत Bhārat [short form] (Hindi) |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | Indonesia (Greek derived) |
| Iran | Iran | ایران (Persian) |
| Iraq | Iraq | (Arabic) al-‘Irāq العراق |
| Eire | Ireland | Éire (Irish) - consisting of the entire island west of Great Britian |
| Italia | Italy | Italia (Italian) |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Ivory Coast | Côte d'Ivoire (French) |
| Jamaica | Jamaica | Xaymaca (Arawakan) |
| Nihon | Japan | 日本 (Japanese) |
| Jordan | Jordan | (Arabic) Al-ʾUrdunn اَلأُرْدُنّ |
| Kashmir | Kashmir | (Kashmiri) کٔشِیر / कॅशी [Claimed by both India and Pakistan.] |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | Қазақстан Qazaqstan (Kazakh) |
| Kenya | Kenya | Kenya (English) |
| Kiribati | Kiribati | Kiribati (Gilbertese), from English "Gilbert" islands, name chosen by citizens. |
| Kosovo | Kosovo | Kosovë (Albanian); Косово (Serbian) [Serbia claims it wtihin its sovereign territory.] |
| Kuwayt | Kuwait | (Arabic) دولة الكويت Dawlat al-Kuwayt |
| Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan | Кыргыз Республикасы (Kyrgyz) |
| Lao | Laos | ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao (Lao) |
| Latvia | Latvia | Latvija (Latvian) |
| Libnan | Lebanon | (Arabic) لبنان Libnān or Lubnān |
| Lesotho | Lesotho | Lesotho (Sesotho) |
| Liberia | Liberia | Liberia (English, from "liberty", because colonized by freed North American slaves) |
| Libya | Libya | (Arabic) ليبيا Lībyā: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ Libya (Berber) |
| Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein (German) |
| Lietuva | Lithuania | Lietuva (Lithuanian) |
| Letzebuer | Luxembourg | Lëtzebuer (Luxembourgish) |
| Macedonia | Macedonia | Македонија, Makedonija (Macedonian) |
| Madagasikara | Madagascar | Madagasikara (Malagasy) |
| Malawi | Malawi | Malaβi (Chewa, also known as Nyanja) |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | [name from the Malay kingdoms] |
| Maldives | Maldives | mālādvīpa (Sanskrit) or මාල දිවයින Maala Divaina, "Necklace Islands" (Sinhala) => Maldivische (Dutch) => Maldives (English) |
| Mali | Mali | Mali (French) |
| Malta | Malta | Repubblika ta' Malta (Maltese) |
| Marshall Islands | Marshall Islands | Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ (Marshallese) |
| Muritania | Mauritania | (Arabic) موريتانيا Mūrītānyā; Muritanya / Agawej (Berber); Gànnaar (Wolof); Murutaane (Soninke); Moritani (Pulaar); Mauritanie (French) |
| Maurice | Mauritius | Maurice (French). No indigenous peoples; unoccupied when European explorers arrived. |
| Mexico | Mexico | México |
| Micronesia | Micronesia | μικρός, mikrós, "small" + νῆσος, nēsos, "island" (Greek) |
| Moldova | Moldova | Republica Moldova (Moldovan, Romanian), name from Moldova river |
| Monaco | Monaco | Principatu de Múnegu (Monégasque), Principauté de Monaco (French) |
| Mongolia | Mongolia | Монгол улс (Mongolian), land of Mongols |
| Tsrna Gora | Montenegro | Crna Gora, transliterated Tsrna Gora, "black mountain" (Montenegrin) |
| Maghrib | Morocco | (Arabic) المغرب al-Maghrib; ⴰⵎⵕⵕⵓⴽ or ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱ (Berber, Ameṛṛuk or Lmaġrib); Maroc (French) |
| Mosambique | Mozambique | Moçambique (Portuguese) |
| Myanma | Myanmar, Burma | Myanma (Burmese) |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | Nagorno-Karabakh | Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Հանրապետություն Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut’yun (Armenia). [Claimed by Azerbaijan.] |
| Namibia | Namibia | Namibië (Afrikaans); Namibia (German) |
| Nauru | Nauru | Nauru |
| Nepal | Nepal | नेपाल Neˈpal (Nepali) |
| Nederland | Netherlands, Holland | Nederland (Dutch) |
| Aotearoa | New Zealand | Aolearoa, "land of long white cloud" ( Māori) |
| Nicaragua | Nicaragua | Nicaragua (Spanish) |
| Nijer | Niger | Niger, named after river Niger |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | Nigeria, named after river Niger |
| North Korea | North Korea | 조선민주주의인민공화국 (Korean) |
| Norway | Norway | Norge (Bokmål) or Noreg (Nynorsk); Nóregr (Old Norse), from norğ vegr (meaning "north way") |
| Oman | Oman | (Arabic) سلطنة عُمان Salṭanat ʻUmān |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | (Urdu) اِسلامی جُمہُوریۂ پاكِستان, Islāmī Jumhūriya-ē Pākistān |
| Palau | Palau | Beluu or Belau (Palauan) |
| Canaan | Palestine, Israel | Παλαιστίνη, Palaistinē (Greek); Palaestina (Latin); פלשתינה Palestina (Hebrew) |
| Panama | Panama | Panamá (Spanish) |
| Papau New Guinea | Papau New Guinea | Papua Niugini (Tok Pisin) |
| Paraguay | Paraguay | Tetã Paraguái (Guaraní) |
| Peru | Peru | Perú (Quechua) |
| Filipinas | Philippines | Pilipínas (Tagalog) |
| Polska | Poland | Polska (Polish) |
| Portugal | Portugal | Portugal (Portuguese) |
| Qatar | Qatar | (Arabic) قطر Qaṭar |
| Abkhaza | Republic of Abkhazia | Аҧсны́ Apsny (Abkhazia). [Claimed by Georgia / Sakartvelo] |
| Congo-Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo | République du Congo (French) |
| Romania | Romania | România (Romanan) |
| Rossiya | Russia | Россия, Rossiya (Russian) |
| Rwanda | Rwanda | Repubulika y'u Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) |
| Liamulga-Oualie | Saint Kitts and Nevis | (ethymology confusing and uncertain) |
| Saint Lucia | Saint Lucia | Sainte-Lucie (French) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (English) |
| Samoa | Samoa | Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Sāmoa (Samoan) |
| San Marino | San Marino | Repubblica di San Marino (Italian) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome and Principe | São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese) |
| Arabiyah as Saudiyah | Saudi Arabia | (Arabic) السعودية as-Su‘ūdiyyah |
| Senegal | Senegal | Sénégal (French) |
| Serbia | Serbia | Република Србија, Republika Srbija (Serbian) |
| Seychelles | Seychelles | Creole: Repiblik Sesel (Creole); République des Seychelles (French) |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone | Serra Leoa, "lioness mountains" (Portuguese) |
| Singapore | Singapore | Malay word Singapura (Malay), from सिंहपुर,"Lion City" (Sanskrit) |
| Slovakia | Slovakia | Slovensko (Slovak) |
| Slovania | Slovenia | Slovenija (Slovene) |
| Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands (English) |
| Somalia | Somalia | Soomaaliya (Somali) |
| Somailand | Somaliland | Somaliland (Somali) |
| South Africa | South Africa | Republic of South Africa (English) |
| South Korea | South Korea | Korean: 대한민국 (Korean); 大韓民國 Daehan Minguk (Hanja) |
| South Sudan | South Sudan | South Sudan, from (Arabic) السودان as-Sūdā, Sudan |
| Espanya | Spain | España (Spanish) |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | ශ්රී ලංකාව, śrī laṃkāva (Sinhala), Tamil: இலங்கை, ilaṅkai (Tamil); formerly Ceylon |
| Sudan | Sudan | (Arabic) السودان as-Sūdā |
| Suriname | Suriname | Republiek Suriname (Dutch) |
| Swaziland | Swaziland | Umbuso weSwatini (Swazi) |
| Sverige | Sweden | Sverige (Swedish) |
| Schweizerische | Switzerland | Schweiz (German), Suisse (French) |
| Syria | Syria | Arabic: سوريا / ALA-LC: Sūriyā, or سورية / Sūrīyah; Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܐ; Kurdish: سوریه, Sûrî), |
| Taiwan | Taiwan | 台湾 (Chinese), tái wān (Mandarin Chinese pronunciation) [Claimed by China] |
| Tajikistan | Tajikistan | Тоҷикистон, Tajikistan, "Land of the Tajiks" |
| Tanzania | Tanzania | Tanzania (Swahili) |
| Thailand | Thailand | ประเทศไทย, Prathet Thai (Thai) |
| Togo | Togo | République Togolaise (French) |
| Tonga | Tonga | Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga (Tongan) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago (English). Etymology uncertain. |
| Tunisia | Tunisia | (Arabic) تونس Tūnis |
| Turkiye | Turkey | Türkiye, "Türk + land of" (Turkish) |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan | Türkmenistan (Turkmen) |
| Tuvalu | Tuvalu | Tuvalu (English) |
| Uganda | Uganda | Uganda, name Buganda kingdom |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | Україна, Ukrayina (Ukrainian) |
| Emerates | United Arab Emirates | (Arabic) دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabiyyah al-Muttaḥidah |
| Britian | United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland | Great Britian (English) - consisting of England, Scotland, Wales, and surrounding tiny islands |
| USA | United States of America | United States of America (English) |
| Uruguay | Uruguay | República Oriental del Uruguay (Spanish) |
| Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan | O‘zbekiston Respublikasi, Ўзбекистон Республикаси (Uzbek). Uzbekistan: land of Uzbeks |
| Vanuatu | Vanuatu | Ripablik blong Vanuatu (Bislama) |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | Venezuela (Spanish) |
| Vietnam | Vietnam | Việt Nam (Vietnamese) |
| Yemen | Yemen | (Arabic) اليَمَن al-Yaman |
| Zambia | Zambia | [named after Zambiya, a former king] |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | [named after the Kingdom of Zimbabwe, 1220-1450 CE] |
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