iso3 Alias AliasDescription
Abkhazia common, English
Republic of Abkhazia official, English
Aphsny Axwynthkharra official, Abkhaz
Respublika Abkhaziya official, Russian
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia Internationally recognized, English
AFG Afghanistan common, English
AFG Islamic Republic of Afghanistan official, English
AFG Da Afganistan Islami Jumhoryat official, Pashto
AFG Jomhuriyyeh Eslamiyyeh Afganestan official, Dari
ALB Albania common, English
ALB Republic of Albania official, English
ALB Republika e Shqipërisë official, Albanian
ALB Arnavutluk Turkish
ALB Arbanon former, English
DZA Algeria common, English
DZA People's Democratic Republic of Algeria official, English
DZA al-Jaza’ir common, Arabic
DZA al Jumhuriyya al Jazaa'iriyya ad-Dimuqratiyya ash Sha'biyya official, Arabic
AND Andorra common, English
AND Principality of Andorra official, English
AND Principat d'Andorra official, Catalan
AND Principality of the Valleys of Andorra alternate, English
ARG Argentina common, English
ARG Argentine Republic official, English
ARG la Argentina colloquial, Spanish
ARG the Argentine archaic, English
ARG Argentine Nation official and legally preferred, English
ARG United Provinces of the Río de la Plata official, English
ARG Argentine Confederation official, English
ARM Armenia common, English
ARM Hayastan transliterated Armenian
ARM Republic of Armenia official, English
Artsakh common, English
Republic of Artsakh official, English
Artsakhi Hanrapetut’yun official, Armenian
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic former official, English
Artsakh Republic of Mountainous Karabakh in official use, English
AUS Australia common, English
AUS Commonwealth of Australia official, English
AUS New Holland former name, English
AUT Austria common, English
AUT Republic of Austria official, English
AUT Republik Österreich official, German
AUT Österreich common, German
AZE Azerbaijan common, English
AZE Azrebaycan Respublikasi official, Azerbaijani
AZE Republic of Azerbaijan official, English
BHS The Bahamas common, English
BHS Commonwealth of The Bahamas official, English
BHS Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands former official, English
BHS Bahama Islands colonial name, English
BHR Bahrain common, English
BHR Kingdom of Bahrain official, English
BHR Mamlakat al-Bahrayn official, Arabic
BHR State of Bahrain former official, English
BGD Bangladesh common, English
BGD People's Republic of Bangladesh long official name in English
BGD Bengal Presidency former political name
BGD East Bengal former political name
BGD East Pakistan former political name
BRB Barbados official, English
BRB Bim nickname
BRB Bimshire nickname
BRB Little England nickname
BRB The Rock nickname
BLR Belarus common, English
BLR Republic of Belarus official, English
BLR Gudija Lithuanian
BLR Byelorussia former name
BLR White Russia outdated
BEL Belgium common, English
BEL Kingdom of Belgium official, English
BEL Koninkrijk België official, Dutch
BEL Royaume de Belgique official, French
BEL Königreich Belgien official, German
BLZ Belize common, English
BLZ British Honduras former, English
BEN Benin common, English
BEN Dahomey former name
BEN Republic of Benin official, English
BEN République du Bénin official, French
BTN Bhutan common, English
BTN Kingdom of Bhutan official, English
BTN Druk Gyal Khap official, Dzongkha
BOL Bolivia common, English
BOL Plurinational State of Bolivia official, English
BOL Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia official, Spanish
BOL Republic of Bolívar former official, English
BOL Republic of Bolivia former official, English
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina official, English
BIH Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina former official, English
BIH Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina former official, English
BWA Botswana common, English
BWA Bechuanaland former, English
BWA Republic of Botswana official, English
BRA Brazil common, English
BRA Pindorama in Tupi and Guarani, native languages
BRA Terra de Santa Cruz early Portuguese colonization
BRA Ilha de Vera Cruz former, Portuguese
BRA Empire of Brazil former, English
BRA United States of Brazil former, English
BRA Federative Republic of Brazil official, English
BRA República Federativa do Brasil official, Portuguese
BRA Terra di Papaga former, Italian
BRN Brunei common, English
BRN Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace official name, English
BRN State of Brunei colonial name, English
BRN Negara Brunei Darussalam Malay
BRN Brunei Darussalam Malay
BGR Bulgaria common, English
BGR Republic of Bulgaria official, English
BGR People's Republic of Bulgaria former official, English
BFA Burkina Faso official, English and French
BFA Upper Volta former name, English
BFA Haute-Volta former name, French
BFA Bourkina-Fasso unofficial French
BDI Burundi common, English
BDI Republic of Burundi official, English
BDI Republika y'Uburundi official, Kirundi
BDI République du Burundi official, French
BDI Kingdom of Burundi former official, English
KHM Cambodia common, English
KHM Kingdom of Cambodia official, English
KHM Royaume du Cambodge official, French
KHM Kampuchea former official English transliteration
KHM Khmer Republic former official
KHM Democratic Kampuchea former official
KHM People's Republic of Kampuchea former official
KHM State of Cambodia former official
CMR Cameroon common, English
CMR Republic of Cameroon official, English
CMR United Republic of Cameroon former official, English
CMR Kamerun former colonial, German
CAN Canada official, English and French
CAN Dominion of Canada historical long form, English
CAN Dominion du Canada historical long form, French
CAN Acadia French colony
CAN Francisca as labeled on an old map
CPV Cape Verde common, English
CPV Cabo Verde official, Portuguese and English
CAF Central African Republic official, English
CAF Oubangui-Chari former, French
CAF Ubangi-Shari English
CAF République Centrafricaine official, French
CAF Empire Centrafricain former official, French
CAF Central African Empire English
TCD Chad official, English
TCD Republic of Chad official, English
TCD République du Tchad official, French
TCD Jumhuriyat Tashad official, Arabic
CHL Chile common, English
CHL Republic of Chile official, English
CHL Chilli Mapuche
CHL Chili Quechua
CHL Reyno de Chile colonial Spanish
CHL Capitania general de Chile colonial Spanish
CHN China common, English
CHN People's Republic of China official
CHN Communist China colloquial, mainly used by Western countries
CHN Red China colloquial, mainly derogatory
CHN Mainland China colloquial, refers to the area that the PRC Government administers since the end of the Chinese Civil War
CHN New China colloquial, pro-Communist
CHN Shenzhou, Ch'in Empire, Cathay obsolete, now mainly used poetically
CHN Zhongguo Chinese
COL Colombia common, English
COL Republic of Colombia official, English
COL República de Colombia official, Spanish
COL Estados Unidos de Colombia former official, Spanish
COL Confederación Granadina former official, Spanish
COL República de la Nueva Granada former official, Spanish
COM Comoros common, English
COM Union of the Comoros official, English
COM Union des Comores official, French
COM Udzima wa Komori official, Swahili
COM al-Ittihad al-Qumuri official, Arabic
COM United Republic of the Commoros official, English
CRI Costa Rica common, English
CRI Republic of Costa Rica official, English
CRI República de Costa Rica official, Spanish
CIV Côte d'Ivoire common, French and English
CIV Ivory Coast common, English
CIV the Ivory Coast common English
CIV Republic of Côte d'Ivoire official English
CIV République de Côte d'Ivoire official, French
HRV Croatia common, English
HRV Republic of Croatia official, English
HRV Republika Hrvatska official, Croatian
HRV Hrvatska common, Croatian; also in Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin
HRV Hrvaška Slovenian
CUB Cuba common, English
CUB Republic of Cuba official, English
CUB República de Cuba official, Spanish
CZE Czech Republic official, English
CZE Czechia official shortform name, English
CZE Ceská republika official, Czech, Slovak
CZE Cesko common, Czech, Slovak
CZE CR Czech initialism
CZE CR English initialism
CZE Bohemia former, English
CZE Czechland unofficial, English
CZE the Czechlands unofficial, English
CZE Ceské zeme Czech for Bohemian lands or Czech lands
CZE Former Ceská socialistická republika Czech for the Czech Socialist Republic
CZE CSR Czech initialism
CZE CSR English initialism Protektorát
CZE Cechy a Morava Czech for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
CZE Zeme Koruny ceské Czech for the Lands of the Bohemian Crown
CZE Koruna ceská Czech for the Bohemian Crown
CZE Ceská konfederace Czech for the Bohemian Confederation
DNK Denmark common, English
DNK Danmark common, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
DNK Kingdom of Denmark official, English
DNK Kongeriget Danmark official, Danish
COD Democratic Republic of Congo official, English
COD Zaire former official name, 1971 to 1997; still occasionally used to distinguish it from Republic of the Congo
COD DRC initialism
COD Congo Kinshasa used in contrast to Congo Brazzaville
COD Belgian Congo former name during Belgian colonization, 1908 to 1960, English
COD Congo belge former name, French
COD Congo Free State former name, 1885 to 1908
COD Republic of the Congo former name, 1960 to 1964, during which time both Congos had identical official names
DJI Djibouti common
DJI French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, French Somaliland, Obock Territory former names, English
DJI Territoire français des Afars et des Issas, Côte française des Somalis, Territoire d'Obock former names, French
DJI Republic of Djibouti official, English
DJI République de Djibouti official, French
TLS East Timor common
TLS Timor-Leste official shortform name, English, Portuguese
TLS Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste official, English
EGY Egypt common
EGY Misr formal shortened, Arabic
EGY Mess common, Arabic
EGY Aegyptus former, Latin
EGY Kimi Coptic
EGY Arab Republic of Egypt official, English
EST Estonia common
EST Eesti common, Estonian
EST Viru poetic, Estonian
EST Viro common, Finnish
EST Estland common, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
EST Maarjamaa Terra Mariana poetic, Estonian
EST Igaunija common, Latvian
SWZ Eswatini common
SWZ Swaziland common, former
SWZ eSwatini Swazi
SWZ Kingdom of Eswatini official, English
ETH Ethiopia common
ETH Abyssinia former
ETH Habeshastan Turkish
ETH Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia official, English
ETH Ethiopië common, Dutch
ETH Al-Habasha Arabic
FIN Finland common, English and Swedish
FIN Republic of Finland official, English
FIN Suomi common, Finnish
FIN Suomen tasavalta official, Finnish
FIN Republiken Finland official, Swedish
FIN Suomenmaa poetic, Finnish
FIN Suopma and Suoma dásseváldi North Sami, official
FIN Lää´ddjânnam and Lää´ddjânnam tää´ssvä´ldd Skolt Sami, official
FIN Suomâ and Suomâ täsiväldi official, Inari Sami
FIN Soome common, Estonian
FRA France common, English and French
FRA French Republic official, English
FRA République Française official, French
FRA L'Hexagone often journalistic, colloquial French
FRA Gaul former name, English
FRA Gaule former name, French
FRA Gallia Contemporary Greek name
FRA Farança common Arabic
FRA Tsarfat common Hebrew
GAB Gabon common, English
GAB Gabonese Republic official, English
GEO Georgia official, English
GEO Iberia former, English, East Georgia
GEO Colchis former, English, West Georgia
GEO Iveria usually used as Christian name
GEO Republic of Georgia former, before the 1995 Constitution
GEO Sakartvelo Georgian
DEU Germany common, English
DEU Federal Republic of Germany official, English*
DEU Bundesrepublik Deutschland official, German*
DEU Deutschland common, German*
DEU BRD German initialism*
DEU FRG English initialism*
DEU Duitsland common, Dutch
DEU Allemagne common, French
DEU Alemania common, Spanish
DEU Germania common, Italian
DEU Nemecko common, Czech
DEU Niemcy common, Polish
DEU Németország common, Hungarian
DEU Former East Germany unofficial, English
DEU Deutsche Demokratische Republik official, German
DEU German Democratic Republic official, English
DEU DDR German initialism
DEU GDR English initialism.
GHA Ghana common, English
GHA Gold Coast colonial, English
GHA United Gold Coast Convention UGCC
GHA Ghana Tinzuyu Dagbon
GHA Gaana Akan
GRC Greece official English description
GRC Hellas official and common name
GRC Hellada common name in Greek
GRC Hellas official description in Greek
GRC Yunanistan Turkish
GRC Hellenic Republic official name of Greek state, English
GRC Yavan common Hebrew
GIN The Republic of Guinea official
GIN Guinea common
GNB Guinea-Bissau common, English
GNB Portuguese Guinea former, English
GNB Republic of Guinea-Bissau official, English
GNB Guiné-Bissao archaic, Portuguese
GNB Guinea shorthand, used when context clearly distinguishes Guinea-Bissau from the neighboring Republic of Guinea
HUN Hungary official, English
HUN Republic of Hungary official between 1946–1949 and 1989–2012
HUN Hungarian People's Republic official, 1918–1919 and 1949–1989
HUN Kingdom of Hungary 1000–1918 and 1920–1946
HUN Regnum Hungari official in Latin, the language of administration until 1844
HUN Hungaria short form, Latin
HUN Magyarország official Hungarian name; has been the commonly used form of the name during all its history
HUN Magyar Köztársaság Hungarian for Republic of Hungary
HUN Magyar Népköztársaság Hungarian for People's Republic of Hungary
HUN Magyar Tanácsköztársaság Hungarian name of the first People's Republic
HUN Magyar Királyság Hungarian for Kingdom of Hungary
ISL Iceland official, English
ISL Republic of Iceland official English description
ISL Ísland official Icelandic name
ISL Lýðveldið Ísland official Icelandic description
ISL Fold poetic name
ISL Thule Latin name, also poetic
ISL Frón poetic
ISL Ísafold poetic
IND India common, English
IND Bharat official name in Hindi
IND Bharat Ganarajya official long form in Hindi
IND Bharata Kannada
IND Bharatadesam Telugu
IND Republic of India official long form in English
IND Union of India semi-official name
IND Hindustan unofficial name in Hindi/Urdu
IND Al-Hind name in Arabic/Persian/Urdu
IND Bharat Prajatantra official long form in Bengali
IND Bharatavarsa name in Sanskrit
IND Hodu name in Hebrew
IND Aryavarta obsolete name
IND Jumhuriyat-e Bharat name in Urdu.
IDN Indonesia common
IDN Republic of Indonesia official, English
IDN Republik Indonesia official, Indonesian
IDN Nusantara dating back from Hindu era
IDN Insulinde from the Colonial era
IDN Indunesia suggestion for Dutch East Indies' modern name
IDN Indonesië common, Dutch
IDN Dutch East Indies or Netherlands East-Indies former, English
IDN Nederlandsch-Indië former, Dutch
IDN Hindia Belanda former, Indonesian
IRN Islamic Republic or Iran official
IRN Iran common
IRN Persia coined by ancient Greeks
IRQ Iraq common
IRQ Mesopotamia former name
IRQ Assyria former/historical name
IRQ Babylon former/historical name
IRL Ireland common and official, English
IRL Éire official Irish name
IRL Irish Free State 1922–1937
IRL Poblacht na hÉireann official Irish description
IRL Republic of Ireland unofficial English description
IRL Saorstát Éireann Irish 1922–1937
IRL Erin, Banba, Fodla three poetic names
IRL Hibernia Latin name, also poetic
ISR Israel common
ISR State of Israel official English name
ISR Zion historical Jewish name for Jerusalem
ISR Yehuda Hebrew for the ancient land of Judea
ISR the Jewish State unofficial
ISR the Hebrew State unofficial
ISR the Holy Land Bible
ISR Eretz Yisrael Bible
ISR Tel Aviv regime used in Iran's news media
ISR the Zionist entity referred to Arabs and Muslims, also used by Iran's news media
ISR Occupied Palestine used by Arabs and Muslims, as well as pro-Palestinian supporters
ISR Illegal State of Zion sometimes used by Arabs, Muslims, and pro-Palestinian supporters
ISR Zionistan sometimes used by Arabs, Muslims, and pro-Palestinian supporters
ISR Herzlstan used by pro-Palestinans and anti-Zionist Jews, named after Theodore Herzl
ITA Italy common
ITA Repubblica Italiana official Italian name
ITA Italia common, Italian
ITA the Beautiful Country nickname
ITA the Boot journalistic
ITA Ausonia, Esperia, Enotria, Tirrenia poetic names
JAM Jamaica common
JAM Xamayca Spanish version of Taino name
JPN Japan common
JPN Nippon official name in Japanese
JPN Nihon alternate
JPN Yamato historic, ancient Japan
JPN Oyashima meaning the country of eight great islands, historic
JPN Cipangu/Zipangu appeared in The Travels of Marco Polo in the 13th century
JPN Gipangu appeared in The Travels of Marco Polo in the 13th century
JPN Hinomoto
JOR Jordan common
JOR Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan official, English
KAZ Kazakhstan common, English
KAZ Republic of Kazakhstan official English long name
KAZ Kazakhstan English passport short name
KAZ Republic of Kazakhstan English passport long name
KAZ Qazaqstan Kazakh short name in Latin script
KAZ Alash former name, also poetic
KAZ Alas former name, also poetic
KAZ Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic former Soviet name, English
KEN Kenya conventional short form
KEN Republic of Kenya official, English
KEN Jamhuri ya Kenya official, Swahili
KEN British East Africa Protectorate former name 1880s until 1920
KEN Kenya Colony former name 1920 until 1963
PRK North Korea common, English
PRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea official, English
PRK D.P.R.K. initialism, English
PRK DPRK initialism, English
PRK Choson Minjujuui Inmin Konghwaguk official, Korean
PRK Cho-son colloquial, Korean
PRK Korea conventional short form
KOR South Korea common, English
KOR Republic of Korea official, English
KOR R.O.K. initialism, English
KOR ROK initialism, English
KOR Dae-han-min-guk official, Korean
KOR Han-guk colloquial, Korean
KOR Korea conventional short form
KOR Korea Republic FIFA designation
Kosovo common, English
Republic of Kosovo official, English
Republika e Kosovës official, Albanian
Republika Kosovo official, Serbian Latin
KGZ Kyrgyzstan common, English
KGZ Kyrgyz Republic official English long name
KGZ Kyrgyz Respublikasy Kyrgyz short name in Latin script
KGZ Kyrgyzskaya Respublika Russian short name in Latin script
KGZ Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic former Soviet name, English
KGZ Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy former Soviet name, Kyrgyz
KGZ Kirgizskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika former Soviet name, Russian
KGZ Kirghizia former common English name prior to 1991
KGZ Kirgizstan Russian transliteration of the English name
KGZ Republic of Kyrgyzstan official English long name, 1990–1993
LAO Laos common, English
LAO Lao People's Democratic Republic official, English
LAO Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn romanized Lao
LAO République démocratique populaire lao French
LVA Latvia common, English
LVA Latvija common, Latvian
LVA Lettland German, Swedish
LVA Letland Dutch, Danish
LVA Letonija Serbian
LVA Letonnie French
LBN Lebanon common, English
LBN The Lebanese Republic official, English
LBN Al-Jumhuriyya Al-Lubnaniyya official, Arabic
LBN Lebnan Common, Arabic
LBN Lubnan Common, Arabic
LBN Liban Common, French
LBN Levanon Common, Hebrew
LSO Lesotho common, English
LSO Basutoland former, English
LSO Kingdom of Lesotho official, English
LTU Lithuania common, English
LTU Lietuva common, Lithuanian
LTU Lietuvos Respublika official, Lithuanian
LTU Lita common, Yiddish/Hebrew
LUX Luxembourg common, English
LUX Grand Duchy of Luxembourg official, English
LUX Groussherzogdem Lëtzebuerg official, Luxembourgish
LUX Lëtzebuerg common, Luxembourgish
LUX Grand-Duché de Luxembourg official, French
LUX Luxembourg common, French
LUX Großherzogtum Luxemburg official, German
LUX Luxemburg common, German
LUX Luxemburgo common, Spanish & Portuguese
LUX Lussemburgo common, Italian
MDG Madagascar common
MDG Madagasikara Malagasy
MDG Republic of Madagascar official, English
MDG Repoblikan'i Madagasikara official, Malagasy
MDG République de Madagascar official, French
MWI Malawi common
MWI Nyasaland former, English
MWI Republic of Malawi official, English
MYS Malaysia official
MYS Persekutuan Malaysia colloquial long form, Malay
MYS Federation of Malaysia colloquial long form, English
MYS Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak former, English names of the various components
MYS Tanah Melayu or Malay Land former, Malay
MYS Maláixiyà common, Mandarin
MYS Malesiya common, Tamil
MDV Maldives common
MDV Republic of the Maldives official
MDV The Maldive Islands colloquial, colonial
MDV Dhivehi Raajje official, Dhivehi
MDV Mahal Dvipa ancient, Sanskrit
MDV Maléldvipa ancient, Sanskrit
MDV Dhibat-al-Mahal ancient, Arabic
MRT Mauritania common
MRT Islamic Republic of Mauritania official, English
MRT République Islamique de Mauritanie official, French
MEX Mexico shortened form
MEX United Mexican States official, English
MEX Estados Unidos Mexicanos official, Spanish
MEX México Spanish short form
MEX República Mexicana colloquial, Spanish
MEX Méjico Spanish variant
MEX MEX initialism
MEX MX initialism
MEX Aztlán Spanish, Nahuatl
MEX Aztlan Spanish, Nahuatl
MDA Moldova common
MDA Republic of Moldova official
MDA Republica Moldova official, Moldovan and Romanian
MDA Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic former Soviet name, English
MDA Bessarabia, Bassarabia historic name, still used by irredentists
MDA Bogdan 'Land of Voyvoda I. Bogdan', former common and official name during Ottoman Empire, Turkish
MDA Moldavia alternative name in English
MDA Moldau alternative name in German
MAR Morocco common
MAR Kingdom of Morocco official
MAR Al Mamkaka Al Maghribiya official, Arabic
MAR Maghreb English
MNE Montenegro official, English and other languages
MNE Crna Gora official, Montenegrin, Serbian and Croatian
MNE Republic of Montenegro official until 2007
MNE Republika Crna Gora official until 2007
MNE Mali i Zi official, Albanian
MNE Karadag official, Turkish
MNE Duklja name in medieval times
MNE Zeta alternative name in medieval times
MNE Black Mountain literal translation into English
MMR Myanmar common
MMR Republic of the Union of Myanmar official
MMR Burma colloquial
NLD Netherlands official, English
NLD Kingdom of the Netherlands official, English
NLD Koninkrijk der Nederlanden official, Dutch
NLD Nederland Dutch
NLD Holland pars pro toto, English, Dutch and other languages
NLD Batavia former and poetic, English, Dutch and other languages
NLD Pays-Bas French
NPL Nepal common, English
NPL Federal Democratic Republic Of Nepal official, English
NZL New Zealand official, English
NZL Aotearoa official, Maori
NZL Realm of New Zealand official English name including Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and Ross Dependency
NZL Dominion of New Zealand former official, English
MKD North Macedonia shortened form
MKD Republic of North Macedonia official
MKD Republic of Macedonia former
MKD The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia former
MKD Paeonia Latin name, poetic
MKD Vardar Banovina former Yugoslav province
NOR Norway common, English
NOR Norge common, Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish
NOR Noreg common, Norwegian Nynorsk
NOR Kingdom of Norway official, English
NOR Kongeriket Norge official, Norwegian Bokmål
NOR Kongeriket Noreg official, Norwegian Nynorsk
OMN Oman official, English
OMN Sultanate of Oman official, English
PAK Pakistan common, English
PAK Islamic Republic of Pakistan official and constitutional, English
PAK Federation of Pakistan alternate official name, English
PAK Dominion of Pakistan historic official name, English
PAK West Pakistan common and later official name before the secession of Bangladesh
PAK Sindhustan and Indoscythia unofficial historical names
PAK Mumlikat-e Khudadaad Pakistan The God-given realm of Pakistan, unofficial, used in literature mostly, Urdu
PLW Palau common, English
PLW Republic of Palau official, English
PLW Belau common, Palauan
PSE Palestine common, English
PSE State of Palestine English name, official, semi-international designation
PSE Medinat Palestina Hebrew name
PSE Dawlat Filastin official Arabic name
PSE the Holy Land Bible
PSE Eretz Yisrael Bible
PSE Filastin common name, Arabic
PSE Palestina common name, Hebrew
PSE Palestinian National Authority English name, alternate official
PSE as-Sulta al-Filastiniya Arabic name, alternate official
PSE West Bank and Gaza Strip territorial names
PSE Palestinian territories official name, English
PSE al-Aradi al-Filastiniyya official name, Arabic
PSE Occupied Palestinian Territory / Occupied Palestinian Territories International designation, English
PSE Israeli-occupied territories name of the territories occupied by Israel since 1967, English
PSE Mandatory Palestine former name, English
PER Peru common, English
PER Republic of Peru official, English
PER República del Perú official, Spanish
PER Perú common, Spanish
PER Peruvian Republic former official name, English
PER República Peruana former official name, Spanish
PHL Philippines common, English
PHL Repúblika ng Pilipinas official, Filipino
PHL Republic of the Philippines official, English
PHL Pilipinas common, corruption of the Spanish, Filipinas
PHL Filipinas common Spanish and other local languages
PHL Las Islas Filipinas named after Philip II of Spain, historical, Spanish
PHL Las Islas Felipenas historical, by Ruy López de Villalobos
PHL Pinás colloquial
PHL PH official initialism, changed from RP to avoid confusion with Poland; see below
PHL Philippine Islands historic; official name under American control; also used colloquially, English
PHL Filipina common, Malay
PHL Haríng Bayang Katagalugan Sovereign Tagalog Nation, historical, by Andrés Bonifacio
PHL Islas de San Lázaro Isles of Saint Lazarus, historical, by Ferdinand Magellan
POL Poland common, English
POL Republic of Poland official, English
POL Rzeczpospolita Polska official, Polish
POL Polska common, Polish
POL RP often journalistic, Polish
POL People's Republic of Poland former Communist name, English
POL Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa former Communist name, Polish
POL Rzeczpospolita historic common name, Polish
POL Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth historic official name, English
POL Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów historic official name, Polish
POL United Commonwealth of the Two Nations historic official name, English
POL Polonia poetic, Latin and Polish
POL Lechia historic and poetic original name, Latin, Polish, and English
PRT Portugal common
PRT Portuguese Republic official, English
PRT Lusitania official, Latin
PRT Galaico-Portuguese nation Celtic Gale and Roman-Celtic Portus Cale
PRT Portucale from the Gallaeci tribe Celtic Gale and Roman-Celtic Portus Cale
PRT Galician-Portuguese ethnic term derived from the original language
PRT Ophiussa ancient Greek
PRT Ophiusa ancient Greek
PRT Portugalensis patrie
PRT Portugalensium patrie and Portugaliae by King Afonso I
PRT Regno Portugalensium Latin, Medieval
PRT Portugalis Latin, Medieval
PRT Portugalliae et Algarbiae
PRT Portugalliae, Lusitaniae Latin
PRT Purtugall Middle Ages
PRT Burtughal Arabic
PRT Portingall common classical English and other late medieval Germanic languages
PRT Portingal common classical English and other late medieval Germanic languages
PRT Ocidental Praia Lusitana Western Lusitanian Beach
PRT Pátria Lusitana Lusitanian Fatherland
PRT Luxitania Port of Grail in Esotericism and metaphysical literature
PRT Portugraal Port of Grail in Esotericism and metaphysical literature
PRI Puerto Rico common, English and Spanish
PRI Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico official, Spanish
PRI Commonwealth of Puerto Rico official, English
PRI Porto Rico archaic, English
PRI Associated Free State of Puerto Rico non-official literal translation to English of the official Spanish name
PRI Borikén, Borinquen, or Borinken former Taíno name also used colloquially and among nationalists
COG Republic of the Congo official, English
COG Congo common
COG Congo Brazzaville used in contrast to Congo Kinshasa
COG French Congo former name during French colonization, 1880 to 1910, English
ROU Romania common
ROU România official, Romanian
ROU Rumania or Roumania archaic, English
ROU Kingdom of Romania name under monarchy, English
ROU Regatul României name under monarchy, Romanian
ROU Romanian People's Republic former Communist name, English
ROU Republica Populara Romîna former Communist name, Romanian
ROU Socialist Republic of Romania former Communist name, English
ROU Republica Socialista România former Communist name, Romanian
RUS Russian Federation official English description
RUS Russia official and common name, ambiguous, English
RUS Russland, German
RUS Rossiya common, Russian
RUS RF initialism
RUS Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic former name, 1918–1936
RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic former name, 1936–1991
RUS RSFSR former name initialism
RUS Soviet Union former name
RUS Union of Soviet Socialist Republics official former name
RUS USSR former initialism
RUS Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik former official name, transliterated
RUS SSSR former initialism
RUS SU common, but former initialism
RUS Sovetskiy Soyuz common former name, transliterated
RUS Rus poetic or obsolete name, ambiguous
RUS Great Russia obsolete name
RWA Rwanda common
RWA Rwandese Republic official, English
RWA Republic of Rwanda official, English, former
RWA République du Rwanda official, French
RWA Repubulika y'u Rwanda official, Kinyarwanda
RWA Pays des mille collines poetic, French
RWA Ruanda former colonial name
KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis common
KNA Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis co-official, English
KNA Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis co-official, English
KNA Saint Christopher and Nevis alternate short-form, English
KNA Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla former official, English
KNA Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla former common, English
KNA Saint Kitts or Saint Christopher shorthand, English
KNA Liamuiga and Oualie former indigenous names of the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, respectively
VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines common
VCT Hairouna former indigenous name, Carib
SAU Saudi Arabia common, English
SAU Kingdom of Saudi Arabia official, English
SAU KSA initialism
SAU Saudia former in English, common in Arabic
SAU Al-Mamlaka al-Arabiyya as-Saudiyya official name in Arabic
SAU Hijaz, Saudi regime used in Iran's news media
SAU Arav haSa'udit name in Hebrew
SRB Serbia common, English
SRB Republic of Serbia official, English
SRB Servia archaic, English
SRB Srbija common, Serbian
SRB Republika Srbija official, Serbian
SRB Serbia and Montenegro former common, English
SRB Yugoslavia former common, English
SRB Raška alternative name in medieval times
SRB Serboslavia derogatory, used by the rule of Slobodan Miloševic
SGP Singapore common, English
SGP Republic of Singapore official, English
SGP Singapura common, Malay
SGP Sinhapura Sanskrit, i.e., Land of Lions
SGP Xinjiapo common, Chinese
SGP Cinjkappur common, Tamil
SGP Pulau Ujong historical, ancient
SGP Shonan-to former, Japanese occupation
SGP little red dot colloquial; originally derogatory
SVK Slovakia common, English
SVK Slovak Republic official, English
SVK Slovensko common, Slovak
SVK Slovenská republika official, Slovak
SVK SR English and Slovak initialism
SVK Slovak Socialist Republic former name, 1969 to 1990
SVK Slovenská socialistická republika former name, Slovak
SVK SSR English and Slovak initialism
SVN Slovenia common, English
SVN Republic of Slovenia official, English
SVN Slovenija common, Slovenian
SVN Republika Slovenija official, Slovenian
SVN RS English and Slovenian initialism
ZAF South Africa common, English
ZAF Azania, Mzansi Xhosa, for South
ZAF Suid-Afrika official, Afrikaans
ZAF Zuid-Afrika former official, Dutch
ZAF Union of South Africa Colonial, pre-1961
ESP Spain common, English
ESP España common, Spanish
ESP Kingdom of Spain official, English
ESP Reino de España official, Spanish
ESP Espanya common, Catalan
ESP Hispania Latin
ESP Espainia common, Euskera
ESP Spanish State former name
ESP La piel de toro Spanish
ESP La pell de brau Catalan
ESP Las Batuecas derogatory name used in the works of Mariano José de Larra
ESP Iberia Latin, for the peninsula which includes modern Portugal
ESP Sepharad common, Hebrew
LKA Sri Lanka common, Sanskrit, English
LKA Ceylon former, English
LKA Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka official, English
LKA Heladiva Land of Sinhalese former, Sinhala
LKA Ratnadeepa Island of Gems ormer, Sinhala
LKA elangai common, Tamil
LKA Taprobane one of the medieval names of Sri Lanka
SDN Sudan common
SDN Republic of the Sudan official, English
SDN The Sudan alternate English
SDN Anglo-Egyptian Sudan colonial name, English
SDN Mahdist State former English unofficial
SDN Nubia ancient name, also poetic
SUR Suriname common, English
SUR Dutch Guiana former, English
SUR Netherlands Guiana former official, English
SUR Republic of Suriname official, English
SUR Republiek Suriname official, Dutch
SUR Surinam English name until 1978
SWE Sweden common, English
SWE Sverige common, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
SWE Konungariket Sverige official, Swedish
SWE Kingdom of Sweden official, English
SWE Svea Rike possibly former/poetical, Swedish
SWE Thule Latin name, also poetic
SWE Svitjod Old Norse
CHE Switzerland common, English
CHE Swiss Confederation official, English
CHE Schweiz common, German, Danish, Swedish
CHE Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft official, German
CHE Suisse common, French
CHE Confédération suisse official, French
CHE Svizzera common, Italian
CHE Confederazione Svizzera official, Italian
CHE Svizra common, Romansh
CHE Confederaziun Svizra official, Romansh
CHE Confoederatio Helvetica, Helvetia Latin, sometimes used officially
CHE CH initialism
TWN Taiwan common, English
TWN Republic of China official, English
TWN Taiwan common, English
TWN ROC initialism
TWN Chinese Taipei international designation
TWN Zhonghuá Táibei international designation, pinyin
TWN Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu international designation
TWN Taipei, China designation used by China to imply that Taiwan is part of China
TWN Taiwan, Province of China UN designation
TWN Nationalist China obsolete, but still mainly used by Western countries
TWN Free China obsolete, pro-Nationalist
TWN Formosa former, English
TWN Cathay obsolete, now mainly used poetically
TWN Zhongguo alternative, Chinese
TWN Qing dynasty former name.
TZA Tanzania common, English
TZA United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar former, English
TZA United Republic of Tanzania official, English
TZA Deutsch-Ostafrika German East Africa, colonial name until 1918
TZA Ruanda and Urundi German East Africa, colonial name until 1918
THA Thailand common, English
THA Siam former, English
THA Kingdom of Thailand official, English
Transnistria
Pridnestrovie official shortform name
Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica official, longform
TTO Trinidad and Tobago common, English
TTO Iere poetic, Land of the Hummingbird, believed to be derived from Arawak
TTO Republic of Trinidad and Tobago official, English
TTO Trinbago informal, English
TUN Tunisia official shortform name
TUN Republic of Tunisia official, longform
TUR Turkey common
TUR Republic of Turkey official, English
TUR Türkiye Cumhuriyeti official, Turkish
TUR Asia Minor geographical, English
TUR Anatolia geographical, English
TUR Ottoman Empire former, English
TUR Turkish Empire former unofficial, English
TUR Porte or Sublime Porte English descriptions of the former Ottoman state
TUV Tuvalu English and Tuvaluan
TUV Ellice Islands colonial name, English
UKR Ukraine official
UKR UA initialism
UKR UKR initialism
UKR Kievan Rus Former name for of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century
UKR Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia historic name of Western Ukraine
UKR Kingdom of Ruthenia historic name of Western Ukraine
UKR Zaporizhian Host is an adopted name in historiography for the Ukrainian Cossack state on the territory of Dnieper Ukraine and Siveria that existed between 1649 and 1764
ARE United Arab Emirates shortened form
ARE United Arab Emirates English
ARE Trucial States English, prior to 1971
ARE Al Emirat al Arabbiya al Muttahida official, Arabic
ARE UAE English initialism
ARE U.A.E. English initialism
ARE The Emirates colloquial, English
GBR United Kingdom shortened form
GBR United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland official, English
GBR Britain alternative
GBR Great Britain alternative
GBR UK initialism
GBR U.K. initialism
GBR United Kingdom short form
GBR Albion poetic, Latin
GBR Britannia poetic, Latin
GBR Perfidious Albion if said by an old enemy, mainly humorous today
GBR Anglia poetic, Latin, refers specifically to England
GBR Alba Scottish, Gaelic-refers specifically to Scotland
GBR Caledonia poetic, Latin-refers specifically to Scotland
GBR Cymru official, Welsh-refers specifically to Wales
GBR Cambria poetic, Latin-refers to Wales
GBR Ulster colloquial, refers specifically to Northern Ireland
USA United States shortened form
USA United States of America official
USA America alternative
USA the States alternative
USA US initialism
USA U.S. initialism
USA USA initialism
USA Usa initialism
USA U.S.A initialism
USA Columbia Latin, poetic
USA Freedonia names proposed after American Revolutionary War
USA Appalachia names proposed after American Revolutionary War
USA Alleghany names proposed after American Revolutionary War
USA Usonia used by James Duff Law and popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright
USA Usono Esperanto; comes from Usona in English
VUT Vanuatu common
VUT New Hebrides former name under British and French condominium rule from 1906 to 1980
VUT Niuhebridis Bislama
VUT Nouvelles Hebrides former official name in French
VUT République de Vanuatu French
VUT Ripablik blong Vanuatu Bislama
VUT Vanuatri jocular name used in humour
VNM Vietnam common
VNM An Nam former name in other foreign languages
VNM Champa historical kingdom
VNM Giao Chi former Chinese province or vassal kingdom
VNM French Indochina former name under French colonization when united with Laos and Cambodia, English
VNM Linh Nam poetic name
VNM Socialist Republic of Vietnam official, English
VNM North Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1954 to 1975
VNM South Vietnam Republic of Vietnam from 1954 to 1975
VNM Cong hòa Xã hoi Chu nghia Viet Nam official, Vietnamese
VNM Viet Nam short form, Vietnamese
VNM SRV English initialism
VNM S.R.V. English initialism
VNM VN English initialism
VNM V.N. English initialism
ZMB Zambia common
ZMB Northern Rhodesia former, English
ZMB Republic of Zambia official, English
ZWE Zimbabwe common
ZWE Rhodesia or Republic of Rhodesia former names, English
ZWE Republic of Zimbabwe official, English
ZWE Southern Rhodesia former, English
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