country aliases (wiki-List of alternative country names).tsv

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