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* རྒྱ་གར <sub>[bod][dzo]</sub>
* རྒྱ་གར <sub>[bod][dzo]</sub>
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* Bhāratas (Tribe), Bearers
* Bhāratas (Tribe)
* River
* River
* Hindustan
* Hindustan
* White Empire
* White Empire
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* Sanskrit: भरत
* Sanskrit: भरत (Bearer)
* Proto-Indo-Iranian: ''*''síndʰuš
* Proto-Indo-Iranian: ''*''síndʰuš
* Classical Persian: هندوستان‎
* Classical Persian: هندوستان‎
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*Venäjä <sub>[fin]</sub>
*Venäjä <sub>[fin]</sub>
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* People from the coast of Roþrin
* People from the Coast of Roþrin
*Slav
*Slav
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* México <sub>[spa]</sub>, Mexico <sub>[eng]</sub>
* México <sub>[spa]</sub>, Mexico <sub>[eng]</sub>
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* Aztecs
* Tenochtitlan
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* Classical Nahuatl: Mēxihco
* Classical Nahuatl: Mēxihco {possibly mētztli (moon) + xīctli (naval)}
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* 日本 <sub>[jpn][zho]</sub>, 일본 <sub>[kor]</sub>
* 日本 <sub>[jpn][zho]</sub>, 일본 <sub>[kor],</sub> Japan <sub>[eng]</sub>
*大和 <sub>[ryu][yoi][xug][rys][mvi]</sub>
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* Origin of the Sun
* Yamatai Region in Nara
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* Japanese: 日の本
* Proto-Japonic *yamatə
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* Filipinas <sub>[spa]</sub>, Philippines <sub>[fra][eng]</sub>
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* Philip the Apostle
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* Spanish: Felipe
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* ኢትዮጵያ <sub>[amh][gez][tir]</sub>, Etiopia <sub>[ita]</sub>, Ethiopia <sub>[eng]</sub>
* Uhabeshi <sub>[swa]</sub>
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* Land of Aithíops
* To Gather
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* Ancient Greek: Αἰθιοπία
* Arabic: حبش
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* مصر <sub>[ara]</sub>
* 𓆎 𓅓 𓏏𓊖 <sub>[egy]</sub>
* Égypte <sub>[fra]</sub>, Egypt <sub>[eng]</sub>
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* Frontier
* Black Land
* House of the ka of Ptah
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* Akkadian: 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿
* Egyptian: 𓆎 𓅓 𓏏𓊖
* Egyptian: ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
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* Việt Nam <sub>[vie]</sub>, 越南 <sub>[zho]</sub>, វៀតណាម <sub>[khm]</sub>, ຫວຽດນາມ <sub>[lao]</sub>, Viêt Nam <sub>[fra]</sub>, Vietnam <sub>[eng]</sub>
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* South of Yue (State)
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* Chinese: 越南
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Revision as of 21:18, 3 October 2022

country name meaning origin
  • भारत [hin][mar], ભારત [guj], ਭਾਰਤ [pan], භාරත් [sin]
  • இந்தியா [tam], އިންޑިއާ [div], هند [fas], 印度 [zho], India [eng][msa]
  • ہندوستان [urd]
  • རྒྱ་གར [bod][dzo]
  • Bhāratas (Tribe)
  • River
  • Hindustan
  • White Empire
  • Sanskrit: भरत (Bearer)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *síndʰuš
  • Classical Persian: هندوستان‎
  • Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར
  • 中國/中国 [zho], 中国 [jpn], 중국 [kor], Trung Quốc [vie]
  • 唐 [ryu]
  • 천ᄌᆞ국 [jje]
  • རྒྱ་ནག [bod][dzo]
  • چین [urd][fas], الصين [ara], China [por][eng][deu]
  • Китай [rus][ukr][bul], Кітай [bel]
  • တရုတ် [mya]
  • ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ [cop]
  • Middle Kingdom
  • Tang (Dynasty)
  • Son of Heaven's Kingdom
  • Black Empire
  • Qin (State, Dynasty)
  • Khitans
  • {possibly} Turks
  • {possibly} Amida (City)
  • Chinese: 中國
  • Chinese: 唐
  • Chinese: 天子國
  • Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག
  • Chinese: 秦
  • Khitan: 𘱿𘱤
  • ?
  • ?
  • United States of America [eng], États-Unis d'Amérique [fra], Estados Unidos de América [spa]
  • United States of America
  • English: United States of America (named after Amerigo Vespucci)
  • Indonesia [mly][eng], ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី [khm], Indonesya [tol], In-đô-nê-xi-a [vie]
  • Indus Islands
  • Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός + νῆσος
  • پاکستان‎ [urd][bal][fas][pan], पाकिस्तान [hin], Pakistan [eng]
  • Land of the Pure
  • Urdu: پاکستان‎
  • Nigeria [eng][fra][nld]
  • {possibly} River
  • niger + ia
  • Brasil [por][spa], Brazil [eng]
  • Ember-Coloured (Wood)
  • Portuguese: pau-brasil
  • বাংলাদেশ [ben], Bangladesh [eng]
  • Country of Bengali
  • Sanskrit वङ्ग + Bengali দেশ (Vanga Kingdom)
  • Россия [rus][kaz], Росія [ukr], Расія [bel], ᠣᠷᠤᠰ/Орос [mon], 俄羅斯/俄罗斯 [zho], Russia [eng]
  • Venäjä [fin]
  • People from the Coast of Roþrin
  • Slav
  • Proto-Finnic: *roocci
  • Proto-Germanic: *winidaz
  • México [spa], Mexico [eng]
  • Tenochtitlan
  • Classical Nahuatl: Mēxihco {possibly mētztli (moon) + xīctli (naval)}
  • 日本 [jpn][zho], 일본 [kor], Japan [eng]
  • 大和 [ryu][yoi][xug][rys][mvi]
  • Origin of the Sun
  • Yamatai Region in Nara
  • Japanese: 日の本
  • Proto-Japonic *yamatə
  • Filipinas [spa], Philippines [fra][eng]
  • Philip the Apostle
  • Spanish: Felipe
  • ኢትዮጵያ [amh][gez][tir], Etiopia [ita], Ethiopia [eng]
  • Uhabeshi [swa]
  • Land of Aithíops
  • To Gather
  • Ancient Greek: Αἰθιοπία
  • Arabic: حبش
  • مصر [ara]
  • 𓆎 𓅓 𓏏𓊖 [egy]
  • Égypte [fra], Egypt [eng]
  • Frontier
  • Black Land
  • House of the ka of Ptah
  • Akkadian: 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿
  • Egyptian: 𓆎 𓅓 𓏏𓊖
  • Egyptian: ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
  • Việt Nam [vie], 越南 [zho], វៀតណាម [khm], ຫວຽດນາມ [lao], Viêt Nam [fra], Vietnam [eng]
  • South of Yue (State)
  • Chinese: 越南
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