Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Meanings-of-Country-Names

country name	meaning	origin
বাংলাদেশ [ben][asm], ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ် [mya], ବାଁଲାଦେଶ [ori], Bangladesh [eng]	Country of Bengali	Bengali: বাংলা + দেশ
Brasil [por][spa], Brazil [eng]	Ember-Coloured	Portuguese: pau-brasil
Britain [eng], Prydain [cym], a' Bhreatainn [gla], An Bhreatain [gle], Brittannië [nld], Britannien [deu] Grande-Bretagne [fra]	Land of Britons Great Brittany	Latin: Britannia Latin: grandis + Britannia
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]	Central State Tang Son of Heaven's State Black Empire Qin Khitans {possibly} Turks {possibly} Mede	Middle Chinese: 中國 Middle Chinese: 唐 Middle Chinese: 天子國 Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག Old Chinese: 秦 Khitan: 𘱿𘱤 Burmese: တရုတ် {possibly} Ancient Greek: Μῆδος
Kongo [kon][fra], Congo [eng]	Hunters	Kongo: nkongo
مصر [ara], Mısır [tur] 𓆎 𓅓 𓏏𓊖 [egy] Αίγυπτος [ell], Égypte [fra], Egypt [eng]	Frontier Black Land House of the Ka of Ptah	Akkadian: 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿 Egyptian: 𓆎 𓅓 𓏏𓊖 Egyptian: 𓉗 𓏏𓉐 𓂓𓏤 𓊪𓏏 𓎛 𓀭
ኢትዮጵያ [amh][gez][tir], Etiopia [ita], Ethiopia [eng] Uhabeshi [swa]	Land of Aithíops To Gather	Ancient Greek: Αἰθιοπία Arabic: حبش
France [fra][eng], França [oci][cat], Francia [spa][ita] Bro-C'hall [bre] Frankreich [deu]	Franks Country of Gauls Realm of Franks	Frankish: *frankō Breton: Bro + Latin: Gallus Frankish: *frankō + Proto-West Germanic *rīkī
Deutschland [deu], Tyskland [dan], Duitsland [nld] Allemagne [fra] Německo [ces], Nimska [dsb], Němska [hsb] Germany [eng], Germania [ita], Германия [rus] Saksa [fin] Vācija [lat]	Land of the People Alemānnī Foreigner's Land Land of the Germans Saxon Vagoth	Old High German: diutisc + lant Latin: Alemānnī Proto-Slavic: *němьcь Latin: Germānī Old Saxon: Sahso Latvian: vāci + goth + ija
Ελλάδα [ell], ϯⲉⲗⲗⲁⲥ [cop] اليونان [ara] Yunanistan [tur] Greqi [sqi], Гърция [bul], Грција [mkd], Greece [eng]	{possibly} Helloi / Selloi Ionia Land of Ionians Graecus	{possibly} from Ancient Greek: Ἑλλοί / Σελλοί Ancient Greek: Ἰωνία Ancient Greek: Ἰωνία + Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 Ancient Greek: Γραικός
Magyarország [hun], Maďarsko [slk] Ungarn [deu], Węgry [pol], Hungary [eng]	Man's Land Land of Huns	Old Hungarian: mogyër + úr + szág Latin: Hungaria
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 River Country of the River White Empire	Sanskrit: भरत Sanskrit: सिन्धु Classical Persian: هندوستان‎ Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར
ایران‎ [fas][urd], إيران [ara], İran [tur], Eýran [tuk], Iran [eng][fra]	(Land) of the Aryans	Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭
Indonesia [mly][eng], ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី [khm], Indonesya [tol], In-đô-nê-xi-a [vie]	Indus Islands	Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός + νῆσος
日本 [jpn][zho], 일본 [kor], Japan [eng] 大和 [ryu][yoi][xug][rys][mvi]	Origin of the Sun Yamatai	Old Japanese: 日の本 Old Japanese: 邪馬台
조선 [kor], 朝鮮/朝鲜 [zho], 朝鮮 [jpn] 한국 [kor], 韓國/韩国 [zho], 韓国 [jpn] Корея [rus], Korea [eng]	Morning Calm Three Han Goguryeo	Old Chinese: 朝鮮 Old Korean: 三韓 Old Korean: 高麗
México [spa], Mexico [eng]	Tenochtitlan	Classical Nahuatl: Mēxihco
Nigeria [eng][fra][nld]	(River) of Rivers	Berber: ger-n-ger
پاکستان‎ [urd][bal][fas][pan], पाकिस्तान [hin], Pakistan [eng]	Land of the Pure	Urdu: پاک‎ +‎ ـستان‎
Filipinas [spa], Philippines [fra][eng]	Land of Philip the Apostle	Latin: Philippus
Polen [deu], Польша [rus], Польща [ukr], Польшча [bel], Polsko [ces][slk], Poland [eng]	Field Dwellers	Middle High German: Polen
Россия [rus][kaz], Росія [ukr], Расія [bel], ᠣᠷᠤᠰ/Орос [mon], 俄羅斯/俄罗斯 [zho], Russia [eng] Venäjä [fin]	Land of People by Roþrin Slav	Old East Slavic: Русь Proto-Finnic: *venät
España [spa], Espanha [por], Espagne [fra], إسبانية [ara], Spain [eng]	Land of Hyraxes	Ancient Greek: Ἱσπανία‎‎‎
Türkiye [tur][eng], تركيا [ara], Турция [rus]	Land of the Turks	Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜‎
Україна [ukr][rue], Украина [rus], Украіна [bel], Ucraina [rom], Ukraina [pol], Ukraine [eng]	Land at the Border	Old East Slavic: оукраина
Việt Nam [vie], 越南 [zho], វៀតណាម [khm], ຫວຽດນາມ [lao], Viêt Nam [fra], Vietnam [eng]	South of Yue	Chinese: 越南