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* {possibly} Mede
* {possibly} Mede
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* Chinese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">中國</span>
* Middle Chinese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">中國</span>
* Chinese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">唐</span>
* Middle Chinese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">唐</span>
* Chinese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">天子國</span>
* Middle Chinese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">天子國</span>
* Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག
* Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག
* Chinese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">秦</span>
* Old Chinese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">秦</span>
* Khitan: 𘱿𘱤
* Khitan: 𘱿𘱤
* Burmese: တရုတ်
* Burmese: တရုတ်
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* Man's Land
* Man's Land
* Huns
* Land of Huns
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* Old Hungarian: mogyër + úr + szág
* Old Hungarian: mogyër + úr + szág
* Proto-Slavic: *ǫgъrinъ
* Latin: Hungaria
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* Old Japanese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">日の本</span>
* Old Japanese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">日の本</span>
* Old Japanese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">邪馬台</span>
* Old Japanese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">邪馬台</span>
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* 조선 <sub>[kor]</sub>, 朝鮮/朝鲜 <sub>[zho]</sub>, 朝鮮 <sub>[jpn]</sub>
* 한국 <sub>[kor]</sub>, 韓國/韩国 <sub>[zho]</sub>, 韓国 <sub>[jpn]</sub>
* Корея <sub>[rus]</sub>, Korea <sub>[eng]</sub>
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* Morning Calm
* Three Han
* Goguryeo
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* Old Chinese: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">朝鮮</span>
* Old Korean: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">三韓</span>
* Old Korean: <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">高麗</span>
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* Land of the Pure
* Land of the Pure
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* Urdu: پاکستان‎
* Urdu: پاک‎ +‎ ـستان‎
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* Old East Slavic: Русь
* Old East Slavic: Русь
* Proto-Germanic: *winidaz
* Proto-Finnic: *venät
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* España <sub>[spa]</sub>, Espanha <sub>[por]</sub>, Espagne <sub>[fra]</sub>, إسبانية <sub>[ara]</sub>
* España <sub>[spa]</sub>, Espanha <sub>[por]</sub>, Espagne <sub>[fra]</sub>, إسبانية <sub>[ara]</sub>, Spain <sub>[eng]</sub>
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* Land of Hyraxes
* Land of Hyraxes
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* Phoenician/Punic: 𐤔𐤐‎𐤍‎ ‎𐤀𐤉‎‎‎
* Ancient Greek: Ἱσπανία‎‎‎
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* Türkiye <sub>[tur]</sub>, تركيا <sub>[ara]</sub>, Турция <sub>[rus]</sub>, Turkey <sub>[eng]</sub>
* Türkiye <sub>[tur][eng]</sub>, تركيا <sub>[ara]</sub>, Турция <sub>[rus]</sub>
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* Land of the Turks
* Land of the Turks
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* Land at the Border
* Land at the Border
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* Proto-Slavic: *ukrajina
* Old East Slavic: оукраина
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Revision as of 10:11, 7 October 2022

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], Breatainn [gla], Breatain [gle], 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
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