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

country name	meaning	origin
افغانستان [pus][urd][fas], Афғонистон [tgk], Афғонистон/Afgʻoniston [uzb], Owganystan [tuk], 阿富汗 [zho] , Afghanistan [eng]	Land of the Distant People	Bactrian: αβαγανο
বাংলাদেশ [ben][asm], ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ် [mya], ବାଁଲାଦେଶ [ori], Bangladesh [eng]	Country of Bengali	Bengali: বাংলা + দেশ
འབྲུག་ཡུལ [dzo][bod] ভুটান [ben], ভূটান [asm], भुटान [nep], भूटान [hin], 不丹 [zho], Bhutan [eng]	Country of Dragon End of Tibet	Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ Prakrit: 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢
Brasil [por][hrs][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
ស្រុកខ្មែរ [khm] Cam-pu-chia [vie]. ກຳພູຊາ [lao], กัมพูชา [thi], Kemboja [msa], Cambodge [fra], Cambodia [eng]	Khmer Village Kamboja	Old Khmer: ក្មេរ៑ Sanskrit: काम्बोज
中國/中国 [zho], Cungguek [zha], Җунгуй [dng], ᦷᦋᧂᧈ ᦷᦅᧉ [khb], ꍏꇩ [iii], ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ[mnc], 중국 [kor], 中国 [jpn], Trung Quốc [vie] 唐 [ryu] 천ᄌᆞ국 [jje] རྒྱ་ནག [bod][dzo] چین [urd][fas], चीन [nep], ຈີນ [lao], Чин [tgk], الصين [ara], China [por][eng][deu] Китай [rus][ukr][bul], خىتاي [uig], ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ/Хятад [mon], ᡍᡅᡐᠠᡑ[xwo], Қытай [kaz], Кытай [kir][tat][sah] 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][swa][fra], Congo [eng]	Hunters	Kongo: nkongo
مصر [ara], מצרים [heb], 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], Itoobiya [som], Etiopia [ita], Ethiopia [eng] Uhabeshi [swa]	Land of Aithíops To Gather	Ancient Greek: Αἰθιοπία Arabic: حبش
France [fra][eng], França [oci][cat], Francia [cos][spa][ita], Frankreich [deu] Bro-C'hall [bre]	Franks Country of Gauls	Frankish: *frankō Breton: Bro + Latin: Gallus
Deutschland [deu], Deitschland [bar], Daitschlond [pfl], Duutsjlandj [lim], Düütschland [nds], Düütsklound [stq], Däitschland [ltz], Duitsland [nld], Tyskland [dan][swe][nor] 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 Germans Saxon Land of Vagoth	Old High German: diutisc + lant Latin: Alemānnī Proto-Slavic: *němьcь Latin: Germānī Old Saxon: Sahso Latvian: vāci + goth
Ελλάδα [ell], ϯⲉⲗⲗⲁⲥ [cop] Yunanistan [tur], اليونان [ara], یونان [fas] Greqi [sqi], Гърция [bul], Грција [mkd], Grecia [ita], Greece [eng]	{possibly} Helloi / Selloi Ionia Graecus	{possibly} Ancient Greek: Ἑλλοί / Σελλοί Ancient Greek: Ἰωνία Ancient Greek: Γραικός
Magyarország [hun], Maďarsko [slk], Madžárska [slv], Мађарска/Mađarska [hbs] Ungarn [deu], Ungaria [rom], Węgry [pol], Угорщина [ukr], Hungary [eng]	Man's Land Land of Huns	Old Hungarian: mogyër + úr + szág Latin: Hungaria
भारत [hin][mar][mai][nep], ભારત [guj], ಭಾರತ [kan], ଭାରତ [ori], ਭਾਰਤ [pan], භාරත් [sin] இந்தியா [tam], ഇന്ത്യ [mal] , ఇండియా [tel], 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 Middle Persian: هندوستان‎ Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར
ایران‎ [fas][urd][pus], إيران [ara], İran [tur][aze], Eýran [tuk], Իրան [arm], Iran [eng][fra]	(Land) of Aryans	Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭
Indonesia [mly][jav][eng], Indonésia [sun], 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] シサㇺ [ain]	Origin of the Sun Yamatai Foreigner	Old Japanese: 日の本 Old Japanese: 邪馬臺 Ainu: シサㇺ
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 Sun Country of Three Han Goguryeo	Old Chinese: 朝鮮 Old Korean: 三韓 Old Korean: 高句麗
ລາວ [lao], Lào [vie], លាវ [khm], ลาว [thi], လာအို [mya], 老撾/老挝|寮國/寮国 [zho], Laos [fra][eng]	{possibly} Ailao	Lao: ອ້າຽລາວ
مليسيا‎/Malaysia [msa], மலேசியா [tam], Malasya [tgl], 馬來西亞/马来西亚 [zho], มาเลเซีย [tha], ម៉ាឡេស៊ី [khm], Ma-lai-xi-a [vie], Malaysia [eng]	Malayu	Malay: ملايو‎
México [nah][spa], Mexico [eng] ᎠᏂᏍᏆᏂᎢ [chr]	Tenochtitlan ?	Classical Nahuatl: Mēxihco ?
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ/Монгол [mon], Монгол Улас [bua], Моол [tuv], Моңғолия [kaz], 蒙古 [zho], Mongolia [eng]	?	Classical Mongolian: ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ
ব্রহ্মদেশ [ben], ম্যানমাৰ [asm], พม่า [thi], म्यानमार [hin], Myanmar [eng], 緬甸/缅甸 [zho]	Burman	{possibly} Sanskrit: ब्रह्मादेश
नेपाल [nep], নেপাল [asm][ben], བལ་ཡུལ [bod][dzo], नेपाल [hin], 尼泊爾/尼泊尔 [zho] , Nepal [eng]	?	?
Nigeria [eng][fra][nld], Naigeria [ibo], Nàìjíríà [yor], Nijeriya [hau]	(River) of Rivers	Berber: ger-n-ger
پاکستان‎ [urd][bal][fas][pan], پاڪستان [snd], पाकिस्तान [hin], Pakistan [eng]	Land of the Pure	Urdu: پاک‎ +‎ ـستان‎
Pilipinas [tgl][akl], Phi-líp-pin [vie], Filipina [msa], 菲律賓/菲律宾 [zho], Filipinas [spa], Philippines [fra][eng]	Land of Philip the Apostle	Latin: Philippus
Polska [pol], Polsko [ces][slk], Pòlskô [csb], Polen [deu], Польша [rus], Польща [ukr], Польшча [bel], Poland [eng] Lenkija [lit], Lengyelország [hun]	Field Dwellers Land of Lendians	Middle High German: Polen Old East Slavic: лѧхъ
Россия [rus][kaz][ava][myv][kum][krc][kjh][tyv][udm][sah], Россий [mhr], Росія [ukr], Россе [inh], Рочму [kpv], Русия [aze], Rusiye [crh], Расія [bel], Раҫҫей [chv], Урыстәыла [abk], Урысый [ady], Уӕрӕсе [oss],ᠣᠷᠤᠰ/Орос [mon], Оьрсий [che], Әрәсә [xal], Rusija [lit], 俄羅斯/俄罗斯 [zho], 러시아 [kor], ロシア [jpn], Russia [eng] Venäjä [fin], Venemaa [est]	Land of People by Roþrin Land of Slav	Old East Slavic: Русь Proto-Finnic: *venät
España [spa][glg][ast], Espanya [cat], Espainia [eus], Espanha [por], Espagne [fra], إسبانية [ara], Spain [eng]	Land of Hyraxes	Ancient Greek: Ἱσπανία‎‎‎
ໄທ [lao], ថៃ [khm], ထိုင်း [mya], Negara Thai [msa], Thailand [eng] श्यामदेश [hin]	Human Siam	Thai: ไท Thai: สยาม
Türkiye [tur][eng], Tirkiye [kmr], تركيا [ara], Турция [rus]	Land of Turks	Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜‎
Україна [ukr][rue], Украина [rus], Украіна [bel], אוקראַיִן‎ [yid], 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 [msa][eng], Byetnam [tgl]	South of Yue	Chinese: 越南