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

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country name	meaning	origin
_[hin][mar] भारत, _[guj] ભારત, _[pan] ਭਾਰਤ, _[sin] භාරත් _[tam] இந்தியா, _[div] އިންޑިއާ, _[fas] هند, _[zho] 印度, _[eng][msa] India _[urd] ہندوستان _[bod][dzo] རྒྱ་གར	The Cherished River Hindustan White Empire	Sanskrit: भरत Proto-Indo-Iranian: *síndʰuš Classical Persian: هندوستان‎ Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར
_[zho] 中國/中国, _[jpn] 中国, _[kor] 중국_{, [vie]} Trung Quốc _[jje] 천ᄌᆞ국 _[ryu] 唐 _[bod][dzo] རྒྱ་ནག _[urd][fas] چین, _[ara] الصين, _{[por][eng][deu]} China, _[fra] Chine _{[rus][ukr][bul]} Китай, _[bel] Кітай _[mya] တရုတ် _[cop] ⲁⲙⲓⲧⲱⲛ	Middle Kingdom Son of Heaven's Kingdom Tang (Dynasty) Black Empire Qin (State, Dynasty) Khitans {possibly} Turks {possibly} Amida (City)	Chinese: 中國 Chinese: 天子國 Chinese: 唐 Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག Chinese: 秦 Khitan: 𘱿𘱤 ? ?
_[eng] United States of America, _[fra] États-Unis d'Amérique, _[spa] Estados Unidos de América	United States of America	English: United States of America {named after Amerigo Vespucci}
_[mly][eng] Indonesia, _[khm] ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី, _[tol] Indonesya, _[vie] In-đô-nê-xi-a	Indus Islands	Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός + νῆσος
_{[urd][bal][fas][pan]} پاکستان‎, _[hin] पाकिस्तान, _[eng] Pakistan	Land of the Pure	Urdu: پاکستان‎

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