country name
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meaning
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etymology
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- বাংলাদেশ [ben], Bangladesh [eng]
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- Bengali: বাংলা + দেশ, from Sanskrit: वङ्ग + देश
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- Brasil [por][spa], Brazil [eng]
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- Britain [eng], Prydain [cym], Breatainn [gla], Breatain [gle], Britannien [deu]
- Grande-Bretagne [fra]
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- Land of Britons
- Great Brittany
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- Latin: Britannia, from Proto-Brythonic: *Pritanī
- Latin: grandis + Britannia, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- + Proto-Brythonic: *Pritanī
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- 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]
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- Central State
- Tang
- Son of Heaven's State
- Black Empire
- Qin
- Khitans
- {possibly} Turks
- {possibly} Amida
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- Chinese: 中國
- Chinese: 唐
- Chinese: 天子國
- Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག
- Chinese: 秦
- Khitan: 𘱿𘱤
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- Kongo [kon][fra], Congo [eng]
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- مصر [ara]
- 𓆎 𓅓 𓏏𓊖 [egy]
- Égypte [fra], Egypt [eng]
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- Frontier
- Black Land
- House of the Ka of Ptah
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- Akkadian: 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿
- Egyptian: 𓆎 𓅓 𓏏𓊖
- Ancient Greek: Αἴγυπτος, from Egyptian: 𓉗 𓏏𓉐 𓂓𓏤 𓊪𓏏 𓎛 𓀭
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- ኢትዮጵያ [amh][gez][tir], Etiopia [ita], Ethiopia [eng]
- Uhabeshi [swa]
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- Land of Aithíops
- To Gather
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- Ancient Greek: Αἰθιοπία
- Arabic: حبش
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- France [fra][eng], França [oci][cat], Francia [spa][ita]
- Bro-C'hall [bre]
- Frankreich [deu]
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- Francī
- Country of Gauls
- Realm of Franks
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- {possibly} Proto-Indo-European *preng-
- Proto-Celtic: *mrogis + Latin: Gallus
- Proto-Germanic: *frankô + *rīkiją
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- Deutschland [deu], Tyskland [dan], Duitsland [nld]
- Allemagne [fra]
- Německo [ces], Nimska [dsb], Němska [hsb]
- Germany [eng], Germania [ita], Германия [rus]
- Saksa [fin]
- Vācija [lat]
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- Land of the People
- Alemānnī
- Foreigner's Land
- Land of the Germans
- Saxon
- Vagoth
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- Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz + *landą
- Latin: Alemānnī
- Proto-Slavic: *němьcь
- Latin: Germānī
- Proto-West Germanic: *sahsō
- Proto-Indo-European: *wekʷ-
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- Magyarország [hun], Maďarsko [slk]
- Ungarn [deu], Węgry [pol], Hungary [eng]
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- Proto-Ugric: *mańćɜ + *irkä/*ürkä
- Proto-Slavic: *ǫgъrinъ
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- 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]
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- Bhāratas
- River
- Country of the River
- White Empire
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- Sanskrit: भरत
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *síndʰuš
- Classical Persian: هندوستان
- Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར
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- ایران [fas][urd], إيران [ara], İran [tur], Eýran [tuk], Iran [eng][fra]
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- Indonesia [mly][eng], ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី [khm], Indonesya [tol], In-đô-nê-xi-a [vie]
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- Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός + νῆσος
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- 日本 [jpn][zho], 일본 [kor], Japan [eng]
- 大和 [ryu][yoi][xug][rys][mvi]
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- Origin of the Sun
- Yamatai
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- Japanese: 日の本
- Proto-Japonic *yamatə
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- México [spa], Mexico [eng]
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- Classical Nahuatl: Mēxihco
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- پاکستان [urd][bal][fas][pan], पाकिस्तान [hin], Pakistan [eng]
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- Filipinas [spa], Philippines [fra][eng]
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- Land of Philip the Apostle
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- Polen [deu], Польша [rus], Польща [ukr], Польшча [bel], Polsko [ces][slk], Poland [eng]
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- Proto-Indo-European: *pleh₂-
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- Россия [rus][kaz], Росія [ukr], Расія [bel], ᠣᠷᠤᠰ/Орос [mon], 俄羅斯/俄罗斯 [zho], Russia [eng]
- Venäjä [fin]
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- Land of People by Roþrin
- Slav
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- Proto-Finnic: *roocci
- Proto-Germanic: *winidaz
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- España [spa], Espanha [por], Espagne [fra], إسبانية [ara]
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- Phoenician/Punic: 𐤔𐤐𐤍 𐤀𐤉
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- Türkiye [tur], تركيا [ara], Турция [rus], Turkey [eng]
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- Україна [ukr][rue], Украина [rus], Украіна [bel], Ucraina [rom], Ukraina [pol], Ukraine [eng]
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- Việt Nam [vie], 越南 [zho], វៀតណាម [khm], ຫວຽດນາມ [lao], Viêt Nam [fra], Vietnam [eng]
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