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country name meaning origin
  • বাংলাদেশ [ben][asm], ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ် [mya], ବାଁଲାଦେଶ [ori], Bangladesh [eng]
  • Country of Bengali
  • Bengali: বাংলা + দেশ
  • 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
  • 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]
  • [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:
  • Middle Chinese: 天子國
  • Tibetan: རྒྱ་ནག
  • Old Chinese:
  • 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
  • Classical 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
  • Three Han
  • Goguryeo
  • Old Chinese: 朝鮮
  • Old Korean: 三韓
  • Old Korean: 高句麗
  • México [nah][spa], Mexico [eng]
  • ᎠᏂᏍᏆᏂᎢ [chr]
  • Tenochtitlan
  • ?
  • Classical Nahuatl: Mēxihco
  • ?
  • 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
  • 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

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