Japan

Inherited from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).

der

Japan (a country in East Asia; capital: Tokio)


Israel

Inherited from Dutch Israël, from Middle Dutch israel, from Old Dutch israel, from Latin Isrāēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


Finland

Finland (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Helsinki)


Andorra

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Afghanistan

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; capital: Kaboel)


Angola

Republiek van Angola
Republiek van Angola#Afrikaans

Angola (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Republiek van Angola; capital: Luanda)


Burundi

Burundi (a country in East Africa; capital: Gitega)


Botswana

Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Gaborone)


Ghana

Ghana (a country in West Africa; capital: Accra)


Iran

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Teheran)


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania; capital: Suid-Tarawa)


Laos

Laos (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Vientiane)


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe; capital: Vaduz)


Mali

Mali (a country in West Africa; capital: Bamako)


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe; capital: Valletta)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago; capital: Valletta)


Mauritius

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar; capital: Port Louis)


Malawi

Malawi (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Lilongwe)


Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria; capital: Niamey)


Nepal

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India; capital: Katmandoe)


Nauru

Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)


Portugal

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


Rwanda

Rwanda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kigali)


San Marino

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Swaziland

(historical) Swaziland (The former name of Eswatini, a country in Southern Africa)


Togo

Togolese Republiek
Togolese Republiek#Afrikaans

Togo (a country in West Africa; official name: Togolese Republiek; capital: Lomé)


Thailand

Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Bangkok)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Uganda

Uganda (a country in East Africa; capital: Kampala)


Zimbabwe

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Harare)


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta; capital: Ouagadougou)


Benin

Republiek van Benin
Republiek van Benin#Afrikaans

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey; official name: Republiek van Benin; capital: Porto Novo)


Belarus

Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).

bor+

Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe; capital: Minsk)


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Tuvalu

Alternative spelling of Toewaloe: Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044

Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa; capital: Freetown)


Palau

Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania; capital: Ngerulmud)


Eritrea

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea; capital: Asmara)


Samoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


Taiwan

Inherited from Dutch Taiwan, ultimately from Dutch Tayouan, from possibly Siraya.

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

Taiwan, Republic of China (a country in East Asia; capital: Taipei)


Roemenië

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Estland

Estonia (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Tallinn)


Irak

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Bagdad)


Kambodja

From Cambodja, inherited from Dutch Cambodja, from French Cambodge or Portuguese Camboja.

Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Phnom Penh)


Kanada

Canada (a country in North America; capital: Ottawa)


Rusland

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Afganistan

Alternative spelling of Afghanistan: Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Montenegro

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Amerika

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Kuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Swede

From Dutch Zweden, from Middle Dutch Zweden, Sweden.


Marokko

Morocco (a country in North Africa; capital: Rabat)


Kirgistan

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China; capital: Bisjkek)


Fidji

Inherited from Dutch Fiji, from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti ("east, sunrise").

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania; capital: Suva)


Madagaskar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa; capital: Antananarivo)


Tsjad

Chad (a country in Central Africa; capital: N'Djamena)


Luxemburg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Nederland

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Libanon

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Beiroet)


België

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Suid-Afrika

From suid (“south”) + Afrika (“Africa”).

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa; capitals: Pretoria, Kaapstad, and Bloemfontein)


Katar

Qatar (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Doha)


Kosovo

Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Spanje

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Ierland

Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)


Letland

Latvia (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Riga)


Wit-Rusland

From Dutch Wit-Rusland, equivalent to native wit + Rusland.

Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe; capital: Minsk)


Oekraïne

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea; capital: Kijif)


Switserland

From Dutch Zwitserland, equivalent to Switser + land.

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe; capital: Bern (de facto))


VSA

Verenigde State van Amerika
Verenigde State van Amerika#Afrikaans

USA (a country in North America); initialism of Verenigde State van Amerika (“United States of America”)


Libië

Libya (a country in North Africa; capital: Tripoli)


Georgië

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe; capital: Tbilisi)


Cambodja

Obsolete spelling of Kambodja.: Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)


Jordanië

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Amman)


Armenië

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe; capital: Jerewan)


Kameroen

Cameroon (a country in Central Africa; capital: Yaoundé)


Maleisië

Koeala Loempoer
Koeala Loempoer#Afrikaans

Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Koeala Loempoer)


Ethiopië

Ethiopia (a country in East Africa; capital: Addis Abeba)


Indonesië

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia; capital: Djakarta)


Indië

From Dutch Indië, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

India (a country in South Asia; capital: Nieu-Delhi)


Koeweit

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Kazachstan

Alternative form of Kazakstan: Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Namibië

Republiek van Namibië
Republiek van Namibië#Afrikaans

Namibia (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Republiek van Namibië; capital: Windhoek)


Somalië

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa; capital: Mogadisjoe)


Soedan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa; capital: Kartoem)


Oeganda

Alternative spelling of Uganda: Uganda (a country in East Africa)


Bahrein

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf; capital: Manama)


Kenia

Kenya (a country in East Africa; capital: Nairobi)


Australië

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire; capital: Canberra)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands; capital: Canberra)


Tadjikistan

Tajikistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Doesjanbe)


Skotland

Inherited from Dutch Schotland, equivalent to Skot + land.


Kazakstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; capital: Astana)


Kongo-Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Tsjaad

Dated spelling of Tsjad: Chad (a country in Central Africa)


Kongo-Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Azerbaidjan

Alternative spelling of Azerbeidjan: Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Egipte

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia; capital: Kaïro)


Noorweë

Inherited from Dutch Noorwegen, with loss of intervocalic -g-.

Norway (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Oslo)


Comore

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa; capital: Moroni)


Guinee

Guinea (a country in West Africa; capital: Conakry)


Ciprus

Alternative spelling of Siprus: Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Verenigde Koninkryk

United Kingdom (a country in Western Europe; capital: Londen)


Frankryk

From Dutch Frankrijk, from Middle Dutch Vranckrike.


Denemarke

Denmark (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Kopenhagen)


Nieu-Seeland

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia; capital: Wellington)


Turkye

Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia; capital: Ankara)


Griekeland

From Dutch Griekenland, from Middle Dutch Griekenlant.


Algerië

Algeria (a country in North Africa; official name: Demokratiese Volksrepubliek Algerië; capital: Algiers)


Oostenryk

Inherited from Dutch Oostenrijk, from Middle Dutch Oostenrike.


Tsjeggië

Tsjeggiese Republiek
Tsjeggiese Republiek#Afrikaans

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe; official name: Tsjeggiese Republiek)


Bulgarye

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Slowenië

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Vatikaanstad

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Gaboen

Gabon (a country in Central Africa; capital: Libreville)


Ivoorkus

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa; capitals: Yamoussoukro and Abidjan)


head

LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Verenigde Koninkryk van Groot-Brittanje en Noord-Ierland.wav

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland#English

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a country in Western Europe)


Verenigde State van Amerika

LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Verenigde State van Amerika.wav

United States of America (a country in North America)


Belau

Alternative form of Palau: Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Guinee-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa; capital: Bissau)


Litaue

Lithuania (a country in Northern Europe; capital: Vilnius)


Ysland

Iceland (a country in Europe; capital: Reykjavik)


Siprus

Inherited from Dutch Cyprus, from Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia; capital: Nikosia)


Brasilië

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Mauritanië

Mauritania (a country in West Africa; capital: Nouakchott)


Zambië

Zambia (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Lusaka)


Viëtnam

Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Hanoi)


Mosambiek

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa; capital: Maputo)


Bangladesj

Bangladesh (a country in South Asia; capital: Dhaka)


Azerbeidjan

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe; capital: Bakoe)


Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek

die Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek (canonical)

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa; capital: Bangui)


Tanzanië

Tanzania (a country in East Africa; capital: Dodoma)


Filippyne

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Manila)


Serwië

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Ekwatoriaal-Guinee

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa; capital: Malabo)


Eswatini

Eswatini (a country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland; capitals: Mbabane and Lobamba)


Noord-Macedonië

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Alternative spelling of Noord-Masedonië: North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Gambië

Gambia (a country in West Africa; capital: Banjul)


Kroasië

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Groot-Brittanje

(informal) United Kingdom (a country in Western Europe)


Tsjeggiese Republiek

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


Moldawië

Synonym of Moldowa: Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)


Djiboeti

Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)


Comore-eilande

Synonym of Comore: Comoro Islands, Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)


Nigerië

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger; capital: Abuja)


Kaap Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa; capital: Praia)


Liberië

Liberia (a country in West Africa; capital: Monrovia)


Seychelle

Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean; capital: Victoria)


Tunisië

Tunisia (a country in North Africa; capital: Tunis)


Suid-Soedan

South Sudan (a country in East Africa, formerly the southern part of Sudan; capital: Juba)


São Tomé en Principe

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean; capital: São Tomé)


Republiek die Kongo

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English:_Q971

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa; capital: Brazzaville)


Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo

die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo (canonical)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa; capital: Kinshasa)


Papoea-Nieu-Guinee

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Toewaloe

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Mikronesië

Federale State van Mikronesië
Federale State van Mikronesië#Afrikaans

Micronesia (A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania; official name: Federale State van Mikronesië; capital: Palikir)


Marshalleilande

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania; capital: Majuro)


Bosnië-Herzegowina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Noord-Masedonië

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Vatikaan

Inherited from Dutch Vaticaan, from Latin Vātĭcānus.

Synonym of Vatikaanstad: Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Salomonseilande

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)


Oos-Timor

East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor; capital: Dili)


Bhoetan

Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas; capital: Thimphu)


Broenei

Bandar Seri Begawan
Bandar Seri Begawan#Afrikaans

Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia; capital: Bandar Seri Begawan)


Kirgisië

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China; capital: Bisjkek)


Maledive

Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India; capital: Malé)


Maledive-eilande

Synonym of Maledive: Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)


Singapoer

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


Sirië

Inherited from Dutch Syrië, ultimately from Latin Syria, from Ancient Greek Συρίᾱ (Suríā), ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”).

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Damaskus)