Japan

→ Faroese: Japan

→ Icelandic: Japan

From Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwon^X, literally “sun origin”).

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Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)


New Zealand

New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Israel

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


Andorra

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


Bahrain

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Bhutan

Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)


Belize

Belize (an English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras)


Cuba

Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)


Guatemala

From Spanish Guatemala, from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān.

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Iran

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Kiribati

Kiribati (a country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Kuwait

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


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Luxembourg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)


Malta

Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Mozambique

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Nigeria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Nepal

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Oman

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


Portugal

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

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


Qatar

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


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


San Marino

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


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)


Ukraine

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


Yemen

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


Barbados

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


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)


Benin

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Belarus

Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).

(official) Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Somalia

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Sri Lanka

From Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā).

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Eritrea

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Fiji

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Jordan

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


Samoa

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


Taiwan

Republikken Kina
Republikken Kina#Danish

Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands; official name: Republikken Kina)


England

United Kingdom
United Kingdom#English:_Q145

(informal, somewhat dated) United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)


Holland

Borrowed from Dutch Holland, probably = Old Dutch holt (“wood”) + lant (“land”).

(common, sometimes proscribed) Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Indonesien

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Estland

Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)


Norge

From Old Norse Noregr, Norvegr, derived from norðr (from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą) and vegr (from Proto-Germanic *wegaz).

Norway (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Oslo)


Nederlandene

Definite plural form, probably from Older Dutch Nederlanden.

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

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


Sverige

[ˈsʋ̥aɐ̯ˀjə]

From Old Norse Svíaríki, from Svía (“of Swedes”) + ríki (“kingdom”). Cognate with Swedish Sverige, Old English Swēorīċe.

Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


Albanien

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Armenien

Armenien er et land i Kaukasus.

Armenia (a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Australien

Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)


Belgien

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


Kina

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)


Irak

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


Tyskland

From tysk (“German”) + land (“land”). Compare Norwegian, Swedish Tyskland, German Deutschland and Dutch Duitsland.

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Spanien

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


Algeriet

From French Algérie, from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”).

اَلْجَزَائِر


Brasilien

Brasilia er hovedstaden i Brasilien.

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


Bulgarien

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Kroatien

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


Rusland

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


Sydkorea

South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula)


Nordkorea

North Korea (a country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea)


Slovenien

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


Montenegro

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


Amerika

United States of America
United States of America#English

America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)


Island

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe)


Irland

Inherited from Old Norse Írland, from Írar m pl (“Irishmen”), see irer.

Irland er en ø og et land i Vesteuropa.

Ireland is an island and a country in Western Europe.

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


Danmark

[ˈd̥ænˌmɑːɡ̊]

[ˈtænˌmɑ̈ːk]

From Old Norse Danmǫrk, ᛏᛅᚾᛘᛅᚢᚱᚴ (tanmaurk), from danir (“Danes”) + mǫrk (“borderland, march”). The name may have originated as an exonym, designating the northern frontierland of the Frankish Empire.


Cypern

Via German Zypern and 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)


Egypten

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Georgien

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)


Elfenbenskysten

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Madagaskar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Litauen

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


Republikken Irland

Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland#English:_Q27

Republic of Ireland (long form of Ireland: an island country in northwestern Europe)


Ungarn

Ungarn er et land i Centraleuropa.


Vatikanstaten

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


Aserbajdsjan

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)


Folkerepublikken Kina

People's Republic of China#English:_Q148

People's Republic of China (official name of China: a country in East Asia)


Kasakhstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Libanon

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


Republikken Kina

Republic of China
Republic of China#English:_Q865

Republic of China (official name of Taiwan: a partly-recognized country in East Asia; the rump state left over from the Republic of China on the mainland after 1949)


Trinidad og Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English:_Q754

Republikken Trinidad og Tobago
Republikken Trinidad og Tobago#Danish

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands and several smaller islands in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela; official name: Republikken Trinidad og Tobago)


Bosnien-Hercegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

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


Kap Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Makedonien

Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans)


Letland

Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)


Schweiz

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Syrien

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Serbien

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


Storbritannien

From stor (“great”) + Britannien. Calque of English Great Britain.

Great Britain
Great Britain#English:_Q145

(loosely) Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)


Filippinerne

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Saudi-Arabien

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Grækenland

[ˈɡ̊ʁɛˀɡ̊ŋ̩ˌlanˀ]

A compound of græker + land, but the form with -en- is influenced by German, cf. German Griechenland, Low German Grekenland, Dutch Griekenland.


Frankrig

[ˈfʁɑŋkʰʁ̥i]

From Middle Low German Frankrīke, from Old Saxon *Frankrīki. The name is a compound of Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“a Frank”) and *rīkī (“kingdom”).
See also German Frankreich, Dutch Frankrijk, and Yiddish פֿראַנקרײַך (frankraykh). The Low German word has been borrowed into Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish Frankrike. The Old Norse and Icelandic name is Frakkland.

France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


Østrig

Calque of German Österreich, equivalent to øst (“east”) + rige (“realm, kingdom, country”).


Ægypten

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Tyrkiet

[tˢyɐ̯ˈkʰiˀəð]

Southeastern Europe
Southeastern Europe#English

Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)


Forenede Kongerige

United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)


Ækvatorialguinea

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Kongeriget Danmark

Kingdom of Denmark
Kingdom of Denmark#English:_Q756617

Kingdom of Denmark (official name of Denmark or the Danish Realm: a country consisting of metropolitan Denmark ("Denmark proper") in Western Europe as well as the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland off the coast of North America)


Hviderusland

From hvid (“white”) + -e- + Rusland (“Russia”), a calque of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ). Cognate with Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, German Weißrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, English White Russia, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.


Tjekkiet

[tɕɛˈkʰiˀəð]

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


Dominikanske Republik

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English:_Q786

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Centralafrikanske Republik

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Rumænien

Rumænien er et land i Østeuropa.

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Forenede Arabiske Emirater

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Marshalløerne

From Marshall and øerne (“the islands”).

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (a country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Britannien

(loosely) Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)


Amerikas Forenede Stater

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Østtimor

East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)


Comorerne

Comoros (a country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)


Nordmakedonien

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


Salomonøerne

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)


Sydsudan

South Sudan (a country in East Africa, formerly the southern part of Sudan)