Mexico

From Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco, q.v.


Japan

> Afrikaans: Japan (inherited)

→ Arabic: اليابان (al-yābān)

desctree

→ Danish: Japan
→ Faroese: Japan
→ Icelandic: Japan

⇒ English: Japan, Giapan (obsolete), Japonia (obsolete), Japon (obsolete)
> Tok Pisin: Siapan (inherited)
→ Bengali: জাপান (japan)
→ Burmese: ဂျပန် (gya.pan)
→ Gujarati: જાપાન (jāpān)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: जापान (jāpān)
→ Dhivehi: ޖާފާނު (jāfānu)
Urdu: جاپان (jāpān)
→ Irish: Seapáin
→ Japanese: ジャパン
→ Marathi: जपान (japān)
→ Marshallese: Jepaan
→ Persian:
Dari: جَاپَان (jāpān)
⇒ Samoan: Iapani
→ Tamil: ஜப்பான் (jappāṉ)
→ Telugu: జపాను (japānu)
→ Welsh: Japan
→ Welsh: Siapan
→ Yoruba: Jèpáànì

→ German: Japan
→ Estonian: Jaapan
→ Finnish: Japani
→ Hungarian: Japán
→ Ladin: Iapan
→ Latvian: Japāna
→ Norwegian: Japan
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: Јапан
Latin script: Japan
→ Yiddish: יאַפּאַן (yapan)
→ Hebrew: יפן (yapan)

→ Swedish: Japan

→ West Frisian: Japan

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

der

Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)


Finland

nl-proper noun

Finland n (adjective Fins or Finlands, demonym Fin m or Finlander m or Finse f or Finlandse f)

Fins (adjective)
Finlands (adjective)
Fin (demonym masculine)
Finlander (demonym masculine)
Finse (demonym feminine)
Finlandse (demonym feminine)
Finlandt (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed and first attested in the 16th century Dutch translation of Olaus Magnus Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus by Cornelius Grapheus, but whether it was borrowed from Latin or a Germanic translation, e.g. Swedish, Low German or High German, is uncertain.


Andorra

Andorra n (adjective Andorrees, demonym Andorrees m or Andorrese f)

Andorrees (adjective)
Andorrees (demonym masculine)
Andorrese (demonym feminine)

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


Afghanistan

Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Angola

/ˌɑŋˈɣoː.laː/


Bhutan

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


Belize

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


Canada

Probably borrowed from French Canada.
The hamlet is attested as Canada in 1954. It was named after the country. Originally the name of a farmhouse.


Colombia

Borrowed from Spanish Colombia. Named after Christopher Columbus.


Cuba

Afrikaans: Kuba

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin.

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


Cyprus

Cyprus n (adjective Cypriotisch, demonym Cyprioot m or Cypriotische f)

Cypriotisch (adjective)
Cyprioot (demonym masculine)
Cypriotische (demonym feminine)

→ Indonesian: Siprus

Ultimately from Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

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


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Iran

Ultimately from Persian ایران (irân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn).

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)


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein n (adjective Liechtensteins, demonym Liechtensteiner m or Liechtensteinse f)

Liechtensteins (adjective)
Liechtensteiner (demonym masculine)
Liechtensteinse (demonym feminine)

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Monaco

Monaco n (adjective Monegaskisch, demonym Monegask m or Monegaskische f)

Monegaskisch (adjective)
Monegask (demonym masculine)
Monegaskische (demonym feminine)


Malta

Malta n (adjective Maltees, demonym Maltees m or Maltezer m or Maltese f)

Maltees (adjective)
Maltees (demonym masculine)
Maltezer (demonym masculine)
Maltese (demonym feminine)

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v. The neighbourhood was named after the 1565 Great Siege of Malta, first attested in the form Maltha in 1641.

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


Mauritius

Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)


Mozambique

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)


Nigeria

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


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Oman

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


Portugal

Portugal n (adjective Portugees, demonym Portugees m or Portugese f)

Portugees (adjective)
Portugees (demonym masculine)
Portugese (demonym feminine)

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)


San Marino

San Marino n (adjective San Marinees, demonym San Marinees m or San Marinese f)

San Marinees (adjective)
San Marinees (demonym masculine)
San Marinese (demonym feminine)

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)


Uganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Venezuela

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, from Italian Veneziola.


Zimbabwe

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


Barbados

Borrowed from English Barbados, from Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”).

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

nl-proper noun

Belarus n (adjective Belarussisch, demonym Belarus m or Belarussische f)

Belarussisch (adjective)
Belarus (demonym masculine)
Belarussische (demonym feminine)

Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ).


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Suriname

→ Caribbean Javanese: Srinama, Srinamah

→ English: Suriname


Sierra Leone

Borrowed from Italian Sierra Leone, from Portuguese Serra Leoa.

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Sri Lanka

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


Zaïre

Borrowed from French Zaïre; ultimately from Kongo nzere, a truncation of nzadi o nzere (“river swallowing rivers”).

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

(historical) Zaire (former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997)


Congo

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Eritrea

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

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)


Samoa

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


Taiwan

The modern form "Taiwan" may possibly be from English Taiwan, or reminiscent of older forms like Tayouan, from possibly Siraya.

Taywan (alternative historical obsolete)
Tayouan (alternative historical obsolete)
Tayoan (alternative historical obsolete)
Taioan (alternative historical obsolete)
Thaiwan (alternative historical obsolete)
Teyouvan (alternative historical obsolete)
Teyoan (alternative historical obsolete)
Teijoan (alternative historical obsolete)

Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)


Roemenië

Roemenië n (adjective Roemeens, demonym Roemeen m or Roemeense f)

Roemeens (adjective)
Roemeen (demonym masculine)
Roemeense (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Roemenië


Korea

Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)


Holland

Holland n (adjective Hollands, demonym Hollander m or Hollandse f)

Hollands (adjective)
Hollander (demonym masculine)
Hollandse (demonym feminine)
Hollant (alternative obsolete)

Javindo: Hollaan

Jersey Dutch: Hôl-läänt

→ Caribbean Javanese: Holan

→ Kwinti: hollan

desctree

→ Portuguese: holanda, Holanda
→ Chinese: 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hélán)
→ Manchu: ᡥᠣ
ᠯᠠᠨ (ho lan)
→ Tibetan: ཧོ་ལན (ho lan)
→ Vietnamese: Hà Lan
→ Zhuang: Hozlanz
→ Japanese: オランダ (oranda)
→ Korean: 화란 (Hwaran)
→ Okinawan: ウランダ (uranda)
→ Vietnamese: Hoà Lan
 (和蘭陀, 阿蘭陀) → 和蘭 (oran)
→ Javanese: ꦮꦭꦤ꧀ꦢ (Walanda), ꦭꦤ꧀ꦢ (Landa)
→ Ambonese Malay: walanda
→ Malay: Belanda
> Indonesian: Belanda (inherited)
Makasar: Balanda
→ Acehnese: Blanda
→ Dhuwal: balanda
→ Dutch: Blanda, blanda
→ Sranan Tongo: Blanda
→ Iban: Belanda
→ Tausug: Balanda'
→ Thai: วิลันดา (wí-lan-daa)
→ Petjo: blandeu, blandees

From Middle Dutch Hollant, from Old Dutch *Holtland (sometimes found in Latin texts), from holt (“wood”) + lant (“land”). A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from hol land (“hollow land”), inspired by the low-lying geography of the Dutch region. Doublet of Blanda.

Ik hou van Holland.

Hup Holland hup!

Ik hou van Holland, landje aan de Zuiderzee / Een stukje Holland draag ik in m'n hart steeds mee / Daar waar die molens draaien in hun forse kracht / En waar de bollen bloeien in hun schoonste pracht

1937, Willy Schootemeijer, “Ik hou van Holland”, performed by Joseph Schmidt:

I love the Netherlands, little country by the Zuiderzee / A little piece of the Netherlands I always carry in my heart / There where those windmills turn in their mighty power / And where the bulbs bloom in their most beautiful splendour

Hier in Holland sterft de laatste vlinder / op de allerlaatste bloem / en alle muziek die overblijft / is de supersonische boem

1972, “Vluchten kan niet meer”, Annie M.G. Schmidt (lyrics), Harry Bannink (music), performed by Jenny Arean and Frans Halsema:

Here in the Netherlands, the last butterfly / dies on the very last flower / and all music that remains / is the supersonic boom

(in patriotic contexts) Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Polen

nl-proper noun

Polen n (adjective Pools, demonym Pool m or Poolse f)

Pools (adjective)
Pool (demonym masculine)
Poolse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Pole

From Middle Dutch Polen, related to older Polanen.
The hamlet is first attested as Polen in 1899. It is named after the country.


Estland

Estland n (adjective Ests, demonym Est m or Estse f)

Ests (adjective)
Est (demonym masculine)
Estse (demonym feminine)

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


Irak

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


Engeland

→ Lokono: Engelanta

/ˈɛ.ŋəˌlɑnt/

United Kingdom
United Kingdom#English:_Q145

(loosely) United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)


Rusland

Rusland n (adjective Russisch, demonym Rus m or Russin f or Russische f)

Russisch (adjective)
Rus (demonym masculine)
Russin (demonym feminine)
Russische (demonym feminine)

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


Montenegro

Montenegro n (adjective Montenegrijns, demonym Montenegrijn m or Montenegrijnse f)

Montenegrijns (adjective)
Montenegrijn (demonym masculine)
Montenegrijnse (demonym feminine)

Borrowed from Italian Montenegro, it in turn being a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra.

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


Amerika

Amerika's<qq:referring to the supercontinent>

Amerika n (plural Amerika's (referring to the supercontinent))

Afrikaans: Amerika

Negerhollands: Ameriki, Meriki

desc

→ Virgin Islands Creole: Ameriki, Meriki

From New Latin America, named after cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.
The hamlet first appears in the written record in 1909 as Nieuw Amerika. It is named after the continent.

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)


Jemen

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


Madagaskar

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


Luxemburg

nl-proper noun

Luxemburg n (adjective Luxemburgs, demonym Luxemburger m or Luxemburgse f)

Luxemburgs (adjective)
Luxemburger (demonym masculine)
Luxemburgse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Luxemburg

→ Indonesian: Luksemburg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)


Nederland

Nederland n (adjective Nederlands, demonym Nederlander m or Nederlandse f)

Nederlands (adjective)
Nederlander (demonym masculine)
Nederlandse (demonym feminine)
Neerland (alternative)
Neêrland (alternative)

→ Aukan: Nedilanti

→ Polish: Niderlandy

From neder (“down, low”) + land (“land”). Compare English Netherlands.

Kingdom of the Netherlands#English:_Q29999

Kingdom of the Netherlands (official name of the Netherlands: a country consisting of the Netherlands per se, in Western Europe, as well as three other small island countries in the <, namely Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Libanon

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


België

België n (adjective Belgisch, demonym Belg m or Belgische f)

Belgisch (adjective)
Belg (demonym masculine)
Belgische (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: België

→ Indonesian: Belgia

⇒ Japanese: ベルギー (Berugī)

→ Sranan Tongo: Bergi

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


Kosovo

Kosovo n (adjective Kosovaars, demonym Kosovaar m or Kosovaarse f)

Kosovaars (adjective)
Kosovaar (demonym masculine)
Kosovaarse (demonym feminine)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ко̏сово/Kȍsovo.

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


Frankrijk

Frankrijk n (adjective Frans, demonym Fransman m or Franse f or Française f)

Frans (adjective)
Fransman (demonym masculine)
Franse (demonym feminine)
Française (demonym feminine)
Franckrijk (alternative)
Frankryk (alternative)
Vrankryk (alternative)
Vranckrijk (alternative)
Vrankrijk (alternative)

Afrikaans: Frankryk

From Middle Dutch Vrankerike. By surface analysis, Frank + rijk.
The hamlet in Friesland is named after the country. It may have been originally the name of a field owned by the Frankena family, with the name Frankrijk being applied as a humorous reference to the property. See also Dutch Low Saxon Fraankriek and West Frisian Frankryk.
The hamlet in Gelderland is first attested as franckryk in 1401. Named after the country. Formerly an independent hamlet.

France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


Duitsland

Duitsland n (adjective Duits, demonym Duitser m or Duitse f)

Duits (adjective)
Duitser (demonym masculine)
Duitse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Duitsland

Negerhollands: dutschland

From Middle Dutch Duutschlant. Equivalent to Duits + land.

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


Spanje

Spanje n (adjective Spaans, demonym Spanjaard m or Spaanse f)

Spaans (adjective)
Spanjaard (demonym masculine)
Spaanse (demonym feminine)

> Afrikaans: Spanje (inherited)

Ultimately from Latin Hispānia, possibly from Punic [Term?].

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


Ierland

Ierland n (adjective Iers, demonym Ier m or Ierse f)

Iers (adjective)
Ier (demonym masculine)
Ierse (demonym feminine)

From Middle Dutch Ierlant, equivalent to Ier + land.

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


IJsland

IJsland n (adjective IJslands, demonym IJslander m or IJslandse f)

IJslands (adjective)
IJslander (demonym masculine)
IJslandse (demonym feminine)

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

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


Noorwegen

Noorwegen n (adjective Noors, demonym Noor m or Noorse f)

Noors (adjective)
Noor (demonym masculine)
Noorse (demonym feminine)

Norway (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


Letland

Letland n (adjective Lets, demonym Let m or Letse f)

Lets (adjective)
Let (demonym masculine)
Letse (demonym feminine)

Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)


Zweden

Zweden n (adjective Zweeds, demonym Zweed m or Zweedse f)

Zweeds (adjective)
Zweed (demonym masculine)
Zweedse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Swede

Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


Russische Federatie

Russian Federation
Russian Federation#English:_Q159

Russian Federation (official name of Russia: a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Wit-Rusland

Wit-Rusland n (adjective Wit-Russisch, demonym Wit-Rus m or Wit-Russin f or Wit-Russische f)

Wit-Russisch (adjective)
Wit-Rus (demonym masculine)
Wit-Russin (demonym feminine)
Wit-Russische (demonym feminine)

→ Afrikaans: Wit-Rusland

From wit (“white”) + Rusland (“Russia”), a calque of Russian Белору́ссия (Belorússija). Cognate with German Weißrussland, English White Russia, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland among others.


Oekraïne

nl-proper noun

Oekraïne n or f (adjective Oekraïens, demonym Oekraïner m or Oekraïense f)

Oekraïens (adjective)
Oekraïner (demonym masculine)
Oekraïense (demonym feminine)
Oekraïene (alternative dated)
Oekraine (alternative dated)
Ukraine (alternative obsolete)
Ukraïne (alternative dated)

Afrikaans: Oekraïne

Borrowing, probably from French. First attested as Ukraine in the 17th century.

Den koningh van Polen, ſoo men vermoed, is den Nieper-ſtroom gepaſſeert, alwaer ſich met de Littauwſe Armee ſal conjungeren, en alſo een attentaet op de Stadt Kiow doen; veele zijn verwondert, dat ſich ſijne Majeſt. met een ſlechte en qualick gediſciplineerde Armee, ſoo diep inde Ukraine, en ſoo naer aen des vyants Landt waeght, door dien de Coſacken qualick te vertrouwen zijn.

1663 November 20, “Poolen, Pruyssen, &c.”, in Tydinge uyt verscheyde Quartieren, number 48, page 2:

The king of Poland, as people suspect, has passed the course of the Dnieper, where he will join up with the Lithuanian army, and thus will make an attack on the city of Kyiv; many people are surprised that His Majesty ventures so far into the Ukraine with a bad and badly disciplined army, and so close to enemy territory, because the Cossacks cannot be trusted.

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


Zwitserland

Zwitserland n (adjective Zwitsers, demonym Zwitser m or Zwitserse f)

Zwitsers (adjective)
Zwitser (demonym masculine)
Zwitserse (demonym feminine)
Switserland (alternative obsolete)
Switserlant (alternative obsolete)
Zwitserlant (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: Switserland

Compound of Zwitser (“Swiss person”) + land.

Helvetische Republiek
Helvetische Republiek#Dutch

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe; official name: Helvetische Republiek)


Oostenrijk

Oostenrijk n (adjective Oostenrijks, demonym Oostenrijker m or Oostenrijkse f)

Oostenrijks (adjective)
Oostenrijker (demonym masculine)
Oostenrijkse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Oostenryk

From Middle Dutch Oostenrike, etymologically decomposable as oosten + rijk.


Litouwen

Litouwen n (adjective Litouws, demonym Litouwer m or Litouwse f)

Litouws (adjective)
Litouwer (demonym masculine)
Litouwse (demonym feminine)

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


Bulgarije

Bulgarije n (adjective Bulgaars, demonym Bulgaar m or Bulgaarse f)

Bulgaars (adjective)
Bulgaar (demonym masculine)
Bulgaarse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Bulgarye

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Hongarije

Hongarije n (adjective Hongaars, demonym Hongaar m or Hongaarse f)

Hongaars (adjective)
Hongaar (demonym masculine)
Hongaarse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Hongarye

/ˌɦɔŋ.ɣaːˈrɛi̯.(j)ə/


Albanië

Albanië n (adjective Albanees or Albaans, demonym Albanees m or Albanese f)

Albanees (adjective)
Albaans (adjective)
Albanees (demonym masculine)
Albanese (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Albanië

Indonesian: Albania


Kroatië

Kroatië n (adjective Kroatisch, demonym Kroaat m or Kroatische f)

Kroatisch (adjective)
Kroaat (demonym masculine)
Kroatische (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Kroasië

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


Denemarken

Denemarken n (adjective Deens, demonym Deen m or Deense f)

Deens (adjective)
Deen (demonym masculine)
Deense (demonym feminine)

Negerhollands: Denemarken


VSA

Verenigde Staten van Amerika
Verenigde Staten van Amerika#Dutch

(chiefly Belgium) initialism of Verenigde Staten van Amerika (= United States of America): a country in North America: USA


Verenigde Staten van Amerika

Calque of English United States of America.

calque

United States of America (a country in North America)


Brazilië

From Portuguese Brasil + -ië, with the suffix likely under the influence of German Brasilien.

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


Argentinië

Ultimately from Latin argentum (“silver”).


Bolivië

(dated) Bolivia (a country in South America)


Colombië

dated form of Colombia: Colombia (a country in South America)


Algerije

/ˌɑl.ɣəˈrɛi̯.ə/


Tunesië

Afrikaans: Tunisië


Dominicaanse Republiek

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English:_Q786

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Zuid-Afrika

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

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Italië

nl-proper noun

Italië n (adjective Italiaans, demonym Italiaan m or Italiaanse f)

Italiaans (adjective)
Italiaan (demonym masculine)
Italiaanse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Italië

→ Indonesian: Italia

>? Japanese: イタリア (Itaria)


Slovenië

Slovenië n (adjective Sloveens, demonym Sloveen m or Sloveense f)

Sloveens (adjective)
Sloveen (demonym masculine)
Sloveense (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Slowenië

From Slovene Slovenija, possibly by way of an intermediary. By surface analysis, Sloveen + -ië.

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


Macedonië

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía).

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


Bosnië

Bosnië n (adjective Bosnisch, demonym Bosniër m or Bosnische f)

Bosnisch (adjective)
Bosniër (demonym masculine)
Bosnische (demonym feminine)

Bosnië en Herzegovina
Bosnië en Herzegovina#Dutch

Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnië en Herzegovina)


Voormalige Joegoslavische Republiek Macedonië n

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia#English:_Q221

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

(historical) former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (former long form of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula; used in diplomatic circles before the 2019 agreement that produced the name North Macedonia due to the naming dispute with Greece over the former name of the country, Macedonia)


VS

initialism of Verenigde Staten (= United States): a country in North America: US


Verenigde Staten

United States (a country in North America)


Seychellen

Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


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)


Bosnië en Herzegovina

Bosnië en Herzegovina n (adjective Bosnisch, demonym Bosniër m or Bosnische f)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

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


Griekenland

Griekenland n (adjective Grieks, demonym Griek m or Griekse f)

Grieks (adjective)
Griek (demonym masculine)
Griekse (demonym feminine)
Griekeland (alternative obsolete)
Griekelandt (alternative obsolete)
Griekelant (alternative obsolete)
Griekenlandt (alternative obsolete)
Griekenlant (alternative obsolete)

Afrikaans: Griekeland

From Middle Dutch Griekenlant, from Old Dutch Grieklant. Equivalent to Griek (“Greek, Greek person”) + -en- + land (“land, country”).


Jordanië

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


Nieuw-Zeeland

→ English: New Zealand (calque) (see there for further descendants)

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


Armenië

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


Kameroen

Afrikaans: Kameroen

→ Indonesian: Kamerun


Kaapverdië

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek

Probably a calque of the French, or perhaps the English.

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Moldavië

nl-proper noun

Moldavië n (adjective Moldavisch, demonym Moldaviër m or Moldavische f)

Moldavisch (adjective)
Moldaviër (demonym masculine)
Moldavische (demonym feminine)


Ethiopië

Afrikaans: Ethiopië

→ Indonesian: Etiopia


Indonesië

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Israël

Afrikaans: Israel

→ Indonesian: Israel

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)


Koeweit

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


Kazachstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Kirgizië

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


Noord-Korea

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


Slowakije

Slowakije n (adjective Slowaaks, demonym Slowaak m or Slowaakse f)

Slowaaks (adjective)
Slowaak (demonym masculine)
Slowaakse (demonym feminine)
Slovakije (alternative)

Afrikaans: Slowakye

[ˌsloʊ̯.ʋaːˈkæɪ̯.jə]


Somalië

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


Saoedi-Arabië

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


Zuid-Korea

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


Soedan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


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)


Trinidad en Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English:_Q754

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands and several smaller islands in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela)


Turkije

Turkije n (adjective Turks, demonym Turk m or Turkse f)

Turks (adjective)
Turk (demonym masculine)
Turkse (demonym feminine)

Afrikaans: Turkye

Southeastern Europe
Southeastern Europe#English

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


Verenigde Arabische Emiraten

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

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


Verenigd Koninkrijk

Verenigd Koninkrijk n (adjective Brits, demonym Brit m or Britse f)

Brits (adjective)
Brit (demonym masculine)
Britse (demonym feminine)

United Kingdom
United Kingdom#English:_Q145

United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)


Vaticaanstad

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


Westelijke Sahara

Western Sahara
Western Sahara#English:_Q6250

Western Sahara (a territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa, now mostly occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the territory)


Equatoriaal-Guinea

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Egypte

Afrikaans: Egipte

Jersey Dutch: Jâpten

From Middle Dutch Egypten, ultimately from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), ultimately from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ.
The hamlet in Achtkarspelen is named after the country. It may have been named for its remote location or because of the presence of Roma in the area.
The hamlet in Ooststellingwerf is named after the country. The name may have originally belonged to a farmhouse.
The hamlet in Limburg is first attested in 1958 as Egypte. It is named after the country.
The hamlet in Noord-Brabant is first attested in 1863 as Egypte. It is named after the country.

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Ivoorkust

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


Bahrein

Ultimately from Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn, “Bahrain; the two seas”), with omission of the definite article.

der

الْبَحْرَيْن

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


Australië

nl-proper noun

Australië n (adjective Australisch, demonym Australiër m or Australische f)

Australisch (adjective)
Australiër (demonym masculine)
Australische (demonym feminine)

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)


Haïti

Probably borrowed from French Haïti, from Taíno hayiti.


Oost-Timor

Compound of oost (“eastern”) + Timor (“Timor”).

com+

Oost-Timor was lang een Portugese kolonie en werd dan door grote buur Indonesië bezet en zelfs aangehecht tot het uiteindelijk onafhankelijk werd

East Timor was for long a Portuguese colony, next got occupied and even annexed by giant neighbour Indonesia until it finally achieved independence

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


Kongo-Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Brazzaville (synonym of the Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa, the smaller of the two countries named Congo)


Tsjechië

nl-proper noun

Tsjechië n (adjective Tsjechisch, demonym Tsjech m or Tsjechische f)

Tsjechisch (adjective)
Tsjech (demonym masculine)
Tsjechische (demonym feminine)

desc

Afrikaans: Tsjeggië, Tsjeggiese Republiek.

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


Tsjechische Republiek

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


Republiek Macedonië

Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia#English:_Q221

(historical) Republic of Macedonia (former official name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula)


Filipijnen

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Salomonseilanden

Compound of Salomon (“Solomon”) + -s- + eilanden (“islands”).

com

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)


Antigua en Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English:_Q781

Antigua and Barbuda (a country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda)


Saint Vincent en de Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English:_Q757

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean, comprising the islands of Saint Vincent and the island chain of the Grenadines)


Bahama's

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Comoren

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


Marshalleilanden

the proper noun Marshall + the plural of eiland 'island'

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

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


Sao Tomé en Principe

Portuguese São Tomé (island named after the apostle Saint Thomas) + en 'and' + Portuguese Principe (island named after a Portuguese royal prince)

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

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


Guinee

From French Guinée, from Portuguese Guiné.


Groot-Brittannië

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)


Azerbeidzjan

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


Servië

nl-proper noun

Servië n (adjective Servisch, demonym Serviër m or Servische f)

Servisch (adjective)
Serviër (demonym masculine)
Servische (demonym feminine)

Ultimately from Serbo-Croatian Srbija. By surface analysis, Serf + -ië.

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

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


Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea

From Papoea (“Papua”) + Nieuw-Guinea (“New Guinea”).

af

Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea deelt een enorm eiland met de Indonesische provincie Irian Jaya, dat z'n westelijke buur is
Papua New Guinea shares a huge island with the Indonesian privince Irian Jaya, which is its western neighbour

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Saudi-Arabië

From the Arabic given name (Saud) (notably the dynasty's progenitor) + Arabië 'Arabia'.

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


Volksrepubliek China

People's Republic of China#English:_Q148

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


Bondsrepubliek Duitsland

Audio

Calque of German Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

calque

Federal Republic of Germany#English:_Q183

(1990–today) Federal Republic of Germany (official name of Germany: a country in Central Europe, reunified with the former East Germany)


Micronesië

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) en νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

Micronesia (a country consisting of about 2000 islands in the Micronesia region)


Zuid-Soedan

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


VAE

Verenigde Arabische Emiraten
Verenigde Arabische Emiraten#Dutch

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

initialism of Verenigde Arabische Emiraten (= United Arab Emirates): a country in West Asia, in the Middle East: UAE


nl-proper noun

Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland n

Calque of English United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

calque

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland#English:_Q145

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (official name of the United Kingdom: a country in Northern Europe)


Saint Kitts en Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#English:_Q763

Saint Kitts and Nevis (a country comprising the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean)


Guinee-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Vaticaan

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


Brittannië

(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)


Centraal-Afrika

From centraal + Afrika. Probably a calque.

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Belaroes

Transliteration of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ), compare Dutch Belarus.

translit

Geboorte-afwijkingen en groeistoornissen bij kinderen zijn in de Oekraïne met 230 procent en in Belaroes met 180 procent toegenomen en het aantal kinderen met ernstige immuniteitsproblemen is 2 tot 3,5 maal zo hoog als vroeger.

1992 March 28, “Gevolgen van 'Tsjernobyl' onderschat [Consequences of 'Chernobyl' underestimated]”, in Limburgsch dagblad, Heerlen, page 5:

Birth defects and growth disorders in children have increased by 230% in Ukraine and 180% in Belarus, and the number of children with serious immunity problems is 2 to 3.5 times higher than it used to be.

We zouden niet ‘Belarus’ moeten schrijven, maar ‘Belaroes’, net zoals de schrijver wiens naam in het Engels wordt getranscribeerd als ‘Turgenev’ in Nederlandse recensies ‘Toergenjev’ heet.

2020 September 15, “Nee, Belaroes [No, 'Belaroes']”, in NRC Handelsblad:

We should not write 'Belarus', but 'Belaroes', just as the writer whose name is transcribed in English as 'Turgenev' is called 'Toergenjev' in Dutch book reviews.

(rare) Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)


Noord-Macedonië

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

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


Abessinië

Named after the country. The hamlet was probably named for its distance from its neighbours.

(historical) Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century)