Iraq

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


Algeria

From Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.

der

اَلْجَزَائِر


Andorra

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


Afghanistan

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


Albania

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Armenia

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


Argentina

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina, from Latin argentum (“silver”).


Bulgaria

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


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)


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Indonesia

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Iran

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


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)


Monaco

it:Comune di Monaco
it:Monaco
it:Principato di Monaco


Madagascar

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


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Mauritius

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

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Niger

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

Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)


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)


Nauru

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


Oman

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


Paraguay

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Paraguay.


Qatar

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


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Singapore

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


Slovenia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


San Marino

→ Japanese: サンマリノ (San Marino)

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

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Senegal

Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Swaziland

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


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Uganda

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


Uruguay

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Uruguay.


Vietnam

Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Nam.


Yemen

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


Zimbabwe

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


Australia

→⇒ Slavomolisano: Lauštralija

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)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


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)


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Somalia

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


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Sri Lanka

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


Seychelles

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


Russia

1538, from Medieval Latin Russī (“Russians”). Ultimately from Byzantine Greek Ρωσία (Rōsía).

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


Palau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

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


Congo

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

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

Congo (a region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)


Costa Rica

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Costa Rica.

ubor

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Dominica

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Eritrea

desc

إِرِيتْرِيَا

→ Arabic: إِرِيتْرِيَا (ʔirītriyā)

→ Arabic: إِرِيتْرِيَا (ʔirītriyā)

→ English: Eritrea

desctree

→ French: Érythrée, Erythrée (semantic loan)
Haitian Creole: Eritre
→ Persian: اریتره (eritre)
→ Turkish: Eritre

→ German: Eritrea

→ New Latin: Erythraea (“Eritrea”) (learned)
→ German: Erythräa

First used 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)


Georgia

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)


Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Samoa

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


Micronesia

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

Micronesia (A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania)


Grenada

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


anglo

it-adj

anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural angli, feminine plural angle)

angla (feminine)
angli (masculine plural)
angle (feminine plural)


Italia

desc

→ Arabic: إِيطَالِيَا (ʔīṭāliyā)

→ Arabic: إِيطَالِيَا (ʔīṭāliyā)

→ Japanese: イタリア (Itaria)

→ Korean: 이탈리아 (Itallia)

→ Maltese: Italja

→ Slavomolisano: Litalija

→ Persian: ایتالیا (itâliyâ)

Borrowed from Latin Italia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).


Cina

From Persian چینی (“Chinese, porcelain”) under influence from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”), q.v., from چین (Čin, “China”) + ـی, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna), possibly from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).

Repubblica Popolare Cinese
Repubblica Popolare Cinese

China. Official name: Repubblica Popolare Cinese


Grecia

Borrowed from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).


Siria

From Latin Syria, from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría).

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


Scozia

Borrowed from Latin Scōtia, after the population of Scōtī, a term of possible Celtic origin.

Scotland (a country in the United Kingdom, Europe)


Spagna

→ Albanian: Spanjë

From Latin Hispānia, from a Phoenician or Punic root.

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


Inghilterra

desc

إِنْجِلْتِرَا

→ Arabic: إِنْجِلْتِرَا (ʔinjiltirā)

→ Maltese: Ingilterra

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: انكلتره
> Turkish: İngiltere (inherited)
→ Azerbaijani: İngiltərə

(erroneous, by extension) the United Kingdom


Giappone

Borrowed from French Japon, from Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, “sun origin”).


Ucraina

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


Egitto

→ Maltese: Eġittu

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, literally “the temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis.

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Cipro

Via 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)


Germania

Repubblica Federale Tedesca
Repubblica Federale Tedesca#Italian

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Repubblica Federale Tedesca)


Svizzera

Albanian: Zvicër, Zvicra; Gheg Albanian: Zvicërr, Zvicrra

Armenian: Զվիցերիա (Zvicʻeria)

Maltese: Żvizzera, Iżvizzera

Ottoman Turkish: اسویچره (İsviçre), ازویچره (İzviçere)

Turkish: İsviçre

From Early New High German Schwytzer (“a Swiss person”, modern German Schweizer). Compare English Switzer.

bor

modern German <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Schweizer</i>

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Croazia

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


Belgio

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


Serbia

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


Montenegro

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


Marocco

From Arabic مَرّاكُش (marrākuš), from Berber, of uncertain derivation but often thought to mean “Land of God”. The word originally referred to the capital city of Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world both in Islamic and European languages.


Norvegia

From Medieval Latin Norvegia, from Old Norse Norvegr (“north way”) (see Norway).

Norway (a country in Scandinavia, in northern Europe)


Palestina

a large size of type standardized as 24 points


Kosovo

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


Abkhazia

Republic of Abkhazia
Republic of Abkhazia

Abkhazia (A region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus, which considers itself an independent state called the Republic of Abkhazia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the Georgian government and the vast majority of the international community)


Svezia

Ottoman Turkish: اسوج (İsvec)

Turkish: İsveç


Annam

Borrowed from Vietnamese An Nam, from Chinese 安南 (Ānnán).


Paesi Bassi

i Paesi Bassi (canonical masculine plural)

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)


Corea

Korea (two countries of East Asia, North Korea and South Korea; the peninsula containing these two countries)


Kirghizistan

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


Nuova Zelanda

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


Mozambico

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Bosnia-Erzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

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


Erzegovina

From Serbo-Croatian Хѐрцеговина (Hèrcegovina).

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="sh">Hèrcegovina</i>


Giordania

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


Gran Bretagna

(extensively, mistakenly) the United Kingdom

extensively; mistakenly; extensively; mistakenly


Regno Unito

Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord


Stati Uniti d'America

it-proper noun

Stati Uniti d'America m pl (plural only)

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Stati Uniti

From stati + uniti. Calque of English United States.

United States (a country in North America)


Islanda

From Icelandic Ísland, from Old Norse Ísland (literally “land of ice”). Compare English Iceland.

der

Iceland (an island and country in Europe; capital and largest city: Reykjavík)


Israele

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


Turchia

Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


Olanda

Ultimately from Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”).

Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Maldive

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


Birmania

Ultimately derived from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).


Giamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Principato di Monaco

Principality of Monaco
Principality of Monaco#English

Principality of Monaco (a city-state in Western Europe)


Kazakistan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Congo-Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

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


Repubblica Democratica del Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

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


Congo-Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

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


Timor Est

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


Tailandia

Alternative spelling of Thailandia: Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)


Arabia Saudita

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


Libano

Borrowed from Latin Libanus, from Ancient Greek Λίβανος (Líbanos), from a Semitic source.

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


Brasile

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


Costa d'Avorio

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


Filippine

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Sudafrica

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Azerbaigian

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


Repubblica Centrafricana

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Figi

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


Capo Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Comore

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


Papua Nuova Guinea

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Maurizio

Alternative form of Mauritius: Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)


Repubblica del Congo

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

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Repubblica Dominicana

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Emirati Arabi Uniti

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

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


Guinea Equatoriale

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Repubblica Ceca

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


Isole Marshall

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

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


Isole Salomone

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

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

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


Saint Kitts e Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis


Saint Vincent e Grenadine

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Santa Lucia

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)


São Tomé e Príncipe

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese São Tomé e Príncipe (literally “Saint Thomas and Prince”), after the Prince of Portugal.

ubor

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)

Prince of Portugal
it:São Tomé e Príncipe


Trinidad e Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands in the Caribbean)


Città del Vaticano

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


Usa

Proteste contro gli Usa.


head

Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord or Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna ed Irlanda del Nord m

(official, rare) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

it:Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord


Antigua e Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Sud Sudan

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


Seicelle

Alternative form of Seychelles: Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


Tiro

Borrowed from Latin Tyrus (“Tyre”), from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros) from Phoenician [Term?]; see Tyre for more information.

Tyre (an ancient city-state in Phoenicia)


Cechia

(rare) Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


Repubblica di Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia

Republic of North Macedonia
Republic of North Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia, former partially recognised/recognized name of the Republic of North Macedonia


Bosnia ed Erzegovina

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)


Cossovo

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


Cipango

From Early Mandarin 日本國／日本国 (Wade–Giles: Jih⁴-pên³-kuo², IPA: /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/, “nation of Japan”, literally “Land of the Rising Sun”). Compare Wu 日本 (⁸zeq-pen, IPA: /zəʔ¹¹ pən²³/) 國 /国 (⁷koq, IPA: /koʔ⁵⁵/)

zh-l

Zipangu è una isola in levante, ch’è ne l’alto mare 1.500 miglia.

c. 1300 [c. 1298], Marco Polo, Rustichello da Pisa, “155. Dell'isola di Zipangu [About the isle of Japan]”, in Il Milione [The Million], translation of Le divisement dou monde; republished Antonio Lanza, editor, L'Unità - Editori Riuniti, 1982:

Japan is an island in the East, 1,500 miles away at sea.

quelli che hanno per grande Cosmographo Columbo credono che le chiamo Indie per l'India Orientale, credendo che quando discoperse Indie andava cercando la Isola Cipango

1556, Francisco López de Gómara, “Cap. ⅩⅧ. Perche si chiamorno Indie [Chapter 18 - Why it was called India]”, in Augustino de Cravaliz, transl., La historia generale delle Indie occidentali, translation of Historia general de las Indias (in Spanish), page 18:

Those regard Columbus as a great cosmographer believe he called it India because of Eastern India, believing that—when he discovered India—he was searching for the isle of Japan


Macedonia del Nord

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

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


Repubblica Islamica dell'Iran

Repubblica Islamica dell’Iran (canonical feminine)

Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran


Venezziola

it-noun

Venezziola f (plural Venezziole, diminutive Venezziolétta)

Venezziole (plural)
Venezziolétta (diminutive)

From Venezia + -ola (diminutive suffix).