Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí

Wááshindoon (“Washington”) + bikéyah (“their country”) + ałhidadiidzooígíí (“federated”).

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


WBA

USA (a country in North America); initialism of Wááshindoon bikéyah ałhidadiidzooígíí (literally “United Country of Washington”)


Oozéí

Navajo pronunciation of Hopi Orayvi (“Oraibi”)


Hoozdo hahoodzo

From Hoozdoh (“Phoenix”) + hahoodzo (“a line is drawn around it”).


Hoozdoh

From hoozdo (“warm area”), from ho- (indefinite 3rd-person pronoun of area) + sido (“it is hot”).

Phoenix (a city in Arizona, United States)


Yootó Hahoodzo

/jòːtʰó xɑ̀xòːt͡sò/

Meronym: Bis Deezʼáhí

New Mexico (a state of the United States)


Beeʼeldííl Dahsinil

/pèːʔɛ̀ltíːl tɑ̀hsɪ̀nɪ̀l/

beeʼeldííl (“that with which ringing is done, bells”) + dah (“held up, above”) + sinil (“large objects in place or in position”)

Albuquerque (a city in New Mexico, United States)


Dibé nitsaa hahoodzo

dibé (“sheep”) + nitsaa (“it is big”) + hahoodzo (“state or territory”)


Tsé Bee Bighan Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah

nv:Tsé Bee Bighan Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah


Kinłání

kin (“house”) + łą́ (“many”) + nv (nominalizer) + -í

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Flagstaff (a city, the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States)


Naʼnízhoozhí

naʼnízhoozh (“bridge made of planks”) + -í (nominalizer), the planks being laid side by side across an expanse (literally, something lies side by side across). Naʼnízhoozhí refers to the old foot bridge spanning the Rio Puerco River across from the Santa Fe Railway station.

Gallup (a city, the county seat of McKinley County, New Mexico, United States)


Akałii bikéyah

/ʔɑ̀kʰɑ̀ɬìː pɪ̀kʰɛ́jɑ̀h/

akałii (“cowboy”) + bikéyah (“his country”)


Ahééháshį́į́h Hahoodzo

Literally, it's always summer, from ahéé- (“around in a circle”) + hi- (seriative prefix indicating around and around) + -shį́į́h (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -ZHĮ́, “to become summer”) (compare shį́ (“summer”)); and hahoodzo (“an area is marked out with a line around it”).

nowrap

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-shį́į́h</i>

nowrap

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-ZHĮ́</i>

California (a state of the United States)


Bichʼah Łichíiʼii Bikéyah

From bichʼah (“his hat”) + łichííʼ (“red”) + -ii (nominalizer) + bikéyah (“their country”)

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


Bitsiighaʼ Łichííʼí Bikéyah

bitsiighaʼ (“his mane”) + łichííʼ (“is red”) + -í (nominalizer) + bikéyah (“their country”)


Béésh Bichʼahii Bikéyah

/péːʃ pɪ̀t͡ʃʼɑ̀hìː pɪ̀kʰɛ́jàh/

From béésh (“iron”) + bichʼah (“his hat”) + -ii (nominalizer) + bikéyah (“their country”), referring to the Stahlhelm helmets worn by German soldiers during World War II.

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


Deeteel Bikéyah

/tɛɛtʰɛɛl pɪ̀kʰɛ́jàh/

deeteel (“moose”) + bikéyah (“their country”)


Biʼééʼ Łichííʼí Bikéyah

From biʼééʼ (“his shirt”) and łichííʼ (“it is red”) and bikéyah (“their country”), most likely referring to the red colours used during Soviet times.

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


Nahatʼeʼiitsoh Bikéyah

/nàhàtʼɛ̀ʔìːt͡sʰòh pɪ̀kʰɛ́jàh/

nahatʼeʼiitsoh (“kangaroo”) + bikéyah (“their country”)

Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)


Hashkʼaan bikéyah

hashkʼaan (“fig, banana”) + bikéyah (“its country”)

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Táłtłʼááh Chʼosh Bitooh

From táłtłʼááh chʼosh daadánígíí (“shrimp”) (táłtłʼááh (“the bottom of the water”) + chʼosh (“bug”)) + bitooh (“their river”).


Dziłgaiitsoh Honeezkʼazii bikéyah

Dziłgaiitsoh Honeezkʼazii (“Himalayas”) + bikéyah (“their country”)

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


Dziłkʼi Dah Názʼéelii Dineʼé Bikéyah

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


kin shijaaʼ

kin (“house(s)”) + shijaaʼ (“there is a profusion of [objects] there”)


kin łání

kin (“house”) + łą́ (“many”) + -í (nominalizer)


Kin Łání

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kin (“house”) + łą́ (“many”) + -í (nominalizer)

Durango (a city, the county seat of La Plata County, Colorado, United States)


Béésh Łichíiʼii bikéyah

/péːʃ ɬɪ̀t͡ʃʰíːʔ pɪ̀kʰɛ́jàh/

From béésh łichíiʼii (“copper”) + bikéyah (“their country”).

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)


Táiwáán

/tʰɑ́ɪ̀wɑ́ːn/

From English Taiwan, from Mandarin 臺灣 /台湾 (Táiwān), from Literary Chinese 臺灣, from Hokkien 大員 (Tāi-oân), 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣, etc., from possibly Siraya.


Biʼednam

nv:Tábąąh Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah


Hoozdo

From hoozdo (“warm area”), from ho- (indefinite 3rd-person pronoun of area) + sido (“it is hot”).

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Phoenix (the capital and largest city of Arizona, United States)


Kéyah Dańlíinii

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)

Kéyah Dańlíinii bikáaʼgi kéédahatʼínígíí bizaad


wááshindoon bikin

From wááshindoon (“government”) + bikin (“its house”)


Nííyóó sídii

New York City (a city in the United States)


Kin Yótʼááh Deezʼá Hahoodzo

kin (“house”) + yótʼááh (“in the sky”) + deezʼá (“rock”) + hahoodzo (“state”)


Naʼazhǫǫsh hahoodzo

From naʼazhǫǫsh (“casino”) + hahoodzo (“state”).


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beʼekʼid (“lake”) + honeezílí (“it is warm”) + -tsoh (“big”) + bibąąh (“edge”) + -gi (“at”) + Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah (“Africa”).

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nv:Beʼekʼid Honeezítsoh Bibąąhgi Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah


Iithiyópya

/ìː.θɪ̀.jó.pʰjɑ̀/

From English Ethiopia, from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía). Historical orthography. Note that p only appears in borrowed words.


Daakǫʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah

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


Téʼsiz hahoodzo

/tʰɛ́ʔsɪ̀z hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Texas (from Spanish Texas, from Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Bádikin Sídii

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


Táłkááʼ Bighan Dineʼé bikéyah

táłkááʼ (“on the surface of the water”) + bighan (“their houses”) + dineʼé (“people”) + bikéyah (“their country”)


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Federated States of Micronesia#English:_Q702

Federated States of Micronesia (The official name of Micronesia, a country consisting of about 600 islands in Oceania)

nv:Eʼeʼaahjí Tónteel bikáaʼgi Kéyah Yázhí dah Ndaaʼeełgo Ałhidadiidzooígíí


Yootó

From yooʼ (“bead”) + tó (“water, springs”).

Santa Fe (the capital city of New Mexico, United States)


Dibé diníí bikéyah

dibé (“sheep”) + diniih (“pain”) + bikéyah (“their country”). So named because "sheep-pain" is almost homophonous with "Spain" in Navajo phonology.

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


Chek bikéyah

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé bikéyah

binááʼ (“his eyes”) + da- (“plural marker”) + áłtsʼózí (“it is narrow”) + dineʼé (“people”) + bikéyah (“their country”)


Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah

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)


Bwazííl

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


Kéyah Dah Ndaaʼeełí Łání

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Tótaʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah

tó (“water”) + bitaʼ (“between them”) + dineʼé (“people”) + bikéyah (“their country”)


Bélgii bikéyah

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


Ííjip

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Ízrel bikéyah

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


Swis bikéyah

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Iiwą́ą́

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


South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)

nv:Kéyah Naakai Łizhinii Bikéyah Shádiʼááhjí Siʼánígíí


Ditsʼozí Daʼalzhishii Bikéyah

Ditsʼozí Da'alzhish ii Bikéyah (canonical)

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Azeedíchʼííʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah

azeedíchʼííʼ (“chile pepper”) + dineʼé (“people”) + bikéyah (“their country”)


Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dineʼé Bikéyah Yázhí

binááʼ (“his eyes”) + da- (“plural marker”) + áłtsʼózí (“it is narrow”) + dineʼé (“people”) + bikéyah (“their country”) + yázhí (“small”)

nv:Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dineʼé Bikéyah Yázhí


Daalchííʼ Dadikʼą́ąhnii Bikéyah

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


Séwib bikéyah

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


Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé Bikéyah

From atsiiʼ (“hair”) + yishbizh (“braided”), "land of braided-hair people".

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


Béésh Łigaii Bikéyah

/péːʃ ɬɪ̀kɑ̀ìː pɪ̀kʰɛ́jàh/

From béésh łigaii (“silver”) + bikéyah (“their country”).


Dziłigaii bikéyah

From dził (“mountain”) + łigaii (“white”) + bikéyah (“their country”)


chį́į́h yee adilohii (“elephant”) + bideeʼ (“its tusk”) + tónteel (“sea”) + bibąąh (“its edge”)

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

nv:Chį́į́h Yee Adilohii Bideeʼ Tónteel Bibąąh


Aljííya

nv:Ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii Biłikahii Bikéyah Ntsaaígíí


Halgai hóteel hahoodzo

halgai (“prairie”) + hóteel (“it is wide”) + bikéyah (“his country”)


tó (“water”) + wónaanídę́ę́ʼ (“from the other side”) + Bitsįʼ yishtłizhii (“Indian”) + bikéyah (“their country”) (refers to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean)

nv:Tó Wónaanídę́ę́ʼ Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bikéyah


Náhookǫsjí Kééláanah hahoodzo

/nɑ́hòːkʰõ̀st͡ʃɪ́ kʰéːlɑ̂ːnɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From náhookǫs (“north”) + -jí (on the side of) + English Carolina + hahoodzo (“state”).


Élábéemah hahoodzo

/ʔɛ́lɑ́pêːmɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Alabama (from Alabama Albaamaha) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah

Hakʼaz Dineʼé (“Eskimo”) + bikéyah (“their country”)


Áákinsoo hahoodzo

/ɑ́ːkʰɪ̀nsòː hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Arkansas (from French Arcansas, probably from Siouan) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Kanédikiʼ hahoodzo

/kʰɑ̀nɛ́tɪ̀kʰɪ̀ʔ hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Connecticut (from Mahican quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Déláwee hahoodzo

/tɛ́lɑ́wèː hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Delaware + hahoodzo (“state”).


Gah Bikeeʼ Taah Yíʼáhí

From gah (“rabbit”) + bi- (3rd person possessive) + ké (“foot”) + taah (“into water”) + yíʼá (“it extends”) + -h- (ligature) + -í (nominalizer).


Jóojah

/t͡ʃôːt͡ʃɑ̀h/

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)


Jóojah hahoodzo

/t͡ʃôːt͡ʃɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Georgia + hahoodzo (“state”).

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


Hawáai hahoodzo

/hɑ̀wɑ̂ːɪ̀ hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Hawaii + hahoodzo (“state”).


Nímasii Kʼidadilyéhé Hahoodzo

From nímasii (“potatoes”) + kʼidadilyé (“they are planted”) + -h- (ligature) + -é (nominalizer) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Ílínóo hahoodzo

/ʔɪ́lɪ́nôː hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Illinois (from a French adaptation of an Algonquian (perhaps Ojibwe) name derived from Miami irenwe·wa (“he speaks the regular way”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Índíʼyéenah hahoodzo

/ʔɪ́ntɪ́ʔjêːnɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Indiana + hahoodzo (“state”).


Áawah hahoodzo

/ʔɑ̂ːwɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Iowa (from French Aiouez, from Dakota ayúxba (“sleepy ones”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Kénsis hahoodzo

/kʰɛ́nsɪ̀s hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Kansas + hahoodzo (“state”).


Kentákii hahoodzo

/kʰɛ̀ntɑ́kʰìː hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Kentucky (possibly from an Iroquoian word) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Liwíízíʼéenah Hahoodzo

/lɪ̀wíːzɪ́ʔêːnɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Louisiana (from French Louisiane) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Wóód Áalin hahoodzo

/wôːt ɑ̂ːlɪ̀n hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Rhode Island (from Dutch Roode Eylandt (literally “red island”) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Oohááyoo hahoodzo

/òːhɑ́ːjòː hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Ohio (from Seneca ohi:yo:h (“good river”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Óogin hahoodzo

/ôːkɪ̀n hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Oregon + hahoodzo (“state”).


Pénsówéíniyah hahoodzo

/pʰɛ́nsówɛ́ɪ́nɪ̀jɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Pennsylvania + hahoodzo (“state”).


Áshįįh biiʼtó hahoodzo

áshįįh (“salt”) + biiʼ (“in it”) + tó (“water”) + hahoodzo (“state”)


Bimááʼ hahoodzo

From English Vermont + hahoodzo (“state”).


Bijíniyah Hahoodzo

From English Virginia + hahoodzo (“state”).


Ténésii hahoodzo

/tʰɛ́nɛ́sìː hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Tennessee (from Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Wááshindoon hahoodzo

/wɑ́ːʃɪ̀ntòːn hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Washington + hahoodzo (“state”).


Eʼeʼaahjí Bijíniyah Hahoodzo

/ʔɛ̀ʔɛ̀ʔɑ̀ːht͡ʃɪ́ pɪ̀t͡ʃɪ́nɪ̀jɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From eʼeʼaahjí (“western”) + English Virginia + hahoodzo (“state”).


Wiskaansin hahoodzo

/wɪ̀skʰɑ̀ːnsɪ̀n hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Wisconsin (from Miami meskonsing (“it lies red”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Shádiʼááhjí Kééláanah hahoodzo

/ʃɑ́tɪ̀ʔɑ́ːht͡ʃɪ́ kéːlɑ̂ːnɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From shádiʼááhjí (“southern”) + English Carolina + hahoodzo (“state”).


Niijéízii hahoodzo

/nìːt͡ʃɛ́ɪ́zìː hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English New Jersey + hahoodzo (“state”).


Niihémpshoo hahoodzo

/nìːhɛ́mpʰʃòː hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English New Hampshire + hahoodzo (“state”).


Nabeeskah hahoodzo

/nɑ̀pèːskʰɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Nebraska (from Chiwere Ñí Bráhge or Omaha-Ponca Ní Btháska (literally “flat water”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Máánteenah hahoodzo

/mɑ́ːntʰèːnɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Montana (from Spanish montaña (“mountain”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Mísísípii hahoodzo

/mɪ́sɪ́sɪ́pʰìː hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Mississippi (from Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Mínisóodah hahoodzo

/mɪ́nɪ̀sôːtɑ̀h hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Minnesota (from Lakota mní sóta (literally “cloudy water”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Míshigin hahoodzo

/mɪ́ʃɪ̀kɪ̀n hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Michigan (from Ojibwe mishigami (“great lake”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Méésíchóoshish hahoodzo

/méːsɪ́t͡ʃôːʃɪ̀ʃ hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Massachusetts (from Massachusett mishe, missi, mass- (“great”), wadchu, -adchu (“mountain”), -et (“place”)) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Méelin hahoodzo

/mêːlɪ̀n hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Maryland + hahoodzo (“state”).


Méíin hahoodzo

/mɛ́îːn hɑ̀hòːt͡sò/

From English Maine (from French Maine, from Gaulish) + hahoodzo (“state”).


Andówa

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


Antíígwa dóó Hashkʼaan Bikéyah Yázhí

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Bangla bikéyah

nv:Haʼaʼaahjí Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah


Iiʼniʼ Tłʼiishtsoh bikéyah

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


Bosna dóó Hetsog bikéyah

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

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


Tónteel Bibąąh Dootłʼizhí

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Naakaii Łizhinii Bikéyah Beʼałnííʼ

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Kéyah Káango Náhookǫsjí Siʼánígíí

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

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Kéyah Káango Shádiʼááhjí Siʼánígíí

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

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


Naakaii Nátʼohí Bikéyah

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Damóo bikéyah

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Domingo bikéyah

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Haʼaʼaahjí Tíímow

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


Gíní Nahasdzáán Ałníiʼgi Siʼánígíí

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Táłkááʼ Diłhiłii Bikéyah

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


Nahoditsʼǫʼłání Dineʼé Bikéyah

From nahoditsʼǫʼ (“bog”) + łą́ (“many”) + -í (nominalizer) + dineʼé (“people”) + bikéyah (“their country”).


Gíní Bisó

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Iiwááʼ

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


Jaméíkʼa

From English Jamaica, from Taino xaymaca (rich in springs).

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Jóoʼdan

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


Bilį́į́ʼ Ńdeiltihii Dineʼé Bikéyah

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Kílíbas

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


Kóóweiʼ

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


Kíígiz bikéyah

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


Łíbanoo

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


Łííhtensain

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah Yázhí

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

nv:Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah Yázhí (Tó Bináhaazyínígíí)


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nv:Shádiʼááhjí Ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii Biłikahii Bikéyah


Dziłizhin bikéyah

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


Máághwib bikéyah

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nv:Séí Dah Daaskʼidtah Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah


náhookǫsjí (“northern”) + binááʼ (“his eyes”) + da- (“plural marker”) + áłtsʼózí (“it is narrow”) + dineʼé (“people”) + bikéyah (“their country”) + yázhí (“small”)

nv:Náhookǫsjí Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dineʼé Bikéyah Yázhí


Omą́ą́

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


Kʼatár

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


Wánda Dineʼé bikéyah

Wánda dineʼé (“Rwandan people”) + bikéyah (“their country”)


Saint Kitts dóó Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#English

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


Ásáí Bikéyah Saʼoodí

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


Seishel

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


Sį́ʼgaboo

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


Táʼídziilnii Bikéyah

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


Sólomon Tó Bináhaazyínígíí

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)


Bilį́į́łání Dineʼé Bikéyah

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


shádiʼááhjí (“southern”) + binááʼ (“his eyes”) + da- (“plural marker”) + áłtsʼózí (“it is narrow”) + dineʼé (“people”) + bikéyah (“their country”) + yázhí (“small”)

nv:Shádiʼááhjí Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dineʼé Bikéyah Yázhí


Shádiʼááhjí Soodą́ą

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


Swii Lankʼa

/swìː lɑ̀nkʼɑ́/

From English Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy island”).

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

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Soodą́ą

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Sííwiya

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


São Tomé dóó Príncipe

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)


Dziłtah Hóteelnii Bikéyah

From dził (“mountain”) + -tah (“among”) + hóteel (“it is broad, wide”) + -ii (nominalizer) + bikéyah (“their country”)


Tʼónga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Trinidad dóó Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

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


Naashchʼąąʼ Bidiyogíihnii Bikéyah

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Tʼoobááloo

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Ásáí Bikéyah Yázhí Ałhidadiidzooígíí

Ásáí (“Arab”) + bikéyah (“their country”) + yázhí (“little”) + ałhidadiidzooígíí (“united”)

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

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


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Tótaʼ Dineʼé dóó Náhookǫsjí Bitsiighaʼ Łichííʼí Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


Banoʼáátʼoo

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Shádiʼááhjí Ásáí bikéyah

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


Kéyah Sahééwa Eʼeʼaahjí Siʼánígíí

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)


nv:Biʼééʼ Łichííʼí Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí


Naakáí Łibáʼí bikéyah

Naakáí Łibáʼí = naakai (“they walk”) + -ii (“nominalizer”) ("the walkers", probably an early attempt to translate exploradores) + łi- (adjectival) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -bá (neuter imperfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).


Ahééhíshį́į́h

Ahééhíshį́į́h

Literally, it's always summer, from ahéé- (“around in a circle”) + hi- (seriative prefix indicating around and around) + -shį́į́h (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -ZHĮ́, “to become summer”) (compare shį́ (“summer”)).

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California (a state of the United States)

Phoenix (the capital and largest city of Arizona, United States)


Tʼiisyaakin

Holbrook (a city in Arizona, United States)


Tówoł

Taos (a town in New Mexico, United States)


Tó Naneesdizí

Tuba City (an unincorporated town in Arizona, United States)


Tʼiis Ííʼáhí

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Tʼiis Ííʼáhí

Tʼiis Ííʼáhí

Pine Springs (a locality in Arizona, United States)


Ahééhałtį́į́h Hahoodzo

Literally, the state where it rains year-round, from ahéé- (“round in a circle”) + ha- (3rd-person subject pronoun denoting space) + -ł- (classifier) + -tį́į́h (momentaneous usitative stem of root -TĄ́, “to rain”) + hahoodzo (“state”)

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-tį́į́h</i>

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-TĄ́</i>


Tónteel Chʼínílį́

From tónteel (“sea”) + chʼínílį́ (“to make it flow out horizontally, to drain it out”).


Záágweb

Zagreb (the capital and largest city of Croatia)


Mágí Bitseeʼ Noodǫ́zí Bikéyah

From mágí (“monkey”) bitseeʼ (“its tail”) + noodǫ́ǫ́z (“it is striped”) + -í (nominalizer) + bikéyah (“their country”, literally “country of the monkeys with striped tails”) (i.e. lemurs)

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


Łeesdísí Bikéyah

/ɬèːstísí pɪ̀kʰɛ́jàh/

From łeesdísí (“kiwi”) + bikéyah (“their country”).

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


Chooyééł Dineʼé Bikéyah

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh Łichííʼí Bikéyah

From naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh (“dragon”) + łichííʼ (“red”) + bikéyah (“country”), a reference to the Welsh flag.


Ałnánoodǫ́ǫ́z Dineʼé Bikéyah

Scotland (a country in the United Kingdom)


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Shádiʼááhjí Jeeshóóʼ Bikéyah

Shádiʼááhjí Jeeshóóʼ bikéyah (canonical)

shádiʼááhjí (“On the south”) + Jeeshóóʼ (“vulture”) + bikéyah (“their country”)


Ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii Biłikahii Bikéyah Ntsaaígíí


Chʼah Bideeʼí Dineʼé Bikéyah

From chʼah (“head covering”) + bideeʼ (“horn, antler”) + dineʼé (“nation”) + bikéyah (“one's people”), literally 'nation of the people with horned helmets.'


Táłkááʼ Yadaazʼáhí

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


Shikááʼgóó

Borrowed from English Chicago, from French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa

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Chicago (a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States).