EU

US (a country in North America); initialism of Estados Unidos (“United States”)


Iraq

Alternative spelling of Irak: Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Colombia

From Italian Colombo (“Cristoforo Colombo”) + -ia. Named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) in 1819, from Francisco de Miranda's use of the term to designate Spanish America in the 1790s.

suffix

Italian <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">Colombo</i>


Ecuador

→ Japanese: エクアドル (Ekuadoru)

→ Tagalog: Ekwadór


Chile

From Quechua chiri (“cold”) or chili, or from Mapudungun chilli (“seagull Larus dominicanus”).


Austria

Borrowed from Latin Austria, a Latinization of Old High German Ostarrîchi, from an element meaning "east" (Proto-Germanic *austrą, compare Swedish öster) + rīhhi (“realm”) (compare modern German Reich (“realm”)).


Bangladesh

[bãŋ.ɡlaˈð̞eʃ]


Honduras

Literally, “depths”. From a quote attributed to Christopher Columbus, "Thanks to God that we have left these Depths".


Bulgaria

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Argentina

From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus, in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river"), since first European explorers, looking for gold and silver, thought it looked like silver because of the reflection of sunlight.


México

desctree

→ English: Mexico
→ Assamese: মেক্সিকো (meksikü)
→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܟܣܝܩܘ (mksiqw)
→ Burmese: မက္ကဆီကို (makka.hcikui)
→ Chinese: 墨西哥 (Mòxīgē)
→ Dhivehi: މެކްސިކޯ (mek̊sikō)
→ Finnish: Meksiko
→ Hebrew: מֶקְסִיקוֹ (méksiko)
→ Hindi: मेक्सिको (meksiko)
→ Irish: Meicsiceo
→ Japanese: メキシコ (Mekishiko)
→ Korean: 멕시코 (Meksiko)
→ Thai: เม็กซิโก (mék-sí-goo)
→ Yoruba: Mẹ́síkò

→ Dutch: Mexico

→ Esperanto: Meksiko

French: Mexique
Antillean Creole: Meksik
Haitian Creole: Meksik
→ Arabic: المكسيك
→ Khmer: ម៉ិចស៊ិក (məcsɨk)
→ Norman: Mexique

→ Faroese: Meksiko

→ German: Mexiko

→ Greek: Μεξικό (Mexikó)

→ Japanese: メヒコ (Mehiko)

→ Korean: 메히꼬 (Mehikko)

→ Polish: Meksyk

→ Portuguese: México

→ Slovak: Mexiko

→ Tagalog: Mehiko

→ Vietnamese: Mê-hi-cô

→ Yiddish: מעקסיקע (meksike)

1579, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco, originally a toponym for the Valley of Mexico. Aside from the element -co, the Nahuatl locative suffix, the etymology of this place-name remains uncertain.
It has been suggested to be derived from Mēxihtli, a name belonging to the Aztecs' patron god Huitzilopochtli, in which case the associated locative name could be interpreted as ("place of Huitzilopochtli" or “place where Huitzilopochtli lives”). Another hypothesis suggests the name to be a portmanteau of the words mētztli (“moon”) + xīctli (“navel”), hence the hypothetical original form *Mētzxīcco, meaning “place at the navel/center of the moon”, perhaps referring to the city of Tenochtitlan's position in Lake Texcoco, which was the central lake of a system of interconnected lakes whose shape was likened to that of a rabbit by the Aztecs; an animal associated to the moon. (If that is the case, then the sound of tz /t͡s/ in mētz- has been absorbed into the initial x /ʃ/ of -xīc-, while the geminate cc /kː/ in -xīcco has been transformed into the consonant cluster hc /ʔk/.) A third hypothesis suggests a derivation incorporating metl (“maguey”) (stem me-), perhaps from Mēctli, a maguey goddess, Proto-Uto-Aztecan [Term?].


Bolivia

From Bolív(ar) + -ia; coined by Bolivian pastor and deputy Manuel Martín Cruz in October 1825 stating, “if from Romulus, Rome; from Bolivar, Bolivia”.


Brasil

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


Nicaragua

Unknown. One theory is that it was coined by Spanish colonists based upon the name of the local chief at that time, Classical Nahuatl Nicarao (“Nicarao”) + agua (“water”). Another is that it may have meant ‘surrounded by water’ in an indigenous language. (This could either be a reference to its two large freshwater lakes, Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua, or to the fact that it bounded on the east and the west by oceans.)

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Nigeria

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


Malawi

Alternative spelling of Malaui: Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)


Kiribati

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


Indonesia

Composed of Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”)

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Andorra

Probably from a Basque word andurrial (“shrub-covered land”), but it may come from Arabic الدُرَّا (ad-durrā, “the forest”) or andar (“to walk”).

der

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


Guatemala

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).

bor+

salir de Guatemala y meterse en Guatepeor

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


El Salvador

→ Japanese: エルサルバドル (Eru Sarubadoru)

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Kuwait

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


Israel

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


Mozambique

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Uruguay

Disputed, either:
* Guaraní urugua y (literally “water shellfish”), from urugua (“shellfish”) + y (“water”); or
* Guaraní uru gua y (literally “type of water bird”) from uru (“type of bird”) + gua (“from”) + y (“water”).


Nepal

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


Nauru

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


Madagascar

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


Venezuela

Inherited from Old Spanish Veneçuela (from Venecia (“Venice”) + -uela).


Mongolia

Mongolia (a country in East Asia; capital: Ulán Bator)


Paraguay

Borrowed from Guaraní Paraguay, formed either from para (“sea”) + gúa (“bordering”) or from paraguã (“crown of feathers”) + y (“river”).


Uganda

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


Yemen

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


Jamaica

→ Tagalog: Hamayka

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Cuba

→ Tagalog: Kuba

Disputed; likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).

unk

Disputed

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Seychelles

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


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


San Marino

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

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Armenia

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


Aruba

Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)


Dominica

→ Japanese: ドミニカ (Dominika)

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


India

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš) (modern Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).


Somalia

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


Albania

→ Tagalog: Albanya

Albania (a country in Southeast Europe; capital: Tirana)


Sri Lanka

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


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)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Portugal

From Latin Portucale < 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)


Micronesia

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

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


Malta

→ Tagalog: Malta

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.

República de Malta
República de Malta#Spanish

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe; official name: República de Malta)


China

→ Tagalog: Tsina

Ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna), ultimately possibly from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin).


Barbados

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Eritrea

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


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


Samoa

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


Macedonia

Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia


Australia

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)


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)


Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


España

desc

→ Arabic: إسبانيا

→ Arabic: إسبانيا

⇒ Finnish: Espanja

→ Guaraní: Epáña

→ Korean: 에스파냐 (eseupanya), 에스빠냐 (eseuppanya)

→ Quechua: Ispaña

→ Tagalog: Espanya

Inherited from Old Spanish Espanna (“Iberian Peninsula”), from Latin Hispānia, possibly derived from the Punic אי שפן (I-Shaphan, “coast of hyraxes”).

der

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


Canadá

Borrowed from French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).


Rusia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Russia, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Varangians, inhabitants of Rus”).

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


Italia

→ Tagalog: Italya

From Latin Italia via 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”).


Egipto

→ Basque: ijito (“Roma”)

→ Kapampangan: Eyiptu

→ Quechua: Ihiptu

→ Tagalog: Ehipto

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos).

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Japón

→ Guaraní: Hapõ

→ Tagalog: Hapon, Sapon (obsolete)

From either Portuguese Japão or directly from Early Manila Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún) as recorded in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642), ultimately from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).


Türkiye

(neologism) Türkiye, Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


EE. UU.

Initialism of Estados Unidos (“United States”).

initialism of

Básicamente, los EE. UU. quieren que allí no aparezcan graves problemas que requieran la atención y los recursos que deben usarse en otras partes.

Basically, the USA wants to keep serious problems from appearing there that would require attention and resources that should be used elsewhere.


Estados Unidos

United States (a country in North America)


Siria

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

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


Grecia

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


Francia

→ Tagalog: Pransiya

→⇒ Ye'kwana: Judansianña


Irak

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


Filipinas

en:Filipinas
es:Felipe II de España
es:Filipinas

From Felipe + -inas. Originally las Islas Filipinas (literally “the Philippine Isles”), named after Felipe II de España (“Philip II of Spain”).

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Polonia

Meronym: Varsovia


Serbia

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


Montenegro

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


Granada

English: Granada

French: Grenade

English: Grenada

Turkish: Gırnata, Granada

From Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (Ḡarnāṭa), originally the name of a medieval suburb that was incorporated into the city.

bor

Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (Ḡarnāṭa)


Inglaterra

→ Tagalog: Inglatera

Calque of English England. Cognate with Medieval Latin Angliterra.


Islandia

→ Tagalog: Islandya

Todos somos Islandia.


Perú

Possibly from Quechua pelu (“river”), or the name of a ruler. More at Peru.


Panamá

→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: Panamá

→ Central Nahuatl: Panama

→ Dutch: Panama

desctree

→ English: Panama, Panamá
→ Chinese: 巴拿馬／巴拿马 (Bānámǎ)
→ Rarotongan: Panama

→ Finnish: Panama

→ French: Panamá

→ German: Panama

→ Hungarian: Panama

→ Italian: Panama

→ New Latin: Panama

→ Polish: Panama

→ Portuguese: Panamá

→ Tagalog: Panama


Ucrania

→ Tagalog: Ukranya

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


Singapur

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


Suiza

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Líbano

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

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


Kosovo

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


Siam

(historical) Siam (The former name of Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia)


Corea

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


Comores

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

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

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Palaos

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

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


Irán

Borrowed from Persian ایران (irân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ērān, “(land) of the Iranians”).

der

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


Dinamarca

→ Tagalog: Dinamarka


Holanda

→ Tagalog: Olanda

Holland (a traditional region in the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)

Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Bélgica

→ Tagalog: Bélhika

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


Irlanda

→ Tagalog: Irlanda


Gran Bretaña

→ Tagalog: Gran Britanya


Jordania

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


Ciudad del Vaticano

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


Países Bajos

From país (“country”) + bajos (“low”), a calque of Dutch Nederland. Compare French Pays-Bas.

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)


Croacia

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


Eslovenia

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


Letonia

Latvia (a country in Eastern Europe; capital and largest city: Riga)


EAU

Initialism of Emiratos Árabes Unidos (“United Arab Emirates”).


Afganistán

Ultimately from Classical Persian افغانستان (afğānistān).

der

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


República Checa

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


República Dominicana

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Costa de Marfil

Spanish translation for French Côte d’Ivoire.

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


Níger

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)


Timor Oriental

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


Kazajistán

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)

The country is officially known as the República de Kazajistán in Spanish


República Democrática del Congo

[reˌpu.β̞li.ka ð̞e.moˌkɾa.t̪i.ka ð̞el ˈkõŋ.ɡo]

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

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


Rumanía

Alternative form of Rumania: Romania (a country in Southeast Europe)


Kirguizistán

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


Turkmenistán

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Omán

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


Arabia Saudita

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


Chequia

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe; official name: República Checa)


Bután

Probably from Tibetan བོད (bod), from Sanskrit भोटान्त (bhoṭānta, “Bhutan”).

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


Maldivas

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


Cabo Verde

[ˌka.β̞o ˈβ̞eɾ.ð̞e]

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Emiratos Árabes Unidos

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

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


EUA

Estados Unidos de América
Estados Unidos de América#Spanish

USA (a country in North America); initialism of Estados Unidos de América (“United States of America”)


Estados Unidos de América

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Antigua y Barbuda

[ãn̪ˌt̪i.ɣ̞wa i β̞aɾˈβ̞u.ð̞a]

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Marruecos

→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: Marruecos

→ Central Nahuatl: Marruecos

→ Guaraní: Marruéko

→ Tagalog: Marwekos

→ Western Huasteca Nahuatl: Marruecos

From Old Spanish Marruecos (“Marrakech”), from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš).


Fiyi

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


Argelia

Metathesized 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.

metathesis

Metathesized

bor

اَلْجَزَائِر


Benín

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Taiwán

Borrowed from English Taiwan. Compare Portuguese Taiwan, Dutch Taiwan, Tagalog Taywan.

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

Taiwan, Republic of China (a country in East Asia)


Yibuti

[ɟ͡ʝiˈβ̞u.t̪i]

[ɟ͡ʝiˈβ̞u.t̪i]


Turquía

→ Tagalog: Turkiya

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


ARYM

Acronym of Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia.

FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)


Azerbaiyán

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


Chipre

Borrowed from French Chypre, 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)


República Helénica

Hellenic Republic
Hellenic Republic#English

Hellenic Republic (official name of Greece)


Neerlandia

(rare) Netherlands (a country in Europe)


Arabia Saudí

Reino de Arabia Saudita
Reino de Arabia Saudita#Spanish

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Reino de Arabia Saudita)


Sudán

From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


República Centroafricana

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Sudáfrica

Compound of sud (“south”) + África (“Africa”).

com+

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Catar

Previously written Qatar, from Arabic قَطَر (qaṭar).

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


República Árabe de Egipto

Arab Republic of Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt


Bosnia y Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Alternative form of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Comoras

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

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

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Kirguistán

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


Santo Tomé y 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)


San Cristóbal y Nieves

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#English

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


Sierra Leona

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Trinidad y Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

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


Santa Lucía

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)


San Vicente y las Granadinas

[ˌsãm biˌθẽn̪.t̪e i laz ɣ̞ɾa.naˈð̞i.nas]

[ˌsãm biˌsẽn̪.t̪e i laz ɣ̞ɾa.naˈð̞i.nas]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

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


Mauricio

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

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Guinea Ecuatorial

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Islas Cook

Cook Islands
Cook Islands#English:_Q26988

Cook Islands (An archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand)


Islas Marshall

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

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


Islas Salomón

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)


Nueva Zelandia

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


Papúa Nueva Guinea

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Nueva Zelanda

Calque of English New Zealand, in turn a calque of Dutch Nieuw Zeeland (literally “New Zeeland”), named after Dutch Zeeland, a province of the Netherlands, from zee (“sea”) + land (“land”).


Suazilandia

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


Sudán del Sur

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


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)


República Francesa

French Republic (official name of France)


Paquistán

Alternative spelling of Pakistán: Pakistan (a country in South Asia)


Kazajstán

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


Belau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

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


Baréin

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


República de Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia

Republic of North Macedonia
Republic of North Macedonia

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


República de Nagorno-Karabaj

Republica de Nagorno-Karabaj (canonical masculine)

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic


Nagorno-Karabaj

Nagorno-Karabakh (region in South Caucasus)


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Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas f

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

es:Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas


Estados Unidos Mexicanos

United Mexican States
United Mexican States#English

Mexico, United Mexican States (a country in North America)


Irlanda del Norte

Irlanda (“Ireland”) + del (“of the”) + Norte (“North”).

Northern Ireland (one of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom)


Swazilandia

Alternative form of Suazilandia: (historical) Swaziland (The former name of Eswatini, a country in Southern Africa)


Guayana

the Guianas (region in South America consisting of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, the Guayana region of Venezuela, and Amapá, Brazil)

Nonstandard form of Guyana (“country in South America”).


República Argentina

Argentine Republic
Argentine Republic#English

Argentine Republic (the official name of Argentina, a country in South America)


República de Malta

Republic of Malta
Republic of Malta#English

Republic of Malta (official name of Malta)


República Portuguesa

Portuguese Republic
Portuguese Republic#English

Portuguese Republic (official name of Portugal)


República Italiana

Italian Republic
Italian Republic#English

Italian Republic (official name of Italy)


República de Chipre

Republic of Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus#English

Republic of Cyprus (official name of Cyprus)


la madre putria

(Latin America, euphemistic, derogatory, vulgar) the prostituted motherland. Used in a pejorative reference to Spain


República Federal de Alemania

LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-República Federal de Alemania.wav

Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Germany#English

Federal Republic of Germany (official name of Germany)


República del Congo

LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-República del Congo.wav

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

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Osetia del Sur

South Ossetia (a de-facto independent country internationally recognized as part of the country of Georgia)


República Árabe Saharaui Democrática

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic#English:_Q40362

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (A country in North Africa, a partially recognised state in Western Sahara)


Borinquen

(poetic, uncommon) Synonym of Puerto Rico.


Unión Sudafricana

From Unión (“union”) + sudafricana (“South African”).

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Union of South Africa
Union of South Africa


Guinea-Bisáu

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


República Popular de Hungría

Hungarian People’s Republic
Hungarian People’s Republic


República Popular de Polonia

Polish People’s Republic
Polish People’s Republic


República Popular de Bulgaria

People’s Republic of Bulgaria
People’s Republic of Bulgaria


República Socialista de Checoslovaquia

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República Socialista de Checoslovaquia f

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

(history) Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

es:República Socialista de Checoslovaquia


Macedonia del Norte

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

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


República Islámica de Irán

Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran


Samoa Occidental

Western Samoa (the former name of Samoa, a country in Oceania)


Ticolandia

(Costa Rica, colloquial) Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Reino de España

Kingdom of Spain
Kingdom of Spain#English

Kingdom of Spain (official name of Spain)


Jovenlandia

From joven (“young man”) + -landia (“-land”). Used ironically in social networks to denounce that the media headline a "young man" when the offender is an immigrant, hiding any type of information. It is also used to avoid censorshop in the social networks.

El término tan polémico de “jovenlandia” ha emergido en las redes y suele servir denunciar la ocultación sobre el país de origen del autor de los hechos delictivos del que rara vez se ofrecen detalles en el cuerpo del artículo.

2023 July 10, “"Jovenlandia": el país tabú del que algunos medios no quieren ni hablar bajo censura encubierta”, in h50:

2023 December 14, “#RAEconsultas En efecto, en páginas de Internet y redes circulan «Jovenlandia/jovenlandés» como topónimo/gentilicio irónicos, para aludir a jóvenes de origen extranjero que aparecen en noticias, generalmente como (presuntos) autores de delitos, y cuya nacionalidad se obvia.”, in RAE on Twitter:

(Internet slang, derogatory, euphemistic, Spain) Morocco, Magreb


Perukistán

(derogatory or self-deprecatory, Internet slang) Peru.


Pendejistán

From pendejo (“dumbass”) + -istán, due to the association of the word "pendejo" with Mexico where it is used as a vulgar slang word.


Narcolombia

Blend of narco (“drug trafficking”) + Colombia.


República Popular Democrática de Corea

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/reˌpublika popuˌlaɾ demoˌkɾatika de koˈɾea/

[reˌpu.β̞li.ka po.puˌlaɾ ð̞e.moˌkɾa.t̪i.ka ð̞e koˈɾe.a]

Democratic People's Republic of Korea#English:_Q423

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Official name of North Korea.)

es:República Popular Democrática de Corea


Lachinoamérica

Blend of Latinoamérica (“Latin America”) + chino (“Chinese”), the earliest documented use dates to December 5th, 2009 on the Argentine magazine Zoom, though as a search term on the internet, it dates back to June 2004.

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

(slang, often derogatory) Latin America, viewed as a region economically influenced by the People's Republic of China.


Esuatini

Eswatini (a country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland)


Suráfrica

Compound of sur (“south”) + África (“Africa”).

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(uncommon) Alternative form of Sudáfrica.


Pulgarcito de América

Literally, “Americas' Little Thumb”, named so because El Salvador is the smallest country in the mainland of the Americas. Coined by Salvadoran Julio Enrique Ávila Villafañe in his speech titled El Salvador, Pulgarcito de América broadcasted on the RDN radio, on September 15, 1937 (Independence Day in El Salvador). The term is sometimes mistakenly attributed to Gabriela Mistral.