Bahrain

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


Djibouti

Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)


Nigeria

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


Swaziland

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


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Azerbaijan

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


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Ukraine

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


Zimbabwe

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


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Niger

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


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Uganda

From Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Réunion

administrative region
administrative region

Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


Mayotte

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)


Romania

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Somalia

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


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)


Sri Lanka

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


Barbados

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Eritrea

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


Jordan

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


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)


Hindi

Alternative form of Uhindi: India (a country in South Asia)


kata

(Kenya) An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.


Omani

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


Israeli

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


Hispania

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


Kongo

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic 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)


Siria

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


Irak

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


Afrika

Ultimately from Latin Africa, either by way of German Afrika or English Africa.


Amerika

America (the continents of North America and South America)

United States of America
United States of America#English

(nonstandard) United States of America (a country in North America)


Rum

From Ottoman Turkish روم (Rum, “Rome; Byzantine Empire; central Anatolia”), from Seljuk Old Anatolian Turkish and Arabic رُوم (Rūm, “Rome; Byzantine Empire”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 (Hrom), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía, “Byzantine Empire”), from Latin Romani (“Romans”), from Roma (“Rome”).

der

(archaic) Synonym of Uturuki: Turkey (a country in Europe and Asia)

(archaic, historical) Ottoman Empire (a former polity in Europe, Asia and Africa)


Kroatia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


bara

bara (canonical)
bara (plural)
mabara (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic بَرّ (barr, “mainland”).


rupia

The rupee, an Indian unit of currency formerly used in East Africa.


bonde

valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)


Malesia

(uncommon) Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)


Bahama

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Dar es Salaam

Borrowed from Arabic دَار اَلسَّلَام (dār as-salām, “house of peace”).

دَار اَلسَّلَام

sw:Dar es Salaam
sw:Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam (the largest city in Tanzania).


Tanganyika

(historical) Tanganyika (colonial possession and later country)


Komori

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)


Maldivi

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


Kongo-Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

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

Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa


Mozambik

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Kongo-Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

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


Bahari ya Shamu

Red Sea (sea located between Africa and Arabia)


Dominika

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


mlima

mount (descriptor preceding mountain names)


Cabo Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Marekani

United States of America (a country in North America)


Bama

Askari wamewabamba wale maharamia waliowaua raia hapa Bama.

2015, Ahmed E. Ndalu, “Kamusi Teule ya Kiswahili”, in BBC Swahili, page 38:

The soldiers have captured the pirates who killed civilians in Burma.


kijiji

From kiji- (“diminutive”) + mji (“town”).

village (a rural habitation below the size of a town)


taifa

From Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “sect, division”).

der

nation (group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity)


Afrika Kusini

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Misri

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Nijeria

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


mkoa

province, region (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level)


jimbo

⇒ English: majimboism


glopu

a globe (spherical object depicting Earth)


kitongoji duni

sw-noun

kitongoji duni (ki-vi class, plural vitongoji duni)


mochari

mortuary (place where dead bodies are stored)


Grinlandi

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


Nyuzilandi

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


Ujerumani

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


Ubelgiji

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


Solomoni

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

(uncommon) 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)

Solomoni (Visiwa vya)

2014, Inyani Simala, Miaka Hamsini ya Kiswahili Nchini Kenya, Twaweza Communications, →ISBN, page 234:


Gaboni

Alternative form of Gabon: Gabon (a country in Central Africa)


Maldova

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


Nikaragwa

(uncommon) Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Aljeria

Alternative form of Algeria: Algeria (a country in North Africa)


Sirilanka

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


Uhabeshi

From u- + Arabic حَبَش (ḥabaš, “Abyssinian”).


Nijeri

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


Guinea ya Ikweta

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Bukini

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


Uswazi

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


Msumbiji

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Morisi

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

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Chadi

Mamlaka nchini Chadi wamechukua maamuzi magumu ya kufunga shule zote na vyuo nchini humo baada ya kutokea mgomo mkubwa wa waendesha pikipiki wanaogomea sheria mpya zinazowataka kuvaa kofia ngumu pindi wawapo kwenye shughuli zao.

2015 March 10, “Mgomo wa pikipiki waitikisa Chad”, in BBC Swahili:


Shelisheli

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


Yordani

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


Korasia

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


Kodivaa

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


Jibuti

Alternative spelling of Djibouti: Djibouti (a country in East Africa)


Urusi

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


Wagadugu

Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)


Brazili

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


kontinenti

kontinenti (ma class, plural makontinenti)


Ureno

From U- + Portuguese reino (“the kingdom [of Portugal]”).


Uholanzi

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)


Uturuki

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


Habeshi

Alternative form of Uhabeshi: Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)


Uswisi

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Arusha

Arusha (the capital city of the Arusha Region, in northeastern Tanzania)


Madagaska

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


Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo

Sw-ke-Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo.flac

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

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


Uajemi

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


Ufilipino

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Shamu

From Arabic الشام (aš-šām, “the north”).

(proscribed) Syria (a country in the Middle East) (modern country)


Uhindi

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْهِنْد (al-hind).


Ulaya

→ Chichewa: Ulaya

Ultimately from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya); the directly borrowed doublet is wilaya.


Makka

Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)


Sao Tome na Principe

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)


Ajentina

Alternative form of Argentina: Argentina (a country in South America)


Hidekeli

Borrowed from Hebrew חידקל / חִדֶּקֶל (ḥiddéqel), used in Bible translations.

he-m

חידקל / חִדֶּקֶל (ḥiddéqel)


Frati

Probably from Hebrew פְּרָת, influenced by English Euphrates or Arabic الْفُرَات (al-furāt).

der

Hebrew פְּרָת


Jamhuri ya Kongo

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

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Sudani

Alternative form of Sudan: Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Sahara Magharibi

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)


kituo cha basi

sw-noun

kituo cha basi (ki-vi class, plural vituo vya basi)


Afuganistani

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


Eswatini

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


maji makuu

high seas (parts of ocean far from shore)


kitongoji

kitongoji (ki-vi class, plural vitongoji)


Sudan Kusini

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


Ginebisau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)

Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau


Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Visiwa vya Ngazija

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)


Naijeria

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


Ginekweta

Kwa namna hiyo, Ginekweta inakuwa nchi tofauti na Ginebisau na pia Gine.

2014, Inyani Simala, Miaka Hamsini ya Kiswahili Nchini Kenya, →ISBN, page 229:

In this way, Equatorial Guinea is a different country from both Guinea-Bissau and Guinea.

Sauti /q/ haipo katika uchunguzi wa fonimu za lugha ya Kiswahili. Kwa hivyo mara nyingi sauti hii hutoholewa kwa kuhamishwa katika Kiswahili kama sauti /k/ na hatimaye kuchangia katika tafsiri ya majina ya nchi kama vile Iraq (Iraki), Qatar (Katari), Equatorial Guinea (Ginekweta) na Mozambique (Mozambiki).

2012, Benard Odoyo Okal, NAFASI YA TAFSIRI KATIKA TAALUMA YA ONOMASTIKI: UHAKIKI WA MBINU ZAKE KATIKA TAFSIRI YA TOPONOMASTIKI (Kiswahili Journal; 75), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Journal of the Institute of Kiswahili Research, pages 27–42:

The sound /q/ is absent from research on the phonemes of Swahili. Therefore, this sound is frequently adapted by modification in Swahili as the sound /k/ and finally ends up in the translations of the names of countries like Iraki (Iraq), Katari (Qatar), Ginekweta (Equatorial Guinea), and Mozambiki (Mozambique).

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


upwa

the coast (edge of land meeting ocean, sea, gulf, bay)


bustani ya wanyama

bustani ya wanyama (n class, plural bustani za wanyama)


Umoja wa Kisovyeti

(historical) Soviet Union (a country in Europe and Asia)


bonde la ufa

bonde la ufa (ma class, plural mabonde ya ufa)


Ukanda wa Gaza

Gaza Strip (A region in Palestine between Egypt and Israel)


Bethlehemu

Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


kituo cha mafuta

kituo cha mafuta (ki-vi class, plural vituo vya mafuta)


safu ya milima

safu ya milima (n class, plural safu za milima)


chumba cha maiti

chumba cha maiti (ki-vi class, plural vyumba vya maiti)


Jamhuri ya Kenya

Republic of Kenya
Republic of Kenya#English:_Q114

Republic of Kenya (The official name of Kenya.)


kata ndogo

From kata (“location”) + ndogo (“small”).

(Kenya) sublocation (administrative region making up part of a location)


nchi ya nje

nchi ya nje (n class, plural nchi za nje)


Pembe ya Afrika

Horn of Africa (a peninsula in East Africa)


Rasi ya Uarabuni

Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula#English

Arabian Peninsula (a peninsula in the Middle East)


Uyunani

af

ar:الْيُونَان

(dated) Greece (a country in Southern Europe)


mji mkuu

sw-noun

mji mkuu (m-mi class, plural miji mikuu)


Jamhuri ya Watu wa China

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China#English

People's Republic of China (a country in Asia)


Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania

Sw-ke-Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania.flac

United Republic of Tanzania#English:_Q924

United Republic of Tanzania (The official name of Tanzania, a country in East Africa)


Ayalandi Kaskazini

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

Northern Ireland (a country in the United Kingdom)


Benki ya Maendeleo ya Kenya

Development Bank of Kenya
Development Bank of Kenya


gatuzi ndogo

gatuzi ndogo (ma class, plural magatuzi madogo)


Yerusalemu

Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)


Visiwa vya Kanari

autonomous community
autonomous community

Canary Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain)


Ushelisheli

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


tuta la mchanga

tuta la mchanga (ma class, plural matuta ya mchanga)


Azabajani

Alternative form of Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Falme za Kiarabu

Umoja wa Falme za Kiarabu
Umoja wa Falme za Kiarabu#Swahili

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

Short for Umoja wa Falme za Kiarabu: United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Umoja wa Falme za Kiarabu

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


Lebanoni

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