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)


Swaziland

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


Azerbaijan

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


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Nigeria

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


Romania

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Niger

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


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


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)


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.


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)


Somalia

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


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Barbados

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Uganda

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


Benin

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Eritrea

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


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)


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)


Jordan

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


Hindi

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


kata

kata class IX (canonical)
kata class X (plural)

(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)


peninsula

sw-noun

peninsula class IX (plural peninsula class X)

peninsula class IX (canonical)
peninsula class X (plural)


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)


bara

sw-noun

bara class V or IX (plural mabara class VI or bara class X)

bara class V (canonical)
IX (canonical)
mabara class VI (plural)
bara class X (plural)

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


Kroatia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


rupia

rupia class IX (canonical)
rupia class X (plural)

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


bonde

bonde class V (canonical)
mabonde class VI (plural)

valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)


kaya

kaya class IX (canonical)
kaya class X (plural)


Malesia

(uncommon) Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)


rasi

rasi class IX (canonical)
rasi class X (plural)


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)


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


Maldivi

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


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

sw-noun

mlima class III (plural milima class IV)

mlima class III (canonical)
milima class IV (plural)

mount (descriptor preceding mountain names)


Cabo Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


kaunti

kaunti class IX (canonical)
kaunti class X (plural)


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.


tridenti

tridenti class IX (plural tridenti class X)

tridenti class IX (canonical)
tridenti class X (plural)


kijiji

kijiji class VII (plural vijiji class VIII)

kijiji class VII (canonical)
vijiji class VIII (plural)

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

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


taifa

taifa class V (canonical)
mataifa class VI (plural)

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)


jiji

jiji class V (canonical)
majiji class VI (plural)


Nijeria

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


mkoa

mkoa class III (canonical)
mikoa class IV (plural)

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


jimbo

jimbo class V (canonical)
majimbo class VI (plural)

⇒ English: majimboism


glopu

glopu class IX (canonical)
glopu class X (plural)

a globe (spherical object depicting Earth)


kilele

sw-noun

kilele class VII (plural vilele class VIII)

kilele class VII (canonical)
vilele class VIII (plural)


wilaya

wilaya class IX (canonical)
wilaya class X (plural)


kitongoji duni

kitongoji duni class VII (plural vitongoji duni class VIII)

kitongoji duni class VII (canonical)
vitongoji duni class VIII (plural)


mochari

mochari class IX (plural mochari class X)

mochari class IX (canonical)
mochari class X (plural)

mortuary (place where dead bodies are stored)


Nyuzilandi

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


Ubelgiji

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


Grinlandi

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


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)


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:


Aljeria

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


Maldova

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


Gaboni

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


Nikaragwa

(uncommon) Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Sirilanka

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


Bukini

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


Msumbiji

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Uhabeshi

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


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:


Morisi

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

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Nijeri

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


Uswazi

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


Yordani

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


Shelisheli

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


Korasia

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


Kodivaa

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


Guinea ya Ikweta

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Jibuti

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


dola

dola class V (canonical)
madola class VI (plural)


pango

pango class V (canonical)
mapango class VI (plural)


Urusi

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


mji

mji class III (canonical)
miji class IV (plural)


Wagadugu

Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)


Brazili

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


nchi

nchi class IX (canonical)
nchi class X (plural)


kontinenti

kontinenti class V (plural makontinenti class VI)

kontinenti class V (canonical)
makontinenti class VI (plural)


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)


Madagaska

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


Arusha

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


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)


dayosisi

sw-noun

dayosisi class IX (plural dayosisi class X)

dayosisi class IX (canonical)
dayosisi class X (plural)


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 class VII (plural vituo vya basi class VIII)

kituo cha basi class VII (canonical)
vituo vya basi class VIII (plural)


Afuganistani

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


Eswatini

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


kreta

kreta class IX (canonical)
kreta class X (plural)


mochwari

mochwari class IX (plural mochwari class X)

mochwari class IX (canonical)
mochwari class X (plural)


maji makuu

high seas (parts of ocean far from shore)


kitongoji

kitongoji class VII (plural vitongoji class VIII)

kitongoji class VII (canonical)
vitongoji class VIII (plural)


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)


Sudan Kusini

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


Naijeria

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


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)


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

upwa class XI (canonical)
pwaa class X (plural)

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


tambarare

tambarare class IX (plural tambarare class X)

tambarare class IX (canonical)
tambarare class X (plural)


bustani ya wanyama

bustani ya wanyama class IX (plural bustani za wanyama class X)

bustani ya wanyama class IX (canonical)
bustani za wanyama class X (plural)


Umoja wa Kisovyeti

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


bonde la ufa

bonde la ufa class V (plural mabonde ya ufa class VI)

bonde la ufa class V (canonical)
mabonde ya ufa class VI (plural)


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 class VII (plural vituo vya mafuta class VIII)

kituo cha mafuta class VII (canonical)
vituo vya mafuta class VIII (plural)


safu ya milima

safu ya milima class IX (plural safu za milima class X)

safu ya milima class IX (canonical)
safu za milima class X (plural)


chumba cha maiti

chumba cha maiti class VII (plural vyumba vya maiti class VIII)

chumba cha maiti class VII (canonical)
vyumba vya maiti class VIII (plural)


Jamhuri ya Kenya

Republic of Kenya
Republic of Kenya#English:_Q114

Republic of Kenya (The official name of Kenya.)


kata ndogo

kata ndogo class IX (plural kata ndogo class X)

kata ndogo class IX (canonical)
kata ndogo class X (plural)

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

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


nchi ya nje

nchi ya nje class IX (plural nchi za nje class X)

nchi ya nje class IX (canonical)
nchi za nje class X (plural)


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 class III (plural miji mikuu class IV)

mji mkuu class III (canonical)
miji mikuu class IV (plural)


nyanda

nyanda class IX (canonical)
nyanda class X (plural)


uwanda

uwanda class XI (canonical)
nyanda class X (plural)


gatuzi

gatuzi class V (plural magatuzi class VI)

gatuzi class V (canonical)
magatuzi class VI (plural)


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)


hodhi

hodhi class IX (canonical)
hodhi class X (plural)


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 class V (plural magatuzi madogo class VI)

gatuzi ndogo class V (canonical)
magatuzi madogo class VI (plural)


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 class V (plural matuta ya mchanga class VI)

tuta la mchanga class V (canonical)
matuta ya mchanga class VI (plural)


kasoko

kasoko class IX (canonical)
kasoko class X (plural)


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)