Japan

From Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).


Israel

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


Andorra

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


Afghanistan

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


Angola

From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from Kimbundu ngola, title held by native kings at the time of the Portuguese colonization in the 15th century AD.


Argentina

From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river").


Bangladesh

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), from বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengali”) + দেশ (deś, “country”).


Bahrain

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


Bolivia

From Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan statesman; Bolívar's own name derives from the village of Bolibar in Spanish Biscay. Its name comes from the Basque bolu (“windmill”) and ibar (“valley”).

Simón Bolívar
Ziortza-Bolibar
sv:Bolivia


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Bhutan

Probably ultimately from Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”), traditionally considered to be derived via Sanskrit भोट-अन्त (bhoṭa-anta, “end of Tibet”).

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


Botswana

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.


Belize

Borrowed from Spanish Belice (atttested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, probably from Mayan/Mopan Maya beliz (“muddy water”).


Djibouti

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


Guatemala

/ɡʉːatɛ²mɑːla/

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Iran

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


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Kiribati

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


Kuwait

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


Liechtenstein

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Liechtenstein n (genitive Liechtensteins)

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Mauritius

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

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Niger

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


Nigeria

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


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Nepal

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


Nauru

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


Oman

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


Portugal

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


Qatar

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


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Singapore

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


San Marino

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

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Swaziland

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


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Uganda

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


Zimbabwe

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


Barbados

From Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”), from barba (“beard”), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island.

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Benin

From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Brunei

Probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa), which referred to the island of Borneo (a likely cognate to Brunei).


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Somalia

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


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Sri Lanka

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


Palau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

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


Niue

Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Dominica

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Eritrea

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


Fiji

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

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


Guinea-Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau n (genitive Guinea-Bissaus)

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Burma

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).


Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean; capital: Castries)


Samoa

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


Grenada

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Taiwan

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

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


England

→ Finnish: Englanti

From Old Swedish England, Engeland, Engelandh.


Holland

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)


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)


Ryssland

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


Indonesien

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Norge

Norway (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Oslo)


Sverige

From svea (“of the Swedes”) + rike (“realm”). From Old Swedish Sverghe, Sverighe, Sverike, Sværike. Doublet of Svea rike.

Sverige är ett land som ligger på Skandinaviska halvön i Nordeuropa

Sweden is a country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe

Sverige gränsar till Norge i väster, Finland i öster och Danmark i söder

Sweden borders Norway to the west, Finland to the east, and Denmark to the south

Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)


Albanien

From Middle French Albanien, from Old French Albanie (“Albania”), from Medieval Latin Albania, from Vulgar Latin Albanus (“Albanian”), from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί (Albanoí, “a southern Illyrian tribe”).

der

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Armenien

From Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (early 5th century BC), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /Armina/) (late 6th century BC); see it for more. The Old Persian name is an exonym: see հայ (hay) for the native name.

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


Australien

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)


Belgien

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


Irak

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


Tyskland

Compound of tysk (“German”) + land (“land”), where tysk share the same origin as English Teuton.
Compare Danish, Norwegian Tyskland, German Deutschland and Dutch Duitsland.

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


Spanien

Många svenskar åker på semester till Spanien

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


Algeriet

From French Algérie, from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”).

der

اَلْجَزَائِر


Österrike

Calque of German Österreich, equivalent to öster (“east”) + rike (“realm, kingdom, country”).


Vitryssland

From vit (“white”) + Ryssland (“Russia”), a calque of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ). Cognate with Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, German Weißrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, English White Russia, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.


Brasilien

From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”).

Brasília är huvudstaden i Brasilien.
Brasília is the capital of Brazil.

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


Bulgarien

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Centralafrikanska republiken

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Centralafrikanska republiken n (genitive Centralafrikanska republikens)

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Kroatien

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


Frankrike

From Middle Low German Frankrīke, from Old Saxon *Frankrīki. The name is a compound of Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“a Frank”) and *rīkī (“kingdom”).
Equivalent to franker (“the Franks”) + rike (“realm”). Compare Danish Frankrig, Dutch Frankrijk, German Frankreich.


Slovenien

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


Montenegro

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


Amerika

United States of America
United States of America#English

(sometimes proscribed) United States of America (a country in North America)


Island

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)


Kuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Irland

→ Finnish: Irlanti


Ukraina

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


Jemen

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


Trinidad och Tobago

Trinidad och Tobago n (genitive Trinidad och Tobagos)

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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

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


Marshallöarna

Marshallöarna n (genitive Marshallöarnas)

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

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


Dominikanska republiken

Dominikanska republiken n (genitive Dominikanska republikens)

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Julön

jul (“Christmas”) + ö (“island”) + -n (“the”)


Wallis och Futuna

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Wallis och Futuna n (genitive Wallis och Futunas)


Danmark

From Old Norse Danmǫrk, from Old East Norse ᛏᛅᚾᛘᛅᚢᚱᚴ (tanmaurk) ("Mark of the Danes", "land of the Danes").

Vi åkte över Öresundsbron till Danmark
We crossed the Øresund Bridge to Denmark

Köpenhamn är Danmarks huvudstad


Cypern

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Amerikas förenta stater

Amerikas förenta stater n (genitive Amerikas förenta staters)

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


Förenade Arabemiraten

Förenade Arabemiraten n (genitive Förenade Arabemiratens)

Förenade arabemiraten
Förenade arabemiraten#Swedish

Misspelling of Förenade arabemiraten (“United Arab Emirates”).


Maldiverna

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


Egypten

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Norden

Nordic countries
Nordic countries#English

Nordic countries (a group of countries in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland along with their dependencies (sometimes excluding Greenland))


Comorerna

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Rare spelling of Komorerna.: 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)


Georgien

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)


Jordanien

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


Östtimor

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


Antigua och Barbuda

Antigua och Barbuda n (genitive Antigua och Barbudas)

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Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Azerbajdzjan

Borrowed from Russian, as evidenced by the spelling of the word reflecting the transliteration of Russian Азербайджан (Azerbajdžan); the Russian ж (ž) is transliterated as ⟨zj⟩ in Swedish. From Persian آذربایجان (Âzarbâyjân), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ). See English Azerbaijan for more.

transliteration

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

(original sense) Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan)


Madagaskar

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


Luxemburg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Vatikanstaten

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Vatikanstaten c (genitive Vatikanstatens)

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


Libanon

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


Bosnien och Hercegovina

Bosnien och Hercegovina n (genitive Bosnien och Hercegovinas)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

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


Bosnien-Hercegovina

Bosnien-Hercegovina n (genitive Bosnien-Hercegovinas)


Cooköarna

Cook Islands
Cook Islands#English:_Q26988

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


Elfenbenskusten

Elfenbenskusten n (genitive Elfenbenskustens)

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


Ekvatorialguinea

Ekvatorialguinea n (genitive Ekvatorialguineas)

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Filippinerna

(the) Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Kap Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Kirgizistan

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


Preussen

preussisk

also preusk, prusk, prysk, pryske, pryssisk


Mikronesien

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

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


Moçambique

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Nederländska Antillerna

Nederländska Antillerna n (genitive Nederländska Antillernas)

Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles


Kosovo

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


Nordirland

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

Northern Ireland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom; capital: Belfast)


Nya Zeeland

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


Papua Nya Guinea

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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Schweiz

Folk blandar ofta ihop Sverige med Schweiz

People often mix up Sweden and Switzerland

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Rumänien

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Tunisien

– Vilket land har sämst skridskoåkning? – Jag vet inte, berätta. – Tunisien!
– Which country is the worst for ice skating? – I don't know, tell me. – Tunisia!

"tunn is igen" = "thin ice again," pronounced the same


Syrien

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


Kazakstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Kongo-Kinshasa

Kongo-Kinshasa n (genitive Kongo-Kinshasas)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

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


Kongo-Brazzaville

Kongo-Brazzaville n (genitive Kongo-Brazzavilles)

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

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


Republiken Kongo

Republiken Kongo n (genitive Republiken Kongos)

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

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Tjeckien

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


Saint Christopher och Nevis

Saint Christopher och Nevis n (genitive Saint Christopher och Nevis)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#English

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


Bosnien

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

(informal) Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country in Southeast Europe)


Serbien

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


Storbritannien

Storbritannien n (genitive Storbritanniens)


Sydafrika

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Nederländerna

Nederländerna n (genitive Nederländernas)

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)


Skottland

Scotland (country in northwest Europe to the north of England)


Sovjetunionen

Sovjetunionen c (genitive Sovjetunionens)

Sovjet (“Soviet”) + union (“union”) + -en (definite)


Turkiet

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


Tjeckoslovakien

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Tjeckoslovakien n (genitive Tjeckoslovakiens)


Saudiarabien

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


Östtyskland

East Germany (former European country); the German Democratic Republic; (abbreviated DDR)


Salomonöarna

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)


Seychellerna

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


São Tomé och Príncipe

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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)


Saint Vincent och Grenadinerna

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The Caribbean island Saint Vincent was named by Columbus, since it was discovered on January 22, 1498, the day of Saint Vincent of Saragossa.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

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


Mikronesiens federerade stater

Mikronesiens federerade stater n (genitive Mikronesiens federerade staters)

Mikronesiens federerade staters (genitive)

Federated States of Micronesia#English:_Q702

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


Förenta staterna

Förenta staterna n (genitive Förenta staternas)

United States (a country in North America)


Grusien

Men sedan Ryssland 1801 tagit Grusien i besittning, måste det söka förvärfva äfven Dagestan, som skilde Grusien från Ryssland samt försvårade och hotade förbindelsen mellan båda länderna.

But since Russia in 1801 had occupied Georgia, it must seek to acquire also Dagestan, which separated Georgia from Russia and obstructed and risked the connection between the two countries.

(obsolete) 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)


Eswatini

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


Komorerna

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)


Nordmakedonien

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

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


Förenade arabemiraten

Förenade arabemiraten n (genitive Förenade arabemiratens)

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

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


Sydsudan

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


Abchazien

Ultimately from Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija) and Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti).

Abkhazia (a region and unrecognised country in Georgia, Caucasus)


Förenade kungariket

Förenade kungariket n (genitive Förenade kungarikets)

Calque of English United Kingdom, equivalent to förenad + kungarike.