FACTOID # 5: Libya’s full name is the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
 
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Identification Statistics > Country name > Note (most recent) by country

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Burma since 1989 the military authorities in Burma have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; this decision was not approved by any sitting legislature in Burma, and the US Government did not adopt the name, which is a derivative of the Burmese short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw
Cyprus the Turkish Cypriot community, which administers the northern part of the island, refers to itself as the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC)
Côte d'Ivoire pronounced coat-div-whar
Kiribati pronounced keer-ree-bahss
Korea, North the North Koreans generally use the term "Choson" to refer to their country
Korea, South the South Koreans generally use the term "Han'guk" to refer to their country
Macedonia, Republic of the provisional designation used by the UN, EU, and NATO is the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Niue pronounciation falls between nyu-way and new-way, but not like new-wee
Qatar closest approximation of the native pronunciation falls between cutter and gutter, but not like guitar
Tuvalu "Tuvalu" means "group of eight," referring to the country's eight traditionally inhabited islands



DEFINITION: This entry includes all forms of the country's name approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (Italy is used as an example): conventional long form (Italian Republic), conventional short form (Italy), local long form (Repubblica Italiana), local short form (Italia), former (Kingdom of Italy), as well as the abbreviation. Also see the Terminology note.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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