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.
| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Afghanistan |
Afghanistan |
| Akrotiri |
Akrotiri |
| Albania |
Albania |
| Algeria |
Algeria |
| American Samoa |
American Samoa |
| Andorra |
Andorra |
| Angola |
Angola |
| Anguilla |
Anguilla |
| Antarctica |
Antarctica |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Antigua and Barbuda |
| Arctic Ocean |
Arctic Ocean |
| Argentina |
Argentina |
| Armenia |
Armenia |
| Aruba |
Aruba |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
| Atlantic Ocean |
Atlantic Ocean |
| Australia |
Australia |
| Austria |
Austria |
| Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijan |
| Bahamas, The |
Bahamas, The |
| Bahrain |
Bahrain |
| Baker Island |
Baker Island |
| Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
| Barbados |
Barbados |
| Bassas da India |
Bassas da India |
| Belarus |
Belarus |
| Belgium |
Belgium |
| Belize |
Belize |
| Benin |
Benin |
| Bermuda |
Bermuda |
| Bhutan |
Bhutan |
| Bolivia |
Bolivia |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Botswana |
Botswana |
| Bouvet Island |
Bouvet Island |
| Brazil |
Brazil |
| British Indian Ocean Territory |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
| British Virgin Islands |
British Virgin Islands |
| Brunei |
Brunei |
| Bulgaria |
Bulgaria |
| Burkina Faso |
Burkina Faso |
| Burma |
Burma |
| Burundi |
Burundi |
| Cambodia |
Cambodia |
| Cameroon |
Cameroon |
| Canada |
Canada |
| Cape Verde |
Cape Verde |
| Cayman Islands |
Cayman Islands |
| Central African Republic |
Central African Republic |
| Chad |
Chad |
| Chile |
Chile |
| China |
China |
| Christmas Island |
Christmas Island |
| Clipperton Island |
Clipperton Island |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Colombia |
Colombia |
| Comoros |
Comoros |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
| Congo, Republic of the |
Congo, Republic of the |
| Cook Islands |
Cook Islands |
| Coral Sea Islands |
Coral Sea Islands |
| Costa Rica |
Costa Rica |
| Croatia |
Croatia |
| Cuba |
Cuba |
| Cyprus |
Cyprus |
| Czech Republic |
Czech Republic |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Côte d'Ivoire |
| Denmark |
Denmark |
| Dhekelia |
Dhekelia |
| Djibouti |
Djibouti |
| Dominica |
Dominica |
| Dominican Republic |
Dominican Republic |
| East Timor |
East Timor |
| Ecuador |
Ecuador |
| Egypt |
Egypt |
| El Salvador |
El Salvador |
| England |
England |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Equatorial Guinea |
| Eritrea |
Eritrea |
| Estonia |
Estonia |
| Ethiopia |
Ethiopia |
| Europa Island |
Europa Island |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
| Faroe Islands |
Faroe Islands |
| Fiji |
Fiji |
| Finland |
Finland |
| France |
France |
| French Guiana |
French Guiana |
| French Polynesia |
French Polynesia |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
| Gabon |
Gabon |
| Gambia, The |
Gambia, The |
| Gaza Strip |
Gaza Strip |
| Georgia |
Georgia |
| Germany |
Germany |
| Ghana |
Ghana |
| Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
| Glorioso Islands |
Glorioso Islands |
| Greece |
Greece |
| Greenland |
Greenland |
| Grenada |
Grenada |
| Guadeloupe |
Guadeloupe |
| Guam |
Guam |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala |
| Guernsey |
Guernsey |
| Guinea |
Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Guinea-Bissau |
| Guyana |
Guyana |
| Haiti |
Haiti |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
Holy See (Vatican City) |
| Honduras |
Honduras |
| Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
| Howland Island |
Howland Island |
| Hungary |
Hungary |
| Iceland |
Iceland |
| India |
India |
| Indian Ocean |
Indian Ocean |
| Indonesia |
Indonesia |
| Iran |
Iran |
| Iraq |
Iraq |
| Ireland |
Ireland |
| Israel |
Israel |
| Italy |
Italy |
| Jamaica |
Jamaica |
| Jan Mayen |
Jan Mayen |
| Japan |
Japan |
| Jarvis Island |
Jarvis Island |
| Jersey |
Jersey |
| Johnston Atoll |
Johnston Atoll |
| Jordan |
Jordan |
| Juan de Nova Island |
Juan de Nova Island |
| Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan |
| Kenya |
Kenya |
| Kingman Reef |
Kingman Reef |
| Kiribati |
Kiribati |
| Korea, North |
Korea, North |
| Korea, South |
Korea, South |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan |
| Laos |
Laos |
| Latvia |
Latvia |
| Lebanon |
Lebanon |
| Lesotho |
Lesotho |
| Liberia |
Liberia |
| Libya |
Libya |
| Liechtenstein |
Liechtenstein |
| Lithuania |
Lithuania |
| Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
| Macau |
Macau |
| Macedonia, Republic of |
Macedonia, Republic of |
| Madagascar |
Madagascar |
| Malawi |
Malawi |
| Malaysia |
Malaysia |
| Maldives |
Maldives |
| Mali |
Mali |
| Malta |
Malta |
| Man, Isle of |
Man, Isle of |
| Marshall Islands |
Marshall Islands |
| Martinique |
Martinique |
| Mauritania |
Mauritania |
| Mauritius |
Mauritius |
| Mayotte |
Mayotte |
| Mexico |
Mexico |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
| Midway Islands |
Midway Islands |
| Moldova |
Moldova |
| Monaco |
Monaco |
| Mongolia |
Mongolia |
| Montenegro |
Montenegro |
| Montserrat |
Montserrat |
| Morocco |
Morocco |
| Mozambique |
Mozambique |
| Namibia |
Namibia |
| Nauru |
Nauru |
| Navassa Island |
Navassa Island |
| Nepal |
Nepal |
| Netherlands |
Netherlands |
| Netherlands Antilles |
Netherlands Antilles |
| New Caledonia |
New Caledonia |
| New Zealand |
New Zealand |
| Nicaragua |
Nicaragua |
| Niger |
Niger |
| Nigeria |
Nigeria |
| Niue |
Niue |
| Norfolk Island |
Norfolk Island |
| Northern Ireland |
Northern Ireland |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
Northern Mariana Islands |
| Norway |
Norway |
| Oman |
Oman |
| Pacific Ocean |
Pacific Ocean |
| Pakistan |
Pakistan |
| Palau |
Palau |
| Palmyra Atoll |
Palmyra Atoll |
| Panama |
Panama |
| Papua New Guinea |
Papua New Guinea |
| Paracel Islands |
Paracel Islands |
| Paraguay |
Paraguay |
| Peru |
Peru |
| Philippines |
Philippines |
| Pitcairn Islands |
Pitcairn Islands |
| Poland |
Poland |
| Portugal |
Portugal |
| Puerto Rico |
Puerto Rico |
| Qatar |
Qatar |
| Romania |
Romania |
| Russia |
Russia |
| Rwanda |
Rwanda |
| Réunion |
Réunion |
| Saint Helena |
Saint Helena |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Saint Lucia |
Saint Lucia |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Samoa |
Samoa |
| San Marino |
San Marino |
| Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia |
| Scotland |
Scotland |
| Senegal |
Senegal |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Serbia and Montenegro |
| Seychelles |
Seychelles |
| Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone |
| Singapore |
Singapore |
| Slovakia |
Slovakia |
| Slovenia |
Slovenia |
| Solomon Islands |
Solomon Islands |
| Somalia |
Somalia |
| South Africa |
South Africa |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| Southern Ocean |
Southern Ocean |
| Spain |
Spain |
| Spratly Islands |
Spratly Islands |
| Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka |
| Sudan |
Sudan |
| Suriname |
Suriname |
| Svalbard |
Svalbard |
| Swaziland |
Swaziland |
| Sweden |
Sweden |
| Switzerland |
Switzerland |
| Syria |
Syria |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Taiwan |
Taiwan |
| Tajikistan |
Tajikistan |
| Tanzania |
Tanzania |
| Thailand |
Thailand |
| Togo |
Togo |
| Tokelau |
Tokelau |
| Tonga |
Tonga |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| Tromelin Island |
Tromelin Island |
| Tunisia |
Tunisia |
| Turkey |
Turkey |
| Turkmenistan |
Turkmenistan |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Tuvalu |
Tuvalu |
| Uganda |
Uganda |
| Ukraine |
Ukraine |
| United Arab Emirates |
United Arab Emirates |
| United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
| United States |
United States |
| Uruguay |
Uruguay |
| Uzbekistan |
Uzbekistan |
| Vanuatu |
Vanuatu |
| Venezuela |
Venezuela |
| Vietnam |
Vietnam |
| Virgin Islands |
Virgin Islands |
| Wake Island |
Wake Island |
| Wales |
Wales |
| Wallis and Futuna |
Wallis and Futuna |
| West Bank |
West Bank |
| Western Sahara |
Western Sahara |
| Yemen |
Yemen |
| Zambia |
Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe |
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.
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