|
Country |
Country name |
| Afghanistan
| conventional long form: Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
conventional short form: Afghanistan
local long form:
Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan
local short form: Afghanestan
former: Republic of Afghanistan |
| Albania
| conventional long form: Republic of Albania
conventional
short form: Albania
local long form: Republika e Shqiperise
local short form: Shqiperia
former: People's Socialist Republic
of Albania |
| Algeria
| conventional long form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
conventional short form: Algeria
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah
al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah
local short form: Al
Jaza'ir |
| American
Samoa | conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa
conventional short form: American Samoa
abbreviation:
AS |
| Andorra
| conventional long form: Principality of Andorra
conventional
short form: Andorra
local long form: Principat d'Andorra
local short form: Andorra |
| Angola
| conventional long form: Republic of Angola
conventional
short form: Angola
local long form: Republica de Angola
local
short form: Angola
former: People's Republic of Angola |
| Anguilla
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Anguilla |
| Antarctica
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Antarctica |
| Antigua
and Barbuda | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Antigua and Barbuda |
| Argentina
| conventional long form: Argentine Republic
conventional
short form: Argentina
local long form: Republica Argentina
local short form: Argentina |
| Armenia
| conventional long form: Republic of Armenia
conventional
short form: Armenia
local long form: Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
local short form: Hayastan
former: Armenian Soviet Socialist
Republic; Armenian Republic |
| Aruba
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Aruba |
| Ashmore
and Cartier Islands | conventional long form: Territory of
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
conventional short form: Ashmore and Cartier
Islands |
| Australia
| conventional long form: Commonwealth of Australia
conventional
short form: Australia |
| Austria
| conventional long form: Republic of Austria
conventional
short form: Austria
local long form: Republik Oesterreich
local short form: Oesterreich |
| Azerbaijan
| conventional long form: Republic of Azerbaijan
conventional
short form: Azerbaijan
local long form: Azarbaycan Respublikasi
local short form: none
former: Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist
Republic |
| Bahamas,
The | conventional long form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
conventional short form: The Bahamas |
| Bahrain
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Bahrain
conventional
short form: Bahrain
local long form: Mamlakat al Bahrayn
local short form: Al Bahrayn
former: Dilmun |
| Baker
Island | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Baker Island |
| Bangladesh
| conventional long form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
conventional short form: Bangladesh
former: East Pakistan |
| Barbados
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Barbados |
| Bassas
da India | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Bassas da India |
| Belarus
| conventional long form: Republic of Belarus
conventional
short form: Belarus
local long form: Respublika Byelarus'
local short form: none
former: Belorussian (Byelorussian) Soviet
Socialist Republic |
| Belgium
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Belgium
conventional
short form: Belgium
local long form: Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk
Belgie
local short form: Belgique/Belgie |
|
Belize |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Belize
former: British Honduras |
| Benin
| conventional long form: Republic of Benin
conventional
short form: Benin
local long form: Republique du Benin
local
short form: Benin
former: Dahomey |
|
Bermuda |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Bermuda
former: Somers Islands |
| Bhutan
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional
short form: Bhutan |
| Bolivia
| conventional long form: Republic of Bolivia
conventional
short form: Bolivia
local long form: Republica de Bolivia
local short form: Bolivia |
| Bosnia
and Herzegovina | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Bosnia and Herzegovina
local long form: none
local short form: Bosna i Hercegovina |
| Botswana
| conventional long form: Republic of Botswana
conventional
short form: Botswana
former: Bechuanaland |
|
Bouvet Island
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Bouvet Island |
| Brazil
| conventional long form: Federative Republic of Brazil
conventional
short form: Brazil
local long form: Republica Federativa do Brasil
local short form: Brasil |
| British
Indian Ocean Territory | conventional long form: British Indian
Ocean Territory
conventional short form: none
abbreviation:
BIOT |
| British
Virgin Islands | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: British Virgin Islands
abbreviation: BVI |
| Brunei
| conventional long form: Negara Brunei Darussalam
conventional
short form: Brunei |
| Bulgaria
| conventional long form: Republic of Bulgaria
conventional
short form: Bulgaria |
| Burkina
Faso | conventional long form: none
conventional short
form: Burkina Faso
former: Upper Volta, Republic of Upper Volta
|
| Burma
| conventional long form: Union of Burma
conventional short
form: Burma
local long form: Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated
by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar)
local short form: Myanma Naingngandaw
former: Socialist
Republic of the Union of Burma
note: 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 |
| Burundi
| conventional long form: Republic of Burundi
conventional
short form: Burundi
local long form: Republika y'u Burundi
local short form: Burundi
former: Urundi |
|
Cambodia
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Cambodia
conventional
short form: Cambodia
local long form: Preahreacheanachakr Kampuchea
local short form: Kampuchea
former: Khmer Republic, Kampuchea
Republic |
| Cameroon
| conventional long form: Republic of Cameroon
conventional
short form: Cameroon
former: French Cameroon |
|
Canada |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Canada
|
| Cape
Verde | conventional long form: Republic of Cape Verde
conventional short form: Cape Verde
local long form: Republica
de Cabo Verde
local short form: Cabo Verde |
|
Cayman
Islands | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Cayman Islands |
| Central
African Republic | conventional long form: Central African
Republic
conventional short form: none
local long form:
Republique Centrafricaine
local short form: none
former:
Ubangi-Shari, Central African Empire
abbreviation: CAR |
| Chad
| conventional long form: Republic of Chad
conventional
short form: Chad
local long form: Republique du Tchad
local
short form: Tchad |
| Chile
| conventional long form: Republic of Chile
conventional
short form: Chile
local long form: Republica de Chile
local
short form: Chile |
| China
| conventional long form: People's Republic of China
conventional
short form: China
local long form: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
local short form: Zhong Guo
abbreviation: PRC |
| Christmas
Island | conventional long form: Territory of Christmas Island
conventional short form: Christmas Island |
|
Clipperton
Island | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Clipperton Island
local long form: none
local
short form: Ile Clipperton
former: sometimes called Ile de la
Passion |
| Cocos
(Keeling) Islands | conventional long form: Territory of Cocos
(Keeling) Islands
conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
| Colombia
| conventional long form: Republic of Colombia
conventional
short form: Colombia
local long form: Republica de Colombia
local short form: Colombia |
| Comoros
| conventional long form: Union of the Comoros
conventional
short form: Comoros
local long form: Union des Comores
local
short form: Comores |
| Congo,
Democratic Republic of the | conventional long form: Democratic
Republic of the Congo
conventional short form: none
local
long form: Republique Democratique du Congo
local short form:
none
former: Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo/Leopoldville,
Congo/Kinshasa, Zaire
abbreviation: DROC |
|
Congo,
Republic of the | conventional long form: Republic of the Congo
conventional short form: Congo (Brazzaville)
local long form:
Republique du Congo
local short form: none
former: Middle
Congo, Congo/Brazzaville, Congo |
| Cook
Islands | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Cook Islands
former: Harvey Islands |
| Coral
Sea Islands | conventional long form: Coral Sea Islands Territory
conventional short form: Coral Sea Islands |
|
Costa Rica
| conventional long form: Republic of Costa Rica
conventional
short form: Costa Rica
local long form: Republica de Costa Rica
local short form: Costa Rica |
| Cote
d'Ivoire | conventional long form: Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
conventional short form: Cote d'Ivoire
local long form:
Republique de Cote d'Ivoire
local short form: Cote d'Ivoire
former:
Ivory Coast |
| Croatia
| conventional long form: Republic of Croatia
conventional
short form: Croatia
local long form: Republika Hrvatska
local
short form: Hrvatska |
| Cuba
| conventional long form: Republic of Cuba
conventional
short form: Cuba
local long form: Republica de Cuba
local
short form: Cuba |
| Cyprus
| conventional long form: Republic of Cyprus
conventional
short form: Cyprus
note: the Turkish Cypriot area refers to itself
as the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC) |
|
Czech Republic
| conventional long form: Czech Republic
conventional short
form: Czech Republic
local long form: Ceska Republika
local
short form: Ceska Republika |
| Denmark
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Denmark
conventional
short form: Denmark
local long form: Kongeriget Danmark
local
short form: Danmark |
| Djibouti
| conventional long form: Republic of Djibouti
conventional
short form: Djibouti
former: French Territory of the Afars and
Issas, French Somaliland |
| Dominica
| conventional long form: Commonwealth of Dominica
conventional
short form: Dominica |
| Dominican
Republic | conventional long form: Dominican Republic
conventional short form: none
local long form: Republica Dominicana
local short form: none |
| East
Timor | conventional long form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
conventional short form: East Timor
local long form: Republika
Demokratika Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste [Portuguese]
local short form: Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Timor-Leste [Portuguese]
former: Portuguese Timor |
| Ecuador
| conventional long form: Republic of Ecuador
conventional
short form: Ecuador
local long form: Republica del Ecuador
local short form: Ecuador |
| Egypt
| conventional long form: Arab Republic of Egypt
conventional
short form: Egypt
local long form: Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah
local short form: Misr
former: United Arab Republic (with
Syria) |
| El
Salvador | conventional long form: Republic of El Salvador
conventional short form: El Salvador
local long form:
Republica de El Salvador
local short form: El Salvador |
| Equatorial
Guinea | conventional long form: Republic of Equatorial Guinea
conventional short form: Equatorial Guinea
local long form:
Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial
local short form: Guinea Ecuatorial
former: Spanish Guinea |
| Eritrea
| conventional long form: State of Eritrea
conventional
short form: Eritrea
local long form: Hagere Ertra
local
short form: Ertra
former: Eritrea Autonomous Region in Ethiopia
|
| Estonia
| conventional long form: Republic of Estonia
conventional
short form: Estonia
local long form: Eesti Vabariik
local
short form: Eesti
former: Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Ethiopia
| conventional long form: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
conventional short form: Ethiopia
local long form: Ityop'iya
Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik
local short form: Ityop'iya
former: Abyssinia, Italian East Africa
abbreviation: FDRE |
| Europa
Island | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Europa Island
local long form: none
local
short form: Ile Europa |
| Falkland
Islands (Islas Malvinas) | conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
| Faroe
Islands | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Faroe Islands
local long form: none
local
short form: Foroyar |
| Fiji
| conventional long form: Republic of the Fiji Islands
conventional
short form: Fiji |
| Finland
| conventional long form: Republic of Finland
conventional
short form: Finland
local long form: Suomen Tasavalta
local
short form: Suomi |
| France
| conventional long form: French Republic
conventional
short form: France
local long form: Republique Francaise
local short form: France |
| French
Guiana | conventional long form: Department of Guiana
conventional short form: French Guiana
local long form: none
local short form: Guyane |
| French
Polynesia | conventional long form: Territory of French Polynesia
conventional short form: French Polynesia
local long form:
Territoire de la Polynesie Francaise
local short form: Polynesie Francaise
former: French Colony of Oceania |
| French
Southern and Antarctic Lands | conventional long form: Territory
of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
conventional short form:
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
local long form: Territoire des
Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises
local short form: Terres
Australes et Antarctiques Francaises |
| Gabon
| conventional long form: Gabonese Republic
conventional
short form: Gabon
local long form: Republique Gabonaise
local
short form: Gabon |
| Gambia,
The | conventional long form: Republic of The Gambia
conventional
short form: The Gambia |
| Gaza
Strip | conventional long form: none
conventional short
form: Gaza Strip
local long form: none
local short form:
Qita Ghazzah |
| Georgia
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Georgia
local long form: none
local short form: Sak'art'velo
former: Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic |
|
Germany |
conventional long form: Federal Republic of Germany
conventional
short form: Germany
local long form: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
local short form: Deutschland
former: German Empire, German
Republic, German Reich |
| Ghana
| conventional long form: Republic of Ghana
conventional
short form: Ghana
former: Gold Coast |
|
Gibraltar
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Gibraltar |
| Glorioso
Islands | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Glorioso Islands
local long form: none
local
short form: Iles Glorieuses |
| Greece
| conventional long form: Hellenic Republic
conventional
short form: Greece
local long form: Elliniki Dhimokratia
local short form: Ellas or Ellada
former: Kingdom of Greece
|
| Greenland
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Greenland
local long form: none
local short form: Kalaallit
Nunaat |
| Grenada
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Grenada |
| Guadeloupe
| conventional long form: Department of Guadeloupe
conventional
short form: Guadeloupe
local long form: Departement de la Guadeloupe
local short form: Guadeloupe |
| Guam
| conventional long form: Territory of Guam
conventional
short form: Guam
local long form: Guahan |
|
Guatemala
| conventional long form: Republic of Guatemala
conventional
short form: Guatemala
local long form: Republica de Guatemala
local short form: Guatemala |
| Guernsey
| conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey
conventional
short form: Guernsey |
| Guinea
| conventional long form: Republic of Guinea
conventional
short form: Guinea
local long form: Republique de Guinee
local short form: Guinee
former: French Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau
| conventional long form: Republic of Guinea-Bissau
conventional
short form: Guinea-Bissau
local long form: Republica da Guine-Bissau
local short form: Guine-Bissau
former: Portuguese Guinea
|
| Guyana
| conventional long form: Co-operative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana
former: British Guiana |
| Haiti
| conventional long form: Republic of Haiti
conventional
short form: Haiti
local long form: Republique d'Haiti
local
short form: Haiti |
| Heard
Island and McDonald Islands | conventional long form: Territory
of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
conventional short form: Heard
Island and McDonald Islands |
| Holy
See (Vatican City) | conventional long form: The Holy See (State
of the Vatican City)
conventional short form: Holy See (Vatican City)
local long form: Santa Sede (Stato della Citta del Vaticano)
local short form: Santa Sede (Citta del Vaticano) |
|
Honduras
| conventional long form: Republic of Honduras
conventional
short form: Honduras
local long form: Republica de Honduras
local short form: Honduras |
| Hong
Kong | conventional long form: Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region
conventional short form: Hong Kong
local long form:
Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu
local short form: Xianggang
abbreviation:
HK |
| Howland
Island | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Howland Island |
| Hungary
| conventional long form: Republic of Hungary
conventional
short form: Hungary
local long form: Magyar Koztarsasag
local
short form: Magyarorszag |
| Iceland
| conventional long form: Republic of Iceland
conventional
short form: Iceland
local long form: Lydhveldidh Island
local
short form: Island |
| India
| conventional long form: Republic of India
conventional
short form: India |
| Indonesia
| conventional long form: Republic of Indonesia
conventional
short form: Indonesia
local long form: Republik Indonesia
local short form: Indonesia
former: Netherlands East Indies;
Dutch East Indies |
| Iran
| conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran
conventional
short form: Iran
local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran
local short form: Iran
former: Persia |
|
Iraq |
conventional long form: Republic of Iraq
conventional short form:
Iraq
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah
local short
form: Al Iraq |
| Ireland
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Ireland |
| Israel
| conventional long form: State of Israel
conventional
short form: Israel
local long form: Medinat Yisra'el
local
short form: Yisra'el |
| Italy
| conventional long form: Italian Republic
conventional
short form: Italy
local long form: Repubblica Italiana
local
short form: Italia
former: Kingdom of Italy |
|
Jamaica |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Jamaica
|
| Jan
Mayen | conventional long form: none
conventional short
form: Jan Mayen |
| Japan
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Japan |
| Jarvis
Island | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Jarvis Island |
| Jersey
| conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional
short form: Jersey |
| Johnston
Atoll | conventional long form: none
conventional short
form: Johnston Atoll |
| Jordan
| conventional long form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
conventional
short form: Jordan
local long form: Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al
Hashimiyah
local short form: Al Urdun
former: Transjordan
|
| Juan
de Nova Island | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Juan de Nova Island
local long form: none
local
short form: Ile Juan de Nova |
| Kazakhstan
| conventional long form: Republic of Kazakhstan
conventional
short form: Kazakhstan
local long form: Qazaqstan Respublikasy
local short form: none
former: Kazakh Soviet Socialist
Republic |
| Kenya
| conventional long form: Republic of Kenya
conventional
short form: Kenya
former: British East Africa |
| Kingman
Reef | conventional long form: none
conventional short
form: Kingman Reef |
| Kiribati
| conventional long form: Republic of Kiribati
conventional
short form: Kiribati
note: pronounced keer-ree-bahss
former:
Gilbert Islands |
| Korea,
North | conventional long form: Democratic People's Republic
of Korea
conventional short form: North Korea
local long form:
Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk
local short form: none
note:
the North Koreans generally use the term "Choson" to refer to their country
abbreviation: DPRK |
| Korea,
South | conventional long form: Republic of Korea
conventional
short form: South Korea
local long form: Taehan-min'guk
local
short form: none
note: the South Koreans generally use the term
"Han'guk" to refer to their country
abbreviation: ROK |
| Kuwait
| conventional long form: State of Kuwait
conventional
short form: Kuwait
local long form: Dawlat al Kuwayt
local
short form: Al Kuwayt |
| Kyrgyzstan
| conventional long form: Kyrgyz Republic
conventional
short form: Kyrgyzstan
local long form: Kyrgyz Respublikasy
local short form: none
former: Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
|
| Laos
| conventional long form: Lao People's Democratic Republic
conventional short form: Laos
local long form: Sathalanalat
Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
local short form: none |
|
Latvia |
conventional long form: Republic of Latvia
conventional short form:
Latvia
local long form: Latvijas Republika
local short form:
Latvija
former: Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Lebanon
| conventional long form: Lebanese Republic
conventional
short form: Lebanon
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah
local short form: Lubnan |
| Lesotho
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Lesotho
conventional
short form: Lesotho
former: Basutoland |
|
Liberia |
conventional long form: Republic of Liberia
conventional short
form: Liberia |
| Libya
| conventional long form: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya
conventional short form: Libya
local long form:
Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma
local short form: none |
| Liechtenstein
| conventional long form: Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional
short form: Liechtenstein
local long form: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
local short form: Liechtenstein |
| Lithuania
| conventional long form: Republic of Lithuania
conventional
short form: Lithuania
local long form: Lietuvos Respublika
local short form: Lietuva
former: Lithuanian Soviet Socialist
Republic |
| Luxembourg
| conventional long form: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
conventional
short form: Luxembourg
local long form: Grand Duche de Luxembourg
local short form: Luxembourg |
| Macau
| conventional long form: Macau Special Administrative Region
conventional short form: Macau
local long form: Aomen Tebie
Xingzhengqu (Chinese); Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (Portuguese)
local short form: Aomen (Chinese); Macau (Portuguese) |
|
Macedonia,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of | conventional long form: The
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
conventional short form: none
local long form: Republika Makedonija
local short form:
Makedonija
abbreviation: F.Y.R.O.M. |
|
Madagascar
| conventional long form: Republic of Madagascar
conventional
short form: Madagascar
local long form: Republique de Madagascar
local short form: Madagascar
former: Malagasy Republic
|
| Malawi
| conventional long form: Republic of Malawi
conventional
short form: Malawi
former: British Central African Protectorate,
Nyasaland Protectorate, Nyasaland |
| Malaysia
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Malaysia
former: Federation of Malaysia |
|
Maldives
| conventional long form: Republic of Maldives
conventional
short form: Maldives
local long form: Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa
local short form: Dhivehi Raajje |
| Mali
| conventional long form: Republic of Mali
conventional
short form: Mali
local long form: Republique de Mali
local
short form: Mali
former: French Sudan and Sudanese Republic |
| Malta
| conventional long form: Republic of Malta
conventional
short form: Malta
local long form: Repubblika ta' Malta
local
short form: Malta |
| Man,
Isle of | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Isle of Man |
| Marshall
Islands | conventional long form: Republic of the Marshall
Islands
conventional short form: Marshall Islands
former:
Marshall Islands District (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) |
| Martinique
| conventional long form: Department of Martinique
conventional
short form: Martinique
local long form: Departement de la Martinique
local short form: Martinique |
| Mauritania
| conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Mauritania
conventional
short form: Mauritania
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah
al Muritaniyah
local short form: Muritaniyah |
|
Mauritius
| conventional long form: Republic of Mauritius
conventional
short form: Mauritius |
| Mayotte
| conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte
conventional short form: Mayotte |
| Mexico
| conventional long form: United Mexican States
conventional
short form: Mexico
local long form: Estados Unidos Mexicanos
local short form: Mexico |
| Micronesia,
Federated States of | conventional long form: Federated States
of Micronesia
conventional short form: none
former: Ponape,
Truk, and Yap Districts (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)
abbreviation:
FSM |
| Midway
Islands | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Midway Islands |
| Moldova
| conventional long form: Republic of Moldova
conventional
short form: Moldova
local long form: Republica Moldova
local
short form: none
former: Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova;
Moldavia |
| Monaco
| conventional long form: Principality of Monaco
conventional
short form: Monaco
local long form: Principaute de Monaco
local short form: Monaco |
| Mongolia
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Mongolia
local long form: none
local short form: Mongol
Uls
former: Outer Mongolia |
| Montserrat
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Montserrat |
| Morocco
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Morocco
conventional
short form: Morocco
local long form: Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah
local short form: Al Maghrib |
| Mozambique
| conventional long form: Republic of Mozambique
conventional
short form: Mozambique
local long form: Republica de Mocambique
local short form: Mocambique
former: Portuguese East Africa
|
| Namibia
| conventional long form: Republic of Namibia
conventional
short form: Namibia
former: German Southwest Africa, South-West
Africa |
| Nauru
| conventional long form: Republic of Nauru
conventional
short form: Nauru
former: Pleasant Island |
|
Navassa
Island | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Navassa Island |
| Nepal
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Nepal
conventional
short form: Nepal |
| Netherlands
| conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
conventional
short form: Netherlands
local long form: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
local short form: Nederland |
| Netherlands
Antilles | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Netherlands Antilles
local long form: none
local
short form: Nederlandse Antillen
former: Curacao and Dependencies
|
| New
Caledonia | conventional long form: Territory of New Caledonia
and Dependencies
conventional short form: New Caledonia
local
long form: Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances
local
short form: Nouvelle-Caledonie |
| New
Zealand | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: New Zealand
abbreviation: NZ |
|
Nicaragua
| conventional long form: Republic of Nicaragua
conventional
short form: Nicaragua
local long form: Republica de Nicaragua
local short form: Nicaragua |
| Niger
| conventional long form: Republic of Niger
conventional
short form: Niger
local long form: Republique du Niger
local
short form: Niger |
| Nigeria
| conventional long form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
conventional
short form: Nigeria |
| Niue
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Niue
former: Savage Island |
| Norfolk
Island | conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island
conventional short form: Norfolk Island |
|
Northern
Mariana Islands | conventional long form: Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands
conventional short form: Northern Mariana
Islands
former: Mariana Islands District (Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands) |
| Norway
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Norway
conventional
short form: Norway
local long form: Kongeriket Norge
local
short form: Norge |
| Oman
| conventional long form: Sultanate of Oman
conventional
short form: Oman
local long form: Saltanat Uman
local
short form: Uman
former: Muscat and Oman |
|
Pakistan
| conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
conventional
short form: Pakistan
former: West Pakistan |
|
Palau |
conventional long form: Republic of Palau
conventional short form:
Palau
local long form: Beluu er a Belau
local short form:
Belau
former: Palau District (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)
|
| Palmyra
Atoll | conventional long form: none
conventional short
form: Palmyra Atoll |
| Panama
| conventional long form: Republic of Panama
conventional
short form: Panama
local long form: Republica de Panama
local
short form: Panama |
| Papua
New Guinea | conventional long form: Independent State of Papua
New Guinea
conventional short form: Papua New Guinea
former:
Territory of Papua and New Guinea
abbreviation: PNG |
| Paracel
Islands | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Paracel Islands |
| Paraguay
| conventional long form: Republic of Paraguay
conventional
short form: Paraguay
local long form: Republica del Paraguay
local short form: Paraguay |
| Peru
| conventional long form: Republic of Peru
conventional
short form: Peru
local long form: Republica del Peru
local
short form: Peru |
| Philippines
| conventional long form: Republic of the Philippines
conventional
short form: Philippines
local long form: Republika ng Pilipinas
local short form: Pilipinas |
| Pitcairn
Islands | conventional long form: Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie,
and Oeno Islands
conventional short form: Pitcairn Islands |
| Poland
| conventional long form: Republic of Poland
conventional
short form: Poland
local long form: Rzeczpospolita Polska
local short form: Polska |
| Portugal
| conventional long form: Portuguese Republic
conventional
short form: Portugal
local long form: Republica Portuguesa
local short form: Portugal |
| Puerto
Rico | conventional long form: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
conventional short form: Puerto Rico |
|
Qatar |
conventional long form: State of Qatar
conventional short form:
Qatar
local long form: Dawlat Qatar
local short form:
Qatar
note: closest approximation of the native pronunciation falls
between cutter and gutter, but not like guitar |
|
Reunion |
conventional long form: Department of Reunion
conventional short
form: Reunion
local long form: none
local short form:
Ile de la Reunion
former: Bourbon Island |
|
Romania |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Romania
local long form: none
local short form: Romania |
| Russia
| conventional long form: Russian Federation
conventional
short form: Russia
local long form: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
local short form: Rossiya
former: Russian Empire, Russian Soviet
Federative Socialist Republic |
| Rwanda
| conventional long form: Rwandese Republic
conventional
short form: Rwanda
local long form: Republika y'u Rwanda
local short form: Rwanda
former: Ruanda |
|
Saint Helena
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Saint Helena |
| Saint
Kitts and Nevis | conventional long form: Federation of Saint
Kitts and Nevis
conventional short form: Saint Kitts and Nevis
former: Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis |
|
Saint Lucia
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Saint Lucia |
| Saint
Pierre and Miquelon | conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity
of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
conventional short form: Saint Pierre
and Miquelon
local long form: Departement de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
local short form: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon |
|
Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines | conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Samoa
| conventional long form: Independent State of Samoa
conventional
short form: Samoa
former: Western Samoa |
|
San Marino
| conventional long form: Republic of San Marino
conventional
short form: San Marino
local long form: Repubblica di San Marino
local short form: San Marino |
| Sao
Tome and Principe | conventional long form: Democratic Republic
of Sao Tome and Principe
conventional short form: Sao Tome and Principe
local long form: Republica Democratica de Sao Tome e Principe
local short form: Sao Tome e Principe |
| Saudi
Arabia | conventional long form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
conventional short form: Saudi Arabia
local long form: Al Mamlakah
al Arabiyah as Suudiyah
local short form: Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah
|
| Senegal
| conventional long form: Republic of Senegal
conventional
short form: Senegal
local long form: Republique du Senegal
local short form: Senegal |
| Serbia
and Montenegro | conventional long form: Serbia and Montenegro
conventional short form: none
local long form: Srbija
i Crna Gora
local short form: none |
|
Seychelles
| conventional long form: Republic of Seychelles
conventional
short form: Seychelles |
| Sierra
Leone | conventional long form: Republic of Sierra Leone
conventional short form: Sierra Leone |
| Singapore
| conventional long form: Republic of Singapore
conventional
short form: Singapore |
| Slovakia
| conventional long form: Slovak Republic
conventional
short form: Slovakia
local long form: Slovenska Republika
local short form: Slovensko |
| Slovenia
| conventional long form: Republic of Slovenia
conventional
short form: Slovenia
local long form: Republika Slovenija
local short form: Slovenija |
| Solomon
Islands | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Solomon Islands
former: British Solomon Islands |
| Somalia
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Somalia
former: Somali Republic, Somali Democratic Republic |
| South
Africa | conventional long form: Republic of South Africa
conventional short form: South Africa
former: Union of South
Africa
abbreviation: RSA |
| South
Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | conventional long form:
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
conventional short form:
none |
| Spain
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain
conventional
short form: Spain
local short form: Espana |
|
Spratly
Islands | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Spratly Islands |
| Sri
Lanka | conventional long form: Democratic Socialist Republic
of Sri Lanka
conventional short form: Sri Lanka
former:
Serendib, Ceylon |
| Sudan
| conventional long form: Republic of the Sudan
conventional
short form: Sudan
local long form: Jumhuriyat as-Sudan
local
short form: As-Sudan
former: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Suriname
| conventional long form: Republic of Suriname
conventional
short form: Suriname
local long form: Republiek Suriname
local short form: Suriname
former: Netherlands Guiana, Dutch
Guiana |
| Svalbard
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen) |
|
Swaziland
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Swaziland
conventional
short form: Swaziland |
| Sweden
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Sweden
conventional
short form: Sweden
local long form: Konungariket Sverige
local short form: Sverige |
| Switzerland
| conventional long form: Swiss Confederation
conventional
short form: Switzerland
local long form: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
(German), Confederation Suisse (French), Confederazione Svizzera (Italian)
local short form: Schweiz (German), Suisse (French), Svizzera (Italian)
|
| Syria
| conventional long form: Syrian Arab Republic
conventional
short form: Syria
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as
Suriyah
local short form: Suriyah
former: United Arab
Republic (with Egypt) |
| Taiwan
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Taiwan
local long form: none
local short form: T'ai-wan
former: Formosa |
| Tajikistan
| conventional long form: Republic of Tajikistan
conventional
short form: Tajikistan
local long form: Jumhurii Tojikiston
local short form: Tojikiston
former: Tajik Soviet Socialist
Republic |
| Tanzania
| conventional long form: United Republic of Tanzania
conventional
short form: Tanzania
former: United Republic of Tanganyika and
Zanzibar |
| Thailand
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Thailand
conventional
short form: Thailand
former: Siam |
|
Togo |
conventional long form: Togolese Republic
conventional short form:
Togo
local long form: Republique Togolaise
local short form:
none
former: French Togoland |
| Tokelau
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Tokelau |
| Tonga
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Tonga
conventional
short form: Tonga
former: Friendly Islands |
|
Trinidad
and Tobago | conventional long form: Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago
conventional short form: Trinidad and Tobago |
| Tromelin
Island | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Tromelin Island
local long form: none
local
short form: Ile Tromelin |
| Tunisia
| conventional long form: Tunisian Republic
conventional
short form: Tunisia
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah
local short form: Tunis |
| Turkey
| conventional long form: Republic of Turkey
conventional
short form: Turkey
local long form: Turkiye Cumhuriyeti
local
short form: Turkiye |
| Turkmenistan
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Turkmenistan
local long form: none
local short form: Turkmenistan
former: Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic |
|
Turks
and Caicos Islands | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Tuvalu
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Tuvalu
former: Ellice Islands
note: "Tuvalu" means "group
of eight," referring to the country's eight traditionally inhabited islands |
| Uganda
| conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
conventional
short form: Uganda |
| Ukraine
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form:
Ukraine
local long form: none
local short form: Ukrayina
former: Ukrainian National Republic, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet
Socialist Republic |
| United
Arab Emirates | conventional long form: United Arab Emirates
conventional short form: none
local long form: Al Imarat
al Arabiyah al Muttahidah
local short form: none
former:
Trucial Oman, Trucial States
abbreviation: UAE |
|
United
Kingdom | conventional long form: United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
conventional short form: United Kingdom
abbreviation: UK |
| United
States | conventional long form: United States of America
conventional short form: United States
abbreviation: US or
USA |
| Uruguay
| conventional long form: Oriental Republic of Uruguay
conventional
short form: Uruguay
local long form: Republica Oriental del Uruguay
local short form: Uruguay
former: Banda Oriental, Cisplatine
Province |
| Uzbekistan
| conventional long form: Republic of Uzbekistan
conventional
short form: Uzbekistan
local long form: Ozbekiston Respublikasi
local short form: Ozbekiston
former: Uzbek Soviet Socialist
Republic |
| Vanuatu
| conventional long form: Republic of Vanuatu
conventional
short form: Vanuatu
former: New Hebrides |
|
Venezuela
| conventional long form: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
conventional short form: Venezuela
local long form: Republica
Bolivariana de Venezuela
local short form: Venezuela |
| Vietnam
| conventional long form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
conventional
short form: Vietnam
local long form: Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia
Viet Nam
local short form: Viet Nam
abbreviation: SRV
|
| Virgin
Islands | conventional long form: United States Virgin Islands
conventional short form: Virgin Islands
former: Danish
West Indies |
| Wake
Island | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Wake Island |
| Wallis
and Futuna | conventional long form: Territory of the Wallis
and Futuna Islands
conventional short form: Wallis and Futuna
local long form: Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna
local short
form: Wallis et Futuna |
| West
Bank | conventional long form: none
conventional short
form: West Bank |
| Western
Sahara | conventional long form: none
conventional
short form: Western Sahara
former: Spanish Sahara |
| Yemen
| conventional long form: Republic of Yemen
conventional
short form: Yemen
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah
local short form: Al Yaman |
| Zambia
| conventional long form: Republic of Zambia
conventional
short form: Zambia
former: Northern Rhodesia |
|
Zimbabwe
| conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe
conventional
short form: Zimbabwe
former: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia |
