List of country names in various languages

Most countries of the world have alternative names in different languages. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all nations, countries and sovereign states.

This article does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real" or "correct" name of any country is or was. Countries are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English. The English version is followed by the current official name and then variants in other languages, in alphabetical order by name, and then by any historical variants and former names.

Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents may be listed, to provide an answer to the question "What is that name in..."?.

A

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Albania	Albanie (French), Albanien (German), Albania (Italian, Polish, Spanish), Albánia (Hungarian), Albânia (Portuguese)
Algeria	Algeria (Italian), Algéria (Hungarian), Algérie (French), Algerien (German), Algieria (Polish), Argelia (Spanish), Argélia (Portuguese)
Andorra	Andora (Polish), Andorra (German, Italian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Spanish), Andorre (French)
Armenia	Armenia (Italian, Polish, Spanish), Arménia (Portuguese), Arménie (French), Armenien (German), Örményország (Hungarian)
Austria	An Ostair (Irish), Austria (Italian, Latin, Polish, Spanish), Áustria (Portuguese), Austrija (Croatian, Lithuanian), Aŭstrio (Esperanto), Ausztria (Hungarian), Autriche (French), Awstria (Welsh), Itävalta (Finnish), Nimsā (Arabic), Oostenrejk (Flemish), Österreich (German), Österrike (Swedish), Østrig (Danish), Rakousko (Czech), Rakusko (Slovak), Rakusza (old Polish)
Azerbaijan	Aserbaidschan (German), Azerbaïdjan (French), Azerbaigian (Italian), Azerbaijão (Portuguese), Azerbaiyán (Spanish), Azerbajdzsán (Hungarian), Azerbejdżan (Polish)

B

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Belarus	Białoruś (Polish), Bielorrusia (Spanish), Bielorrússia (Portuguese), Bielorussia (Italian), Biélorussie (French), Fehéroroszország or Belarusz (Hungarian), Weißrussland (German)
Belgium	Belgia (Polish), Bélgica (Portuguese, Spanish), Belgien (German), Belgio (Italian), Belgique (French), Belgium (Hungarian)
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Bosnia-Erzegovina (Italian), Bosznia és Hercegovina (Hungarian), Bósnia-Herzegovina (Portuguese), Bośnia i Hercegowina (Polish), Bosnia y Herzegovina (Spanish), Bosnie-Herzégovine (French), Bosnien und Herzegowina or Bosnien-Herzegowina (German)
Bulgaria	Bulgaria (Italian, Spanish), Bułgaria (Polish), Bulgária (Hungarian, Portuguese), Bulgarie (French), Bulgarien (German)

C

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Croatia	Chorwacja (Polish), Croacia (Spanish), Croácia (Portuguese), Croatie (French), Croazia (Italian), Horvátország (Hungarian), Kroatien (German)
Cyprus	Cipro (Italian), Chipre (Portuguese, Spanish), Chypre (French), Ciprus (Hungarian), Cypr (Polish), Zypern (German)
Czech Republic	Csehország (Hungarian), Czechy (Polish), Repubblica Ceca (Italian), República Checa or Chequia (Spanish), República Checa or Chéquia (Portuguese), République tchèque (French), Tschechien or Tschechische Republik (German)

D

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Denmark	Danemark (French), Dänemark (German), Dania (Polish), Dánia (Hungarian), Danimarca (Italian), Dinamarca (Portuguese, Spanish)

E

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
England	Anglaterra (Catalan), Angleterre (French), Anglia (Polish, Romanian, Latin), Αγγλία (Greek), Англия (Bulgarian), Anglicko (Slovak), Anglija (Slovenian), , Anglio (Esperanto)Angolország (Hungarian), Bro-Saoz (Breton), Engeland (Dutch), England (Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish), Englanti (Finnish), Engleska (Croatian, Serbian), Inghilterra (Italian), İngiltere (Turkish), Inglaterra (Portuguese, Spanish), Lloegr (Welsh), Sasana (Irish), Pow Sows (Cornish)
Estonia	Estland (German), Estonia (Italian, Polish, Spanish), Estónia (Portuguese), Estonie (French), Észtország (Hungarian)

F

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Finland	Finlande (French), Finlandia (Italian, Polish, Spanish), Finlândia (Portuguese), Finnland (German), Finnország (Hungarian)
France	An Fhrainc (Irish), Ffrainc (Welsh), França (Portuguese), France (French), Francia (Italian, Spanish), Franciaország (Hungarian), Francie (Czech), Francio (Esperanto), Francja (Polish), Francuska (Croatian), Frankreich (German), Frankrig (Danish), Frankrijk (Dutch), Frankrike (Swedish), Prankūzija (Lithuanian), Ranska (Finnish)

G

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Germany	Alemanha (Portuguese), Alemania (Spanish), Allemagne (French), Almānīya (Arabic), An Ghearmáin (Irish), Deutschland (German), Duitsland (Dutch), Germania (Italian, Latin), Germanio (Esperanto), Německo (Czech), Németország (Hungarian), Niemcy (Polish), Njemačka (Croatian), Saksa (Finnish), Tyskland (Danish, Swedish), Vokietija (Lithuanian), Yr Almaen (Welsh)
Greece	Grèce (French), Grecia (Italian, Spanish), Grécia (Portuguese), Grecja (Polish), Griechenland (German), Görögország (Hungarian)

H

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Holland (the popular name for The Netherlands)	Holanda (Portuguese, Spanish), Holandia (Polish), Holland (German), Hollande (French), Hollandia (Hungarian), Olanda (Italian)
Hungary	Hongrie (French), Hungria (Portuguese), Hungría (Spanish), Magyarország (Hungarian), Ungarn (German), Ungheria (Italian), Węgry (Polish)

I

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Ireland	Éire (Irish), Ierland (Dutch), Irland (German), Irlanda (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Irlande (French), Irlandia (Polish), Írország (Hungarian), Iwerddon (Welsh) Note: The country has been partitioned between two states: Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Iceland	Island (German), Islanda (Italian), Islande (French), Islandia (Polish, Spanish), Islândia (Portuguese), Izland (Hungarian)
Italy	An Iodáil (Irish), Italia (Italian, Latin, Spanish, Finnish), Itália (Portuguese), Italie (French), Itálie (Czech), Italië (Dutch), Italien (Danish, German, Swedish), Italija (Croatian, Lithuanian), Italio (Esperanto), Itālīya (Arabic), Olaszország (Hungarian), Włochy (Polish), Yr Eidal (Welsh)

L

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Latvia	Letonia (Spanish), Letónia (Portuguese), Lettland (German), Lettonia (Italian), Lettonie (French), Lettország (Hungarian), Łotwa (Polish)
Lithuania	Litauen (German), Lituania (Italian, Spanish), Lituânia (Portuguese), Lituanie (French), Litvánia (Hungarian), Litwa (Polish)
Luxembourg	Luksemburg (Polish), Lussemburgo (Italian), Luxembourg (French), Luxemburg (German, Hungarian), Luxemburgo (Portuguese, Spanish)

M

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Malta	Malta (German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish), Málta (Hungarian), Malte (French)
Moldova	Moldavia (Italian, and former English), Moldavia or Moldova (Spanish), Moldavie (French), Mołdawia or Mołdowa (Polish), Moldawien (German), Moldova (Hungarian), Moldova or Moldávia (Portuguese)
Monaco	Monaco (French, German, Hungarian, Italian), Mónaco (Portuguese, Spanish), Monako (Polish)
Montenegro	Czarnogóra (Polish), Montenegro (German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Monténégro (French), Montenegró (Hungarian)

N

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Netherlands	Niderlandy (Polish), Niederlande (German), Paesi Bassi (Italian), Países Baixos (Portuguese), Países Bajos (Spanish), Pays-Bas (French)
Norway	Noruega (Portuguese, Spanish), Norvège (French), Norvegia (Italian), Norvégia (Hungarian), Norwegen (German), Norwegia (Polish)

P

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Poland	An Pholainn (Irish), Gwlad Pwyl (Welsh), Lengyelország (Hungarian), Lenkija (Lithuanian), Polen (Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish), Польша (Russian), Польща (Ukrainian), Poljska (Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene), Pólland (Icelandic), Pollando (Esperanto), Pologne (French), Polonia (Italian, Latin, Romanian, Spanish), Polónia (Portuguese), Πολωνία (Greek), Полша (Bulgarian), Polska (Polish), Polsko (Czech, Slovak), Poola (Estonian), Puola (Finnish)
Portugal	Portogallo (Italian), Portugal (French, German, Portuguese, Spanish), Portugalia (Polish), Portugália (Hungarian)
Principality of Monaco	Fürstentum Monaco (German), Księstwo Monako (Polish), Monacói Hercegség (Hungarian), Principado de Mónaco (Spanish), Principato di Monaco (Italian), Principauté du Monaco (French)

R

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Romania	Romania (Italian), Románia (Hungarian), Roménia (Portuguese), Roumanie (French), Rumania (Spanish), Rumänien (German), Rumunia (Polish)
Russia	Oroszország (Hungarian), Rosja (Polish), Rusia (Spanish), Russia (Italian), Rússia (Portuguese), Russie (French), Russland (German)

S

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Serbia	Serbia (Italian, Polish, Spanish), Serbie (French), Serbien (German), Sérvia (Portuguese), Szerbia (Hungarian)
Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia e Montenegro (Italian), Serbia i Czarnogóra (Polish), Serbia y Montenegro (Spanish), Serbie-et-Monténégro (French), Serbien und Montenegro (German), Sérvia e Montenegro (Portuguese), Szerbia és Montenegró (Hungarian)
Slovakia	Eslovaquia (Spanish), Eslováquia (Portuguese), Slovacchia (Italian), Slovaquie (French), Słowacja (Polish), Slowakei (German), Szlovákia (Hungarian)
Slovenia	Eslovenia (Spanish), Eslovénia (Portuguese), Slovenia (Italian), Slovénie (French), Słowenia (Polish), Slowenien (German), Szlovénia (Hungarian)
Spain	Espagne (French), España (Spanish), Espanha (Portuguese), Hiszpania (Polish), Spagna (Italian), Spanien (German), Spanyolország (Hungarian)
Sweden	Schweden (German), Suecia (Spanish), Suécia (Portuguese), Suède (French), Svédország (Hungarian), Svezia (Italian), Szwecja (Polish)
Switzerland	Schweiz (German), Suíça (Portuguese), Suisse (French), Suiza (Spanish), Svájc (Hungarian), Svizzera (Italian), Szwajcaria (Polish)

T

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Turkey	Törökország (Hungarian), Turchia (Italian), Turcja (Polish), Türkei (German), Turquia (Portuguese), Turquía (Spanish), Turquie (French)

U

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Ukraine	Ucraina (Italian), Ucrania (Spanish), Ucrânia (Portuguese), Ukraina (Polish), Ukraine (French, German), Ukrajna (Hungarian)
United Kingdom	An Ríocht Aontaithe (Irish), Egyesült Királyság (Hungarian), Regno Unito (Italian), Reino Unido (Portuguese, Spanish), Royaume-Uni (French), Vereinigtes Königreich (German), Zjednoczone Królestwo (Polish)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	An Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn mu Thuath (Scottish Gaelic), Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord (Italian), Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte (Portuguese), Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (Spanish), Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire agus Thuaisceart Éireann (Irish), Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (French), Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon (Welsh), Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland (Scots/Lallans), Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland (German), Zjednoczone Królestwo Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii Północnej (Polish)
United States	Estados Unidos (Portuguese, Spanish), États-Unis (French), Na Stáit Aontaithe (Irish), Stany Zjednoczone (Polish), Stati Uniti (Italian), Vereinigte Staaten (German)
United States of America	Estados Unidos da América (Portuguese), Estados Unidos de América (Spanish), États-Unis d'Amérique (French), Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki (Polish), Stati Uniti d'America (Italian), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (German)

See also

• List of European cities with alternative names
• Latin names of European cities
• List of places