Common English Names Of Countries by Origin

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source for belize: https://www.academia.edu/32182026/THE_ORIGINS_OF_THE_BELIZE_SETTLEMENT_Victor_Bulmer_Thomas_y_Barbara_Bulmer_Thomas_no_4_

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Hint	Answer	Language
Mandé	Mali	Manding
Γραικός	Greece	Ancient Greek
Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Spanish
މާލެ + 𑀤𑀻𑀯	Maldives	Dhivehi/Prakrit
ශ්‍රී ලංකා	Sri Lanka	Sinhala
Kongó-Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	Lingala
Guiana	Guyana	Amerindian language
صومالِيَ‎	Somalia
Granada	Grenada	Spanish
San Cristóbal + Nuestra Señora de las Nieves	St. Kitts and Nevis	Spanish
Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	English
قوصوه	Kosovo	Ottoman Turkish
Παλαιά Μεγάλη Βουλγαρία	Bulgaria	Byzantine Greek
قَزّاقِسْتان	Kazakhstan	Farsi
پاک + ـستان	Pakistan	Pashto/Farsi (also an English acronym)
南高麗	South Korea	Hokkien
Роусь	Russia	Old East Slavic
Catharrei	Qatar	Latin
Santa María de la Antigua + Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Spanish
Ile-Ibinu	Benin	Yoruba
Οὔγγροι	Hungary	Byzantine Greek
Balis/Baliz	Belize	Most likely a Spanish corruption of an unknown Mayan word
臺窩灣	Taiwan	Mandarin and Southern Min
चीन	China	Sanskrit
Μελῐ́τη	Malta	Ancient Greek
Panamá	Panama	Spanish (originally from an unknown indigenous language)
မြန်မာ	Myanmar	Burmese
Belgium	Belgium	Latin
Serra Leoa	Sierra Leone	Portuguese
Ísland	Iceland	Old Norse
Andorra/Andurrial	Andorra	Spanish and Likely Basque
عراقِ	Iraq	Farsi
Zambia	Zambia	Likely Bisa
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Shona
جنوب السودان	South Sudan	Arabic
Barbados	Barbados	Portuguese/Spanish
Eritrea	Eritrea	Italian
Белору́ссия	Belarus	Russian
Ἀλβᾰνῐ́ᾱ	Albania	Byzantine Greek
Gilberts	Kiribati	English
सिंहपुर	Singapore	Sanskrit
Veneziola	Venezuela	Italian
南越	Vietnam	Old Chinese
تُونُس	Tunisia	Arabic
ٱلْكُوَيْت	Kuwait	Arabic
Român	Romania
Maurītānia	Mauritania	Latin
Camarões	Cameroon	Portuguese
Argentina	Argentina	Italian
Lesotho	Lesotho	Sotho
Türkmen + ـستان	Turkmenistan	Turkmen/Classical Persian
u Rwanda	Rwanda	Rwanda-Rundi
Cuauhtēmallān	Guatemala	Nahuatl
Surinen + aima	Suriname	Lokono
Senegal	Senegal	Portuguese
Liberia	Liberia	English
eSwatini	Eswatini	Swazi
Kongó-Kinsásá	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Lingala
Polska	Poland
Ср̀бија	Serbia	Serbo-Croatian
𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴	Armenia	Old Persian
Colombia	Colombia	Spanish
Islas Salomón	Solomon Islands	Spanish
𔒂𔒠‎ (Sura/i)	Syria	Luwian
El Salvador	El Salvador	Spanish
زَنْج + Tanga	Tanzania	Swahili/Arabic
Puliwya	Bolivia	Quechua
egereou n-igereouen	Niger	Tuareg
Danmark	Denmark	Danish
বাংলাদেশের	Bangladesh
Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	German
Kanata	Canada	St. Lawrence Iroquoian
Brasil	Brazil	Portuguese
Philippines	Philippines	Spanish
𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭	Iran	Middle Persian
Belau	Palau
Paraguái	Paraguay	Guaraní
San Vicente + las Granadinas	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Spanish
Monoikos	Monaco	Ligurian
United States of America	United States	English
Česko	Czechia
𓂋𓃀𓅱𓌙𓈉	Libya	Egyptian
السودان	Sudan	Arabic
Ghana	Ghana	Soninke
Ostarrîchi/Marchia orientalis	Austria	Old High German/ Medieval Latin
Sancta Lucia	St. Lucia	Spanish
Kambra	Gambia	Mandinka
Nicarao + Agua	Nicaragua	Nahuat/Spanish
Bahama	Bahamas	Taíno
Moçambique	Mozambique	Portuguese
جَزِيرَة القَمَر	Comoros	Arabic
Buganda	Uganda	Luganda
ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ	Mongolia
Guiné + Bossassun	Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese/Papel
Αἰθιοπία	Ethiopia	Greek
Terra Australis	Australia	Latin
Sádǝ/تشاد	Chad	Kanuri/Arabic
𐩺𐩣𐩬𐩩	Yemen	Old South Arabian

Hint	Answer	Language
Slovensko	Slovakia	Slovak
Cabo Verde	Cape Verde	Portuguese
Swēorice	Sweden	Anglo-Saxon
ເມືອງລາວ	Laos
Ikwayur	Ecuador	Quechua
ישראל	Israel	Hebrew
Seychelles	Seychelles	French
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	English
Āfrica + Australis	South Africa	Latin
𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁	India	Old Persian
Marocum	Morocco	Medieval Latin
Norþweg	Norway	Anglo-Saxon
Portus Cale	Portugal	Latin/Likely a Celtic Language
𑀡𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀮 or नेपाल	Nepal	Prakrit or Sanskrit
Xaymaca	Jamaica	Taíno
Ꙋкраина	Ukraine	Old East Slavic
Micronesia	Federated States of Micronesia	English
y’Uburundi	Burundi	Kirundi
Naoero	Nauru
San Marino	San Marino	Italian
Nigeria	Nigeria	English
Gabon	Gabon	Portuguese
République Centrafricaine	Central African Republic	French
Guiné	Guinea	Portuguese
Fakatonga	Tonga	Tongan
República Dominicana	Dominican Republic	Spanish
Uruguái	Uruguay	Guaraní
Botswana	Botswana	Setswana
Togo	Togo	Ewe
المملكة العربية السعودية	Saudi Arabia	Arabic
Germania Inferior	Netherlands	Latin
Namib	Namibia	Khoekhoe
Tuuvalu	Tuvalu	Tuvaluan
לבנון	Lebanon	Classical Hebrew
𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞	Italy	Oscan
Civitatis Vaticanae	Vatican City	Latin
Moldova	Moldova	Romanian
मलयद्वीप	Malaysia	Sanskrit
بروني	Brunei	Malay (Jawi)
Suittes	Switzerland	Medieval Latin
Ātṛpātakāna	Azerbaijan	Avestan
Dominica	Dominica	Latin
Birú or Pelu	Peru	Kuna or Quechua
Kĩrĩnyaga	Kenya	Gikuyu
Χοροάθος	Croatia	Scythian Language
Côte d'Ivoire	Ivory Coast	French
Viti	Fiji
Germania	Germany	Latin
កម្ពុជា	Cambodia	Khmer
Lucilinburhuc	Luxembourg	Old High German
São Tomé + Ilha do Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Portuguese
Francia	France	Latin
Sāmoa	Samoa	Samoan
Malaŵi	Malawi	Chewa
عُمَان	Oman	Arabic
Chili	Chile	Quechua
ประเทศไทย	Thailand
Βορέας Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ	North Macedonia	Ancient Greek
افغانستان	Afghanistan	Dari
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Bislama
Yibuuti	Djibouti	Afar
Finnland	Finland	Finnish
الْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَّة الْمُتَّحِدَة	United Arab Emirates	Arabic
Jorgia	Georgia	Latin
עבר הירדן	Jordan	Hebrew
Αἴγυπτος	Egypt	Ancient Greek
الجزائر	Algeria	Arabic
Burkina + ߝߊ߬ߛߏ߫	Burkina Faso	Mooré/Dioula
Indonesia	Indonesia	English
اوزبک	Uzbekistan	Chagatai
Βοσώνα + Hersek	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Byzantine Greek/Turkish
Eistland	Estonia	Old Norse
Latvija	Latvia	Latvian
Madagasikara	Madagascar	Malagasy
Кыргызстан	Kyrgyzstan
日本	Japan	Min/Wu
𐀓𐀠𐀪𐀍 (Κύπρος)	Cyprus	Mycenaean Greek
Pepuah or Papo Ua + Nueva Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Malay or Ternate/Spanish
भुटान	Bhutan	Sanskrit
La Isla de la Trinidad + tabaco	Trinidad and Tobago	Spanish
Honduras	Honduras	Spanish
Mēxihco	Mexico	Nahuatl
Cobao	Cuba	Taíno
الْبَحْرَيْن	Bahrain	Arabic
北高麗	North Korea	Hokkien
Slovenija	Slovenia	Slovene
Angola	Angola	Portuguese
Ayiti	Haiti	Taíno
Mauritius	Mauritius	Dutch
Nova Zeelandia	New Zealand	Latin
تاجیکستان	Tajikistan	Classical Persian
𐤔𐤐𐤍 𐤀𐤉	Spain	Phoenician
Éire	Ireland	Irish
Crna Gora	Montenegro	Serbian
Guinea Ecuatorial	Equatorial Guinea	Spanish
Timór Lorosa'e	Timor-Leste	Tetum
𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜	Turkey	Old Turkic
Litua	Lithuania	Latin

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