Geographical Names

Geographical Names
This list shows the English spelling and pronunciation of geographical names and the adjectives that go with them. Inclusion in this list does not imply status as a sovereign nation.

Noun
Afghanistan /&f"g&n@Kst&n/ Africa /L&frIk@/ Albania /&l"beIni@/ Algeria /&l"dZIri@/ America /@"mErIk@/ Andorra /&n"dOr@/ Angola /&N"goUl@/ Antarctica /&nt"ArktIk@; -"Ar8Ik@/ Antigua and Barbuda /&n%tig@ @n bAr"bud@M (the) Arctic /"ArktIk; "Ar8Ik/ Argentina /%ArdZ@n"tin@/ Armenia /Ar"mini@/ Asia /"eIZ@/ Australasia MKOstrJLleIZJM Australia /O"streIly@/ Austria /"Ostri@/ Azerbaijan /%&z@rbaI"dZAn; %Az@r-/ (the) Bahamas /b@"hAm@z/ Bahrain /bA"reIn/ Bangladesh /%bANgl@"dES; %b&N-/ Barbados /bAr"beIdoUs/ Belarus /%bEl@"rus/ Belgium /"bEldZ@m/ Belize /b@"liz/ Benin /b@"nin/ Bhutan /bu"tAn/ Bolivia /b@"lIvi@/ Bosnia and Herzegovina
/%bAzni@ @n %hErts@goU"vin@/

Adjective
Afghan /"&fg&n/ African /"&frIk@n/ Albanian /&l"beIni@n/ Algerian /&l"dZIri@n/ American /@"mErIk@n/ Andorran /&n"dOr@n/ Angolan /&N"goUl@n/ Antarctic /&nt"ArktIk; -"Ar8Ik/ Antiguan /&n"tig@n/, Barbudan /bAr"budn/ Arctic /"ArktIk; "Ar8Ik/ Argentine /"ArdZ@nKtin; -taIn/, Argentinian /%ArdZ@n"tIni@n/ Armenian /Ar"mini@n/ Asian /"eIZn/ Australasian MKOstrJLleIZJnM Australian /O"streIly@n/ Austrian /"Ostri@n/ Azerbaijani /%&z@rbaI"dZAni; %Az@r-/ Bahamian /b@"heImi@n/ Bahraini /bA"reIni/ Bangladeshi /%bANgl@"dESi; %b&N-/ Barbadian /bAr"beIdi@n/ Belarusian /%bEl@"rusi@n/, Belorussian /%bEl@"rVSn/ Belgian /"bEldZ@n/ Belizean /b@"lizi@n/ Beninese /%bEn@"niz; PLnis/ Bhutanese /%butn"iz; PLis/ Bolivian /b@"lIvi@n/ Bosnian /"bAzni@n/, Herzegovinian/%hErts@g@"vIni@n/ Botswanan /bAt"swAn@n/ Brazilian /br@"zIly@n/ Bruneian /bru"naI@n/ Bulgarian /bVl"gEri@n/ Burkinabe /b@r%kin@"beI/ Burmese /%b@r"miz; PLmis/ Burundian /bU"rUndi@n; -"run-/ Cambodian /k&m"boUdi@n/ Cameroonian /%k&m@"runi@n/ Canadian /k@"neIdi@n/ Cape Verdean /%keIp "v@rdi@n/ Central African /%sEntr@l "&frIk@n/ Chadian /"tS&di@n/ Chilean /"tSIli@n; tSI"leI@n/ Chinese /%tSaI"niz; PLnis/ Colombian /kJLlVmbi@n/ Comoran /"kAm@r@n; k@"mOr@n/ Congolese /%kANg@"liz; PLlis/ Costa Rican /%koUst@ "rik@n; %kAst@-/ Ivorian /aI"vOri@n/ Croatian /kroU"eISn/

Botswana /bAt"swAn@/ Brazil /br@"zIl/ Brunei /bruLnaI / Bulgaria /bVl"gEri@/ Burkina Faso /b@r%kin@ "fAsoU/ Burma /"b@rm@/ (now officially Myanmar) Burundi /bU"rUndi; -"run-/ Cambodia /k&m"boUdi@/ Cameroon /%k&m@"run/ Canada /"k&n@d@/ Cape Verde /%keIp "v@rd/ (the) Central African Republic
/%sEntr@l %&frIk@n rI"pVblIk/

Chad /tS&d/ Chile /"tSIli/ China /"tSaIn@/ Colombia /kJLlVmbi@/ Comoros /"kAm@KroUz/ Congo /"kANgoU/ Costa Rica /%koUst@ "rik@; %kAst@-/ Cte dIvoire /%koUt di"vwAr/ Croatia /kroU"eIS@/

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Geographical Names
Noun
Cuba /"kyub@/ Cyprus /"saIpr@s/ (the) Czech Republic /%tSEk rI"pVblIk/ (the) Democratic Republic of the Congo
/KdEm@%kr&8Ik rI%pVblIk @v D@ "kANgoU/

Adjective
Cuban /"kyub@n/ Cypriot /"sIpri@t/ Czech /tSEk/ Congolese /%kANg@"liz; PLlis/ Danish /"deInIS/ Djiboutian /dZI"bu8i@n/ Dominican /KdAmJLnik@n/ Dominican /d@"mInIk@n/ East Timorese /%ist KtimO"riz; PLris/ Ecuadorian, Ecuadorean /%Ekw@"dOri@n/ Egyptian /I"dZIpSn/ Salvadoran /%s&lv@"dOr@n/ English /"InglIS/ Equatorial Guinean /%ikw@%tOri@l "gIni@n; %Ekw@-/ Eritrean /%Er@"tri@n/ Estonian /E"stoUni@n/ Ethiopian /%iTi"oUpi@n/ European /%yUr@"pi@n/ Fijian /"fidZi@n; fILdZiJn/ Finnish /"fInIS/ French /frEntS/ Macedonian /%m&s@"doUni@n/

Denmark /"dEnmArk/ Djibouti /dZI"bu8i/ Dominica /%dAm@"nik@/ (the) Dominican Republic /d@%mInIk@n rI"pVblIk/ East Timor /%ist "timOr/ Ecuador /"Ekw@KdOr/ Egypt /"idZIpt/ El Salvador /El "s&lv@KdOr/ England /"INgl@nd/ Equatorial Guinea /%ikw@%tOri@l "gIni; %Ekw@-/ Eritrea /%Er@"tri@/ Estonia /E"stoUni@/ Ethiopia /%iTi"oUpi@/ Europe /"yUr@p/ Fiji /"fidZi/ Finland /"fInl@nd/ France /fr&ns/ (the) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
/%fOrm@r %yug@slAv rI"pVblIk @v %m&s@"doUni@/

Gabon /g&"boUn/ Gabonese /%g&b@"niz; PLnis/ (the) Gambia /"g&mbi@/ Gambian /"g&mbi@n/ Georgia /"dZOrdZ@/ Georgian /"dZOrdZ@n/ Germany /"dZ@rm@ni/ German /"dZ@rm@n/ Ghana /"gAn@/ Ghanaian /gA"neI@n/ Great Britain /%greIt "brItn/ British /"brI8IS/ Greece /gris/ Greek /grik/ Grenada /gr@"neId@/ Grenadian /gr@"neIdi@n/ Guatemala /%gwA8@"mAl@/ Guatemalan /%gwA8@"mAl@n/ Guinea /"gIni/ Guinean /"gIni@n/ Guinea-Bissau /%gIni bI"saU/ Guinean /"gIni@n/ Guyana /gaI"&n@; PLAnJ/ Guyanese /%gaI@"niz; PLnis/ Haiti /"heI8i/ Haitian /"heISn/ Holland /"hAl@nd/ (the) Netherlands Honduras /hAn"dUr@s/ Honduran /hAn"dUr@n/ Hungary /"hVNg@ri/ Hungarian /hVN"gEri@n/ Iceland /"aIsl@nd/ Icelandic /aIs"l&ndIk/ India /"Indi@/ Indian /"Indi@n/ Indonesia /%Ind@"niZ@/ Indonesian /%Ind@"niZn/ Iran /I"rAn; I"r&n/ Iranian /I"reIni@n; ILrAP/ Iraq /I"rAk; I"r&k/ Iraqi /I"rAki; I"r&ki/ Israel /"IzriJl; LIzreIl/ Israeli /Iz"reIli/ Italy MLIXli/ Italian MLIt&ly@n/ (the) Ivory Coast /%aIvriLkoUst; %aIv@ri-/ Cte dIvoire Jamaica /dZJLmeIk@/ Jamaican /dZJLmeIk@n/ Japan /dZ@"p&n/ Japanese /%dZ&p@"niz; PLnis/ Jordan /"dZOrdn/ Jordanian /dZOr"deIni@n/ Kazakhstan /%kAzAk"stAnM Kazakh /k@"zAkM, Kazakhstani /%kAzAk"stAni/ Kenya /"kEny@; "kin-/ Kenyan /"kEny@n; "kin-/ Kiribati /"kIr@Kb&s; KkIrJLbAXi/ I-Kiribati /Ki "kIr@Kb&s; Ki KkIrJLbAXi/ Korea /k@"ri@/ North Korea, South Korea Korean /k@"ri@n/ Kuwait /kU"weIt/ Kuwaiti /kU"weI8i/ Kyrgyzstan /LkIrgIst&n; PKstAn/ Kyrgyz /kIrLgiz/, Kyrgyzstani /%kIrgI"stAni; PLst&ni/ Laos /laUs; "lAoUs/ Laotian /leI"oUSn/, Lao /laU/

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Geographical Names
Noun
Latvia /"l&tvi@/ Lebanon /"lEb@KnAn; -n@n/ Lesotho /l@"soUtoU; l@"sutu/ Liberia /laI"bIri@/ Libya /"lIbi@/ Liechtenstein /"lIkt@nKstaIn; -KStaIn/ Lithuania /%lITu"eIni@/ Luxembourg /"lVks@mKb@rg/ Macedonia /%m&s@"doUni@/ Madagascar /%m&d@"g&sk@r/ Malawi /m@"lAwi/ Malaysia /m@"leIZ@/ (the) Maldives /"mOldivz; -daIvz/ Mali /"mAli/ Malta /"mOlt@/ (the) Marshall Islands /mArSl LaIl@ndz/ Mauritania /%mOr@"teIni@/ Mauritius /mO"rIS@s/ Mexico /"mEksIKkoU/ Micronesia /%maIkr@"niZ@/ Moldova /mAl"doUv@; mOl-/ Monaco /"mAn@KkoU/ Mongolia /mAN"goUli@/ Montenegro /%mAnt@"nEgroU; -"nigroU/ Morocco /m@"rAkoU/ Mozambique /%moUz&m"bik; -z@m-/ Myanmar /"myAnmAr; Lmy&nP/ Namibia /n@"mIbi@/ Nauru /nA"uru/ Nepal /n@"pOl, n@"pAl/ (the) Netherlands /"nED@rl@ndz/ New Zealand /%nu "zil@nd/ Nicaragua /%nIk@"rAgw@/ Niger /niLZEr; "naIdZ@r/ Nigeria /naI"dZIri@/ Northern Ireland /%nOrD@rn "aI@rl@nd/ North Korea /%nOrT k@"ri@/ Norway /"nOrweI/ Oceania /%oUSiL&ni@/ Oman /oULmAn/ Pakistan /Lp&k@Kst&n; LpAkJKstAn/ Palau /pJLlaU/ Panama /"p&n@KmA/ Papua New Guinea /%p&pyu@ nu "gIni; Kp&puJP/ Paraguay /"p&r@KgwaI; -KgweI/ Peru /p@"ru/ (the) Philippines /"fIl@Kpinz; %fIl@"pinz/ Poland /"poUl@nd/ Portugal /"pOrtS@gl/ Qatar /"kAtAr; PtJr/ (the) Republic of Ireland MrIKpVblIk Jv LaIJrlJndM Romania /rU"meIni@; roU-/ Russia /"rVS@/ Rwanda /ru"And@/ Saint Kitts and Nevis /seInt %kIts @n "niv@s/ Saint Lucia /KseInt "luS@/ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
/seInt vInsnt @n DJ LgrEn@dinz/

Adjective
Latvian /"l&tvi@n/ Lebanese /%lEb@"niz; PLnis/ Basotho /b@"soUtoU; -Lsutu/ Liberian /laI"bIri@n/ Libyan /"lIbi@n/ Liechtenstein /"lIkt@nKstaIn; -KStaIn/ Lithuanian /%lITu"eIni@n/ Luxembourg /"lVks@mKb@rg/ Macedonian /%m&s@"doUni@n/ Madagascan /%m&d@"g&sk@n/ Malawian /m@"lAwi@n/ Malaysian /m@"leIZn/ Maldivian /mOl"dIvi@n/ Malian /"mAli@n/ Maltese /%mOl"tiz; PLtis/ Marshallese /%mArS@"liz; PLlis/ Mauritanian /%mOr@"teIni@n/ Mauritian /mO"rISn/ Mexican /"mEksIk@n/ Micronesian /%maIkr@"niZn/ Moldovan /mAl"doUvn, mOl-/ Monegasque /%mAnI"g&sk/, Monacan /"mAn@k@n; KmJLnAkJn/ Mongolian /mAN"goUli@n/ Montenegrin /%mAnt@"nEgr@n; -"nigr@n/ Moroccan /m@"rAk@n/ Mozambican /%moUz&m"bik@n; -z@m-/ Burmese /%b@r"miz; PLmis/ Namibian /n@"mIbi@n/ Nauruan /nA"uru@n/ Nepalese /%nEp@"liz; PLlis/ Dutch /dVtS/ New Zealand /%nu "zil@nd/ Nicaraguan /%nIk@"rAgw@n/ Nigerien /niLZEriJn; naI%dZIri"En/ Nigerian /naI"dZIri@n/ Northern Irish /%nOrD@rn "aIrIS/ North Korean /%nOrT k@"ri@n/ Norwegian /nOr"widZ@n/ Oceanian /%oUSiL&ni@n/ Omani /oULmAni/ Pakistani /%p&kJLst∋ KpAkJLstAni/ Palauan /pJLlaU@n/ Panamanian /%p&n@"meIni@n/ Papua New Guinean /%p&pyu@ nu "gIni@n;
Kp&puJP/

Paraguayan /%p&r@"gwaI@n; -"gweI-/ Peruvian /p@"ruvi@n/ Philippine /"fIl@Kpin/ Polish /"poUlIS/ Portuguese /%pOrtS@"giz; PLgis; "pOrtS@Kgiz; PKgis/ Qatari /k@"tAri/ Irish MLIrISM Romanian /rU"meIni@n; roU-/ Russian /"rVSn/ Rwandan /ru"And@n/ Kittitian /k@"tISn/, Nevisian /n@"vIZn/ Saint Lucian /KseInt "luS@n/ Saint Vincentian /%seInt vInLsEnSn/, Vincentian /vIn"sEnSn/

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Geographical Names
Noun
Samoa /s@"moU@/ San Marino /%s&n m@"rinoU/ So Tom and Principe /%saU t@"meI @n "prIns@pi;
%saUn- /

Adjective
Samoan /s@"moUJn/ Sammarinese /%s&m%m&r@"niz; PLnis/ So Tomean /%saU tJLmeI@n; %saUn-/ Saudi /"saUdi; "sOdi/, Saudi Arabian /%saUdi @"reIbi@n; %sOdi-/ Scandinavian /%sk&nd@"neIvi@n/ Scottish /"skAXIS/, Scots /skAts/ Senegalese /%sEn@g@"liz; PLlis/ Serbian /"s@rbi@n/ Seychellois /%seISEl"wA/ Sierra Leonean /si%Er@ li"oUni@n/ Singaporean /%sIN@"pOri@n/, Singapore /"sIN@KpOr/ Slovak /"sloUvAk; -v&k/, Slovakian MsloULvAkiJnM Slovenian /sloU"vini@n/ Somali /s@"mAli/ South African /%saUT "&frIk@n/ South Korean /%saUT k@"ri@n/ Spanish /"sp&nIS/ Sri Lankan /%sri "lANk@n; %Sri-/ Sudanese /%sudn"iz; PLis/ Surinamese /%sUr@n@"miz; PLmis/ Swazi /"swAzi/ Swedish /"swidIS/ Swiss /swIs/ Syrian /"sIri@n/ Tajik /tA"dZik; tA"dZIk/, Tajikistani
/tJ%dZik@"stAni; PKdZIkJP; PLst&niM

Saudi Arabia /%saUdi @"reIbi@; %sOdi-/ Scandinavia /%sk&nd@"neIvi@/ Scotland /"skAtl@nd/ Senegal /LsEn@gOl; -gAl/ Serbia /"s@rbi@/ (the) Seychelles /seI"SElz; -LSEl/ Sierra Leone /si%Er@ li"oUn/ Singapore /"sIN@KpOr/ Slovakia /sloU"vAki@/ Slovenia /sloU"vini@/ (the) Solomon Islands /%sAl@m@n "aIl@ndz/ Somalia /s@"mAli@/ South Africa /%saUT "&frIk@/ South Korea /%saUT k@"ri@/ Spain /speIn/ Sri Lanka /%sri "lANk@; %Sri-/ Sudan /su"d&n/ Suriname /LsUrJKnAm; PKn&m; %sUr@"nAm@/ Swaziland /"swAziKl&nd/ Sweden /"swidn/ Switzerland MLswIts@rl@nd/ Syria /"sIri@/ Tajikistan /tJLdZik@Kst&n; -LdZikJ; PKstAnM Tanzania /%t&nzJLni@/ Thailand /"taIl&nd/ Togo /LtoUgoU/ Tonga /"tANg@/ Trinidad and Tobago /%trIn@d&d @n t@"beIgoU/ Tunisia /tu"niZ@/ Turkey /"t@rki/ Turkmenistan /t@rkLmEn@st&n; -stAn/ Tuvalu /tu"vAlu/ Uganda /yu"g&nd@/ Ukraine /yu"kreIn; "yukreIn/ (the) United Arab Emirates /yU%naI8@d %&r@b
"Em@r@ts/

Tanzanian /%t&nzJLni@n/ Thai /taI/ Togolese /%toUgJLliz; PLlis/ Tongan /"tANg@n/ Trinidadian /%trIn@"d&di@n/, Tobagonian /%toUb@"goUni@n/ Tunisian /tu"niZn/ Turkish /"t@rkIS/ Turkmen /"t@rkmEn; -m@n/ Tuvaluan /tu"vAlu@n/ Ugandan /yu"g&nd@n/ Ukrainian /yu"kreIni@n/ Emirati /%EmJLraXi/ British /"brI8IS/ American /@"mErIk@n/ Uruguayan /%yUr@"gwaI@n; -"gweI-/ Uzbek /"UzbEk/, Uzbekistani /Uz%bEk@"stAni; PLst&ni/ Ni-Vanuatu /%ni KvAnu"Atu; PKv&nuP/ Venezuelan /%vEn@"zweIl@n/ Vietnamese /%vi@tn@"miz; vi%Et-; PLmis/ Welsh /wElS/ West Indian /%wEst "Indi@n/ Yemeni /"yEm@ni/ Zambian /"z&mbi@n/ Zimbabwean /zIm"bAbweI@n; -wiJn/

(the) United Kingdom /yU%naI8@d "kINd@m/ (the) United States of America /yU%naI8@d %steIts
@v @"mErIk@/

Uruguay /"yUr@KgwaI; -KgweI/ Uzbekistan /UzLbEk@st&n; -stAn/ Vanuatu /%vAnu"Atu; %v&nu-/ (the) Vatican City /%v&8Ik@n "si8i/ Venezuela /%vEn@"zweIl@/ Vietnam /%viEt"nAm; -"n&m/ Wales /weIlz/ (the) West Indies /%wEst "Indiz/ Yemen /"yEm@n/ Zambia /"z&mbi@/ Zimbabwe /zIm"bAbweI; -wi/

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