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Exonym means a name given to a place by foreigners / non-local (most often English). The name used by the people living in a country or locals is called endonym. Here’s a list these names of many countries and their capital; links to Wikipedia. The exonym language in this table is British English.
| Country Name in English (exonym) | Country Name by locals (endonym) | Capital Name in English (exonym) | Capital Name by locals (endonym) | Official or native language(s) (alphabet/) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | Apsny | Sukhum | Aqwa | Abhazian |
| Аҧсны | Аҟəа | (Abkhaz Cyrillic) | ||
| Abkhaziya | Sukhum | Russian | ||
| Абхазия | Сухум | Cyrillic | ||
| Afghanistan | Afghanestan | Kabul | Kabul | Dari-Persian, Pashtu |
| افغانستان | كابل | (Perso-Arabic) | ||
| Albania | Shqipëria | Tirana | Tiranë | Albanian |
| Algeria | Al-Jazā’ir | Algiers | Al-Jazā’ir | Arabic |
| American Samoa | Amerika Sāmoa | Pago Pago | Pago Pago | Samoan |
| Argentina | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Ciudad de Buenos Aires | Spanish |
| Armenia | Hayastán | Yerevan | Yerevan | Armenian |
| Հայաստան | Երեվան | (Armenian) | ||
| Austria | Österreich | Vienna | Wien | German |
| Azerbaijan | Azərbaycan | Baku | Bakı | Azeri |
| Bahrain | Al-Baḥrayn | Manama | Al-Manāmah | Arabic |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Dhaka | Ḍhaka | Bengali |
| বাংলাদেশ | ঢাকা | (Bengali) | ||
| Belarus | Belarus’ | Minsk | Minsk | Belarusian (archaic) |
| Беларусь | Мінск | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Biełaruś | Miensk | (Latin) | ||
| Belorussiya | Minsk | Russian | ||
| Белоруссия | Минск | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Belgium | België | Brussels | Brussel | Dutch |
| Belgique | Bruxelles | French | ||
| Belgien | Brüssel | German | ||
| Bhutan | Druk Yul | Thimphu | Thimphu | Dzongkha |
| Buliwya | Chuqiyapu | Quechua | ||
| Wuliwya | Chuqiyapu | Aymara | ||
| Volívia | La Paz | Guaraní | ||
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | Bosna i Hercegovina | Sarajevo | Sarajevo | Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian |
| Босна и Херцеговина | Сарајево | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Brazil | Brasil | Brasília | Brasília | Portuguese |
| Bulgaria | Bulgariya or Bălgarija | Sofia | Sofiya | Bulgarian |
| България | София | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Burma | Myanmar | Naypyidaw | Naypyidaw | |
| Cambodia | Kampuchea | Phnom Penh | Phnom Penh | Khmer |
| Cameroon | Cameroun | Yaoundé | Yaoundé | French |
| Cape Verde | Cabo Verde | Praia | Praia | Portuguese |
| Central African Republic | République Centrafricaine | Bangui | Bangui | French |
| Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka | Bangî | Sango | ||
| Chad | Tchad | N’Djamena | Ndjamena | French |
| Chile | . | Santiago | Spanish | |
| China (PRC) | Zhōngguó | Beijing | Běijīng | Mandarin Chinese |
| 中国 (中华人民共和国) | 北京 | . | ||
| China (ROC) or Taiwan | Zhōnghuá Mínguó or Táiwan | Taipei | Táiběi | Chinese |
| Comoros | Komori | Moroni | ||
| Juzur al-Qamar | ||||
| Comores | ||||
| Congo | Congo or Congo-Brazza | Brazzaville | Brazzaville | |
| Croatia | Hrvatska | Zagreb | Zagreb | Croatian |
| Cyprus | Kypros | Nicosia | Lefkosia | Greek |
| Κύπρος | Λευκωσία | (Greek) | ||
| Kıbrıs | Lefkoşa | Turkish | ||
| Czech Republic | Česká republika | Prague | Praha | Czech |
| Česko | ||||
| Denmark | Danmark | Copenhagen | København | Danish |
| Djibouti | Jībūtī | Djibouti | Jībūtī | Arabic |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | French | ||
| Dominican Republic | República Dominicana | Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo | Spanish |
| East Timor | Timor Lorosa’e | Díli | Díli | Tetum |
| Timor-Leste | Díli | Portuguese | ||
| Ecuador | Quito | Spanish | ||
| Egypt | Misr or Masr | Cairo | Al-Qāhirah | Arabic |
| Equatorial Guinea | Guinea Ecuatorial | Malabo | Malabo | Spanish |
| Eritrea | Iritriya | Asmara | Asmaraa | Arabic |
| Erta | Asmära | Tigrinya | ||
| Estonia | Eesti | Tallinn | Tallinn | Estonian |
| Ethiopia | Ityop’ia | Addis Ababa | Addis Abäba | Amharic |
| Faroe Islands | Føroyar | Tórshavn | Tórshavn | Faroese |
| Færøerne | Thorshavn | Danish | ||
| Finland | Suomi | Helsinki | Helsinki | Finnish |
| Finland | Helsingfors | Swedish | ||
| Georgia | Sak’art’velo | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Georgian |
| საქართველო | თბილისი | (Georgian) | ||
| Germany | Deutschland | Berlin | Berlin | German |
| Greece | Hellas | Athens | Athinai | Greek |
| Ελλάς | Αθήναι | (Greek) | ||
| or | or | |||
| Ellada | Athina | |||
| Ελλάδα | Αθήνα | |||
| Greenland | Kalaallit Nunaat | Nuuk | Nuuk | Greenlandic |
| Grønland | Godthåb | Danish | ||
| Guinea | Guinée | Conakry | Conakry | French |
| Gine | Kɔnakiri | Maninka, Susu | ||
| Gine | Konakiri | Pular | ||
| Haiti | Haïti | Port-au-Prince | Port-au-Prince | French |
| Ayiti | Pòtoprens | Haitian Creole | ||
| Hungary | Magyarország | Budapest | Budapest | Hungarian |
| Iceland | Ísland | Reykjavík | Reykjavík | Icelandic |
| India, Republic of | Bharôt | New Delhi | Nôya Dilli | Assamese |
| ভাৰত | নয়া দিল্লী | (Assamese) | ||
| Bharot | Nôea Dilli | Bengali | ||
| Bhāratam | Nava Dehalī | Sanskrit | ||
| भारतम् | दिल्ली | Devanagari | ||
| Bhāratu, Hindustānu | Naīñ Dihlī | Sindhi | ||
| ڀارت، هندستان | نئين دهلي | (Perso-Arabic) | ||
| Indiyā, Bārata | Puduḍilli | Tamil | ||
| இந்தியா, பாரத | புதுடில்லி | (Tamil) | ||
| Bhāratadēsham | Kothaḍhillī | Telugu | ||
| భారత దేశం | కొత్త ఢిల్లీ | (Telugu) | ||
| Iran aka Persia | Īrān | Tehran | Tehrān | Persian |
| ایران | تهران | (Perso-Arabic) | ||
| Iraq | Al-‘Iraq | Baghdad | Baghdad | Arabic and Kurdish |
| Ireland | Éire | Dublin | Baile Átha Cliath | Irish |
| Italy | Italia | Rome | Roma | Italian |
| Japan | Nippon or Nihon | Tokyo | Tōkyō | Japanese |
| 日本 | 東京 | (Katakana) | ||
| Kazakhstan | Qazaqstan | Astana | Astana | Kazakh |
| Қазақстан | Астана | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Kazakhstán | Astana | Russian | ||
| Казахстан | Астана | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Korea (South) | Daehan Minguk as called in SK | Seoul | Seoul | Korean |
| 한국 / 韓國 | 서울 | (Hangul/Hanja) | ||
| Nam-josŏn as called in NK | ||||
| 남조선 / 南朝鮮 | ||||
| Korea (North) | Chosŏn as called in NK | P’yŏngyang | P’yŏngyang | Korean |
| 조선 / 朝鮮 | 평양 / 平壌 | (Hangul/Hanja) | ||
| Buk-han as called in SK | ||||
| 북한 / 北韓 | ||||
| Kosovo | Kosova, Косово | Prishtinë | Prishtinë, Приштина (Priština) | Albanian, Serbian |
| (Roman, Cyrillic) | ||||
| Kuwait | Al-Kuwayt | Kuwait City | Al-Kuwayt | Arabic |
| Кыргызстан | Бишкек | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Kirgizija | Bishkek | Russian | ||
| Киргизия | Бишкек | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Laos | Lao | Vientiane | Vientiane or Vieng Chan | Lao |
| ລາວ | ວຽງຈັນ | (Lao) | ||
| Latvia | Latvija | Riga | Rīga | Latvian |
| Lebanon | Lubnān | Beirut | Bayrūt | Arabic |
| Libya | Lībiyā | Tripoli | Tarabulus | Arabic |
| Lithuania | Lietuva | Vilnius | Vilnius | Lithuanian |
| Luxembourg | Lëtzebuerg | Luxembourg | Lëtzebuerg | Luxembourgish |
| Luxemburg | Luxemburg | German | ||
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | French | ||
| Macedonia | Makedonija | Skopje | Skopje | Macedonian |
| Македонија | Скопје | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Madagascar | Madagasikara | Antananarivo | Antananarivo | Malagasy |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | French | ||
| Maldives | Dhivehi Raajje | Malé | Malé | Dhivehi |
| ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ | މާލެ | (Thaana) | ||
| Mauritania | Mauritanie | Nouakchott | Nouakchott | French |
| Mūrītāniyā | Nouakchott | Arabic | ||
| Mauritius | Maurice | Port Louis | Port Louis | English, French |
| Mongolia | Mongol Uls | Ulaanbaatar | Ulaanbaatar | |
| Монгол Улс | Улаанбаатар | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Montenegro | Crna Gora | Podgorica | Podgorica | Serbian |
| Црна Гора | Подгорица | |||
| Morocco | Al-Maghrib | Rabat | Rabat | Dutch |
| Myanmar | Myanma | Naypyidaw | ||
| Naypyidaw | Burmese | |||
| Nauru | Naoero | Yaren | English | |
| Nauruo | Nauruan | |||
| the Netherlands | Nederlands | Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Dutch |
| Norway | Norge | Oslo | Oslo | Norwegian Bokmål |
| Noreg | Oslo | Norwegian Nynorsk | ||
| Oman | ‘Umān | Muscat | Masqaṭ | Arabic |
| Pakistan | Pākistān | Islamabad | Islāmabād | Urdu |
| پاکستان | اسلاماباد | (PersoArabic) | ||
| Palau | Belau | Ngerulmud | Ngerulmud | English, Palauan |
| Philippines | Pilipinas | Manila | Maynila | Filipino / Tagalog |
| Philippines | Manila | English | ||
| Filipinas | Manila | Spanish | ||
| Poland | Polska | Warsaw | Warszawa | Polish |
| Puerto Rico | San Juan | Spanish | ||
| Qatar | Qaṭar | Doha | Ad-Dawḥah | Arabic |
| Romania | România | Bucharest | Bucureşti | Romanian |
| Russia | Rossiya or Rossiâ | Moscow | Moskva | Russian |
| Россия1 | Москва | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Saudi Arabia | Al-Mamlaka Al-‘Arabiyyah as Sa‘ūdiyyah | Riyadh | Ar-Riyāḍ | Arabic |
| Serbia | Srbija | Belgrade | Beograd | Serbian |
| Србија | Београд | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Seychelles | Sesel | Victoria | Victoria or Port Victoria | Seychellois Creole |
| Seychelles | French | |||
| Seychelles | English | |||
| Singapore | Singapura | Malay | ||
| Singapore | English | |||
| Xīnjiāpō | Mandarin Chinese | |||
| 新加坡 | (Simplified Chinese characters) | |||
| Singapur | Tamil | |||
| சிங்கப்பூர் | (Tamil) | |||
| Slovakia | Slovensko | Bratislava | Bratislava | Slovak |
| Slovenia | Slovenija | Ljubljana | Ljubljana | Slovene |
| Somalia | Soomaaliya | Mogadishu | Muqdisho | Somali |
| aş-Şūmāl | Maqadīshū | Arabic | ||
| South Africa | Suid-Afrika | Pretoria, Kaapstad | Afrikaans | |
| uMzantsi Afrika | iPitoli | Xhosa | ||
| Afrika-Borwa | Tshwane | Pedi | ||
| Afrika Borwa | Tshwane | Sotho | ||
| Aforika Borwa | Tshwane | Tswana | ||
| Afurika Tshipembe | Tswane | Venda | ||
| Afrika Dzonga | Pitori | Tsonga | ||
| iNingizimu Afrika | iPitoli | Swazi | ||
| iSewula Afrika | iPitori | Ndebele | ||
| South Ossetia | Khussar Iryston | Tskhinval | Chreba | Ossetic |
| Хуссар Ирыстон | Чъреба | Georgian | ||
| Samkhret Oseti | Tskhinvali | Russian | ||
| სამხრეთი ოსეთი | ცხინვალი | |||
| Южная Осетия | Tskhinval | |||
| Yuzhnaya Osetiya | Цхинвал | |||
| Spain | España | Madrid | Madrid | Spanish/Galician |
| Espanya | Madrid | Catalan | ||
| Espainia | Madril | Basque | ||
| Espanha | Madrid | Aranese | ||
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lankā | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | Sri | Sinhala |
| ஸ்ரீ லங்க | Jayawadenapura Kotte | |||
| Sudan | As-Sudan | Khartoum | Al-Khartûm | Arabic |
| Sweden | Sverige | Stockholm | Stockholm | Swedish |
| Switzerland | Schweiz | Bern | Bern | German |
| Suisse | Berne | French | ||
| Svizzera | Berna | Italian | ||
| Svizra | Berna | Romansh | ||
| Syria | Suriyah | Damascus | Dimashq / Ash-Sham | Arabic |
| Tajikistan | Tojikistan | Dushanbe | Dushanbe | Tajiki-Persian |
| Тоҷикистон | Душанбе | (Cyrilic) | ||
| Thailand | Mueang Thai, Prathet Thai, Ratcha-anachak Thai | Bangkok | Krung Thep Maha Nakhon | Thai |
| Tunisia | Tunis | Tunis | Tunis | Arabic |
| Turkey | Türkiye | Ankara | Ankara | Turkish |
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti | Nicosia | Lefkoşa | Turkish |
| Ukraine | Ukraїna | Kiev | Kyїv | Ukrainian |
| Україна | Київ | (Cyrillic) | ||
| Uzbekistan | O’zbekiston | Tashkent | Toshkent | Uzbek |
| Vatican City | Civitas Vaticana | Latin | ||
| Vietnam | Việt Nam | Hanoi | Hà Nội | Vietnamese |
| Yemen | Al-Yaman | Sana’a | Ṣan‘ā’ | Arabic |
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