1 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 Adjective Afghanistan /&f"g&n@Kst&n/ Afghan /"&fg&n/ Africa /L&frIk@/ African /"&frIk@n/ Albania /&l"beIni@/ Albanian /&l"beIni@n/ Algeria /&l"dZIri@/ Algerian /&l"dZIri@n/ America /@"mErIk@/ American /@"mErIk@n/ Andorra /&n"dOr@/ Andorran /&n"dOr@n/ Angola /&N"goUl@/ Angolan /&N"goUl@n/ Antarctica /&nt"ArktIk@; -"Ar8Ik@/ Antarctic /&nt"ArktIk; -"Ar8Ik/ Antigua and Barbuda / &n%tig@ @n bAr"bud@ / Antiguan /&n"tig@n/ , Barbudan /bAr"budn/ (the) Arctic /"ArktIk; "Ar8Ik/ Arctic /"ArktIk; "Ar8Ik/ Argentina /%ArdZ@n"tin@/ Argentine /"ArdZ@nKtin; -taIn/ Argentinian /%ArdZ@n"tIni@n/ Armenia /Ar"mini@/ Armenian /Ar"mini@n/ Asia /"eIZ@/ Asian /"eIZn/ Australia /O"streIly@/ Australian /O"streIly@n/ Austria /"Ostri@/ Austrian /"Ostri@n/ Azerbaijan /%&z@rbaI"dZAn; %Az@r-/ Azerbaijani /%&z@rbaI"dZAni; %Az@r-/ (the) Bahamas /b@"hAm@z/ Bahamian /b@"heImi@n/ Bahrain /bA"reIn/ Bahraini /bA"reIni/ Bangladesh /%bANgl@"dES; %b&N-/ Bangladeshi /%bANgl@"dESi; %b&N-/ Barbados /bAr"beIdoUs/ Barbadian /bAr"beIdi@n/ Belarus /%bEl@"rus/ Belarusian /%bEl@"rusi@n/ , Belorussian /%bEl@"rVSn/ Belgium /"bEldZ@m/ Belgian /"bEldZ@n/ Belize /b@"liz/ Belizean /b@"lizi@n/ Benin /b@"nin/ Beninese /%bEn@"niz; PLnis/ Bhutan /bu"tAn/ Bhutanese /%butn"iz; PLis/ Bolivia /b@"lIvi@/ Bolivian /b@"lIvi@n/ Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian /"bAzni@n/ , /%bAzni@ @n %hErts@goU"vin@/ Herzegovinian /%hErts@g@"vIni@n/ Botswana /bAt"swAn@/ Botswanan /bAt"swAn@n/ Brazil /br@"zIl/ Brazilian /br@"zIly@n/ Brunei /bruLnaI / Bruneian /bru"naI@n/ Bulgaria /bVl"gEri@/ Bulgarian /bVl"gEri@n/ Burkina Faso /b@r%kin@ "fAsoU/ Burkinabe /b@r%kin@"beI/ Burma /"b@rm@/ (now ocially Myanmar) Burmese /%b@r"miz; PLmis/ Burundi /bU"rUndi; -"run-/ Burundian /bU"rUndi@n; -"run-/ Cambodia /k&m"boUdi@/ Cambodian /k&m"boUdi@n/ Cameroon /%k&m@"run / Cameroonian /%k&m@"runi@n/ Canada /"k&n@d@/ Canadian /k@"neIdi@n/ Cape Verde /%keIp "v@rd/ Cape Verdean /%keIp "v@rdi@n/ (the) Central African Republic Central African /%sEntr@l "&frIk@n/ /%sEntr@l %&frIk@n rI"pVblIk/ Chad /tS&d/ Chadian /"tS&di@n/ Chile /"tSIli/ Chilean /"tSIli@n; tSI"leI@n/ China /"tSaIn@/ Chinese /%tSaI"niz; PLnis/ Colombia /k@"lVmbi@/ Colombian /k@"lVmbi@n/ Comoros /"kAm@KroUz/ Comoran /"kAm@r@n; k@"mOr@n/ Congo /"kANgoU/ Congolese /%kANg@"liz; PLlis/ Costa Rica /%koUst@ "rik@; %kAst@-/ Costa Rican /%koUst@ "rik@n; %kAst@-/ Côte d’Ivoire /%koUt di"vwAr/ Ivorian /aI"vOri@n/ Croatia /kroU"eIS@/ Croatian /kroU"eISn/ Thái Quang Tuân Geographical Names 2 Noun Adjective Cuba /"kyub@/ Cuban /"kyub@n/ Cyprus /"saIpr@s/ Cypriot /"sIpri@t/ (the) Czech Republic /%tSEk rI"pVblIk/ Czech /tSEk/ (the) Democratic Republic of the Congo Congolese /%kANg@"liz; PLlis/ /KdEm@%kr&8Ik rI%pVblIk @v D@ "kANgoU/ Denmark /"dEnmArk/ Danish /"deInIS/ Djibouti /dZI"bu8i/ Djiboutian /dZI"bu8i@n/ Dominica /%dAm@"nik@/ Dominican /KdAmJLnikJn/ (the) Dominican Republic /d@%mInIk@n rI"pVblIk/ Dominican /dJLmInIkJn/ East Timor /%ist "timOr/ East Timorese /%ist KtimO"riz; PLris/ Ecuador /"Ekw@KdOr/ Ecuadorian, Ecuadorean /%Ekw@"dOri@n/ Egypt /"idZIpt/ Egyptian /I"dZIpSn/ El Salvador /El "s&lv@KdOr/ Salvadoran /%s&lv@"dOr@n/ England /"INgl@nd/ English /"InglIS/ Equatorial Guinea /%ikw@%tOri@l "gIni; %Ekw@-/ Equatorial Guinean /%ikw@%tOri@l "gIni@n; %Ekw@-/ Eritrea /%Er@"tri@/ Eritrean /%Er@"tri@n/ Estonia /E"stoUni@/ Estonian /E"stoUni@n/ Ethiopia /%iTi"oUpi@/ Ethiopian /%iTi"oUpi@n/ Europe /"yUr@p/ European /%yUr@"pi@n/ Fiji /"fidZi/ Fijian /"fidZi@n; fILdZiJn/ Finland /"fInl@nd/ Finnish /"fInIS/ France /fr&ns/ French /frEntS/ (the) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Macedonian /%m&s@"doUni@n/ /%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 /LIzriJl; "IzreIl/ Israeli /Iz"reIli/ Italy /"I8l •i/ Italian /I"t&ly@n/ (the) Ivory Coast /%aIvri "koUst; %aIv@ri-/ ➔ Côte d’Ivoire Jamaica /dZ@"meIk@/ Jamaican /dZ@"meIk@n/ Japan /dZ@"p&n/ Japanese /%dZ&p@"niz; PLnis/ Jordan /"dZOrdn/ Jordanian /dZOr"deIni@n/ Kazakhstan /%kAzAk"stAn/ Kazakh /k@"zAk/ , 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 /%kIrgILstAni; PLst&ni/ Thái Quang Tuân Geographical Names 3 Noun Adjective Laos /laUs; "lAoUs/ Laotian /leI"oUSn/ , Lao /laU/ Latvia /"l&tvi@/ Latvian /"l&tvi@n/ Lebanon /"lEb@KnAn; -n@n/ Lebanese /%lEb@"niz; PLnis/ Lesotho /l@"soUtoU; l@"sutu/ Basotho /b@"soUtoU; -Lsutu/ Liberia /laI"bIri@/ Liberian /laI"bIri@n/ Libya /"lIbi@/ Libyan /"lIbi@n/ Liechtenstein /"lIkt@nKstaIn; -KStaIn/ Liechtenstein /"lIkt@nKstaIn; -KStaIn/ Lithuania /%lITu"eIni@/ Lithuanian /%lITu"eIni@n/ Luxembourg /"lVks@mKb@rg/ Luxembourg /"lVks@mKb@rg/ Macedonia /%m&s@"doUni@/ Macedonian /%m&s@"doUni@n/ Madagascar /%m&d@"g&sk@r/ Madagascan /%m&d@"g&sk@n/ Malawi /m@"lAwi/ Malawian /m@"lAwi@n/ Malaysia /m@"leIZ@/ Malaysian /m@"leIZn/ (the) Maldives /"mOldivz; -daIvz/ Maldivian /mOl"dIvi@n/ Mali /"mAli/ Malian /"mAli@n/ Malta /"mOlt@/ Maltese /%mOl"tiz; PLtis/ (the) Marshall Islands /mArSl LaIl@ndz/ Marshallese /%mArS@"liz; PLlis/ Mauritania /%mOr@"teIni@/ Mauritanian /%mOr@"teIni@n/ Mauritius /mO"rIS@s/ Mauritian /mO"rISn/ Mexico /"mEksIKkoU/ Mexican /"mEksIk@n/ Micronesia /%maIkr@"niZ@/ Micronesian /%maIkr@"niZn/ Moldova /mAl"doUv@; mOl-/ Moldovan /mAl"doUvn, mOl-/ Monaco /"mAn@KkoU/ Monegasque /%mAnI"g&sk/ , Monacan /"mAn@k@n/ Mongolia /mAN"goUli@/ Mongolian /mAN"goUli@n/ Montenegro /%mAnt@"nEgroU; -"nigroU/ Montenegrin /%mAnt@"nEgr@n; -"nigr@n/ Morocco /m@"rAkoU/ Moroccan /m@"rAk@n/ Mozambique /%moUz&m"bik; -z@m-/ Mozambican /%moUz&m"bik@n; -z@m-/ Myanmar /"myAnmAr; Lmy&nP/ Burmese /%b@r"miz; PLmis/ Namibia /n@"mIbi@/ Namibian /n@"mIbi@n/ Nauru /nA"uru/ Nauruan /nA"uru@n/ Nepal /n@"pOl; n@"pAl/ Nepalese /%nEp@"liz; PLlis/ (the) Netherlands /"nED@rl@ndz/ Dutch /dVtS/ New Zealand /%nu "zil@nd/ New Zealand /%nu "zil@nd/ Nicaragua /%nIk@"rAgw@/ Nicaraguan /%nIk@"rAgw@n/ Niger /niLZEr; "naIdZ@r/ Nigerien /niLZEriJn; naI%dZIri"En/ Nigeria /naI"dZIri@/ Nigerian /naI"dZIri@n/ Northern Ireland /%nOrD@rn "aI@rl@nd/ Northern Irish /%nOrD@rn "aIrIS/ North Korea /%nOrT k@"ri@/ North Korean /%nOrT k@"ri@n/ Norway /"nOrweI/ Norwegian /nOr"widZ@n/ Oceania /%oUSi"&ni@/ Oceanian /%oUSi"&ni@n/ Oman /oU"mAn/ Omani /oU"mAni/ Pakistan /"p&k@Kst&n; LpAkJKstAn/ Pakistani /%p&k@"st∋ KpAkJLstAni/ Palau /p@"laU/ Palauan /p@"laU@n/ Panama /"p&n@KmA/ Panamanian /%p&n@"meIni@n/ Papua New Guinea /%p&pyu@ nu "gIni; Kp&puJP/ Papua New Guinean /%p&pyu@ nu "gIni@n; Kp&puJP/ Paraguay /"p&r@KgwaI; -KgweI/ Paraguayan /%p&r@"gwaI@n; -"gweI-/ Peru /p@"ru/ Peruvian /p@"ruvi@n/ (the) Philippines /"fIl@Kpinz; %fIl@"pinz/ Philippine /"fIl@Kpin/ Poland /"poUl@nd/ Polish /"poUlIS/ Portugal /"pOrtS@gl/ Portuguese /%pOrtS@"giz; PLgis; "pOrtS@Kgiz; PKgis/ Qatar /"kAtAr; PtJr/ Qatari /k@"tAri/ (the) Republic of Ireland /rIKpVblIk Jv LaIJrlJnd/ Irish /LaIrIS/ Romania /rU"meIni@; roU-/ Romanian /rU"meIni@n; roU-/ Russia /"rVS@/ Russian /"rVSn/ Rwanda /ru"And@/ Rwandan /ru"And@n/ Saint Kitts and Nevis /seInt %kIts @n "niv@s/ Kittitian /k@"tISn/ , Nevisian /n@"vIZn/ Saint Lucia /KseInt "luS@/ Saint Lucian /KseInt "luS@n/ Thái Quang Tuân Geographical Names 4 Noun Adjective Saint Vincent and the Grenadines /seInt vInsnt @n Saint Vincentian /%seInt vIn"sEnSn/ , D@ "grEn@dinz/ Vincentian /vIn"sEnSn/ Samoa /s@"moU@/ Samoan /s@"moUJn/ San Marino /%s&n m@"rinoU/ Sammarinese /%s&m%m&r@"niz; PLnis/ São Tomé and Principe /%saU t@"meI @n "prIns@pi; %saUn- / São Tomean /%saU t@"meI@n; %saUn-/ Saudi Arabia /%saUdi @"reIbi@; %sOdi-/ Saudi /"saUdi; "sOdi/ , Saudi Arabian /%saUdi @"reIbi@n; %sOdi-/ Scandinavia /%sk&nd@"neIvi@/ Scandinavian /%sk&nd@"neIvi@n/ Scotland /"skAtl@nd/ Scottish /"skAXIS/ , Scots /skAts/ Senegal /LsEn@gOl; -gAl/ Senegalese /%sEn@g@"liz; PLlis/ Serbia /"s@rbi@/ Serbian /"s@rbi@n/ (the) Seychelles /seI"SElz; -LSEl/ Seychellois /%seISEl"wA/ Sierra Leone /si%Er@ li"oUn/ Sierra Leonean /si%Er@ li"oUni@n/ Singapore /"sIN@KpOr/ Singaporean /%sIN@"pOri@n/ , Singapore /"sIN@KpOr/ Slovakia /sloU"vAki@/ Slovak /"sloUvAk/, Slovakian MsloULvAkiJnM Slovenia /sloU"vini@/ Slovenian /sloU"vini@n/ (the) Solomon Islands /%sAl@m@n "aIl@ndz/ — Somalia /s@"mAli@/ Somali /s@"mAli/ South Africa /%saUT "&frIk@/ South African /%saUT "&frIk@n/ South Korea /%saUT k@"ri@/ South Korean /%saUT k@"ri@n/ Spain /speIn/ Spanish /"sp&nIS/ Sri Lanka /%sri "lANk@; %Sri-/ Sri Lankan /%sri "lANk@n; %Sri-/ Sudan /su"d&n/ Sudanese /%sudn"iz; PLis/ Suriname /LsUrJKnAm; PKn&m; %sUr@"nAm@/ Surinamese /%sUr@n@"miz; PLmis/ Swaziland /"swAziKl&nd/ Swazi /"swAzi/ Sweden /"swidn/ Swedish /"swidIS/ Switzerland /"swIts@rl@nd/ Swiss /swIs/ Syria /"sIri@/ Syrian /"sIri@n/ Tajikistan /tJLdZikJKst&n; PLdZIkJP; PKstAn/ Tajik /tA"dZik; tA"dZIk/ , Tajikistani /tJ%dZik@"stAni; PKdZIkJP; PLst&ni Tanzania /%t&nz@"ni@/ Tanzanian /%t&nz@"ni@n/ Thailand /"taIl&nd/ Thai /taI/ Togo /"toUgoU/ Togolese /%toUg@"liz; PLlis/ Tonga /"tANg@/ Tongan /"tANg@n/ Trinidad and Tobago /%trIn@d&d @n t@"beIgoU/ Trinidadian /%trIn@"d&di@n/ , Tobagonian /%toUb@"goUni@n/ Tunisia /tu"niZ@/ Tunisian /tu"niZn/ Turkey /"t@rki/ Turkish /"t@rkIS/ Turkmenistan /t@rkLmEn@st&n; -stAn/ Turkmen /"t@rkmEn; -m@n/ Tuvalu /tu"vAlu/ Tuvaluan /tu"vAlu@n/ Uganda /yu"g&nd@/ Ugandan /yu"g&nd@n/ Ukraine /yu"kreIn; "yukreIn/ Ukrainian /yu"kreIni@n/ (the) United Arab Emirates /yU%naI8@d %&r@b "Em@r@ts/ Emirati /%EmJ"raXi/ (the) United Kingdom /yU%naI8@d "kINd@m/ British /"brI8IS/ (the) United States of America /y U %naI 8 @d %steIts American /@"mErIk@n/ @v @"mErIk@/ Uruguay /"yUr@KgwaI; -KgweI/ Uruguayan /%yUr@"gwaI@n; -"gweI-/ Uzbekistan /UzLbEk@st&n; -stAn/ Uzbek /"UzbEk/ , Uzbekistani /Uz%bEk@"stAni/ Vanuatu /%vAnu"Atu; %v&nuP/ Ni-Vanuatu /%ni KvAnu"Atu; PKv&nuP/ (the) Vatican City /%v&8Ik@n "si8i/ — Venezuela /%vEn@"zweIl@/ Venezuelan /%vEn@"zweIl@n/ Vietnam /%viEt"nAm; -"n&m/ Vietnamese /%vi@tn@"miz; vi%Et-; PLmis/ Wales /weIlz/ Welsh /wElS/ (the) West Indies /%wEst "Indiz/ West Indian /%wEst "Indi@n/ Yemen /"yEm@n/ Yemeni /"yEm@ni/ Zambia /"z&mbi@/ Zambian /"z&mbi@n/ Zimbabwe /zIm"bAbweI; -wi/ Zimbabwean /zIm"bAbweI@n; -wiJn/ Thái Quang Tuân . -KgweI/ Uruguayan /%yUr@"gwaI@n; -& quot;gweI-/ Uzbekistan /UzLbEk@st&n; -stAn/ Uzbek /"UzbEk/ , Uzbekistani /Uz%bEk@"stAni/ Vanuatu /%vAnu"Atu; %v&nuP/ Ni-Vanuatu. ocially Myanmar) Burmese /%b@r"miz; PLmis/ Burundi /bU"rUndi; -& quot;run-/ Burundian /bU"rUndi@n; -& quot;run-/ Cambodia /k&m"boUdi@/ Cambodian /k&m"boUdi@n/ Cameroon. %kAst @-/ Costa Rican /%koUst@ "rik@n; %kAst @-/ Côte d’Ivoire /%koUt di"vwAr/ Ivorian /aI"vOri@n/ Croatia /kroU"eIS@/ Croatian /kroU"eISn/ Thái Quang Tuân Geographical Names 2 Noun