| Exonym
|
Name
|
| The Inca
|
Tawantinsuyu ("Four Corners")
|
| The Aztec
|
Mexica or Tenochca
|
| Canton
|
Guangzhou (廣州) ("Expansive Prefecture")
|
| Yucatan
|
Yucatan means "I do not understand"
|
| The Iroquois
|
Haudenosaunee ("The League of Peace and Power")
|
| The Byzantine Empire
|
The Roman Empire
|
| Sumeria
|
Ki-en-gi ("Place of the Civilized Lords")
|
| Sumerians
|
Sag-gi-ga ("The Black-Headed People")
|
| Armenia
|
Hayastan ("the land of Haik"; see Armenia - Origin and history of the name)
|
| Bhutan
|
Druk Yul ("land of the dragon" in Dzongkha)
|
| China
|
Zhongguo (中國) ("Middle Kingdom")
|
| Egypt
|
Miṣr (مصر) in Arabic, Maṣr in Egyptian dialect; means "a country" or "a state"
|
| Finland
|
Suomi in Finnish, but Finland in Swedish
|
| Georgia
|
Sakartvelo
|
| Germany
|
Deutschland
|
| Greece
|
Ellás (Ελλάς)
|
| Hungary
|
Magyarország
|
| India
|
Bhārat in Hindi, but India is officially recognized too; see Origin of India's name
|
| Japan
|
Nippon / Nihon (日本, "The Sun's Origin"; see Nippon and Nihon)
|
| Korea
|
Chosŏn (Joseon)(조선 / 朝鮮) in North Korea and Hanguk (한국 / 韓國) in South Korea, but Goryeo (고려 / 高麗), the source of Korea, is used as neutral name for Korea; see Names of Korea
|
| Maldives
|
Dhivehi raajj'e ; ("The Islands of Dhivehi People" in Dhivehi language; see History of Maldives)
|
| Montenegro
|
Crna Gora / Црна Гора ("black mountain" in Serbian; see History of Montenegro - Etymology)
|
| Morocco
|
al-Maghrib ("The West" in Arabic; see also Maghrib and Maghreb)
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