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| Description | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Cambodia (common, English) |
Kingdom of Cambodia (official, English), Royaume du Cambodge (official, French), Kampuchea (former officially-sanctioned common name in the English language and transliteration from Khmer language), Khmer Republic (former official), Democratic Kampuchea (former official), People's Republic of Kampuchea (former official), State of Cambodia (former official) |
| Canada (official, English and French) |
Dominion of Canada (historical long form, English), Dominion du Canada (historical long form, French) |
| Central African Republic (official, English) |
Oubangui-Chari (former, French), Ubangi-Shari (English), République Centrafricaine (official, French), Empire Centrafricain (former official, French), Central African Empire (English) |
| Chile (official, English) |
Chilli (Aymara), Chili (Quechua), Reyno de Chile (colonial Spanish), Capitania general de Chile (colonial Spanish) |
| People's Republic of China (official, English) |
China/中国 (common, ambiguous), 中华人民共和国 (official, Chinese), PRC (initialism), Communist China (colloquial, mainly used by Western countries), Red China (colloquial, mainly derogatory), 中共 (colloquial and mainly derogatory, mainly used by the ROC with a cognate used in Vietnam), Mainland China/中国大陆/中国內地 (colloquial, refers to the area that the PRC Government administers since the end of the Chinese Civil War), New China/新中国 (colloquial, pro-Communist), Shenzhou/神州, Ch'in Empire, Cathay (obsolete, now mainly used poetically) |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo (official, English) |
Zaire (former official name, 1971 to 1997; still occasionally used to distinguish it from Republic of the Congo), DRC (initialism), Congo Kinshasa (used in contrast to "Congo Brazzaville"), Belgian Congo (former name during Belgian colonization, 1908 to 1960, English), Congo belge (former name, French), Congo Free State (former name, 1885 to 1908), Republic of the Congo (former name, 1960 to 1964, during which time both Congos had identical official names) |
| Republic of the Congo (official, English) |
Congo (common), Congo Brazzaville (used in contrast to "Congo Kinshasa"), French Congo (former name during French colonization, 1880 to 1910, English) |
| Côte d'Ivoire (common, French and official, English) |
Ivory Coast (common, English), the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire has asked that the French name be used in all languages |
| Croatia (official, English) |
Hrvatska (official, Croatian; also in Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin), Hrvaška (Slovenian) |
| Czech Republic (official, English) |
Česká republika (official, Czech, Slovak), Česko (common, Czech, Slovak), Czechia (abbreviated, English), Bohemia (former, English) |
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