List of Alternative Country Names - T

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Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Taiwan
Republic of China (official, English), 中華民國 (official, Chinese), 臺灣 (common, Chinese), ROC (initialism), Chinese Taipei/中華台北 (international designation), Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu/台灣、澎湖、金門及馬祖個別關稅領域 (international designation), Taipei, China (designation used by China to imply that Taiwan is part of China), Taiwan, Province of China (UN designation), Nationalist China (obsolete), Free China (obsolete, pro-Nationalist), Formosa (former, English)
Tanzania
(common, English)
United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar (former, English), United Republic of Tanzania (official, English). Deutsch-Ostafrika, together with Ruanda and Urundi (= German East Africa, colonial name until 1918). The country is named after Tanganyika, its mainland part, and the Zanzibar islands off its east coast.
Thailand
Siam (former name), Kingdom of Thailand (official, English)
Transnistria
Pridnestrovie (official shortform name), Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica (official, longform)
Tunisia
تونس(official, Arabic)(common, French, English)
Tunisia (official shortform name), Republic of Tunisia (official, longform), الجمهورية التونسية, (official, Arabic)
Turkey
Republic of Turkey (official, English), Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (official, Turkish), Asia Minor (geographical, English), Anatolia (geographical, English), Ottoman Empire (former, English), Turkish Empire (former unofficial, English), Porte or Sublime Porte (English descriptions of the former Ottoman state)
Tuvalu
Tuvalu (short- and long-form name, English and Tuvaluan), Ellice Islands (colonial name, English)

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