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Names of countries in seven languages
The website Names of countries in seven languages presents the names of the independent states of the world and their geographically separate regions in 7 languages. The material includes Western Sahara, Palestine, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Antarctica and the 21 republics of the Russian Federation. The material includes the official names of the countries as well as commonly used unofficial names.
Each name is presented on a separate page in Finnish, Swedish, North Saami, English, French, German and Russian.
The primary source for the material on this website is the list of recommendations issued by the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. These recommendations apply to the official UN languages – English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic – but can also be applied to other languages. The conventions for other languages have been taken from reliable sources. The material on this website is based on Maiden nimet suomeksi, ruotsiksi, saameksi, englanniksi, ranskaksi ja saksaksi (The Names of Countries in Finnish, Swedish, Saami, English, French and German), edited by Saara Welin (2003), which in turn is based on Maiden nimet kuudella kielellä (The Names of Countries in Six Languages), edited by Eeva Maria Närhi (1994), cf. the list of sources.
