Olhudookara(Country & Island)Dhivehi From Dhivehi އޮޅުދޫ (olhudoo) referring to the island of Sri Lanka combined with ކަރަ (kara) meaning "landmass, country". This is the Dhivehi name of Sri Lanka.
Ollandia(Country & Political Subdivision)Greek Greek form of Holland 1. It is usually used to refer to the whole country of the Netherlands, even though that is technically incorrect... [more]
Ossetia(Country, Political Subdivision & Region)English From Russian Осетия (Osetiya), from Georgian ოსეთი (oseti) derived from ოსი (osi) meaning "Ossetian". The name comes from As, the self-designation of the historic Alan people... [more]
Palau(Country)English Palau is an archipelago in Oceania. The flag is a yellow circle in the middle of a blue background, and the country is locally known as Belau.
Palestine(Country & Region)English, Biblical, French From Hebrew Pelesheth, which probably means "land of the Philistines". This is the name of a historical/geographic region in Western Asia. It is also the name of a sovereign state in Western Asia (officially the State of Palestine).
Palestine(Region & Country)English, French From Ancient Greek (via Latin) Παλαιστίνη (Palaistine), itself most likely derived from Hebrew פלשת (peleshet) meaning "Philistia, land of the Philistines". This is the name of a region and country in western Asia.
Paniora(Country)Tahitian Borrowed from Spanish español meaning "Spanish" or from the name España, used as the Tahitian name for Spain.
Pantai Gading(Country)Indonesian From Indonesian pantai meaning "beach, coast" and gading meaning "ivory". This is the Indonesian name for Ivory Coast.
Parskastan(Country)Armenian From Armenian պարսիկ (parsik) meaning "Persian" combined with the Persian suffix ستان (stan) meaning "land of". This is the Armenian name of Persia, colloquially used to refer to modern-day Iran as well.
Phần Lan(Country)Vietnamese From a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 芬蘭 (Fēnlán), perhaps altered based on Vietnamese phân meaning "feces" or phần meaning "part, portion". This is the Vietnamese name for Finland.
Pháp(Country)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 法 (Pháp), from a contraction of Chinese 法國 (Fǎguó). This is the Vietnamese name for France.
Pindoráma(Country)Guarani From Tupi-Guarani pindó-rama meaning "land of palm trees", from pindo meaning "palm tree" and ráma meaning "land, section". This is the Guarani name of Brazil.
Pindorama(Country)Portuguese Portuguese form of Pindoráma, used to refer to historical Brazil or as a poetic term for the country.