Tourkmenia(Country & Political Subdivision)Greek (Rare) Hellenization of Turkmeniya, the Russian name for the country of Turkmenistan. In Greece, this name was primarily used during the Soviet era... [more]
Trung Phi(Country & Region)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 中非 (Trung Phi), itself from Chinese 中非 (zhōngfēi). This is the Vietnamese name for the subregion of Central Africa as well as the Central African Republic (the country).
Tshik(Country)Arabic Arabic form of Čechy, used as the Arabic name for the Czech Republic. It is usually written with the definite article: التشيك (al-Tshik).
Túnis(Country & Settlement)Icelandic, Portuguese (Brazilian) Icelandic and Brazilian Portuguese form of Tunis. The Icelandic name refers to both the country of Tunisia and the city of Tunis, while the Portuguese name refers only to the city.
Turk(Country)Mongolian, Ossetian Derived from the ethnonym Turk, which is of Old Turkic origin possibly meaning "ancestry". This is the Mongolian and Ossetian name for Turkey.
Turketi(Country)Georgian From Georgian თურქი (turki) referring to the Turkish people and the suffix -ეთი (-eti) used to indicate location. This is the Georgian name for Turkey.
Turkmenia(Country & Political Subdivision)English (Rare) Anglicization of Turkmeniya, the Russian name for the country of Turkmenistan. In the Anglophone world, this name was primarily used during the Soviet era... [more]
Turkménie(Country & Political Subdivision)French (Rare) Gallicization of Turkmeniya, the Russian name for the country of Turkmenistan. In the Francophone world, this name was primarily used during the Soviet era... [more]
Turkmenië(Country & Political Subdivision)Dutch (Rare) Dutchization of Turkmeniya, the Russian name for the country of Turkmenistan. In the Dutch-speaking world, this name was primarily used during the Soviet era... [more]
Turkmenien(Country & Political Subdivision)German (Rare) Germanization of Turkmeniya, the Russian name for the country of Turkmenistan. In the German-speaking world, this name was primarily used during the Soviet era... [more]
Turkoycho(Country)Chechen From Chechen туркой (turkoy) meaning "Turk, Turkish" and the suffix -чоь (-cho) meaning "place of". This is the Chechen name for Turkey.
Tuvalu(Country)Polynesian Tuvalu is also the name of a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its name meaning 'eight standing together'.
Úc(Region & Country)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 澳 (úc), itself a short form of 澳大利 (Úc Đại Lợi) derived from Chinese Aodaliya. This is the Vietnamese name of Australia.
Umayyad Caliphate(Country)History An historical Islamic dynasty years after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. And fell to the revolution by the Abbasid Caliphate in 285 AD.
Uzbeketi(Country)Georgian From Georgian უზბეკური (uzbekuri) referring to the Uzbek people and the suffix -ეთი (-eti) used to indicate location. This is the Georgian name for Uzbekistan.
Uzbekija(Country)Lithuanian Lithuanian form of Uzbekistan via its Latin name Uzbecia. This is the standard Lithuanian name for the country, but sometimes the form Uzbekistanas is also used.
Vatican City(Country)English Vatican City (/ˈvætɪkən/), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is the Holy See's independent city state, an enclave within Rome, Italy... [more]
Velikorossiya(Country & Region)Russian Means "Great Russia" (великий/velikiy + россия/rossiya). It is a historical name of what is now mostly the Russian Federation.
Venäjä(Country)Finnish From Finnish venät meaning "Russian" (a rare word), ultimately from Germanic winidaz meaning "Wend, Slav". This is the Finnish name of Russia.
Verenigd Koninkrijk(Country)Dutch Dutch form of United Kingdom. It is literally a direct translation of the country's name, since it consists of the Dutch adjective verenigd meaning "united" combined with the Dutch noun koninkrijk meaning "kingdom".