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".
Wenlai(Country)Chinese Chinese form of Brunei. 文萊 or 文莱 (Wénlái) is the spelling more commonly used in mainland China while 汶萊 or 汶莱 (Wènlái) or (Wénlái) is the prominent spelling in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia.
Ý(Country)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 意 (Ý), itself from Chinese 意大利 (Yìdàlì). This is the Vietnamese name for Italy.
Yaban(Country)Arabic Arabic form of Japão (see Japan), usually written with the definite article: اليابان (al-Yaban).
Yamatu(Country)Okinawan Okinawan form of Yamato, used for the country of Japan, More specifically it refers to mainland Japan, as opposed to the Okinawa Islands.
Yingguo(Country)Chinese From Chinese 英 (Yīng), a shortened form of 英格蘭 (Yīnggélán) or 英吉利 (Yīngjílì), both names for England, and 国 (guó) meaning "country"... [more]
Yugoslavia(Country)English From Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija meaning "land of the South Slavs", derived from jug meaning "south" and slavija meaning "land of Slavs". This was the name of a European country that existed from 1918 to 1941 (as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia), from 1943 to 1945 (as the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia), from 1945 to 1992, and from 1992-2003 (as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).
Yunanistan(Country)Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Turkish From Yunan combined with the Persian suffix ستان (stân) meaning "land of". This is the Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, and Turkish name for Greece.
Za-ki-oan-hi-ash(Country)Mormon A symbolic name used by Joseph Smith for Chaldea. According to his book, "Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language", za is a compound name for a symbol called beth, which is given the meaning of "a fruitful garden"... [more]
Zheltoycho(Country)Chechen From Chechen желтой (zheltoy) meaning "Greek" and the suffix -чоь (-cho) meaning "place of". This is the Chechen name for Greece.
Zhugteche(Country)Ingush From Ingush жугтий (zhugtiy) referring to the Jewish people and Jewish faith combined with the suffix -че (-che) meaning "place of". This is the Ingush name for Israel.