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| Description | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Georgia (official, English) |
Iberia (former, English, East Georgia), Colchis (former, English, West Georgia), Iveria (usually used as Christian name), Republic of Georgia (former, before the 1995 Constitution), Sakartvelo (in their own language) |
| Federal Republic of Germany (official, English) |
Germany (common, English), Deutschland (common, German), Bundesrepublik Deutschland (official, German; formerly meant only West Germany), Duitsland (common, Dutch) BRD (German initialism), East Germany, German Democratic Republic, GDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR. In Romance languages Germany is referred to by varieties of Alemannia and in Slavic languages variants of Nemacia. Some languages use pars pro toto names like Bavaria or Saxony or the former Prussia. |
| Greece (official English description) |
Hellas (official and common name), Ελλάδα ("Hellada" common name in Greek), Ελλάς ("Hellas" official description in Greek), Hellenic Republic (official name of Greek state, English) |
| Guinea-Bissau (common, English) |
Portuguese Guinea (former, English), Republic of Guinea-Bissau (official, English), Guiné-Bissao (archaic, Portuguese), Guinea (shorthand, used when context clearly distinguishes Guinea-Bissau from the neighboring Republic of Guinea) |
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