List of Alternative Country Names - R

R

Description Other name(s) or older name(s)
Russia Russian Federation (official English description), Российская Федерация (official Russian), Russia, (official and common name, ambiguous, English), Россия (old Russian Rossiya, modern Russian Rassiya) (common, Russian), RF (initialism), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (former name), RSFSR (former name initialism), Rus (poetic or obsolete name, ambiguous), Great Russia (obsolete name)
Romania România (official, Romanian), Rumania or Roumania (archaic, English), Kingdom of Romania (name under monarchy, English), Regatul României (name under monarchy, Romanian), Romanian People's Republic (former Communist name, English), Republica Populară Romînă (former Communist name, Romanian), Socialist Republic of Romania (former Communist name, English), Republica Socialistă România (former Communist name, Romanian)
Rwanda Republic of Rwanda (official, English), République du Rwanda (official, French), Repubulika y'u Rwanda (official, Kinyarwanda), "Pays des mille collines" (poetic, French), Ruanda (former colonial name)

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