General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Bahrain
- Official English country name: The Kingdom of Bahrain
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Bahraini
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Bahrain
- International rankings of Bahrain
- ISO country codes: BH, BHR, 048
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BH
- Internet country code top-level domain: .bh
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