General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Christmas Island
- Official English country name: The Australian Territory of Christmas Island
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Christmas Island
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Christmas Island
- ISO country codes: CX, CXR, 162
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:CX
- Internet country code top-level domain: .cx
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