General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Namibia
- Official English country name: The Republic of Namibia
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Namibian
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Namibia
- International rankings of Namibia
- ISO country codes: NA, NAM, 516
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:NA
- Internet country code top-level domain: .na
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