General Reference
- Pronunciation:nɛpɑːl
- Common English country name: Nepal
- Official English country name: The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Nepali
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Nepal
- International rankings of Nepal
- ISO country codes: NP, NPL, 524
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:NP
- Internet country code top-level domain: .np
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