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Countries in their Native Language

Given their native name, can you guess the English names of these countries?
Using one official languages of that country, not necessarily the most-spoken one
Native names have been converted to the Roman alphabet
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First submittedJune 19, 2012
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Native
English
Deutschland
Germany
Hellas
Greece
Éire
Ireland
España
Spain
Polska
Poland
Nederland 
Netherlands
Hrvatska
Croatia
Schweiz
Switzerland
Ísland
Iceland
Italia
Italy
Al-Jazā'ir
Algeria
Österreich
Austria
Kampuchea
Cambodia
Kypros
Cyprus
Česká Republika
Czech Republic
Miṣr
Egypt
Ityop'ia
Ethiopia
Suomi
Finland
Magyarország
Hungary
Nihon
Japan
Mongol Uls
Mongolia
Aotearoa
New Zealand
Norge
Norway
Civitas Vaticana
Vatican City
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101 Recent Comments
olafus
+11
Level 70
Apr 14, 2013
Few interesting suggestions: Crna Gora - Montenegro, Zhōngguó - China, Bharat - India, Myanmar - Burma and so on :-)
stone222
+3
Level 47
Oct 26, 2018
Crna Gora - Montenegro - black mountain....easy if you hail from that part of the world
deathscythe002
+1
Level 60
Jun 25, 2013
cool quiz
summerv68
+4
Level 71
May 2, 2014
If it wasn't for Olympic hockey I never would have known Finland.
Chutney
+4
Level 64
Apr 3, 2020
ikr, the jerseys have a big fat SUOMI on the front lol
Goomaster7
+2
Level 68
Jun 10, 2014
Cool quiz, 24/24.
Vicipeid12
+1
Level 40
Oct 4, 2014
If you want a harder quiz then try my one http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/56111/places-in-their-native-celtic-languages
LadyQuizling
+2
Level 57
Apr 2, 2015
Got all of them except Egypt!
stone222
+2
Level 47
Oct 26, 2018
that is a sneaky one... i remember it from pub trivia games
apfl26a
+1
Level 38
Jan 28, 2025
I only got that because it's name is Mısır in Turkish :D
bsiek
+1
Level 65
Apr 2, 2015
24/24, 2:19 left :)
zuni
+3
Level 32
Apr 2, 2015
Finland and Hungary were really difficult. I guessed many.
Ukuli28
+5
Level 28
Nov 10, 2023
Finland was easy as Finnish person
Nevson64
+2
Level 67
Mar 8, 2026
Finland was easy as a non-Finnish person
akwildrose
+1
Level 50
Apr 25, 2015
Mad at myself for missing Japan, 'cause I knew it.
draisaitl29
+1
Level 45
Jun 12, 2024
same
PanosG31
+7
Level 34
Jul 5, 2015
Hellas is Greece in Ancient Greek. In Modern Greek it is called Ellada.
lilpick
+1
Level 61
Nov 24, 2021
Exactly. I almost didn't get it because in Modern Greek "Ελλαδα" (Ellada) is Greece.
Olinguito
+2
Level 45
Mar 9, 2016
Got all except Algeria (and Egypt was a lucky guess).
Quizzer6794
+5
Level 66
Apr 24, 2016
Way too European centric.
Willfm24
+1
Level 85
Jul 4, 2016
De Nederlandes? That means the Netherlands not just Netherland
divantilya
+2
Level 36
Sep 6, 2018
In Dutch the word for the country is Nederland (singular). Nederlanders (plural) means PEOPLE from Nederland.
Djilas
+4
Level 86
Oct 4, 2016
Czech Republic should be just Česko in native language

https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesko

AlejandroAP
+1
Level 87
Oct 8, 2016
Wonderful quiz! Liked it very much. Thank you
catlover2496
+1
Level 43
Jan 28, 2017
I like this because it helps me learn the countries in other languages. Fun quiz!
Etanna
+1
Level 73
Jan 28, 2017
loved this quiz
IvanAndonov
+3
Level 63
Mar 13, 2017
Pretty easy, I would add Crna Gora, Sakartvelo, Hayastan, Zhongguo and Bharat.
draisaitl29
+2
Level 45
Jun 12, 2024
the only one i know out of those 5 is bharat(india)
Casuarina
+1
Level 45
Jan 23, 2026
Montenegro, Georgia, ???, China, India
brainchild
+1
Level 68
Mar 13, 2017
Great quiz, I missed Egypt.
kolovozzz
+1
Level 41
Mar 13, 2017
Didn't know New Zealand
kiwiquizzer
+5
Level 68
Apr 23, 2017
Aotearoa is Maori for "Land of the long white cloud", and yep, it's pretty cloudy here in New Zealand.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jan 13, 2019
Nice extra info :) Hope I remember it!
mizu
+1
Level 59
Oct 17, 2019
because aotearoa is not maori for new zealand, Maori dont actually have a name for New Zealand even early European settlers (especially the british) didn't use new Zealand until the late 19th century.

It would be more correct to either use the regional Names (Tamaki Makarau etc) or Te Ika-a-Māui (fish of Maui - north island)Te Waipounamu (waka of Maui) or Niu Tireni (Maori translation of new zealand)

Aotearoa is a more colloqual term the gained priminance in the mid 20th century as the new zealand govt began recognising Maori rights and encourage the use of and protection of Maori languages and dilects.

Aotearoa initially was, according to some historians, only used in relation to the north island prior to the early 20th century

Even most Maori and Pakeha dont use the term, save for politicians some activist groups and tourist industries.

IvanAndonov
+1
Level 63
Mar 13, 2017
Try my first Jetpunk quiz, I think it's pretty fun if you like movies. And who doesn't? :)

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/212585/guess-the-name-surname-in-a-movie-title

jajaco2017
+1
Level 56
Mar 13, 2017
got all 1:03 left
mishmosh
+3
Level 46
Mar 13, 2017
That is great - you must be really smart.
CaritasInVeritate
+1
Level 90
Mar 13, 2017
Was thinking for a moment that the Vatican was wrong - and then realised you used Latin instead of Italian. Good call!
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Mar 15, 2017
On all Egypt's postage stamps for instance, the word Misr does not appear it is Egypt all the way apart from the Arabic.
TheLocalMilkMan
+2
Level 43
Apr 23, 2020
In Indonesia, we call it Mesir.
akbadry
+3
Level 52
Jan 14, 2022
Well it's the Arabic that says Misr (مصر). In English it'll nearly always be Egypt.
SupBroDude
+1
Level 56
Aug 26, 2025
Because Misr is the Direct translation of the Arabic script for Egypt. Egypt will be Egypt in English because that's what we call it
SweetCorn
+2
Level 43
Mar 16, 2017
I studied stuff like this a while back, Hungary was by far the hardest to remember, but i still got 24/24 in first try. I thought that it was somewhat common knowledge that Misr was Egypt in arabic.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jan 13, 2019
not that hard when you see the words. But other way around it is nearly impossible
sambear
+1
Level 80
Mar 17, 2017
I have just created a quiz with all the countries in their native language
Lewons
+1
Level 31
Apr 17, 2018
I'm surprised more people didnt sound out Al-Jazā'ir. Al-Ja-za-ir
kenpo17
+12
Level 65
May 29, 2018
I tried, but my brain kept leaping to Al Jazeera.
MarieDS
+2
Level 60
Jan 28, 2025
Mine too and al jazeera means the island in Arabic so then i kept guessing Bahrain lol
Thunaki
+1
Level 47
Nov 6, 2025
actually, al-Jaza'ir means literally "the IslandS" (because Algiers originally consisted of islands), so it's just the plural al-Jazeera. Good reasoning!
stone222
+2
Level 47
Oct 26, 2018
i know... embarrassing after you hit give up...!!!!
Sibawayh
+1
Level 45
May 29, 2018
21/24, missed New Zealand, Austria, and Finland.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jan 13, 2019
Nice quiz! missed the lowest 4. Happened to remember the hungary one looked something like that. With an m and a y haha. Most I knew, some were obvious eventhough I had never heard about them, like mongolia. And some you might no see immediately but get as soon as you pronounce them, like ethiopia and kampuchea.
zakatan
+2
Level 65
Oct 16, 2019
"Native names have been converted to the Roman alphabet". Language could be more accurate in this caveat, saying "transliterated into Roman alphabet" or simply "romanized".
InterAlia
+1
Level 83
Mar 5, 2023
That may be more technically precise, but it's hard to see how it would make any difference to anyone. Were you somehow misled by the current phrasing?
Insaniot
+1
Level 63
Oct 16, 2019
Please tell me I’m not the only that tried Netherlands for Hellas.
Tallinn773
+2
Level 50
Oct 18, 2019
Probably since Holland in Dutch is also Holland (and it's actually a region of the Netherlands not the whole country). Greece is also known as the Hellenic Republic.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Apr 4, 2020
Why would hellas make you think of the netherlands?? There is no similarity whatsoever. It made me think of helenic, but already knew greece was the answer.
SpartanLlama
+3
Level 79
Oct 17, 2019
Wow this is the first time I've realized Algeria comes directly from Arabic 0_0
undeadwarrior
+2
Level 66
Oct 17, 2019
I keep seeing Hrv and thinking it must be the Ukraine... and I just can't get that out of my head.
Tallinn773
+1
Level 50
Oct 18, 2019
Czech people call their country Česko
Azuca
+1
Level 65
Oct 25, 2019
My high school physics teacher once made a test question that featured the planet "Zhongguo", I expected that one to be on here too ;D
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 74
Apr 9, 2020
Add Peru, that's tricky. In Peru they call it 'Perú'.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Aug 23, 2020
Not El Perú?
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 74
Feb 20, 2021
Actually, revisiting this I think it could be an interesting addition. In Quechua (probably what would be used as the native language) it's Piruw.
nitrogenous
+3
Level 23
Mar 5, 2021
only 47% of people get hrvatska
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 1, 2021
Took me a few tries but not too difficult to come up with
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 1, 2021
Missed Egypt and New Zealand
TakerOfQuizzes
+1
Level 60
Oct 14, 2021
Got Egypt!
Werifesteria
+3
Level 66
Nov 24, 2021
pretty eurocentric
Jorge727
+4
Level 49
Nov 24, 2021
Nowadays, Greece in greek is "Elláda", not Hellas
lilpick
+1
Level 61
Nov 24, 2021
EXACTLY! Ελλάδα!
lilpick
+1
Level 61
Nov 24, 2021
It should be changed, or the answer should be "Ancient Greece".
3rdRealm
+1
Level 55
Nov 24, 2021
What about Shqipëri for Albania?
Atzuul
+1
Level 45
Jan 23, 2023
i thought it was shiqperia, or maybe im missing something
Carterww
+1
Level 20
Nov 24, 2021
kinda sad that aotearoa isnt well known as nz
maple
+2
Level 52
Nov 24, 2021
I'm shocked that so many people didn't know that Aotearoa is New Zealand in Maori
SupBroDude
+1
Level 56
Aug 26, 2025
Well Aotearoa is not the name for the whole country only the north Island. But I think most people who just know that knows it is NZ.
wavefinn
+1
Level 35
Dec 2, 2021
Lovely Game, got 23/24!:)
Jiff123
+2
Level 47
Dec 20, 2021
I managed to miss Mongolia...
LAlphy
+1
Level 66
May 12, 2022
Como
Terran
+2
Level 71
Feb 14, 2022
Too europe centric
EvanAviator
+1
Level 61
Feb 17, 2022
yeah cause it has the most known languages
LAlphy
+2
Level 66
May 12, 2022
15 of these are European countries, and Cyprus is in the EU as well if you wanna count that
sergeantmalice
+3
Level 56
Aug 14, 2022
Egypt should be Masr (Egyptian Arabic), not Misr (most other dialects)
Khalifas
+1
Level 70
Oct 5, 2022
Knowing arabic definitely helped me with a few of these lol
Kenneth3748
+1
Level 52
Oct 7, 2022
Doesn't New Zealand speak english? So the name for them would just be New Zealand still am I tripping?
Atzuul
+1
Level 45
Jan 23, 2023
new zealand has three official languages, english, maori(spoken by the maori tribe, Aeotearoa is in maori)and NZ sign language
MarieDS
+2
Level 60
Jan 28, 2025
So we will count ourselves lucky for the quiz not using NZ sign!
MHX
+1
Level 49
Dec 15, 2022
Love it, would like it though if Switzerland was also written in the other official languages: French, Italian and Romansh
Atzuul
+1
Level 45
Jan 23, 2023
maybe you can put the countries in their native writing along with their native names, also, id like to see a quiz like this but for every country in the world, also, greece may be called hellas, but sometimes if you say greece in greek its actually Ελλάδα(ellada)
Atzuul
+1
Level 45
Jan 23, 2023
i only speak english but yet i know every country in their native name
Atzuul
+1
Level 45
Jan 23, 2023
if quizmaster doesnt really get my suggestion, ill make my own quiz on this, itll just take a while though
CharlieP212
+3
Level 36
Mar 7, 2023
Mongol Uls ඞ
Swedishboy10
+2
Level 20
Mar 8, 2023
sus
Lobito
+1
Level 29
Jan 30, 2025
I thought the same thing
AbiA
+1
Level 88
Dec 9, 2023
Why has the s in Misr got a dot under it?
Dow97
+1
Level 31
Oct 18, 2024
In arabic, it's spelt meem, saa3d, raah the sound that saa3d makes isn't present in english but with that inflcition in the phonetic alphabet you can properly make the pronunciation
nations12345eat
+1
Level 49
Jan 28, 2025
i thought new zealand was english
superfasticarus
+1
Level 37
Jan 31, 2025
i love this quiz but i wish it had more questions because it was too easy!
KotySwiete
+1
Level 17
Oct 8, 2025
Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła,

Kiedy my żyjemy.

Co nam obca przemoc wzięła,

Szablą odbierzemy.Marsz, marsz Dąbrowski,

Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski.

Za twoim przewodem

Złączym się z narodem.Marsz, marsz Dąbrowski,

Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski.

Za twoim przewodem

Złączym się z narodem.Przejdziem Wisłę, przejdziem Wartę,

Będziem Polakami.

Dał nam przykład Bonaparte,

Jak zwyciężać mamy.Marsz, marsz Dąbrowski,

Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski.

Za twoim przewodem

Złączym się z narodem.Marsz, marsz Dąbrowski,

Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski.

Za twoim przewodem

Złączym się z narodem.Jak Czarniecki do Poznania

Po szwedzkim zaborze,

Dla ojczyzny ratowania

Wrócim się przez morze.Marsz, marsz Dąbrowski,

Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski.

Za twoim przewodem

Złączym się z narodem.Marsz, marsz Dąbrowski,

Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski.

Za twoim przewodem

Złączym się z narodem.Już tam ojciec do swej Basi

Mówi zapłakany –

Słuchaj jeno, pono nasi

Biją w tarabany.Marsz, marsz Dąbrowski,

Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski.

Za twoim przewodem

KotySwiete
+1
Level 17
Oct 8, 2025
złączym się z narodem.

Marsz, marsz Dąbrowski,

Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski.

Za twoim przewodem

Złączym się z narodem.

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