Endonyms vs Exonyms--Asia

How many endonyms of Asian countries do you know? Surprisingly, a lot of them are the same name, but some of them are tricky!

Endonyms will be written in the native script and the closest accepted latinized version.

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Last updated: December 16, 2025

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Endonym	English Exonym
កម្ពុជា/ Kămpŭchéa	Cambodia
الأردن/ Al-’Urdun	Jordan
မြန်မာ/ Myanma	Myanmar
韓國/ Hanguk	South Korea
سورية/ Suriyah	Syria
Pilipinas	Philippines
ราชอาณาจักรไทย/ Ratcha-anachak Thai	Thailand
臺灣/台灣/ Táiwān	Taiwan
Ўзбекистон/ O‘zbekiston	Uzbekistan
বাংলাদেশ/ Bānglādesh	Bangladesh
Việt Nam	Vietnam
فلسطين/ Filasṭīn	Palestine
ایران/ Īrān	Iran
بروني/ Brunei	Brunei
Кыргызстан/ Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan
پاکستان/ Pākistān	Pakistan
ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ/ Монгол Улс/ Mongol Uls	Mongolia
لبنان/ Lubnān	Lebanon
العراق/ Al-'Iraq	Iraq
भारत/ Bhārat	India
ປະເທດລາວ/ Lao	Laos
Malaysia	Malaysia
الكويت/ il-ikwet	Kuwait

Endonym	English Exonym
新加坡/ Xīnjiāpō	Singapore
ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ/ Dhivehi Raajje	The Maldives
عُمان/ ‘Umān	Oman
朝鮮/ Chosŏn	North Korea
المملكة العربية السعودية/ Al-Mamlaka Al-‘Arabiyyah as Sa‘ūdiyyah	Saudi Arabia
اليمن/ Al-Yaman	Yemen
قطر/ Qaṭar	Qatar
افغانستان / Afġānistān	Afghanistan
Тоҷикистон/ Tojikiston	Tajikistan
Türkmenistan	Turkmenistan
འབྲུག་ཡུལ/ Druk Yul	Bhutan
البحرين/ Al-Baḥrayn	Bahrain
ישראל/ Yisra'el	Israel
中国/ Zhōngguó	China
الإمارات العربيّة المتّحدة / Al-’Imārat Al-‘Arabiyyah Al-Muttaḥidah	United Arab Emirates
日本/ Nihon	Japan
Қазақстан/ Qazaqstan	Kazakhstan
नेपाल/ Nepāl	Nepal
இலங்கை/ Sri Lankā	Sri Lankā
Türkiye	Turkey
Indonesia	Indonesia
Timor Lorosa'e	Timor-Leste