ITT we post official names of countries that differ or are unusual compared to their more widely-used common name

ITT we post official names of countries that differ or are unusual compared to their more widely-used common name.

For example: The official name of Greece is actually 'The Hellenic Republic'.

I'm pretty sure you mean the official TITLE of Greece is "The Hellenic Republic"

USA is "The Federal Republic"

The actual name of Italy is Italia

You are not greek dumb laz. This joke went too far

No, official documents refer to the USA as United States of America, Canada is just Canada, Japan is 'the state of Japan' and France is the 'French Republic'.

For example the Ivory coast outlawed the use of translations for its name, so every country uses the French name officially, so in English the official name is: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

Australia is actually: the 'Commonwealth of Australia'
But New Zealand ist just 'New Zealand'.

Some American states also use 'Commonwealth of' instead of 'State of' like 'Commonwealth of Pennsylvania'

The official name of Bolivia is 'Plurinational State of Bolivia'.

>I'm pretty sure you mean the official TITLE of Greece is "The Hellenic Republic"
>USA is "The Federal Republic"

Tell us about the "Hellenic" distinct form of republican government then, since it's a "title" instead of a nationality by your definition

American education isn't a meme. You can't possibly make this shit up.

The proper name of India is "Bharat".

Brunei's official name is:

Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace

Did you know?

The Comores are actually the 'Union of the Comoros'.

The official name of Guyana is actually the 'Co-operative Republic of Guyana'.

Wew.

Jordan is the 'The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan'.

The longfrom of Mexico is actually 'United Mexican States'

I wouldn't be able to name a single one, though.

The Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

literally translated, Boland is called "Third Common Polish Thing"

Great name, sounds like it's located next to the 'Sultanate of Oman'. :^)

The 'Independent State of Papua New Guinea' is so proud of her independence that she included it in her name.

South Korea is actually 'just' the 'Republic of Korea'.

Vietnam still is officially the 'Socialist Republic of Vietnam'.

Tanzania is the 'United Republic of Tanzania'.

Pretty fancy: Venezuela is the 'Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela'.

A lot of South American states seem to have creative names.

The Vatican actually is referred to as the 'Vatican City State' in official documents, not that it is still considered to be destinct from the Holy See.

thanks for noticing me senpai

Another noteworthy mention is due to Switzerland or the 'Swiss Confederation as it is referred to.

Fun fact: In German it uses a more precise term than just the Germanized Latin word for confederation.

It literally translates to 'The Swiss Oath-Fellowship' or these are 'Swiss oath fellows/comrades' referring to the legendary oath of the Old Swiss Confederacy, its founding myth.

That's all I got.

Honorary mentions:

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

All the Federative and Federal Republics(Brasil, Germany...)

All the Arab Republics(Syria, Egypt)

All the Kingdoms Of (Europe, gulf Monarchies,..)

All the Princapilites and Grand-Duchies(Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg).

All the Islamic Republics(Iran, Afghanistan).

Bonus:

The "Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria"

Nope, many of the official documents have us named as The Dominion of Canada

>Nope, many of the official documents have us named as The Dominion of Canada

So what? The UK still has old laws written in Norman French that are still valid today. This type of legal relict doesn't change the contemporary offical name of your country.

That's my point. Our modern Constitution (1982) uses both The Dominion of Canada and just Canada, as do many modern documents, so technically Canada is officially named both. This isn't some archaic document referring to British North America, it's our constitution.

is it Czech Republic or Czechia?

In portuguese Portugal is translated to '' Lusitánia''

Most countries are like that

Czechia sounds third world and doesn't have any historic basis. Every European nation refers to them as some variation of it besides themselves and us though.

>Australia is actually: the 'Commonwealth of Australia'
But New Zealand ist just 'New Zealand'.
That's because Australia was formed by the federation of most of the separately governed English colonies in the region, hence "Commonwealth". New Zealand were one of those colonies and are even named as a state of the Commonwealth in our Constitution but refused to federate because the Maori would be grouped with Aboriginals under the constitution despite being far more integrated into society (no right to vote etc). New Zealand instead just dropped the colony title when they became a dominion six years later.
A fun fact is that Fiji was also part of the early stages of federation negotiation

Some old people still say 'Bohemia(and Moravia)' here.

Reino de España

Bohemia and Moravia is the patrician way of referring to them, it's a shame if you're not old you can't get away with it without sounding autistic.

I still call them "Slav Krauts."

Ireland is just Ireland, not the The Republic of Ireland and not Southern Ireland. The name of the country is Ireland.

>It's true.

I here I was thinking the 'Republic Of' was a statement against the monarchy but I guess making this choice underlines the claim to the whole island of Ireland.

If your country doesn't have republic and démocratic in his name it's a shithole

>People's Republic