Only a handful of impromptu country name changes were requested at the United Nations since its inception. Most, but not all, ...

Countries change their names for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, it’s for political purposes or to encourage a sense of national pride. The switch might be motivated by marketing considerations and ...

Many countries are known by long formal names, such as the United States of America or the United Arab Emirates. Less widely recognized is that a surprising number of sovereign nations have names made ...

Plenty of countries are known for having long, quite formal names, such as the United States of America or the United Arab Emirates. But a fact that is less commonly talked about, is that a surprising ...

There are more than 7,000 languages spoken worldwide across nearly 200 countries. This vast linguistic diversity influences how nations refer to themselves, with many using names in their native ...

Every place in the U.S. that shares the name of a foreign country or country adjective, or select foreign territories or cities. It has come to our attention that much of the United States of America ...