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Countries & Nationality
This chart lists many of the countries or nations in the world, with the following information:
- Name of country
- Adjective used for that country (also describes nationality)
- Noun used for a person from that country
Look at these example sentences:
She comes from France. She is French. Her nationality is French. She is a Frenchwoman. She drives a French car. She speaks French.
Country | Adjective | Person |
Afghanistan | Afghan | an Afghan |
Albania | Albanian | an Albanian |
Algeria | Algerian | an Algerian |
Andorra | Andorran | an Andorran |
Angola | Angolan | an Angolan |
Argentina | Argentinian | an Argentinian |
Armenia | Armenian | an Armenian |
Australia | Australian | an Australian |
Austria | Austrian | an Austrian |
Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani | an Azerbaijani |
Bahamas | Bahamian | a Bahamian |
Bahrain | Bahraini | a Bahraini |
Bangladesh | Bangladeshi | a Bangladeshi |
Barbados | Barbadian | a Barbadian |
Belarus | Belarusian or Belarusan | a Belarusian or a Belarusan |
Belgium | Belgian | a Belgian |
Belize | Belizean | a Belizean |
Benin | Beninese | a Beninese |
Bhutan | Bhutanese | a Bhutanese |
Bolivia | Bolivian | a Bolivian |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | Bosnian | a Bosnian |
Botswana | Botswanan | a Tswana |
Brazil | Brazilian | a Brazilian |
Britain | British | a Briton |
Brunei | Bruneian | a Bruneian |
Bulgaria | Bulgarian | a Bulgarian |
Burkina | Burkinese | a Burkinese |
Burma (official nameMyanmar) | Burmese | a Burmese |
Burundi | Burundian | a Burundian |
Cambodia | Cambodian | a Cambodian |
Cameroon | Cameroonian | a Cameroonian |
Canada | Canadian | a Canadian |
Cape Verde Islands | Cape Verdean | a Cape Verdean |
Chad | Chadian | a Chadian |
Chile | Chilean | a Chilean |
China | Chinese | a Chinese |
Colombia | Colombian | a Colombian |
Congo | Congolese | a Congolese |
Costa Rica | Costa Rican | a Costa Rican |
Croatia | Croat or Croatian | a Croat or a Croatian |
Cuba | Cuban | a Cuban |
Cyprus | Cypriot | a Cypriot |
Czech Republic | Czech | a Czech |
Denmark | Danish | a Dane |
Djibouti | Djiboutian | a Djiboutian |
Dominica | Dominican | a Dominican |
Dominican Republic | Dominican | a Dominican |
Ecuador | Ecuadorean | an Ecuadorean |
Egypt | Egyptian | an Egyptian |
El Salvador | Salvadorean | a Salvadorean |
England | English | an Englishman, an Englishwoman |
Eritrea | Eritrean | an Eritrean |
Estonia | Estonian | an Estonian |
Ethiopia | Ethiopian | an Ethiopian |
Fiji | Fijian | a Fijian |
Finland | Finnish | a Finn |
France | French | a Frenchman, a Frenchwoman |
Gabon | Gabonese | a Gabonese |
Gambia, the | Gambian | a Gambian |
Georgia | Georgian | a Georgian |
Germany | German | a German |
Ghana | Ghanaian | a Ghanaian |
Greece | Greek | a Greek |
Grenada | Grenadian | a Grenadian |
Guatemala | Guatemalan | a Guatemalan |
Guinea | Guinean | a Guinean |
Guyana | Guyanese | a Guyanese |
Haiti | Haitian | a Haitian |
Holland (also Netherlands) | Dutch | a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman |
Honduras | Honduran | a Honduran |
Hungary | Hungarian | a Hungarian |
Iceland | Icelandic | an Icelander |
India | Indian | an Indian |
Indonesia | Indonesian | an Indonesian |
Iran | Iranian | an Iranian |
Iraq | Iraqi | an Iraqi |
Ireland, Republic of | Irish | an Irishman, an Irishwoman |
Italy | Italian | an Italian |
Jamaica | Jamaican | a Jamaican |
Japan | Japanese | a Japanese |
Jordan | Jordanian | a Jordanian |
Kazakhstan | Kazakh | a Kazakh |
Kenya | Kenyan | a Kenyan |
Kuwait | Kuwaiti | a Kuwaiti |
Laos | Laotian | a Laotian |
Latvia | Latvian | a Latvian |
Lebanon | Lebanese | a Lebanese |
Liberia | Liberian | a Liberian |
Libya | Libyan | a Libyan |
Liechtenstein | - | a Liechtensteiner |
Lithuania | Lithuanian | a Lithuanian |
Luxembourg | - | a Luxembourger |
Macedonia | Macedonian | a Macedonian |
Madagascar | Malagasy or Madagascan | a Malagasy or a Madagascan |
Malawi | Malawian | a Malawian |
Malaysia | Malaysian | a Malaysian |
Maldives | Maldivian | a Maldivian |
Mali | Malian | a Malian |
Malta | Maltese | a Maltese |
Mauritania | Mauritanian | a Mauritanian |
Mauritius | Mauritian | a Mauritian |
Mexico | Mexican | a Mexican |
Moldova | Moldovan | a Moldovan |
Monaco | Monégasque or Monacan | a Monégasque or a Monacan |
Mongolia | Mongolian | a Mongolian |
Montenegro | Montenegrin | a Montenegrin |
Morocco | Moroccan | a Moroccan |
Mozambique | Mozambican | a Mozambican |
Myanmar see Burma | - | - |
Namibia | Namibian | a Namibian |
Nepal | Nepalese | a Nepalese |
Netherlands, the (seeHolland) | Dutch | a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman, or a Netherlander |
New Zealand | New Zealand (used attributively only, as in New Zealand butter but not |
a New Zealander |
Nicaragua | Nicaraguan | a Nicaraguan |
Niger | Nigerien | a Nigerien |
Nigeria | Nigerian | a Nigerian |
North Korea | North Korean | a North Korean |
Norway | Norwegian | a Norwegian |
Oman | Omani | an Omani |
Pakistan | Pakistani | a Pakistani |
Panama | Panamanian | a Panamanian |
Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinean orGuinean | a Papua New Guinean or a Guinean |
Paraguay | Paraguayan | a Paraguayan |
Peru | Peruvian | a Peruvian |
the Philippines | Philippine | a Filipino |
Poland | Polish | a Pole |
Portugal | Portuguese | a Portuguese |
Qatar | Qatari | a Qatari |
Romania | Romanian | a Romanian |
Russia | Russian | a Russian |
Rwanda | Rwandan | a Rwandan |
Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabian or Saudi | a Saudi Arabian or a Saudi |
Scotland | Scottish | a Scot |
Senegal | Senegalese | a Senegalese |
Serbia | Serb or Serbian | a Serb or a Serbian |
Seychelles, the | Seychellois | a Seychellois |
Sierra Leone | Sierra Leonian | a Sierra Leonian |
Singapore | Singaporean | a Singaporean |
Slovakia | Slovak | a Slovak |
Slovenia | Slovene or Slovenian | a Slovene or a Slovenian |
Solomon Islands | - | a Solomon Islander |
Somalia | Somali | a Somali |
South Africa | South African | a South African |
South Korea | South Korean | a South Korean |
Spain | Spanish | a Spaniard |
Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan | a Sri Lankan |
Sudan | Sudanese | a Sudanese |
Suriname | Surinamese | a Surinamer or a Surinamese |
Swaziland | Swazi | a Swazi |
Sweden | Swedish | a Swede |
Switzerland | Swiss | a Swiss |
Syria | Syrian | a Syrian |
Taiwan | Taiwanese | a Taiwanese |
Tajikistan | Tajik or Tadjik | a Tajik or a Tadjik |
Tanzania | Tanzanian | a Tanzanian |
Thailand | Thai | a Thai |
Togo | Togolese | a Togolese |
Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidadian Tobagan/Tobagonian |
a Trinidadian a Tobagan/Tobagonian |
Tunisia | Tunisian | a Tunisian |
Turkey | Turkish | a Turk |
Turkmenistan | Turkmen or Turkoman | a Turkmen or a Turkoman |
Tuvalu | Tuvaluan | a Tuvaluan |
Uganda | Ugandan | a Ugandan |
Ukraine | Ukrainian | a Ukrainian |
United Arab Emirates (UAE) | UAE or Emirates (used attributively only, as in UAE buildings, Emirates holidaysbut not |
an Emirati |
United Kingdom (UK) | UK (used attributively only, as in UK time but not |
a Briton |
United States of America (USA) | US (used attributively only, as in US aggression but not |
a US citizen |
Uruguay | Uruguayan | a Uruguayan |
Uzbekistan | Uzbek | an Uzbek |
Vanuatu | Vanuatuan | a Vanuatuan |
Vatican City | - | - |
Venezuela | Venezuelan | a Venezuelan |
Vietnam | Vietnamese | a Vietnamese |
Wales | Welsh | a Welshman, a Welshwoman |
Western Samoa | Western Samoan | a Western Samoan |
Yemen | Yemeni | a Yemeni |
Yugoslavia | Yugoslav | a Yugoslav |
Zaire | Zaïrean | a Zaïrean |
Zambia | Zambian | a Zambian |
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean | a Zimbabwean |