Geographical names index

These are the British English-language names and descriptive terms for sovereign countries, UK Crown Dependencies and UK Overseas Territories, as well as their citizens. These‘Sovereign’ namesmeans that they are approvedindependent bystates, therecognised under international law.

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).) approved these names. The FCDO leads on geographical names for the UK government, working closely with the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names.

In these lists, lists:

• ‘country’ is the 2-letter ISO 3166-1 code for the country.

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• the ‘name’ is the FCDO’s-approved approved name for the country.country

• Thethe full ‘official name’ is also provided for use when the formal version of a country’s name is needed

• citizen names in the lists aren’tare not the legal names for the citizen.citizen, Theythey don’tdo not relate to the citizen’s ethnicity.ethnicity

You can also view the Welsh language version of the geographical names index on GOV.WALES: international place-names.