Talk:Ukraine

Which other names of countries need(ed) an article before? I know about the UK, the USA, the SSSR, the Netherlands, the Lebanon and the Ukraine. What else? I'd gladly make an appendix if you tell me what it should be called. Appendix:Names of countries that need an article before or Names of countries with article? Ferike333 13:14, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Not the Lebanon, just Lebanon. You may be thinking of the Levant. We say the USSR, not the SSSR. Also, the Argentines (an old and poetic word for Argentina), and the Sudan. —Stephen 22:33, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I heard Lebanon with an article in the movie Kingdom of Heaven and I asked my British host family to search for that and I was told it was just an archaism, but it used to be said. See the page Lebanon. Might be a Briticism. Sorry for the USSR, SSSR was a simple translit... Thanks again, Ferike333 14:59, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

the Congo, the Gambia? 81.68.255.36 11:54, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

All country names where the main noun is from a common, not a proper noun - the United States, the United Kingdom, all "republics": the Czech Republic, the Republic of China, the People's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, the Dominican Republic, the French Republic, the Central African Republic, the Republic of South Africa, also some plurals: the Bahamas, the Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Seychelles, the Solomon Islands / the Solomons. --Anatoli 13:28, 6 May 2011 (UTC)