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Country Names with Unrecognizable Endonyms to English Speakers

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English name Endonym (name in the main language of the country) Source language
Albania Shqipëri Albanian
Armenia Հայաստան (Hayastan) Armenian
China 中國中国 (Zhōngguó) Mandarin Chinese
Egypt مِصْر (miṣr) Arabic
Finland Suomi Finnish
Georgia საქართველო (sakartvelo) Georgian
Germany Deutschland German
Greece Ελλάδα (Elláda), Ελλάς (Ellás) Greek
Hungary Magyarország Hungarian
India भारत (bhārat) Hindi
Japan 日本(にほ​ん) (Niho​n), 日本(にっぽ​ん) (Nippo​n) Japanese
Korea (historical or general term for both Koreas) 한국(韓國) (Han'guk) (South Korea), 조선(朝鮮) (Joseon) (North Korea) Korean