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 ...

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 ...

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 ...