Country Names
Urzędowy
wykaz nazw państw i terytoriów
niesamodzielnych
(Official list of names of
countries and non-self-governing
territories)
3 ed., 2015
The list is a publication developed by
the Commission as a realization of the Regulation
of the Minister of the Interior and
Administration of 24 March 2000 on the
manner and scope of activity of the
National Council of Geodesy and
Cartography and Commission on
Standardization of Geographical Names
Outside the Republic of Poland and
principles governing payment for their
members.
The Official
list contains 195 countries
recognized by the Republic of Poland
(namely: 193 member states of the United
Nations Organization, as well as Kosovo
and Vatican City) and 69
non-self-governing territories. Attached
to the register is a list of ten
territories with undetermined or disputd
international status.
The names of countries, territories, and
their capitals included in the register
have obtained approval of the Polish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The
footnotes explaining the status of
countries and territories have been
provided by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. The adjectives derived from
names of countries and territories, as
well as names of citizens and
inhabitants have been provided in line
with the opinion provided by the
Orthography and Onomastics Unit of the
Council for the Polish Language.
The Official
list is published in Polish
only, but the inset in English has been
also prepared.
For each state and territory are given:
- short name of the country/territory
(nominative, genitive, locative) in
Polish
- official full name of the
country/territory in Polish
- name of official language
(languages) in Polish
- short name of the country/territory
in official language (or in official
languages)
- official full name of the
country/territory in the official
language (or in official languages)
- adjective from the name of the
country/territory in Polish
(nominative, singular, male gender)
- name of inhabitants of the
country/territory in Polish (male and
female gender singular, and male
gender plural)
- name of the country's/territory's
capital used in the Polish language
- name of the country's/territory's
capital in the official language (or
in official languages)
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"Urzędowy
wykaz nazw państw i terytoriów
niesamodzielnych"
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inset in English
Map:
The World – countries and
non-self-governing territories 2015
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The World – countries and
non-self-governing territories 2015
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Archival publications:
- Official
list of names of countries and
non-self-governing territories (2
ed., 2013)
- Official
list of names of countries and
non-self-governing territories (1
ed., 2011)
- Names
of Countries, Their Capitals and
Inhabitants (3 ed., 2007)
- Country
Names (2006)
- Names
of Countries, Their Capitals and
Inhabitants (2 ed., 2003)
- Names
of Countries, Their Capitals and
Inhabitants (1 ed., 1997)
- List
of Country Names (1986, Polish only)
- List
of Country Names – part 2 (1977,
Polish only)
- List
of Country Names – part 1 (1975,
Polish only)
- List
of
Country Names (1952, Polish only)
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