Country Names In The Irish Language – A List Of 194 Countries

Why not increase your vocabulary in Irish Gaelic by learning the names of the countries? 

This essential vocabulary will help you in many different situations and will also help improve your comprehension of the language. 

To make things easy for you, this post will tell you how to say the names of different countries in Irish and includes pronunciation where possible.

List Of Country Names In Irish

On the left, you have the English and on the right you have the Irish Gaelic. The countries are listed in alphabetical order. 

Click on the sound link to hear how to pronounce the country name in Irish. I have included these links wherever possible.

English	Irish
Afghanistan	An Afganastáin
Albania	An Albáin
Algeria	An Ailgéir
Andorra	Andóra
Angola	Angóla
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua agus Barbúda
Argentina	An Airgintín
Armenia	An Airméin
Australia	An Astráil
Austria	An Ostair
Azerbaijan	An Asarbaiseáin
Bahamas	Na Bahámaí
Bahrain	Bairéin
Bangladesh	An Bhanglaidéis
Barbados	Barbadós
Belarus	An Bhealarúis
Belgium	An Bheilg
Belize	An Bheilís
Benin	Beinin
Bhutan	An Bhútain
Bolivia	An Bholaiv
Bosnia and Herzegovina	An Bhoisnia Heirseagaivéin
Botswana	An Bhotsuáin
Brazil	An Bhrasaíl
Brunei	Brúiné
Bulgaria	An Bhulgáir
Burkina Faso	Buircíne Fasó
Burundi	An Bhurúin
Cambodia	An Chambóid
Cameroon	Camarún
Canada	Ceanada
Cape Verde	Rinn Verde
Central African Republic	Poblacht na hAfraice Láir
Chad	Sead
Chile	An tSile
China	An tSín
Colombia	An Cholóim
Comoros	Oileáin Chomóra
Costa Rica	Cósta Ríce
Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast	An Cósta Eabhair
Croatia	An Chróit
Cuba	Cúba
Cyprus	An Chipir
Czechia/Czech Republic	Poblacht na Seice
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Poblacht Dhaonlathach an Chongó
Denmark	An Danmhairg
Djibouti	Diobúití
Dominica	Doiminice
Dominican Republic	An Phoblacht Dhoiminiceach
Ecuador	Eacuadór
Egypt	An Éigipt
El Salvador	An tSalvadóir
Equatorial Guinea	An Ghuine Mheánchriosach
Eritrea	An Eiritré
Estonia	An Eastóin
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)	An tSuasalainn
Ethiopia	An Aetóip
Fiji	Fidsí
Finland	An Fhionlainn
France	An Fhrainc
Gabon	An Ghabúin
Gambia	An Ghaimbia
Georgia	An tSeoirsia
Germany	An Ghearmáin
Ghana	Gána
Greece	An Ghréig
Grenada	Greanáda
Guatemala	Guatamala
Guinea	An Ghuine
Guinea-Bissau	Guine-Bissau
Guyana	An Ghuáin
Haiti	Háítí
Honduras	Hondúras
Hungary	An Ungáir
Iceland	An Íoslainn
India	An India
Indonesia	An Indinéis
Iran	An Iaráin
Iraq	An Iaráic
Ireland	Éire
Israel	Iosrael
Italy	An Iodáil
Jamaica	Iamáice
Japan	An tSeapáin
Jordan	An Iordáin
Kazakhstan	An Chasacstáin
Kenya	An Chéinia
Kiribati	Cireabaití
Kuwait	Cuáit
Kyrgyzstan	An Chirgeastáin
Laos	Laos
Latvia	An Laitvia
Lebanon	An Liobáin
Lesotho	Leosóta
Liberia	An Libéir
Libya	An Libia
Liechtenstein	Lichtinstéin
Lithuania	An Liotuáin
Luxembourg	Lucsamburg
Madagascar	Madagascar
Malawi	An Mhaláiv
Malaysia	An Mhalaeisia
Maldives	Oileáin Mhaildíve
Mali	Mailí
Malta	Málta
Marshall Islands	Oileáin Marshall
Mauritania	An Mháratáin
Mauritius	Oileán Mhuirís
Mexico	Meicsiceo
Micronesia	An Mhicrinéis
Moldova	An Mholdóiv
Monaco	Monacó
Mongolia	An Mhongóil
Montenegro	Montainéagró
Morocco	Maracó
Mozambique	Mósaimbíc
Myanmar (formerly Burma)	Maenmar
Namibia	An Namaib
Nauru	Nárú
Nepal	Neipeal
Netherlands	An Ísiltír
New Zealand	An Nua-Shéalainn
Nicaragua	Nicearagua
Niger	An Nígir
Nigeria	An Nigéir
North Korea	An Chóiré Thuaidh
North Macedonia	An Mhacadóin
Norway	An Iorua
Oman	Óman
Pakistan	An Phacastáin
Palau	Oileáin Palau
Palestine	An Phalaistín
Panama	Panama
Papua New Guinea	Nua-Ghuine Phapua
Paraguay	Paragua
Peru	Peiriú
Philippines	Na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha
Poland	An Pholainn
Portugal	An Phortaingéil
Qatar	Catar
Republic of the Congo	Poblacht an Chongó
Romania	An Rómáin
Russia	An Rúis
Rwanda	Ruanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis	San Críostóir-Nimheas
Saint Lucia	San Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	San Uinseann agus na Greanáidíní
Samoa	Samó
San Marino	San Mairíne
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé agus Príncipe
Saudi Arabia	An Araib Shádach
Senegal	An tSeineagáil
Serbia	An tSeirbia
Seychelles	Na Séiséil
Sierra Leone	Siarra Leon
Singapore	Singeapór
Slovakia	An tSlóvaic
Slovenia	An tSlóivéin
Solomon Islands	Oileáin Sholamón
Somalia	An tSomáil
South Africa	An Afraic Theas
South Korea	An Chóiré Theas
South Sudan	An tSúdáin Theas
Spain	An Spáinn
Sri Lanka	Srí Lanca
Sudan	An tSúdáin
Suriname	Suranam
Sweden	An tSualainn
Switzerland	An Eilvéis
Syria	An tSiria
Tajikistan	An Táidsíceastáin
Tanzania	An Tansáin
Thailand	An Téalainn
Timor-Leste/East Timor	An Tíomór Thoir
Togo	Tóga
Tonga	Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago	Oileán na Tríonóide agus Tobága
Tunisia	An Túinéis
Turkey	An Tuirc
Turkmenistan	An Tuircméanastáin
Tuvalu	Túvalú
Uganda	Uganda
Ukraine	An Úcráin
United Arab Emirates	Aontas na nÉimíríochtaí Arabacha
United Kingdom	An Ríocht Aontaithe
United States of America	Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Uruguay	Uragua
Uzbekistan	An Úisbéiceastáin
Vanuatu	Vanuatú
Venezuela	Veiniséala
Vietnam	Vítneam
Yemen	Éimin
Zambia	An tSaimbia
Zimbabwe	An tSiombáib

Thanks for reading this post on the country names in Irish.

This new vocabulary should come in useful in a range of different situations and is essential to help you become fluent in Irish.

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