English, Chinese, Pinyin for the coutries taking part in the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany.
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Angola |
安哥拉 |
Ä?n gÄ“ lÄ? |
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Argentina |
é˜¿æ ¹å»· |
Ä? gÄ“n tÃng |
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Australia |
澳大利亚 |
à o dà lì yà |
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Brazil |
巴西 |
bÄ? xÄ« |
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Costa Rica |
å“¥æ–¯è¾¾é»ŽåŠ |
gÄ“ sÄ« dá là jiÄ? |
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Croatia |
克罗地亚 |
kè luó dì yà |
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Czech Republic |
æ?·å…‹ |
jié kè |
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Ecuador |
厄瓜多尔 |
è guÄ? duÅ? Ä›r |
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England |
è‹±æ ¼å…° |
yīng gé lán |
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France |
法国 |
fǎ guó |
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Germany |
德国 |
dé guó |
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Ghana |
åŠ çº³ |
jiÄ? nà |
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Iran |
伊朗 |
yī lǎng |
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Italy |
�大利 |
yì dà lì |
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Ivory Coast |
象牙海岸 |
xià ng yá hǎi à n |
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Japan |
日本 |
rì běn |
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Mexico |
墨西哥 |
mò xī gē |
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Netherlands |
è?·å…° |
hé lán |
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Paraguay |
å·´æ‹‰åœ |
bÄ? lÄ? guÄ« |
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Poland |
波兰 |
bÅ? lán |
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Portugal |
葡�牙 |
pú táo yá |
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Saudi Arabia |
沙特阿拉伯 |
shÄ? tè Ä? lÄ? bó |
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Serbia and Montenegro |
塞尔维亚 |
sÄ?i Ä›r wéi yà |
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South Korea |
韩国 |
hán guó |
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Spain |
西ç?牙 |
xÄ« bÄ?n yá |
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Sweden |
ç‘žå…¸ |
ruì diǎn |
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Switzerland |
瑞士 |
ruì shì |
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Togo |
多哥 |
duÅ? gÄ“ |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
特立尼达和多巴哥 |
tè lì nà dá hé duÅ? bÄ? gÄ“ |
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Tunisia |
�尼斯 |
tū nà sī |
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Ukraine |
乌克兰 |
wū kè lán |
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United States |
美国 |
měi guó |
Chinese names for other countries all tend to be ‘nice’ e.g. brave country, beautiful country, etc. But when Europeans first turned up they were said to come from Fu Lang (suppposedly derived from the word used throughout the Middle East for the Franks who were top dogs in Europe in Medieval times). Who made up the ‘modern’ names? Were the names chosen for diplomatic reasons? Are there other older names that are not so nice?