Synonyms and antonyms of Specific countries in the dictionary in British Thesaurus

Albion ()

an old word meaning ‘England’ or ‘Britain’

Aotearoa (noun)

the Maori name for New Zealand. It means ‘the land of the long white cloud’.

Bharat (noun)

Indian English the Hindi name for India

Blighty (British)

Britishinformal old-fashioned England. This word was used especially by soldiers during the First World War.

Britain ()

England, Scotland, and Wales

the Commonwealth (Australian)

Australian Australia or its government

Cymru ()

the name for ‘Wales’ in the Welsh language

down under (noun)

informal Australia or New Zealand

the Emerald Isle (mainly literary)

mainly literary a name for Ireland

GB (abbreviation)

Great Britain

GDR (abbreviation)

German Democratic Republic: the name given to East Germany when it was separate from West Germany

Gr. (abbreviation)

Greece

Gr. (abbreviation)

Greek

Great Britain ()

the island that consists of England, Scotland, and Wales

Ind. (abbreviation)

India

Ind. (abbreviation)

Indian

the Lucky Country (Australian)

Australian Australia, seen as a rich happy country

Mzansi (noun)

South Africaninformal another name for South Africa

NA (abbreviation)

North America

NI (abbreviation)

British Northern Ireland

NZ (abbreviation)

New Zealand

Oz (British)

Britishinformal Australia

PR (abbreviation)

Puerto Rico

the Principality (noun)

mainly journalism another name for Wales

RSA (abbreviation)

Republic of South Africa

SA (abbreviation)

South Africa

the States (noun)

informal the United States of America

Ulster ()

another name for Northern Ireland, used mainly by people who believe that Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK

the US ()

the United States

the USA ()

the United States of America