Pitt Rivers Museum - University of Oxford
Country Thesaurus
This is the list of countries used by the Pitt Rivers Museum in its artefact databases. It is based as closely as possible on the UN list of countries, and is also as contemporary as we can get it:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andaman Islands India
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belarus
Belize
Benin Republic
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia Herzegovina Yugoslavia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon Cameroun
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chechnya
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros Islands
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo, People's Republic of
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast
Croatia Yugoslavia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Easter Island Rapa Nui
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Galapagos Islands Ecuador
The Gambia
Gambier Islands French Polynesia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard & McDonald Islands
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia Yugoslavia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marquesas Islands French Polynesia
Marshall Islands
Martinique France
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Melilla
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of [Caroline Islands]
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro Yugoslavia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique (Moçambique)
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia Nouvelle Calédonie
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nicobar Islands India
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau, Republic of [Caroline Islands]
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Pyrenees
Qatar
Reúnion
Romania
Ross Dependency
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé & Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia Yugoslavia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Society Islands French Polynesia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia
South Korea
South Sandwich Islands
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Helena
St Kitts - Nevis
St Lucia
Sta Pierre & Miquelon
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Sudan
Surinam Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
The Gambia
The Netherlands
Tibet
Timor
Togo
Tokelau Islands
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Tristan da Cunha St Helena
Tuamotu Archipelago French Polynesia
Tubuai Islands French Polynesia
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
UK
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
USA
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Wallis & Futuna Islands
Western Sahara
Western Samoa
Windward Islands
Wrangel Island (Vrangelya Ostrov)
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andaman Islands India
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belarus
Belize
Benin Republic
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia Herzegovina Yugoslavia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon Cameroun
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chechnya
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros Islands
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo, People's Republic of
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast
Croatia Yugoslavia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Easter Island Rapa Nui
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Galapagos Islands Ecuador
The Gambia
Gambier Islands French Polynesia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard & McDonald Islands
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia Yugoslavia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marquesas Islands French Polynesia
Marshall Islands
Martinique France
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Melilla
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of [Caroline Islands]
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro Yugoslavia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique (Moçambique)
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia Nouvelle Calédonie
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nicobar Islands India
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau, Republic of [Caroline Islands]
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Pyrenees
Qatar
Reúnion
Romania
Ross Dependency
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé & Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia Yugoslavia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Society Islands French Polynesia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia
South Korea
South Sandwich Islands
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Helena
St Kitts - Nevis
St Lucia
Sta Pierre & Miquelon
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Sudan
Surinam Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
The Gambia
The Netherlands
Tibet
Timor
Togo
Tokelau Islands
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Tristan da Cunha St Helena
Tuamotu Archipelago French Polynesia
Tubuai Islands French Polynesia
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
UK
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
USA
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Wallis & Futuna Islands
Western Sahara
Western Samoa
Windward Islands
Wrangel Island (Vrangelya Ostrov)
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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