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Bialya: A fictional Middle Eastern country from DC Comics. Endostan: A Middle Eastern sultanate which appears in an episode of the Canadian action-adventure series Relic Hunter. Hobeika and Salmaah: Two warring Middle Eastern sultanates which appear in the French-British movie Day of the Falcon. Kamistan: From the TV series 24.
This is a list of traditional Arabic place names. This list includes: Places involved in the history of the Arab world and the Arabic names given to them. Places whose official names include an Arabic form. Places whose names originate from the Arabic language. All names are in Standard Arabic and academically transliterated. Most of these ...
A country in the Middle East. Its name is inspired by Abu Dhabi (city in the UAE) and Yemen. [1] Absurdistan: Politische Studien (1971) [2] An imaginary land in which absurdity is the norm, especially in its public authorities and government. [3] Absurdistan, Republic of Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart (2006) [4]
The following is a list of countries in the Middle East sorted by projected population. Table. Rank Country (or dependent territory) 2020 projection [1] % of pop.
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
AMEA: Asia, Middle East and Africa; America (AMER): Usage varies; it may refer to just the United States of America, or just North America, or all of North and South America combined, or some other combination. Americas (AMS or AMERS): Usage varies; often refers to all of North and South America combined. AMS: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino [1]
Brutopia: country appearing in several Donald Duck stories, possibly referring to the Soviet Union; Contraria: from the series WordGirl is the homeland of Nocan the Contrarian. Double Crossia: a country mentioned in the Three Stooges short You Nazty Spy; Elbonia: Eastern European country from the comic strip Dilbert
United Republic of Tanzania (official, English), United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar (former, English), Deutsch-Ostafrika, together with Ruanda and Urundi (= German East Africa, colonial name until 1918). The country is named after Tanganyika, its mainland part, and the Zanzibar islands off its east coast. TGO Togo a