Names of the countries of South America in local languages

The names are shown in their short and full forms in official and other local languages. Translations of the full names not in English are shown in [brackets].

English name	Local name
Argentina	Argentina República Argentina [Argentine Republic]
Bolivia	Bolivia República de Bolivia [Republic of Bolivia]
Brazil	Brasil República Federativa do Brasil [Federal Republic of Brazil]
Chile	Chile República de Chile [Republic of Chile]
Colombia	Colombia República de Colombia [Republic of Colombia]
Ecuador	Ecuador República del Ecuador [Republic of Ecuador]
French Guiana	Guyane Department of Guiana
Guyana	Guyana Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Paraguay	Paraguay Paraguái República del Paraguay Tetã Paraguáipe [Republic of Paraguay]
Peru	Perú República del Perú [Republic of Peru]
Suriname	Suriname Republiek Suriname [Republic of Suriname]
Uruguay	Uruguay República Oriental del Uruguay [Oriental Republic of Uruguay]
Venezuela	Venezuela República Bolivariana de Venezuela [Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela]

Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

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Sources

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
http://www.geonames.de

Multilingual pages

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