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Country names

Le pays : The country

Les pays : The countries

As in many languages, countries do not have the same name in a foreign language. Below is a list of many country names to help you learn French.

French	English
L'Algérie L'Afrique du sud L'Angleterre L'Allemagne L'Arabie Saoudite L'Autriche La Belgique La Chine La Corée du Sud Le Danemark L'Ecosse L'Espagne Les Etats-Unis La France La Grande Bretagne Le Liban L'Italie La Norvège Le Pays de Galle Les Pays-Bas Les Philippines La Pologne La Suisse	Algeria South Africa England Germany South Arabia Austria Belgium China South Korea Denmark Scotland Spain The United States France Great Britain Lebanon Italy The Netherlands The Philippines Norway Wales Poland Switzerland

Le Pays can also mean the region, the locality or the home town.

In English, most country names have the article removed, whereas in French the article is generally present.

Pierre va en Allemagne
Pierre goes to Germany

Elle va en Italie
She goes to Itlay

Jean habite au Portugal
Jean lives in Portugal

Annie est née en France
Annie is born in France

David travaille en Suisse
David works in Switzerland

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