word | | Country name |
| Madagasikara | Madagascar | conventional long form: Republic of Madagascar conventional short form: Madagascar local long form: Republique de Madagascar/Repoblikan'i Madagasikara local short form: Madagascar/Madagasikara former: Malagasy Republic |
| Maghrib | Morocco | conventional long form: Kingdom of Morocco conventional short form: Morocco local long form: Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah local short form: Al Maghrib |
| Maghribiyah | Morocco | conventional long form: Kingdom of Morocco conventional short form: Morocco local long form: Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah local short form: Al Maghrib |
| Magyarorszag | Hungary | conventional long form: none conventional short form: Hungary local long form: none local short form: Magyarorszag |
| Makedonija | Macedonia | conventional long form: Republic of Macedonia conventional short form: Macedonia local long form: Republika Makedonija local short form: Makedonija note: the provisional designation used by the UN, EU, and NATO is the ... |
| Malagasy | Madagascar | conventional long form: Republic of Madagascar conventional short form: Madagascar local long form: Republique de Madagascar/Repoblikan'i Madagasikara local short form: Madagascar/Madagasikara former: Malagasy Republic |
| Malawi | Malawi | conventional long form: Republic of Malawi conventional short form: Malawi local long form: Dziko la Malawi local short form: Malawi former: British Central African Protectorate, Nyasaland Protectorate, Nyasaland |
| Malaya | Malaysia | conventional long form: none conventional short form: Malaysia local long form: none local short form: Malaysia former: Federation of Malaya |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | conventional long form: none conventional short form: Malaysia local long form: none local short form: Malaysia former: Federation of Malaya |
| Maldives | Maldives | conventional long form: Republic of Maldives conventional short form: Maldives local long form: Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa local short form: Dhivehi Raajje |
| Mali | Mali | conventional long form: Republic of Mali conventional short form: Mali local long form: Republique de Mali local short form: Mali former: French Sudan and Sudanese Republic |