word | | Country name |
| German | Rwanda | conventional long form: Republic of Rwanda conventional short form: Rwanda local long form: Republika y'u Rwanda local short form: Rwanda former: Ruanda, German East Africa |
| German | Switzerland | conventional long form: Swiss Confederation conventional short form: Switzerland local long form: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (German); Confederation Suisse (French); Confederazione Svizzera (Italian); Confederaziun Svizra (Romansh) local short form: Schweiz (German); Suisse (French); Svizzera ... |
| Germany | Germany | conventional long form: Federal Republic of Germany conventional short form: Germany local long form: Bundesrepublik Deutschland local short form: Deutschland former: German Empire, German Republic, German Reich |
| Ghana | Ghana | conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast |
| Ghazzah | Gaza Strip | conventional long form: none conventional short form: Gaza Strip local long form: none local short form: Qita Ghazzah |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar | conventional long form: none conventional short form: Gibraltar |
| Gilbert | Kiribati | conventional long form: Republic of Kiribati conventional short form: Kiribati local long form: Republic of Kiribati local short form: Kiribati note: pronounced keer-ree-bahss former: Gilbert Islands |
| Gold | Ghana | conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast |
| Gongheguo | China | conventional long form: People's Republic of China conventional short form: China local long form: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo local short form: Zhongguo abbreviation: PRC |
| Gora | Montenegro | conventional long form: none conventional short form: Montenegro local long form: none local short form: Crna Gora former: People's Republic of Montenegro, Socialist Republic of Montenegro, Republic of Montenegro |
| Government | Burma | ... of Burma conventional short form: Burma local long form: Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar) local short form ... |
| Grand | Luxembourg | conventional long form: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg conventional short form: Luxembourg local long form: Grand Duche de Luxembourg local short form: Luxembourg |
| Great | Libya | conventional long form: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya conventional short form: Libya local long form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma local short form ... |
| Great | United Kingdom | conventional long form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; note - Great Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales conventional short form: United Kingdom abbreviation: UK |
| Greater | Lebanon | conventional long form: Lebanese Republic conventional short form: Lebanon local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah local short form: Lubnan former: Greater Lebanon |
| Greece | Greece | conventional long form: Hellenic Republic conventional short form: Greece local long form: Elliniki Dhimokratia local short form: Ellas or Ellada former: Kingdom of Greece |
| Greenland | Greenland | conventional long form: none conventional short form: Greenland local long form: none local short form: Kalaallit Nunaat |
| Grenada | Grenada | conventional long form: none conventional short form: Grenada |
| Grenadines | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | conventional long form: none conventional short form: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| group | Tuvalu | ... form: none conventional short form: Tuvalu local long form: none local short form: Tuvalu former: Ellice Islands note: "Tuvalu" means "group of eight," referring to the country's eight traditionally inhabited islands |
| Guahan | Guam | conventional long form: Territory of Guam conventional short form: Guam local long form: Guahan local short form: Guahan |
| Guam | Guam | conventional long form: Territory of Guam conventional short form: Guam local long form: Guahan local short form: Guahan |
| Guatemala | Guatemala | conventional long form: Republic of Guatemala conventional short form: Guatemala local long form: Republica de Guatemala local short form: Guatemala |