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To view the template page itself, see Template:Country.

العربية ∙ asturianu ∙ Boarisch ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ বাংলা ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ Zazaki ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ eesti ∙ euskara ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ עברית ∙ हिन्दी ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ ქართული ∙ 한국어 ∙ кыргызча ∙ Lëtzebuergesch ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ ဘာသာမန် ∙ Bahasa Melayu ∙ Mirandés ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ Scots ∙ slovenščina ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ اردو ∙ oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ 中文（臺灣） ∙ +/−

Given the ISO code for a country, it checks if the English language name of the country matches a template name. If such a template exists, it calls that template; if not, it returns the English name.

Usage

Template parameters

Parameter	Description	Default	Status
`1`	ISO code for country (e.g., EE = Estonia — for a list see w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)	empty	required
`lang`	language code (must be entirely lowercase)	empty	optional
`nolink`	set to suppress hyperlink	empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

Examples

"New Zealand" in Russian: {{Country|NZ|lang=ru}} → New Zealand
"Ukraine" in Ukrainian with no wikilink: {{Country|UA|lang=uk|nolink=1}} → Ukraine

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 |1=1
-|1d=ISO code for country (e.g., EE&nbsp;=&nbsp;Estonia — for a list see [[:en:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]])
+|1d=ISO code for country (e.g., EE&nbsp;=&nbsp;Estonia — for a list see [[w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]])
 |1def=
 |1stat=required
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 |name=Country
-|desc=Given the [[:en:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2|ISO code]] for a country, it checks if the English language name of the country matches a template name (e.g., EE → {{tl|Estonia}}). If such a template exists, it calls that template; if not, it returns the English name. The individual country templates provide localization of country names, and link the localized name to the Wikipedia entry in the relevant language (e.g., {{tl|Estonia}} produces: {{Estonia}}).
+|desc=Given the [[w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2|ISO code]] for a country, it checks if the English language name of the country matches a template name. If such a template exists, it calls that template; if not, it returns the English name.
 |namespace=all
 |usergroup=all
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 == Examples ==
-* “Estonia” in user's [[m:Help:Preferences#Internationalisation|selected language]]: {{tlc|Country|EE}} → {{Country|EE}}
-* “Estonia” in Estonian: {{tlc|Country|EE|3=lang=et}} → {{Country|EE|lang=et}}
-* “Estonia” in German: {{tlc|Country|EE|3=lang=de}} → {{Country|EE|lang=de}}
 * "New Zealand" in Russian: {{tlc|Country|NZ|3=lang=ru}} → {{Country|NZ|lang=ru}}
 * "Ukraine" in Ukrainian with no wikilink: {{tlc|Country|UA|3=lang=uk|4=nolink=1}} → {{Country|UA|lang=uk|nolink=1}}