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Country name Bhutan, in 35 editions.
The entry for Bhutan published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 12 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 12
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
Kingdom of Bhutan
Kingdom of Bhutan
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
conventional long form:
Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form:
Bhutan
The entry for Bhutan did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form: Bhutan
- conventional long form :
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
conventional long form: form : Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form: Bhutan
The same text in 3 editions, 1998 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
conventional long form : form: Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form: Bhutan
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan
The same text in 4 editions, 2002 to 2005.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form: Bhutan
The same text in 3 editions, 2006 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
- local long form:
- Druk Gyalkhap
- local short form:
- Druk Yul
conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form: Bhutan
local long form: Druk Gyalkhap
local short form: Druk Yul
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
- local long form:
- Druk Gyalkhap
- local short form:
- Druk Yul
conventional long form:
Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form:
Bhutan
local long form:
Druk Gyalkhap
local short form:
Druk Yul
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
- local long form:
- Druk Gyalkhap
- local short form:
- Druk Yul
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
- local long form:
- Druk Gyalkhap
- local short form:
- Druk Yul
- etymology:
- named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan;
- Bod is the Tibetan name for their land;
- the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form: Bhutan
local long form: Druk Gyalkhap
local short form: Druk Yul
etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; Bod is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
The same text in 8 editions, 2017 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
- local long form:
- Druk Gyalkhap
- local short form:
- Druk Yul
- etymology:
- named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan;
- "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land;
- the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form: Bhutan
local long form: Druk Gyalkhap
local short form: Druk Yul
etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; Bod "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- conventional short form:
- Bhutan
- local long form:
- Druk Gyalkhap
- local short form:
- Druk Yul
- etymology:
- name may derive from the Sanskrit words bhoṭa , the name for Tibet, and anta , meaning "end" -- a reference to Bhutan's location at the southernmost end of Tibet;
- the local Dzongkha name Druk Yul means "Land of the Dragon"
conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form: Bhutan
local long form: Druk Gyalkhap
local short form: Druk Yul
etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated name may derive from Tibet to Bhutan; "Bod" is the Tibetan Sanskrit words bhoṭa , the name for their land; Tibet, and anta , meaning "end" -- a reference to Bhutan's location at the Bhutanese southernmost end of Tibet; the local Dzongkha name "Druk Yul" Druk Yul means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Bhutan: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/bhutan/country-name.