The CIA World Factbook Every edition, 1990 to 2025 Europe
Country name Jersey, in 35 editions.
The entry for Jersey published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 10 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 10
- 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”
Bailiwick of Jersey
Bailiwick of Jersey
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- conventional short form:
- Jersey
conventional long form:
Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form:
Jersey
The entry for Jersey did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- conventional short form:
- Jersey
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- conventional short form:
- Jersey
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form: Jersey
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- conventional short form :
- Jersey
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form: form : Jersey
The same text in 3 editions, 1998 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- conventional short form:
- Jersey
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form : form: Jersey
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey conventional short form: Jersey
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
The same text in 7 editions, 2002 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- conventional short form:
- Jersey
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form: Jersey
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- conventional short form:
- Jersey
conventional long form:
Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form:
Jersey
The same text in 3 editions, 2015 to 2017.
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- conventional short form:
- Jersey
- etymology:
- the name is of Old Norse origin, but the meaning of the root "Jer(s)" is uncertain; the "-ey" ending means "island"
Rewritten: too little of the 2014 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form: Jersey
etymology: the name is of Old Norse origin, but the meaning of the root "Jer(s)" is uncertain; the "-ey" ending means "island"
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- conventional short form:
- Jersey
- former:
- Norman Isles
- etymology:
- the name is of Old Norse origin, but the meaning of the root "Jer(s)" is uncertain; the "-ey" ending means "island"
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form: Jersey
former: Norman Isles
etymology: the name is of Old Norse origin, but the meaning of the root "Jer(s)" is uncertain; the "-ey" ending means "island"
- conventional long form:
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- conventional short form:
- Jersey
- former:
- Norman Isles
- etymology:
- the name is of Old Norse origin, with - ey meaning "island;" "Jer(s)" may derive from a person with the Scandinavian name Geirr, meaning "spear"
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey
conventional short form: Jersey
former: Norman Isles
etymology: the name is of Old Norse origin, but the with - ey meaning of the root "island;" "Jer(s)" is uncertain; may derive from a person with the "-ey" ending means "island" Scandinavian name Geirr, meaning "spear"
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Jersey: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/jersey/country-name.