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Country name Liechtenstein, in 35 editions.
The entry for Liechtenstein 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”
Principality of Liechtenstein
Principality of Liechtenstein
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Furstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
conventional long form:
Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional short form:
Liechtenstein
local long form:
Furstentum Liechtenstein
local short form:
Liechtenstein
The entry for Liechtenstein did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Furstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Furstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
conventional long form: Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional short form: Liechtenstein
local long form: Furstentum Liechtenstein
local short form: Liechtenstein
- conventional long form :
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Furstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
conventional long form: form : Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional short form: Liechtenstein
local long form: Furstentum Liechtenstein
local short form: Liechtenstein
The same text in 3 editions, 1998 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
conventional long form : form: Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional short form: Liechtenstein
local long form: Furstentum Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
local short form: Liechtenstein
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein conventional short form: Liechtenstein local long form: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein local short form: Liechtenstein
conventional long form: Principality of Liechtenstein
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
conventional long form: Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional short form: Liechtenstein
local long short form: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
local short long form: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
The same text in 5 editions, 2004 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
conventional long form: Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional short form: Liechtenstein
local short long form: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
local long short form: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
conventional long form:
Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional short form:
Liechtenstein
local long form:
Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
local short form:
Liechtenstein
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
- etymology:
- named after the Liechtenstein dynasty that purchased and united the counties of Schellenburg and Vaduz and that were allowed by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1719 to rename the new property after their family;
- the name in German means "light (bright) stone"
Rewritten: too little of the 2015 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form: Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional short form: Liechtenstein
local long form: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
local short form: Liechtenstein
etymology: named after the Liechtenstein dynasty that purchased and united the counties of Schellenburg and Vaduz and that were allowed by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1719 to rename the new property after their family; the name in German means "light (bright) stone"
The same text in 8 editions, 2017 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
- etymology:
- named after the Liechtenstein dynasty that purchased and united the counties of Schellenburg and Vaduz and that was allowed by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1719 to rename the new property after their family;
- the name in German means "light (bright) stone"
conventional long form: Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional short form: Liechtenstein
local long form: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
local short form: Liechtenstein
etymology: named after the Liechtenstein dynasty that purchased and united the counties of Schellenburg and Vaduz and that were was allowed by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1719 to rename the new property after their family; the name in German means "light (bright) stone"
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- conventional short form:
- Liechtenstein
- local long form:
- Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
- local short form:
- Liechtenstein
- etymology:
- named after the Liechtenstein family that purchased and united the counties of Schellenburg and Vaduz in 1719;
- the family name was taken from its Austrian castle of the same name, which in German means "light stone"
conventional long form: Principality of Liechtenstein
conventional short form: Liechtenstein
local long form: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
local short form: Liechtenstein
etymology: named after the Liechtenstein dynasty family that purchased and united the counties of Schellenburg and Vaduz and that was allowed by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1719 to rename the new property after their family; 1719; the family name was taken from its Austrian castle of the same name, which in German means "light (bright) stone"
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Liechtenstein: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/liechtenstein/country-name.