The CIA World Factbook Every edition, 1990 to 2025 Asia
Country name Nepal, in 35 editions.
The entry for Nepal published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 11 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 11
- 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 Nepal
Kingdom of Nepal
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Nepal
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
conventional long form:
Kingdom of Nepal
conventional short form:
Nepal
The entry for Nepal did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Nepal
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Nepal
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
conventional long form: Kingdom of Nepal
conventional short form: Nepal
The same text in 4 editions, 1997 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Nepal
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
conventional long form: Kingdom of Nepal
conventional short form: Nepal
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Nepal conventional short form: Nepal
conventional long form: Kingdom of Nepal
The same text in 4 editions, 2002 to 2005.
- conventional long form:
- Kingdom of Nepal
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
conventional long form: Kingdom of Nepal
conventional short form: Nepal
The same text in 2006 and 2007.
- conventional long and short form:
- Nepal
- local long and short form:
- Nepal
conventional long and short form: Kingdom of Nepalconventional local long and short form: Nepal
- conventional long form:
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
- local long form:
- Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal
- local short form:
- Nepal
conventional long and form: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
conventional short form: Nepal
local long and form: Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal
local short form: Nepal
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
- local long form:
- Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal
- local short form:
- Nepal
conventional long form:
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
conventional short form:
Nepal
local long form:
Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal
local short form:
Nepal
- conventional long form:
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
- local long form:
- Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal
- local short form:
- Nepal
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
The same text in 5 editions, 2016 to 2020.
- conventional long form:
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
- local long form:
- Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal
- local short form:
- Nepal
- etymology:
- the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding areas apparently gave their name to the country;
- the terms "Nepal," "Newar," "Nepar," and "Newal" are phonetically different forms of the same word
conventional long form: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
conventional short form: Nepal
local long form: Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal
local short form: Nepal
etymology: the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding areas apparently gave their name to the country; the terms "Nepal," "Newar," "Nepar," and "Newal" are phonetically different forms of the same word
The same text in 4 editions, 2021 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
- local long form:
- none
- local short form:
- Nepal
- etymology:
- the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding areas apparently gave their name to the country;
- the terms "Nepal," "Newar," "Nepar," and "Newal" are phonetically different forms of the same word
conventional long form: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal none
conventional short form: Nepal
local long form: Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal none
local short form: Nepal
etymology: the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding areas apparently gave their name to the country; the terms "Nepal," "Newar," "Nepar," and "Newal" are phonetically different forms of the same word
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Nepal
- local long form:
- none
- local short form:
- Nepal
- etymology:
- the name probably comes from the Sanskrit term nepala , from the words for "fly down" and "house," which would refer to the villages at the base of the mountains
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Nepal
local long form: none
local short form: Nepal
etymology: the Newar people of name probably comes from the Kathmandu Valley Sanskrit term nepala , from the words for "fly down" and surrounding areas apparently gave their name "house," which would refer to the country; villages at the terms "Nepal," "Newar," "Nepar," and "Newal" are phonetically different forms base of the same word mountains
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Nepal: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/nepal/country-name.