Romanization examples Each title of a language or a writing system is followed by a note on the appropriate romanization system used (UN = United Nations, BGN/PCGN = US Board on Geographic Names and Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use) Amharic [UN 1967, I/17] Lao [national 1966] ኢትዮጵያ Ityop’ya [ Ethiopia ], አዲስ አበባ Addis Abe ̱ ba ລາວ Lao [ Laos ], ວງຈັ ນ Viangchan Arabic [UN 1972, II/8] Macedonian Cyrillic [UN 1977, III/11] Jaz īrat al-‘Arab [ Arabian Peninsula ] Скопје Skopje, Битола Bitola ز رة ارب Armenian [BGN/PCGN 1981] Malayalam [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Հայաստան Hayastan [ Armenia ], Երևան Yerevan Kera ḷaṁ, Tiruvanantapura ṁ Assamese [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Maldivian [national 1987] Asam [ Assam ], Dichhapura [ Dispur ] ޖ އ ރ ހ ވ ދ Dhivehi Raajje [ Maldives ], ލ މ Maale Bengali [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Marathi [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Bāṁ lādesh, Dhaka महारा Mah ārāṣhṭra, मुंबई Mu ṁba ī Bulgarian [UN 1977, III/10] Mongolian (Cyrillic) [BGN/PCGN 1964] Република България Republika B ǎlgarija Монгол улс Mongol uls, Улаанбаатар Ulaanbaatar Burmese [BGN/PCGN 1970] Nepalese [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] ြမန်မာ Myanma, ရန်ကန် Yangôn नेपाल Nepāl, काठमाड Kāṭhm āḍau ṁ [Kathmandu ] Byelorussian [national 2007] Беларусь Bielaru ś, Минск Minsk Oriya [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Chinese [UN 1977, III/8] Oṙish ā, Bhubaneshbar 中国 Zhongguo, 北京 Beijing Pashto [BGN/PCGN 1968] XQY Kābulل ,Afgh ānist ān اQRSTQUVن [Dzongkha [national 1997 འག་ལ Drukyuel [Bhutan ], ཐིམ་ Thimphu Persian [UN 1967, I/13] R Tehr ān]ران ,Īrān ا ران Georgian [national 2002] Punjabi [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] საქართველო Sakartvelo [ Georgia ], თბილისი Tbilisi ਪੰਜਾਬ Pa ṁjāb, ਚੰਡੀਗੜ Cha ṁḍīga ṙh Greek [UN 1987, V/19] Russian [UN 1987, V/18] Ελλάδα Elláda [Greece ], Αθήνα Athína Россия Rossija, Москва Moskva Gujarati [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Serbian [UN 1977, III/11; 2002, VIII/14] જરાતુ Gujar āt, ગાંધીનગર Gāṁ dh īnagar Србија Srbija, Београд Beograd Hebrew [UN 1977, III/13; 2007, IX/9] Sinhalese [provisional 1972] Medinat Yisra'el [ State of Israel ] ලංකා Shr ī La ṁkā, ෙකළඹ Kŏḷamba מְ ִדינַת י2ְִרָ ֵאל Hindi [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Tajik [BGN/PCGN 1994] भारत Bh ārat [India ], दल Dill ī Тоҷикистон Tojikiston, Душанбе Dushanbe Tamil [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Japanese [national: Kunrei-siki/Mod. Hepburn] 日本 Nihon ~ Nippon [ Japan ], 東京 Tōky ō/Tôkyô தமிநா Tamil̮nāṭu, இல ைக Ila ṅkai [Sri Lanka ] Kannada [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Telugu [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Āṁ ā ā ಕಾಟಕ Kar ṇāṭaka, ೆಂಗಳ ರು Bĕṁ ga ḷūru ఆంధ పే dhra Pradesh, ద ాబదు Haidar b du Kazakh [BGN/PCGN 1979] Thai [UN 1967, I/14] Қазақстан Qazaqstan, Астана Astana ไทย Thai, กรุงเทพฯ Krung Thep [ Bangkok ] Khmer [UN 1972, II/10] Tigrinya [BGN/PCGN 2007] Kâmp ŭchéa [ Cambodia ], Phnum Pénh ኤርትራ Iertra [ Eritrea ], ኣስመራ Asmera កមុ ភំេពញ Ukrainian [national 2007] Kirghiz [BGN/PCGN 1979] Україна Ukraina, Київ Kyiv Кыргызстан Kyrgyzstan, Бишкек Bishkek Urdu [UN 1972, II/11; 1977, III/12] Korean [ISO/TR 11941:1996] Isl āmābād اhSم آQXد ,QRSYQf Pākist ānن 평양 Phyeong'yang, 서울 Seo'ul .