Antigua and Barbuda in other languages: Saint John’s and parishes
Antigua and Barbuda is an English-speaking island state with the ISO codes AG, ATG and 028. The page lists its name in 159 languages, the capital Saint John’s in 55, and the six parishes and two dependencies with their ISO 3166-2 codes.
Official languagesEnglish
Checked
- alpha-2
- AG
- alpha-3
- ATG
- numeric
- 028
- English
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Capital
- Saint John’sSaint John’s
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Antigua and Barbuda in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | eng | Antigua and Barbuda | same as written |
| Galician, Interlingua, Italian, Novial, Occitan, Romansh, Sicilian, Sardinian | glg / ina / ita / nov / oci / roh / scn / srd | Antigua e Barbuda | same as written |
| Estonian, Finnish, Kven, Northern Sami, Võro | est / fin / fkv / sme / vor | Antigua ja Barbuda | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Ladin, Spanish | arg / ast / lld / spa | Antigua y Barbuda | same as written |
| Czech, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, Slovak | ces / dsb / hsb / slk | Antigua a Barbuda | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Limburgish, Dutch | afr / lim / nld | Antigua en Barbuda | same as written |
| Danish, Faroese, Norwegian | dan / fao / nor | Antigua og Barbuda | same as written |
| Catalan, Polish | cat / pol | Antigua i Barbuda | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Antiqua və Barbuda / Антигуа вә Барбуда | Antiqua və Barbuda |
| Bambara | bam | Antiguwa ani Barabudi | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Antigva i Barbuda / Антигва и Барбуда / آنتٖىغوا وٖ باربۆدا | Antigva i Barbuda |
| Breton | bre | Antigua ha Barbuda | same as written |
| Corsican | cos | Antiga ha Barbuda | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Antigua ve Barbuda / Антигуа ве Барбуда | Antigua ve Barbuda |
| Welsh | cym | Antigwa a Barbuda, Antigua a Barbuda | same as written |
| German | deu | Antigua und Barbuda | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Antigvo-Barbudo | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Antigua eta Barbuda | same as written |
| French | fra | Antigua-et-Barbuda | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Antigoa-et-Barbuda | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Antigua en Barbûda | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Antigue e Barbude | same as written |
| Gagauz | gag | Antigua hem Barbuda / Антигуа хем Барбуда | Antigua hem Barbuda |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Antigua agus Barbuda | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Antigua agus Barbúda / Antigua agus Barbúda | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Antigua as Barbuda | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Antigwa ak Babouda | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Antigva i Barbuda | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Antigua és Barbuda | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Antiga na Babuda | same as written |
| Indonesian | ind | Antigua dan Barbuda | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Antígva og Barbúda | same as written |
| Javanese | jav | Antigua lan Barbuda | same as written |
| Jersey Norman French | jnf | Antigua et Barbuda | same as written |
| Karakalpak | kaa | Antigua haʻm Barbuda / Антигуа ҳәм Барбуда | Antigua haʻm Barbuda |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Antîgwa û Barbûda, Antîgûa û Barbûda | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Antiqua et Barbuda | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Antigva un Barbuda | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Antigua mpé Barbuda | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Antigva ir Barbuda | same as written |
| Luxembourgish | ltz | Antigua an Barbuda | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Antiga sy Barboda | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Antigwa u Barbuda | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Antigua și Barbuda / Антигуа ши Барбуда | Antigua și Barbuda |
| Malay | msa | Antigua dan Barbuda / انتيݢوا دان باربودا | Antigua dan Barbuda |
| Nahuatl | nah | Antigua īhuān Barbuda | same as written |
| Low German | nds | Antigua un Barbuda | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Auntique et Barbude | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Antígua e Barbuda | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Antiwa Barbudawan | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Antigua ťai Barbuda / आन्तिगुआ थाइ बार्बुदा | Antigua ťai Barbuda |
| Romanian | ron | Antigua și Barbuda | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | Antigua shi Barbuda | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Antiga i Barbuda / Антига и Барбуда, Antiga-Barbuda / Антига-Барбуда | Antiga i Barbuda, Antiga-Barbuda |
| Slovenian | slv | Antigva in Barbuda | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Antėgva ė Barbuda | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Antigua dhe Barbuda | same as written |
| Saterland Frisian | stq | Antigua un Barbuda | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Antigua na Barbuda | same as written |
| Swedish | swe | Antigua och Barbuda | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Antígua no Barbuda | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Antigua at Barbuda | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Antigua we Barbuda / Антигуа ве Барбуда | Antigua we Barbuda |
| Turkish | tur | Antigua ve Barbuda | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Antigua va Barbuda / Антигуа ва Барбуда / ئەنتىگۇئە ۋە بەربۇدە | Antigua va Barbuda |
| Vietnamese | vie | An-ti-gu-a và Ba-bu-đa | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Lantigeän e Barbudeän | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Antigwa eyet Barbouda | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Antigua ak Barbuda | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Antigua u Barbuda | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Russian | bul / rus | Антигуа и Барбуда | Antigua i Barbuda |
| Komi, Meadow Mari | kom / mhr | Антигуа да Барбуда | Antigua da Barbuda |
| Abkhaz | abk | Антигуеи Барбудеи | Antiguei Barbudei |
| Altai | alt | Антигуа ла Барбуда | Antigua la Barbuda |
| Avar | ava | Антигуа ва Барбуда | Antigua wa Barbuda |
| Bashkir | bak | Антигуа һәм Барбуда / Antigua häm Barbuda | Antigua häm Barbuda |
| Belarusian | bel | Антыгуа і Барбуда / Antyhua i Barbuda | Antyhua i Barbuda |
| Chechen | che | Антигуа а Барбуда / Antigua a Barbuda | Antigua a Barbuda |
| Chuvash | chv | Антигуӑпа Барбудӑ | Antiguăpa Barbudă |
| Kazakh | kaz | Антигуа және Барбуда / انتيگۋا جانە باربۋدا / Antïgwa jäne Barbwda | Antïgwa jäne Barbwda |
| Kabardian | kbd | Антигуэрэ Барбудэрэ | Antiguără Barbudără |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Антигуа жана Варбуда / انتىگۇا جانا باربۇدا / Antigua cana Barbuda | Antigua cana Barbuda |
| Khakas | kjh | Антигуа паза Барбуда | Antigua paza Barbuda |
| Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic) | kmr | Антигуа у Барбуда / Antîgûa û Barbûda | Antîgûa û Barbûda |
| Karachay-Balkar | krc | Антигуа эм Барбуда | Antigua ėm Barbuda |
| Kumyk | kum | Антигуа ва Барбуда | Antigua va Barbuda |
| Lezgi | lez | Антигуани Барбуда | Antiguani Barbuda |
| Macedonian | mkd | Антигва и Барбуда | Antigva i Barbuda |
| Mongolian | mon | Антигуа ба Барбуда | Antigua ba Barbuda |
| Ossetian | oss | Антигуа ӕмӕ Барбудӕ | Antigua ämä Barbudä |
| Rusyn | rue | Антіґуа і Барбуда | Antigua i Barbuda |
| Yakut | sah | Антигуа уонна Барбуда | Antigua uonna Barbuda |
| Serbian | srp | Антигва и Барбуда / Antigva i Barbuda | Antigva i Barbuda |
| Tatar | tat | Антигуа һәм Барбуда / Antigua häm Barbuda / ئانتىگۇئا ھەم باربۇدا | Antigua häm Barbuda |
| Tajik | tgk | Антигуа у Барбуда / انتیگوؤه و بربوده / Antigua u Barbuda, Антигуа ва Барбуда / انتیگوؤه و بربوده / Antigua va Barbuda | Antigua u Barbuda, Antigua va Barbuda |
| Tuvan | tyv | Антигуа биле Барбуда | Antigua bile Barbuda |
| Udmurt | udm | Антигуа но Барбуда | Antigua no Barbuda |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Антиґуа і Барбуда | Antygua i Barbuda |
| Arabic | ara | أنتيغوا وباربودا, أنتيغوا وبربودا, أنتيغا وبربودا, أنتيغا وباربودا, أنتيجوا وبربودا, أنتيجوا وباربودا, أنتيجا وبربودا (Antīgā wa-Barbūdā) أنتيجا وباربودا | Antīġuwā wa-Bārbūdā, Antīġuwā wa-Barbūdā, Antīġā wa-Barbūdā, Antīġā wa-Bārbūdā, Antīguwā wa-Barbūdā, Antīguwā wa-Bārbūdā, Antīgā wa-Bārbūdā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | آنتیقوا وه باربودا / Antiqua və Barbuda | Antiqua və Barbuda |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | ئانتیگوا و باربودا / Antigwa û Barbuda | Antigwa û Barbuda |
| Persian | fas | آنتیگوا و باربودا / Ântiguâ va Bârbudâ / Ântiguâvo Bârbudâ | Ântiguâ va Bârbudâ / Ântiguâvo Bârbudâ |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | اینٹیگوا تے باربوڈا | Enṫīgvā te Bārbūḋā |
| Dari | prs | انتیگوا و باربودا | Antīgvā va Bārbūdā |
| Pashto | pus | انتيګوا او باربودا | Antīgwā au Bārbūdā |
| Uyghur | uig | ئانتىگۇئا ۋە باربۇدا / Antigua we Barbuda / Антигуа вә Барбуда | Antigua we Barbuda |
| Urdu | urd | انٹیگوا و باربوڈا, انٹیگا و باربوڈا, انیٹیگوا و باربوڈا, اینٹیگا و باربوڈا, انٹیگوا اور باربوڈا, انٹیگا اور باربوڈا, انیٹیگوا اور باربوڈا, اینٹیگا اور باربوڈا | Anṫīgvā va Bārbūḋā, Anṫīgā va Bārbūḋā, Ēnṫīgvā va Bārbūḋā, Ēnṫīgā va Bārbūḋā, Anṫīgvā ôr Bārbūḋā, Anṫīgā ôr Bārbūḋā, Ēnṫīgvā ôr Bārbūḋā, Ēnṫīgā ôr Bārbūḋā |
| Dhivehi | div | އެންޓިގުއާ އަދި ބާބިއުޑާ | Enṫiguā adi Bābiuḋā |
| Hebrew | heb | אנטיגואה וברבודה, אנטיגואה ובארבודה, אנטיגוה וברבודה / אנטיגווה וברבודה, אנטיגוה ובארבודה / אנטיגווה ובארבודה | Anṭīgūʾah ū-Barbūdah, Anṭīgūʾah ū-Bārbūdah, Anṭīgvah ū-Barbūdah, Anṭīgvah ū-Bārbūdah |
| Ladino | lad | אנטיגואה אי בארבודה / Antigua i Barbuda | Antigua i Barbuda |
| Yiddish | yid | אַנטיגוע און באַרבודע | Antigue un Barbude |
| Amharic | amh | አንቲጋ ና ባርቡዳ | Ăntiga na Barbuda |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell-dhi | Αντίγκουα και Μπαρμπούντα | Antígkoya kai Mparmpoýnta |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell-kat | Ἀντίγκουα καὶ Μπαρμπούντα | Antígkoya kaì Mparmpoýnta |
| Armenian | hye | Անտիգուա և Բարբուդա | Antigoua yev Barbouda |
| Georgian | kat | ანტიგუა და ბარბუდა | Antigua da Barbuda |
| Mingrelian | xmf | ანტიგუა დო ბარბუდა | Antigua do Barbuda |
| Hindi | hin | एन्टिगुवा और बारबूडा, एन्टिगुवा और बर्बुडा | Enṭiguvā ôr Bārbūḍā, Enṭiguvā ôr Barbuḍā |
| Marathi | mar | एन्टिगुवा आणि बर्बूडा | Enṭiguvā āṇi Barbūḍā |
| Bengali | ben | এন্টিগুয়া ও বার্বুডা, এন্টিগুয়া এবং বার্বুডা | Enṭiguyā o Bārbuḍā, Enṭiguyā ebôṃ Bārbuḍā |
| Gujarati | guj | એન્ટિગ્વા અને બર્બુડા | Enṭigvā ane Barbuḍā |
| Oriya | ori | ଆଣ୍ଟିଗୁଆ ଏବଂ ବାର୍ବୁଡା | Āṇṭiguā ebôṃ Bārbuḍā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਐਂਟੀਗੁਆ ਤੇ ਬਾਰਬੁਡਾ | Æṃṭīguā te Bārbuḍā |
| Sinhala | sin | ඇන්ටිගුවා සහ බාබ්යුඩා | Ænṭiguvā saha Bābyuḍā |
| Kannada | kan | ಆಂಟಿಗ್ವ ಮತ್ತು ಬಾರ್ಬುಡ | Āṃṭigva mattu Bārbuḍa |
| Malayalam | mal | ആന്റിഗ്വ ആന്റ് ബര്ബുഡ | Ānṟigva ānṟ Barbuḍa |
| Tamil | tam | அன்டிகுவாவும் பர்புடாவும், ஆன்டிகுவா பார்புடா | Aṉṭikuvāvum Parpuṭāvum, Āṉṭikuvā Pārpuṭā |
| Telugu | tel | ఏంటిగువా బార్బుడా, ఆంటిగ్వా బార్బుడా | Ēṃṭiguvā Bārbuḍā, Āṃṭigvā Bārbuḍā |
| Chinese | zho | 安提瓜和巴布達/安提瓜和巴布达 | Āndīguā hé Bābùdá |
| Japanese | jpn | アンティグア・バーブーダ | Antigua-Bābūda |
| Korean | kor | 안티가바부다, 앤티가바부다 | Antiga Babuda, Aentiga Babuda |
| Tibetan | bod | ཨེན་ཊི་གུའ་དང་བར་བུ་ཌ། | En.ṭi.gu'a. daṅ. Bar.bu.da |
| Burmese | mya | အင်တီဂွါနှင့်ဘာဘူးဒါး | Ĩtigwa hnĩ́ Bʰabʰùdà |
| Thai | tha | แอนติกาและบาร์บูดา, แอนติกัวและบาร์บิวดา | Ǣntikā læ Bā[r]būdā, Ǣntikuā læ Bā[r]biwdā |
| Khmer | khm | អង់ទីហ្គានិងបារប៊ុយដា, អង់ទីហ្គានិង បាប៊ូដា | Ăṅtīhkā niṅ Bārbuydā, Ăṅtīhkā niṅ Bābūdā |
Most languages translate only the word and. Arabic and Hebrew list several spellings in use.
Antigua y Barbuda, Antiga na Babuda: one conjunction, many languages
A country made of two island names joined by and gives translators an easy task: they keep both names and swap the conjunction. Antigua y Barbuda in Spanish, Antigua und Barbuda in German, Antigua ja Barbuda in Finnish and Estonian, Antigua och Barbuda in Swedish, Antigua és Barbuda in Hungarian. French ties the three words together with hyphens, Antigua-et-Barbuda.
The island names themselves vary more at the edges. Igbo writes Antiga na Babuda, without the r of Barbuda, and Corsican Antiga ha Barbuda. Quechua writes Antiwa Barbudawan, with no separate word between the two names. Latin has Antiqua et Barbuda, Bosnian and Croatian adapt the spelling to Antigva. In Chinese the two halves are 安提瓜 and 巴布達, joined by 和.
Saint John’s in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French | eng / fra | Saint John’s | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Saint John’s | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Sent-Jons / Сент-Ҹонс | Sent-Jons |
| Bosnian | bos | Sent Džons / Сент Џонс / سەنت جۉنس | Sent Džons |
| Esperanto | epo | Sankta Johano | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Saint John’s / Saint John’s | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Sen Jòns | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Sênt Cons | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Sentdžonsa | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Sent Džonsas | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Saint John’s / Сент-Ӂонс | Saint John’s |
| Malay | msa | Saint John’s / سينت جونس | Saint John’s |
| Samogitian | smg | Sent Džuonsos | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Sent-Djons / Сент-Джонс | Sent-Djons |
| Uzbek | uzb | Sent-Djons / Сент-Джонс / سېنت-دجانس | Sent-Djons |
| Russian, Ukrainian | rus / ukr | Сент-Джонс | Sent-Džons |
| Bashkir | bak | Сент-Джонс / Sent-Djons | Sent-Djons |
| Belarusian | bel | Сент-Джонс / Sient-Džons, Сэнт-Джонс / Sent-Džons | Sient-Džons, Sent-Džons |
| Bulgarian | bul | Сейнт Джонс | Sejnt Džons |
| Kazakh | kaz | Сент-Джонс / سەنت-دجونس / Sent-Djons | Sent-Djons |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Сент-Джонс / سەنت-دجونس / Sent-Dcons | Sent-Dcons |
| Mongolian | mon | Сент Жонс | Sent J̌ons |
| Serbian | srp | Сент Џонс / Sent Džons | Sent Džons |
| Tatar | tat | Сент-Джонс / Sent-Cons / سېنت-جونس | Sent-Cons |
| Tajik | tgk | Сент-Ҷонс / سینت جانس / Sent-Çons | Sent-Çons |
| Arabic | ara | سانت جونز, سينت جونز, سانت جونس, سينت جونس, سينت دجونز, سينت دجونس | Sānt Ǧūnz, Saynt Ǧūnz, Sānt Ǧūns, Saynt Ǧūns, Sīnt Dǧūnz, Sīnt Dǧūns |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | سئنت جونس / Sent-Jons | Sent-Jons |
| Persian | fas | سنت جونز / Sent Jonz | Sent Jonz |
| Pashto | pus | سېنټ جونز | Senṫ Jōnz |
| Uyghur | uig | سېنت جونس / Sént Jons / Сент-Джонс | Sént Jons |
| Urdu | urd | سینٹ جونز | Sēnṫ Jōnz |
| Hebrew | heb | סנט־ג׳ונס | Senṭ-Jōns |
| Yiddish | yid | סײנט דזשאָנס | Seynt Džons |
| Amharic | amh | ሴንት ጆንስ | Sent Jons |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell-dhi | Σαιντ Τζωνς | Saint Tzōns |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell-kat | Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης, Σαὶντ Τζώνς | Hágios Iōánnīs, Saìnt Tzṓns |
| Armenian | hye | Սենտ Ջոնս | Sent J̌ons |
| Georgian | kat | სენტ-ჯონსი | Sent-J̌onsi |
| Hindi | hin | सेंट जोन्स | Seṃt Jons |
| Nepali | nep | सेन्ट जोन्स | Senṭ Jons |
| Bengali | ben | সেন্ট জনস | Senṭ Jôns |
| Punjabi | pan | ਸੇਂਟ ਜੋਨਸ | Seṃṭ Jons |
| Kannada | kan | ಸೇಂಟ್ ಜಾನ್ಸ್ | Sēṃṭ Jāns |
| Malayalam | mal | സെയ്ന്റ് ജോണ്സ് | Seynṟ Jōṇs |
| Tamil | tam | செயிண்ட் ஜோன்ஸ் | Ceyiṇṭ Jōṉs |
| Telugu | tel | సేంట్ జాన్స్ | Sēṃṭ Jāns |
| Chinese | zho | 聖約翰/圣约翰 | Shèng Yāohàn |
| Japanese | jpn | セント・ジョンズ | Sento-Jonzu |
| Korean | kor | 세인트존스 | Seinteu Jonseu |
| Thai | tha | เซนต์จอนส์, เซนต์จอห์น | Sēn[t] Čɔ̄n[s], Sēn[t] Čɔ̄[h]n |
| Khmer | khm | សន្តចនស៍ | Sant Čon[s] |
Six parishes and two dependencies with ISO 3166-2 codes
Antigua is divided into six parishes, all named after saints; Barbuda and the island of Redonda are dependencies, which Wikipedia's Parishes and dependencies of Antigua and Barbuda describes as integral parts of the state; Redonda is administered from Saint John. ISO 3166-2:AG codes all eight with two digits. The centre given is the parish capital.
| ISO 3166-2 | English | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishes of Antigua6 | ||||
| AG-03 | Parish of Saint George | Saint George | Fitches CreekFitches Creek | |
| AG-04 | Parish of Saint John | Saint John | St. John’sSt. John’s | 2014 ISO changed the spelling of the name |
| AG-05 | Parish of Saint Mary | Saint Mary | Old RoadOld Road | |
| AG-06 | Parish of Saint Paul | Saint Paul | FalmouthFalmouth | |
| AG-07 | Parish of Saint Peter | Saint Peter | ParhamParham | |
| AG-08 | Parish of Saint Philip | Saint Philip | St. Philip’sSt. Philip’s | |
| Dependencies2 | ||||
| AG-10 | Dependency of Barbuda | Barbuda | CodringtonCodrington | |
| AG-11 | Dependency of Redonda | Redonda | 2010 Added by ISO; administered from Saint John | |
Codes and names: ISO 3166-2:AG on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:AG, checked 28 October 2026. Parish capitals: Wikipedia, Parishes and dependencies of Antigua and Barbuda, checked the same day; older lists name Bolands for Saint Mary, Nelson’s Dockyard for Saint Paul and Carlisle for Saint Philip.
Saint John’s, Sankta Johano, Shèng Yāohàn
Most languages leave the name of the capital in English or transcribe its sound. Some languages translate it: Esperanto has Sankta Johano, Chinese 聖約翰, Shèng Yāohàn, and Katharevousa Greek Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης beside the transcription Σαὶντ Τζώνς. Arabic lists six spellings that differ in the vowels and in whether the final s is written z.
ISO 3166-2 took the subdivisions up in Newsletter I-8 of 17 April 2007 with the six parishes and Barbuda. Redonda followed in Newsletter II-2 of 30 June 2010, and in 2014 ISO changed the spelling of the Saint John entry.
Questions about the names of Antigua and Barbuda
Which language writes Barbuda as Babuda?
Igbo, which calls the country Antiga na Babuda.
How many parishes does Antigua and Barbuda have?
Six parishes on Antigua, coded AG-03 to AG-08, and two dependencies, Barbuda (AG-10) and Redonda (AG-11).
What are the ISO codes of Antigua and Barbuda?
AG (alpha-2), ATG (alpha-3) and 028 (numeric) in ISO 3166-1.