Country · SZ

Eswatini (Swaziland) in other languages: exonyms, Mbabane, 4 regions

Eswatini, called Swaziland in English until 2018, is eSwatini in Swati, officially Umbuso weSwatini, and its ISO codes are SZ, SWZ and 748. The name stands here in 169 languages and variants and the capital Mbabane in 52, followed by the four regions.

Official languagesSwati (siSwati) and English

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 2:3

alpha-2: SZ
alpha-3: SWZ
numeric: 748

eSwatini Swati · Latin

Umbuso weSwatini

Eswatini English · Latin

Kingdom of Eswatini

English: EswatiniKingdom of Eswatini
Capital: eMbabaneMbabaneMbabane

ISO 3166-1, short and full English name changed on 16 July 2018, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.

01 · Exonyms

Eswatini (Swaziland) in other languages: list of exonyms

Eswatini, formerly Swaziland in 169 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Afrikaans, Breton, Danish, French, Friulian, Hausa, Igbo, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Lingala, Ladin, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Romanian, Aromanian, Sardinian, Swahili, Swedish, Zazaki	eng / afr / bre / dan / fra / fur / hau / ibo / ind / ita / jav / jnf / lin / lld / nld / nor / oci / ron / rup / srd / swa / swe / zza	Swaziland	same as written
Asturian, Spanish, Albanian	ast / spa / sqi	Suazilandia	same as written
Azerbaijani, Gagauz, Karakalpak	aze / gag / kaa	Svazilend / Свазиленд	Svazilend
German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Romansh	deu / ltz / nds / roh	Swasiland	same as written
Kinyarwanda, Novial, Kirundi	kin / nov / run	Swazilande	same as written
Czech, Slovak	ces / slk	Svazijsko	same as written
Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian	dsb / hsb	Swasiska	same as written
Estonian, Võro	est / vor	Svaasimaa	same as written
Basque, Interlingua	eus / ina	Swazilandia	same as written
Finnish, Kven	fin / fkv	Swazimaa	same as written
Croatian, Slovenian	hrv / slv	Svazi	same as written
Polish, Silesian	pol / szl	Suazi	same as written
Aragonese	arg	Suazilandia, Swazilandia	same as written
Bambara	bam	Suwazilandi	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Svazilend / Свазиленд / سوازٖىلەند	Svazilend
Catalan	cat	Swazilàndia	same as written
Cornish	cor	Pow Swati	same as written
Crimean Tatar	crh	Svaziland / Свазиланд	Svaziland
Welsh	cym	Gwlad Swazi	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Svazilando	same as written
Faroese	fao	Svasiland	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Souazilande	same as written
West Frisian	fry	Swazilân	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Dùthaich nan Suasaidh	same as written
Irish	gle	An tSuasalainn	same as written
Galician	glg	Suacilandia	same as written
Manx	glv	Yn Çheer Swassee	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Swazilann	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Szváziföld	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Svasíland	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Swazîland	same as written
Latin	lat	Suazilandia, Suazia	same as written
Latvian	lav	Svazilenda	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Svazilendas, Svazilandas	same as written
Latgalian	ltg	Svazilends	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Soazilanda	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Sważiland	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Swaziland / Свазиланд	Swaziland
Malay	msa	Swaziland / سوازيلند	Swaziland
Nahuatl	nah	Suazitlālpan	same as written
Norman French	nrm	Souazie	same as written
Northern Sotho	nso	Swatseng	same as written
Portuguese	por	Suazilândia	same as written
Quechua	que	Swasisuyu	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Swaziland / स्वाज़िलान्द	Swaziland
Sicilian	scn	Suazilanda, Suazzilanna	same as written
Slovio	slo	Svazizem / Свазизем	Svazizem
Northern Sami	sme	Svazieana	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Svazėlands	same as written
Samoan	smo	Suasilani	same as written
Southern Sotho	sot	Swatsing	same as written
Swati	ssw	eSwatini, kaNgwane	same as written
Saterland Frisian	stq	Swasilound	same as written
Tetum	tet	Suazilándia	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Swazilend / Свазиленд	Swazilend
Turkish	tur	Svaziland	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Svazilend / Свазиленд / سۋەزىلېند	Svazilend
Venda	ven	Swazini	same as written
Vietnamese	vie	Xoa-di-len	same as written
Volapük	vol	Svasiyän	same as written
Walloon	wln	Suwazilande	same as written
Wolof	wol	Suwaasilaand	same as written
Zulu	zul	iSwazini	same as written
Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Chuvash, Kabardian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Macedonian, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk	abk / abq / alt / chv / kbd / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mkd / mon / oss / rus / tyv / udm / xal	Свазиленд	Svazilend
Bashkir, Chechen, Serbian	bak / che / srp	Свазиленд / Svazilend	Svazilend
Avar	ava	Свазиленд	Swazilend
Belarusian	bel	Свазіленд / Svazilend, Сўазіленд / Sŭazilend	Svazilend, Sŭazilend
Bulgarian	bul	Суазиленд, Свазиленд	Suazilend, Svazilend
Kazakh	kaz	Свазиленд / سۆازيلەند / Svazïlend	Svazïlend
Kyrgyz	kir	Свазиленд / سۋازئلەند / Svazilend	Svazilend
Kurdish (Caucasus)	kmr	Сԝазиленд / Swazîlênd, Свазиленд / Svazîlênd	Swazîlênd, Svazîlênd
Rusyn	rue	Свазійско	Svazijsko
Yakut	sah	Суазилэнд	Suaziländ
Tatar	tat	Свазиленд / Svazilend / سۋازىلېند	Svazilend
Tajik	tgk	Свазиленд / سوزی‌لند / Svazilend	Svazilend
Ukrainian	ukr	Свазіленд	Svazilend
Arabic	ara	سوازيلاند, سوازيلند, سوازيلندا	Suwāzīlānd, Suwāzīland, Suwāzīlandā
South Azerbaijani	azb	سوازیلئند / Svazilend	Svazilend
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	سوازیلەند / Swazîlend	Swazîlend
Persian	fas	سوازی‌لند / Savâziland	Savâziland
Western Punjabi, Urdu	pnb / urd	سوازی‌لینڈ	Svāzīlænḋ
Dari	prs	سوازیلند	Svāzīland
Pashto	pus	سوازيلنډ, سوازيلېنډ	Swāzīlənḋ, Swāzīlenḋ
Uyghur	uig	سۋازىلېند / Swazilénd / Свазиленд	Swazilénd
Dhivehi	div	ސުވާޒިލޭންޑް	Suvāżilēnḋ
Hebrew	heb	סוזילנד / סווזילנד, סוואזילנד	Svazīlend, Svāzīlend
Ladino	lad	סבﬞאזילאנדיה / Svazilandia	Svazilandia
Yiddish	yid	סװאַזילאַנד	Svaziland
Amharic	amh	ስዋዚላንድ	Swaziland
Greek	ell	Σουαζιλάνδη, Σβάτσιλαντ	Soyazilándī, Svátsilant
Armenian	hye	Սվազիլենդ, Սվազիլանդ	Svazilend, Svaziland
Georgian, Mingrelian	kat / xmf	სვაზილენდი	Svazilendi
Laz	lzz	სვაზილანდი / Svazilandi	Svazilandi
Hindi	hin	स्वाज़ीलैंड, स्वाजीलैंड	Svāzīlæṃḍ, Svājīlæṃḍ
Bengali	ben	সোয়াজিল্যাণ্ড, সোয়াজিল্যান্ড	Soyājilæṇḍ, Soyājilænḍ
Gujarati	guj	સ્વાઝિલેન્ડ	Svāzilenḍ
Odia	ori	ସ୍ବାଜୀଲ୍ଯାଣ୍ଡ	Sbājīlæṇḍ
Punjabi	pan	ਸਵਾਜ਼ੀਲੈਂਡ	Svāzīlæṃḍ
Sinhala	sin	ස්‍වාසිලන්‍තය	Svāsilantaya
Kannada	kan	ಸ್ವಾಜಿಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್	Svājilæṃḍ
Malayalam	mal	സ്വാസിലാന്‍ഡ്	Svāsilānḍ
Tamil	tam	சுவாசிலாந்து	Cuvācilāntu
Telugu	tel	స్వాజీలాండ్	Svājīlāṃḍ
Chinese	zho	斯威士蘭/斯威士兰	Sīwēishìlán
Japanese	jpn	スワジランド	Suwajirando
Korean	kor	스와질랜드, 스와질란드	Seuwajillaendeu, Seuwajillandeu
Tibetan	bod	སུ་ཝ་ཛི་ལནཌ།	Su.wa.ǳi.lanḍ
Burmese	mya	ဆွာဇီလန်	Sʰwazilã
Thai	tha	สวาซิแลนด์, ซวาซิแลนด์	Swāsilǣn[d], Swāsilǣn[d]
Khmer	khm	ស្វាហ្ស៊ីឡង់, ស្វាស៊ីឡែន	Svāhsīḷăṅ, Svāsīḷæn

The forms date from before the renaming of 2018 and render Swaziland; Swati itself gives eSwatini and the older kaNgwane. Latin lists Suazilandia and Suazia.

02 · NamesU+0053 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S

From Swaziland to Eswatini

The Swati name of the country has always been eSwatini, the land of the Swati, and the state is Umbuso weSwatini, the Kingdom of Eswatini. Swaziland was the English form, used from colonial times until King Mswati III announced on 19 April 2018 that the English name would follow the Swati one. ISO 3166 changed the short and full English names on 16 July 2018; the codes SZ, SWZ and 748 stayed.

The exonyms below were collected under the old name, and most languages still build on Swazi plus a word for land: Swasiland in German, Svazilend in Azerbaijani and Uzbek, Свазиленд in Russian, Suazilandia in Spanish, Suacilandia in Galician, Szváziföld in Hungarian with föld, land, and Swazimaa in Finnish with maa. Polish shortens it to Suazi, Croatian and Slovenian to Svazi, and Czech forms Svazijsko.

A few languages say land of the Swazi in their own words: Welsh Gwlad Swazi, Scottish Gaelic Dùthaich nan Suasaidh, Cornish Pow Swati. Neighbouring Bantu languages have their own names, Swatseng in Northern Sotho, Swatsing in Sesotho, Swazini in Venda; Swati itself also lists kaNgwane, the land of Ngwane.

03 · Mbabane

Mbabane in other languages

Mbabane in 52 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, French, Latvian, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish	eng / fra / lav / deu / ltz / nds / gle	Mbabane	same as written
Azerbaijani, Moldovan, Turkmen	aze / mol / tuk	Mbabane / Мбабане	Mbabane
Lithuanian, Samogitian	lit / smg	Mbabanė	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Mbabane / Мбабане / مبابانە	Mbabane
Esperanto	epo	Mbabano	same as written
Malay	msa	Mbabane / مباباني	Mbabane
Swati	ssw	eMbabane	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Mbabane / Мбабане / مبەبەنې	Mbabane
Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian	bul / mon / rus / ukr	Мбабане	Mbabane
Bashkir, Serbian	bak / srp	Мбабане / Mbabane	Mbabane
Belarusian	bel	Мбабане / Mbabanie, Мбабанэ / Mbabane	Mbabanie, Mbabane
Kazakh, Kyrgyz	kaz / kir	Мбабане / مبابانە / Mbabane	Mbabane
Tatar	tat	Мбабане / Mbabane / مبابانې	Mbabane
Tajik	tgk	Мбабане / مببنه / Mbabane	Mbabane
Arabic	ara	إمبابان, مبابان, مباباني	Imbābān, Mibābān, Mibābānī
South Azerbaijani	azb	مبابانئ / Mbabane	Mbabane
Persian	fas	امبابان / Embâbân, مبابان / Mbâbân	Embâbân, Mbâbân
Pashto	pus	مبابانې	Mbābāne
Uyghur	uig	مبابانې / Mbabané / Мбабане	Mbabané
Urdu	urd	مبابان	Mbābān
Hebrew	heb	מבבנה, מבבאנה, מבאבאנה	Mbabaneh, Mbabāneh, Mbābāneh
Yiddish	yid	מבאַבאַנע	Mbabane
Amharic	amh	ምባባኔ	Məbabane
Greek	ell	Μπαμπάνε	Mpampáne
Armenian	hye	Մբաբանե	Mbabane
Georgian	kat	მბაბანე	Mbabane
Nepali	nep	बाबाने	Bābāne
Bengali	ben	ম্বাবানে	Mbābāne
Punjabi	pan	ਮਬਾਬਾਨੀ	Mbābānī
Kannada	kan	ಮ್ಬಾಬನೆ	Mbābane
Malayalam	mal	ബബേൻ	Babēn
Tamil	tam	உம்பாபானே	Umpāpāṉē
Telugu	tel	మబాబానె	Mabābāne
Chinese	zho	姆巴巴納/姆巴巴纳	Mǔbābānà
Japanese	jpn	ムババーネ	Mubabāne
Korean	kor	옴바바네	Eumbabane
Thai	tha	อัมบาบาเน	Âmbābānē
Khmer	khm	អេមបាបាន	Embābān

Swati adds the locative prefix e-, eMbabane. Arabic, Persian and Hebrew list several spellings each.

04 · Regions

The four regions of Eswatini in Swati

Eswatini is divided into four regions (tifundza, singular sifundza). ISO 3166-2:SZ lists the same four; until November 2018 it called them districts. Each Swati name joins sifundza and the possessive se- to the name of the region; the centres carry the locative prefix e-.

Eswatini, ISO 3166-2:SZ: 4 regions
ISO 3166-2	Swati	English	Administrative centre
Regions tifundza4
SZ-HH	Sifundza seHhohho	Hhohho	eMbabaneMbabane
SZ-LU	Sifundza seLubombo	Lubombo	eSitekiSiteki
SZ-MA	Sifundza seManzini	Manzini	eManziniManzini
SZ-SH	Sifundza seShiselweni	Shiselweni	eNhlanganoNhlangano

Codes and change history: ISO 3166-2:SZ on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:SZ, checked 28 October 2026.

05 · Changes

Regions, capitals and the anthem

The four regions have not changed, only their name in the standard: ISO 3166-2 called them districts until 26 November 2018 and regions since. The capital is Mbabane; Lobamba, the seat of parliament, serves as the legislative capital. The national anthem Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati, adopted in 1968, is sung in Swati.

06 · Towns

Ten large towns of Eswatini

Ten large towns of Eswatini in descending order of population, as ranked when the list was compiled.

Manzini
Mbabane
Big Bend
Malkerns
Nhlangano
Mhlume
Hluti
Simunye
Siteki
Pigg’s Peak

07 · Questions

Questions about the names and regions of Eswatini

When did Swaziland become Eswatini?

King Mswati III announced the change on 19 April 2018; ISO 3166 followed on 16 July 2018 and kept the codes SZ, SWZ and 748.

What is Swaziland called in Spanish and Polish?

Suazilandia in Spanish, Suazi in Polish. Galician writes Suacilandia, Russian Свазиленд.

How many regions does Eswatini have?

Four: Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini and Shiselweni, coded SZ-HH, SZ-LU, SZ-MA and SZ-SH.