Country/region strings

Country and region strings can be combined with a language string to create a locale specification for the setlocale, _wsetlocale, _create_locale, and _wcreate_locale functions.

For lists of country and region names that are supported by various Windows operating system versions, see the Language, Location, and Language tag columns of the table in Appendix A: Product Behavior in [MS-LCID]: Windows Language Code Identifier (LCID) Reference. For an example of code that enumerates available locale names and related values, see NLS: Name-based APIs Sample.

Other supported country and region strings

The Microsoft C run-time library implementation also supports the following country/region strings and abbreviations:

Country/region string	Abbreviation	Equivalent locale name
america	USA	en-US
britain	GBR	en-GB
china	CHN	zh-CN
czech	CZE	cs-CZ
england	GBR	en-GB
great britain	GBR	en-GB
holland	NLD	nl-NL
hong-kong	HKG	zh-HK
new-zealand	NZL	en-NZ
nz	NZL	en-NZ
pr china	CHN	zh-CN
pr-china	CHN	zh-CN
puerto-rico	PRI	es-PR
slovak	SVK	sk-SK
south africa	ZAF	af-ZA
south korea	KOR	ko-KR
south-africa	ZAF	af-ZA
south-korea	KOR	ko-KR
trinidad & tobago	TTO	en-TT
uk	GBR	en-GB
united-kingdom	GBR	en-GB
united-states	USA	en-US
us	USA	en-US

See also

Locale names, Languages, and Country/Region strings
Language strings
setlocale, _wsetlocale
_create_locale, _wcreate_locale