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Why some country names use the

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Use no article with most country names, such as Italy, Mexico, and South Korea. Use the with plural names and names containing words such as states, kingdom, republic, or emirates: the Bahamas, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and the United Arab Emirates.

She moved from Brazil to the Netherlands for work.
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