This is a list of commonly used acronyms of regional designations used for government, marketing and business purposes.

regions.json

{
  "africa": {
    "eastern africa": ["burundi", "comoros", "djibouti", "eritrea", "ethiopia", "kenya", "madagascar", "malawi", "mauritius", "mayotte", "mozambique", "réunion", "rwanda", "seychelles", "somalia", "south sudan", "uganda", "united republic of tanzania", "zambia", "zimbabwe", ""],
    "middle africa": ["angola", "cameroon", "central african republic", "chad", "congo", "democratic republic of the congo", "equatorial guinea", "gabon", "sao tome and principe", ""],
    "northern africa": ["algeria", "egypt", "libya", "morocco", "sudan", "tunisia", "western sahara", ""],
    "southern africa": ["botswana", "lesotho", "namibia", "south africa", "swaziland", ""],
    "western africa": ["benin", "burkina faso", "cabo verde", "cote d'ivoire", "gambia", "ghana", "guinea", "guinea-bissau", "liberia", "mali", "mauritania", "niger", "nigeria", "saint helena", "senegal", "sierra leone", "togo", ""],
  },
  "americas": {
    "latin america and the caribbean": [""],
    "caribbean": ["anguilla", "antigua and barbuda", "aruba", "bahamas", "barbados", "bonaire,  sint  eustatius and saba", "british virgin islands", "cayman islands", "cuba", "curaçao", "dominica", "dominican republic", "grenada", "guadeloupe", "haiti", "jamaica", "martinique", "montserrat", "puerto rico", "saint-barthélemy", "saint kitts and nevis", "saint lucia", "saint martin (french part)", "saint vincent and the grenadines", "sint maarten (dutch part)", "trinidad and tobago", "turks and caicos islands", "united states virgin islands", ""],
    "central america": ["belize", "costa rica", "el salvador", "guatemala", "honduras", "mexico", "nicaragua", "panama", ""],
    "south america": ["argentina", "bolivia (plurinational state of)", "brazil", "chile", "colombia", "ecuador", "falkland islands (malvinas)", "french guiana", "guyana", "paraguay", "peru", "suriname", "uruguay", "venezuela (bolivarian republic of)", ""],
    "northern america": ["bermuda", "canada", "greenland", "saint pierre and miquelon", "united states of america", ""],
  },
  "asia": {
    "central asia": ["kazakhstan", "kyrgyzstan", "tajikistan", "turkmenistan", "uzbekistan", ""],
    "eastern asia": ["china", "china,  hong kong special administrative region", "china, macao special administrative region", "democratic people's republic of korea", "japan", "mongolia", "republic of korea", ""],
    "southern asia": ["afghanistan", "bangladesh", "bhutan", "india", "iran (islamic republic of)", "maldives", "nepal", "pakistan", "sri lanka", ""],
    "south-eastern asia": ["brunei darussalam", "cambodia", "indonesia", "lao people's democratic republic", "malaysia", "myanmar", "philippines", "singapore", "thailand", "timor-leste", "viet nam", ""],
    "western asia": ["armenia", "azerbaijan", "bahrain", "cyprus", "georgia", "iraq", "israel", "jordan", "kuwait", "lebanon", "oman", "qatar", "saudi arabia", "state of palestine", "syrian arab republic", "turkey", "united arab emirates", "yemen", ""],
  },
  "europe": {
    "eastern europe": ["belarus", "bulgaria", "czechia", "hungary", "poland", "republic of moldova", "romania", "russian federation", "slovakia", "ukraine", ""],
    "northern europe": ["�land islands", "channel islands", "denmark", "estonia", "faeroe islands", "finland", "guernsey", "iceland", "ireland", "isle of man", "jersey", "latvia", "lithuania", "norway", "sark", "svalbard and jan mayen islands", "sweden", "united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland", ""],
    "southern europe": ["albania", "andorra", "bosnia and herzegovina", "croatia", "gibraltar", "greece", "holy see", "italy", "malta", "montenegro", "portugal", "san marino", "serbia", "slovenia", "spain", "the former yugoslav republic of macedonia", ""],
    "western europe": ["austria", "belgium", "france", "germany", "liechtenstein", "luxembourg", "monaco", "netherlands", "switzerland", ""],
  },
  "apac": ["australia", "bangladesh", "bhutan", "british indian ocean territory", "brunei", "cambodia", "china", "hong kong", "india", "indonesia", "japan", "north korea", "south korea", "laos", "macau", "maldives", "malaysia", "mongolia", "myanmar", "nepal", "new zealand", "pakistan", "papua new guinea", "philippines", "singapore", "sri lanka", "taiwan", "thailand", "timor-leste", "vietnam"],
  "emea": ["albania", "algeria", "andorra", "angola", "austria", "bahrain", "belarus", "belgium", "benin", "bosnia and herzegovina", "botswana", "bulgaria", "burkina faso", "burundi", "cameroon", "cape verde", "central african republic", "chad", "comoros", "croatia", "cyprus", "czech republic", "democratic republic of the congo", "denmark", "djibouti", "egypt", "equatorial guinea", "eritrea", "estonia", "ethiopia", "faroe islands", "finland", "france", "gabon", "gambia", "georgia", "germany", "ghana", "gibraltar", "greece", "guernsey", "guinea", "guinea-bissau", "hungary", "iceland", "iran", "iraq", "ireland", "isle of man", "israel", "italy", "ivory coast", "jersey", "jordan", "kenya", "kuwait", "latvia", "lebanon", "lesotho", "liberia", "libya", "liechtenstein", "lithuania", "luxembourg", "macedonia", "madagascar", "malawi", "mali", "malta", "mauritania", "mauritius", "moldova", "monaco", "montenegro", "morocco", "mozambique", "namibia", "netherlands", "niger", "nigeria", "norway", "oman", "palestine", "poland", "portugal", "qatar", "romania", "rwanda", "san marino", "sao tome & principe", "saudi arabia", "senegal", "serbia", "slovakia", "slovenia", "somalia", "south africa", "spain", "sudan", "swaziland", "sweden", "switzerland", "syria", "tanzania", "togo", "tunisia", "turkey", "uganda", "ukraine", "united arab emirates", "united kingdom", "vatican city", "western sahara", "yemen", "zambia", "zimbabwe"],
  "latam": ["argentina", "bolivia", "brazil", "chile", "colombia", "costa rica", "cuba", "dominican republic", "ecuador", "el salvador", "french guiana*", "guadeloupe*", "guatemala", "haiti", "honduras", "martinique*", "mexico", "nicaragua", "panama", "paraguay", "peru", "saint barthélemy*", "saint martin*", "uruguay", "venezuela"],
  "oceania": {
    "australia and new zealand": ["australia", "new zealand", "norfolk island", ""],
    "melanesia": ["fiji", "new caledonia", "papua new guinea", "solomon islands", "vanuatu", ""],
    "micronesia": ["guam", "kiribati", "marshall islands", "micronesia (federated states of)", "nauru", "northern mariana islands", "palau", ""],
    "polynesia": ["american samoa", "cook islands", "french polynesia", "niue", "pitcairn", "samoa", "tokelau", "tonga", "tuvalu", "wallis and futuna islands", ""],
  }
}