| ecuador | (n) a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes, Syn. Republic of Ecuador |
| egypt | (n) a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC, Syn. Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic |
| el salvador | (n) a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America, Syn. Republic of El Salvador, Salvador |
| equatorial guinea | (n) a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968, Syn. Spanish Guinea, Republic of Equatorial Guinea |
| estonia | (n) a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea, Syn. Esthonia, Republic of Estonia |
| ethiopia | (n) Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia, Syn. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Abyssinia, Yaltopya |