RegionInfo.NativeName Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Globalization

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

RegionInfo.cs

Gets the name of a country/region formatted in the native language of the country/region.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ NativeName { System::String ^ get(); };

public virtual string NativeName { get; }

member this.NativeName : string

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property NativeName As String

Property Value

String

The native name of the country/region formatted in the language associated with the ISO 3166 country/region code.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the NativeName property.

// This example demonstrates the RegionInfo.EnglishName, NativeName,
// CurrencyEnglishName, CurrencyNativeName, and GeoId properties.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;

int main()
{
    // Regional Info for Sweden
    RegionInfo^ ri = gcnew RegionInfo("SE");

    Console::WriteLine("Region English Name: . . . {0}", ri->EnglishName);
    Console::WriteLine("Native Name: . . . . . . . {0}", ri->NativeName);
    Console::WriteLine("Currency English Name: . . {0}",
        ri->CurrencyEnglishName);
    Console::WriteLine("Currency Native Name:. . . {0}",
        ri->CurrencyNativeName);
    Console::WriteLine("Geographical ID: . . . . . {0}", ri->GeoId);
}
/*
This code example produces the following results:

Region English Name: . . . Sweden
Native Name: . . . . . . . Sverige
Currency English Name: . . Swedish Krona
Currency Native Name:. . . Svensk krona
Geographical ID: . . . . . 221

*/

// This example demonstrates the RegionInfo.EnglishName, NativeName,
// CurrencyEnglishName, CurrencyNativeName, and GeoId properties.

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
    RegionInfo ri = new RegionInfo("SE"); // Sweden

    Console.WriteLine("Region English Name: . . . {0}", ri.EnglishName);
    Console.WriteLine("Native Name: . . . . . . . {0}", ri.NativeName);
    Console.WriteLine("Currency English Name: . . {0}", ri.CurrencyEnglishName);
    Console.WriteLine("Currency Native Name:. . . {0}", ri.CurrencyNativeName);
    Console.WriteLine("Geographical ID: . . . . . {0}", ri.GeoId);
    }
}
/*
This code example produces the following results:

Region English Name: . . . Sweden
Native Name: . . . . . . . Sverige
Currency English Name: . . Swedish Krona
Currency Native Name:. . . Svensk krona
Geographical ID: . . . . . 221

*/

' This example demonstrates the RegionInfo.EnglishName, NativeName,
' CurrencyEnglishName, CurrencyNativeName, and GeoId properties.
Imports System.Globalization

Class Sample
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim ri As New RegionInfo("SE") ' Sweden
      Console.WriteLine("Region English Name: . . . {0}", ri.EnglishName)
      Console.WriteLine("Native Name: . . . . . . . {0}", ri.NativeName)
      Console.WriteLine("Currency English Name: . . {0}", ri.CurrencyEnglishName)
      Console.WriteLine("Currency Native Name:. . . {0}", ri.CurrencyNativeName)
      Console.WriteLine("Geographical ID: . . . . . {0}", ri.GeoId)
   End Sub
End Class
'
'This code example produces the following results:
'
'Region English Name: . . . Sweden
'Native Name: . . . . . . . Sverige
'Currency English Name: . . Swedish Krona
'Currency Native Name:. . . Svensk krona
'Geographical ID: . . . . . 221
'

Remarks

Note

The NativeName property retrieves a full culture name if the RegionInfo object is constructed using a full culture name.

We recommend that you use the culture name - for example, "en-US" for English (United States) - to access the NativeName property. The string used for this property depends on the language associated with the country/region. For example, the culture names en-US for English (United States) and es-US for Spanish (United States) can retrieve different values on Windows Vista. Therefore, creating the RegionInfo object with only a country/region name of US is not specific enough to distinguish the appropriate string.