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is the national anthem of Japan. The lyrics are from a '''' poem written by an unnamed author in the Heian period (794–1185), making the lyrics of "Kimigayo" the oldest lyrics out of any national anthem, and the current melody was chosen in 1880, replacing an unpopular melody composed by John William Fenton in 1869. While the title "Kimigayo" is usually translated as "His Majesty's Reign", no official translation of the title or lyrics have been established in law.

Hatikvah ( ; ) is the national anthem of the State of Israel. Part of 19th-century Jewish poetry, the theme of the Romantic composition reflects the 2,000-year-old desire of the Jewish people to return to the Land of Israel in order to reclaim it as a free and sovereign nation-state. The piece's lyrics are adapted from a work by Naftali Herz Imber, a Jewish poet from Złoczów, Austrian Galicia. Imber wrote the first version of the poem in 1877, when he was hosted by a Jewish scholar in Iași.

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national anthem of Turkey and Northern Cyprus

national anthem of Kazakhstan

National anthem of Armenia

"'" (), often translated as "Patriotic Song'", is the national anthem of South Korea. It was adopted in 1948, the year the country's government was founded. Its music was composed in the 1930s and arranged most recently in 2018; its lyrics date back to the 1890s. The lyrics of "Aegukga" were originally set to the music of the Scottish song "Auld Lang Syne" before Ahn Eak-tai composed a unique melody specifically for it in 1936. Before the founding of South Korea, the version set to the music of "Auld Lang Syne" was sung, as well as when Korea was under Japanese rule by dissidents. The version

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"'" (), officially translated as "Patriotic Song'", is the national anthem of North Korea. It was composed in 1945 as a patriotic song celebrating independence from Japanese occupation and was adopted as the state anthem in 1947.

national anthem of Saudi Arabia

"''''''" (, ; ) is the national anthem of Georgia. It was adopted as the Georgian national anthem in May 2004, along with a new national flag and coat of arms. The symbols' change was brought about upon the successful overthrow of the previous government in the bloodless Rose Revolution. The music, taken from the Georgian operas Abesalom da Eteri ("Abesalom and Eteri") and Daisi ("The Nightfall"), by the Georgian composer Zacharia Paliashvili (), was adapted by Ioseb Kechakmadze () to form the anthem. The lyrics were written by David Magradze ().

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"''''''" (Jawi: , ; ) is the national anthem of Malaysia. It was adopted as the national anthem at the time of the Federation of Malaya's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. The tune was originally used as the state anthem of Perak, "Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan".

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national anthem of Cambodia

national anthem composed by Wadih Sabra

national anthem of the Lao People's Democratic Republic

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national anthem of Syria

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"''''''" () is the national anthem of Timor-Leste. It was originally adopted when East Timor unilaterally declared its independence from Portugal in 1975. However, this usage would be short-lived, when the country was invaded by Indonesia. It was officially re-adopted when the independence of Timor-Leste was finally restored in 2002 following a United Nations intervention.

"''''''" ( ; ) is an Arabic national poem by the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan, composed by the Lebanese musician Mohammed Flayfel in 1934, and is a popular patriotic song among the Arab people, and the official national anthem of Iraq.

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national anthem of Qatar

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Sultanate of Oman's national anthem

national anthem composed by Ayoob Tarish

"''''''" (; "Victory") is the national anthem of the partially recognized state of Abkhazia. It was adopted in 1992. The lyrics were written by poet Gennady Alamia, and the music was composed by Valery Chkadua.

national anthem of Palestine, adopted by the Palestinian Liberation Organization in 1996, written by Said Al Muzayin and composed by Ali Ismael

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Kurdish national anthem

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national Anthem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (since 2021-)

royal anthem of Thailand

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alternative anthem of the Republic of China in Taiwan, used for raising the flag and for international athletic events

"Land of the Two Rivers" (), also translated as the "Land of the Euphrates", was the national anthem of Iraq from 1981 to 2003, during the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein.

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former Kazakhstan anthem, from 1991 to 2006

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