lands, now the Czech Republic "Bosnia" for Bosnia and Herzegovina "Denmark" for the erstwhile Kingdom of Denmark–Norway "England" for Great Britain or the United Kingdom "Great Britain" or simply "Britain" for the United Kingdom especially when excluding Northern Ireland "Holland" for the Netherlands – see Netherlands (terminology) Jawadwipa (Java), Swarnadwipa (Sumatra), and Sunda Islands (Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Bali, East & West Nusa Tenggara), for Indonesia (all of those and Papua & Maluku Islands) Java, for the main island and the surrounding islands (Madura, Thousand Islands, and hundred others) under the jurisdiction of the 6 provinces in Indonesia Sumatra, for the main island and the surrounding islands (Nias, Bangka, Belitung, etc.) Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Papua, for the main islands and the surrounding islands "Monte Carlo" for Monaco "Muscovy" for Russia "Naples" for the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies "Newfoundland" for what is now called Newfoundland and Labrador "Patagonia" for southern Chile and Argentina (sometimes mistaken for both countries) "Peru" for the former Inca Empire and the Viceroyalty or Kingdom of Peru "Piedmont" or "Sardinia" for the former Kingdom of Sardinia "Poland" for the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth "Prussia" for the former German Empire "Russia" (or "Soviet Russia") for the former Soviet Union "Saint Helena" for Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha "Saint Vincent" for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines "Santo Domingo" for the Dominican Republic "São Tomé" for São Tomé and Príncipe "Scandinavia" for the Nordic countries "Serbia" for Serbia and Montenegro (made up of today's Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo) "South America" for the partially overlapping concept of Latin America "South Pole" for Antarctica "Sweden" for the former Sweden-Norway "Tahiti" for French Polynesia "Taiwan" for the (Free area of the) Republic of China, which consists of Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and the island of Taiwan "Tel Aviv" for Tel Aviv - Yafo "Trinidad" for Trinidad and Tobago "Turkey" for the former Ottoman Empire Other examples Individual body parts are often colloquially used to refer to an entire body; examples include: "skin" or "hide" ("save your skin" or "skin in the game" or "the teacher will have my hide") "mouth" ("mouth to feed") "head" ("head count") "face" ("famous faces") "hand" ("all hands on deck") "hand" for a person, usually a woman, being considered as a marital partner, as in the phrase "he asked her father for her hand in marriage" "eyeballs" (television audience) "guts" (to "hate someone's guts") "back", used to mean the