Data Type changes the name of country according to regional settings

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The following behavior occurs weather I use the English version of Excel, or the Italian one. The operating system is Windows 10 Pro, English version. The regional settings are for Italy (EU).

 

I have a list of countries, each called as in its native language, for example:

 

Italia

France

Deutschland

España

 

If I select all of them and select Geography in Data ribbon, Excel understands that they are countries, identifies correctly each country, BUT changes all of them to Italian language. That is:

 

Italia
Francia
Germania
Spagna

 

It look like Excel uses the regional settings to change the country name. Is there a way to use for each country its own language?

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