diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/entitySelector/EntitySelector.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/entitySelector/EntitySelector.tsx
index 3d547020bbc..983ae18c9a5 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/entitySelector/EntitySelector.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/entitySelector/EntitySelector.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import {
     Tippy,
     excludeUndefined,
     intersection,
+    getUserNavigatorLanguagesNonEnglish,
+    getRegionAlternativeNames,
+    uniqBy,
 } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
 import {
     Checkbox,
@@ -81,9 +84,19 @@ interface SortConfig {
 
 type SearchableEntity = {
     name: string
+    // TODO: Add `regionIfApplicable: Region` property, should be useful
+    alternativeNames?: string[] | undefined
     local?: boolean
     isWorld?: boolean
-} & Record<ColumnSlug, CoreValueType | undefined>
+
+    // TODO test that this still works?
+    sortColumnValues: Record<ColumnSlug, CoreValueType | undefined>
+}
+
+// TODO get rid of this
+type SearchableEntityForFuzzy = SearchableEntity & {
+    nameForFuzzy: string
+}
 
 interface PartitionedEntities {
     selected: SearchableEntity[]
@@ -440,10 +453,13 @@ export class EntitySelector extends React.Component<{
     }
 
     @computed private get availableEntities(): SearchableEntity[] {
+        const langs = getUserNavigatorLanguagesNonEnglish()
         return this.availableEntityNames.map((entityName) => {
             const searchableEntity: SearchableEntity = {
                 name: entityName,
+                alternativeNames: getRegionAlternativeNames(entityName, langs),
                 isWorld: entityName === "World",
+                sortColumnValues: {},
             }
 
             if (this.localEntityNames) {
@@ -453,7 +469,7 @@ export class EntitySelector extends React.Component<{
 
             for (const column of this.sortColumns) {
                 const rows = column.owidRowsByEntityName.get(entityName) ?? []
-                searchableEntity[column.slug] = maxBy(
+                searchableEntity.sortColumnValues[column.slug] = maxBy(
                     rows,
                     (row) => row.originalTime
                 )?.value
@@ -518,11 +534,12 @@ export class EntitySelector extends React.Component<{
         const [withValues, withoutValues] = partition(
             entities,
             (entity: SearchableEntity) =>
-                isFiniteWithGuard(entity[sortConfig.slug])
+                isFiniteWithGuard(entity.sortColumnValues[sortConfig.slug])
         )
         const sortedEntitiesWithValues = orderBy(
             withValues,
-            (entity: SearchableEntity) => entity[sortConfig.slug],
+            (entity: SearchableEntity) =>
+                entity.sortColumnValues[sortConfig.slug],
             sortConfig.order
         )
         const sortedEntitiesWithoutValues = orderBy(
@@ -542,13 +559,38 @@ export class EntitySelector extends React.Component<{
         return !this.manager.canChangeEntity
     }
 
-    @computed get fuzzy(): FuzzySearch<SearchableEntity> {
-        return new FuzzySearch(this.sortedAvailableEntities, "name")
+    // TODO This is super duper hacky, but currently fuzzy only supports a single key for each entry :(
+    // TODO So, need to rework FuzzySearch to support multiple keys
+    @computed
+    get sortedAvailableEntitiesPreparedForFuzzy(): SearchableEntityForFuzzy[] {
+        const entities = this.sortedAvailableEntities.map((entity) => ({
+            ...entity,
+            nameForFuzzy: entity.name,
+        }))
+        entities.forEach((entity) => {
+            entity.alternativeNames?.forEach((name) => {
+                entities.push({
+                    ...entity,
+                    nameForFuzzy: name,
+                })
+            })
+        })
+        return entities
+    }
+
+    @computed get fuzzy(): FuzzySearch<SearchableEntityForFuzzy> {
+        return new FuzzySearch(
+            this.sortedAvailableEntitiesPreparedForFuzzy,
+            "nameForFuzzy"
+        )
     }
 
     @computed get searchResults(): SearchableEntity[] | undefined {
         if (!this.searchInput) return undefined
-        return this.fuzzy.search(this.searchInput)
+        return uniqBy(
+            this.fuzzy.search(this.searchInput),
+            (entity) => entity.name
+        )
     }
 
     @computed get partitionedSearchResults(): PartitionedEntities | undefined {
@@ -847,7 +889,7 @@ export class EntitySelector extends React.Component<{
 
         if (!displayColumn) return undefined
 
-        const value = entity[displayColumn.slug]
+        const value = entity.sortColumnValues[displayColumn.slug]
 
         if (!isFiniteWithGuard(value)) return { formattedValue: "No data" }
 
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/Util.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/Util.ts
index 9908fd28753..7273675707d 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/Util.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/Util.ts
@@ -2058,3 +2058,11 @@ export function isArrayDifferentFromReference<T>(
     if (array.length !== referenceArray.length) return true
     return difference(array, referenceArray).length > 0
 }
+
+export const getUserNavigatorLanguages = (): readonly string[] => {
+    return navigator.languages ?? [navigator.language]
+}
+
+export const getUserNavigatorLanguagesNonEnglish = (): readonly string[] => {
+    return getUserNavigatorLanguages().filter((lang) => !lang.startsWith("en"))
+}
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/index.ts
index 1a98410e6ce..c877d8ceeae 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ export {
     lazy,
     getParentVariableIdFromChartConfig,
     isArrayDifferentFromReference,
+    getUserNavigatorLanguages,
+    getUserNavigatorLanguagesNonEnglish,
 } from "./Util.js"
 
 export {
@@ -259,6 +261,7 @@ export {
     type Aggregate,
     getOthers,
     countriesByName,
+    getRegionAlternativeNames,
 } from "./regions.js"
 
 export { getStylesForTargetHeight } from "./react-select.js"
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/regions.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/regions.ts
index 0d98a9589e6..13c07908510 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/regions.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/regions.ts
@@ -115,3 +115,58 @@ export const getRegionByNameOrVariantName = (
     nameOrVariantName: string
 ): Region | undefined =>
     regionsByNameOrVariantNameLowercase().get(nameOrVariantName.toLowerCase())
+
+const _IntlDisplayNamesInstances = new Map<string, Intl.DisplayNames>()
+const getRegionTranslation = (
+    regionCode: string,
+    languageCode: string
+): string | undefined => {
+    try {
+        if (!_IntlDisplayNamesInstances.has(languageCode)) {
+            _IntlDisplayNamesInstances.set(
+                languageCode,
+                new Intl.DisplayNames([languageCode], {
+                    type: "region",
+                    fallback: "none",
+                })
+            )
+        }
+        return _IntlDisplayNamesInstances.get(languageCode)!.of(regionCode)
+    } catch {
+        return undefined
+    }
+}
+
+const _regionAlternativeNames = new Map<string, string[] | undefined>()
+export const getRegionAlternativeNames = (
+    regionName: string,
+    languages: readonly string[]
+): string[] | undefined => {
+    if (!_regionAlternativeNames.has(regionName)) {
+        const region = getRegionByNameOrVariantName(regionName)
+        if (region) {
+            const names = new Set<string>()
+            if ("variantNames" in region && region.variantNames) {
+                for (const variant of region.variantNames) {
+                    names.add(variant)
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ("shortCode" in region && region.shortCode) {
+                const regionCode = region.shortCode
+
+                const translations = languages
+                    .map((lang) => getRegionTranslation(regionCode, lang))
+                    .filter((name) => name !== undefined)
+
+                for (const translation of translations) {
+                    names.add(translation)
+                }
+            }
+            _regionAlternativeNames.set(regionName, Array.from(names))
+        } else {
+            return undefined
+        }
+    }
+    return _regionAlternativeNames.get(regionName)!
+}