Place Names Starting with Q

type
usage
Qadhaghstan (Country) Bashkir
Bashkir form of Kazakh Қазақстан (see Kazakhstan).
Qahirah (Settlement) Arabic
Arabic form of Cairo, usually written with the definite article: القاهرة (al-Qahirah).
Qana (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Ghana.
Qazaqstan (Country) Kazakh, Chechen
Kazakh (and Chechen) form of Kazakhstan.
Qazoqiston (Country) Tajik
Tajik form of Kazakh Қазақстан (see Kazakhstan).
Qirghiziston (Country) Tajik
Tajik form of Kyrgyzstan.
Qirg'iziston (Country) Uzbek
Uzbek form of Kyrgyzstan.
Qozog'iston (Country) Uzbek
Uzbek form of Kazakh Қазақстан (see Kazakhstan).
Qubrus (Island & Country) Arabic
Arabic form of Cyprus.
Quds (Settlement) Arabic
Means "holy" in Arabic. This is the Arabic name for Jerusalem, usually written with the definite article: القُدْس (al-Quds).
Québec (Settlement & Political Subdivision) French
French form of Quebec.
Quebec (Settlement & Political Subdivision) English
English form of French Québec, derived from the Algonquin word kepec meaning "narrows", referring to the Saint Lawrence River near Quebec city. This is the name of a Canadian province and also the capital city of that province.
Quénia (Country & Mountain) Portuguese (European)
Portuguese form of Kenya.
Quênia (Country & Mountain) Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Kenya.
Qyrghyzstan (Country) Kazakh
Kazakh form of Kyrgyzstan.