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Thừa Thiên Huế (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Thừa Thiên, the name of a historical province, combined with the name of the city of Huế. The former province's name is derived from Sino-Vietnamese 承 (thừa) meaning "inherit, receive" and 天 (thiên) meaning "sky, heaven"... [more]
Thừa Thiên-Huế (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 承 (thừa) meaning "support" and 天 (thiên) meaning "day" and 化 (huế) meaning "to transform".
Thaton (Political Subdivision) Burmese
Thaton is a town in south-central Myanmar, whose name is Likely Derived from the formal Pali name Sudharmapura, itself named for sudharma, the moot hall of the Buddhist deities... [more]
Thawai (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Dawei.
Thbilisi (Settlement) Estonian
Estonian form of Tbilisi.
Thebes (Settlement) English, Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Perhaps ultimately from Semitic teba "chest, box". This is the name of a city in Boeotia, Greece, which played an important role in many Greek myths (as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus, Heracles and others).
Theems (River) Dutch
Dutch form of Thames.
The Hague (Settlement) English
Originally named des Graven Hage, literally meaning "the count's wood" in medieval Dutch. This is the administrative and royal capital city of the Netherlands and the capital city of the South Holland province.
Theksat (Political Subdivision) Thai
Thai form of Texas.
Thennessi (Political Subdivision) Thai
Thai form of Tennessee.
Thentike (Country) Coptic
The Coptic name for India, derived from the feminine definite article ⲧ (t) and ϩⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ (hentike) referring to India, ultimately from Greek Ἰνδική (Indike).
Theouta (Settlement) Greek
Greek form of Ceuta.
Therasia (Island) Greek
Western island of Santorini (a.k.a. Thera), all my 'research' ties it to the given name Theresa (which is also related to words that mean "Summer" and/or "Harvest.")
Thesprotie (Political Subdivision & Region) French
French form of Thesprotia.
Thesprotien (Political Subdivision & Region) German
German form of Thesprotia.
Thessalië (Political Subdivision & Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Thessalia (see Thessaly).
Thessalonica (Settlement) Ancient Greek (Latinized)
The name of a Greek city, which was named after the princess Thessalonike of Macedon. Her name means "Thessalian victory, victory in Thessaly" from Greek Θεσσαλός (Thessalos) "Thessalian" and νίκη (nike) "victory"... [more]
Þessalóníka (Settlement) Icelandic
Icelandic form of Thessaloniki.
Thessalonika (Settlement) English
Greek city
Thessaloniki (Settlement) English, Greek
The city's name derives from the Greek words Θεσσαλός (Thessalós) referring to the region of Thessaly and νῑ́κη (nī́kē) "victory, success"; literally translating to "Thessalian victory"... [more]
Thessalonique (Settlement) French
French form of Thessaloniki.
Thetford (Settlement) English
From the Old English þeodo "people" and "ford". The name of a town in Norfolk.
Thian-chin (Settlement) Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Tianjin.
Thibet (Region, Political Subdivision & Country) Thai, French, English (Archaic)
Thai form of Tibet. It is also a French variant as well as an older English form of the name.
Thi-cin (Settlement) Chinese (Wu)
Wu romanization of Tianjin.
Thiên-chîn (Settlement) Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Tianjin.
Thiên Tân (Settlement) Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Tianjin.
Thimbú (Settlement) Czech
Czech form of Thimphu.
Thimphou (Settlement) French
French form of Thimphu.
Thimphu (Settlement) Bhutanese, Tibetan, English
From Bhutanese ཐིམ་ (thim) meaning "to sink" and ཕུ་ (phu) meaning "high ground, foothill, upland" or "to fly". This is the name of the capital city of Bhutan.
Thingvellir (Other) Icelandic
The ancient site of the Icelandic government, now a national park. From the Scandinavian 'Þingvöllr', meaning "the meeting place of the assembly".
Thingwall (Settlement) English
A town in England. From the Scandinavian 'Þingvöllr', meaning "the meeting place of the assembly".
Thiou (Political Subdivision) French
Thirilinka (Country & Island) Burmese
Burmese form of Sri Lanka.
Thivet (Region) Greek
Greek form of Tibet.
Thẩm Dương (Settlement) Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Shenyang.
Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ (Country) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 土耳其 (Thổ Nhĩ Kì), itself from Chinese 土耳其 (Tǔ'ěrqí). This is the Vietnamese name for Turkey.
Thòi-chûng (Settlement) Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka form of Taichung.
Thòi-pet (Settlement) Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Taibei.
Tho-khe-yo (Settlement) Tibetan
Tibetan form of Tokyo.
Þórshöfn (Settlement) Icelandic
Icelandic form of Tórshavn.
Thracië (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Thrace via its Latin form Thracia.
Thủ Dầu Một (Settlement) Vietnamese
Meaning uncertain, perhaps in part derived from Khmer or from Vietnamese thủ meaning "keep, guard", dầu referring to a type of tree (genus Dipterocarpus) and một meaning "one" (or from miệt vườn meaning "plantation, orchard, grove", according to a folk etymology)... [more]
Thule (Island) Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Θούλη (Thoule), the name of an island north of Britain which was discovered by the 4th-century BC geographer Pytheas, who arrived at it after a voyage of six days from the Orkney Islands... [more]
Thú-ngí-khì (Country) Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka form of Turkey.
Thượng Hải (Settlement) Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Shanghai.
Thurkhmenisthan (Country) Abkhaz
Abkhaz form of Turkmenistan.
Thursa (Settlement) Scots
Scots form of Thurso.
Thurso (Settlement) English
Town in Scotland. Meaning "Thor's river".
Thụy Điển (Country) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 瑞典 (Thụy Điển), possibly from Min Nan 瑞典 (Sūi-tián). This is the Vietnamese name for Sweden.
Thụy Sĩ (Country) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 瑞士 (Thụy Sĩ), possibly from Min Nan 瑞士 (Sūi-sū), itself from French Suisse. This is the Vietnamese name for Switzerland.
Thyrea (Settlement) Ancient Greek
Thyrea was a town of Cynuria, and was fought over between ancient Argolis and ancient Laconia. According to Pausanias, Thyrea was named after a mythological figure: Thyraeos, the son of Lycaon.
Thyrkwhtwyla (Country) Abkhaz
From Abkhaz аҭырқәуа (athyrkwhua) meaning "Turk" and атәыла (atwyla) meaning "country". This is the Abkhaz name for Turkey.
Þýskaland (Country) Icelandic
Icelandic cognate of Deutschland.
Tiamana (Country) Maori
Maori form of Germania (see Germany).
Tiāng-ciú (Settlement) Chinese (Min Bei)
Min Bei romanization of Zhengzhou.
Tiang Zing (Settlement) Chinese (Teochew)
Teochew romanization of Tianjin.
Tianjin (Settlement) Chinese
From Chinese 天 (tiān) meaning "sky, heaven" and 津 (jīn) meaning "ferry, ford". This is the name of a city in China.
Tiannaxi (Political Subdivision) Chinese
Chinese form of Tennessee.
Tibás (Political Subdivision) Spanish (Latin American)
Canton of Costa Rica.... [more]
Tiberias (Body of Water) Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
A lake in Palestine.Also a sea in Biblical.
Tíbet (Region) Spanish
Spanish form of Tibet.
Tibet (Country) English
A kingdom established in the 7th century, Tibet was invaded by China in 1950 and has since been known as the Xizang Autonomous Region of China.
Tibet (Region, Political Subdivision & Country) English, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Uzbek
Meaning uncertain, perhaps derived from Tibetan སྟོད་བོད (stod-bod) meaning "Upper Tibet", itself from the autonym བོད (Bod). Alternately the name may be of Turkic origin, possibly from Old Turkic töbäd meaning "heights" or töpü meaning "peak, height, summit"... [more]
Tibeta (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Tibet.
Tibetas (Region) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Tibet.
Tibete (Region) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Tibet.
Tibeti (Region) Georgian
Georgian form of Tibet.
Tiblisi (Settlement) Chechen
Chechen form of Tbilisi.
Tīekia (Country) Maori
Maori form of Czechia.
Tiellas (Country) Coptic (Bohairic)
Bohairic Coptic name for Greece, derived from Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellas).
Tiencsin (Settlement) Hungarian
Hungarian form of Tianjin.
Tiĕng-cĭng (Settlement) Chinese (Min Dong)
Min Dong romanization of Tianjin.
Tiền Giang (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 前 (tiền) meaning "forward" and 江 (giang) meaning "river".
Tiền Giang (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 前 (tiền) meaning "front, forward" and 江 (giang) meaning "river". This is the name of a province of Vietnam.
Tiêng Zing (Settlement) Chinese (Teochew)
Teochew romanization of Tianjin.
Tiflis (Settlement) Crimean Tatar, English (Archaic), German, Spanish, Turkish, Turkmen
Crimean Tatar, German, Spanish, Turkish, and Turkmen form of Tbilisi as well as a historical English name for the city.
Tihiran (Settlement) Burmese
Burmese form of Tehran.
Tiibet (Region) Estonian, Finnish
Estonian and Finnish form of Tibet.
Tijuana (Settlement) Spanish
Derives from the rancho that Santiago Argüello Moraga established in 1829 on his Mexican land grant, naming it Rancho Tía Juana.... [more]
Tikeshromi (Settlement) Coptic
Possibly means "breaker of men" in Coptic, from the feminine definite article ϯ (ti) combined with ⲕⲱϣ (kosh) meaning "break" and ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (romi) meaning "man" — taken from a calque of the city's Arabic name القاهرة (al-Qahirah) meaning "the victorious"... [more]
Tilli (Settlement) Tamil
Tamil form of Delhi.
Timberwolf (Mountain) English
A mountain in Washington State in the United States of America.... [more]
Timboektoe (Settlement) Dutch, Afrikaans
Dutch and Afrikaans form of Timbuktu.
Timbu (Settlement) Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish
Macedonian, Serbian, and Spanish form of Thimphu.
Timbu (Settlement) Korean, Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog
Form of Thimphu used in various languages.
Timbuctù (Settlement) Italian
Italian form of Timbuktu.
Timfu (Settlement) Arabic, Pashto, Persian
Arabic, Pashto, and Persian form of Thimphu.
Timfú (Settlement) Icelandic
Icelandic form of Thimphu.
Timog Aprika (Country) Tagalog
Tagalog calque of South Africa.
Timo-leste (Country) Thai
Thai form of Timor Leste.
Timor Leste (Country) Portuguese, English
Portuguese form of East Timor as well as an English variant (often spelled Timor-Leste).
Timperley (Settlement) English
Timperley is a suburban village in Altrincham in the borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.... [more]
Timpou (Settlement) Greek
Greek form of Thimphu.
Timpouktou (Settlement) Greek
Greek form of Timbuktu.
Timpu (Settlement) Georgian, Tamil, Uyghur
Georgian, Tamil, and Uyghur form of Thimphu.
Tiñana (Settlement) Asturian
From the name Tinius or Tennius to Tini-ana or Tenni-ana adding a Latin possesive suffix -ana, Romans used to named new conquered lands by the name of its owner and this suffix.... [more]
Tingbu (Settlement) Chinese
Chinese form of Thimphu.
Tingi (Other) Berber
Means “Marsh” in the Standard Moroccan Amazight language.
Tingvoll (Region) Norwegian
A municipality in Norway. From the Scandinavian 'Þingvöllr', meaning "the meeting place of the assembly".
Tingwall (Other) English
The name of various places in Britain, including a parish, town, and airport. From the Scandinavian 'Þingvöllr', meaning "the meeting place of the assembly".
Tinpū (Settlement) Japanese
Japanese form of Thimphu.
Tintagel (Settlement) English, Cornish
Tin Zeon (Settlement) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Tianjin.
Tiobraid Árann (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Irish
Irish form of Tipperary.
Tíomór Thoir (Country) Irish
Irish form of East Timor
Tiông-khèng (Settlement) Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Chongqing.
Tiong-kok (Country) Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Zhongguo.
Tiongkok (Country) Indonesian
Indonesian form of Zhongguo through the Hokkien form Tiong-kok.
Tiông-sa (Settlement) Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Changsha.
Tiong-san (Settlement) Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Zhongshan.
Tiorangi (Country) Maori
Maori form of Iceland
Tiperses (Settlement) Coptic
Means "the Persian (fortress)" from the Coptic definite article ϯ (ti) combined with ⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ (perses) meaning "Persian". This is the Coptic name for the Egyptian city of Giza.
Tipperary (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Irish
Town and county in Ireland. From Tiobraid Árann, meaning "well of the Arra". The Arra is a river that flows through it.
Tiptree (Settlement) English
Tiptree is a village in the East of England. Tiptree comes from Tipper's Tree.
Tiran (Settlement) Turkish
Turkish form of Tirana.
Tirāna (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Tirana.
Tirana (Settlement) Albanian, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkmen, Uzbek
Perhaps derived from Doric Greek Τυρσανοί (Tursanoi) meaning "Tyrrhenians", which was an exonym for non-Greek inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian Sea. This is the name of the capital city of Albania.
Tirconnell (Political Subdivision) Irish
Variant of Tyrconnell.
Tiree (Island) Scottish
From the name of the island off the west coast of Scotland. The name in Gaelic is Tiriodh, or Tir Iodh, meaning 'land of corn'.
Tír Eoghain (Political Subdivision) Irish
Irish form of Tyrone.
Tirintha (Settlement) Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name of Tyrins.
Tirkiye (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Turkey.
Tirol (Political Subdivision) German
German form of Tyrol.
Tirolo (Political Subdivision) Italian
Italian form of Tyrol.
Tisza (River) Hungarian
Name of one of the main European rivers that starts in Ukraine and passes through Hungary.
Tiunisiya (Country) Bengali
Bengali form of Tunisia.
Tiwa (Political Subdivision) Afrikaans
Modern Afrikaans form of Tuva.
Tiwnisia (Country) Welsh
Welsh form of Tunisia
Tiyunisiyawa (Country) Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Tunisia.
Tjeckoslovakien (Country) Swedish
Combination of Tjeckien and Slovakien, thus making it the Swedish form of Czechoslovakia.
Tjerkessien (Country & Region) Swedish
Swedish form of Circassia.
Tjetjenien (Political Subdivision) Danish, Swedish
Danish and Swedish form of Chechnya.
Tjoemen (Settlement) Dutch, Afrikaans
Dutch and Afrikaans form of Tyumen.
Tlaxcala (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish
From Nahuatl Tlaxcallān either derived from tlaxcalli meaning "tortilla" or texcalli meaning "crag" or "oven" combined with the suffix -tlan. This is the name of a state of, as well as a city in, Mexico... [more]
Tlaxcallan (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Indigenous American, Nahuatl
Nahuatl form of Tlaxcala.
Tn̂g-soa (Settlement) Chinese (Hokkien)
Taiwanese Hokkien romanization of Changsha.
Tobago (Island) English
The name of the Island in Trinidad and Tobago. Tobago is the smaller of the 2 Caribbean islands comprising the nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It’s known for its wide, sandy beaches and biodiverse tropical rainforest... [more]
Tobirishi (Settlement) Japanese
Japanese form of Tbilisi.
Tocantins (Political Subdivision & River) Portuguese (Brazilian)
Union of Tupi words tukana ("toucan") e tim ("beak"), thus "toucan's beak". This is the name of a river and a state of Brazil.
Tô Châu (Settlement) Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Suzhou.
Tochigi (Political Subdivision) Japanese
Means "horse-chestnut tree" in Japanese.
Tochiu (Settlement) Sicilian, Corsican
Sicilian and Corsican form of Tokyo.
Tōchō (Settlement) Okinawan
Okinawan form of Tokyo.
Točikistan (Country) Talysh
Talysh form of Tajikistan.
Toekmenisthan (Country) Thai
Thai form of Turkmenistan.
Toela (Settlement) Dutch, Afrikaans
Dutch and Afrikaans form of Tula.
Toeva (Political Subdivision) Dutch
Dutch form of Tuva.
Toewa (Political Subdivision) Afrikaans (Archaic)
Archaic Afrikaans form of Tuva. The modern Afrikaans form is Tiwa.
Tofino (Settlement) English
Spanish explorer's name.
Tóga (Country) Irish
Irish form of Togo
Toga (Country) Fijian, Samoan
Fijian and Samoan form of Tonga.
Togas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Togo.
Togko (Country) Greek
Greek form of Togo.
Togo (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Means "land where lagoons lie" from Ewe to meaning "water" and go meaning "shore". Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.
Toho (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Togo.
Töhüünen (Country) Yakut
Yakutian form of Algeria.
Toi Bak (Settlement) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Taibei.
Toi Zung (Settlement) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Taichung.
Tojikiston (Country) Tajik, Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek form of Tajikistan.
Tōkai (Region & Settlement) Japanese
Means "eastern sea" from Japanese 東 () meaning "east" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean". This is the name of a subregion of Japanese regions of Chūbu and Kansai... [more]
Tōkan (Settlement) Japanese
Japanese form of Dongguan.
Tokelaou (Political Subdivision) Greek
Greek form of Tokelau.
Tokelau (Country, Political Subdivision & Island) English
A territory of New Zealand.
Tokia (Settlement) Belarusian
Belarusian form of Tokyo.
Tokiao (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Tokyo.
Tokiau (Settlement) Lao
Lao form of Tokyo.
Tokiu (Settlement) Asturian, Corsican
Asturian and Corsican form of Tokyo.
Tokjo (Settlement) Albanian, Maltese
Albanian and Maltese form of Tokyo.
Tokushima (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Japanese
Means "advantaged island" in Japanese.
Toledo (Settlement) Spanish
Tolosa (Settlement) Occitan
Occitan form of Toulouse.
Tolovana (River) English (American)
The name of a river in Alaska, derived from Koyukon tolbaa no’ meaning "pale-water river".
Toluca (Settlement) Paiute
From a Paiute word meaning "fertile valley" or "beautiful valley". This is the name of a neighborhood and lake in Los Angeles, California, USA, i.e., Toluca Lake.
Tom (River) Russian
"River" or "Dark"
Tombuctu (Settlement) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Timbuktu.
Tombuktu (Settlement) Georgian, Russian
Georgian and Russian form of Timbuktu.
Tomioka (Settlement) Japanese
From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge". This is the name of a town in the Japanese province of Fukushima as well as a city in the province of Gunma.
Tomsk (Settlement) Russian
"Town" on the Tom River
Tonava (River) Finnish
Finnish form of Danube.
Ton-cin (Settlement) Chinese (Wu)
Wu form of Tokyo.
Tongga (Country) Korean
Korean form of Tonga.
Tongka (Country) Greek
Greek form of Tonga.
Tong-koán (Settlement) Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Dongguan.
Tongnga (Country) Thai
Thai form of Tonga.
Tonha (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Tonga.
Ton-jin (Settlement) Chinese (Wu)
Wu form of Tokyo.
Tʼóogo (Country) Navajo
Navajo form of Togo
Topanga (Settlement) Indigenous American
Topanga is a community in western Los Angeles County, California, United States located in the Santa Monica mountains. The name is given by the Native American indigenous Tongva tribe, and may mean "where the mountain meets the sea" or "a place above".
Topeka (Political Subdivision) English
Name of the capital city in Kansas, meaning "a good place to dig potatoes". From Kansa to "wild potato" + pi "good" + ke "to dig".
Toqo (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Togo.
Tòquio (Settlement) Catalan
Catalan form of Tokyo.
Torekmanstan (Country) Tatar
Tatar form of Turkmenistan.
Torí (Settlement) Catalan
Catalan form of Turin.
Toripori (Settlement) Japanese
Japanese form of Tripoli.
Torkamanestan (Country) Persian
Persian form of Turkmenistan.
Torkia (Country) Bashkir, Malagasy
Bashkir and Malagasy form of Turcia (see Turkey).
Torkiya (Country) Tatar
Tatar form of Turcia (see Turkey).
Torkiyeh (Country) Persian
Persian form of Turkey.
Torkmanstan (Country) Bashkir
Bashkir form of Turkmenistan.
Torngat (Mountain & Other) Inuit (Anglicized)
Mountain range and national park in Canada. Meaning "place of spirits" from the Inuit word 'tongait'.
Toronto (Settlement) English
The name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto, meaning "place where trees stand in the water". This refers to the northern end of what is now Lake Simcoe, where the Huron had planted tree saplings to corral fish... [more]
Torontó (Settlement) Irish
Irish form of Toronto.
Tórshavn (Settlement) Faroese
Means "Thor's harbour" in Faroese. Tórshavn is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands.
Tortouga (Island) Greek
Greek form of Tortuga.
Tortuha (Island) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Tortuga.
Tortyu (Island) Russian
Russian form of Tortuga.
Toscane (Region) Dutch, French
Dutch and French form of Tuscany.
Toshima (Settlement) Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (to) meaning "abundant, rich, bountiful" and 島 (shima) meaning "island". This is the name of a special ward of Tokyo.
Toshkand (Settlement) Tajik
Tajik form of Tashkent.
Toshkent (Settlement) Uzbek
Uzbek form of Tashkent.
Toskane (Region) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Tuscany.
Tottori (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Japanese
Means "bird collecting, bird taking" in Japanese.
Toucou (Settlement) Burmese
Burmese form of Tokyo.
Tou Fu Maan (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Turkmenistan.
Tou Ji Kei (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Turkey.
Toukyou (Settlement) Khmer
Khmer form of Tokyo.
Toulouse (Settlement) French
Toulouse (Settlement) French
From Latin Tolosa of uncertain meaning, possibly of Gaulish, Iberian or Aquitanian origin. This is the name of a city in France.
Tourcominnistan (Country) Walloon
Walloon form of Turkmenistan.
Tourkmenia (Country & Political Subdivision) Greek (Rare)
Hellenization of Turkmeniya, the Russian name for the country of Turkmenistan. In Greece, this name was primarily used during the Soviet era... [more]
Tourkmenistan (Country) Greek
Greek form of Turkmenistan.
Touvalou (Country) Greek
Greek form of Tuvalu.
Tovangar (Region) Tongva
This is the Tongva name for the region called Greater Los Angeles Basin. Tongva people have been in this region for thousands of years. Toypurina, a Tongva female shaman, in the 1780s led an uprising against the Spanish San Gabriel Mission (in an area part of Los Angeles Basin).
Toyama (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Japanese
Means "wealthy mountain" in Japanese.
Toyohashi (Settlement) Japanese
This is a city in Aichi, Japan.
Tråante (Settlement) Sami
Southern Sámi form of Trondheim.
Trablûs (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of طرابلس (Tarabulus) (see Tripoli).
Trablus (Settlement) Turkish
Turkish form of Tripoli via Arabic طرابلس (Tarabulus). This name refers only to the city in Libya.
Trach (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Khmer
Khmer form of Trat.
Trachtenberg (Settlement) German
See Trachtenberg on the surname site
Trafalgar (Region, Other & Settlement) Spanish, English
The name of both a small Spanish peninsula and a beloved British city square, which is most likely derived from Taraf al-Ghar (طرف الغار 'cape of the cave/laurel') or Taraf al-Gharb (طرف الغرب 'extremity of the west'), both of which are of Arabic origin.
Tralee (Settlement) Irish (Anglicized)
From Irish Trá Lí, meaning "strand of the Lee River", after the confluences of small rivers the town was built on.... [more]
Tranent (Settlement) Scottish
A town in East Lothian, east of Edinburgh, Scotland. It's name derives from the Brythonic-Celtic *traf-, meaning 'town, village' (Welsh treff) and *-neint, meaning 'stream, small river' (Welsh nant).
Trang (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai
Either from Malay terang meaning "bright, light, clear" or from Sanskrit तरंग (taranga) meaning "wave, ripple". This is the name of a province and city in Thailand.
Transcarpathia (Region) English
Means "beyond the Carpathian Mountains", derived from Latin trans meaning "across, beyond" combined with the latinized Greek noun Carpathia meaning "the Carpathian Mountains" as well as the region immediately surrounding them.
Transcarpátia (Region) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Transcarpathia.
Transcarpatia (Region) Romanian, Spanish
Romanian and Spanish form of Transcarpathia.
Transcarpatie (Region) French
French form of Transcarpathia.
Transcarpazia (Region) Italian
Italian form of Transcarpathia.
Transcáspia (Political Subdivision) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Transcaspia.
Transcaspia (Political Subdivision) English, Italian, Spanish
Means "beyond the Caspian Sea", derived from Latin trans meaning "across, beyond" combined with Latin Caspia meaning "Caspian Sea".... [more]
Transcaspie (Political Subdivision) French
French form of Transcaspia.
Transcaucásia (Region) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Transcaucasia.
Transcaucasia (Region) English, Italian, Spanish
Means "beyond the Caucasus", derived from Latin trans meaning "across, beyond" combined with the latinized Greek noun Caucasia meaning "the Caucasus" (both the mountains and their namesake region)... [more]
Transcaucasie (Region) French
French form of Transcaucasia.
Transcaucazia (Region) Romanian
Romanian form of Transcaucasia.
Transdanubia (Region) English, Finnish, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish
Means "beyond the river Danube", derived from Latin trans meaning "across, beyond" combined with the Latin noun Danubius meaning "the river Danube".... [more]
Transdanubie (Region) French
French form of Transdanubia.
Transdanubië (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Transdanubia.
Transdanubien (Region) German, Swedish
German and Swedish form of Transdanubia.
Transdanubio (Region) Italian
Italian form of Transdanubia.
Transilvaania (Region) Estonian
Estonian form of Transylvania.
Transilvânia (Region) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Transylvania.
Transilvānija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Transylvania.
Transilvaniya (Region) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Russian, Uzbek
Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Russian, and Uzbek form of Transylvania.
Transilvanya (Region) Turkish
Turkish form of Transylvania. This is an alternative name for the region; the standard name in Turkey is Erdel.
Transjuranië (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Transjurania.
Transkafkasya (Region) Turkish
Turkish form of Transcaucasia.
Transkarpatia (Region) Norwegian
Norwegian form of Transcarpathia.
Transkarpatië (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Transcarpathia.
Transkarpatien (Region) German, Swedish
German and Swedish form of Transcarpathia.
Transkarpatija (Region) Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Transcarpathia.
Transkaspia (Political Subdivision) Norwegian
Norwegian form of Transcaspia.
Transkaspië (Political Subdivision) Dutch
Dutch form of Transcaspia.
Transkaspien (Political Subdivision) Danish, German, Swedish
Danish, German and Swedish form of Transcaspia.
Transkaukasia (Region) Basque, Finnish, Norwegian
Basque, Finnish and Norwegian form of Transcaucasia.
Transkaukasië (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Transcaucasia.
Transkaukasien (Region) Danish, German, Swedish
Danish, German and Swedish form of Transcaucasia.
Transkaukazja (Region) Polish
Polish form of Transcaucasia.
Transnístria (Political Subdivision & Region) Catalan, Portuguese
Catalan and Portuguese form of Transnistria.
Transnistria (Political Subdivision & Region) Basque, English, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish
Means "beyond the river Dniester", derived from Latin trans meaning "across, beyond" combined with the Romanian noun Nistru meaning "the river Dniester".... [more]
Transnistrie (Political Subdivision & Region) French
French form of Transnistria.
Transnistrië (Political Subdivision & Region) Dutch, Afrikaans
Dutch and Afrikaans form of Transnistria.
Transnistrien (Political Subdivision & Region) Danish, German, Swedish
Danish, German and Swedish form of Transnistria.
Transnîstriya (Political Subdivision & Region) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Transnistria.
Transoksania (Region) Polish
Polish form of Transoxiana via its Latin form Transoxania.
Transoksanija (Region) Slovene
Slovenian form of Transoxiana via its Latin form Transoxania.
Transoksiana (Region) Bulgarian, Lithuanian
Bulgarian and Lithuanian form of Transoxiana.
Transoksijana (Region) Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian
Croatian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Transoxiana.
Transoxania (Region) Ancient Roman
Means "beyond the river Oxus", derived from Latin trans meaning "across, beyond" combined with the Latin noun Oxus meaning "the river Oxus".... [more]
Transoxanie (Region) Czech
Czech form of Transoxiana via its Latin form Transoxania.
Transoxanië (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Transoxiana via its Latin form Transoxania.
Transoxanien (Region) Danish, German, Swedish
Danish, German and Swedish form of Transoxiana via its Latin form Transoxania.
Transoxiana (Region) English
In English and several other languages, this is the name of a historical region in Central Asia, which was known as Hyperoxiane to the ancient Greeks and as Transoxania to the Romans... [more]
Transoxiane (Region) French
French form of Transoxiana.
Transsilvanië (Region) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Transylvania.
Transsilvanien (Region) German
German form of Transylvania. This is an alternative name for the region; the standard name in the Germanosphere is Siebenbürgen.
Transsylvanië (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Transylvania.
Transsylvanien (Region) Danish, Swedish
Danish and Swedish form of Transylvania.
Transvaal (Region) Afrikaans
Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (i.e., beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. ... [more]
Transylvania (Region) English, Greek
Means "beyond the forest", derived from Latin trans meaning "across, beyond" combined with medieval Latin sylvam, which is the accusative singular of the medieval Latin noun sylva meaning "forest, woods" (see Silvius)... [more]