Caucasian Submitted Place Names

Giza (Settlement) Arabic (Egyptian), English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Uzbek
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from Syriac ܓܣܐ (gissa) meaning "side", Persian ‎دژ (dezh) meaning "fort, fortress, castle" or Egyptian r-gs-ḥr meaning "the side of the high one"... [more]

Gollandi (Country) Ingush
Ingush form of Holland 1, referring to the entire country of the Netherlands.

Gori (Settlement) Georgian
The name of a city in Georgia, derived from Georgian გორა (gora) meaning "hill, heap".

Grekh (Country) Ossetian
Derived from Russian грек (grek) meaning "Greek", used as the Ossetian name for Greece.

Grenada (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Uzbek
Probably from Granada, the name of a city in Andalusia, Spain, which is derived from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة‎ (ḡarnāṭa) possibly meaning "hill of strangers". This is the name of an island country in the Caribbean.

Grenadæ (Country) Ossetian
Ossetian form of Grenada.

Grenlandia (Political Subdivision) Georgian, Polish
Georgian and Polish form of Greenland.

Grozna (Settlement) Circassian, Ossetian
Kabardian (Eastern Circassian) and Ossetian form of Grozny.

Grozni (Settlement) Afrikaans, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish
Form of Grozny.

Grozno (Settlement) Georgian, Mingrelian
Georgian and Mingrelian form of Grozny.

Guami (Political Subdivision & Island) Georgian
Georgian form of Guam.

Gürcüstan (Country) Azerbaijani, Gagauz
Azerbaijani and Gagauz form of Gorjestan (the country).

Gvatemalæ (Country) Ossetian
Ossetian form of Guatemala.

Gyumri (Settlement) Armenian
From Old Armenian Կումայրի (Kumayri) of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a city in Armenia.

Habashi (Country) Avar
Derived from Habesha, a collective term for the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea, itself of uncertain meaning. This is the Avar name for Ethiopia.

Habish (Country) Ingush
Derived from Habesha, a collective term for the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea, itself of uncertain meaning. This is the Ingush name for Ethiopia.

Hələb (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Aleppo.

Halep (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Armenian, Turkish
Armenian and Turkish form of Aleppo.

Halep (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Armenian, Bosnian, Turkish
Armenian, Bosnian and Turkish form of Aleppo.

Hanoy (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Tajik, Tamil
Form of Hanoi used in various languages as well as a Armenian, Bulgarian, and Tajik alternate transcription.

Haravayin Afrika (Country) Armenian
Armenian calque of South Africa.

Havai (Political Subdivision & Island) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Hindi, Macedonian, Portuguese, Urdu
Form of Hawaii used in various languages.

Havay (Political Subdivision & Island) Azerbaijani, Khmer
Azerbaijani and Khmer form of Hawaii.

Havayi (Political Subdivision & Island) Armenian, Ukrainian
Armenian and Ukrainian form of Hawaii.

Himalai (Mountain) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Lao, Macedonian, Thai
Form of Himalaya used in multiple languages.

Himalay (Mountain) Hindi, Marathi, Azerbaijani
Hindi, Marathi and Azerbaijani form of Himalaya.

Himalayner (Mountain) Armenian
Armenian form of Himalaya.

Hindi (Country) Chechen
Chechen form of India.

Hindiche (Country) Ingush
Ingush form of India.

Hindistan (Country) Azerbaijani, Karakalpak, Kumyk, Kurdish, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur
Form of Hendustan.

Hindonezi (Country) Chechen, Ingush
Chechen and Ingush form of Indonesia.

Hindusttan (Country) Lak
Lak form of Hendustan.

Hispani (Country) Ingush
Ingush form of Spain.

Hndkastan (Country) Armenian
Armenian form of Hendustan.

Honduras (Country) Spanish, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
Means "depths" in Spanish, either referring to the deep waters off the northern coast of the country or from Christopher Columbus' alleged quote "Gracias a Dios que hemos salido de esas honduras" meaning "Thank God we have departed from those depths"... [more]

Hondurasi (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Honduras.

Honkong (Settlement, Island & Political Subdivision) Armenian, Bulgarian
Armenian and Bulgarian form of Hong Kong.

Hordanan (Country & River) Armenian
Armenian form of Jordan.

Hrom (Settlement) Armenian
Armenian form of Rome.

Hunastan (Country) Armenian
From Armenian հույն (huyn) meaning "Greek" (ultimately from the name of the ancient region of Ionia) combined with the Persian suffix ستان (stan) meaning "land of"... [more]

Iamaika (Country & Island) Georgian
Georgian form of Jamaica.

Iangoni (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Yangon.

Iaponia (Country & Island) Georgian, Greek
Georgian and Greek form of Japan.

Ierusalimi (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Jerusalem.

Indoeti (Country) Georgian
From Georgian ინდური (induri) referring to the Indian people and the suffix -ეთი (-eti) used to indicate location. This is the Georgian name for India.

Indonezi (Country) Buryat, Chuvash, Mari, Ossetian
Buryat, Chuvash, Western Mari, and Ossetian form of Indonesia.

Indonezia (Country) Abkhaz, Albanian, Armenian, Breton, Georgian, Romanian
Form of Indonesia.

Indonezie (Country) Adyghe
Adyghe form of Indonesia.

İndoneziya (Country) Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak
Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, and Karakalpak form of Indonesia.

Indostani (Country & Region) Georgian
Georgian form of Hindustan.

Ingals (Country) Chechen
Chechen form of England.

İngiltərə (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of England.

Inglisi (Country) Georgian
Georgian form of England.

Ingusheti (Political Subdivision) Georgian
From ინგუშური (ingushuri), the Georgian exonym for the Ingush people, and the suffix -ეთი (-eti) used to indicate location. This is the Georgian name for Ingushetia.

İnquşetiya (Political Subdivision) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Ingushetia.

İordan (River) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Jordan (the river).

Iordane (River) Georgian
Georgian form of Jordan (the river) via its biblical Greek form Iordanes.

İordaniya (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Jordan (the country).

İran (Country) Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Turkish
Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, and Turkish form of Iran.

Irani (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Iran.

İrəvan (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Yerevan.

Irlandi (Country) Chechen, Chuvash, Ossetian
Chechen, Chuvash, and Ossetian form of Ireland.

Iryston (Region) Ossetian
From Ossetian ир (ir), the ethnic name of the Ossetian people, combined with the Persian suffix ستان (stân) meaning "land of". This is the Ossetian name for Ossetia.

İsfahan (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Azerbaijani, Turkish
Azerbaijani and Turkish form of Isfahan.

İsgəndəriyyə (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Iskandariyah.

Islandia (Country) Armenian, Georgian, Greek, Indonesian, Polish, Spanish
Form of Iceland used in multiple languages.

Islandia (Country & Island) Georgian, Greek, Indonesian, Polish, Spanish
Form of Iceland used in several languages.

Ispani (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian
Form of Hispania (see Spain).

Ispania (Country) Abkhaz, Armenian, Greek
Abkhaz, Armenian, and Greek form of Hispania (see Spain).

İspaniya (Country) Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak
Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, and Karakalpak form of Hispania (see Spain).

Israeli (Country) Georgian
Georgian form of Israel.

İsrail (Country) Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Turkish
Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, and Turkish form of Israel.

Israyel (Country) Armenian, Bengali, Malayalam, Walloon
Form of Israel used in various languages.

Istambyl (Settlement) Circassian
Circassian form of Istanbul.

İstanbul (Settlement) Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Estonian, Gagauz, Karakalpak
Form of Istanbul.

Istmala (Settlement) Chechen
Chechen form of Istanbul.

Istmale (Settlement) Ingush
Ingush form of Istanbul.

İsveç (Country) Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Turkish
Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, and Turkish form of Sweden.

İtaliya (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Italy.

Izmir (Region & Other) English, Russian, Bosnian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Yakut, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Uzbek, Turkmen, Tatar, Croatian, Kyrgyz, Czech, Dutch, German, Romanian, Frisian, Tajik, Finnish, Georgian, Estonian, Polish, Armenian, Bashkir, Chuvash, Hungarian, Udmurt, Mongolian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of İzmir used in languages that do not have the 'İ/i' character in the alphabet.... [more]

Jenova (Settlement) Armenian, Japanese
Armenian and Japanese form of Genoa.

Jibraltar (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Armenian, Bengali, Breton, Cornish, Hindi
Form of Gibraltar used in various languages.

Juba (Settlement) English, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Slovak, Somali, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Uzbek
Of uncertain origin, from the Nilotic Bari language of South Sudan. It is the name of the capital and largest city of South Sudan, as well as the former village on its site.

Kabuli (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Kabul.

Kahire (Settlement) Armenian (Eastern), Turkish
Eastern Armenian and Turkish form of Cairo.

Kairo (Settlement) Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hausa, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish
Form of Cairo.

Kalak (Settlement) Ossetian
Derived from Georgian ქალაქი (kalaki) meaning "town, city". This is another Ossetian name for Tbilisi.

Kalake (Settlement) Ingush
Ingush form of Kalak.

Kalifornia (Political Subdivision) Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Somali
Form of California.

Kaliforniya (Political Subdivision) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Persian, Russian, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of California.

Kalipornia (Political Subdivision) Georgian
Georgian form of California.

Kəlkətə (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Kolkata.

Kalkata (Settlement) Armenian, Czech, Slovak
Armenian, Czech and Slovak form of Kolkata.

Kalmıkiya (Political Subdivision) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Kalmykia.

Kamboca (Country) Azerbaijani, Gagauz, Kurdish
Azerbaijani, Gagauz, and Kurdish form of Cambodia.

Kamboja (Country) Armenian, Georgian, Indonesian, Swahili, Tajik, Turkmen
Form of Cambodia used in various languages.

Kamerun (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Cameroon.

Kampala (Settlement) English, Armenian, Danish, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish
From K'empala, a shortening of the original Baganda Akasozi ke'Empala ("Hill of the Impala"). This is the name of the capital city of Uganda.

Kanadæ (Country) Ossetian
Ossetian form of Canada.

Kanbera (Settlement) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Form of Canberra used in multiple languages.

Kanberra (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Canberra used in multiple languages.

Karantania (Country) Georgian, Greek, Indonesian, Norwegian, Polish
Form of Carantania.

Karaqanda (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Karaganda.

Karfagen (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Russian
Azerbaijani and Russian form of Carthage.

Karibebi (Region) Georgian
Georgian form of Caribbean.

Karpatebi (Mountain) Georgian
Georgian form of Carpathians.

Kart (Settlement) Abkhaz
Abkhaz form of Karti.

Karti (Settlement) Mingrelian
From the Kartvelian root kart- referring to a Georgian person (compare the Georgian endonym ქართველი (kartveli)). This is the Mingrelian name for Tbilisi.

Kasablanka (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Casablanca.

Kashmiri (Region) Georgian
Georgian form of Kashmir.

Kəşmir (Region) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Kashmir.

Kataloni (Political Subdivision & Region) Buryat, Chechen, Mongolian, Ossetian
Buryat, Chechen, Mongolian, and Ossetian form of Catalonia.

Katalonia (Political Subdivision & Region) Albanian, Armenian, Finnish, Georgian, Greek, Polish
Form of Catalonia.

Kataloniya (Political Subdivision & Region) Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Catalonia.

Katar (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of Qatar.

Katari (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Qatar.

Katmandu (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Georgian, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Kathmandu.

Kavkasia (Region) Georgian
Georgian form of Caucasia, which is an alternative name for the Caucasus geographical region.

Kavkasioni (Mountain) Georgian
Georgian form of Caucasus.

Kavkaz (Region) Russian, Avar, Chechen, Ingush, Karachay-Balkar, Lezgin, Ossetian
Form of Caucasus used in various languages.

Kerda Zelandi (Country) Ingush
Ingush calque of New Zealand.

Kerla Zelandi (Country) Chechen
Chechen calque of New Zealand.

Khakaseti (Political Subdivision) Georgian
Georgian form of Khakassia.

Khokkaydo (Island) Yakut, Ukrainian, Russian, Udmurt, Chuvash, Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen
Yakutian, Ukrainian, Russian, Udmurt, Chuvash, Tatar, Bashkir, and Chechen form of Hokkaido.

Khorvati (Country) Buryat, Chechen
Buryat and Chechen form of Croatia.

Khorvatia (Country) Armenian, Georgian
Armenian and Georgian form of Croatia.

Khorvatia (Country) Georgian
Georgian form of Croatia.

Khyrthtwyla (Country) Abkhaz
From Abkhaz ақырҭуа (akhyrthua) meaning "Georgian" (of Mingrelian origin) and атәыла (atwyla) meaning "country". This is the Abkhaz name for the country of Georgia.

Kipr (Country & Island) Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Cyprus.

Kipros (Island & Country) Armenian
Armenian form of Cyprus.

Kito (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Thai, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Quito used in various languages.

Kiurasao (Political Subdivision & Island) Georgian, Lithuanian
Georgian and Lithuanian form of Curaçao.

Kkavkkaz (Region) Lak
Lak form of Caucasus.

Kolombo (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of Colombo.

Kolombo (Settlement) Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Colombo used in numerous languages.

Kolumbi (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian
Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, and Ossetian form of Colombia.

Kolumbia (Country) Albanian, Finnish, Georgian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak
Form of Colombia.

Konstantinopol (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek
Form of Constantinople.

Konstantinopoli (Settlement) Finnish, Georgian
Finnish and Georgian form of Constantinople.

Kopenhagen (Settlement) Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Serbian, Tajik
Form of Copenhagen.

Kopenhageni (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Copenhagen.

Korsika (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Uzbek
Form of Corsica.

Kosovo (Country) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Indonesian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Ukrainian
From Albanian Kosova or Kosovë, which is derived from Serbian кос (kos) meaning "blackbird", an ellipsis of Косово Поље (Kosovo Polje) meaning "blackbird field"... [more]

Kot D'ivuar (Country) Armenian
Armenian form of Côte d'Ivoire (see Ivory Coast).

Kot-d'i̇vuar (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Côte D'ivoire.

Kovkas (Region & Mountain) Armenian
Armenian form of Caucasus, referring both to the geographical region as well as the mountain range.

Krakovi (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Kraków.

Krdstan (Region) Armenian
Armenian form of Kurdistan.

Kreta (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Georgian, German, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Slovene, Swedish
Form of Crete.

Krım (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Crimea.

Krit (Political Subdivision & Island) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Uzbek
Form of Krete (see Crete).

Kuala-Lumpur (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian
Form of Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala-Lumpuri (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Kuala Lumpur.

Kuba (Country & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek
Form of Cuba.

Kubæ (Country) Ossetian
Ossetian form of Cuba.

Kürasao (Political Subdivision & Island) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Curaçao.

Kürdüstan (Region) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Kurdistan.

Kurtistani (Region) Georgian
Georgian form of Kurdistan.

Kutaisi (Settlement) Georgian
Means "(city between) a stone and mountain", derived from Georgian ქვა (kva) meaning "stone", მთა (mta) meaning "mountain, hill" and ის (is) meaning "it". This is the name of a city in Georgia.

Küveyt (Country) Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar
Azerbaijani and Crimean Tatar form of Kuwait.

Kviprosi (Country & Island) Georgian
Georgian form of Cyprus.

Lampunq (Political Subdivision) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Lampung.

Laosi (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Laos.

Latvi (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian
Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, and Ossetian form of Latvia.

Latvia (Country) English, Finnish, Georgian, Norwegian
Cognate of Latvija.

Latviya (Country) Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Crimean Tatar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Latvia.

Lehastan (Country) Armenian
Armenian form of Poland

Leselidze (Settlement) Georgian, Russian, Armenian, Abkhaz

Lesoto (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Lesotho used in numerous languages.

Lesoto (Country) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Greek, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Ukrainian
Form of Lesotho.

Libanan (Country) Armenian
Armenian form of Lebanon.

Libani (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Lebanon.

Liberiya (Country) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Liberia.

Likhtenshtaini (Country) Georgian
Georgian form of Liechtenstein.

Lima (Settlement) Spanish, Aymara, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Most likely a corruption of Rímac, the name of a river, itself derived from Quechua rimaq meaning "speaker, talker" (ultimately from rimay meaning "to speak")... [more]

Lisabon (Settlement) Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Form of Lisbon.

Lisaboni (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Lisbon.

Lissabon (Settlement) Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Russian, Swedish, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek
Form of Lisbon.

Liubliana (Settlement) Arabic, Georgian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Spanish
Georgian, Lithuanian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Ljubljana as well as an alternate transcription of Arabic ليوبليانا (see Lyublyana).

Livan (Country) Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Lebanon used in various languages.

Londoni (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of London.

Lüksemburq (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Luxembourg.

Luson (Island) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Luzon.

Lyublyana (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Ljubljana used in multiple languages.

Macarıstan (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Majarestan, referring to Hungary.

Madagaskar (Country & Island) Afrikaans, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur, Uzbek
Form of Madagascar.

Madagaskari (Country & Island) Albanian, Georgian, Greek
Albanian, Georgian and Greek form of Madagascar.

Madaqaskar (Country & Island) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Madagascar.

Maddane (Settlement) Ingush
Ingush form of Medina.

Mədinə (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Medina.

Madina (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Hindi, Japanese, Tajik, Urdu, Uzbek
Arabic alternate transcription of Madinah as well as the form of Medina used in various languages.

Madina (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Dhivehi, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Nepali, Tajik, Urdu, Uzbek
Form of Medina used in various languages. It is also an alternate transcription of Arabic مدينة (see Madinah) or Japanese Katakana マディーナ (see Madīna).

Madinat (Settlement) Chechen
Chechen form of Medina.

Məğrib (Region) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Maghreb, referring to the region.

Mahachqala (Settlement) Avar
Avar form of Makhachkala.

Makao (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Georgian, Hebrew, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lao, Macedonian, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Form of Macau used in numerous languages.

Makao (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of Macau.

Makasar (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Greek, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Urdu
Form of Makassar.

Məkkə (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Mecca.

Malaizia (Country) Armenian, Georgian
Armenian alternate transcription of Malayzia as well as the Georgian form of Malaysia.

Malakka (Country, Political Subdivision, Settlement & Body of Water) Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of Malacca.

Malayzi (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Ossetian
Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, and Ossetian form of Malaysia.

Malayzie (Country) Adyghe
Adyghe form of Malaysia.

Maldiv (Country) Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Persian
Azerbaijani, Bashkir, and Persian form of Maldives.

Maldiv (Country) Azerbaijani, Hindi, Persian, Tajik
Azerbaijani, Hindi, Persian and Tajik form of Maldives.

Maldivash (Country) Chechen
Chechen form of Maldives.

Maldivebi (Country) Georgian
Georgian form of Maldives.

Maldivner (Country) Armenian
Armenian form of Maldives.

Maldivta (Country) Ossetian
Ossetian form of Maldives.

Male (Settlement) Dhivehi, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Tajik, Thai, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Dhivehi form of Malé as well as the form used in various other languages.

Malta (Country & Island) Maltese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Uncertain, possibly derived from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey". This is the name of an island nation in southern Europe.

Mancuriya (Region) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Manchuria.

Manjuria (Region) Armenian, Georgian
Armenian and Georgian form of Manchuria.

Mərakeş (Country & Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Arabic مراكش (see Marrakesh), used to refer to both the city and the entire country of Morocco.

Marsel (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Marseille used in numerous languages.

Maskat (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, German, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Muscat used in numerous languages.

Maskati (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Muscat.

Mavriki (Country & Island) Azerbaijani, Georgian
Azerbaijani and Georgian form of Mauritius.

Mavrikios (Country & Island) Armenian, Greek
Armenian and Greek form of Mauritius.

Mavritani (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian
Form of Mauritania.

Mavritania (Country) Armenian, Georgian, Greek
Armenian, Georgian, and Greek form of Mauritania.

Mavritaniya (Country) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek
Form of Mauritania.

Mazharcho (Country) Chechen
From Chechen мажарий (mazhariy) meaning "Hungarian" and the suffix -чоь (-cho) meaning "land of". This is the Chechen name for Hungary.

Meka (Settlement) Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Georgian, Hebrew, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene, Tagalog
Form of Mecca.

Mekka (Settlement) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Luxembourgish, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Form of Mecca.

Meksika (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
Form of Mexico (the country).

Meksikæ (Country) Ossetian
Ossetian form of Mexico, referring only to the country.

Meksike (Country & Settlement) Circassian
Circassian form of Mexico. In Kabardian (East Circassian) it refers only to the country, not the capital city.

Men (Political Subdivision) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Thai, Ukrainian
Form of Maine used in multiple languages.

Mezkuu (Settlement) Kabardian
Kabardian form of Moscow.

Mianmari (Country) Georgian
Georgian form of Myanmar.

Minski (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Minsk.

Misar (Country) Chechen
Chechen form of Misr.

Misar (Country) Chechen, Gujarati, Punjabi
Chechen, Gujarati and Punjabi form of Misr.

Misare (Country) Ingush
Ingush form of Misr.

Misir (Country) Azerbaijani, Kurdish
Azerbaijani and Kurdish form of Misr.

Misir (Country) Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Maranao, Uyghur
Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Maranao and Uyghur form of Misr.

Missuri (Political Subdivision) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Thai, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Missouri used in numerous languages.

Modena (Settlement) Italian, English, Bulgarian, Dutch, Georgian, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian
From Latin Mutina, itself from Etruscan Mutna, of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a city in northern Italy.

Mogadisho (Settlement) Armenian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek
Form of Mogadishu used in multiple languages.

Moldavi (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Mari, Ossetian, Persian
Form of Moldova used in various languages.

Moldova (Country) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Latvian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish, Ukrainian
From the name of the Moldova River in eastern Romania, which is of uncertain origin and meaning. It may be from Slavic mold- meaning "spruce, fir" or *moldu meaning "tender, soft, young", from Old German molde meaning "open-pit mine", or Gothic Mulda meaning "dust, dirt"... [more]

Monako (Country & Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek
Form of Monaco.

Mongholeti (Country) Georgian
Georgian form of Mongolia.

Mongholia (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Armenian
Armenian form of Mongolia.

Mongoli (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Chechen, Chuvash
Chechen and Chuvash form of Mongolia.

Monqolustan (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Mogholestan, referring to Mongolia.

Monroviya (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Monrovia.

Monteneqro (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Montenegro.

Moqadişo (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Mogadishu.

Mordveti (Political Subdivision) Georgian
Georgian form of Mordovia.

Moroni (Settlement) French, English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Derived from Ngazidja Comorian mroni meaning "at the river". This is the name of the capital city of the Comoros.

Moskoa (Settlement) Ingush
Ingush form of Moscow.

Moskokh (Settlement) Chechen
Chechen form of Moscow.

Mozambik (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Mozambique.

Mqinvartsveri (Mountain) Georgian
Means "glacier peak" or "freezing cold peak" from Georgian მყინვარი (mq̇invari) meaning "glacier" and წვერი (c̣veri) meaning "tip, point, vertex, top". This is the Georgian name for Mount Kazbek.

Msyr (Country) Abkhaz
Abkhaz form of Misr, used as the Abkhaz name for Egypt.

Myequape (Settlement) Circassian
Circassian form of Maykop.

Mysra (Country) Abkhaz
Abkhaz form of Misr.

Mysyr (Country) Bashkir, Circassian, Kazakh, Ossetian
Form of Misr used in several languages.

Nəcəf (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Najaf.

Naipiido (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Naypyidaw.

Namibia (Country) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Danish, English, Finnish, Georgian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu
From the name of the Namib Desert, derived from Khoekhoe namib meaning "desert" or "vast place". This is the name of a country in southern Africa.

Nasare (Settlement) Ingush
Ingush form of Nazran.

Nauru (Country & Island) English, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Possibly derived from Nauruan anáoero meaning "I go to the beach". This is the name of an island country in Oceania.

Naypido (Settlement) Armenian, Kyrgyz
Armenian and Kyrgyz form of Naypyidaw.

Naypyida (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Naypyidaw.

Nayrobi (Settlement) Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Nairobi used in various languages.

Nazareti (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Nazareth.

Nazrani (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Nazran.

Ncamena (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of N'djamena.

Neapol (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Naples.

Neapoli (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Naples.

Neghos (River) Armenian
Armenian form of Nile.

Nepali (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Nepal.

Nesara (Settlement) Chechen
Chechen form of Nazran.

Niamey (Settlement) English, Armenian, Danish, Finnish, French, Italian, Slovak, Spanish
Of uncertain origin; there are several theories on the origin of the name. It may be derived from a combination of Zarma words nia ("tree") and me ("shore where water is drawn"), or from the phrase "Wa niammané" ("take this city"), reportedly said by a Kalle clan chief... [more]

Niderland (Country) Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Tajik, Tatar
Form of Netherlands.

Niderlandash (Country) Chechen
Chechen form of Netherlands.

Niderlandebi (Country) Georgian
Georgian form of Netherlands.

Niderlandner (Country) Armenian
Armenian form of Netherlands.

Nikaragua (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
Form of Nicaragua.

Nikaraguæ (Country) Ossetian
Ossetian form of Nicaragua.

Nikaraqua (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Nicaragua.

Nikosia (Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Estonian, Finnish, German, Indonesian, Korean, Norwegian
Form of Nicosia.

Nikosiya (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek
Form of Nicosia.

Nikozia (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Nicosia.

Nilosi (River) Georgian
Georgian form of Nile via its Greek form Neilos.

Ninsia (Political Subdivision) Belarusian, Georgian
Belarusian and Georgian form of Ningxia.

Ninsya (Political Subdivision) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Ningxia.

Njamena (Settlement) Armenian, Georgian, Japanese, Tajik, Uzbek
Armenian, Georgian, Japanese, Tajik and Uzbek form of N'djamena.

Nog Zelandi (Country) Ossetian
Ossetian calque of New Zealand.

Nokhchiyche (Political Subdivision) Ingush
Ingush cognate of Nokhchiycho.

Nokhchiycho (Political Subdivision) Chechen
From Chechen нохчий (nokhchiy), the plural of the endonym нохчо (nokhcho), combined with the suffix -чоь (-cho) meaning "place of". The ethnic name is believed to be derived from Nakh нах (nakh) meaning "people" or "man, person"... [more]

Norvegi (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian
Form of Norway.

Nor Zelandia (Country) Armenian
Armenian calque of New Zealand.

Nuakshot (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Nouakchott used in numerous languages.

Nuakşot (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Turkish
Azerbaijani, Kurdish and Turkish form of Nouakchott.

Ohaio (Political Subdivision & River) Albanian, Bengali, Georgian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Thai
Form of Ohio used in multiple languages.

Okeaniya (Region) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Oceania used in multiple languages.