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ACÁDIA (Country, Region & Settlement) PortuguesePortuguese form of both
Acadia and
Akkad (mostly the ancient city, but sometimes also the Akkadian Empire).
BANGLADESH (Country) English, Breton, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Interlingua, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili, SwedishMeans "land of the Bengalis", from Bengali বাংলা
(Bangla) meaning "Bengali" (referring to the Bengali people or Bengali language spoken by the Bengali people), which is ultimately from
Vanga, the name of an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent (see
Bengal) combined with দেশ
(desh) "country, land, state", ultimately from Sanskrit देश
(deśá)...
[more] BRUNEI (Country) Malay, English, Indonesian, Catalan, Finnish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Tagalog, Dutch, TurkishProbably derived from
Borneo, the name of an island, which in turn is most likely from Sanskrit वरुण
(váruṇa) meaning "ocean, water". A local legend suggests that the name may be derived from the phrase
baru nah meaning "there!" or "that's it!", which was supposedly declared by Muhammad Shah, Brunei's first sultan...
[more] BURUNDI (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, UkrainianThe name of the Country in East Africa. Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
EUROPA (Region) Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Corsican, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Galician, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, SwedishForm of
Europe.
KUALA LUMPUR (Settlement) Malay, English, Indonesian, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Turkish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, DutchMeans "muddy confluence" from Malay
kuala meaning "confluence" and
lumpur "mud". This is the name of the capital and largest city of
Malaysia.
LISBOA (Settlement) Portuguese, Spanish, GalicianNewer form of Old Portuguese
Lisbõa, derived from Latin
Olisīpō. According to legend, the location was named for
Odysseus. The Latin name might be derived from his name.
MADRID (Settlement) Spanish, Croatian, English, Catalan, Czech, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Tatar, TurkishNewer form of
Magerit. The etymology is uncertain, but it could be derived from Arabic المجريط (
al-Magrīt) "source of water". This is the name of the capital of Spain.
MALTA (Country) English, Basque, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Galician, German, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, West FrisianMalta, officially known as the Republic of Malta, is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea....
[more] MIDGARD (Other) English, PortugueseVariant of
Miðgarðr, meaning "middle yard" or "middle enclosure". This is the name for where the humans live, located between heaven and hell, in Norse mythology.
PALESTINA (Country & Region) Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, SwedishForm of
Palestine.
RIGA (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, TurkishForm of
Rīga.
SINAI (Region & Mountain) Biblical, Hebrew, Albanian, Danish, English, German, Italian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, SwedishBiblical place name, both the mountain upon which
Moses receives the Ten Commandments from God and the desert where it is located, found between Canaan and Egypt....
[more] TALLINN (Settlement) Estonian, English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, SwedishCapital of
Estonia and previously known as
Reval until 1918. The meaning of the name is uncertain, but it is believed to be derived from Estonian
Taani-linn(a) meaning "Danish castle" or "Danish town".
VENEZUELA (Country) English, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Tatar, TurkishThe name of the Country in South America. Venezuela is a country on the northern coast of South America with diverse natural attractions. Along its Caribbean coast are tropical resort islands including Isla de Margarita and the Los Roques archipelago...
[more] VILNIUS (Settlement) Lithuanian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Faroese, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovak, SwedishCapital of
Lithuania. Named after the
Vilnia River whose name is derived from Lithuanian
vilnis "wave".