Serbian Submitted Place Names

AFRIKA Африка (Region) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
Form of AFRICA.

AKADIJA Акадија (Region) Lithuanian, Serbian
Lithuanian and Serbian form of Acadia.

AKARNANIJA Акарнанија (Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Acarnania.

ARAHOZIJA Арахозија (Region) Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Arachosia.

ARIJA Арија (Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Aria.

ARKADIJA Аркадија (Political Subdivision & Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Croatian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of ARCADIA.

ASTANA Астана (Settlement) Kazakh, Russian, English, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Kyrgyz, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Ukrainian
Means "capital city" in Kazakh, ultimately from Persian آستانه (âstâne). This was the name of the capital city of Kazakhstan, which is now called Nur-Sultan.

AUSTRIJA Аустрија (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Form of AUSTRIA.

AZIJA Азија (Region) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of ASIA.

BAHREIN Бахреин (Country) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Croatian, Dutch, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Form of BAHRAIN.

BAKU Баку (Settlement) English, Russian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian
From Persian باکو (bâku) which is of uncertain meaning. One popular etymology suggests that it means "wind-pounded city" from Persian باد (bâd) meaning "wind" and کوبیدن (kubidan) meaning "to pound, to beat" (given in reference to the area's storms and high winds)... [more]

BALI Бали (Island & Political Subdivision) Indonesian, Balinese, Acehnese, Javanese, Minangkabau, Sundanese, English, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
From Sanskrit बलि (bali) meaning "offering, tribute". This is the name of an island province in Indonesia.

BEOGRAD Београд (Settlement) Serbian
Serbian form of BELGRADE.

BEOTIJA Беотија (Political Subdivision & Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Croatian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Boeotia.

BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA Босна и Херцеговина (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian and Serbian form of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.

BRISEL Брисел (Settlement) Macedonian, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian
Macedonian and Serbian form of Brussels as well as a Bosnian and Croatian variant of the name.

BURUNDI Бурунди (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, Ukrainian
The 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.

DAGESTAN Дагестан (Political Subdivision) Russian, English, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian
From Russian Дагестан (Dagestan), which is from Turkish dağ meaning "mountain" combined with the Persian suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of". This is the name of a republic in southern Russia.

DARDANIJA Дарданија (Region & Settlement) Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Dardania.

EKVATORIJALNA GVINEJA Екваторијална Гвинеја (Country) Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
Serbian form of Equatorial Guinea as well as a Croatian alternative name for the country. The standard form in Croatia is EKVATORSKA GVINEJA.

ERITREJA Еритреја (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Eritrea.

ETRURIJA Етрурија (Region) Serbian, Slovene
Serbian and Slovenian form of Etruria.

EUFRAT Еуфрат (River) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish
Form of EUPHRATES.

EVROPA Европа (Region) Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Europa (see EUROPE) as well as a Russian variant transcription of YEVROPA.

GALILEJA Галилеја (Region) Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovenian form of GALILEE.

GAMBIJA Гамбија (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of GAMBIA.

GRUZIJA Грузија (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Georgia (the country).

GVINEJA Гвинеја (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of GUINEA.

GVINEJA BISAO Гвинеја Бисао (Country) Bosnian, Serbian
Bosnian and Serbian form of Guinea-Bissau.

ISLAND Ѝсланд (Country) Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Breton, Czech, Estonian, German, Serbian, Slovak, Croatian
Form of ICELAND.

JAVA Јава (Island) English, Armenian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Macedonian, Norwegian, Romanian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog
From Indonesian Jawa which is of uncertain origin and meaning. It may be from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa) meaning "island of barley", Javanese ꦗꦸꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ (juwawut) meaning "foxtail millet (a type of plant)", or Malay jauh meaning "far, distant"... [more]

JEMEN Јемен (Country) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish
Form of Yemen.

JEREVAN Јереван (Settlement) Bosnian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish
Form of YEREVAN.

JUDEJA Јудеја (Region) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Iudaea (see Judea).

KALEDONIJA Каледонија (Region) Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Caledonia.

KARANTANIJA Карантанија (Country) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Carantania.

KARTAGINA Картагина (Settlement) Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian
Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish and Serbian form of Carthage.

KATAR Катар (Country) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of Qatar.

KAVKAZ Кавказ (Region) Avar, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chechen, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Ingush, Karachay-Balkar, Kazakh, Lezgin, Macedonian, Ossetian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Tatar, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of CAUCASUS.

KIDONIJA Кидонија (Settlement) Serbian
Serbian form of Cydonia.

KOPENHAGEN Копенхаген (Settlement) Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, German, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Serbian
Form of COPENHAGEN.

KOREJA Кореја (Region) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of KOREA.

KORINT Коринт (Settlement) Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of Corinthus (see Corinth).

KORINTIJA Коринтија (Political Subdivision & Region) Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Latvian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Corinthia.

KOSOVO Косово (Country) English, Serbian, Croatian
Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo is a partially recognized state with a disputed territory in Southeastern Europe.

KRIM Крим (Political Subdivision & Region) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Serbian, Swedish
Form of CRIMEA.

KRIT Крит (Political Subdivision & Island) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian
Form of Krete (see Crete).

KUALA LUMPUR Куала Лумпур (Settlement) Malay, English, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Means "muddy confluence" from Malay kuala meaning "confluence" and lumpur "mud". This is the name of the capital and largest city of Malaysia.

KUBA Куба (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Ukrainian
Form of CUBA.

LAKONIJA Лаконија (Political Subdivision & Region) Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian and Slovenian form of LACONIA.

LETONIJA Летонија (Country) Bosnian (Rare), Croatian (Rare), Macedonian (Rare), Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian and Serbian form of LETTONIA, which is the Latin name for LATVIA.... [more]

LIBIJA Либија (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of LIBYA.

LIBURNIJA Либурнија (Region) Serbian
Serbian form of Liburnia.

LISABON Лисабон (Settlement) Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Form of LISBON.

LIVONIJA Ливонија (Region) Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Form of LIVONIA.

LUZITANIJA Лузитанија (Political Subdivision & Region) Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Lusitania.

LUZON Лузон (Island) Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, English, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Swedish
Of uncertain meaning, probably from Tagalog lusong meaning "mortar (for pounding rice)". This is the name of the largest island in the Philippines.

MAKEDONIJA Македонија (Region) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of MACEDONIA.

MALEZIJA Малезија (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of MALAYSIA.

MANILA Манила (Settlement) English, Cebuano, Ilocano, Maranao, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Ukrainian
From Tagalog Maynila which comes from the term may-nilà meaning "where indigo is found", ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nī́la) referring to the indigo plant. This is the name of the capital city of the Philippines.

MAURITANIJA Мауританија (Country) Bosnian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Bosnian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of MAURITANIA.

MEKA Мека (Settlement) Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of MECCA.

MESENIJA Месенија (Political Subdivision & Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Croatian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Messenia.

MOLDAVIJA Молдавија (Country & Region) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Lithuanian and South Slavic name for the historical region of Moldavia. The name is also used to refer to MOLDOVA, a country that currently contains most of the aforementioned region.

NAMIBIJA Намибија (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of NAMIBIA.

OSETIJA Осетија (Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Croatian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of OSSETIA.

PAJONIJA Пајонија (Region) Lithuanian, Serbian
Lithuanian and Serbian form of Paionia (see Paeonia).

PALESTINA Палестина (Country & Region) Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
Form of Palestine.

PARTIJA Партија (Region) Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Parthia.

PELAGONIJA Пелагонија (Region) Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovene form of Pelagonia.

PEONIJA Пеонија (Region) Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Paeonia.

PJONGJANG Пјонгјанг (Settlement) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Pyongyang. In Belgium and the Netherlands, this spelling is technically considered dated but still used regularly there (especially in Belgium). The preferred spelling is now the same as the English one, namely Pyongyang.

RIGA Рига (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, Turkish
Form of RĪGA.

SAMARIJA Самарија (Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Samaria.

SARAJEVO Сарајево (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
Capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name is believed to be derived from the term saray ovası meaning "the plains around the palace". The first element is derived from the Turkish word saray meaning "palace"... [more]

SARMATIJA Сарматија (Region) Serbian
Serbian form of Sarmatia.

SAUDIJSKA ARABIJA Саудијска Арабија (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of SAUDI ARABIA.

SINAJ Синај (Region & Mountain) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of SINAI.

SINGAPUR Сингапур (Country) Spanish, German, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Croatian, Polish, Turkish, Bosnian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Form of SINGAPORE.

SITONIJA Ситонија (Region) Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Lithuanian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Sithonia.

ŠKOTSKA Шкотска (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovenian form of SCOTLAND.

SUMATRA Суматра (Island) Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, Acehnese, English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish
From Sanskrit समुद्र (samudrá) meaning "sea, ocean". This is the name of an island in Indonesia.

TANZANIJA Танзанија (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of TANZANIA.

TATARSTAN Татарстан (Political Subdivision) Tatar, Russian, English, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, French, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian
From the ethnic name татар (tatar) combined with the Persian suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of". The ethnic name is of uncertain origin, though it is believed to be derived from tata, an endonym for the Mongols... [more]

TESPROTIJA Теспротија (Political Subdivision & Region) Lithuanian, Serbian
Lithuanian and Serbian form of Thesprotia.

TOKIO Токио (Settlement) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Ukrainian
Form of TOKYO.

TRIPOLITANIJA Триполитанија (Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Croatian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Tripolitania.

TUNIS Тунис (Settlement & Country) English, Arabic, Croatian, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik, Armenian
Derived from the name تُونِس (tūnis), of disputed meaning. One theory suggests Berber origin from the Tamazight root ⵜⵏⵙ (tns) meaning "to lay down" or "encampment" or ens meaning "to lie down, to pass the night", Others state that the name is from TANITH, the name of a Phoenician goddess, or from Tynes, the name of an ancient city... [more]

VAVILON Вавилон (Settlement) Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian
Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian and Serbian form of BABYLON.

VITLEJEM Витлејем (Settlement) Serbian
Serbian form of BETHLEHEM.

VLADIKAVKAZ Владикавказ (Settlement) Russian, English, Bulgarian, Dutch, French, Italian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Serbian, Ukrainian
Means "ruler of the Caucasus" from Russian владеть (vladet) meaning "to own, to possess, to control" and Кавказ (Kavkaz) meaning "Caucasus"... [more]

ZAMBIJA Замбија (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of ZAMBIA.

ZIMBABVE Зимбабве (Country) Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of ZIMBABWE.