Celje(Settlement & Political Subdivision)Slovene From Latin Celeia (the Roman-era name of the settlement), from Ancient Greek Κέλεια (Keleia) of unknown origin... [more]
Chechnya(Political Subdivision)Russian, English Means "(place) of the Chechens", derived from the Russian name for the Chechen people. The exonym is of uncertain meaning, with Russian folk etymologies suggesting that it originates from the name of a village; on the other hand, it may be derived from the Kabardian name Шашан (Shashan)... [more]
Chehiya(Country)Bulgarian Bulgarian form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.
Chernobyl(Other)Russian, English Russian name for the Chernobyl Power Plant and the English name for it. It is also to Russian form of the name of a village in Ukraine. It is dervied from "черный" (chernyy) meaning "black". For the Ukrainian form, see Chornobyl'.
Chernogoriya(Country)Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek From a calque of the Serbo-Croatian name Crna Gora meaning "black mountain", derived from Russian чёрный (chyorniy) meaning "black" and гора (gora) meaning "mountain"... [more]
Chita(Political Subdivision)Russian "birch mat" or "clay" or "dirt (on the shore), slate, coal" or "blue" or "black earth (coal slate), coal" or "dwelling" or "upper reaches" or possibly the short form of a diminutive of a diminutive of a name that means "conception" (possibly referring to "The Immaculate Conception")
Chornobyl'(Other)Ukrainian Chornobyl' is the name of a power plant that had a meltdown in 1986 as well as a Ukrainian village, meaning "black" from Ukrainian "чорний(chornyy)". The English form is Chernobyl.
Chukotka(Political Subdivision)Russian, English Derived from the Russian name Чукчи (Chukchi), referring to the native people who originally inhabited the area. The word Chukchi is derived from Chukchi Chauchu meaning "rich in reindeer", used by the Reindeer Chukchi people to distinguish themselves from the Maritime Chukchi (the Anqallyt meaning "sea people")... [more]
Crna Gora(Country)Montenegrin, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian Montenegrin form of Montenegro, which several other Balkan countries have adopted as their name for the country. The name literally means "black mountain", as it is derived from the South Slavic adjective crn meaning "black" combined with the South Slavic noun gora meaning "mountain".
Dagestan(Political Subdivision)Russian Derived from Turkish dağ meaning "mountain" and the Persian suffix ستان (stan) meaning "land of". This is the name of a federal subject of Russia.
Dublin(Settlement)English, Croatian From Irish dubh "black" "dark" referring to a dark tidal pool where the River Poddle entered the Liffey on the site of the Castle Gardens at the rear of Dublin Castle.
Dushanbe(Settlement)Tajik, English, Russian Mean "Monday" in Tajik, so named for a popular market that used to be held in the area on Mondays. This is the name of the capital city of Tajikistan.
Ekibastuz(Settlement)Kazakh, Russian Means "two heads of salt" from Kazakh екі (eki) meaning "two", бас (bas) meaning "head" and тұз (tuz) meaning "salt". This is the name of a city in Kazakhstan.
Emilia(Region)Italian, English, Finnish, Polish, Spanish From the Via Aemilia, itself from Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, the Roman consul who planned the road. This is the name of a traditional region of northern Italy, now contained in the modern political region of Emilia-romagna.
Gornje Mrzlo Polje Mrežničko(Settlement)Croatian Gornje Mrzlo Polje Mrežničko is a village in Croatia. It translates to "Upper Cold Field of Mrežnica" in Croatian.
Grozny(Settlement)Russian, English Means "formidable, menacing, fearsome" in Russian. This is the name of the capital city of the Russian republic of Chechnya.
Grzyb(Settlement & Other)Polish Meaning "mushroom". It is the name of a village and part of the village of Gawłów in central Poland, as well as several rock formations.
Grzybina(Settlement)Polish From the surname Grzyb (literally "mushroom") with the suffix -ina. It is a village in northeast Poland.
Grzybiny(Settlement)Polish From grzyb meaning "mushroom" with the suffix -ina in the plural form. It is a village in northern Poland.
Grzybów(Settlement)Polish From grzyb meaning "mushroom" with the suffix -ów, sometimes via the surname Grzyb. It is the name of over a dozen settlements across Poland... [more]
Grzybowa(Settlement & Other)Polish From grzyb meaning "mushroom" with the suffix -owa, sometimes via the surname Grzyb. It is the name of a part of Warsaw, as well as two small settlements and a rock formation in southern Poland.
Grzybowa Góra(Mountain & Settlement)Polish Meaning "mushroom mountain". It is the name of three different mountains and a village in southern Poland.
Grzybowo(Settlement)Polish From grzyb meaning "mushroom" with the suffix -owo, sometimes via the surname Grzyb. It is the name of about a dozen current and former settlements across Poland.
Grzybowo-Kapuśnik(Settlement)Polish See Grzybowo; Kapuśnik may come from the surname Kapustnik, kapusta suffixed with -nik, kapustnik meaning "cabbage patch" or from an old form of kapuśniak "cabbage soup", in all cases ultimately from kapusta meaning "cabbage"... [more]
Grzybowszczyzna(Settlement)Polish From surname Grzybowski with suffix -yzna, or grzyb with suffix -(ow)szczyzna (possibly via the surname Grzyb), in either case ultimately from grzyb meaning "mushroom"... [more]
Ilim(River)Russian, Arabic I couldn't find the meaning of the river's name, but Wiktionary (without mentioning the river) says it's a Turkish word with an Arabic root that means "Knowledge, Science"