All Place Names

type
usage
Tádžikistán (Country) Czech
Czech form of Tajikistan.
Tadžikistan (Country) Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Finnish, Estonian
Form of Tajikistan in several languages.
Tadzjikistan (Country) Dutch, Swedish
Dutch and Swedish form of Tajikistan.
Tadżykistan (Country) Polish
Polish form of Tajikistan.
Tagikistan (Country) Italian
Italian form of Tajikistan.
Tahran (Settlement) Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of Tehran.
Tailand (Country) Russian
Russian form of Thailand (probably via English).
Tailandia (Country) Spanish, Italian
Spanish form and Italian variant of Thailand (probably via English).
Täjigistan (Country) Turkmen
Turkmen form of Tajikistan.
Tajikesitan (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of Tajikistan.
Tajikestan (Country) Persian
Persian form of Tajikistan.
Tajikistan (Country) English, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog
From Tajik Тоҷикистон (Tojikiston), which is derived from the name of the Tajik people combined with the Persian suffix ستان (stān) meaning "land of". The ethnic name is of debated origin, but it is generally believed to be from Persian تازیک (tāzīk) meaning "Arab". This is the name of a country in central Asia.
Tajiquistão (Country) Portuguese (European)
European Portuguese form of Tajikistan.
Tajland (Country) Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Macedonian
Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Macedonian form of Thailand.
Tajlandia (Country) Polish
Polish form of Thailand (probably via English).
Taliansko (Country) Slovak
Slovak form of Italia (see Italy).
Tanganyika (Region & Country) Swahili, English
From Swahili tanga "sail" and nyika "wilderness". This is the name of a region in East Africa. It was a German then British colony until 1961 when it gained independence. In 1964 it united with the island of Zanzibar to create the new country of Tanzania.
Tansaania (Country) Estonian
Estonian form of Tanzania.
Tansania (Country) German, Finnish
German and Finnish form of Tanzania.
Tanska (Country) Finnish
Finnish form of Denmark.
Tanzánia (Country) Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of Tanzania.
Tanzânia (Country) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Tanzania.
Tanzania (Country) Swahili, English, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Romanian, Greek, Armenian, Georgian, Indonesian, Malay
From a combination of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the names of the two countries that were united to create the East African country of Tanzania in 1964.
Tanzanie (Country) French, Czech
French and Czech form of Tanzania.
Tanzanija (Country) Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Slovene, Macedonian, Lithuanian
Form of Tanzania in several languages.
Tanzaniya (Country) Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek
Form of Tanzania in several languages.
Tanzanya (Country) Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Arabic, Persian and Turkish form of Tanzania.
Tarah (Settlement) Biblical
A place name (an encampment) used in some versions of the Old Testament. It is identical to the personal name Terah.
Tataouine (Settlement) French, English
From Tamazight Tittawin, possibly from tit meaning "eye". This is a city in Tunisia. It is the source of the name of the desert planet Tatooine from the fictional Star Wars universe.
Tatawin (Settlement) Arabic
Arabic form of Tataouine.
Tatham (Settlement) English
From the Old English given name Tata combined with ham meaning "homestead". This is the name of a town in Lancashire.
Tatooine (Other) Popular Culture
This is a fictional desert planet, the home of Luke Skywalker, in the Star Wars movie series, starting 1977. The planet is not actually named in the first movie. Star Wars creator George Lucas adapted it from the name of the city of Tataouine in Tunisia, where some scenes of the movie were being filmed.
Tatton (Settlement) English
From the Old English given name Tata combined with tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town". This is the name of a town in Cheshire.
Tayikistán (Country) Spanish
Spanish form of Tajikistan.
Tazhikstan (Country) Kazakh
Kazakh form of Tajikistan.
Tchad (Body of Water & Country) French, Danish, Swedish
French, Danish and Swedish form of Chad.
Tchécoslovaquie (Country) French
French form of Czechoslovakia.
Tchéquie (Country) French
French form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.
Téhéran (Settlement) French
French form of Tehran.
Teheran (Settlement) German, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian
Form of Tehran in several languages.
Tehran (Settlement) Persian, English
From Persian تهران (Tehrān), meaning unknown. This is the name of the capital city of Iran.
Teiman (Country) Hebrew
Modern Hebrew form of Teman, used to refer to the country of Yemen.
Tejas (Political Subdivision) Spanish
Spanish variant of Texas.
Teman (Settlement) Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "right hand" or "south" in Hebrew. This is an Edomite town in the Old Testament, supposedly named for a grandson of Esau.
Tennessee (Political Subdivision & River) English
From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (Tanasi), the name of a now-abandoned village, of unknown meaning. It has given its name to an American state and a river.
Terach (Settlement) Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Tarah.
Texas (Political Subdivision) English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese
A state of the United States, from Spanish Texas or Tejas, originally an ethnic name used by the Spanish for the Caddo. It was derived from the Caddo word taysha meaning "friends, allies".
Thai (Country) Thai, Khmer
Possibly from a Thai root meaning "person". This is the Thai word for Thailand, usually written in the compounds เมืองไทย (Meueng Thaiy) meaning "region of Thailand", ประเทศไทย (Prathet Thaiy) meaning "nation of Thailand" or ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Rachanachakn Thaiy) meaning "kingdom of Thailand".
Thailand (Country) English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Combination of Thai and land. This is the name of a country in southeastern Asia, formerly called Siam.
Thaïlande (Country) French
French form of Thailand (probably via English).
Thailandia (Country) Italian
Italian form of Thailand (probably via English).
Thornley (Settlement) English
From Old English þorn "thorn" and leah "woodland, clearing". This is the name of several towns in England and Scotland.
Thornton (Settlement) English
From Old English þorn "thorn" and tun "enclosure, yard, town". This is the name of several English towns.
Timbuktu (Settlement) English, Arabic, Bamileke
Meaning uncertain. It could be derived from Songhai meaning "hollow, hole", or from Berber meaning "place of small dunes". This is the name of a city in central Mali. Descriptions of the city's wealth and remoteness first reached Europe from the 16th-century Berber author Leo Africanus. Since then the city has been used in Western Culture as a symbol for a distant, mysterious place.
Tittawin (Settlement) Berber
Tamazight form of Tataouine.
Tjeckien (Country) Swedish
Swedish form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.
Tjekkiet (Country) Danish
Danish form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.
Tojikiston (Country) Tajik, Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek form of Tajikistan.
Tokija (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Tokyo.
Tokijas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Tokyo.
Tokió (Settlement) Hungarian
Hungarian form of Tokyo.
Tōkyō (Settlement) Japanese
Japanese form of Tokyo.
Tokyo (Settlement) Japanese, English, French, Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Estonian, Turkish, Hindi, Indonesian
From Japanese () meaning "east" and (kyō) meaning "capital city". This is the name of the capital of Japan.
Tombouctou (Settlement) French
French form of Timbuktu.
Tombuctú (Settlement) Spanish
Spanish form of Timbuktu.
Tóquio (Settlement) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Tokyo.
Toronto (Settlement) English, French
Possibly derived from Mohawk tkaronto meaning "place where trees stand in the water". It has also been explained as meaning "plenty" in the Huron language.... [more]
Tourkia (Country) Greek
Greek form Turkey.
Tracy (Settlement) French
Derived from the given name Thracius. This is the name of communes in Calvados, France.
Trefaldwyn (Settlement) Welsh
Means "town of Baldwin" in Welsh. This is another name for the town of Montgomery in Wales.
Trefor (Settlement) Welsh
Means "big village" from Middle Welsh tref "village" and maur "large". This is the name of a few towns in Wales.
Trent 1 (River) English
River in England, possibly from the Celtic elements tri "across" and sant "travel", a reference to its frequent floods.
Trent 2 (Settlement) English
English form of Trento.
Trento (Settlement) Italian
Derived from Latin Tridentum meaning "three teeth", a reference to three surrounding hills. This is the name of a city in Trentino, Italy.
Trenton (Settlement) English
Means "Trent's town". This is the name of a New Jersey city established in the 17th century by William Trent.
Troia (Settlement) Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Greek form of Troy.
Troie (Settlement) French
French form of Troy.
Trója (Settlement) Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
Czech, Slovak and Hungarian form of Troy.
Troja (Settlement) German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Croatian, Serbian
Form of Troy in several languages.
Troje (Settlement) Dutch
Dutch form of Troy.
Troy (Settlement) Greek Mythology, English
From Greek Τροία (Troia), said to derive from its mythical founder Τρώς (Tros), but more likely of Luwian or Hittite origin. In Greek mythology (most notably in Homer's Iliad) this was the name of a city, also called Ilium, that was besieged by the Greeks after Helen was abducted by Paris 1.
Troyes (Settlement) French, English, German, Dutch
The name of a city in France, called in Latin (Augustobona) Tricassium, which was named after the Gallic tribe of the Tricasses.
Tschad (Body of Water & Country) German
German form of Arabic تشاد (see Chad).
Tschechien (Country) German
German form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.
Tschechoslowakei (Country) German
German form of Czechoslovakia.
Tshad (Body of Water & Country) Arabic
Arabic form of Chad.
Tshili (Country) Arabic
Arabic form of Chile.
Tsjaad (Body of Water & Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Arabic تشاد (see Chad).
Tsjad (Body of Water & Country) Norwegian
Norwegian form of Arabic تشاد (see Chad).
Tsjechië (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.
Tsjeggië (Country) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Tsjechië.
Tsjekkia (Country) Norwegian
Norwegian form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.
Tukholma (Settlement) Finnish
Finnish form of Stockholm.
Tukiyu (Settlement) Arabic
Arabic form of Tokyo.
Tumbutu (Settlement) Koyra Chiini
Koyra Chiini form of Timbuktu.
Tuonouwa (River) Old High German
Old High German form of Danube.
Turan (Region) Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Arabic
Historical region in central Asia, originally inhabited by nomadic Iranian peoples and traditionally said to mean "land of Tur". It is mentioned frequently in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.
Turchia (Country) Italian
Italian form of Turcia (see Turkey).
Turcia (Country) Late Roman
Latin form of Turkey.
Türkei (Country) German
German form of Turcia (see Turkey).
Turkey (Country) English
From Latin Turcia, derived from the ethnonym Turk, which is from Old Turkic possibly meaning "ancestry". This is the name of a country situated on the Anatolian peninsula.
Turkije (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Turcia (see Turkey).
Türkiye (Country) Turkish
Turkish form of Turkey.
Turkiyya (Country) Arabic
Arabic form of Turkey.
Turkye (Country) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Turkey.
Turquía (Country) Spanish
Spanish form of Turcia (see Turkey).
Turquia (Country) Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan form of Turcia (see Turkey).
Turquie (Country) French
French form of Turcia (see Turkey).
Turska (Country) Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian form of Turcia (see Turkey).
Turtsiya (Country) Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of Turcia (see Turkey).
Tyrone (Political Subdivision) Irish
From Irish Gaelic Tir Eoghain meaning "land of Eoghan". This is the name of a county in Northern Ireland.
Tyskland (Country) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Swedish, Norwegian and Danish form of Deutschland.
Tzortzia (Political Subdivision) Greek
Greek form of Georgia 2.
Ucraïna (Country) Catalan
Catalan form of Ukraine.
Ucraina (Country) Italian, Romanian
Italian and Romanian form of Ukraine.
Ucrânia (Country) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Ukraine.
Ucrania (Country) Spanish
Spanish form of Ukraine.
Ufratu (River) Old Persian
Old Persian form of Euphrates.
Uganda (Country) English, Ganda, Swahili, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Turkish, Georgian, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay
From Buganda, the name of a kingdom within Uganda, which means "land of the Ganda" in the Luganda language. The Ganda are an ethnic group, their name possibly deriving from a Bantu word meaning "family". Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa.
Ughanda (Country) Arabic
Arabic form of Uganda.
Ukraine (Country) English, French, German, Danish, Malay
From Ukrainian Україна (Ukrayina), which is probably from Old East Slavic ꙋкраина (ukraina) meaning "boundary, borderland", derived from (u) meaning "at, from" and краи (krai) meaning "edge, end, rim". This is the name of a country in Eastern Europe.
Ukrajina (Country) Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Form of Ukraine in several languages.
Ukrajna (Country) Hungarian
Hungarian form of Ukraine.
Ukraniya (Country) Arabic
Arabic form of Ukraine.
Ukrayina (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Ukraine.
Ukrayn (Country) Persian
Persian form of Ukraine.
Ukrayna (Country) Turkish, Azerbaijani
Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Ukraine.
Uman (Country) Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Dhivehi
Arabic, Persian, Pashto and Dhivehi form of Oman.
Umman (Country) Turkish
Turkish form of Oman.
Undistan (Country) Kazakh
Kazakh form of Hendustan.
Ungaria (Country) Romanian
Romanian form of Hungary.
Ungārija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Hungary.
Ungarn (Country) German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian form of Hungary.
Ungern (Country) Swedish
Swedish form of Hungary.
Ungheria (Country) Italian
Italian form of Hungary.
United Kingdom (Country) English
The name of a Western European island country, composed of the smaller countries of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is almost always written with the definite article the. This name came into use in the year 1801, when the realm was officially renamed from the Kingdom of Great Britain to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. After Ireland became independent in 1922 it was formally renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
United States (Country) English
The name of a country in North America, almost always written with the definite article the. The country is officially named the United States of America, and is also commonly called America or the USA. It was selected in 1776 when 13 British colonies on the eastern coast united to declare their independence from Britain. Etymologically, the English words in the name are both of Latin origin (unitus and status).
Unkari (Country) Finnish
Finnish form of Hungary.
Upton (Settlement) English
From Old English upp "up" and tun "enclosure, yard, town". This is the name of various towns in England.
Ural (Region & River) Russian, English, German, Turkish, Bashkir
Meaning unknown, possibly from Turkic aral meaning "island, boundary". This is the name of a mountain range and a river in western Russia.
Urartu (Region) Akkadian, Armenian, English
From Akkadian 𒆳𒌨𒌒𒂅 (Urartu), meaning unknown, possibly of Old Armenian origin. This was the name of an ancient kingdom that existed between the 9th and 6th centuries BC in eastern Anatolia (modern Armenia and Turkey).
Urdun (River & Country) Arabic
Arabic form of Jordan, usually written with the definite article: الأردن (al-ʾUrdun).
Uruguái (Country & River) Guarani
Guaraní form of Uruguay.
Uruguai (Country & River) Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Japanese
Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Basque and Japanese of Uruguay.
Uruguaj (Country & River) Slovak
Slovak form of Uruguay.
Uruguay (Country & River) Spanish, English, French, Italian, Romanian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Czech, Turkish
The name of a country in South America, derived from a river of the same name. It is possibly from Guaraní uruguá, referring to a type of water snail. Alternatively it could come from uru "quail", gua "from" and y "water".
Urugvai (Country & River) Georgian
Georgian form of Uruguay.
Urugvaj (Country & River) Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian
Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Macedonian of Uruguay.
Urugvaja (Country & River) Latvian
Latvian form of Uruguay.
Urugvajus (Country & River) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Uruguay.
Urugvay (Country & River) Russian, Bulgarian, Kazakh
Russian, Bulgarian and Kazakh of Uruguay.
Urugwai (Country & River) Korean
Korean form of Uruguay.
Urugwaj (Country & River) Polish, Maltese
Polish and Maltese form of Uruguay.
Uruhvay (Country & River) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Uruguay.
Uruk (Settlement) Akkadian, English
From Sumerian 𒌷 (uru) meaning "city". This was the name of a city-state of ancient Sumer (later Akkad and Babylonia). It was inhabited until the time of the Islamic conquest of the area.
Uzbekistán (Country) Spanish, Czech
Spanish and Czech form of Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan (Country) English, Russian, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Swedish
From Uzbek O'zbekiston, derived from the ethnic name O'zbek (which is probably in part from Turkic beg meaning "chieftain, master") combined with the Persian suffix ستان (stān) meaning "land of". This is the name of a country in central Asia.
Uzbekiston (Country) Tajik
Tajik form of Uzbek Ўзбекистон (see Uzbekistan).
Uzbekystan (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Uzbek Ўзбекистон (see Uzbekistan).
Valence (Settlement & Region) French
French form of Valencia.
València (Settlement & Region) Catalan
Catalan (Valencian) form of Valencia.
Valencia (Settlement & Region) Spanish, Italian, English, German
The name of a city and surrounding region in eastern Spain, originally named in Latin Valentia (Edetanorum) meaning "strength (of the Edetani people)", and derived from Latin valentius "strength, vigour", from valens "strong, vigorous". Besides the city in Spain, this is also the name of a city in Venezuela.
Valentia (Settlement & Region) Ancient Roman
Latin form of Valencia.
Valhal (Other) Norse Mythology
Danish form of Valhalla.
Valhall (Other) Norse Mythology
Swedish and Norwegian form of Valhalla.
Valhalla (Other) Norse Mythology
From Old Norse Valhǫll meaning "hall of the battle-dead", from valr meaning "those slain in battle" and hǫll meaning "hall, manor". In Norse mythology this is the name of Odin's enormous hall where half of all warriors go after they die.
Valhǫll (Other) Norse Mythology
Old Norse form of Valhalla.
Vanga (Country) Sanskrit
An ancient kingdom located in what is now eastern India and Bangladesh. Its meaning is uncertain.
Varšava (Settlement) Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of Warszawa (see Warsaw).
Varsavia (Settlement) Italian
Italian form of Warszawa (see Warsaw).
Varsovie (Settlement) French
French form of Warszawa (see Warsaw).
Vashington (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Russian
Russian form of Washington.
Vashynhton (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Washington.
Venecia (Settlement) Spanish
Spanish form of Venice.
Venecuela (Country) Serbian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian
Serbian, Macedonian and Bosnian form of Venezuela, as well as a Croatian variant.
Venedig (Settlement) German, Swedish, Danish
German, Swedish and Danish form of Venice.
Venesuela (Country) Russian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Azerbaijani, Georgian
Russian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Azerbaijani and Georgian form of Venezuela.
Venetia (Region & Settlement) Ancient Roman, Late Roman, Greek
From the name of the Veneti people who inhabited northeastern Italy in ancient times. Their tribal name possibly meant something like "kinfolk" or "friendly". This was the Latin name for the region now called Veneto, and later the Latin name for the city of Venice (which did not exist in the classical period).
Vénétie (Political Subdivision) French
French form of Veneto.
Venetien (Political Subdivision) German
German form of Veneto.
Veneto (Political Subdivision) Italian, English
The name of a region in northeastern Italy, called Venetia in Latin, named after the Veneti people who lived there in ancient times.
Venetsuela (Country) Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Venezuela.
Venezia (Settlement) Italian, Norwegian
Italian form of Venetia, referring to the city of Venice.
Venezouela (Country) Greek
Greek form of Venezuela.
Venezuela (Country) Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Albanian, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay
Possibly from Italian Veneziola meaning "little Venice". This is the name of a country on the northern coast of South America. The region was supposedly named this in 1499 by a Spanish expedition (which included Amerigo Vespucci) because an indigenous town on Lake Maracaibo was built on stilts over the water, reminiscent of the Italian city. Another theory suggests that the country's name comes from Veneciuela, the name of a local people.
Vengrija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Hungary.
Vengriya (Country) Russian
Russian form of Hungary.
Venice (Settlement) English
From Italian Venezia, derived from Latin Venetia. This is the name of a city of northeastern Italy, the capital of the Veneto region, famous for its canals.
Venise (Settlement) French
French form of Venice.
Venkata (Mountain) Hindi, Sanskrit
Possibly means "self-born" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a sacred hill in southern India.
Vereinigtes Königreich (Country) German
German calque of United Kingdom (using the adjective vereinigt meaning "united"). It is written with the definite article das.
Vereinigte Staaten (Country) German
German calque of United States (using the adjective vereinigt meaning "united"). It is written with the definite article die.
Verenigde Staten (Country) Dutch
Dutch calque of United States (using the adjective verenigd meaning "united"). It is written with the definite article de.
Verona (Settlement) Italian, Spanish, English, Ancient Roman
Meaning unknown, possibly of Latin, Gallic or Etruscan origin. This is the name of a city in northern Italy.
Vérone (Settlement) French
French form of Verona.
Victoria (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Body of Water) English
From the given name Victoria. It has generally been bestowed in honour of Queen Victoria (1819-1901). This is the name of many places in the former British Empire, including an Australian state and a Canadian city.
Vienna (Settlement) English, Italian
Meaning uncertain. It could be from Celtic vedunia meaning "forest stream", or possibly from the name of an earlier Roman settlement Vindobona. This is the name of the capital of Austria.
Vienne (Settlement) French
French form of Vienna.
Việt Nam (Country) Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Vietnam.
Vietnam (Country) English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, Indonesian, Malay
From Việt Nam, meaning "southern Yue", derived from Sino-Vietnamese (việt), referring to the Yue people, and (nam) meaning "south". This is the name of a country in southeastern Asia.
Vietname (Country) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Vietnamese Chữ Nôm 越南 (see Vietnam).
Vijetnam (Country) Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian form of Vietnamese Chữ Nôm 越南 (see Vietnam).
Vindobona (Settlement) Ancient Roman
From Celtic windos "white" and bona "foundation, fort". This was a Roman military town on the site of the Austrian city of Vienna.
Viro (Country) Finnish
From the name of the old region of Virumaa in northern Estonia, which got its name from the Finnic tribe of the Vironians. This is the Finnish name for Estonia.
Viti (Country & Island) Fijian, English
Fijian form of Fiji. This name is also used in English (and other languages) to refer to the main Fijian island of Viti Levu.
Vitryssland (Country) Swedish
Means "white Russia", a Swedish calque of Belarus.
Vlaanderen (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Flanders.
Vlander (Region) Medieval Dutch
Middle Dutch form of Flanders.
Voshingtan (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Hindi
Hindi form of Washington.
Wakefield (Settlement) English
From Old English wacu "wake, vigil" and feld "field". This is the name of a city in England.
Wales (Country) English, German, Dutch
From Old English Wealas, derived from wealh meaning "foreigner, Celt". This is the name of a country (part of the United Kingdom) in the west of the island of Great Britain. In Welsh it is called Cymru.
Walmersley (Settlement) English
Meaning uncertain. The final element is Old English leah "woodland, clearing". The first element may be a given name such as Wealdmær or Wealhmær. This is the name of a town near Manchester.
Warsaw (Settlement) English
From Polish Warszawa, derived from the given name Warsz, a short form of Warcisław. This is the name of the capital city of Poland.
Warschau (Settlement) German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of Warszawa (see Warsaw).
Warszawa (Settlement) Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Polish form of Warsaw.
Warwick (Settlement) English
From Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "village, town". This is the name of a town in England.
Washington (Settlement & Political Subdivision) English, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "settlement belonging to Wassa's people", from the given name Wassa and Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town". This is the name of a town in northern England. It is also the name of the capital city and a state in the United States, both named after the president George Washington (1732-1799), whose surname was derived from the name of the English town.
Washinton (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Japanese
Japanese form of Washington.
Washintun (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Arabic
Arabic form of Washington.
Waszyngton (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Polish
Polish form of Washington.
Wealas (Region) Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of Wales.
Węgry (Country) Polish
Polish form of Hungary.
Weißrussland (Country) German
Means "white Russia", a German calque of Belarus.
Wembley (Settlement) English
Means "Wemba's clearing" in Old English. This was the name of a town that is now part of Greater London.
Wenezuela (Country) Polish
Polish form of Venezuela.
Weosingteon (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Korean
Korean form of Washington.
Westcott (Settlement) English
From Old English west "west" and cot "cottage". This is the name of several towns in England.
Westley (Settlement) English
From Old English west "west" and leah "woodland, clearing". This is the name of a few small English towns.
Weston (Settlement) English
From Old English west "west" and tun "enclosure, yard, town". This is the name of several towns in England.
Whitney (Settlement) English
Probably from Old English hwit "white" and ieg "island". This is the name of a small town in Herefordshire.
Wickham (Settlement) English
From Old English wic "village, town" (of Latin origin) and ham "home, settlement". This is the name of a few towns in England.
Wien (Settlement) German
German form of Vienna.
Wieren (Settlement) Dutch
Means "seaweed" in Dutch. This is the name of towns in Frisia and other parts of the Netherlands.
Willey (Settlement) English
From Old English welig "willow" or weoh "idol, image" combined with leah "woodland, clearing". This is the name of a few towns in England.
Willoughby (Settlement) English
From Old English welig meaning "willow" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement". This is the name of several towns in England.
Wilton (Settlement) English
From Old English welig meaning "willow", wille meaning "well, spring, water hole", or the name of the River Wylye, combined with tun "enclosure, yard, town". This is the name of various towns in England.
Winchester (Settlement) English
Derived from Venta, of Celtic origin, and Latin castrum meaning "camp, fortress". This is the name of a city in southern England.
Winona (Settlement) English
From the legendary figure of Winona. This is the name of several towns in the United States.
Winslow (Settlement) English
Means "Wine's hill" in Old English. This is the name of a town in Buckinghamshire.
Winthrope 1 (Settlement) English
Means "Wine's village", from the given name Wine and Old English þrop "village". This is the name of a town in Lincolnshire.
Winthrope 2 (Settlement) English
Means "Wigmund's village", from the given name Wigmund and Old English þrop "village". This is the name of a town in Nottinghamshire.
Winton (Settlement) English
Means "Wine's enclosure" in Old English. This is the name of various towns in England.
Wiśniewo (Settlement) Polish
Derived from Polish wiśnia meaning "sour cherry". This is the name of several towns in Poland.
Wit-Rusland (Country) Dutch
Means "white Russia", a Dutch calque of Belarus.
Włochy (Country) Polish
From Old Slavic volxŭ meaning "foreigner, Roman". This is the Polish name for Italy.
Wortham (Settlement) English
From Old English worþ "enclosure" and ham "home, settlement". This is the name of a town in Suffolk.
Wylye (River) English
Possibly from a Celtic word meaning "tricky". This is the name of a river in southern England.
Wymondham (Settlement) English
From the given name Wigmund combined with Old English ham "home, settlement". This is the name of a town in Norfolk.
Wyrzyki (Settlement) Polish
Meaning uncertain, possibly from the Polish prefix wy "away from" and rzek "river". This is the name of a few small Polish towns.
Xabier (Settlement) Basque
Modern form of Etxeberria.
Xanadu (Settlement) English
Anglicized form of Chinese 上都 (Shangdu), derived from (shàng) meaning "above, upper" and () meaning "city". This was the summer capital of the 13th-century Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, located in Inner Mongolia, China. It became known to English speakers after it appeared in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan (1816), and it has been used figuratively to refer to a paradise since then.
Xianggang (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Chinese
Mandarin Chinese form of Hong Kong.
Xile (Country) Catalan
Catalan form of Chile.
Yakarta (Settlement) Spanish
Spanish form of Jakarta.
Yəmən (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Yemen.
Yaman (Country) Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Uzbek, Indonesian, Malay
Arabic form of Yemen, properly written with the definite article: اليمن (al-Yaman).
Yamato (Country) Japanese
Possibly related to Japanese (yama) meaning "mountain". This was the old name for the area around the city of Nara, though it was later applied to the entire country of Japan. Chinese scribes originally wrote this name using the character meaning "short". However, this was revised to the more favourable meaning "harmony" in the 8th century. The prefixed character means "great".
Yamuna (River) Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit
Name of an Indian river, a major tributary of the Ganges, derived from Sanskrit यम (yama) meaning "twin".
Yapan (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Japão (see Japan).
Yarden (River & Country) Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Hebrew form of Jordan.
Yaxiya (Region) Chinese (Archaic)
Chinese form of Asia.
Yazhou (Region) Chinese
From a short form of Yaxiya combined with (zhōu) meaning "continent, island". This is the modern Chinese name for Asia.
Yémen (Country) French
French form of Yemen.
Yemen (Country) English, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Tagalog
From Arabic يمن (Yaman), probably derived from يمين (yamīn) meaning "right hand, south". This is the name of a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula.
Yemeni (Country) Greek
Greek form of Yemen.
Yericho (Settlement) Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Jericho.
Yevraziya (Region) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Eurasia.
Yevropa (Region) Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian
Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian form of Europe.
Yindu (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of India.
Yisra'el (Country) Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Israel.
Yordaniya (Country) Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian and Ukrainian form of Jordan (the country).
York (Settlement & Political Subdivision) English
From Jórvík, the Norse form of Old English Eoforwic, which was from the Brythonic name Eburacon meaning "yew". The Old English form Eoforwic was altered based on eofor "boar" and wic "village".... [more]
Yoxall (Settlement) English
Derived from Old English geoc "oxen yoke" and halh "nook, recess". This is the name of a town in Staffordshire.
Yuenan (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of Vietnam.
Yuganda (Country) Ganda
Luganda variant form of Uganda.
Zabala (Settlement) Basque
From Basque zabal meaning "large, wide". This is the name of a district within the city of Bilbao in Spain.
Zaïre (River & Country) French, Dutch
French and Dutch form of Zaire.
Zaire (River & Country) Portuguese, English
Older name of the Congo River, said to be derived via Portuguese from Kikongo nzadi o nzere meaning "river swallowing rivers". This was also the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Zambezi (River) Chewa, Bemba, Tonga, Shona, English
The name of a river in the south of Africa, of uncertain meaning. It could possibly be from the name of the Bisa people of Zambia. According to the explorer David Livingstone it meant "great river".
Zâmbia (Country) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zambia.
Zambia (Country) Chewa, Bemba, Tonga, English, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian
From the name of the Zambezi River. It was adopted as the name of the African country of Zambia, formerly called Northern Rhodesia, when it became independent of the United Kingdom in 1964.
Zambie (Country) French, Czech
French and Czech form of Zambia.
Zambija (Country) Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian
Form of Zambia in several languages.
Zambiya (Country) Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Turkish, Arabic
Form of Zambia in several languages.
Zanbia (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Zambia.
Zangibar (Island) Persian
Persian form of Zanzibar.
Zanjibar (Island) Arabic
Arabic form of Zanzibar.
Zanzibar (Island) Swahili, English
From Arabic زنجبار (Zanjibār), from Persian زنگبار (Zangibār), derived from زنگی (zangī) meaning "black, dark-skinned" and بار (bār) meaning "shore, coast". This is the name of an island, part of Tanzania.
Zealand (Country) English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
From Dutch Zeeland, from Middle Dutch Seelant, derived from see "sea" and lant "land". This is the name of a province in the western Netherlands (now typically called Zeeland in many languages). It is also borne by the country of New Zealand in the South Pacific, which was named by the Dutch in the 17th century.
Zeeland (Political Subdivision & Country) Dutch, English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Dutch form of Zealand. Several other languages, including English, use this spelling to refer to the Dutch province (but not the country of New Zealand).
Zelanda (Political Subdivision & Country) Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Zealand.
Zélande (Political Subdivision & Country) French
French form of Zealand.
Zelândia (Political Subdivision & Country) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zealand.
Zelandia (Political Subdivision & Country) Polish
Polish form of Zealand.
Zhapon (Country) Persian
Persian form of Japão (see Japan).
Zhongguo (Country) Chinese
Means "middle kingdom", from Chinese (zhōng) meaning "middle" and (guó) meaning "country, state". This is the Chinese name for China. The name originally referred to China's central regions, as opposed to the territory on the fringes.
Zimbábue (Country) Portuguese
Portuguese variant form of Zimbabwe.