VALENCIA (Settlement & Region) Spanish, Italian, English, GermanThe 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 Venezuala.
VENETIA (Region & Settlement) Ancient Roman, Late Roman, GreekFrom 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).
VENETO (Political Subdivision) Italian, EnglishThe name of a region in northeastern Italy, called
VENETIA in Latin, named after the Veneti people who lived there in ancient times.
VENEZUELA (Country) Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Albanian, Turkish, Indonesian, MalayPossibly 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.
VENICE (Settlement) EnglishFrom 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.
VENKATA (Mountain) Indian, Hindi, SanskritPossibly means
"self-born" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a sacred hill in southern India.
VICTORIA (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Body of Water) EnglishFrom 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, ItalianMeaning 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.
VIETNAM (Country) English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, Indonesian, MalayFrom
Việt Nam, meaning
"southern Yue", derived from Sino-Vietnamese
越 (việt), referring to the Yue people, and
南 (nam) meaning "south". This is the name of a country in southeastern Asia.
VINDOBONA (Settlement) Ancient RomanFrom Celtic
windos "white" and
bona "foundation, fort". This was a Roman military town on the site of the Austrian city of
Vienna.
VIRO (Country) FinnishFrom 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, EnglishFijian form of
FIJI. This name is also used in English (and other languages) to refer to the main Fijian island of Viti Levu.