Akkadian Origin Place Names

This is a list of place names in which the origin is Akkadian. Akkadian was the language spoken by the peoples of ancient Akkad in Mesopotamia.

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Ararat (Mountain) Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
From the name of the ancient kingdom of Urartu. This is the name of a mountain in Turkey (formerly part of Armenia), the place where Noah's Ark came to rest according to the Old Testament. It is usually called Մասիս (Masis) in Armenian.

Ashur (Settlement & Region) English, Arabic, Persian, Akkadian
From Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Assur), meaning unknown. This was the capital city of the Assyrian Empire, supposedly named for the god Ashur, though the god was in fact probably named for the city. The empire, Assyria, was also named for it. The city was destroyed in the 14th century by the forces of Tamerlane.... [more]

Ashurayu (Region) Akkadian
Akkadian form of Assyria.

Assiria (Region) Italian
Italian form of Assyria.

Assyria (Region) English, Ancient Roman, Ancient Greek
From Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assyria), derived from Akkadian Ashurayu, itself from the name of the empire's capital city Ashur. This was the name of an ancient Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.

Assyrie (Region) French
French form of Assyria.

Babili (Settlement) Akkadian
Akkadian form of Babylon.

Babilónia (Settlement) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Babylon.

Babilonia (Settlement) Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Babylon.

Babylon (Settlement) English, German, Dutch, Biblical, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Greek form of Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Babili), which appears to mean "gateway of God", from Akkadian 𒆍 (babu) meaning "gate" and 𒀭 (ilu) meaning "God", though it may in fact derive from a non-Semitic language. This was the name of a major city in ancient Mesopotamia, the capital of the Babylonian Empire. It was located in present-day Iraq.

Babylone (Settlement) French
French form of Babylon.

Effratis (River) Greek
Modern Greek form of Euphrates.

Eragh (Country) Persian
Persian form of Iraq.

Erech (Settlement) Biblical
Form of Uruk used in the English Old Testament.

'Erekh (Settlement) Biblical Hebrew
Form of Uruk used in the Hebrew Bible.

Euphrates (River) English, Ancient Roman, Ancient Greek
From Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrates), the name of a river in Mesopotamia. It is derived from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (Ufratu), itself from Elamite or Sumerian, of uncertain meaning.

Fırat (River) Turkish
Turkish form of Euphrates.

Furat (River) Arabic
Arabic form of Euphrates. In Arabic it is properly written with the definite article: الفرات (al-Furāt).

Irák (Country) Czech
Czech form of Iraq.

Irak (Country) German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak, Greek, Turkish, Armenian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Thai, Lao, Mongolian, Indonesian
Form of Iraq in several languages.

Irāka (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Iraq.

Irakas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Iraq.

İraq (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Iraq.

Iraq (Country) Arabic, English, Italian, Catalan, Malay
From Arabic العراق (al-ʿIrāq), probably derived from the name of the ancient Sumerian/Akkadian city of Uruk. This is the name of a country in the Middle East.

Masr (Country) Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian Arabic transcription of Misr.

Mesr (Country) Persian
Persian form of Misr.

Mısır (Country) Turkish
Turkish form of Misr.

Misr (Country) Arabic, Pashto, Urdu
From a Semitic root possibly meaning "border". This is the Arabic, Pashto and Urdu name for the country of Egypt.

Misri (Country) Akkadian
Akkadian cognate of Misr, referring to ancient Egypt.

Mitzrayim (Country) Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew cognate of Misr, referring to Egypt.

Mizraim (Country) Hebrew
Modern Hebrew transcription of Mitzrayim, referring to the country of Egypt.

Ninawa (Settlement) Arabic
Arabic form of Nineveh.

Nineue (Settlement) Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Biblical Greek form of Nineveh.

Nineve (Settlement) Biblical Latin
Biblical Latin form of Nineveh.

Nineveh (Settlement) English, Biblical
From Akkadian 𒉌𒉡𒀀 (Ninua), possibly related to 𒄩 (nūnu) meaning "fish". When written, the name is usually prefixed with 𒌷 indicating a city. This may have referred to an aspect of Ishtar, as from an early time the city was a center of worship of the goddess. The cuneiform symbols used to represent the city's name depict a fish within a house.... [more]

Nínive (Settlement) Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Nineveh.

Ninive (Settlement) French, Italian, German
French, Italian and German form of Nineveh.

Ninua (Settlement) Akkadian
Akkadian form of Nineveh.

Ninwe (Settlement) Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Nineveh.

Purattu (River) Akkadian
Akkadian form of Euphrates.

Siria (Country) Italian, Spanish, Albanian, Georgian, Armenian, Thai, Korean
Form of Syria in various languages.

Sirië (Country) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Syria.

Sīrija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Syria.

Sirija (Country) Lithuanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Slovene, Macedonian
Lithuanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Slovene and Macedonian form of Syria.

Suriya (Country) Arabic, Tajik, Uzbek
Arabic, Tajik and Uzbek form of Syria.

Suriye (Political Subdivision & Country) Turkish
Turkish form of Syria. This was the name of a province of the Ottoman Empire.

Surya (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Syria.

Syria (Country & Region) English, Polish, Norwegian, Greek, Ancient Roman, Ancient Greek
From Greek Συρία (Syria), which was probably a variant of Assyria, used in an expanded sense to refer to the northern Levant. This was the name of a province of the Roman Empire. It is now the name of a country in western Asia, having gained independence from the Ottoman Empire early in the 20th century.

Syrie (Country) French
French form of Syria.

Syrië (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Syria.

Syrien (Country) German, Swedish, Danish
German, Swedish and Danish form of Syria.

Syyria (Country) Finnish
Finnish form of Syria.

Ufratu (River) Old Persian
Old Persian form of Euphrates.

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).

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.