Danish Origin Place Names

This is a list of place names in which the origin is Danish. Danish is the North Germanic language spoken in Denmark.

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Estland (Country) German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish form of Estonia.

Frankrig (Country) Danish
Danish cognate of Frankreich. This is the Danish name for France.

Holsten (Political Subdivision & Region) Danish
Danish form of Holstein.

Hviderusland (Country) Danish
Means "white Russia", a Danish calque of Belarus.

Nederlandene (Country) Danish
Danish cognate of Netherlands.

Nørup (Settlement) Danish
Meaning unknown. This is the name of towns in Denmark.

Polen (Country) German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian form of Poland.

Rusland (Country) Dutch, Danish
Dutch and Danish cognate of Russland.

Saudi-Arabien (Country) German, Danish
German and Danish form of Saudi Arabia.

Skotland (Country) Danish
Danish form of Scotland.

Slovakiet (Country) Danish
Danish form of Slovakia.

Slovenien (Country) Danish, Swedish
Danish and Swedish form of Slovenia.

Somalia (Country) English, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Romanian, Greek, Albanian, Indonesian, Malay
From the ethnic name Somali, of uncertain meaning. The Somali people connect it to their mythical ancestor Samaale. Italian and British colonists applied the ethnic name to the Horn of Africa region in the 19th century. It became an independent country in 1960.

Sverige (Country) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Swedish svear "Swede" and rike "realm, kingdom". This is the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish name for Sweden.

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.

Tyskland (Country) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Swedish, Norwegian and Danish form of Deutschland.