Mountain Place Names

ARARAT (Mountain) Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Ancient Near Eastern
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.

CARMEL (Mountain) Biblical, Biblical Latin
Form of KARMEL used in the Latin and English Bibles.

HOTAKA (Mountain) Japanese
From Japanese 穂 (ho) meaning "grain" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall". This is the name of a mountain in Japan.

KAILASH (Mountain) Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Possibly from Sanskrit केलास (kelas) meaning "crystal". This is the name of a mountain in the Himalayas that is believed to be the paradise of the Hindu god Shiva.

KAILASHA (Mountain) Sanskrit
Sanskrit form of KAILASH.

KARMEL (Mountain) Biblical Hebrew
Means "garden, vineyard" in Hebrew. This is the name of a mountain in Israel mentioned in the Old Testament.

KEŇA (Country & Mountain) Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of KENYA.

KENIA (Country & Mountain) German, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Polish, Italian
Form of KENYA in several languages, as well as an Italian variant.

KENIJA (Country & Mountain) Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Form of KENYA in several languages.

KENIYA (Country & Mountain) Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of KENYA.

KENYA (Country & Mountain) English, Eastern African, Kikuyu, Swahili, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Greek, Turkish
The country is named for Mount Kenya, which in the Kikuyu language is called Kĩrĩnyaga meaning "the one having stripes".

KĨRĨNYAGA (Mountain) Eastern African, Kikuyu
Kikuyu form of KENYA (the mountain).

LEIRE (Mountain) Basque
Possibly from Latin legionarius meaning "pertaining to a legion". This is the name of a mountain in Navarre, the site of an old monastery.

LEYRE (Mountain) Spanish
Spanish form of LEIRE.

MORIAH (Mountain) Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Possibly means "seen by YAHWEH" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is both the place where Abraham is to sacrifice Isaac and the mountain upon which Solomon builds the temple.

OLYMPOS (Mountain) Ancient Greek, Greek
Meaning unknown. This is the name of the highest mountain in Greece. According to legend is the home of the Greek gods.

OLYMPUS (Mountain) Ancient Roman, English, Dutch
Latinized form of OLYMPOS.

QUÉNIA (Country & Mountain) Portuguese (European)
Portuguese form of KENYA.

QUÊNIA (Country & Mountain) Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of KENYA.

ŚLĘŻA (Mountain) Polish
Possibly named after the Germanic tribe the Silingi or from a Slavic root meaning "humid, damp". This is the name of a mountain in Silesia, Poland.

VENKATA (Mountain) Indian, Hindi, Sanskrit
Possibly means "self-born" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a sacred hill in southern India.