Croatian Place Names

AFGANISTAN (Country) Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Polish
Russian, Croatian, Serbian and Polish form of AFGHANISTAN.

AMERIKA (Region & Country) German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian
Form of AMERICA, used to refer to the continents and sometimes to the United States of America.

ARGENTINA (Country) Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Latin argentinus meaning "silvery", a derivative of argentum meaning "silver". This is the name of a country in South America, arising from a Latinized form of Spanish Río de la Plata meaning "river of silver".

BERLIN (Settlement) German, English, French, Polish, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian
City in Germany, the name of which is of uncertain meaning. It is possibly derived from an Old Slavic stem berl- meaning "swamp".

BJELORUSIJA (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of BELARUS.

BRAZIL (Country) English, Croatian, Serbian
From the name of a type of tree, called pau-brasil in Portuguese (brazilwood in English). It may ultimately derive from Portuguese brasa meaning "ember". This is the name of a country in South America.

ČAD (Body of Water & Country) Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian and Slovene form of CHAD.

DANSKA (Country) Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Serbian, Croatian and Slovene form of DENMARK.

ETIOPIJA (Country) Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Serbian, Croatian and Slovene form of Αιθιοπια (Aithiopia) (see ETHIOPIA).

FRANCUSKA (Country) Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of FRANCE.

GANA (Country) Western African, Akan, Ewe, Portuguese, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Turkish
Form of GHANA.

HRVATSKA (Country) Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of CROATIA.

IRAK (Country) German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak
Form of IRAQ.

IRAN (Country) Persian, Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Middle Persian Eran, related to Old Iranian Arya meaning "Iranian, Aryan". This is the name of a country in western Asia, formerly called Persia in the West.

ITALIJA (Country) Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Slovene, Croatian and Serbian form of Italia (see ITALY).

JAPAN (Country) English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Croatian, Serbian
From Portuguese Japão, which was derived from a Malay form of Riben, the Chinese reading of NIPPON.

JERUZALEM (Settlement) Dutch, Slovak, Croatian
Dutch, Slovak and Croatian form of JERUSALEM.

JORDAN (River & Country) English, Danish, Norwegian, Croatian, Serbian, German, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Biblical
River that flows between the countries of Jordan and Israel. The river's name in Hebrew is יַרְדֵן (Yarden), and it is derived from יָרַד (yarad) meaning "descend" or "flow down". The river has lent its name to the country to the east (in German, Swedish, Finnish and Polish this is only the name of the river, with the name of the country taking a different form).

KANADA (Country) German, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish
Form of CANADA.

KARPATI (Region) Serbian, Croatian
Serbian and Croatian form of CARPATHIANS.

KENIJA (Country & Mountain) Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of KENYA.

KINA (Country) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Croatian, Serbian
Form of CHINA.

KONGO (Region, River & Country) Central African, Kongo, German, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Russian, Croatian, Serbian
Form of CONGO.

KRAKOV (Settlement) Czech, Slovak, Russian, Croatian, Serbian
Form of KRAKÓW.

LONDON (Settlement) English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
From Latin Londinium, of unknown meaning. This is the capital city of the United Kingdom.

MARKE (Political Subdivision) Croatian
Croatian form of MARCHE.

NIGER (River & Country) English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Croatian, Serbian, Late Roman
Meaning unknown, possibly of Berber origin, though influenced by Latin niger "black". This is the name of a river in western Africa (and a country that is named after it).

NIZOZEMSKA (Country) Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene cognate of NIZOZEMSKO, referring to the Netherlands.

NJEMAČKA (Country) Serbian, Croatian
Serbian and Croatian cognate of NIEMCY, used as the name of Germany.

PADOVA (Settlement) Italian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian
Italian, Romanian, Croatian and Serbian form of PADUA.

PAKISTAN (Country) Urdu, Punjabi, English, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Slovak, Russian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
From Persian پاک (pak) meaning "pure" and the suffix ستان (stan) meaning "land of". The name was coined in 1933 by the Pakistani nationalist Choudhry Rahmat Ali who justified it as an acronym of Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir and Sindh, plus the final three letters of Baluchistan.

PORTUGAL (Country) Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Croatian, Serbian
From Portugale, which was derived from PORTUS CALE, the old name of the city of Porto. The name of the city was later applied to the entire country.

PRAG (Settlement) German, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Turkish
German, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Turkish form of Praha (see PRAGUE).

RUSIJA (Country) Serbian, Croatian
Serbian and Croatian form of RUSSIA.

SLOVENIJA (Country) Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
From medieval Slavic slovene referring to the tribe of the Slavs. This is the Slovene name for Slovenia.

SOMALIJA (Country) Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of SOMALIA.

ŠPANJOLSKA (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of Hispania (see SPAIN).

UZBEKISTAN (Country) English, Russian, Ukrainian, 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 (stan) meaning "land of". This is the name of a country in central Asia.

VARŠAVA (Settlement) Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of Warszawa (see WARSAW).