Japanese Place Names

Japanese names are used in Japan and in Japanese communities throughout the world. Note that depending on the Japanese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. See also about Japanese names.

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Afurika アフリカ (Region) Japanese
Japanese form of Africa.

Ajia アジア (Region) Japanese
Japanese form of Asia.

Amerika アメリカ (Region & Country) German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Luxembourgish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Albanian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Georgian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen, Indonesian, Malay, Japanese
Form of America, used to refer to the continents and sometimes to the United States of America.

Atene アテネ (Settlement) Italian, Slovene, Japanese
Italian, Slovene and Japanese form of Athens.

Banguradeshu バングラデシュ (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Bangladesh.

Bārēn バーレーン (Country & Island) Japanese
Japanese form of Bahrain.

Baren バーレーン (Country & Island) Thai, Japanese
Thai form of Bahrain, as well as an alternate transcription of Japanese Katakana バーレーン (see Bārēn).

Botsuwana ボツワナ (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Botswana.

Burajiru ブラジル (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Brazil.

Buriten ブリテン (Island & Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Britain.

Chiri チリ (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Chile.

Chōsen 朝鮮, ちょうせん (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Joseon, referring to Korea.

Chousen 朝鮮, ちょうせん (Country & Region) Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 朝鮮 (see Chōsen).

Chūgoku 中国, ちゅうごく (Country & Region) Japanese
Japanese form of Zhongguo, used to refer to China. It is also the name of a region in western Japan.

Chuugoku 中国, ちゅうごく (Country & Region) Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 中国 (see Chūgoku).

Dobai ドバイ (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Japanese
Japanese form of Dubai.

Doitsu ドイツ, 独逸 (Country) Japanese
Derived from Dutch Duits meaning "German". This is the Japanese name for Germany.

Firipin フィリピン (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Philippines.

Furansu フランス (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of France.

Guatemara グアテマラ (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Guatemala.

Hase 長谷, はせ (Settlement) Japanese
Etymologically from Japanese 泊 (hatsu) meaning "anchorage" and 瀬 (se) meaning "shallows". The spelling of 長谷 is from a shortening of 長谷の泊瀬 (nagatani no hatsuse) meaning "long valley of Hatsuse". This is the name of a place in Sakurai, Japan.

Honkon 香港, ほんこん (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Japanese
Japanese form of Hong Kong.

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

Iemen イエメン (Country) Catalan, Galician, Japanese
Catalan, Galician and Japanese form of Yemen.

Indo インド, 印度 (Country) Japanese, Korean
Japanese and Korean form of India. It is usually written in katakana in Japan and Hangul in Korea.

Indoneshia インドネシア (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Indonesia.

Iran イラン (Country) Persian, Arabic, English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, Hebrew, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Urdu, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Burmese, Thai, Tagalog, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian
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.

Itaria イタリア (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Italia (see Italy).

Jakaruta ジャカルタ (Settlement) Japanese
Japanese form of Jakarta.

Jinbabue ジンバブエ (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Zimbabwe.

Kamerūn カメルーン (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Cameroon.

Kanada カナダ (Country) German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Russian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Indonesian, Malay, Japanese
Form of Canada in several languages.

Kantō 関東, かんとう (Region) Japanese
Means "eastern frontier", from Japanese 関 (kan) meaning "frontier" and 東 (tō) meaning "east". This is the name of a region in central Japan, including Tokyo.

Kantou 関東, かんとう (Region) Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 関東 (see Kantō).

Kōbe 神戸, こうべ (Settlement) Japanese
Possibly means "shrine supporters", in reference to the families who tended the local Ikuta Shrine. This is the name of a city in Japan.

Kobe 神戸, こうべ (Settlement) Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 神戸 (see Kōbe).

Koube 神戸, こうべ (Settlement) Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 神戸 (see Kōbe).

Maraui マラウイ (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Malawi.

Mari マリ (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Mali.

Mōko 蒙古, もうこ (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Japanese
Japanese form of Mongolia.

Mouko 蒙古, もうこ (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 蒙古 (see Mōko).

Nairobi ナイロビ (Settlement) English, Swahili, Kikuyu, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Hungarian, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish, Japanese, Korean
From Maasai enkare nyrobi meaning "cold water", referencing a nearby river. This is the name of the capital city of Kenya. It was founded in 1899 by the British colonial authorities.

Namibia ナミビア (Country) English, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Albanian, Georgian, Armenian, Swahili, Indonesian, Malay, Japanese, Korean
From the name of the Namib Desert, meaning "desert, vast place" in Khoekhoe. This is a country in southwestern Africa.

Nihon 日本, にほん (Country) Japanese
Alternate reading of Nippon.

Nippon 日本, にっぽん (Country) Japanese
Means "origin of the sun, sunrise", from Sino-Japanese 日 (nichi) meaning "sun" and 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin". This is the Japanese name for Japan.

Omān オマーン (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Oman.

Ōsutoria オーストリア (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Austria.

Panama パナマ (Country & Settlement) English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Burmese, Thai, Lao, Khmer, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog, Japanese, Korean
From Spanish Panamá, of uncertain meaning. It may be derived from the name of a tree commonly found in the area (species Sterculia apetala). Alternatively it could be related to Guaraní panambi meaning "butterfly" or Kuna bannaba meaning "distant, far away". This is the name of a country in Central America. It is also the name of its capital, usually called Panama City in English.

Paraguai パラグアイ (Country & River) Portuguese, Catalan, Japanese
Portuguese, Catalan and Japanese form of Paraguay.

Pari パリ (Settlement) Japanese, Korean, Burmese
Japanese, Korean and Burmese form of Paris.

Pekin 北京, ぺきん (Settlement) Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Polish, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Uzbek, Turkmen
Form of Beijing in several languages.

Ribia リビア (Country) Japanese, Korean
Japanese and Korean form of Libya.

Roshia ロシア (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Russia.

Tōkyō 東京, とうきょう (Settlement) Japanese
Japanese form of Tokyo.

Tokyo 東京, とうきょう (Settlement) Japanese, English, French, Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Estonian, Turkish, Hindi, Indonesian
From Japanese 東 (tō) meaning "east" and 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city". This is the name of the capital of Japan.

Uganda ウガンダ (Country) English, Ganda, Swahili, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Turkish, Georgian, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay
From Buganda, the name of a kingdom within Uganda, which means "land of the Ganda" in the Luganda language. The Ganda are an ethnic group, their name possibly deriving from a Bantu word meaning "family". Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa.

Uruguai ウルグアイ (Country & River) Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Japanese
Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Basque and Japanese of Uruguay.

Washinton ワシントン (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Japanese
Japanese form of Washington.

Yamato 大和, やまと (Country) Japanese
Possibly related to Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain". This was the old name for the area around the city of Nara, though it was later applied to the entire country of Japan. Chinese scribes originally wrote this name using the character 倭 meaning "short". However, this was revised to the more favourable 和 meaning "harmony" in the 8th century. The prefixed character 大 means "great".

Zanbia ザンビア (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Zambia.

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