Persian Place Names

Persian names are used in the country of Iran, in southwestern Asia, which is part of the Muslim world. See also about Iranian names.
type
usage
Afghanestan افغانستان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Afghanistan.
Amrika آمریکا (Region & Country) Arabic, Persian
Arabic and Persian form of America, used to refer to the continents and the United States of America.
Andonezi اندونزی (Country) Persian
Persian form of Indonesia.
Arabestan عربستان (Region & Country) Persian
From Persian عرب (ʿarab) meaning "Arab" combined with the suffix ستان (stān) meaning "land of". This is the Persian name for both the Arabian Peninsula and the country of Saudi Arabia (alongside the fuller form عربستان سعودی (ʿArabestān e-Saʿūdī)).
Arman ارمن (Country) Persian (Archaic)
Persian form of Armenia. This form is archaic: the usual name for the country is ارمنستان (Armanestān).
Armanestan ارمنستان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Armenia using the suffix ستان (stān) meaning "land of".
Ashur آشور (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]
Asiya آسیا (Region) Arabic, Persian, Azerbaijani, Hausa
Arabic, Persian, Azerbaijani and Hausa form of Asia.
Aten آتن (Settlement) Persian, Swedish
Persian and Swedish form of Athens.
Bahreyn بحرین (Country & Island) Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Bulgarian
Persian, Turkish, Armenian and Bulgarian form of Bahrain.
Bangal بنگال (Region & Political Subdivision) Persian
Persian form of Bengal.
Bangladesh بنگلادش (Country) Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Estonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Mongolian, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, Indonesian, Malay
From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (Bānglādesh) meaning "country of the Bengali people", from the name of the Bengali people বাংলা (Bānglā) combined with দেশ (desh) "country, state". The ethnic name is derived from that of the ancient kingdom of Vanga. This is the name of a country in south Asia.
Borunei برونئی (Country) Persian
Persian form of Brunei.
Chin چین (Country) Hindi, Persian, Thai, Lao
Hindi, Persian, Thai and Lao form of China.
Dameshq دمشق (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Damascus.
Dobey دبی (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Persian
Persian form of Dubai.
Eragh عراق (Country) Persian
Persian form of Iraq.
Espaniya اسپانیا (Country) Persian
Persian form of Hispania (see Spain).
Gorj گرج (Country) Persian (Archaic)
Archaic Persian name of Georgia 1, possibly from Middle Persian gurg meaning "wolf".
Gorjestan گرجستان (Country) Persian
From Persian گرج (Gorj) meaning "Georgia (country)" combined with the suffix ستان (stān) meaning "land of". This is the modern Persian name for the country of Georgia.
Hend هند (Country) Persian
Persian form of India.
Hendustan هندوستان (Country) Persian
Extended form of هند (Hend), the Persian form of India, using the suffix ستان (stān) meaning "land of".
Hong Kong هنگ کنگ (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Turkish, Persian, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog
From Cantonese 香港 (Hoenggong), a compound of (hoeng) meaning "fragrant" and (gong) meaning "port, harbour". This is the name of a city, island and special administrative region of southeastern China.
Iran ایران (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.
Italiya ایتالیا (Country) Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Arabic, Persian
Form of Italy in several languages.
Kordestan کردستان (Region) Persian
Persian form of Kurdistan.
Landan لندن (Settlement) Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Nepali, Burmese, Hausa
Form of London in several languages.
Madrid مادرید (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Spanish, Asturian, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, French, Italian, English, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek, Turkmen, Mongolian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog
From Old Spanish Magerit, itself from Arabic مجريط (Majrīṭ), of uncertain meaning. It may be derived from Arabic مجرى (majrā) meaning "watercourse, channel" or from Latin matrix meaning "source, origin (of a river)". This is the name of the capital city of Spain as well as an autonomous community surrounding it.
Majarestan مجارستان (Country) Persian
From Persian مجار (majār) meaning "Hungarian" combined with the suffix ستان (stān) meaning "land of". This is the Persian name for Hungary.
Malezi مالزی (Country) Persian
Persian form of Malaysia.
Mali مالی (Country) Manding, Fula, Arabic, French, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, English, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Hungarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian, Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Georgian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek, Persian, Urdu, Sinhalese, Hindi, Chinese, Mongolian, Burmese, Thai, Lao, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog
A landlocked country in West Africa, named after an empire that lasted until the 17th century. The empire's name is possibly from a dialectal variant of the name of the Mande peoples. Alternatively, it could be from the name of the empire's capital (which has not been located) or from a Mande word meaning "hippopotamus".
Mesr مصر (Country) Persian
Persian form of Misr.
Namibiya نامیبیا (Country) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek, Arabic, Persian, Azerbaijani, Hindi, Bengali
Form of Namibia used in various languages.
Ozbakestan ازبکستان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Uzbek Ўзбекистон (see Uzbekistan).
Pakestan پاکستان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Pakistan.
Panama پاناما (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.
Paris پاریس (Settlement) French, English, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Turkish, Persian, Hausa
From the ancient Celtic tribe known as the Parisii. This is the capital city of France.
Pekan پکن (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Beijing.
Rusiyeh روسیه (Country) Persian
Persian form of Russia.
Senegal سنگال (River & Country) Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Turkish, Armenian, Persian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek, Turkmen, Mongolian, Hindi, Bengali, Korean, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog
From Portuguese, possibly from the name of the Berber Zenaga people of northern Senegal. This is the name of a river in West Africa, and a country named after it. It gained independence from France in 1960.
Shili شیلی (Country) Persian
Persian form of Chile.
Shiraz شیراز (Settlement) Persian
Meaning unknown. The name is recorded in Elamite as Tiraziš. This is the name of a city in southern Iran.
Tajikestan تاجیکستان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Tajikistan.
Tanzanya تانزانیا (Country) Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Arabic, Persian and Turkish form of Tanzania.
Tehran تهران (Settlement) Persian, English
From Persian تهران (Tehrān), meaning unknown. This is the name of the capital city of Iran.
Turan توران (Region) Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Arabic
Historical region in central Asia, originally inhabited by nomadic Iranian peoples and traditionally said to mean "land of Tur". It is mentioned frequently in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.
Uganda اوگاندا (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.
Ukrayn اوکراین (Country) Persian
Persian form of Ukraine.
Uman عمان (Country) Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Dhivehi
Arabic, Persian, Pashto and Dhivehi form of Oman.
Yaman یمن (Country) Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Uzbek, Indonesian, Malay
Arabic form of Yemen, properly written with the definite article: اليمن (al-Yaman).
Zangibar زنگبار (Island) Persian
Persian form of Zanzibar.
Zhapon ژاپن (Country) Persian
Persian form of Japão (see Japan).