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Australasia (Region) English
Means "south of Asia" from Latin australis meaning "southern" combined with Asia. This is the name of a region in Oceania consisting of Australia, New Zealand, and other neighbouring islands.

Etelämanner (Region) Finnish
From Finnish etelä meaning "south" and manner meaning "continent". This is the Finnish name for Antarctica.

Hainan (Political Subdivision & Island) Chinese
Means "south of the sea" from Chinese 海 (hǎi) meaning "sea, ocean" and 南 (nán) meaning "south", referring to the Qiongzhou Strait... [more]

Hà Nam (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 河 (hà) meaning "river" and 南 (nam) meaning "south".

Hà Nam (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 河 (hà) meaning "river" and 南 (nam) meaning "south", referring to the place's location south of the Red River... [more]

Henan (Political Subdivision) Chinese
Means "south of the (Yellow) River" from Chinese 河 (hé) meaning "river, stream" and 南 (nán) meaning "south". This is the name of a province of China.

Jiangnan (Political Subdivision) Chinese
"South" of the River

Jinan (Settlement) Chinese
From Chinese 济 (jǐ) referring to the Ji River and 南 (nán) meaning "south". This is the name of a city in China.

Kaolitai (Country) Thai
From Thai เกาหลี (Kaoli) referring to Korea, ultimately from Chinese 高丽 (Gāolí), and ใต้ (tai) meaning "south". This is the Thai name for South Korea.

Lhotse (Mountain) Tibetan
Lhotse is the name of a mountain in Tibet. Lhotse means “South Peak” in Tibetan. ... [more]

Mato Grosso Do Sul (Political Subdivision) Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese
Literally "South Mato Grosso" in Portuguese; mato grosso means "thick bush". This is the name of a state of Brazil.

Minami Afurika (Country) Japanese
From Japanese 南 (minami) meaning "south" and Afurika. This is the Japanese name of South Africa.

Nam Apeurika (Country) Korean
From Sino-Korean 南 (nam) meaning "south" and Apeurika. This is the Korean name of South Africa.

Nam Định (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 南 (nam) meaning "south" and 定 (định) meaning "to set".

Nam Định (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 南 (nam) meaning "south" and 定 (định) meaning "fix, appoint, set". This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Vietnam.

Namyangju (Settlement) Korean
Combination of 南 (남, nam, "south"), 楊 (양, yang, "willow") and 州 (주, ju, "province"), thus "southern willow province". This is the name of a city in South Korea.

Nanfei (Country) Chinese
From Chinese 南 (nán) meaning "south" and 非 (fēi), a short form of Feizhou. This is the Chinese name of South Africa.

Nanjing (Settlement) Chinese
Means "southern capital" from Chinese 南 (nán) meaning "south" and 京 (jīng) meaning "capital city". This is the name of a city in China.

Nan'yō (Region) Japanese
This is the shorter version of the name Nan'yō Guntō. It's an abbreviation. It in English means the "South Seas" and "Micronesia." It was used lots of times by Okinawans during the Japanese administration era... [more]

Quảng Nam (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 廣 (quảng) meaning "wide" and 南 (nam) meaning "south".

Quảng Nam (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 廣 (quảng) meaning "broad, wide, extensive" and 南 (nam) meaning "south". This is the name of a province of Vietnam.

Rio Grande Do Sul (Political Subdivision) Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese, English
Literally "Great River of the South" in Portuguese. This name comes from the Lagoa dos Patos, which was thought to be the mouth of the Rio Grande by Dutch explorers. This is the name of a state in Brazil.

Seongnam (Settlement) Korean
Combination of 城 (성, seong, "castle") and 南 (남, nam, "south"), thus "southern castle". This is the name of a city in South Korea.

Sudbury (Settlement) English
City in Ontario, Canada. Meaning "south fortress" from Old English suð (south) and byrig (fortified place).

Suffolk (Region) English (British)
County in England. Meaning "southern people", from suf "south" and folk "people".

Tonga (Country) Tongan, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
Derived from Samoan toga meaning "southern, south". This is the name of an archipelagic country in Oceania.

Yugoslavia (Country) English
From Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija meaning "land of the South Slavs", derived from jug meaning "south" and slavija meaning "land of Slavs". This was the name of a European country that existed from 1918 to 1941 (as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia), from 1943 to 1945 (as the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia), from 1945 to 1992, and from 1992-2003 (as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).

Yuzhno-zakhalinsk (Political Subdivision) Russian
literally "South Sakhalin City" - a city in Sakhalin island, and the administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located in the Far East part of Russia, situated north of Japan... [more]

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