Emilia(Region)Italian, English, Finnish, Polish, Spanish From the Via Aemilia, itself from Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, the Roman consul who planned the road. This is the name of a traditional region of northern Italy, now contained in the modern political region of Emilia-romagna.
Emirgan(Settlement)Turkish, English Derived from the name Emirgune, possibly influenced by Persian suffix ـگان (-gan) meaning "pertaining to, relating to"... [more]
Empoli(Settlement)Italian, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish Of uncertain origin: possibly from the Germanic first name *Empo- with the suffix -ulus, or from Latin in portu ("in the port") as per the Tabula Peutingeriana. An eighth-century castle is documented with the names Empolum, Emporium and Empolis... [more]
En(Settlement)Chinese From Chinese 恩 (ēn) meaning "kindness; mercy; charity." It is the name of three villages in China (in Hebei, in Guangxi, and in Guangdong).
Encamp(Settlement)Catalan The name "Encamp" is derived from the Catalan word "encamp," which means "camp" or "encampment." It likely reflects the historical significance of the area as a place where people would set up camps or temporary settlements, possibly for grazing animals, resting during travel, or strategic purposes.
Endor(Settlement & Other)Biblical, Popular Culture From the Hebrew Bible, a Canaanite village where the Witch of Endor lived. Also a place in Star Wars.
Engelestan(Country)Persian From Persian انگلیس (engelis) meaning "England, English" and the suffix ستان (stan 2) meaning "land of". This is the Persian name for England.
Enish-go-on-dosh(Other)Mormon The name of the third great star according to Mormon astronomy, which is included in the Grand Key of the galaxy. In the Book of Abraham, it is represented by the hieroglyph for a cow.
Eriador(Region)Literature A region in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. Meaning "lonely land, wilderness" in the fictional Sindarin language, likely derived from Primitive Elvish eryā meaning "isolated, lonely" and ndore meaning "land".
Erie(Body of Water)English Lake Erie is one of the Great Lakes of the United States, having fresh water.
Ermaloycho(Country)Chechen From Chechen эрмалой (ermaloy) meaning "Armenian" and the suffix чоь (-cho) meaning "place of". This is the Chechen name for Armenia.
Ermantwyla(Country)Abkhaz From Abkhaz аерман (aerman) meaning "Armenian" (of Turkish origin) and атәыла (atwyla) meaning "country". This is the Abkhaz name for Armenia.
Errigal(Mountain)Irish Name of a mountain in Ireland (Errigal Mountain, near Gweedore in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the tallest peak of the Derryveagh Mountains and the tallest peak in County Donegal).
Eskilstuna(Settlement)Swedish Combination of the Swedish name Eskil and Swedish tun (from Old Norse tún) meaning "enclosure, fence, homestead, courtyard, plot"... [more]
Espoo(Settlement)Finnish Derived from Esbo, a combination of Swedish asp "aspen" (or possibly äspe "aspen forest") and å "river, stream". Espoo is the second largest city (and urban area) in Finland.
Essaouira(Settlement)French, English Derived from Arabic الصويرة (as-Sawirah) meaning "the small wall", from a diminutive of سور (sur) meaning "wall, fence, rampart, border". This is the name of a city in Morocco.
Essex(Region)English The name of a county in south-eastern England, it is derived from Old English Ēastseaxe meaning "East Saxons," referring to the Kingdom of the East Saxons.
Eswatini(Country)Swazi, English Means "land of the Swazis" Swazi. Since 2018, this is the official name of the landlocked country in Southern Africa. formally known as the Kingdom of Swaziland, the nation renamed itself the Kingdom of Eswatini, reflecting the extant Swazi name for the state "eSwatini", to mark the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence, and was partially intended to prevent confusion with the similarly named country, Switzerland.
Etobicoke(Settlement)Iroquois (Anglicized), Algonquin (Anglicized) From the Mississagua name for the area, wah-do-be-kang (wadoopikaang), and means "the place where alders grow". Anglicized by Augustus Jones as 'ato-be-coake', but adopted by John Graves Simcoe as 'Etobicoke' in 1795.
Etruria(Country)English, Italian, Spanish, Ancient Roman, History Meaning unknown. This was the name of an ancient country in the Italian Peninsula (located in what is now Tuscany) inhabited by the Etruscans.... [more]
Eturkalamma(Other)Babylonian Means "house, cattle pen of the land", deriving from the Akkadian elements erṣutu ("ground, earth, soil, land"). Name of the temple of Ishtar in Babylon, where she was worshipped as Belet-babili.
Eureka(Settlement)English A port city in northwest California, on Humblodt Bay off the Pacific Ocean, which is a noted lumbering center; pop. 25,300 (est. 2008)
Euskadi(Political Subdivision)Basque The Basque name for the Basque Country autonomous community in Spain. Coined by Basque nationalist writer Sabino Arana.
Evrytania(Political Subdivision)Greek Derived from Εὐρυτᾶνες (Eurytanes) "Eurytanians", the name of an ancient Aetolian tribe who inhabited Eurytania, an ancient region. It is possibly derived from Greek εὐρύτης (eurytes) meaning "width, breadth", itself a derivative of εὐρύς (eurys) "wide, broad", or Greek εὔρυτος (eurytos) meaning "full-flowing", from εὖ (eu) "well" and ῥέω (rheo) "to flow, run, stream, gush".... [more]
'Ewa Beach(Settlement)English (American) A city in Hawaiʻi. From Hawaiian ʻewa meaning "stray" and the English word "beach".
Exmouth(Settlement)English Exmouth has the -mouth ending, which denotes at the mouth of a river, the river being the river Exe in this case. Exmouth means 'on the mouth of the river Exe'.
Eyip(Country)Lao Lao form of Aegyptus (see Egypt) via the French form Égypte.
Eyjaálfa(Region)Icelandic From Icelandic ey meaning "island" and álfa meaning "continent". This is the Icelandic name of Oceania.
Eyjafjallajökull(Other)Icelandic Means "island mountain glacier". From Icelandic eyja "island", fjall "mountain", and jökull "glacier". Eyjafjallajökull is a glacier and volcano in Iceland whose eruptions in 2010 caused a great air travel disruption in Europe.