Aosta(Region & Settlement)Italian From the Latin name Augusta Praetoria Salassorum, itself named after Emperor Augustus. This is the name of a city and valley in the north-western corner of Italy.
Trieste(Settlement)Italian The name of a city in north-eastern Italy, bordering the Balkans. From old Venetic Tergeste, a combination terg, "market", cognate to Albanian treg, Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Old Norse torg, and a typical place-name venetic suffix, -este.... [more]