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Ýerewan (Settlement) Turkmen
Turkmen form of Yerevan.

Yerewan (Settlement) Thai
Thai form of Yerevan.

Yérusalem (Settlement) Javanese
Javanese form of Jerusalem.

Yerusalem (Settlement) Indonesian
Indonesian form of Jerusalem.

Ye̍t-nàm (Country) Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka form of Vietnam.

Yeuropa (Region) Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Europa.

Yevrop (Region) Mongolian
Mongolian form of Europe.

Yevrosiyo (Region) Uzbek
Uzbek form of Eurasia.

Ýewropa (Region) Turkmen
Turkmen form of Europe.

Yilake (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of Iraq.

Yilang (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of Iran.

Yilinuoyi (Political Subdivision) Chinese
Chinese form of Illinois.

Yimin (Country) Burmese
Burmese form of Yemen.

Yindunixiya (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of Indonesia.

Yinggelan (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of England.

Yingguo (Country) Chinese
From Chinese 英 (Yīng), a shortened form of 英格蘭 (Yīnggélán) or 英吉利 (Yīngjílì), both names for England, and 国 (guó) meaning "country"... [more]

Yin-nì (Country) Chinese (Hakka)
Short form of Yin-thu-nì-sî-â.

Yinni (Country) Chinese
Short form of Yindunixiya.

Yin-thu (Country) Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka form of India.

Yin-thu-nì-sî-â (Country) Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka form of Indonesia.

Yipun (Country) Thai
Thai form of Japan via Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).

Yiselie (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of Israel.

Yî-set-lie̍t (Country) Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka form of Israel.

Yisilanbao (Settlement) Chinese
Chinese form of Islamabad.

Yisilanmabade (Settlement) Taiwanese
Chinese form of Islamabad chiefly used in Taiwan.

Yisitanbao (Settlement) Chinese
Chinese form of Istanbul.

Yogyakarta (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Indonesian
From Javanese ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ (ngayogyakarta), itself derived from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhya) meaning "unconquerable, irresistible" (also referring to the mythical city of Ayodhya mentioned in Hindu texts such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata) and कृत (krta) meaning "done, made, accomplished"... [more]

Yordania (Country) Indonesian
Indonesian form of Jordan (referring to the country).

Yorudan (Country) Japanese
Japanese form of Jordan (the country).

Yoshkar-Ola (Settlement) Mari, Russian
Means "red city" in Mari, from Eastern Mari йошкар (yoshkar) meaning "red" and ола (ola) meaning "city". This is the name of the capital city of the Russian republic of Mari El.

Youta (Political Subdivision) Chinese
Chinese form of Utah.

Yrak (Country) Turkmen
Turkmen form of Iraq.

Ysraýyl (Country) Turkmen
Turkmen form of Israel.

Ystanbul (Settlement) Kazakh
Kazakh form of Istanbul.

Yukarein (Country) Burmese
Burmese form of Ukraine.

Yunan (Country) Arabic, Dhivehi, Hindi, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu
Form of Ionia used to refer to the country of Greece. The Arabic name is usually written with a definite article as اليونان (al-Yunan).

Yunani (Country) Indonesian, Malay
Indonesian and Malay form of Yunan.

Yunanistan (Country) Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Turkish
From Yunan combined with the Persian suffix ستان (stân) meaning "land of". This is the Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, and Turkish name for Greece.

Yūrashia (Region) Japanese
Japanese form of Eurasia.

Yurasia (Region) Korean
Korean form of Eurasia.

Yurechia (Region) Thai
Thai form of Eurasia.

Zaan Bei Aa (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Zambia.

Zágráb (Settlement) Hungarian
Hungarian form of Zagreb.

Zambiýa (Country) Turkmen
Turkmen form of Zambia.

Zanbiya (Country) Burmese, Chinese
Burmese and Chinese form of Zambia.

Zeoi Lei Aa (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Syria.

Zeon Baa Bou Wai (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Zimbabwe.

Zhahuang (Settlement) Chinese
Chinese form of Sapporo.

Zhaiyq (River) Kazakh
Probably from Jaiyk, the name of the Turkic god of rivers, which is derived from Turkic yād meaning "wide, spread out". This is the Kazakh name for the Ural River.

Zhakarta (Settlement) Kyrgyz, Mongolian
Kyrgyz form of Jakarta as well as a Mongolian alternate transcription.

Zhangzhou (Settlement) Chinese
From Chinese 漳 (zhāng), the name of a river, and 州 (zhōu) meaning "prefecture, province". This is the name of a city in China.

Zhaowa (Island) Chinese
Chinese form of Java.

Zhaponiya (Country) Kazakh
Kazakh form of Japan.

Zheltoycho (Country) Chechen
From Chechen желтой (zheltoy) meaning "Greek" and the suffix -чоь (-cho) meaning "place of". This is the Chechen name for Greece.

Zhili (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of Chile.

Zhugteche (Country) Ingush
From Ingush жугтий (zhugtiy) referring to the Jewish people and Jewish faith combined with the suffix -че (-che) meaning "place of". This is the Ingush name for Israel.

Zhunguy (Country) Dungan
Dungan form of Zhongguo.

Zhybyn (Country) Dungan
Dungan form of Nippon.

Zi Lei (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Chile.

Zimbaboe (Country) Malagasy
Malagasy form of Zimbabwe.

Zinbabwe (Country) Burmese
Burmese form of Zimbabwe.

Zung Gwok (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhongguo.

Żvezja (Country) Maltese
Maltese form of Sweden.

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