Aizawl(Settlement)Mizo, English The capital city of Mizoram in far eastern India.
Annwn(Settlement & Other)Welsh Possibly from ande-dubnos, a common Gallo Brittonic word that literally meant "underworld".
Aztlan(Other & Settlement)Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Aztec From the very name of the mythical homeland of the Aztec peoples. Etymology uncertain, often said to mean "place of the herons", from Nahuatl aztatl "heron, snowy egret" and the locative suffix -tlan, though this doesn’t fit Nahuatl morphology... [more]
Baukungri(Mountain)Bodo The name of both a famous hill in the autonomous Assamese subregion of Bodoland and the festival surrounding it.
Beersheba(Political Subdivision & Settlement)English Beersheba is a city in Israel, whose name is derived from the Hebrew Be'er Sheva, which means “Well of the Oath”.
Bombo(Mountain & Other)Kongo, Literature, Popular Culture The name of a hill in the border between southernmost mainland Congo Brazzaville and westernmost DRC; the meaningful name of a little known Tarzan inspired character.
Breda(Political Subdivision)Dutch Breda is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from brede Aa ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa.7
Bwindi(Other)Kiga, African, Eastern African Bwindi is the name of a popular National Park in Southwestern Uganda. It means “a dark place” in the Kiga language.
Finistère(Political Subdivision & Region)French, English The name Finistère derives from the Latin Finis Terræ, meaning “end of the earth”. As its name suggests, it is the westernmost department in mainland France.
Ga Hkyeng(Political Subdivision, Region & Mountain)Jingpho Means ‘red soil’. Also the inspiration for Kachin and Kakin.
Guaracha(Country)Popular Culture Guaracha is a tiny fictional country which is occasionally mentioned and referenced in Spirou.
Gujarat(Political Subdivision & Region)Gujarati, English Gujarat as a name is derived from the Pratihar dynasty of gurjars, who ruled Gujarat in the 8th and 9th centuries CE.
Jurutungo(Settlement & Other)Taíno A town in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Kabale(Political Subdivision, Settlement & Other)Kiga, Nkore Kiga word for “Small Stone”.
Kachin(Political Subdivision, Region & Mountain)Bengali, Assamese, English (British) The well known British English pronunciation of Ga Hkyeng, which means ‘red soil’ in Jingpho.
Kakin(Country, Region & Mountain)Popular Culture, Japanese An empire in Hunter X Hunter, named after the Kachin state of Myanmar, but inspired by northern parts of the country as a whole.
Kanga(Settlement & Other)Kongo, Popular Culture, Literature Even though it is also the name of a hill range in westernmost Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kanga is best known internationally as the name of a certain Kangaroo from Winnie the Pooh books and the basis for the name Kaänga.
Kanungu(Political Subdivision, Region & Settlement)Kiga
Karnataka(Political Subdivision, Region, Settlement & Mountain)Kannada The name of this South Indian state is the Kannada word for a “lofty land”.
Keraman(Political Subdivision, Region, Settlement & Island)Italian Keraman is a Continental European variant of Kuraman.
Khalyma(Body of Water & River)Yakut From Tundra Yukhagir kulumaa meaning river.
Kim(Body of Water & River)Khakas The Khakas variant of Ulug Hem, the Tuvan name of Yenisey.
Kisoro(Political Subdivision, Region & Settlement)Rwandan
Kolyma(Body of Water & River)Russian Originated in the tundra Yukaghir word kulumaa, which means river.
Kuilu(Political Subdivision, Region & River)Kongo The first name of the Kuilu-Niadi River In Southwest Republic of the Congo.
Kuraman(Political Subdivision, Region, Settlement & Island)Malaysian, Malay Kuraman is best known as the island headquarters of the fictional public domain character Sandokan. Its other name is Mompracem... [more]
Mikeno(Mountain)Rwandan Mikeno is the name of a Mountain in the DRC’s east. Its name comes from a word which means “poor”.
Mizoram(Region)Mizo The name of the state is derived from "Mizo", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "land." Thus "Mizo-ram" means "land of the Mizos".
Mompracem(Political Subdivision, Region, Settlement & Island)Literature, Popular Culture Mompracem is the historical name of Kuraman, which is currently known primarily as the alter ego name of Keraman in the Sandokan series.
Muttama(Political Subdivision, Settlement & Other)Mon, Burmese Mottama is a town in south central Myanmar, whose name derives from the Mon language term Mumaw (Mon: မုဟ်တၟံ), which means "rocky spur."
Niadi(River, Other, Political Subdivision & Settlement)Kongo, Central African The name of both a river and a valley in Southwest Republic of the Congo.
Omeyocan(Settlement)Aztec, Aztec and Toltec Mythology It means "the place of duality." The word is composed of ōme ('two') and -yō (suffix for abstractions), which gives ōmeyōtl or duality; and -cān (place).
Rukungiri(Political Subdivision, Region & Settlement)Kiga Meaning unknown.
Rwenzori(Region, Settlement & Mountain)Eastern African, Konjo Rwenzori is the name of a popular National Park in Southwest Uganda. Its name comes from a Konjo word which means “Rainmaking Mountains”.
Rwenzururu(Region & Settlement)Konjo, Eastern African Rwenzururu means ‘The Mountains of Rain’ in the Konjo Language of West Uganda. Rwenzori is a diminutive of it.
Sadhuim(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Mon Sadhuim is the vernacular Mon name of Sudharmapura, currently known by its Burmese name of Thaton, which is a town in Myanmar.
Satporopet(Political Subdivision, Region, Settlement & River)Ainu The source of Sapporo, meaning “Dry, Great River” in reference to the Toyohira river.
Sëlva(Political Subdivision & Region)Ladin Means ‘Forest’ in Ladin.
Shandora(Settlement & Other)Popular Culture Shandora is an ancient city on the Spring island of Jaya in the One Piece franchise. In the language of the Shandorians, it means “The Skull’s Right Eye”.
Taishan(Mountain)Chinese Literally means “exalted mountain”. It is also the Mandarin Chinese name of Tarzan.
Tanao Si(Political Subdivision & Other)Thai, Mon Thai and Mon form of Tanintharyi, which is both a province and a town in southern Myanmar, from the Malay name Tanah Sari, which is itself derived from tanah meaning “land” and sari meaning “essence”.
Thanlyin(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Burmese Thanlyin is a major port city in Myanmar’s Yangon region. Its name has an unknown meaning.
Thaton(Political Subdivision)Burmese Thaton is a town in south-central Myanmar, whose name is Likely Derived from the formal Pali name Sudharmapura, itself named for sudharma, the moot hall of the Buddhist deities... [more]
Tingi(Other)Berber Means “Marsh” in the Standard Moroccan Amazight language.
Trafalgar(Region, Other & Settlement)Spanish, English The name of both a small Spanish peninsula and a beloved British city square, which is most likely derived from Taraf al-Ghar (طرف الغار 'cape of the cave/laurel') or Taraf al-Gharb (طرف الغرب 'extremity of the west'), both of which are of Arabic origin.
Udin(Political Subdivision, Region & Settlement)Friulian
Uluğ-Hem(Body of Water & River)Tuvan The Tuvan word for mother river.
Urtijëi(Political Subdivision, Region & Settlement)Ladin
Ussuri(Region, Body of Water & River)Russian, English Russian and English variant of the Manchu word Usuri.
Usuri(Region, Body of Water & River)Manchu The naming source of Ussuri.
Utara(Other)Indonesian, Minangkabau, Malay The Malay, Indonesian and Minangkabau definition of the Sanskrit word Uttara, which means “Northward”.