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Airdrie (Settlement) English (Canadian), Scottish Gaelic
The name Airdrie is of Scottish origin and is thought to mean "high pasture" or "level height," derived from the Gaelic elements àrd meaning "high" and druim meaning "ridge." Airdrie is located in southern Alberta, Canada, near Calgary.
Alyaska (Political Subdivision) Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Ukrainian
Form of Alaska used in multiple languages.
Amur (Region & River) Russian, Mongolian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, English
From Mongolian "амар (amar)" meaning "rest".
Azov (Settlement & Body of Water) Russian, Ukrainian, English
From the Arabic Bahr al-Azuf meaning "dark blue sea" or from Kipchak азакъ (azaq), meaning "river mouth, lowlands". The Sea of Azov is a sea on the borders of Southeast Ukraine and Southwest Russia, connected to the Black Sea... [more]
Bălți (Settlement) Romanian, Moldovan
The name Bălți is believed to derive from the Romanian word baltă, meaning "swamp" or "lake".
Belorussia (Country) English
The former name of Belarus and the English spelling of Belorussiya.
Bizantiya (Other) Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian form of Byzantium, one of the former names of İstanbul.
Bratislava (Region) Slovak
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia. It was named in honor of Prince Braslav.
Chernobyl' (Other) Russian, English
Russian and English form of Chornobyl'.
Chornobyl' (Other) Ukrainian
Chornobyl' is the name of a power plant that had a meltdown in 1986 as well as a Ukrainian village, meaning "black" from Ukrainian чорний (chornyy). The English form is Chernobyl.
Chosŏn (Country) Korean
North Korean transcription of Joseon.
Donetsk People’s Republic (Country & Political Subdivision) English
The Donetsk People's Republic (2014-2022) was a mostly unrecognised country in Eastern Europe. Since it's dissolution as a country, it has been annexed as region of Russia. It is a territory debated between Russia and Ukraine, partially controlled by both of them... [more]
Grande Prairie (Settlement) English (Canadian)
Grande Prairie takes its name from the large open prairie surrounding the area. The term grande comes from French, used by early French-speaking fur traders in the region. The area was originally inhabited by Indigenous peoples, including the Dane-zaa (Beaver) Nation... [more]
Grektsiya (Country) Yakut
Yakutian form of Greece.
Izmir (Region & Other) English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Yakut, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Tatar, Czech, Dutch, German, Romanian, Frisian, Finnish, Georgian, Estonian, Polish, Armenian, Mongolian, Slovak, South Slavic
Form of İzmir used in languages that do not have the 'İ/i' character in the alphabet.... [more]
J̌okuuskay (Other) Yakut
Yakutian form of Yakutsk.
Khreshchatyk (Other) Ukrainian
Derived from хрест (khrest), meaning "cross". Khreshchatyk is a historical street in the Ukrainian capital, and is the most iconic street in Ukraine.
Kiev (Settlement) Russian, Bulgarian, English
Russian form of Kyiv.
Kiyev (Region, Settlement & Other) Russian, Rusyn
Russian variant transcription and Rusyn form of of Kiev.
Krakiv (Other) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kraków.
Krym (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Belarusian, Czech, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian, Rusyn
Form of Crimea.
Kyiv (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Ukrainian, English, Danish, Indonesian, Malagasy, Malay, Norwegian, Tagalog
From Old East Slavic Киевъ (Kievŭ) of uncertain meaning. It is traditionally attributed to the given name Кий (Kyy) referring to one of the three legendary founders of the city, although another theory suggests that it is derived from Ukrainian кий (kyi) meaning "stick, pole" (so named because the city was palisaded by poles)... [more]
Kyjiw (Settlement & Other) German
German form of Kyiv.
Kyyiv (Region, Settlement & Other) Ukrainian
Ukrainian variant transcription of Kyiv.
Kyzyl (Political Subdivision) Russian
Derived from Tatar кызыл (kızıl), meaning "red".
Lethbridge (Settlement) English (Canadian)
The name Lethbridge comes from the surname of the original landowner, William Lethbridge, an Englishman. He was a prominent figure in the development of the area. Lethbridge is located in southern Alberta, Canada.
Malorossiya (Country & Region) Russian
Means "Little Russia" (малый/malyy + россия/rossiya), a historical term denoting to what now is mostly Ukraine.
Mariupol (Other) Ukrainian, Russian
From the given name Maria and with the Greek suffix -πόλη (póli), meaning "city", translating to "City of Maria" or "Maria's City"... [more]
Mar'yinka (Settlement & Other) Ukrainian
Probably derived from the given name Mar'yana. Mar'yinka is the name of multiple villages in Ukraine. Mar'yinka, Donetsk Oblast is the most notable due to the destruction that took place in the city.
Moskoviya (Settlement) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian form of Muscovy, also probably where the city Moskva (see Moscow) got it's name from.
Muscovy (Settlement) English
English name for Moskoviya.
Naryan Mar (Settlement) Russian
Means "red town" in Nenets. Naryan-Mar is a large industrial and river port city in Nenetsiya, Russia and it is home to about half of it's region's population.
Nimechchyna (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Germany. Comes from an old Slavic word that meant "people who don't speak right".
Novorossiya (Region) Russian
Means "New Russia", from Russian новый (novyy), meaning "new" and Россия (Rossiya), meaning "Russia". Historically it was used to describe a region of land around the Ukrainian coastline, but in contemporary usage it refers to the group of 8 regions in Ukraine* (Donyetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozh'ye, Kherson, Khar'kov, Odessa, Dnyepr, Nikolayev) that are predominantly Russian... [more]
Nuuchcha (Settlement) Yakut (?)
Yakut form of Rus'.
Ontario (Region) English, French (Quebec), Iroquois
The name Ontario comes from the Iroquoian word ontarí:io, meaning "great lake" or "beautiful water." It originally referred to Lake Ontario, which is one of the five Great Lakes in North America... [more]
Pridnestrovye (Political Subdivision & Region) Russian, English
Another name for Transnistria, using the Russian derivation instead of the Romanian derivation.
Prydnistrov'ya (Political Subdivision & Region) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Pridnestrovye.
Qıtay (Country & Settlement) Crimean Tatar
Another name for Crimean Tatar Çin.
Quirindi (Settlement) English (Australian)
Quirindi is believed to have originated from an Aboriginal word, though the exact meaning is uncertain. Quirindi is a town in New South Wales, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state... [more]
Reval (Other) Estonian, Latvian, Polish, English
Former name Tallinn.
Revel (Other) Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian form of Reval.
Rrusastan (Country) Armenian
From Armenian Կիևյան Ռուսիա (Kiyevyan Rrusia), meaning "Kyivan Rus'", and the Persian suffix ستان (stān), meaning "land of".
Shvetsiya (Country) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Sweden.
Shveytsariya (Country) Russian, Yakut, Ukrainian, Tatar, Bashkir, Armenian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Tajik, Uzbek, Udmurt
Russian, Yakut, Ukrainian, Tatar, Bashkir, Armenian, Georgian, Kazakh, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Tajik, Uzbek, and Udmurt form of Switzerland.
Sibiir (Region) Yakut
Yakutian form of Siberia, a region in Russia.
Strathcona (Political Subdivision & Region) English, Scottish Gaelic
The name Strathcona originates from the Scottish Gaelic term strath, meaning "broad valley," combined with the name Cona, potentially referring to a river or a region in Scotland. The name was adopted in honor of Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, a prominent Canadian businessman and politician of Scottish descent.... [more]
Tataristan (Political Subdivision & Region) Crimean Tatar
Crimean Tatar form of Tatarstan.
Uzhhorod (Political Subdivision & Other) Ukrainian
From the River Uzh (Уж) and dialectal Ukrainian город (horod) "city". Uzhhorod is a city and oblast' (region) in western Ukraine.
Velikorossiya (Country & Region) Russian
Means "Great Russia" (великий/velikiy + россия/rossiya). It is a historical name of what is now mostly the Russian Federation.
Virmeniya (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Armenia, with a different start due to Ukrainian langauge phenomena.
Vorkuta (Other) Russian, Komi, Nenets
Means "the abundance of bears" in Nenets. Vorkuta is a far north city in the Komi Republic in Russia.
Voroshilovgrad (Other) Russian
Means "city of Voroshilov", referring to the military officer Kliment Voroshilov. It is the former name of Lugansk City.
V'yetnam (Country) Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian form of Vietnam.
Vyimka (Settlement) Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian виїмка (vyyimka), a shorting of виймання (vyymanya) "extraction (mining)". Vyyimka is an abandoned village in the Bakhmut Rayon, Donyetsk Oblast. It is called Выемка (Vyyemka) in Russian.