Sikkim(Country)English Now part of far northern India, Sikkim was an independent monarchy from the 17th century until 1975.
Siloam(Body of Water)Biblical Hellenized form of Hebrew שִׁלֻּחָה (Shiloach), derived from שילח (shileach) "to send out" and interpreted as meaning "a sending out, gushing forth (of water)". According to the Gospel of John in the New Testament, the Pool of Siloam was a spring in the southeast corner of Jerusalem where Jesus sent the "man born blind" to wash and receive sight... [more]
Sittwe(Settlement)Burmese Means "place where war meets" in Burmese and Arakanese, from စစ် (sit) meaning "war" and the suffix တွေ (-twe). This is the name of a city in Myanmar that serves as the capital of Rakhine State.
Sog Yul(Country)Tibetan From Tibetan སོག (sog) referring to Mongolia and ཡུལ (yul) meaning "country, nation". This is the Tibetan name for the country of Mongolia.
Soïssa(Country)Occitan Occitan cognate of Schweiz, used as the Occitan name for Switzerland.
Soquel(Settlement)English Soquel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, United States approximately 75 miles (120 km) south of San Francisco, and forms part of the north coast of Monterey Bay.... [more]
Sostyn(Country)Manx Either from Old Irish Saxain meaning "Anglo-Saxon, England" or a back-formation of Manx Sostynagh meaning "English, Englishman". This is the Manx name of England.
Sparta(Settlement)English, Czech, Danish, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Manx, Polish, Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman From Doric Greek Σπάρτα (Sparta) and Attic Greek Σπάρτη (Spartē), which is of uncertain origin but possibly derived from σπάρτον (sparton) meaning "rope, cable" - a reference to the cords laid as the city’s foundation boundaries, though this could be just a folk etymology.... [more]
Stamps(Settlement)English Stamps is a city in Arkansas, a state in the southern United States of America. This is where the author and actress Maya Angelou spent most of her childhood.
Suzhou(Settlement)Chinese From Chinese 苏 (sū) referring to Mount Gusu and 州 (zhōu) meaning "province, prefecture". This is the name of a city in China.
Swabia(Political Subdivision)German (Anglicized) Administrative region in Germany. Named after the ancient tribe, the 'Suebi', which itself possibly means "one's own people".
Sylhet(Settlement)Bengali A metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. The city is located on the right bank of the Surma River in northeastern Bengal. Sylhet is one of Bangladesh's most important spiritual and cultural centres... [more]
Tabriz(Settlement)Persian The name of a city in Iran, meaning uncertain. It may be derived from Proto-Iranian tr̥Hwáns meaning "overcoming, victorious", tap-rīz meaning "causing heat to flow" (so named for the thermal springs in the area) or Classical Armenian ta-vrezh meaning "this revenge".
Taguig(Settlement & River)Filipino The City of Taguig was founded on April 25, 1587. It is one of the 16 cities making up the NCR of the Philippines. It has an area of 53.67 km2 and has 804,915 people living in Taguig as of the 2015 census.... [more]
Taipei(Settlement)English, Japanese From Chinese 臺北 (Táiběi) derived from 臺 (tái) referring to Taiwan and 北 (běi) meaning "north". This is the name of the capital city of Taiwan.
Taiwan(Country)English While Taiwan still exists, it is not always considered an independent country. However, it did represent China in the United Nations until 1971.
Tarlac(Political Subdivision, Settlement & River)Pampangan, Pangasinan, Ilocano, Tagalog, English Derived from Pampangan malatarlak referring to a type of grass. This is the name of a province of, as well as a city and river in, the Philippines.
Teslin(Other)English Name of a mountain, plateau, river, and small lake in Yukon, Canada, and of a larger lake spanning the Yukon-British Columbia border. The word comes from the Tlingit name for the river, Teslintoo or Teslintuh, meaning "long, deep water."
Thames(River)English The name of the river in southern England on which London is situated. This is a Brythonic river-name, explained as a derivative of Common Brythonic *temēlos, 'darkness' (compare Old Welsh timuil, 'darkness').
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]
Thebes(Settlement)English, Ancient Greek (Anglicized) Perhaps ultimately from Semitic teba "chest, box". This is the name of a city in Boeotia, Greece, which played an important role in many Greek myths (as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus, Heracles and others).
Thibet(Region, Political Subdivision & Country)Thai, French, English (Archaic) Thai form of Tibet. It is also a French variant as well as an older English form of the name.
Thụy Sĩ(Country)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 瑞士 (Thụy Sĩ), possibly from Min Nan 瑞士 (Sūi-sū), itself from French Suisse. This is the Vietnamese name for Switzerland.
Thyrea(Settlement)Ancient Greek Thyrea was a town of Cynuria, and was fought over between ancient Argolis and ancient Laconia. According to Pausanias, Thyrea was named after a mythological figure: Thyraeos, the son of Lycaon.
Tiñana(Settlement)Asturian From the name Tinius or Tennius to Tini-ana or Tenni-ana adding a Latin possesive suffix -ana, Romans used to named new conquered lands by the name of its owner and this suffix.... [more]
Tobago(Island)English The name of the Island in Trinidad and Tobago. Tobago is the smaller of the 2 Caribbean islands comprising the nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It’s known for its wide, sandy beaches and biodiverse tropical rainforest... [more]
Toluca(Settlement)Paiute From a Paiute word meaning "fertile valley" or "beautiful valley". This is the name of a neighborhood and lake in Los Angeles, California, USA, i.e., Toluca Lake.
Topeka(Political Subdivision)English Name of the capital city in Kansas, meaning "a good place to dig potatoes". From Kansa to "wild potato" + pi "good" + ke "to dig".
Toyama(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Japanese Means "wealthy mountain" in Japanese.
Tralee(Settlement)Irish (Anglicized) From Irish Trá Lí, meaning "strand of the Lee River", after the confluences of small rivers the town was built on.... [more]
Tromsø(Settlement)Norwegian From the name of an island, Tromsøya (Old Norse: Trums), whose name is derived from Old Norse straumr possibly meaning "stream, strong current". Tromsø is a city in northern Norway. See also: Troms
Tutong(Political Subdivision, Settlement & River)Malay Possibly from the name of the Tutong people (itself derived from the name of a folk hero) or from a Dusun word meaning "turtle". This is the name of a district of, as well as a town and river in, Brunei.
Tuvalu(Country)Polynesian Tuvalu is also the name of a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its name meaning 'eight standing together'.
Tuy Hòa(Settlement)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 綏 (tuy) meaning "pacify, placate" and 和 (hoà) meaning "peace, harmony, draw, tie". This is the name of a city in Vietnam.
Ulster(Region)Northern Irish, Irish From the name of a group of tribes that once lived in the area, the Ulaidh, and either Irish tír or Old Norse staðr, both meaning “land”, “place” or “territory”.... [more]
Ürümqi(Settlement)English From Uyghur ئۈرۈمچى (ürümchi), which may have been derived from Mongolian ᠦᠯᠡᠮᠵᠢ (ülemji) meaning "great", a short form of the phrase ᠦᠯᠡᠮᠵᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠬᠠᠨ ᠪᠡᠯᠴᠢᠭᠡᠷ (ülemji-yin say᠋iqan belchiger) meaning "great pasture" or "beautiful pasture"... [more]
Vänern(Body of Water)Swedish Meaning uncertain. One theory is that the name is derived from Old Swedish vænir and therefore related to Archaic Swedish words vån "hope, prospect" and vän "beautiful, fair"... [more]
Vantaa(Settlement)Finnish From the name of the Vantaa River. Vantaa is the 4th largest urban area in Finland.
Varese(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Italian Province and city in Italy.