Nha Trang(Settlement)Vietnamese Possibly from Eastern Cham YjaTran, Ea Trang or Ea Dran (literally meaning "reed river"), all names for the Cái River. This is the name of a city in Vietnam.
Niflheim(Other)Norse Mythology Derived from the Old Norse elements nifl- meaning "mist; dark" and heimr "residence, world" (which is cognate with English home). In Norse mythology, Niflheim or Niflheimr was the realm of the dead.
Ninh Bình(Political Subdivision)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 寧 (ninh) meaning "peaceful" and 平 (bình) meaning "level".
Ninh Bình(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 寧 (ninh) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, serene" and 平 (bình) meaning "level, even". This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Vietnam.
Oenotria(Region)History Latinized form of Greek Οἰνωτρία (Oinotria), the name applied to southern Italy by Greek colonists when they arrived to the region in around the 8th century BC. It is possibly a derivative of Greek οἶνος (oinos) meaning "wine" (perhaps via the related word οἴνωτρον (oinotron), which referred to a kind of vine stake) and may mean "wine land" or "land of vineyards"... [more]
Okanagan(Region & Body of Water)Salishan Region and lake in Canada, named after the Okanagan people. Means "the people living where you can see the top", due to the many mountains in the area.
Øksfjord(Settlement)Norwegian Øksfjord is a small settlement in Norway. Founded in 1941... [more]
Oliblish(Other)Mormon In the Book of Abraham, a figure in one of the facsimiles is said to represent Oliblish, one of the grand governing stars next to Kolob. It is listed among one of the three governing powers, called the Grand Key, along with Enish-go-on-dosh and Kae-e-vanrash, which govern all other creations, but are subject to Kolob.
Ollandia(Country & Political Subdivision)Greek Greek form of Holland 1. It is usually used to refer to the whole country of the Netherlands, even though that is technically incorrect... [more]
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).
Oymyakon(Political Subdivision & River)Russian Named after the Oymyakon River, whose name reportedly comes from the Even word kheium meaning "unfrozen patch of water; place where fish spend the winter" ... or the Even word heyum (hэjум) (kheium being a possible misspelling) means "frozen lake".
Pampanga(Political Subdivision & River)Filipino, Pampangan, Tagalog From Kapampangan pampang meaning "riverbank". This is the name of a province of, as well as a river in, the Philippines.
Pandosia(Settlement)Ancient Greek Pandosia (Ancient Greek: Πανδοσία) was an ancient city of Bruttium, in what is now Calabria, southern Italy. According to Livy it was situated near the border between Bruttium and Lucania (now Basilicata).
Parepare(Settlement)Buginese, Indonesian The name of a city in Indonesia, derived from the Buginese phrase bajiki ni pare meaning "ports in this region are good".
Pariaman(Settlement)Indonesian, Minangkabau From Arabic بر أمان (barr 'aman) meaning "safe land, secure land". This is the name of a town in West Sumatra province, Indonesia.
Pasadena(Settlement)English Name of a city in California, from Ojibwe pa-sa-de-na, meaning "valley of the valley" "crown of the valley" "key of the valley" or "hill of the valley"... [more]
Pasuruan(Settlement & Political Subdivision)Indonesian, Javanese, Madurese Derived from Javanese pasuruhan meaning "place where betel grows", from the word suruh referring to the betel plant (genus Piper). This is the name of a city in Indonesia as well as a regency in the Indonesian province of East Java.
Pavlodar(Settlement)Kazakh, Russian From the given name Pavel combined with Russian дар (dar) meaning "gift". This is the name of a city in northern Kazakhstan, named for Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich of Russia (1860-1919).
Pearland(Settlement)English Combination of pear and land. This is the name of a city in Texas, USA.
Pembroke(Settlement)English From the Cantref of Penfro, which was one of the seven cantrefi of the former Kingdom of Dyfed in what is now Wales; which is in turn derived from pen, meaning "head" or "end", and bro, meaning "region", "country", or "land"; therefore, Penfro could be interpreted to mean either "land's end" or "headland".
Phoenice(Settlement)Ancient Greek Phoenice or Phoenike was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians. It was also the location of the Treaty of Phoenice which ended the First Macedonian War, as well as one of the wealthiest cities in Epirus until the Roman conquest.... [more]
Picardie(Political Subdivision & Region)French French form of Picardy. From Old French pic, meaning "pike", which was the characteristic weapon used by ancient Picards.... [more]
Piedmont(Political Subdivision & Region)English From Italian piemonte, itself derived from Medieval Latin Pedemontium, ultimately from Latin ad pedem montium, literally "at the foot of the mountains".... [more]
Plymouth(Settlement)English The name of a port city in the south-western English county of Devon as well as dozens of locations in the United States, Canada and elsewhere, notably the one in Massachusetts.... [more]
Prey Veng(Political Subdivision)Khmer Means “long forest” in Khmer.
Prey Veng(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Khmer Means "long forest" from Khmer ព្រៃ (prey) meaning "jungle, forest, woods" and វែង (veng) meaning "long". This is the name of a province of, as well as a town in, Cambodia.
Pristina(Settlement)Kosovar City in Kosovo. Possibly from the Proto-Slavic '*pryščina', meaning "spring of water".
Protuket(Country)Thai Derived from Portuguese português meaning "Portuguese", used as the Thai name for Portugal.
Pukaskwa(Other & River)Ojibwe National park and river in Ontario, Canada. May be from the Ojibwe word 'pukasu', meaning "to cook the marrow in the bones of animals", or "eaters of fish"... [more]
Qaqortoq(Settlement)Greenlandic Means "white" in Greenlandic. Qaqortoq is the 4th largest town in Greenland.
Qaridhel(River)Bashkir Means "black Volga" from Bashkir ҡара (qara) meaning "black" combined with Иҙел (Idhel) referring to the Volga River. This is the Bashkir name for the Ufa River.
Qiantadi(Settlement)Chinese From Chinese 前 (qián) meaning "front," 塔 (tǎ) meaning "tower," and 底 (dǐ) meaning "base" (literally "base of the front tower")... [more]
Quảng Nam(Political Subdivision)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 廣 (quảng) meaning "wide" and 南 (nam) meaning "south".
Quảng Nam(Political Subdivision)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 廣 (quảng) meaning "broad, wide, extensive" and 南 (nam) meaning "south". This is the name of a province of Vietnam.
Quảng Trị(Political Subdivision)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 廣 (quảng) meaning "broad" and 治 (trị) meaning "cure".
Quảng Trị(Political Subdivision)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 廣 (quảng) meaning "broad, wide, extensive" and 治 (trị) meaning "govern, rule, administer". This is the name of a province of Vietnam.
Quanzhou(Settlement)Chinese Literally means "spring prefecture" from Chinese 泉 (quán) meaning "spring, fountain" (also referring to the ancient prefecture of Quan) and 州 (zhōu) meaning "province, prefecture"... [more]
Roslagen(Region)Swedish Derived from roslag, an old dialectal word meaning "rowing crew", ultimately derived from Old Swedish *roþs- "rowing". Compare Rus, and modern Swedish ro "to row".
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”.
Sakhalin(Political Subdivision & Island)Russian, English Derived from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan) meaning "black", itself most likely from the expression ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ ᠠᡢᡤᠠ ᡥᠠᡩ᠋ᠠ (sahaliyan ula angga hada) meaning "island (peak) at the mouth of the Amur River"... [more]