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AACHEN (Settlement) English, Danish, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, TurkishFrom Old High German
aha or its Latin counterpart
aquae, referring to the sacred springs associated with Granus, a Celtic god, from which the Latin form
Aquisgranum derives. This is the name of a city in western Germany.
ABAKAN (Settlement & River) Russian, EnglishDerived from the name
Abakhan which is the name of a mythological Turkish khan (king). His name means "bear's blood" in the Khakas language, and was bestowed to the present-day Abakan River and the city of the same name...
[more] ABERDEEN (Settlement) English (Rare)A city in Scotland, stemming from the prefix aber- meaning 'river mouth', and the suffix -deen, which could possibly be referring to the rivers don and dee.
ABISKO (Other) SwedishFrom Northern Sami
Ábeskovvu meaning "forest by the big water", from Sami
áphi "lake, sea, big water" and
skovvu, identical to Swedish
skog "forest". The "big water" is probably
Torneträsk...
[more] ABKHAZIA (Country) Armenian, Basque, English, Galician, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Tagalog, UrduFrom Russian Абхазия
(Abkhaziya) from Georgian აფხაზეთი
(Apxazeti), which is derived from აფხაზი
(Apxazi), the Georgian name for the Abkhaz people...
[more] ÅBO (Settlement) SwedishPossibly from Swedish
å "river" and
bo "home, dwelling" or "dweller, inhabitant". Other meanings are possible, like it being derived from the given name
AABO...
[more] ABUJA (Settlement) Western African, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, UrduFrom
Abu-Ja, a nickname of 19th-century monarch Abubakar Jatau (sometimes referred to as "Abu"), who founded what is now the city of Abuja in 1828. By some accounts, he was described as having fair skin, which possibly earned him the nickname
Ja meaning "red" in Hausa...
[more] ACÁDIA (Country, Region & Settlement) PortuguesePortuguese form of both
Acadia and
AKKAD (mostly the ancient city, but sometimes also the Akkadian Empire).
ACEH (Political Subdivision) Indonesian, Banjar, Buginese, Malay, Minangkabau, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Filipino, TagalogFrom Acehnese
Acèh, which is of uncertain meaning. A popular backronym states that it is derived from Indonesian
Arab, Cina, Eropa, Hindia meaning "Arab, China, Europe, Indies" referring to the groups and regions that have historically influenced the people of Aceh...
[more] ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN (Mountain) MormonAccording to LDS theology, this is where Adam was declared Michael, the archangel.
ADYGA KHAKU (Country & Region) CircassianFrom Circassian адыгэ
(adyga), the name of the Adyghe people, combined with хэку
(khaku) meaning "homeland, land". This is the Circassian name for
Circassia.
ADYGEA (Political Subdivision) English, Indonesian, Malay, TagalogFrom Russian Адыгея
(Adygeya), which is from Adyghe адыгэ
(adyge), the endonym of the Circassian (Adyghe) people. The ethnic name is of uncertain meaning, though it may mean "mountain between seas" or "mountain by the sea"...
[more] ADYGEYCHO (Political Subdivision) ChechenFrom адыгей
(adygey), the Chechen name for the Circassian (Adyghe) people, combined with the suffix -чоь
(-cho) meaning "place of". This is the Chechen name for
Adygea.
AE (Settlement & River) Scottish, ScotsThe name of a village and a stream in Southwest Scotland. The name seems to be derived from Old Norse
á, meaning 'river'.
AGADIR (Settlement) English, BerberDerived from Berber
ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ (agadir) meaning "wall, enclosure, fortified building, citadel". Agadir is a port city located in southwestern
MOROCCO along the shore of the
Atlantic Ocean.
AGRABAH (Country) ArabicFrom the film Aladdin. Agrabah is more of a city-state than a country.
AHMESTRAH (Country) MormonAn alternate name for Egypt, used in Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language, which was written by Joseph Smith.
AIKAWA (Settlement) JapaneseThis is the name of several towns in Japan. The first one (愛川) is located in Kanagawa Prefecture in eastern Japan, the second one (合川), located in Akita Prefecture in northern Japan, was merged with other towns to form the city of Kitaakita...
[more] AIRE (River) EnglishThe name of a river in Yorkshire in England which passes through Leeds. Of uncertain etymology, probably of Celtic origin.
AIRTON (Settlement) EnglishThe name of a small village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire in England, also known as Airton-in-Craven. It is derived from a combination of
AIRE (referring to the river) and Old English
tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town."
AKERSHUS (Political Subdivision) NorwegianThe Norwegian fylke of Akershus is names after Akershus Fortress, meaning "the (fortified) house of (the district) Aker." Aker used to be a Norwegian municipality, but it is now an area in
OSLO....
[more] AKIHABARA (Other) JapaneseFrom Japanese 秋
(aki) meaning "autumn", 葉
(ha) meaning "leaf" and 原
(hara) meaning "meadow, field, plain".
AKTI ELEFANTOSTOU (Country) GreekGreek form of
Ivory Coast. It literally means "Coast of Ivory" in Greek, as it is derived from the Greek noun ακτή
(akti) meaning "coast" combined with the Greek noun ελεφαντοστό
(elefantosto) meaning "ivory".
AKUREYRI (Settlement) IcelandicCombination of Icelandic
akur "field" and
eyri "sandbank". Akureyri is a town in the north of Iceland.
ALABAMA (Political Subdivision) EnglishName of a state in the United States, from the name of the Native American tribe
Alabama meaning "thick cutters," from Choctaw
albah "medicinal plants" and
amo "to clear".
ÅLAND (Island) SwedishEither derived from Old Norse
*Ahvaland meaning "land of water" (from
ahva "water"), or from Finnish
Ahvenanmaa "perch land" (from
ahven "perch"). Åland is an autonomous archipelago province in the
BALTIC SEA...
[more] ALASKA (Political Subdivision) EnglishDerived from Russian
Аляска (Alyaska), which in turn is derived from Aleut
alaxsxaq meaning "object to which the action of the sea is directed". Alaska is the largest of the 50 American states, located northwest of the United States mainland and bordering
CANADA.
ALBANY (Settlement) EnglishName of the capital in
NEW YORK, renamed after British acquisition in 1664 in honor of the Dukes of Albany (House of Stuart), hence a name borne by their retainers.
ALBERTA (Political Subdivision) EnglishName of one of the 12 provinces in
CANADA, named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), the fourth daughter of Victoria, Queen of Canada, and Albert, Prince Consort.
ALBUQUERQUE (Settlement) English (American)Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, sits in the high desert. Its modern Downtown core contrasts with Old Town Albuquerque, dating to the city’s 1706 founding as a Spanish colony.
ALDERNEY (Island) English, Medieval ScandinavianOne of the Channel Islands in
ENGLAND. It may be a corruption of 'adreni' or 'alrene', derived from Old Norse, meaning "island near the coast". Alternatively, it may come from other old Norse words; 'alda', meaning "swelling wave', 'renna', meaning "strong current', and
-ey, meaning "island'.
ALEI (River) GermanGerman transcription of the Russian Aley River.
ALESSANDRIA (Settlement) ItalianCity in Piedmont, north-western Italy. Founded in the XII century and named after pope Alexander III.
ALGOMA (Region) AlgonquinRegion in
ONTARIO,
CANADA. Created name by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. The 'al' is from "Algonquin", the the 'goma' is from the word 'gomee', meaning "water".
ALMATI (Settlement) Kazakh, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Tajik, Urdu, UzbekForm of
ALMATY as well as an alternate transcription of
ALMATY.
ALMATY (Settlement) Kazakh, Albanian, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkmen, UkrainianMeaning uncertain, possibly from Kazakh алма
(alma) meaning "apple". This is the name of the largest city in
Kazakhstan.
ALMERÍA (Settlement) SpanishFrom the name of the Spanish city. Means 'the mirror of the sea.'
ALOR SETAR (Settlement) Malay, Indonesian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, TurkishFrom Malay
alor meaning "river, stream" and
setar meaning "gandaria" (a type of fruit). This is the name of a city in Malaysia that serves as the capital of Kedah.
AL-QAHIRAH (Settlement) ArabicIt is the original form of
CAIRO the Egyptian capital city. Al-Qāhira means 'The Conquerer' because of a myth between its foundation and the planet Mars (that in Arabic is 'The Conquerer Star').
ALTAI (Political Subdivision & Mountain) English, Mongolian, Russian, Altai, KazakhCombination of Mongolian
алт (alt) meaning "gold" and
тай (tay) meaning "with" (wholly meaning "the mountain with gold"). The Altai Republic is a federal subject north of Mongolia in Russia...
[more] AMALFI (Settlement) Italian, Spanish (Latin American)The name of a coastal in the Italian province of Salerno and a town and municipality in the Antioquia Department of Colombia which is named in honour of the Italian town....
[more] AMJALINA (Settlement) BelarusianDerived from the Belarusian noun амяла
(amjala) meaning "mistletoe". This is the name of two villages in Belarus.