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DAGESTAN (Political Subdivision) Russian, Afrikaans, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, TagalogDerived from Turkish
dağ meaning "mountain" and the Persian suffix -ستان
(-stan) meaning "land of". This is the name of a federal subject of
Russia.
DAHOMEY (Other) EnglishThe name of the Kingdom. Dahomey Kingdom was an African kingdom that existed from about 1600 until 1894, when the last king, Behanzin, was defeated by the French, and the country was annexed into the French colonial empire.
DAKA (Settlement) Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Georgian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Korean, Kurdish, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Slovene, TajikForm of
DHAKA.
DAKKA (Settlement) Armenian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, UzbekForm of
DHAKA.
DALKEITH (Settlement) ScottishA small town in Midlothian, Scotland, south of Edinburgh. It is of Cumbric language origin. The first element is
dal, meaning 'meadow, plateau' (Welsh
ddôl) and
chyd, meaning 'trees, wood' (Welsh
coed).
DARJEELING (Other) IndianDarjeeling India is a part of India and is well known because Mother Teresa (1910-1997) went there in 1929 for missionary reasons.
DEGUO (Country) ChineseFrom Chinese 德
(Dé), a short form of 德意志
(Déyìzhì), a name for Germany, and 国
(guó) meaning "country". This is the modern Chinese name for
Germany.
DELAWARE (Political Subdivision) EnglishName of a state in the United States, named after the Delaware river, which was named after Lord De La Warr, from French
de la guerre or
de la werre literally "of the war".
DELI (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Chinese, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkmen, UkrainianForm of
DELHI.
DEMELZA (Settlement) CornishName of a hamlet in Cornwall, sometimes explained as a contraction of Cornish
Dinas Maeldaf "fort of Maeldaf", but more likely derived from Cornish
ty "house" and
malsai "eel".
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (Country) EnglishThe Democratic Republic of the Congo French: République démocratique du Congo
kɔ̃ɡo), also known as Congo-Kinshasa, Zaire, DR Congo, DRC (the official acronym), the DROC, or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa...
[more] DENGJIALOU (Political Subdivision) ChineseChinese form of
TERENGGANU, chosen specifically for the characters 登
(dēng) meaning "rise, ascend", 嘉
(jiā) meaning "excellent", and 樓
(lóu) meaning "floor, level"...
[more] DENPASAR (Settlement) Indonesian, Acehnese, Javanese, Minangkabau, Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, UkrainianFrom Balinese ᬤᬾᬦ᭄ᬧᬲᬃ
(dénpasar) derived from
den meaning "north" and
pasar meaning "market". This is the name of a city in Indonesia and the capital of
Bali.
DERRY (Political Subdivision & Settlement) IrishCity and country in Northern
IRELAND. May mean "oak wood", from 'Daire Coluimb Chille', meaning "The Oak-wood of Saint Columba". Or the name may have been from Proto-Celtic 'calg-ac-os', meaning "possessing a blade" or "possessing a penis".
DERSINGHAM (Settlement) EnglishDerived from the Old English "homestead belonging to Deorsige".
DES MOINES (Settlement) EnglishName of the capital and the most populous city in
IOWA, which derived from Fort Des Moines, which was named for the Des Moines River. The French
des Moines translates to either "from the monks" or "of the monks".
DETROIT (Political Subdivision) English (American)From the French word, meaning “strait.” The full name of the city’s phrase is “le détroit du Lac Érie,” meaning “the strait of Lake Erie.”
DEVIZES (Settlement) EnglishDerived from castrum ad divisas, latin for “castle at the boundary”
DHAKA (Settlement) Bengali, Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Luxembourgish, Malay, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Tagalog, UrduUncertain, possibly from the name of the dhak tree (scientific name
Butea monosperma), which used to grow in the area, from Bengali ঢাক
(ḍhak) referring to a traditional membranophone instrument, or from the name of the Hindu goddess
Dhakeshwari...
[more] DHIVEHIRAJJE (Country) DhivehiFrom Dhivehi ދިވެހި
(dhivehi), the name of the Dhivehi people, and ރާއްޖެ
(rājje) meaning "country, kingdom, realm, domain". The ethnic name itself means "islanders" from Sanskrit द्वीप
(dvīpá) meaning "island"...
[more] DIROUILLES (Island) Norman, FrenchIslet chain in the Channel Islands. Each rock has many names. May mean "rags", as a direct transliteration of the French word dirouilles.
DJIBOUTI (Country) EnglishThe name of the Country in East Africa. Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, is a mostly French- and Arabic-speaking country of dry shrublands, volcanic formations and Gulf of Aden beaches. It's home to one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, the low-lying Lake Assal, in the Danakil Desert...
[more] DNIESTER (River) English, Indonesian, MalayDerived from Sarmatian
dānu nazdya meaning "the close river" (as in, the river close-by). This is the name of a river in Eastern Europe, which flows through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.
DOMINICA (Country & Island) Afrikaans, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, SwedishDerived from Latin
dominica meaning "lordly" or "Sunday", named by explorer Christopher Columbus for his sighting of the island on a Sunday. This is the name of an island country in the Caribbean.
DOMINIKA (Country & Island) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekForm of
DOMINICA.
DONCASTER (Settlement) EnglishA town in England located on the River Don. The first element is from the Roman fort
Danum, likely from an earlier Celtic settlement relating to the River Don. The second element is the Old English
ceaster, 'fort' (c.f Modern English
castle).
DONEGAL (Political Subdivision & Settlement) IrishCounty and town in
IRELAND. Meaning "place of foreigners" (i.e. the Vikings). Alternatively, it may mean "land of Conall", a king from the area. Conall means "strong wolf".
DORDRECHT (Settlement) DutchDordrecht is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland....
[more] DORTMUND (Settlement) English, Basque, Belarusian, Breton, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Frisian, German, Greek, Greenlandic, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, WelshFirst mentioned in the 9th century AD as
Throtmanni, of uncertain origin and meaning, the form
Dortmunde first appeared in the 13th century. This is the name of a city in western Germany.
DOVER (Settlement) EnglishDover is a small, but important port town in Kent, Southern England. It is derived from the Brythonic
Dubrās, meaning 'water' (Modern Welsh
ddwfr, 'water, tears')....
[more] DOWN (Political Subdivision) IrishCounty in Northern
IRELAND. From the Irish "Dún ná Lethglas", "dún" means fort.
DRESDEN (Settlement) GermanDresden, capital of the eastern German state of Saxony, is distinguished by the celebrated art museums and classic architecture of its reconstructed old town. The name is of Slavic origin.
DRUK YUL (Country) Bhutanese, TibetanFrom Tibetan འབྲུག
(brug) meaning "thunder dragon" (a mythical creature in Bhutanese and Tibetan mythology) combined with ཡུལ
(yul) meaning "country, nation, kingdom". This is the Bhutanese and Tibetan name for
Bhutan.
DUBLIN (Settlement) English, CroatianFrom Irish
dubh "black" "dark" referring to a dark tidal pool where the River Poddle entered the Liffey on the site of the Castle Gardens at the rear of Dublin Castle.
DURBAN (Settlement) EnglishThe name of a city in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa (known in Zulu as
eThekwini). From
D'Urban, named for Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin D'Urban (1777-1849), who was the governor of the Cape Colony when the city was named in 1835.
DURHAM (Settlement & Region) English, Anglo-NormanA cathedral city in the North-East of England. The name is derived from the city's Latin name
Dunelm, which comprises of the Celtic element
dun, 'fortress' (c.f Welsh
dinas, 'city') and the Old Norse
holme, which meant an island (referring to the peninsular formed by the River Wear).
DUŠANBE (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, SloveneForm of
DUSHANBE.
DUSHANBE (Settlement) Tajik, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, English, Georgian, Indian, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Russian, Filipino, Tagalog, Ukrainian, UzbekMean "Monday" in Tajik, so named for a popular market that used to be held in the area on Mondays. This is the name of the capital city of
Tajikistan.
DZAUDZHYQAU (Settlement) OssetianMeans "Dzaug's settlement" in Ossetian, from the name of 18th-century figure Dzaug Bugulov combined with Ossetian хъӕу
(qau) meaning "village, settlement". This is the Ossetian name for
Vladikavkaz.