Submitted Place Names Starting with E

EACOTT (Island) English (Australian, Americanized, Rare)
The name eacott comes from the nation of Australia that was brought form the British empire during the age of colonization It is also the last name of Australian YouTuber Lazarbeam, his real name is lannan Eacott

ECCLEFECHAN (Settlement) Scottish
A village in South-West Scotland. It's name derives from the Cumbric eccle-, meaning 'church' (Welsh eglwys) and fechan, which meant 'small, unimportant' (Welsh fychan).

ECUADOR (Country) English
The name of the Country in South America. Ecuador is a country straddling the equator on South America’s west coast. Its diverse landscape encompasses Amazon jungle, Andean highlands and the wildlife-rich Galápagos Islands... [more]

EDAM (Settlement) Dutch

EDEN (River) English
The name of a river in Cumbria, England. It derives from the Brythonic *ituna, 'to gush forth'.

EDINBURGH (Settlement) Scottish
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It was first attested in the Cumbric form Dinn Eidyn, meaning 'castle of Edin', hence the Gaelic name Dùn Èideann.... [more]

EDMONTON (Settlement) English
From Eadhelm and ton, mean "field owned by Eadhelm". City in Canada, named after the district of London.

EFRAT (River) Bulgarian, Icelandic
Bulgarian and Icelandic form of EUPHRATES.

EGVIPTE (Country) Georgian
Georgian form of EGYPT.

EGYPTEN (Country) Swedish, Danish
Swedish and Danish form of EGYPT.

EHIPTO (Country) Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano
Tagalog, Cebuano, and Ilocano form of EGYPT.

EIROPA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Europa (see EUROPE).

EKVADOR (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of ECUADOR.

EKVATORIĀLĀ GVINEJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Equatorial Guinea.

EKVATORIALNA GVINEJA (Country) Slovene
Slovenian form of Equatorial Guinea.

EKVATORIJALNA GVINEJA (Country) Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
Serbian form of Equatorial Guinea as well as a Croatian alternative name for the country. The standard form in Croatia is EKVATORSKA GVINEJA.

EKVATORSKA GVINEJA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian
Bosnian, Croatian and Macedonian form of Equatorial Guinea.

EKWATORIAAL-GUINEE (Country) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Equatorial Guinea.

EL AAIÚN (Settlement) Spanish, English
Spanish form of LAAYOUNE as well as an English variant.

ELLESMERE (Other) English

EL SALVADOR (Country) Spanish
El Salvador is a small Central American nation. It's known for its Pacific Ocean beaches, surf spots and mountainous landscape. Its Ruta de Las Flores is a winding route past coffee farms, rainforests with waterfalls and towns like Juayúa, with its weekend food festival, plus Ataco, home to vivid murals... [more]

ELSINORE (Settlement) Literature, English
Anglicized form of HELSINGØR. This is the name of Hamlet's castle in William Shakespeare's play.

ELUOSI (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of RUSSIA.

ELWY (River) Welsh
The name of a river in Wales, possibly meaning "second river" from Welsh ail "a second, another" and the river name suffix wy.

ELYSIUM (Other) Greek Mythology
in Greek mythology, Elysium was the name of the place in the Underworld where souls who had led honorable, heroic lives went. It has since been portrayed as "paradise".... [more]

EMATIJA (Region) Macedonian
Macedonian form of Emathia.

EMDEN (Settlement) German
A city and seaport in Northwest Germany that has existed at least since the 8th century.

EMMARÓZA (Other) Hungarian

ENDONEZYA (Country) Turkish
Turkish form of INDONESIA.

ENGLESKA (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of ENGLAND.

ENOTRIA (Region) Italian, History
Italian form of OENOTRIA. Enotria or Oenotria refers to an ancient region of southern Italy.

EOLIË (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Aeolia.

EQUATORIAAL-GUINEA (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Equatorial Guinea.

ERAQI (Country) Georgian
Georgian form of IRAQ.

ERITRĖJA (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Eritrea.

ERITREJA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Eritrea.

ERMLAND (Region) Afrikaans, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish
The name used for Warmia in the West and North Germanic languages.

ESBO (Settlement) Swedish
Swedish name for ESPOO.

ESKILSTUNA (Settlement) Swedish
Combination of the Swedish name ESKIL and Swedish tun (from Old Norse tún) meaning "enclosure, fence, homestead, courtyard, plot"... [more]

ESKOZIA (Country) Basque
Basque form of SCOTLAND via its Latin form Scotia.

ESLOVAKI (Country) Persian
Persian form of SLOVAKIA.

ESPOO (Settlement) Finnish
Derived from ESBO, a combination of Swedish asp "aspen" (or possibly äspe "aspen forest") and å "river, stream". Espoo is the second largest city (and urban area) in FINLAND.

ESSEX (Region) English
The name of a county in south-eastern England, it is derived from Old English Ēastseaxe meaning "East Saxons," referring to the Kingdom of the East Saxons.

ÈSTONIA (Country) Acehnese
Acehnese form of ESTONIA.

ETOBICOKE (Settlement) Iroquois (Anglicized), Algonquin (Anglicized)
From the Mississagua name for the area, wah-do-be-kang (wadoopikaang), and means "the place where alders grow". Anglicized by Augustus Jones as 'ato-be-coake', but adopted by John Graves Simcoe as 'Etobicoke' in 1795.

ÉTRURIE (Region) French
French form of Etruria.

ETRURIË (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Etruria.

ETRURIEN (Region) Danish, German, Swedish
Danish, German and Swedish form of Etruria.

ETRURIJA (Region) Serbian, Slovene
Serbian and Slovenian form of Etruria.

EUFRAAT (River) Dutch, Afrikaans
Dutch and Afrikaans form of EUPHRATES.

EUFRAT (River) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish
Form of EUPHRATES.

EUFRATE (River) Italian
Italian form of EUPHRATES.

EUFRATES (River) Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Catalan, Spanish and Portuguese form of EUPHRATES.

EUPHRAT (River) German, Luxembourgish
German and Luxembourgish form of EUPHRATES.

EUPHRATE (River) French
French form of EUPHRATES.

EURASIË (Region) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Eurasia.

EURAZIË (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Eurasia.

EUROOPA (Region) Estonian
Estonian form of Europa (see EUROPE).

EUROOPPA (Region) Finnish
Finnish form of Europa (see EUROPE).

EURÓPA (Region) Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of Europa (see EUROPE).

EUROPA (Region) Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Corsican, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Galician, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
Form of EUROPE.

EUROPE (Region) English, French
Meaning uncertain. It could be derived from Greek εὐρύς (eurus) meaning "wide" or "broad" and ὤψ, ὠπ-, ὀπτ-(ōps, ōp-, opt-) meaning "eye", "face", or "countenance". It could also be from Akkadian erebu meaning "to go down" or "set"... [more]

EVFRAT (River) Slovene, Russian
Slovenian form of EUPHRATES and Russian variant transcription of YEVFRAT.

EVRÓPA (Region) Icelandic
Icelandic form of Europa (see EUROPE).

EVROPA (Region) Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Europa (see EUROPE) as well as a Russian variant transcription of YEVROPA.

EVROPI (Region) Greek
Modern Greek form of EUROPE.

EVRYTANIA (Political Subdivision) Greek
Derived from Εὐρυτᾶνες (Eurytanes) "Eurytanians", the name of an ancient Aetolian tribe who inhabited Eurytania, an ancient region. It is possibly derived from Greek εὐρύτης (eurytes) meaning "width, breadth", itself a derivative of εὐρύς (eurys) "wide, broad", or Greek εὔρυτος (eurytos) meaning "full-flowing", from εὖ (eu) "well" and ῥέω (rheo) "to flow, run, stream, gush".... [more]

EWROPA (Region) Maltese
Maltese form of Europa (see EUROPE).

EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (Other) Icelandic
Means "island mountain glacier". From Icelandic eyja "island", fjall "mountain", and jökull "glacier". Eyjafjallajökull is a glacier and volcano in Iceland whose eruptions in 2010 caused a great air travel disruption in Europe.