FAGUO(Country)Chinese From Chinese 法 (Fǎ), a shortened form of 法兰西 (Fǎlánxī) or (Fàlánxī), a poetic name for France, and 国 (guó) meaning "country"... [more]
FALGA(Country)Manx Poetic Manx word for the Isle of Man.
FALKLAND(Settlement)Scottish A village, parish and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland. It is derived from Scottish Gaelic, a combination of an unclear first element, possibly falach meaning "hidden," failc meaning "wash" or falc meaning "heavy rain," and the second element lann meaning "enclosure" (might also come from a Pictish cognate).
FALKLAND ISLANDS(Island)English An archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf and an overseas territory administered by the United Kingdom and claimed by Argentina (known in Spanish as Islas Malvinas)... [more]
FAROE ISLANDS(Country)English English form of FØROYAR. The name is probably derived from Old Norse fær "sheep". The Faroe Islands are an autonomous country within the Danish kingdom.
FINNMARK(Political Subdivision)Norwegian From the Old Norse finn(ar) (the Old Norse same of the Sami), and mǫrk meaning "woodland, borderland, or march/mark."... [more]
FLEURY(Settlement)French The name of various places in northern France, derived from Latin Floriacum, the name of a Gallo-Roman estate which was composed of the personal name FLORUS and the locative suffix -acum... [more]
FLINT(Settlement & River)English The name of a town in north Wales and numerous communities in the United States, notably the city in Michigan, as well as several rivers in the United States and Jamaica.... [more]
FLORENCE(Settlement)English, Dutch, French, Latvian From Latin FLORENTIA, derived from florens, ("flowering"), ultimately from flos, meaning "flower". This is the name of the capital city of TUSCANY, in central Italy, as well as several settlements throughout the United States.... [more]
FORILLON(Other)French National park in QUEBEC, CANADA. The name is thought to refer to a flowerpot island or sea stack in the area that has since been submerged in the ocean.
FØROYAR(Country)Faroese Probably derived from Old Norse fær "sheep" and oyer, an archaic Faroese word meaning "islands".
FRANKFURT(Settlement)German, English A metropolis and the largest city in the State of Hesse, In GERMANY. It is also the fifth largest city of Germany.
FRENCH GUIANA(Other)English French Guiana is an overseas region of France on the northeast coast of South America, composed mainly of tropical rainforest. The ruins of 17th-century Fort Cépérou overlook the capital, Cayenne, with its colorful Creole houses and street markets... [more]
FUJI(Mountain)Japanese, English The name of a mountain (a symbol for the Japanese for centuries), known in Japanese as Fuji-san or Fujiyama (富士山), located on the boundaries of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures in central Japan... [more]
FÜLÖP-SZIGETEK(Country)Hungarian Means "Philip's islands" from the given name FÜLÖP and Hungarian szigetek meaning "islands". This is the Hungarian name for the Philippines.
FUNDY(Other & Body of Water)French Bay and national park in NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA. The name comes from the French word 'fendu', meaning "split".