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ICELAND (Country & Island) English, Malay, TagalogFrom Icelandic
Ísland, which is derived from Old Norse
íss meaning "ice" and
land meaning "land, country". This is the name of a Nordic island country in the Atlantic Ocean.
IDAHO (Political Subdivision) English (American)Name of a state in the United States, of uncertain origin, possibly from Shoshone term
ee-da-how, meaning "gem of the mountains" or "the sun comes from the mountains".
IEPER (Settlement) DutchProbably from the name of the river
Ieperlee which, itself, may be derived from the Dutch word for elm,
iep.
ILIM (River) Russian, ArabicI couldn't find the meaning of the river's name, but Wiktionary (without mentioning the river) says it's a
Turkish word with an
Arabic root that means "Knowledge, Science"
ILKLEY (Settlement) EnglishOf uncertain origin. The English-born clergyman Robert Collyer (1823-1912) claimed this is derived from an old British word
llecan meaning "rock". The second syllable may be derived from Old English
leah "(woodland) clearing".
ILLINOIS (Political Subdivision) English (American)Name of a state in the United States, from the modern French spelling of the Algonquian people who called themselves
Inoca or
Ilinouek.
IMARI (Settlement) JapaneseThis is the name of a city, known for Imari porcelain (even though it's actually made in nearby Arita) and for Imari pears, which is located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū in south-western Japan....
[more] INDOETI (Country) GeorgianFrom Georgian ინდური
(induri) referring to the Indian people and the suffix -ეთი
(-eti) used to indicate location. This is the Georgian name for
India.
INGOLDISTHORPE (Settlement) EnglishFrom the Old Norse "Ingjaldr's"
þorp "outflying farmstead". The name of a village in Norfolk.
INGUSHETI (Political Subdivision) GeorgianFrom ინგუშური
(ingushuri), the Georgian exonym for the Ingush people, and the suffix -ეთი
(-eti) used to indicate location. This is the Georgian name for
Ingushetia.
INGUSHETIA (Political Subdivision) Armenian, English, Indonesian, Malay, TagalogMeans "(place) of the Ingush", from the Russian name for the Ingush people (natively called
Ghalghai). The ethnic name is believed to be derived from Ангушт
(Angusht), the Ingush name of a village currently located in North Ossetia-Alania...
[more] INOMENA ARAVIKA EMIRATA (Country) GreekGreek form of
United Arab Emirates. It is literally a direct translation of the country's name, since it consists of the Greek adjective ηνωμένος
(inomenos) meaning "united" combined with the Greek adjective αραβικός
(aravikos) meaning "Arab, Arabic" and the Greek plural noun εμιράτα
(emirata) meaning "emirates".
INOMENES POLITEIES AMERIKIS (Country) GreekGreek form of
United States of America. It is literally a direct translation of the country's name, since it consists of the Greek adjective ηνωμένος
(inomenos) meaning "united" combined with the Greek plural noun πολιτείες
(politeies) meaning "states" and the Greek adjective Αμερικής
(Amerikis) meaning "of America".
INOMENO VASILEIO (Country) GreekGreek form of
UNITED KINGDOM. It is literally a direct translation of the country's name, since it consists of the Greek adjective ηνωμένος
(inomenos) meaning "united" combined with the Greek noun βασίλειο
(vasileio) meaning "kingdom".
INVERNESS (Settlement) ScottishA coastal city in northern Scotland. From Scottish Gaelic
Inbhir, meaning 'estuary, confluence'and
nis, the Gaelic name of the River Ness.
IOBEL (Other) ?Sincha Samba Iobel seems to be a place in Guinea-Bissau.
IOWA (Political Subdivision) English (American)Name of a state in the United States, possibly from Dakota
ayuxba "sleepy ones".
IPOH (Settlement) Malay, Indonesian, Banjar, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, TurkishFrom Malay
ipuh meaning "upas (a type of poisonous tree)". This is the name of a city in Malaysia that serves as the capital of the state of Perak.
IQALUIT (Settlement) InuitIqaluit is the capital of the Canadian territory, Nunavut. ...
[more] IRYSTON (Region) OssetianFrom Ossetian ир
(ir), the ethnic name of the Ossetian people, combined with the Persian suffix ستان
(stân) meaning "land of". This is the Ossetian name for
Ossetia.
ÍSAFJÖRÐUR (Settlement) IcelandicMeans "ice fjord" from Icelandic
ís meaning "ice" and
fjörður meaning "fjord". This is the name of a town in Iceland.
ISCA (River) Ancient Celtic (Latinized), HistoryRomanized form of a Celtic river name, from Common Celtic *
iska- "water" (cognate with
whiskey). This is the Latin name for both the River Exe and the River Usk, after which the towns of Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) and Caerleon (Isca Augusta) got their Roman names.
ISÈRE (Other) FrenchThe name of a region as well as a river in France.
ISIMERINI GOUINEA (Country) GreekGreek form of
Equatorial Guinea. It is literally a direct translation of the country's name, since it consists of the Greek adjective ισημερινός
(isimerinos) meaning "equatorial" combined with the Greek noun Γουινέα
(Gouinea) meaning "Guinea".
ISIMERINOS (Country) GreekDerived from the Greek noun ισημερινός
(isimerinos) meaning "equator". In Greece, this is the standard name for the South American country of
ECUADOR, though sometimes the form
EKOUADOR is also used.
ISLAMABAD (Settlement) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, UyghurFrom Urdu اسلام آباد
(Islām ābād) meaning "city of Islam" from the name of the religion of Islam and Urdu آباد
(ābād) meaning "inhabited place, city". This is the name of the capital city of Pakistan.
ISLAND (Country & Island) Bosnian, Breton, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, German, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Serbian, Slovak, SwedishForm of
ICELAND.
ISLAS MALVINAS (Island) SpanishAn archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf and an overseas territory claimed by Argentina and administered by the United Kingdom (known in English as the
Falkland Islands)...
[more] ISTANBUL (Settlement) Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Urdu, Uyghur, UzbekFrom Turkish
İstanbul, which comes from a misinterpretation of the Medieval Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν
(eis tḗn pólin) meaning "to the City", a colloquial name for the city of Constantinople (reflecting its status as the only major city in the vicinity)...
[more] ISTROS (Island & River) Ancient GreekAncient Greek name for the Greek island of
Gyali as well as for the lower section of the
DANUBE river. In the case of the latter, the name is a loanword from either Dacian or Thracian...
[more] ITHACA (Settlement) Greek MythologyIn Greek Mythology, Ithaca was the home of the hero Odysseus. The epic poem The Oddysey describes his long and perilous voyage home after the Trojan War. In literature, Ithaca has become synonymous with "home," "homeland," or "place dearest to you."
IZUMO (Other) JapaneseThis is the name of a city in Japan's Shimane Prefecture. Izumo-taisha (出雲大社) (or Izumo Grand Shrine) is located in the city....
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