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JACKSONVILLE (Political Subdivision) EnglishName of a city in
FLORIDA, named in honor of Andrew Jackson who was the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States.
JAKARTA (Settlement) Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Mongolian, Persian, Romanian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkmen, Urdu, UzbekFrom Sanskrit जयकर्त
(jayakarta) meaning "that which causes victory", from जय
(jayá) meaning "victory, triumph" combined with कृत
(kṛtá) meaning "done, made, accomplished"...
[more] JAMAICA (Country & Island) Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Hungarian, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, SwedishFrom Taíno
Xaymaca meaning "land of wood and water" or "land of springs". This is the name of an island country in the Caribbean.
JAMAIKA (Country & Island) Afrikaans, Bengali, Finnish, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Turkish, UrduForm of
JAMAICA.
JAVA (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, TajikFrom Indonesian
Jawa, which is of uncertain origin. It is most likely derived from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप
(yava-dvīpa) meaning "island of barley", though it may have come from Javanese ꦗꦸꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀
(juwawut) meaning "foxtail millet (a type of plant)" or Malay
jauh meaning "far, distant"...
[more] JAWA (Political Subdivision & Island) Indonesian, Javanese, Acehnese, Balinese, Banjar, Buginese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Arabic, Japanese, Polish, UrduForm of
JAVA used in various languages as well as an Arabic alternate transcription of
JAWAH.
JEMEN (Country) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, SwedishForm of
YEMEN.
JEREVAN (Settlement) Bosnian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovak, SwedishForm of
YEREVAN.
JETHOU (Island) NormanOne of the Channel Islands in
ENGLAND. The -'hou' suffix means small island or small hill.
JIAPENG (Country) ChineseChinese form of
GABON. 加蓬
(Jiāpéng) is the spelling used in mainland China while 加彭
(Jiāpéng) is more common in Taiwan.
JOHANNESBURG (Settlement) French (African)Origin of Johannesburg's name is explained. In reaction to an inquiry, officials in Pretoria replied that Johannesburg was named after Johann Friedrich Bernhard Rissik and Christiaan Johannes Joubert - the only document dealing directly with the origin of the city's name.
JOHOR (Political Subdivision) Malay, Indonesian, Acehnese, Banjar, Javanese, Minangkabau, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, TagalogFrom Arabic جَوْهَر
(jawhar) meaning "jewel, precious stone", ultimately from Persian جوهر
(jowhar). This is the name of a state in southern Malaysia.
JOHOR BAHRU (Settlement) Malay, Indonesian, Banjar, Javanese, Minangkabau, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, TurkishMeans "new gem" from Arabic جَوْهَر
(jawhar) meaning "jewel, precious stone, gem" and Malay
bahru meaning "new". This is the name of a city in
Malaysia.
JOLO (Settlement & Island) Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, Tagalog, Azerbaijani, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, SwedishProbably from Hokkien 好儂
(hó lâng) meaning "good people", named by Chinese traders to reflect how they perceived the native people of the region. This is the name of an island in the southern Philippines as well as the capital city of the province of
Sulu.
JÓRVÍK (Settlement) Ancient Scandinavian, IcelandicIcelandic and Old Norse form of
YORK. It is believed to be derived from Old English
Eoforwic, itself believed to be derived from Latin
Eboracum possibly meaning "place of the yew trees".
JǪTUNHEIMR (Other) Norse MythologyCombination of Old Norse
jǫtunn "jotun, giant" and
heimr "home, earth, world". Jǫtunheimr is the home of the jǫtunn, a type of entity in Norse mythology.
JUDEA (Region) Biblical, EnglishFrom a Greek and Roman adaptation of the name
JUDAH, ultimately from Hebrew
Yehudah. This was/is the name of a mountainous southern part of the region of
PALESTINE.
JUDICE (Settlement) EnglishJudice is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
JUGANG (Settlement) ChineseFrom Chinese 巨
(jù) meaning "big, enormous" and 港
(gǎng) meaning "port, harbour". This is the Chinese name for
Palembang.
JUKKASJÄRVI (Settlement) Swedish, FinnishOriginally from Northern Sami
Čohkkirasjávri meaning "lake of assembly". It was later changed to the much more Finnish-sounding name Jukkasjärvi. This probably changed the meaning of the name as the first element
jukkas is of uncertain origin (but it coincides with the Finnish given name
JUKKA)...
[more] JUMILLA (Settlement) SpanishJumilla is a town in southeastern Spain in the province of Murcia. The name comes from the
Latin word for “reeds”.
JUODKALNIJA (Country) LithuanianLithuanian form of
MONTENEGRO. It is literally a direct translation of the country's name, since it consists of the Lithuanian adjective
juodas meaning "black" combined with the Lithuanian noun
kalnas meaning "mountain".