Submitted Place Names Starting with Q

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Qabon (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Gabon.
Qafqaz (Region & Mountain) Persian, Azerbaijani
Persian and Azerbaijani form of Caucasus.
Qahereh (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Cairo.
Qaire (Settlement) Crimean Tatar
Crimean Tatar form of Qahirah.
Qalmaqstan (Political Subdivision) Kazakh
From қалмақ (qalmaq), the Kazakh name for the Kalmyk people, combined with the Persian suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of". This is the Kazakh name for Kalmykia.
Qalmukheti (Political Subdivision) Georgian
Georgian form of Kalmykia.
Qalmyqq (Political Subdivision) Ossetian
Ossetian form of Kalmykia.
Qambiya (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Gambia.
Qanq (River) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Ganges.
Qaqortoq (Settlement) Greenlandic
Means "white" in Greenlandic. Qaqortoq is the 4th largest town in Greenland.
Qaragʻandi (Settlement) Uzbek
Uzbek form of Karaganda.
Qaraghalpaqstan (Political Subdivision) Bashkir
Bashkir form of Karakalpakstan.
Qaraghandy (Settlement) Kazakh
Kazakh form of Karaganda.
Qaraqalpaqstan (Political Subdivision) Karakalpak, Kazakh
Karakalpak and Kazakh form of Karakalpakstan.
Qaraqalpoqiston (Political Subdivision) Tajik
Tajik form of Karakalpakstan.
Qargistan (Country) Eastern African, Somali
Somali form of Kyrgyzstan.
Qaridhel (River) Bashkir
Means "black Volga" from Bashkir ҡара (qara) meaning "black" combined with Иҙел (Idhel) referring to the Volga River. This is the Bashkir name for the Ufa River.
Qasigiannguit (Settlement) Greenlandic
Means "the place with spotted seals" in Greenlandic.
Qətər (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Qatar.
Qatar (Country) Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek
From Catharrei, the name given to the inhabitants of region by Roman writer Pliny the Elder, which may have been based on the name of a local settlement. The name Catara was later used by Greek astronomer Ptolemy to refer to the peninsula, which was eventually transmitted into Arabic... [more]
Qathar (Country) Chechen
Chechen form of Qatar.
Qausuittuq (Other) Inuit
National park in Nunavut, Canada. Meaning "the place where the sun does not rise] in Inuktitut.
Qawqaz (Region) Arabic
Arabic form of Caucasus, usually written with the definite article as القوقاز‎‎ (Al-Qawqaz).
Qazahistan (Country) Crimean Tatar
Crimean Tatar form of Kazakhstan.
Qazakheti (Country) Georgian
From Georgian ყაზახი (qazakhi) referring to the Kazakh people and the suffix -ეთი (-eti) used to indicate location. This is the Georgian name for Kazakhstan.
Qazakhstan (Country) Kabardian, Lezgin, Ossetian
Kabardian, Lezgin, and Ossetian form of Kazakhstan.
Qazan (Settlement) Bashkir, Kazakh
Bashkir and Kazakh form of Kazan.
Qazani (Settlement) Georgian
Georgian form of Kazan.
Qazaqistan (Country) Uyghur
Uyghur form of Kazakhstan.
Qazaxıstan (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Kazakhstan.
Qazaxistan (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Kazakhstan.
Qazon (Settlement) Tajik
Tajik form of Kazan.
Qazzaqestan (Country) Persian
Persian form of Kazakhstan.
Qerqizestan (Country) Persian
Persian form of Kyrgyzstan.
Qiaozhiya (Country & Political Subdivision) Taiwanese
Chinese form of Georgia 1 or Georgia 2 chiefly used in Taiwan.
Qıbrız (Country & Island) Crimean Tatar
Crimean Tatar form of Cyprus.
Qirgizeti (Country) Georgian
From Georgian ყირგიზული (qirgizuli) referring to the Kyrgyz people and the suffix -ეთი (-eti) used to indicate location. This is the Georgian name for Kyrgyzstan.
Qırğızıstan (Country) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Kyrgyzstan.
Qırğızistan (Country) Crimean Tatar
Crimean Tatar form of Kyrgyzstan.
Qırg'ızstan (Country) Karakalpak
Karakalpak form of Kyrgyzstan.
Qırım (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Crimean Tatar
Crimean Tatar form of Crimea.
Qoraqalpogʻiston (Region) Uzbek
Uzbek form of Karakalpakstan.
Qozon (Settlement) Uzbek
Uzbek form of Kazan.
Qroznı (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Grozny.
Quảng Bình (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 廣 (quảng) meaning "broad" and 平 (bình) meaning "level".
Quảng Nam (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 廣 (quảng) meaning "wide" and 南 (nam) meaning "south".
Quảng Ngãi (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 廣義 (quảng nghĩa) meaning "generalized".
Quảng Ninh (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 廣 (quảng) meaning "wide" and 寧 (ninh) meaning "peaceful". Also a mix of Quảng Yên and Hải Ninh.
Quảng Trị (Political Subdivision) Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 廣 (quảng) meaning "broad" and 治 (trị) meaning "cure".
Quddus (Settlement) Uzbek
Uzbek form of Quds, used as the Uzbek name for Jerusalem.
Qüds (Settlement) Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Quds, used as the Azerbaijani name for Jerusalem.
Quds-Ghala (Settlement) Chechen
From the name Quds and Chechen гӏала (ghala) meaning "town, city", used as the Chechen name for Jerusalem.
Qudus (Settlement) Crimean Tatar, Eastern African, Somali
Crimean Tatar and Somali form of Quds, referring to Jerusalem.
Queensland (Political Subdivision) English (Australian), English (British), English (American)
Named after Queen Victoria (1819–1901). This is the name of a state of Australia.
Quezon (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Filipino, Tagalog, English
From the surname Quezon. This is the name of both a province and city in the Philippines, which were named in honour of Manuel Quezon (1878-1844), the second president of the Philippines.
Quirguistão (Country) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Kyrgyzstan.
Quirguízia (Country) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Kyrgyzstan via its Russian name Kirgiziya. This is an alternative name for the country; the standard name in Portugal is Quirguistão.
Quirguizistão (Country) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Kyrgyzstan
Quito (Settlement) English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish
From the Quitu tribe, whose name is derived from the combination of the Tsafiki words quitso ("center") and to ("world"). This is the name of the capital city of Ecuador.
Quttinirpaaq (Other) Inuit
National park in Nunavut, Canada. Means "the top of the world" in Inuktitut, as it is the northernmost national park in Canada, and the second in the world.
Quuligelia (Country) Cherokee
Cherokee form of Bulgaria
Qyrghydhstan (Country) Bashkir
Bashkir form of Kyrgyzstan.
Qyrym (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Bashkir, Kazakh, Ossetian
Bashkir, Kazakh, and Ossetian form of Crimea.
Qytai (Country) Kazakh, Bashkir
Kazakh form of Cathay, used as the Kazakh name for China. It is also an alternate transcription of Bashkir Qytay.
Qytay (Country) Bashkir, Kazakh
Bashkir form of Cathay, used as the Bashkir name for China. It is also an alternate transcription of Kazakh Qytai.