TAHOE(Body of Water)American Tahoe is a lake on the California/Nevada border in America.
TAIGUO(Country)Chinese From Chinese 泰 (tài) referring to Thailand or the Thai people and 國 (guó) meaning "country, state". This is the Chinese name for Thailand.
TAIWAN(Country)English While Taiwan still exists, it is not always considered an independent country. However, it did represent China in the United Nations until 1971.
TAJIKISTAN(Country)English From Tajik Тоҷикистон (Tojikiston), which is from the Persian exonym تاجیک (Tājīk) referring to the Tajik people combined with the suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of"... [more]
TAKAMORI(Settlement)Japanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
TAMMERFORS(Settlement)Swedish Combination of an unknown first element and Swedish fors "rapid". This is the Swedish name of TAMPERE.
TAMPA(Settlement)English After the city of Tampa in the state of Florida. Tampa is from a Calusa word, the Calusa being the Native American tribe that once lived in the area. The exact word in unknown; it may have meant "sticks of fire", possibly referring to lightning, or "the place to gather sticks"... [more]
TAMPERE(Settlement)Finnish From Tammerkoski, the name of the rapids that flow through the city. The first element tammer is of uncertain etymology. The second element is koski "rapids"... [more]
TANGANYIKA(Country)English These two African countries united in 1964 to form Tanzania.
TANGIER(Settlement)English Meaning uncertain, though it is said to be derived from the name Tingis, the daughter of the Titan ATLAS in Greek mythology... [more]
TASHKENT(Settlement)English, Russian Derived from Turkic tash meaning "stone" and kent meaning "city"; literally means "stone city". Tashkent is the capital of the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan.
TATAOUINE(Settlement)French Means "water springs" in Berber. The city is sometimes called Foum Tataouine, meaning "mouth of the springs". The name of the desert planet TATOOINE in the Star Wars universe is derived from Tataouine.
TATOOINE(Other)Popular Culture Tatooine is a fictional desert planet in the Star Wars universe. The name is derived from the name of a Tunisian city, TATAOUINE, located close to where some scenes in Star Wars was filmed.
TAVASTLAND(Political Subdivision)Swedish, Danish, Dutch Swedish form of Tavastia, which some countries have adopted as their name for the historical Swedish province that is now part of Finland.
TAYGETOS(Mountain)Greek Mythology, Greek The Taygetos or Taÿgetus is a mountain range in the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus; its name is probably pre-Greek and of unknown meaning... [more]
TBILISI(Settlement)Georgian, English Derived from Georgian ტფილი (tipili) and Old Georgian ტფილისი (ṭpilisi) meaning "warm". Tbilisi is the capital of the nation of Georgia in the Caucasus.
TEES(River)English A river in Northeast England. The precise origin of name is not known for sure. But, given that it is one of Britain's major rivers, several theories have emerged:... [more]
TEGUCIGALPA(Political Subdivision)Spanish Capital of HONDURAS, possibly from the Nahuatl word Taguz-galpa, which means "hills of silver".
TELEMARK(Political Subdivision)Norwegian From teler the name of an old Germanic tribe and the Old Norse mǫrk meaning "woodland, borderland, or march/mark."... [more]
TENNESSEE(Political Subdivision)English (American) Name of a state in the United States, from Cherokee tanasi, the name of a Cherokee village. The meaning is unknown.
TENRI(Settlement)Japanese This is the name of a city in Nara prefecture which used to be (briefly) the capital of Japan under the reign of Emperor Ninken (probably reigned from 488–498).... [more]
TERABITHIA(Political Subdivision)Literature The magical kingdom from the children's novel 'Bridge to Terabithia' (1977) by Katherine Paterson. Terabithia means "land of the turpentine-trees", it is in relation to the island Terebinthia in 'The Chronicles of Narnia' by C. S. Lewis.
TESLIN(Other)English Name of a mountain, plateau, river, and small lake in Yukon, Canada, and of a larger lake spanning the Yukon-British Columbia border. The word comes from the Tlingit name for the river, Teslintoo or Teslintuh, meaning "long, deep water."
TEXAS(Political Subdivision)English (American) Name of a state in the United States, from Spanish Texas, Tejas, originally an ethnic name, from Caddo taysha "friends, allies" written as a plural.
THÁI LAN(Country)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 泰 (thái) referring to the Thai people and 蘭 (lan), a phonetic transcription of English -land. This is the Vietnamese name for Thailand.
THAMES(River)English The name of the river in southern England on which London is situated. This is a Brythonic river-name, explained as a derivative of Common Brythonic *temēlos, 'darkness' (compare Old Welsh timuil, 'darkness').
THESSALONIKI(Settlement)English, Greek The city's name derives from the Greek words Θεσσαλός (Thessalós) referring to the region of Thessaly and νῑ́κη (nī́kē) "victory, success"; literally translating to "Thessalian victory"... [more]
THULE(Island)Greek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Θούλη (Thoule), the name of an island north of Britain which was discovered by the 4th-century BC geographer Pytheas, who arrived at it after a voyage of six days from the Orkney Islands... [more]
TIBET(Country)English A kingdom established in the 7th century, Tibet was invaded by China in 1950 and has since been known as the Xizang Autonomous Region of China.
TIMPERLEY(Settlement)English Timperley is a suburban village in Altrincham in the borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.... [more]
TOBAGO(Island)English The name of the Island in Trinidad and Tobago. Tobago is the smaller of the 2 Caribbean islands comprising the nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It’s known for its wide, sandy beaches and biodiverse tropical rainforest... [more]
TOGO(Country)English, Croatian Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.... [more]
TOPEKA(Political Subdivision)English Name of the capital city in KANSAS, meaning "a good place to dig potatoes". From Kansa to "wild potato" + pi "good" + ke "to dig".
TRANENT(Settlement)Scottish A town in East Lothian, east of Edinburgh, Scotland. It's name derives from the Brythonic-Celtic *traf-, meaning 'town, village' (Welsh treff) and *-neint, meaning 'stream, small river' (Welsh nant).
TREDEGAR(Settlement)Welsh A town in South-East Wales. Its name derives from the Old Welsh tref, which means 'town' or traditionally 'farm, estate', and degewr, which meant 'ten acres'.
TRELLEBORG(Settlement)Swedish Derived from the word trelleborg meaning "ring fort" or "Viking ring fortress", referring to a type of circular forts built during the Viking Age. The word trelleborg itself might be a combination of Old Norse þræll "slave" or trel "wooden staves" and borg "fortress, castle".
TREWELLARD(Settlement)Cornish Trewellard is a small village on the north coast road between St Just and St Ives in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
TRIBECA(Settlement)English After the New York neighbourhood, ultimately derived from "TRIangle BElow CAnal street".
TRIPOLI(Settlement)English Derived from Italian Tripoli, which is from Latin Tripolis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis) meaning "three cities"; a combination of τρι- (tri-) meaning "three" and πόλις (pólis) meaning "city"... [more]
TRONDHEIM(Settlement)Norwegian Third largest city in Norway. It was founded in 997 by OLAF Tryggvason and was first known as Kaupangen "the market place" and later NIDAROS... [more]
TUNA(Other)Swedish Derived from Old Norse tún meaning "enclosure, fence, homestead, courtyard, plot". This is the name of many localities and parishes in Sweden. It is also a common place-name element (see ESKILSTUNA).
TUNIS(Settlement & Country)English, Arabic, Croatian, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik, Armenian Derived from the name تُونِس (tūnis), of disputed meaning. One theory suggests Berber origin from the Tamazight root ⵜⵏⵙ (tns) meaning "to lay down" or "encampment" or ens meaning "to lie down, to pass the night", Others state that the name is from TANITH, the name of a Phoenician goddess, or from Tynes, the name of an ancient city... [more]
TUNISIA(Country)English, Italian, Galician Derived from the name تُونِس (tūnis), the name of the capital city of Tunisia (see TUNIS, of disputed meaning. One theory suggests Berber origin from the Tamazight root ⵜⵏⵙ (tns) meaning "to lay down" or "encampment" or ens meaning "to lie down, to pass the night", Others state that the name is from TANITH, the name of a Phoenician goddess, or from Tynes, the name of an ancient city... [more]
TURKETI(Country)Georgian From Georgian თურქი (turki) referring to the Turkish people and the suffix -ეთი (-eti) used to indicate location. This is the Georgian name for Turkey.
TURKMENISTAN(Country)English, Croatian Means "land of the Turkmens"; a combination of Turkmen Türkmen, which is derived from Turkish Türk "Turk" and Sogdian -myn, -men "resembling, like" (in all meaning "resembling a Turk, like a Turk, co-Turk") and the Persian suffix ـستان (-stān) "land, place of", "country"... [more]
TURKU(Settlement)Finnish From Old East Slavic търгъ (tǔrgǔ) meaning "market place". Turku is the 3rd largest urban area in FINLAND.
TUVA(Political Subdivision)English Derived from the name Tuvan, referring to the native ethnic group of the region. The word Tuvan itself has an unknown etymological origin and meaning. The Tuva Republic is a federal subject of RUSSIA located in southern SIBERIA and bordering MONGOLIA.
TUVALU(Country)Polynesian Tuvalu is also the name of a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its name meaning 'eight standing together'.
TYNE(River)English A river in North-East England. Its meaning is unknown, but some sources relate it to a word in a local Celtic or pre-Celtic language *tei-*, meaning 'river'. However, the evidence for the existence of such a word is insufficient.... [more]