Türkmenabat(Settlement)Turkmen From the ethnic name Türkmen combined with Persian آباد (abad) meaning "city, town, inhabited area". This is the name of a city in Turkmenistan.
Turkmenia(Country & Political Subdivision)English (Rare) Anglicization of Turkmeniya, the Russian name for the country of Turkmenistan. In the Anglophone world, this name was primarily used during the Soviet era... [more]
Turkménie(Country & Political Subdivision)French (Rare) Gallicization of Turkmeniya, the Russian name for the country of Turkmenistan. In the Francophone world, this name was primarily used during the Soviet era... [more]
Turkmenië(Country & Political Subdivision)Dutch (Rare) Dutchization of Turkmeniya, the Russian name for the country of Turkmenistan. In the Dutch-speaking world, this name was primarily used during the Soviet era... [more]
Turkmenien(Country & Political Subdivision)German (Rare) Germanization of Turkmeniya, the Russian name for the country of Turkmenistan. In the German-speaking world, this name was primarily used during the Soviet era... [more]
Turkoycho(Country)Chechen From Chechen туркой (turkoy) meaning "Turk, Turkish" and the suffix -чоь (-cho) meaning "place of". This is the Chechen name for Turkey.
Tutong(Political Subdivision, Settlement & River)Malay Possibly from the name of the Tutong people (itself derived from the name of a folk hero) or from a Dusun word meaning "turtle". This is the name of a district of, as well as a town and river in, Brunei.
Tuva(Political Subdivision)Russian From Tuvan Тыва (Tyva), itself from the name of the Tuvan people, which is of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a federal subject of Russia.
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'.
Tuyên Quang(Political Subdivision)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 宣 (tuyên) meaning "announce" and 光 (quang) meaning "light".
Tuyên Quang(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 宣 (tuyên) meaning "declare, announce, proclain" and 光 (quang) meaning "bright, clear". This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Vietnam.
Tuy Hòa(Settlement)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 綏 (tuy) meaning "pacify, placate" and 和 (hoà) meaning "peace, harmony, draw, tie". This is the name of a city in Vietnam.
Tyewhoppety(Other)Shawnee Tyewhoppety is an unincorporated community located in Todd County, Kentucky, United States. ... [more]
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]
Tyras(River)Ancient Greek Derived from Scythian tūra meaning "quick, rapid, strong". This is the ancient Greek name for the Dniester river, which is known as Dneisteros in modern Greek.
Tyrconnell(Political Subdivision)Irish Another name for the Irish county of Donegal. It means "land of Conall", a king from the area. Conall means "strong wolf".
Tyre(Settlement)English, Arabic Tyre is the fourth largest city in Lebanon after Beirut, Tripoli, and Sidon. It is the capital of the Tyre District in the South Governorate. It is known as Sour or Sur in Arabic.
Tyrrhenian(Body of Water)Italian, Greek Derives from the Greek word τυῤῥηνοί (tyrrhenoi), which was used to refer to the Etruscans. This is the name of the sea in between mainland Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, and French Corsica.