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UDMURTIA (Political Subdivision) English, Estonian, Finnish, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish, TagalogFrom Russian Удмуртия
(Udmurtiya), which is derived from the name of the Udmurt people. The ethnic name is from
odo-mort meaning "meadow people", from the Permic root
od(o) meaning "meadow, glade, turf" and Iranian
murt meaning "person, man"...
[more] UDMURTIYA (Political Subdivision) Udmurt, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Gagauz, Karachay-Balkar, Komi, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian, Uzbek, YakutForm of
UDMURTIA.
UFA (Settlement & River) Russian, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Ossetian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Udmurt, Ukrainian, UzbekFrom Bashkir Өфө
(Öfö), which is of uncertain origin and meaning. It may be derived from the Iranian root
ap meaning "water". This is the name of the capital city of
Bashkortostan as well a river that runs through the Ural Mountains...
[more] UFI (Settlement) KazakhKazakh form of
UFI, referring only to the city.
UKKUSIKSALIK (Other) InuitNational park in
NUNAVUT,
CANADA. From Inuktitut, meaning "where there is material for the stone pot", from the word 'ukkusik', meaning "pot" or "saucepan".
UKRAINA (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Turkmen, UzbekForm of
UKRAINE.
UKRAINE (Country) Danish, English, French, German, MalayFrom Ukrainian Україна
(Ukrayina) which is from Old East Slavic украина
(ukraina) meaning "boundary, borderland, outskirts", derived from оу
(u) meaning "at" and краи
(krai) meaning "edge, end, rim"...
[more] ULAN BATOR (Settlement) Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, TagalogForm of
ULAANBAATAR used in various languages as well as an English variant of the name.
ULAN-UDE (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Chechen, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Norwegian, Ossetian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tatar, Ukrainian, YakutFrom Buryat Улаан-Үдэ
(Ulaan-Ude) meaning "red Uda", derived from Buryat улаан
(ulaan) meaning "red" and Үдэ
(Ude) referring to the Uda River. The name was originally given to reflect the Soviet Union's communist ideology...
[more] ULEÅBORG (Settlement) SwedishCombination of
Ule, the name of a river whose name derives from the Finnish dialectal word
oulu "floodwater", Swedish
å "river, stream", and
borg "castle, fortification"...
[more] UMEÅ (Settlement) SwedishPossibly derived from Old Norse
úma "roaring" and the place name element
-eå "river". Another theory is that the name is derived from Finnish
uoma "riverbed". Umeå is the largest city in
NORRLAND and the 12th largest city in Sweden...
[more] UNITED STATES (Country) EnglishThe name of a country in North
AMERICA. The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean...
[more] UPPLAND (Region) SwedishUppland is a Swedish historical province. The name is a combination of Swedish
upp "up" and
land "land". The name is believed to refer to its location north of Lake
MÄLAREN.
URUGUAY (Country) EnglishThe name of the Country in South America. Uruguay is a South American country known for its verdant interior and beach-lined coast. The capital, Montevideo, revolves around Plaza Independencia, once home to a Spanish citadel...
[more] URUMCHI (Settlement) Uyghur, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chechen, Chuvash, Georgian, Hindi, Lezgin, Ossetian, Russian, Ukrainian, Urdu, UzbekUyghur alternate transcription of
ÜRÜMCHI as well as the form of
ÜRÜMQI used in various languages.
ÜRÜMQI (Settlement) Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, SwedishFrom Uyghur ئۈرۈمچى
(ürümchi) which may be derived from Mongolian ᠦᠯᠡᠮᠵᠢ
(ülemǰi) meaning "great", a short form of the phrase ᠦᠯᠡᠮᠵᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠬᠠᠨ ᠪᠡᠯᠴᠢᠭᠡᠷ
(ülemǰi-yin say᠋iqan belčiger) meaning "great pasture" or "beautiful pasture"...
[more] UTAH (Political Subdivision) English (American)Name of a state in the United States, from Spanish
yuta, name of the indigenous Uto-Aztecan people of the Great Basin perhaps from Western Apache (Athabaskan)
yudah "high" (in reference to living in the mountains).
UTSUNOMIYA (Settlement) JapaneseThis is the name of a city which is the capital and most populous city of Tochigi Prefecture, located in central Japan. The kanji used are 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."...
[more] UZBEKETI (Country) GeorgianFrom Georgian უზბეკური
(uzbekuri) referring to the Uzbek people and the suffix -ეთი
(-eti) used to indicate location. This is the Georgian name for
Uzbekistan.