Submitted Place Names Starting with Z

ZADAR (Settlement) Croatian, English
Zadar is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city.... [more]

ZAGREB (Settlement) Croatian
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia.... [more]

ZAKYNTHOS (Island) Greek
Zakynthos is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. It is situated in the Ionian Sea and it is a Greek municipality.

ZAMBIA (Country) English
The name of the Country in East Africa. Zambia, in southern Africa, is a landlocked country of rugged terrain and diverse wildlife, with many parks and safari areas. On its border with Zimbabwe is famed Victoria Falls – indigenously called Mosi-oa-Tunya, or "Smoke That Thunders” – plunging a misty 108m into narrow Batoka Gorge... [more]

ZAMBIJA (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of Zambia.

ZANZIBAR (Island) English
Means "black-skinned coast", from the Arabic زنجبار (Zanjibār) which is from Persian زنگبار (zangebâr), a combination of Persian زنگی (zangi) "black, dark-skinned" and بار (bār) "bank, shore, coast"... [more]

ZELENORTSKA REPUBLIKA (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of Cape Verde.

ŽENEVA (Settlement) Croatian
Croatian form of Geneva.

ZHAIYQ (River) Kazakh
Kazakh form of Ural (Ural River).

ZIMBABVE (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of Zimbabwe.

ZIMBABWE (Country) English
The name of the Country in East Africa. Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa known for its dramatic landscape and diverse wildlife, much of it within parks, reserves and safari areas... [more]

ZINKGRUVAN (Settlement) Swedish
Means "the zink mine" in Swedish. Zinkgruvan is both a village and a mine. It is the only locality in Sweden starting with Z.

ZÜRICH (Settlement) German
A Swiss city.

ZZYZX (Settlement) English
When it was invented to be the last word listed in a dictionary, an area in California was named Zzyzx.