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Zaan Bei Aa (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Zambia.

Zaandam (Settlement) Dutch, English
This is a town in the North Holland province in the Netherlands. The name derives from the dam that was constructed on the Zaan River.

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

Zagabria (Settlement) Italian
Italian form of Zagreb.

Zágráb (Settlement) Hungarian
Hungarian form of Zagreb.

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

Zaira (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Zaire.

Zairas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Zaire.

Za-ki-oan-hi-ash (Country) Mormon
A symbolic name used by Joseph Smith for Chaldea. According to his book, "Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language", za is a compound name for a symbol called beth, which is given the meaning of "a fruitful garden"... [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.

Zalipie (Settlement) Polish
Zalipie is known for being "Poland's Painted Village". The insides and outsides of the buildings, doghouses, and even bridges in Zalipie are painted in brightly colored folk art that attracts tourists from around the globe... [more]

Zambië (Country) Dutch (Archaic), Afrikaans
Archaic Dutch form of Zambia as well as the modern Afrikaans form of the name.

Zambiýa (Country) Turkmen
Turkmen form of Zambia.

Zampia (Country) Greek
Greek form of Zambia.

Zanbiya (Country) Burmese, Chinese
Burmese and Chinese form of Zambia.

Zarahemla (Settlement) Mormon
The name of a prominent city in the Book of Mormon, named after a descendant of Mulek.

Zari (Country) Arabic
means flower in Arabic or a thread or a city in Nigeria

Zealand (Island) English
English form of Danish Sjælland. Zealand is the largest island in Denmark (excluding Greenland).

Zelenortska Ostrva (Country) Bosnian, Serbian
Bosnian and Serbian form of Cape Verde.

Zelenortska Republika (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of Cape Verde.

Zelenortski Otoki (Country) Slovene
Slovene form of Cape Verde

Zemlya (Other) Russian
Russian for land. Zembla is a variant.

Zemlya Georga (Island) Russian

Ženeva (Settlement) Croatian
Croatian form of Geneva.

Zentralafrikanische Republik (Country) German
German form of Central African Republic

Zeoi Lei Aa (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Syria.

Zeon Baa Bou Wai (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Zimbabwe.

Zerin (Mountain) Mormon
The name of a mountain moved by Mahonri Moriancumer on account of his faith.

Zhahuang (Settlement) Chinese
Chinese form of Sapporo.

Zhaiyq (River) Kazakh
Probably from Jaiyk, the name of the Turkic god of rivers, which is derived from Turkic yād meaning "wide, spread out". This is the Kazakh name for the Ural River.

Zhakarta (Settlement) Kyrgyz, Mongolian
Kyrgyz form of Jakarta as well as a Mongolian alternate transcription.

Zhangzhou (Settlement) Chinese
From Chinese 漳 (zhāng), the name of a river, and 州 (zhōu) meaning "prefecture, province". This is the name of a city in China.

Zhaowa (Island) Chinese
Chinese form of Java.

Zhaponiya (Country) Kazakh
Kazakh form of Japan.

Zheltoycho (Country) Chechen
From Chechen желтой (zheltoy) meaning "Greek" and the suffix -чоь (-cho) meaning "place of". This is the Chechen name for Greece.

Zhili (Country) Chinese
Chinese form of Chile.

Zhugteche (Country) Ingush
From Ingush жугтий (zhugtiy) referring to the Jewish people and Jewish faith combined with the suffix -че (-che) meaning "place of". This is the Ingush name for Israel.

Zhunguy (Country) Dungan
Dungan form of Zhongguo.

Zhybyn (Country) Dungan
Dungan form of Nippon.

Ziemeļkoreja (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of North Korea

Zi Lei (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Chile.

Zimbaboe (Country) Malagasy
Malagasy form of Zimbabwe.

Zimpampoue (Country) Greek
Greek form of Zimbabwe.

Zinbabwe (Country) Burmese
Burmese form of Zimbabwe.

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.

Zip (Other) Mormon
The sixth great star from the center of the galaxy; succeeding Limdi, and preceding Vurel.

Zipre (Country) Basque
Basque form of Cyprus

Zuid-Afrika (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of South Africa.

Zuid-Amerika (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of South America.

Zuid-Holland (Political Subdivision) Dutch
Dutch form of South Holland.

Zuid-Korea (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of South Korea.

Zuid-Soedan (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of South Sudan.

Zung Gwok (Country) Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhongguo.

Zürich (Settlement) German
A Swiss city.

Żvezja (Country) Maltese
Maltese form of Sweden.

Zviedrija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Sweden.

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

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