Tangerang(Settlement)Indonesian, Sundanese Derived from Sundanese tengger or tanggeran meaning "sign, marker". The name comes from a monument that was built in the 17th century to mark the boundary between the Sultanate of Banten and a neighbouring territory to the east controlled by the Dutch East India Company (VOC)... [more]
Tangier(Settlement)English From Latin Tingis, itself from the Punic root tng of uncertain origin. It may have been derived from Berber tingis meaning "marsh", based on the old Berber name ⵜⵉⵏⴳⵉ (Tingi)... [more]
Tanintharyi(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Burmese From the Malay name Tanah Sari derived from tanah meaning "land" and sari meaning "essence, nectar, extract". This is the name of an administrative region of, as well as a township and town in, Myanmar.
Tarlac(Political Subdivision, Settlement & River)Pampangan, Pangasinan, Ilocano, Tagalog, English Derived from Pampangan malatarlak referring to a type of grass. This is the name of a province of, as well as a city and river in, the Philippines.
Tashkent(Settlement)English, Russian From Uzbek Toshkent meaning "stone city", from tosh meaning "stone" combined with Turkic kend meaning "city". This is the name of the capital city of Uzbekistan.
Tasiilaq(Settlement)Greenlandic Means "the place with a lake" in Greenlandic. Tasiilaq is a town on the east coast of Greenland.
Tasikmalaya(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Indonesian, Sundanese Meaning uncertain, most likely of Sundanese origin. This is the name of a regency of and city in Indonesia.
Taunggyi(Settlement)Burmese Means "large mountain" in Burmese, from တောင် (taung) meaning "mountain" and ကြီး (gyi) meaning "big, large". This is the name of the capital of Shan State, Myanmar.
Tây Ninh(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 西 (tây) meaning "west" and 寧 (ninh) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, serene". This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Vietnam.
Tbilisi(Settlement)Georgian, English, Russian Derived from Georgian თბილი (tbili) meaning "warm", given in reference to the area's sulfuric hot springs. This is the name of the capital city of Georgia (the country).
Tegal(Settlement & Political Subdivision)Indonesian, Javanese Derived from Javanese tetegal meaning "fertile land, field". This is the name of a city in Indonesia as well as a regency of the Indonesian province of Central Java.
Tel Aviv(Settlement)Hebrew Comes from two hebrew words: Tel, meaning mound of an old settelment, and Aviv, meaning spring. Comes from the hebrew translation of Benjamin Zeev Herzel's book altnoyland (old new land).
Tel Aviv(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Hebrew From a Hebrew translation of Altneuland (known as The Old New Land in English), the title of a 1902 novel by journalist Theodor Herzl. It is comprised of the Hebrew words תל (tel) meaning "hill", representing the "Old", and אביב ('aviv) meaning "spring (the season)", which symbolizes the "New".... [more]
Teluk Intan(Settlement)Malay, English Means "diamond bay" in Malay, from teluk meaning "bay, bend, gulf" and intan meaning "diamond". This is the name of a town in Malaysia.
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]
Texarkana(Region & Settlement)English Portmanteau of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. This refers to a Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana border region, as well as the region's principal cities: Texarkana, Texas, and Texarkana, Arkansas.
Thái Bình(Political Subdivision, Settlement & Body of Water)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 太 (thái) meaning "very, extreme, great" and 平 (bình) meaning "level, even". This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Vietnam. It is also the Vietnamese name of the Pacific Ocean.
Thái Nguyên(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 太 (thái) meaning "very, extreme" and 原 (nguyên) meaning "meadow, field, plain". This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Vietnam.
Thanh Hóa(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Vietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 清 (thanh) meaning "clear, pure" and 化 (hoá) meaning "transform, change into, become". This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Vietnam.
Thanlyin(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Burmese Thanlyin is a major port city in Myanmar’s Yangon region. Its name has an unknown meaning.
Thebes(Settlement)English, Ancient Greek (Anglicized) Perhaps ultimately from Semitic teba "chest, box". This is the name of a city in Boeotia, Greece, which played an important role in many Greek myths (as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus, Heracles and others).
The Hague(Settlement)English Originally named des Graven Hage, literally meaning "the count's wood" in medieval Dutch. This is the administrative and royal capital city of the Netherlands and the capital city of the South Holland province.
Thessalonica(Settlement)Ancient Greek (Latinized) The name of a Greek city, which was named after the princess Thessalonike of Macedon. Her name means "Thessalian victory, victory in Thessaly" from Greek Θεσσαλός (Thessalos) "Thessalian" and νίκη (nike) "victory"... [more]
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]
Thimphu(Settlement)Bhutanese, Tibetan, English From Bhutanese ཐིམ་ (thim) meaning "to sink" and ཕུ་ (phu) meaning "high ground, foothill, upland" or "to fly". This is the name of the capital city of Bhutan.
Thingwall(Settlement)English A town in England. From the Scandinavian 'Þingvöllr', meaning "the meeting place of the assembly".
Thủ Dầu Một(Settlement)Vietnamese Meaning uncertain, perhaps in part derived from Khmer or from Vietnamese thủ meaning "keep, guard", dầu referring to a type of tree (genus Dipterocarpus) and một meaning "one" (or from miệt vườn meaning "plantation, orchard, grove", according to a folk etymology)... [more]
Thyrea(Settlement)Ancient Greek Thyrea was a town of Cynuria, and was fought over between ancient Argolis and ancient Laconia. According to Pausanias, Thyrea was named after a mythological figure: Thyraeos, the son of Lycaon.
Tijuana(Settlement)Spanish Derives from the rancho that Santiago Argüello Moraga established in 1829 on his Mexican land grant, naming it Rancho Tía Juana.... [more]
Tikeshromi(Settlement)Coptic Possibly means "breaker of men" in Coptic, from the feminine definite article ϯ (ti) combined with ⲕⲱϣ (kosh) meaning "break" and ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (romi) meaning "man" — taken from a calque of the city's Arabic name القاهرة (al-Qahirah) meaning "the victorious"... [more]
Tiñana(Settlement)Asturian From the name Tinius or Tennius to Tini-ana or Tenni-ana adding a Latin possesive suffix -ana, Romans used to named new conquered lands by the name of its owner and this suffix.... [more]
Tiperses(Settlement)Coptic Means "the Persian (fortress)" from the Coptic definite article ϯ (ti) combined with ⲡⲉⲣⲥⲏⲥ (perses) meaning "Persian". This is the Coptic name for the Egyptian city of Giza.
Tipperary(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Irish Town and county in Ireland. From Tiobraid Árann, meaning "well of the Arra". The Arra is a river that flows through it.
Tiptree(Settlement)English Tiptree is a village in the East of England. Tiptree comes from Tipper's Tree.
Tlaxcala(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Spanish From Nahuatl Tlaxcallān either derived from tlaxcalli meaning "tortilla" or texcalli meaning "crag" or "oven" combined with the suffix -tlan. This is the name of a state of, as well as a city in, Mexico... [more]
Tōkai(Region & Settlement)Japanese Means "eastern sea" from Japanese 東 (tō) meaning "east" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean". This is the name of a subregion of Japanese regions of Chūbu and Kansai... [more]
Toluca(Settlement)Paiute From a Paiute word meaning "fertile valley" or "beautiful valley". This is the name of a neighborhood and lake in Los Angeles, California, USA, i.e., Toluca Lake.
Tomioka(Settlement)Japanese From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge". This is the name of a town in the Japanese province of Fukushima as well as a city in the province of Gunma.
Topanga(Settlement)Indigenous American Topanga is a community in western Los Angeles County, California, United States located in the Santa Monica mountains. The name is given by the Native American indigenous Tongva tribe, and may mean "where the mountain meets the sea" or "a place above".
Toronto(Settlement)English The name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto, meaning "place where trees stand in the water". This refers to the northern end of what is now Lake Simcoe, where the Huron had planted tree saplings to corral fish... [more]
Toshima(Settlement)Japanese From Japanese 豊 (to) meaning "abundant, rich, bountiful" and 島 (shima) meaning "island". This is the name of a special ward of Tokyo.
Toulouse(Settlement)French From Latin Tolosa of uncertain meaning, possibly of Gaulish, Iberian or Aquitanian origin. This is the name of a city in France.
Trafalgar(Region, Other & Settlement)Spanish, English The name of both a small Spanish peninsula and a beloved British city square, which is most likely derived from Taraf al-Ghar (طرف الغار 'cape of the cave/laurel') or Taraf al-Gharb (طرف الغرب 'extremity of the west'), both of which are of Arabic origin.
Tralee(Settlement)Irish (Anglicized) From Irish Trá Lí, meaning "strand of the Lee River", after the confluences of small rivers the town was built on.... [more]
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).
Trang(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Thai Either from Malay terang meaning "bright, light, clear" or from Sanskrit तरंग (taranga) meaning "wave, ripple". This is the name of a province and city in Thailand.
Trat(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Thai Believed to be a corruption of Khmer ត្រាច (trach) referring to a type of tree (genus Dipterocarpus). This is the name of a province of and town in Thailand.
Trà Vinh(Political Subdivision & Settlement)Vietnamese Means "holy pond" from Khmer ព្រះ (preah) meaning "god, lord" and ត្រពាំង (trapang) meaning "pond, lagoon". This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Vietnam.
Trece Martires(Settlement)English, Filipino Means "thirteen martyrs" in Spanish, referring to the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite. This is name of the de facto capital city of Cavite, Philippines.
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.
Trieste(Settlement)Italian The name of a city in north-eastern Italy, bordering the Balkans. From old Venetic Tergeste, a combination terg, "market", cognate to Albanian treg, Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Old Norse torg, and a typical place-name venetic suffix, -este.... [more]
Tripoli(Settlement)Greek, Italian, English Derived from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Tripolis) meaning "three cities", from τρι (tri) meaning "three" and πόλις (polis) meaning "city"... [more]
Tromsø(Settlement)Norwegian From the name of an island, Tromsøya (Old Norse: Trums), whose name is derived from Old Norse straumr possibly meaning "stream, strong current". Tromsø is a city in northern Norway. See also: Troms
Trondheim(Settlement)Norwegian Trondheim is the third largest city in Norway. It was originally named Nidaros but known colloquially as kaupangr "marketplace" or kaupangr í Þróndheimi "the marketplace in Trondheim/Trøndelag" which was later shortened to just Þróndheimr... [more]
Tsu(Settlement)Japanese Means "port" in Japanese; tsu is the Japanese kun reading of jīn. This is the name of the capital city of Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Túnis(Country & Settlement)Icelandic, Portuguese (Brazilian) Icelandic and Brazilian Portuguese form of Tunis. The Icelandic name refers to both the country of Tunisia and the city of Tunis, while the Portuguese name refers only to the city.