Albanian Submitted Place Names

Albanian names are used in the country of Albania, as well as Kosovo and other Albanian communities throughout the world.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Abu Dabi (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Turkish
Form of Abu Dhabi used in numerous languages.
Abuxha (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Abuja.
Afganistani (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Afghanistan.
Algjer (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Algiers.
Algjeria (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Algeria.
Amsterdami (Settlement) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Amsterdam.
Andorra (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
The name of the country of Andorra, whose name is possibly derived from a Basque word andurrial (“shrub-covered land”), but it may come from Arabic الدرا (“the forest”) or Spanish andar (“to walk”).
Andorra La Vella (Settlement) Catalan, English, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish
Means "Andorra the town" from the name of the country of Andorra and a corruption of Catalan vila meaning "settlement, town". This is the name of the capital city of Andorra.
Arabia Saudite (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Saudi Arabia.
Asmara (Settlement) English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish
From Tigrinya ኣርባዕተ ኣስመራ (arbate asmera) meaning "the four (women) made them unite," referring to Tigrinya oral tradition in which four women convinced their clans to unite and defeat a common enemy... [more]
Austri (Country) Albanian
Means Austria in Albanian.
Azerbajxhani (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Azerbaijan.
Azia (Region) Albanian, Georgian, Malagasy
Albanian, Georgian, and Malagasy form of Asia.
Bamako (Settlement) Fula, English, French, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Bambara Bamakɔ meaning "crocodile river", derived from bama meaning "crocodile" and meaning "stream, river". This is the name of the capital city of Mali.
Bangkoku (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Bangkok.
Bangladeshi (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Bangladesh.
Barbadosi (Island & Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Barbados.
Belgjika (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Belgium.
Benini (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Benin.
Berlini (Settlement) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Berlin.
Bjellorusia (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Belarus.
Bogotá (Settlement) Spanish, English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Tagalog, Turkish
Meaning uncertain, likely derived from an unknown Chibcha word. The original Chibcha name has been attributed to Bacatá (also rendered as Muyquytá) meaning "fields' end" or "outside the farmlands", the name of a historical settlement... [more]
Bolonja (Settlement) Albanian, Maltese, Serbian
Albanian, Maltese and Serbian form of Bologna.
Bregu I Fildishtë (Country) Albanian
Albanian calque of Ivory Coast.
Britania (Island) Albanian, Armenian, Indonesian
Albanian, Armenian, and Indonesian form of Britain.
Bullgari (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Bulgaria
Bullgaria (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Bulgaria.
Burundi (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian
The name of the Country in East Africa. Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
Çadi (Country & Body of Water) Albanian
Albanian form of Chad.
Çeçenia (Political Subdivision) Albanian
Albanian form of Chechnya.
Çekia (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.
Danimarka (Country) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Crimean Tatar, Maltese, Turkish
Form of Denmark used in various languages.
Dublini (Settlement) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Dublin.
Egjipti (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Egypt.
Ensli (Country) Albanian
Evroazia (Region) Albanian
Albanian form of Eurasia.
Ferizaj (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian name of a city in Kosovo.
Filipinet (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Philippines.
Finlanda (Country) Albanian, Romanian
Albanian and Romanian form of Finland.
Firencia (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Florentia (see Florence).
Fixhi (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Fiji.
Franca (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of France.
Gaboni (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Gabon.
Gaza (Region & Settlement) English, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkmen
From Hebrew עזה ('azza) most commonly believed to be derived from the word עז ('az) meaning "strong, fierce". This is the name of a region in western Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea (referred to as the Gaza Strip), as well as a city in this region (called Gaza City).
Giza (Settlement) Arabic (Egyptian), English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Uzbek
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from Syriac ܓܣܐ (gissa) meaning "side", Persian ‎دژ (dezh) meaning "fort, fortress, castle" or Egyptian r-gs-ḥr meaning "the side of the high one"... [more]
Gjeneva (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Geneva.
Gjenova (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Genoa.
Gjermania (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Germania (see Germany).
Gjibraltari (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Gibraltar.
Grenada (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Uzbek
Probably from Granada, the name of a city in Andalusia, Spain, which is derived from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة‎ (ḡarnāṭa) possibly meaning "hill of strangers". This is the name of an island country in the Caribbean.
Greqia (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Graecia (see Greece).
Halepi (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Aleppo.
Hondurasi (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Honduras
Hondurasi (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Honduras.
Indi (Country) Albanian
Means India in Albanian.
Iraku (Country) Albanian, Japanese
Albanian and Japanese form of Iraq.
Irani (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Iran.
Islanda (Country & Island) Albanian, Italian, Romanian
Albanian, Italian and Romanian form of Iceland.
Izraeli (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Israel.
Japoni (Country) Albanian
Means Japan in Albanian.
Jemeni (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Yemen.
Jerevani (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Yerevan.
Kajro (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Cairo.
Kaljari (Settlement) Albanian, Maltese, Serbian
Albanian, Maltese, and Serbian form of Cagliari.
Kamboxhia (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Cambodia.
Kameruni (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Cameroon.
Kanadë (Country) Albanian
Means Canada in Albanian.
Katalonia (Political Subdivision & Region) Albanian, Armenian, Finnish, Georgian, Greek, Polish
Form of Catalonia.
Katari (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Qatar.
Kazakistani (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Kazakhstan.
Kirgizistani (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Kyrgyzstan.
Komoret (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Comoros.
Kopenhaga (Settlement) Albanian, Lithuanian, Polish
Albanian, Lithuanian and Polish form of Copenhagen.
Krimea (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Albanian, Indonesian, Malay, Maltese
Albanian, Indonesian, Malay, and Maltese form of Crimea.
Kroacia (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Croatia.
Kuvajti (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Kuwait.
Labëria (Region) Albanian
Labëria is a historic region that is roughly situated in southwestern Albania.
Laosi (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Laos.
Letonia (Country) Albanian, Greek, Romanian, Spanish
Albanian, Greek, Romanian and Spanish form of Latvia via its New Latin name Lettonia.
Libani (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Lebanon.
Livonia (Region) History, Albanian, Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, English, Galician, Indonesian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish
Livonia was a historic region in the Baltic, located approximately in present-day southern Estonia and northern Latvia... [more]
Londër (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of London.
Madagaskari (Country & Island) Albanian, Georgian, Greek
Albanian, Georgian and Greek form of Madagascar.
Malajzia (Country) Albanian, Hungarian, Slovak
Albanian, Hungarian and Slovak form of Malaysia.
Malé (Settlement) English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish
From Dhivehi މާލެ (Male) most likely derived from މާ (ma) meaning "great, big, large" and ލޭ (le) meaning "blood", so named for the large amount of tuna blood that surrounded the sandbanks of a certain island... [more]
Mali I Zi (Country) Albanian
Means "black mountain" in Albanian. It's the Albanian form of Montenegro.
Maroku (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Morocco.
Marseja (Settlement) Albanian, Lombard, Venetian
Albanian, Lombard and Venetian form of Marseille.
Mauritania (Country) Albanian, English, Finnish, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish, Filipino, Tagalog
From Latin Maurītānia, itself from Maurus meaning "Moor", a historical name for the Muslims that inhabited Northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. This is the name of a country in West Africa.
Meksikë (Country) Albanian
Means Mexico in Albanian.
Mogadishu (Settlement) English, Albanian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Sinhalese, Swedish, Tagalog
From Somali Muqdisho or Arabic مقديشو (Maqadishu) of uncertain meaning. It may be from Somali meaning "sight killer" or "blinder", possibly referring to the city's blinding beauty, derived from muuq meaning "sight, look, appearance" and disho meaning "kill"... [more]
Mozambiku (Country & Island) Albanian
Albanian form of Mozambique.
Namibia (Country) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Danish, English, Finnish, Georgian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu
From the name of the Namib Desert, derived from Khoekhoe namib meaning "desert" or "vast place". This is the name of a country in southern Africa.
Nartë (Settlement) Albanian
Nepali (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Nepal.
Nepxhidou (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Naypyidaw.
Norvegji (Country) Albanian
Means Norway in Albanian.
Nouakchott (Settlement) French, English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog
From Arabic نواكشوط (Nuwakshut) of unclear origin. It may come from a Berber name meaning "place of the winds" or perhaps from Arabic نأو (na'wi) meaning "shelter, harbor" combined with شط (shatt) meaning "beach, seashore, coast"... [more]
Nurembergu (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Nuremberg.
Ohaio (Political Subdivision & River) Albanian, Bengali, Georgian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Thai
Form of Ohio used in multiple languages.
Pakistani (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Pakistan.
Palau (Country) English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
From Palauan Belau either derived from aidebelau meaning "indirect replies" (referring to an island creation myth) or beluu meaning "village". This is the name of a country in Oceania.
Parisi (Settlement) Albanian, Greek
Albanian and Greek form of Paris.
Port-au-Prince (Settlement) French, English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkmen
Means "prince's port" in French. This is the name of the capital city of Haiti.
Rabati (Settlement) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Rabat.
Sana (Settlement) Albanian, Amharic, Belarusian, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, Georgian, Hindi, Icelandic, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of Sanaa used in numerous languages. It can also be an alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji サナア (see Sanā).
Senegali (Country) Albanian, Georgian, Greek
Albanian, Georgian and Greek form of Senegal.
Shën Petersburg (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Saint Petersburg.
Shkup (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Skopje.
Shkupi (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Skopje.
Shqipëria (Country) Albanian
From shqip, the ethnic name of the Albanian people, which is of uncertain origin. It may be a calque of Proto-Slavic slověne meaning "Slavs" (through Albanian shqipoj meaning "to speak clearly") or from Albanian shkabë meaning "eagle"... [more]
Siberia (Region) English, Albanian, Italian, Korean, Romanian, Spanish
From Russian Сибирь (Sibir) of uncertain origin and meaning. This is the name of a region in North Asia.
Sinai (Region & Mountain) Biblical, Hebrew, Albanian, Danish, English, German, Italian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish
Biblical place name, both the mountain upon which Moses receives the Ten Commandments from God and the desert where it is located, found between Canaan and Egypt.... [more]
Sinkiang (Political Subdivision & Region) Albanian, Finnish, Portuguese, Spanish
Albanian, Finnish, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Xinjiang.
Skocia (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Scotland via its Latin form Scotia.
Spanja (Country) Albanian, Maltese
Albanian and Maltese form of Hispania (see Spain).
Spanjë (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Spain
Stamboll (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Istanbul.
Stambolli (Region) Albanian
Albanian form of Istanbul.
Stokholmi (Settlement) Meänkieli, Albanian
Means Stockholm in Albanian and Meänkieli (one of five minority languages in Sweden).
Sudani (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Sudan.
Suedia (Country) Albanian, Basque, Romanian
Albanian, Basque and Romanian form of Sweden
Surinami (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Suriname.
Tajlanda (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Thailand.
Talini (Settlement) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Tallinn.
Taxhikistani (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Tajikistan.
Tirana (Settlement) Albanian, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkmen, Uzbek
Perhaps derived from Doric Greek Τυρσανοί (Tursanoi) meaning "Tyrrhenians", which was an exonym for non-Greek inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian Sea. This is the name of the capital city of Albania.
Togo (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Means "land where lagoons lie" from Ewe to meaning "water" and go meaning "shore". Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.
Tokjo (Settlement) Albanian, Maltese
Albanian and Maltese form of Tokyo.
Tunizia (Country) Albanian, Breton
Albanian and Breton form of Tunisia.
Turkmenistani (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Turkmenistan.
Turqi (Country) Albanian
Means Turkey in Albanian.
Turqia (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Turkey.
Uzbekistani (Country) Albanian
Albanian form of Uzbekistan.
Valeta (Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Greek, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Serbian
Form of Valletta used in multiple languages.
Vietnami (Country) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Vietnam.
Vjena (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Vienna.
Xhakarta (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Jakarta.
Xhuba (Settlement) Albanian
Albanian form of Juba.
Zagrebi (Settlement) Albanian, Georgian
Albanian and Georgian form of Zagreb.