Armenian
names are used in the country of Armenia in western Asia, as well as in Armenian diaspora communities throughout the world.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
ABKHAZIA Աբխազիա (Country) Armenian, Basque, English, Galician, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Tagalog, UrduFrom Russian Абхазия
(Abkhaziya) from Georgian აფხაზეთი
(Apxazeti), which is derived from აფხაზი
(Apxazi), the Georgian name for the Abkhaz people...
[more] ABUJA Աբուջա (Settlement) Western African, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, UrduFrom
Abu-Ja, a nickname of 19th-century monarch Abubakar Jatau (sometimes referred to as "Abu"), who founded what is now the city of Abuja in 1828. By some accounts, he was described as having fair skin, which possibly earned him the nickname
Ja meaning "red" in Hausa...
[more] ALMATI Ալմաթի (Settlement) Kazakh, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Tajik, Urdu, UzbekForm of
ALMATY as well as an alternate transcription of
ALMATY.
ANKARA Անկարա (Settlement) Turkish, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkmen, UkrainianDerived from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα
(ánkura) meaning "anchor, hook". This is the name of the capital city of
Turkey.
ARTSAKH Արցախ (Political Subdivision) ArmenianThe Republic of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետություն, Artsakhi Hanrapetut'yun), or simply Artsakh, also known by its second official name, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, is a breakaway de facto state in the South Caucasus that is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan...
[more] ASTANA Աստանա (Settlement) Kazakh, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Indian, Hindi, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Filipino, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekMeans "capital city" in Kazakh, ultimately from Persian آستانه
(astaneh). This was the name of the capital city of Kazakhstan until 2019, when it was renamed
Nur-Sultan.
BAKU Բաքու (Settlement) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, UyghurFrom Azerbaijani
Bakı from Persian باکو
(baku), which is of uncertain meaning. One popular etymology suggests that it means "wind-pounded city" from Persian باد
(bad) meaning "wind" and کوبیدن
(kubidan) meaning "to pound, to beat" (given in reference to the area's storms and high winds)...
[more] BALI Բալի (Political Subdivision & Island) Indonesian, Balinese, Acehnese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, UzbekDerived from Sanskrit बलि
(bali) meaning "offering, tribute". This is the name of an island and province in Indonesia.
BANDUNG Բանդունգ (Settlement) Indonesian, Sundanese, Acehnese, Balinese, Banjar, Malay, Minangkabau, Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, UzbekFrom Indonesian
bendung or
bendungan meaning "dam, dike", used to refer to the area in relation to the nearby Citarum River. Local sources also relate the name to the phrase
Nga-Bandung-an Banda Indung, which is considered sacred in Sundanese culture...
[more] BANGKOK Բանգկոկ (Settlement) Thai, Afrikaans, Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, UzbekBelieved to be derived from Thai บาง
(bang) meaning "community, village, settlement" and กอก
(kok) meaning "olive", possibly used in reference to the olive trees that grew around the area...
[more] BANGLADESH Բանգլադեշ (Country) Bengali, Armenian, Basque, Breton, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swahili, Swedish, UzbekFrom Bengali বাংলাদেশ
(Bangladeś) meaning "land of the Bengalis", from the name of the Bengali people and Sanskrit देश
(deśá) meaning "country, kingdom, land, state"...
[more] BARI Բարի (Settlement) Italian, English, Armenian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sicilian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, TurkishFrom Latin
Barium, itself of uncertain origin, possibly from Messapic
*baur or
*bur, meaning "house", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European
*bhreu ("to grow, to be"). This is the name of the capital city of
Apulia, in southern Italy.
BISHKEK Բիշքեկ (Settlement) Kyrgyz, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, English, Hindi, Indonesian, Kazakh, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uyghur, UzbekMeaning uncertain. One theory suggests that it comes from a word meaning "whorl, whisk" in Kyrgyz, referring to a tool used to prepare kumis (a traditional dairy product). It could also mean "five heights" from Kyrgyz беш
(besh) meaning "five" and бийик
(biyik) meaning "tall, high", or it could mean "five chiefs" from беш
(besh) meaning "five" and the Turkish title
beg meaning "chieftain, master"...
[more] BURYATIA Բուրյաթիա (Political Subdivision) Armenian, English, Indonesian, Malay, TagalogFrom Russian Бурятия
(Buryatiya) from the name of the Buryat people. The ethnic name is from Buryat буряад
(buryaad), which is of uncertain origin and meaning, possibly from Buryat буртэ
(burte) meaning "wolf"...
[more] BUSAN Բուսան (Settlement) Korean, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, TurkishFrom Sino-Korean 釜山
(Busan) meaning "cauldron mountain" from 釜
(bu) meaning "cauldron, pot, kettle" and 山
(san) meaning "mountain". This is the name of a city in South Korea.
BUTAN Բութան (Country) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Dhivehi, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Slovene, Turkmen, Ukrainian, UyghurForm of
BHUTAN.
DAKKA Դաքքա (Settlement) Armenian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, UzbekForm of
DHAKA.
DELI Դելի (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Chinese, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkmen, UkrainianForm of
DELHI.
DUSHANBE Դուշանբե (Settlement) Tajik, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, English, Georgian, Indian, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Russian, Filipino, Tagalog, Ukrainian, UzbekMean "Monday" in Tajik, so named for a popular market that used to be held in the area on Mondays. This is the name of the capital city of
Tajikistan.
EKVADOR Էկվադոր (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Icelandic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekForm of
ECUADOR.
EREVAN Երեւան (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, French, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovene, Tajik, UkrainianAlternate transcription of
YEREVAN as well as the form used in various languages.
EVROPA Եվրոպա (Region) Abkhaz, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Faroese, Georgian, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, SloveneForm of
Europa (see
EUROPE) used in various languages as well as an Armenian and Russian alternate transcription of
YEVROPA.
FLORIDA Ֆլորիդա (Political Subdivision) Spanish, English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, UzbekMeans "flowery, ornate" in Spanish, a short form of either
la Florida meaning "the flowery one" or
Pascua Florida meaning "flowery Easter" (a Spanish name for Palm Sunday, so named because the region was discovered by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León on that day in 1513)...
[more] GANGES Գանգես (River) Afrikaans, Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, TagalogFrom Ancient Greek Γάγγης
(Gángēs) from Sanskrit गङ्गा
(gáṅgā) meaning "swift-goer", ultimately from गच्छति
(gacchati) meaning "to go". This is the name of a river in South Asia that flows through India and Bangladesh.
GRENADA Գրենադա (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, UzbekProbably 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.
HANOI Հանոյ (Settlement) Afrikaans, Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Filipino, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, TurkishFrom Sino-Vietnamese 河內
(Hà Nội), which is derived from Chinese 河內
(Hénèi) meaning "inside the river", from 河
(hé) meaning "river, stream" and 内
(nèi) meaning "inside", so named because of the area's location within the Red River...
[more] HAVANA Հավանա (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Georgian, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, UrduFrom Spanish
Habana, which is derived from
Habaguanex, the name of a Taíno chief who controlled the area. This is the name of the capital city of Cuba.
INGUSHETIA Ինգուշեթիա (Political Subdivision) Armenian, English, Indonesian, Malay, TagalogMeans "(place) of the Ingush", from the Russian name for the Ingush people (natively called
Ghalghai). The ethnic name is believed to be derived from Ангушт
(Angusht), the Ingush name of a village currently located in North Ossetia-Alania...
[more] ISLAMABAD Իսլամաբադ (Settlement) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, UyghurFrom Urdu اسلام آباد
(Islām ābād) meaning "city of Islam" from the name of the religion of Islam and Urdu آباد
(ābād) meaning "inhabited place, city". This is the name of the capital city of Pakistan.
JAKARTA Ջակարտա (Settlement) Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Mongolian, Persian, Romanian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkmen, Urdu, UzbekFrom Sanskrit जयकर्त
(jayakarta) meaning "that which causes victory", from जय
(jayá) meaning "victory, triumph" combined with कृत
(kṛtá) meaning "done, made, accomplished"...
[more] JAVA Ճավա (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, TajikFrom Indonesian
Jawa, which is of uncertain origin. It is most likely derived from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप
(yava-dvīpa) meaning "island of barley", though it may have come from Javanese ꦗꦸꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀
(juwawut) meaning "foxtail millet (a type of plant)" or Malay
jauh meaning "far, distant"...
[more] KABUL Քաբուլ (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, UkrainianFrom Pashto کابل
(Kabal) which may have been derived from
Kambuja or
Kamboja, the name of an ancient Indo-Iranian tribe and kingdom. The name is of uncertain meaning, possibly from Sanskrit काम
(kama) meaning "love, desire" and भुज्
(bhuj) meaning "use, possess, rule"...
[more] KALIMANTAN Կալիմանտան (Political Subdivision, Island & Region) Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Banjar, Buginese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, UzbekMeans "burning weather (island)" from Sanskrit काल
(kālá) meaning "time, season" and क्वथन
(kvathana) meaning "boiling, churning". This is the name of the Indonesian portion of the island of
Borneo, though it is used to refer to the entire island in Indonesian...
[more] KAMBOJA Կամբոջա (Country) Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Buginese, Javanese, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Armenian, Georgian, Swahili, Tajik, TurkmenForm of
CAMBODIA.
KAMERUN Կամերուն (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, UzbekForm of
CAMEROON.
KARAGANDA Կարագանդա (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, RussianFrom Kazakh Қарағанды
(Qaraghandy), which is derived from қараған
(qaraghan) meaning "caragana (a type of flower)". This is the name of a city in
Kazakhstan.
KASABLANKA Կասաբլանկա (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian, UzbekForm of
CASABLANCA.
KATAR Կատար (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish, Turkmen, UkrainianForm of
QATAR.
KATMANDU Կատմանդու (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Georgian, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekForm of
KATHMANDU.
KAZAN Կազան (Settlement) Tatar, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Ingush, Japanese, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lezgin, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, YakutProbably from Turkic
qazan meaning "kettle, cauldron". This is the name of the capital city of
Tatarstan.
KAZBEK Հայերեն (Mountain) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekFrom Russian Казбек
(Kazbek) which is from Arabic قَاضِي
(qāḍī) meaning "judge, arbiter" combined with the Turkish military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master"...
[more] KOLOMBO Կոլոմբո (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, UkrainianForm of
COLOMBO.
KOMI Կոմի (Political Subdivision) Komi, Russian, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekFrom the name of the Komi people, which is most likely derived from the Finno-Ugric word
kojema meaning "man, human", but also possibly from the name of the
Kama River...
[more] KOPENHAGEN Կոպենհագեն (Settlement) Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Serbian, TajikForm of
COPENHAGEN.
KORSIKA Կորսիկա (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, UzbekForm of
CORSICA.
KOVKAS Կովկաս (Region & Mountain) ArmenianArmenian form of
CAUCASUS, referring both to the geographical region as well as the mountain range.
KUALA LUMPUR Կուալա Լումպուր (Settlement) Malay, Indonesian, Acehnese, Banjar, Javanese, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Afrikaans, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, UzbekMeans "muddy confluence" from Malay
kuala meaning "confluence" and
lumpur meaning "mud". This is the name of the capital and largest city of
Malaysia.
KUBA Կուբա (Country & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, UzbekForm of
CUBA.
KUCHING Կուչինգ (Settlement) Malay, Indonesian, Banjar, Armenian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, UzbekProbably either derived from Malay
kucing meaning "cat" or from
Cochin (or Kochi), the name of a city in India. Other theories suggest that the name comes from Malay
mata kucing, the name of a type of fruit, or from Chinese 古
(gǔ) meaning "old, ancient" combined with 井
(jǐng) meaning "well, pit"...
[more] LAGOS Լագոս (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Western African, Hausa, Igbo, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, UzbekFrom Portuguese
lagos meaning "lakes". This is the name of a city in Nigeria as well as a state of the same name.
LHASA Լհասա (Settlement) Tibetan, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bhutanese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Malay, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, UrduFrom Tibetan ལྷ་ས
(lha sa) meaning "land of gods", derived from ལྷ
(lha) meaning "deity, god" and ས
(sa) meaning "land, earth". Alternatively, it may have been an alteration of Old Tibetan ར་ས
(ra sa) meaning "land of goats" or "fortified land" from ར
(ra) meaning "goat" or "enclosure" and ས
(sa) meaning "land, earth"...
[more] MADAGASKAR Մադագասկար (Country & Island) Afrikaans, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur, UzbekForm of
MADAGASCAR.
MADINA Մադինա (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Avar, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Karakalpak, Lak, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Tajik, Telugu, Tatar, Urdu, UzbekArabic alternate transcription of
MADINAH as well as the form of
MEDINA used in various languages.
MADRID Մադրիդ (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Asturian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, UzbekFrom the older name
Magerit, which is of uncertain meaning and origin. It may be derived from Arabic اَلْمَجْرِيط
(al-majrīṭ) meaning "source of water", from Latin
matrix meaning "mother, source, origin (of rivers)", or from Celtic
mageto ritu meaning "great bridge"...
[more] MAKASAR Մակասար (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Greek, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, UrduForm of
MAKASSAR.
MAKHACHKALA Մախաչկալա (Settlement) Russian, Armenian, Belarusian, English, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Ossetian, Tagalog, Tatar, Ukrainian, UrduMeans "Makhach's fortress", from the given name
MAKHACH and Kumyk къала
(qala) meaning "fortress". This is the name of the capital city of Dagestan, named in honour of Magomed-Ali "Makhach" Dadaev (1882-1918), a Dagestani revolutionary.
MALAKKA Մալակկա (Country, Political Subdivision, Settlement & Body of Water) Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Turkish, UkrainianForm of
MALACCA.
MALI Մալի (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekFrom the name of the Mali Empire, which was derived from Mandinka or Bambara
mali meaning "hippopotamus" or "the place where the king lives". This is the name of a landlocked country in West Africa.
MALTA Մալթա (Country & Island) Maltese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, UzbekUncertain, possibly derived from Greek μέλι
(meli) meaning "honey". This is the name of an island nation in southern Europe.
MANAMA Մանամա (Settlement) Arabic, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, UzbekMeans "place of sleep, place of rest" in Arabic. This is the name of the capital city of Bahrain, usually written with the definite article: المنامة
(al-Manama) in Arabic.
MANILA Մանիլա (Settlement) Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maranao, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, UzbekFrom Tagalog
Maynila derived from the term
may-nilà meaning "where indigo is found", ultimately from Sanskrit नील
(nī́la) referring to the indigo plant. This is the name of the capital city of the
Philippines.
MAYKOP Մայկոպ (Settlement) Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, English, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekFrom Adyghe Мыекъуапэ
(Məeq°āpă) meaning "cape of apples", from мые
(məe) meaning "apple" and къуапэ
(q°āpă) meaning "cape, gorge, height". This is the name of the capital of
Adygea.
MEKKA Մեքքա (Settlement) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Luxembourgish, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, UkrainianForm of
MECCA.
MEKSIKA Մեքսիկա (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, UzbekForm of
MEXICO (the country).
MERAPI Մերապի (Mountain) Indonesian, Javanese, Balinese, Banjar, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Malay, Albanian, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Indian, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, UkrainianFrom Sanskrit मेरु
(Meru), the name of a legendary mountain in Buddhist and Hindu mythology, combined with Indonesian
api meaning "fire". This is the name of a volcano on the island of Java in Indonesia.
MINDANAO Մինդանաո (Island) Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, Tagalog, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekFrom a Spanish corruption of
Magindanaw, the endonym of the Maguindanao people. The ethnic name means "people of the flood plains" or "people of the lake" from Maguindanao
danao meaning "lake"...
[more] MINSK Մինսկ (Settlement) Belarusian, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indian, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, UzbekFrom Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ
(Měnĭskŭ), which was derived from a river named Men. This is the name of the capital city of Belarus.
MONAKO Մոնակո (Country & Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, UzbekForm of
MONACO.
MONROVIA Մոնրովիա (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Czech, Danish, English, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, Greek, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, TurkishThe capital city of Liberia, named after American president James
MONROE (1758-1831).
MOZAMBIK Մոզամբիկ (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, UzbekForm of
MOZAMBIQUE.
NAMIBIA Նամիբիա (Country) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Danish, English, Finnish, Georgian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, UrduFrom 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.
NEAPOL Նեապոլ (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Tajik, Ukrainian, UzbekForm of
NAPLES.
NIKARAGUA Նիկարագուա (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, UzbekForm of
NICARAGUA.
NUR-SULTAN Նուր-Սուլթան (Settlement) Kazakh, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hindi, Italian, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, UkrainianFrom the given name
NURSULTAN. This is the name of the capital city of
Kazakhstan, renamed in honour of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-)...
[more] OMAN Օման (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian, UyghurFrom Arabic عمان
(ʿUmān), which is of disputed etymology. It may be from Arabic عُمَانَة
(ʿumāna), a byname for the historical city of Sohar (presently located in Al Batinah North Governorate, Oman), which is probably derived from the root ع م ن
(ʿ-m-n) meaning "to settle, to remain, to dwell"...
[more] PALEMBANG Պալեմբանգ (Settlement) Indonesian, Malay, Javanese, Minangkabau, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, UzbekMeaning unclear, possibly from the prefix
pa- denoting location combined with Malay
limbang meaning "to pan gold, to wash rice" or
lembang meaning "to cause (water) to flow" or "lowland basin, valley" (a reference to the area's geography as a wetland)...
[more] PANAMA Պանամա (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, UzbekFrom Spanish
Panamá of uncertain meaning. It may be derived from the name of a tree commonly found in the area (genus Sterculia), from an indigenous word meaning "many butterflies", from Kuna
bannaba meaning "distant, far away", or from a Guaraní word meaning "place of many fish"...
[more] PLOVDIV Պլովդիվ (Settlement) Bulgarian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, UzbekFrom a Thracian translation of the Latin name
Pulpudeva, which is possibly derived from the given name
PHILLIP and Dacian
dava meaning "city, town, fortress"...
[more] PUTRAJAYA Պուտրաջայա (Settlement) Malay, Indonesian, Acehnese, Javanese, Minangkabau, English, Afrikaans, Armenian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Filipino, Tagalog, TurkishDerived from Malay
putra or
putera meaning "prince", ultimately from Sanskrit पुत्र
(putra), and
jaya meaning "success, victory", ultimately from Sanskrit जय
(jaya)...
[more] RABAT Ռաբաթ (Settlement) Arabic, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, UkrainianMeans "ribat" in Arabic, referring to a type of fortification used during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. It is also used as a shortened form of the city's Arabic nickname, رباط الفتح
(ribatu l-fath), which means "fortification of conquest, fortification of victory"...
[more] RIGA Ռիգա (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Urdu, Uyghur, UzbekFrom Latvian
Rīga, origin disputed. It may be derived from Livonian
ringa meaning "loop", referring to an ancient harbor formed by the tributary loop of the Daugava river, from
Riege, the German name of the Rīdzene (a tributary of the Daugava), or from Latvian
rija meaning "threshing barn"...
[more] RUANDA Ռուանդա (Country) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, English (Archaic), Finnish, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, UzbekForm of
RWANDA.
SABAH Սաբահ (Political Subdivision) Malay, Indonesian, Acehnese, Banjar, Javanese, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Hindi, Hungarian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, UrduOf uncertain meaning, possibly from the name of the saba banana (a cultivar originally from the Philippines), which comes from a Visayan word meaning "loud, noisy". Other theories suggest that it is derived from a Brunei Malay word meaning "upstream, northerly", from Malay
sabak referring to a place where palm sugar is extracted, or from Arabic صباح
(sabah) meaning "morning"...
[more] SAHARA Սահարա (Country & Region) Afrikaans, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Telugu, Thai, Turkmen, YiddishDerived from Arabic صَحَارَى
(ṣaḥārā) meaning "deserts", the plural of صَحْرَاء
(ṣaḥrāʾ) meaning "desert". This is the name of a desert in Northern Africa as well as a disputed territory and semi-independent state (Western Sahara).
SAKHA Սախա (Political Subdivision) Yakut, Russian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Danish, English, French, Georgian, Hindi, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Persian, Portuguese, Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian, UrduFrom the name of the Sakha (Yakut) people, which is derived from Turkic
jaka meaning "collar, edge". This is the name of a Russian federal republic also referred to as
Yakutia.
SARAVAK Սարավակ (Political Subdivision) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Indian, Hindi, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, UkrainianForm of
SARAWAK.
SEBU Սեբու (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Serbian, Russian, Tatar, Thai, UkrainianForm of
CEBU.
SEMARANG Սեմարանգ (Settlement) Indonesian, Javanese, Acehnese, Balinese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, TurkishFrom Indonesian
asam meaning "tamarind" and
jarang meaning "rare, seldom", a reference to the tamarind trees in the area that rarely grew close together. This is the name of a city in Indonesia that serves as the capital of Central Java province.
SHENZHEN Շենժեն (Settlement) Chinese, Afrikaans, Armenian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, TurkishFrom Chinese 深
(shēn) meaning "deep" and 圳
(zhèn) meaning "furrow, drainage, ditch". This is the name of a city in China.
SIAM Սիամ (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkmen, Ukrainian, UzbekFrom Portuguese
Sciam, which was derived from Thai สยาม
(sayam) of debated origin. The name may have come from Pali
suvaṇṇabhūmi meaning "land of gold", Sanskrit श्याम
(shyama) meaning "dark, black, blue" or Mon ရာမည
(ramanya) meaning "stranger"...
[more] SICHUAN Սիչուան (Political Subdivision) Chinese, Afrikaans, Armenian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Urdu, UzbekMeans "four rivers" in Chinese, from 四
(sì) meaning "four" and 川
(chuān) meaning "river, stream". This is the name of a Chinese province.
SINGAPUR սինգապուր (Country, Settlement & Island) Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, German, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Urdu, UzbekForm of
SINGAPORE.
SUMATRA Սումատրա (Political Subdivision & Island) Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Banjar, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, UzbekFrom Sanskrit समुद्र
(samudrá) meaning "sea, ocean". This is the name of an island in
Indonesia as well as three Indonesian provinces.
SURABAYA Սուրաբայա (Settlement) Indonesian, Javanese, Acehnese, Balinese, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, UzbekFrom Javanese ꦯꦸꦫꦧꦪ
(shurabaya), derived from ꦯꦸꦫ
(shura) meaning "white shark" and ꦧꦪ
(baya) meaning "crocodile". The name comes from 12th-century Javanese monarch Jayabaya, who supposedly foresaw a fight between a white shark and crocodile (which might have been a prediction of the Mongol invasion of Java in the late 13th century)...
[more] SURINAM Սուրինամ (Country) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, English, Hindi, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Urdu, Uyghur, UzbekEnglish variant of
SURINAME as well as the standard name for the country in several languages.
TAIBEI Թայբեյ (Settlement) Chinese, Armenian, Belarusian, Georgian, Estonian, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, UkrainianChinese, Georgian, and Korean form of
TAIPEI as well as an Estonian variant of the name. It is also an alternate transcription of
TAYBEY used in various languages.
TARANTO Տարանտո (Settlement) Italian, English, Armenian, Bulgarian, Finnish, Georgian, Romanian, RussianFrom Latin
Tarentum, itself from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (
Tárās), ultimately probably from Illyrian
*darandos, meaning "oak". This is the name of a city in southern Italy.
TBILISI Թբիլիսի (Settlement) Georgian, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, UzbekDerived 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).
THIMPHU Թհիմփհու (Settlement) Bhutanese, Tibetan, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Malay, Marathi, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, UzbekFrom 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.
TOKIO Տոկիո (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, German, Greek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, UzbekForm of
TOKYO.
TONGA Տոնգա (Country) Tongan, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, UzbekDerived from Samoan
toga meaning "southern, south". This is the name of an archipelagic country in Oceania.
TUNIS Թունիս (Country & Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, UzbekMeaning uncertain, possibly from the Tamazight root
ens meaning "to lie down, to pass the night" or from the name of the Phoenician goddess
TANITH...
[more] UFA Ուֆա (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] UKRAINA Ուկրաինա (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Turkmen, UzbekForm of
UKRAINE.
ULAN BATOR Ուլան Բատոր (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.
URUMCHI Ուրումչի (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.
VLADIKAVKAZ Վլադիկավկազ (Settlement) Russian, English, Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish, UzbekMeans "ruler of the
Caucasus" from Russian владеть
(vladet) meaning "to own, to possess, to control" combined with Кавказ
(Kavkaz) meaning "Caucasus"...
[more] YANGON Յանգոն (Settlement) Burmese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Tagalog, Turkish, UzbekMeans "end of strife" in Burmese, from ရန်
(yan) meaning "enemy, danger" or "quarrel" combined with ကုန်
(gon) meaning "to run out, end". This is the name of the largest city in Myanmar (Burma), which served as the country's capital until 2006...
[more] YEREVAN Երևան (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, English, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Russian, Filipino, Tagalog, Tajik, UzbekMeaning unknown. It may be from
YERVAND, the name of a 3rd-century BC Armenian king (also known as Orontes IV), or from Էրեբունի
(Ērebuni), an ancient Urartian fortification and city...
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