Baltic Submitted Place Names

These names are used by Baltic peoples.
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Maldīvija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Maldives.
Maldyvai (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Maldives.
Malis (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Mali.
Mandžiūrija (Region) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Manchuria.
Mandžūrija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Manchuria.
Maroka (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Morocco.
Marokas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Morocco.
Marseļa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Marseille.
Marselis (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Marseille.
Maskata (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Muscat.
Maskatas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Muscat.
Maurīcija (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Mauritius.
Mauricijus (Country & Island) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Form of Mauritius.
Mauritānija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Mauritania.
Mauritanija (Country) Bosnian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Bosnian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Mauritania.
Medīna (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Medina.
Meksikas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Mexico City. The country is referred to as Meksika.
Melnkalne (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Montenegro. It is literally a direct translation of the country's name, since it consists of the Latvian adjective melns meaning "black" combined with the Latvian noun kalns meaning "mountain".
Mesenija (Political Subdivision & Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Croatian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Messenia.
Mianmaras (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Myanmar.
Migdonija (Region) Lithuanian, Macedonian
Lithuanian and Macedonian form of Mygdonia.
Minska (Settlement) Latvian
Mjanma (Country) Latvian, Polish
Latvian and Polish form of Myanmar.
Mogadišas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Mogadishu.
Mogadīšo (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Mogadishu.
Moldavija (Country & Region) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Lithuanian and South Slavic name for the historical region of Moldavia. The name is also used to refer to Moldova, a country that currently contains most of the aforementioned region.
Moldova (Country) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Latvian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish, Ukrainian
From the name of the Moldova River in eastern Romania, which is of uncertain origin and meaning. It may be from Slavic mold- meaning "spruce, fir" or *moldu meaning "tender, soft, young", from Old German molde meaning "open-pit mine", or Gothic Mulda meaning "dust, dirt"... [more]
Monakas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Monaco.
Mozambika (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Mozambique.
Mozambikas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Mozambique.
Nācarete (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Nazareth.
Naujoji Zelandija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of New Zealand.
Nazaretas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Nazareth.
Nazraņa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Nazran.
Nazranė (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Nazran.
Neapole (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Naples.
Neipidas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Naypyidaw.
Nepāla (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Nepal.
Nepalas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Nepal.
Nida (Settlement) Lithuanian
The name of a Lithuanian resort town located at the westernmost point of Lithuania and the Baltic states, close to the border with the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast exclave. It is said to be derived from Old Prussian nida meaning "fluent."
Nīderlande (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of The Netherlands.
Nigēra (Country & River) Latvian
Latvian form of Niger.
Nigeris (Country & River) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Niger.
Nikosija (Settlement) Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese
Latvian, Lithuanian, and Maltese form of Nicosia.
Nīla (River) Latvian
Latvian form of Nile.
Nilas (River) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Nile.
Norvēģija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Norway.
Norvegija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Norway.
Nyderlandai (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of The Netherlands.
Ohaio (Political Subdivision & River) Albanian, Bengali, Georgian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Thai
Form of Ohio used in multiple languages.
Okeānija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Oceania.
Okeanija (Region) Bosnian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Form of Oceania used in multiple languages.
Orenburga (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Orenburg.
Orenburgas (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Orenburg.
Osetija (Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Croatian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Ossetia.
Oslas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Oslo.
Otava (River & Settlement) Bulgarian, Georgian, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Persian, Portuguese, Serbian, Urdu
Form of Ottawa used in various languages.
Pajonija (Region) Lithuanian, Serbian
Lithuanian and Serbian form of Paionia (see Paeonia).
Pakistāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Pakistan.
Pakistanas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian 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.
Palestīna (Country & Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Palestine.
Panevėžys (Settlement) Lithuanian
Means "along the Nevėžis" referring to the Nevėžis River in Lithuania. This is the name of a city and county in northeast Lithuania.
Pangėja (Region) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Pangaea.
Pangeja (Region) Latvian, Macedonian
Latvian and Macedonian form of Pangaea.
Papua-Jaungvineja (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Papua New Guinea.
Pchenjanas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Pyongyang.
Phenjana (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Pyongyang.
Pietų Sudanas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of South Sudan.
Pirėnai (Mountain) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Pyrenees.
Pnompeņa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Phnom Penh.
Pnompenis (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Phnom Penh.
Polinēzija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Polynesia.
Puerto Rikas (Political Subdivision) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Puerto Rico.
Puertoriko (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Puerto Rico.
Pusiaujo Gvinėja (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Equatorial Guinea.
Rabāta (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Rabat.
Rabatas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Rabat.
Ramala (Settlement) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish
Form of Ramallah used in multiple languages.
Ramala (Settlement) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Greek, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish
Form of Ramallah used in multiple languages.
Rangūnas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Yangon.
Reikjavikas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Reykjavík.
Reina (River) Latvian
Latvian form of Rhine.
Reinas (River) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Rhine.
Reval (Other) Estonian, Latvian, Polish, English
Former name of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.
Rietumsahāra (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Western Sahara
Rīga (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Riga.
Rodēzija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Rhodesia.
Rumānija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Romania.
Ryga (Settlement) Lithuanian, Polish
Lithuanian and Polish form of Riga.
Sachara (Region) Greek, Lithuanian
Greek and Lithuanian form of Sahara.
Salonikai (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Thessaloniki.
Saloniki (Settlement) Ancient Greek, Greek, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek
Greek short form of Thessaloniki, as well as the usual form used in numerous languages.
Salvadora (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of El Salvador.
Salvadoras (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of El Salvador.
Samarija (Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Samaria.
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).
Šanchajus (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Shanghai.
Šanhaja (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Shanghai.
San Marinas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of San Marino.
Sanmarīno (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of San Marino.
Sardīnija (Region & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Sardinia.
Saūda Arābija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Saudi Arabia.
Saudo Arabija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Saudi Arabia.
Sebu (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Serbian, Russian, Thai, Ukrainian
Form of Cebu used in various languages.
Seišelas (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Seychelles.
Seišeliai (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Seychelles.
Senegāla (Country & River) Latvian
Latvian form of Senegal.
Senegalas (Country & River) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Senegal.
Sevilja (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovene form of Seville.
Siāma (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Siam.
Siamas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Siam.
Sibiras (Region) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Siberia.
Sibīrija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Siberia.
Sicīlija (Political Subdivision & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Sicily.
Sicilija (Political Subdivision & Island) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Sicily.
Siera Leonė (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Sierra Leone.
Šīrāza (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Shiraz.
Širazas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Shiraz.
Sitonija (Region) Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Lithuanian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Sithonia.
Sjerraleone (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Sierra Leone.
Škotija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Scotland via its Latin form Scotia.
Skotija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Scotland via its Latin form Scotia.
Slovākija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Slovakia.
Slovakija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Slovakia.
Sofija (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Sofia used in multiple languages as well as a Danish variant.
Somalis (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Somalia.
Somija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Finland.
Šrilanka (Country & Island) Latvian, Slovene
Latvian and Slovenian form of Sri Lanka.
Stambula (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Istanbul.
Stambulas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Istanbul.
Stokholma (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Stockholm.
Stokholmas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Stockholm.
Stungaičiai (Settlement) Lithuanian
Stungaičiai is located in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė county, Lithuania.
Suchumis (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Sukhumi.
Sudāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Sudan.
Sudanas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Sudan.
Sudetai (Mountain) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Sudetes.
Suomija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Finland.
Surinama (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Suriname.
Surinamas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Suriname.
Svatini (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Eswatini.
Svazilandas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Swaziland. The country changed its name to Eswatini in 2018 and so it is now known as Esvatinis in Lithuania.
Svazilenda (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Swaziland. The country changed its name to Eswatini in 2018 and so it is now known as Svatini in Latvia.
Švedija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Sweden.
Šveicarija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Switzerland.
Šveice (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Switzerland.
Tadžikija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Tajikistan. This is the standard Lithuanian name for the country, but sometimes the form Tadžikistanas is also used.
Tadžikistāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Tajikistan.
Tadžikistanas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Tajikistan. This is an alternative name for the country; the standard name in Lithuania is Tadžikija.
Tailandas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Thailand.
Taipeja (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Taipei.
Taipėjus (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Taipei.
Taivāna (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Taiwan.
Taivanas (Country & Island) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Taiwan.
Taizeme (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Thailand.
Tanzānija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Tanzania.
Taškenta (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Tashkent.
Taškentas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Tashkent.
Tatarstāna (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Tatarstan.
Tatarstanas (Political Subdivision) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Tatarstan.
Tbilisis (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Tbilisi.
Tesprotija (Political Subdivision & Region) Lithuanian, Serbian
Lithuanian and Serbian form of Thesprotia.
Tibeta (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Tibet.
Tibetas (Region) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Tibet.
Tirāna (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Tirana.
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.
Togas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Togo.
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.
Transilvānija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Transylvania.
Transoksiana (Region) Bulgarian, Lithuanian
Bulgarian and Lithuanian form of Transoxiana.
Tripolis (Settlement) Czech, German, Lithuanian, Slovak
Czech, German, Lithuanian and Slovak form of Tripoli.
Tripolitanija (Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Croatian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Tripolitania.
Tunisa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Tunis.
Tunisas (Country & Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of both Tunisia and its capital city Tunis.
Tunisija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Tunisia.
Turcija (Country) Latvian, Macedonian
Latvian and Macedonian form of Turkey.
Turkija (Country) Lithuanian, Maltese
Lithuanian and Maltese form of Turkey.
Turkmėnija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Turkmenistan via its Russian name Turkmeniya. This is the standard Lithuanian name for the country, but sometimes the form Turkmėnistanas is also used.
Turkmenistāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Turkmenistan.
Turkmėnistanas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Turkmenistan. This is an alternative name for the country; the standard name in Lithuania is Turkmėnija.
Udmurtija (Political Subdivision) Bosnian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Udmurtia.
Ulan Udė (Settlement) Italian, Lithuanian
Italian and Lithuanian form of Ulan-Ude.
Uzbekija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Uzbekistan via its Latin name Uzbecia. This is the standard Lithuanian name for the country, but sometimes the form Uzbekistanas is also used.
Uzbekistāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistanas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Uzbekistan. This is an alternative name for the country; the standard name in Lithuania is Uzbekija.
Vācija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Germany.
Vaduca (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Vaduz.
Vaducas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Vaduz.
Valeta (Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Greek, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Serbian
Form of Valletta used in multiple languages.
Varšuva (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Warszawa (see Warsaw).
Vatikanas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Vatican, which is one of the names commonly used to refer to Vatican City.
Vatikāns (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Vatican, which is one of the names commonly used to refer to Vatican City.
Velsa (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Wales.
Velsas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Wales.
Venēcija (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Venetia (see Venice).
Venecija (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Venetia (see Venice).
Venecuēla (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Venezuela.
Viena (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish, Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Cebuano, Basque, Filipino, Galician, Ladin, Lithuanian, Occitan, Lombard, Papiamento, Portuguese, Romanian, Tagalog, Venetian
Form of Vienna in various languages.
Viena (Settlement) Bulgarian, Catalan, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Tagalog
Form of Vienna used in multiple languages.
Vietnamas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Vietnam.
Viļņa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Vilnius.
Vilnius (Settlement) Lithuanian, English
From the name of the Vilnia River, which is derived from Lithuanian vilnis meaning "wave, ripple". This is the name of the capital city of Lithuania.
Vīne (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Vienna.
Vjetnama (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Vietnam.
Vogēzi (Mountain) Latvian
Latvian form of Vosges.
Vokietija (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Germany.
Volisas ir Futūna (Political Subdivision) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Wallis and Futuna.
Volisa un Futuna (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Wallis and Futuna.
Zagreba (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Zagreb.
Zagrebas (Settlement) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Zagreb.
Zaira (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Zaire.
Zairas (Country) Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Zaire.
Ženēva (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Geneva.
Ženeva (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of Geneva used in numerous languages.
Ziemeļkoreja (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of North Korea
Zviedrija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Sweden.