Bashkir Submitted Place Names

AFRIKA Африка (Region) Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Avar, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chechen, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Gagauz, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Ingush, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lezgin, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Uzbek, Yakut
Form of AFRICA.

ALMATY Алматы (Settlement) Kazakh, Albanian, Bashkir, Belarusian, Chuvash, Czech, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Lak, Malay, Norwegian, Ossetian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tagalog, Tatar, Turkmen, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Yakut
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Kazakh алма (alma) meaning "apple". This is the name of the largest city in Kazakhstan.

BAKHREYN Бахрейн (Country) Bashkir, Belarusian, Chuvash, Circassian, Karachay-Balkar, Kazakh, Komi, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Udmurt, Ukrainian
Form of BAHRAIN.

BANGKOK Бангкок (Settlement) Thai, Afrikaans, Armenian, Bashkir, Bosnian, Chechen, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Ingush, Italian, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Ossetian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Turkish, Uzbek
From Thai บางกอก (baang-gòk), believed to be derived from บาง (baang) meaning "community, village, settlement" and กอก (gòk) meaning "olive", possibly used in reference to the olive trees that grew around the area... [more]

BASHQORTOSTAN Башҡортостан (Political Subdivision) Bashkir
Bashkir form of BASHKORTOSTAN.

BOSNIYA HAM GERTSEGOVINA Босния һәм Герцеговина (Country) Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir and Tatar form of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.

BRUNEY Бруней (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bulgarian, Chechen, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian, Yakut
Form of BRUNEI.

BUTAN Бутан (Country) Abkhaz, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Dhivehi, Faroese, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lezgin, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Ossetian, Persian, Russian, Slovene, Tatar, Turkmen, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Yakut
Form of BHUTAN.

DZHAKARTA Джакарта (Settlement) Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Circassian, Ingush, Kazakh, Russian, Udmurt, Ukrainian
Form of JAKARTA.

GROZNY Грозный (Settlement) Russian, Bashkir, Chuvash, Dutch, English, French, Indonesian, Kalmyk, Kazakh, Malay, Mongolian, Polish, Tagalog, Tatar, Udmurt
Means "formidable, menacing, fearsome" in Russian. This is the name of the capital city of Chechnya.

INDONEZIYA Индонезия (Country) Bashkir, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Komi, Lezgin, Mordvin, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Tatar, Udmurt, Uzbek, Yakut
Form of INDONESIA.

INGUSHETIYA Ингушетия (Political Subdivision) Bashkir, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Lezgin, Persian, Russian, Tatar, Udmurt, Yakut
Form of INGUSHETIA.

ISTANBUL Истанбул (Settlement) Arabic, Avar, Bashkir, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Thai, Tuvan, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yakut
From Turkish İstanbul, which comes from a misinterpretation of the Medieval Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḗn pólin) meaning "to the City", a colloquial name for the city of Constantinople (reflecting its status as the only major city in the vicinity)... [more]

KAMBODZHA Камбоджа (Country) Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chechen, Chuvash, Circassian, Kazakh, Russian, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Uyghur
Form of CAMBODIA.

KAZBEK Казбек (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, Uzbek
From Russian Казбек (Kazbek) which is from Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī) meaning "judge, arbiter" combined with the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master"... [more]

KHANOY Ханой (Settlement) Bashkir, Belarusian, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Yakut
Form of HANOI.

KYURASAO Кюрасао (Political Subdivision & Island) Bashkir, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Ossetian, Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian
Form of CURAÇAO.

MADHINA Мәҙинә (Settlement) Bashkir
Bashkir form of MEDINA.

MADRID Мадрид (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish, Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Asturian, Avar, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chechen, Chuvash, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Ingush, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Ossetian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Tagalog, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek, Yakut
From 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]

MAKKA Мәккә (Settlement) Arabic, Avar, Bashkir, Burmese, Chechen, Hindi, Ingush, Lak, Marathi, Nepali, Swahili, Tajik, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Urdu, Uzbek
Arabic alternate transcription of MAKKAH as well as the form of MECCA used in various languages.

MALAYZIYA Малайзия (Country) Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Komi, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Tatar, Uzbek, Yakut
Form of MALAYSIA.

MALDIV Мальдив (Country) Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Persian
Azerbaijani, Bashkir, and Persian form of MALDIVES.

MEKSIKA Мексика (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Georgian, Ingush, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Tajik, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur
Form of MEXICO used in various languages.

MYSYR Мысыр (Country) Bashkir, Circassian, Kazakh, Ossetian
Adyghe, Bashkir, Kazakh, and Ossetian form of MISR.

NEFTEKAMA Нефтекама (Settlement) Bashkir, Crimean Tatar, Tatar
Bashkir, Crimean Tatar, and Tatar form of NEFTEKAMSK.

NEYPIDO Нейпьидо (Settlement) Bashkir, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Circassian, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Uzbek
Form of NAYPYIDAW.

NORVEGIYA Норвегия (Country) Avar, Bashkir, Bulgarian, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Komi, Kyrgyz, Lezgin, Russian, Tatar, Tuvan, Udmurt, Uzbek, Yakut
Form of NORWAY.

NUR-SOLTAN Нур-Солтан (Settlement) Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir and Tatar form of NUR-SULTAN.

OFO Өфө (Settlement) Bashkir
Bashkir form of UFA, referring only to the city.

QARAGHALPAQSTAN Ҡарағалпаҡстан (Political Subdivision) Bashkir
Bashkir form of KARAKALPAKSTAN.

QARAGHANDY Ҡарағанды (Settlement) Kazakh, Bashkir, German, Swedish
Kazakh, Bashkir, German, and Swedish form of KARAGANDA.

QARIDHEL Ҡариҙел (River) Bashkir
Means "black Volga" from Bashkir ҡара (qara) meaning "black" combined with Иҙел (Idhel) referring to the Volga River. This is the Bashkir name for the Ufa River.

QAZAN Ҡазан (Settlement) Arabic, Avar, Bashkir, Karachay-Balkar, Kazakh, Lak, Ossetian, Urdu, Uyghur
Form of KAZAN.

RASAY Рәсәй (Country) Bashkir
Bashkir form of RUSSIA.

SANKT-PETERBURG Санкт-Петербург (Settlement) Russian, Bashkir, Buryat, Chuvash, Indonesian, Ingush, Kalmyk, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lak, Lezgin, Mongolian, Tajik, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Udmurt, Uzbek, Yakut
Form of SAINT PETERSBURG.

SHANKHAY Шанхай (Settlement) Bashkir, Belarusian, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Ingush, Kalmyk, Karachay-Balkar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lezgin, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Tajik, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Yakut
Form of SHANGHAI.

SHYMKENT Шымкент (Settlement) Kazakh, English, Russian, Bashkir, Belarusian, Chechen, Indonesian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
From Kazakh шым (shym) meaning "sod, turf, meadow" and кент (kent) meaning "town". This is the name of a city in Kazakhstan.

SINGAPUR Сингапур (Country) Adyghe, Armenian, Bashkir, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Gagauz, German, Ingush, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Ossetian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek, Yakut
Form of SINGAPORE.

SULAVESI Сулавеси (Island) Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Kazakh, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of SULAWESI used in various languages.

SUMATRA Суматра (Island) Indonesian, Acehnese, Javanese, Sundanese, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tatar, Tagalog, Turkish, Uzbek
From Sanskrit समुद्र (samudrá) meaning "sea, ocean". This is the name of an island in Indonesia.

TASHKENT Ташкент (Settlement) Abkhaz, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, English, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Malay, Mongolian, Ossetian, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Yakut
From Uzbek Toshkent meaning "stone city", from Uzbek tosh meaning "stone" and Turkic kend meaning "city". This is the name of the capital city of Uzbekistan.

TATARSTAN Татарстан (Political Subdivision) Tatar, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Ukrainian
From the ethnic name татар (tatar) combined with the Persian suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of". The ethnic name is of uncertain origin, though it is believed to be derived from tata, an endonym for the Mongols... [more]

TAZHIKSTAN Тажикстан (Country) Bashkir, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Bashkir, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz form of TAJIKISTAN.

TORKMANSTAN Төркмәнстан (Country) Bashkir
Bashkir form of TURKMENISTAN.

TYVA Тыва (Political Subdivision) Tuvan, Bashkir, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Ossetian, Russian, Tatar, Yakut
Form of TUVA.

UKRAINA Украина (Country) Abkhaz, Albanian, Armenian, Avar, Bashkir, Chechen, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Hebrew, Indonesian, Ingush, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lezgin, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Tatar, Turkmen, Udmurt, Uzbek, Yakut
Form of UKRAINE.

ULAN-UDE Улан-Удэ (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Chechen, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Norwegian, Ossetian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tatar, Ukrainian, Yakut
From Buryat Улаан-Үдэ (Ulaan-Ude) meaning "red Uda", derived from Buryat улаан (ulaan) meaning "red" and Үдэ (Ude) referring to the Uda River. The name was originally given to reflect the Soviet Union's communist ideology... [more]

VARSHAVA Варшава (Settlement) Abkhaz, Armenian, Avar, Bashkir, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Circassian, Karachay-Balkar, Kazakh, Komi, Kyrgyz, Mordvin, Russian, Tajik, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Yakut
Form of WARSAW.

YAIYQ Яйыҡ (River) Bashkir
Bashkir cognate of ZHAIYQ.

YAPONIYA Япония (Country) Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Tuvan, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of JAPAN.

YEMEN Йемен (Country) Bashkir, Bulgarian, Chinese, Chuvash, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Danish, English, Italian, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lezgin, Mongolian, Ossetian, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Uyghur
From Arabic اليمن (al-Yaman) which is probably from يَمِين (yamīn) meaning "right (hand), south". This is the name of a country in Western Asia.