Basque Submitted Place Names

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Abauntza (Settlement) Basque
The name of a town and its church near Álava, Spain.

Afrika Erdiko Errepublika (Country) Basque
Basque form of Central African Republic

Aietxu (Settlement) Basque
The name of a town in the Basque region of Spain.

Aintzila (Settlement) Basque
Means "hill of mud" in Basque. It is the name of a town in the Basque region of France.

Aintzioa (Settlement) Basque
The name of a town in the Basque region of Spain.

Aitzaga (Settlement) Basque

Aitzuriaga (Settlement) Basque
The name of a little village near Lizoain (in the general area of Navarre) that disappeared shortly after the 13th century.

Albiztur (Settlement) Basque
Albiztur is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain.

Aljeria (Country) Basque, Malagasy, Eastern African, Swahili
Basque, Malagsy, and Swahili form of Algeria.

Altzabeheti (Settlement) Basque
From the name of a town in the Basque region of France.

Altzagarate (Settlement) Basque
Altzagarate is a district of the municipality of Altzaga in Gipuzkoa.

Altzai (Settlement) Basque
From the name of a town in the Basque region of France.

Amarita (Settlement) Basque
Amarita is a village and city council in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz in the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain. It is included within the rural area northwest of Vitoria.

Ameztia (Mountain) Basque
From the name of a mountain in Spain.

Ameztoia (Settlement) Basque
Means "oak forest" from ametz "oak" and substantive suffix toi. It is a common place name in Basque Country.

Añana (Settlement) Basque
Añana is both a valley and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.

Anboto (Mountain) Basque, Basque Mythology
A mountain in the Bizkaia province of the Basque Country. The Anboto is one of the dwellings of Mari 3, the main goddess of Basque mythology, also known as Anbotoko Dama (the lady of the Anboto).

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”).

Aruba (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
An island in the Caribbean Sea that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Asiturri (Settlement) Basque
Asiturri is a vacant town in the municipality of Esteribar, in the province of Nafarroa Garaia, in the Ibarrak region.

Azerbaijan (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) English, Basque, Indonesian, Malay
From Persian آذربایجان (azarbayjan), which is from Middle Persian Ādurbādagān referring to Atropates, an ancient Persian governor under the Achaemenid Empire... [more]

Bartzelona (Settlement) Basque
Basque form of Barcelona.

Belgika (Country) Basque
Basque form of Belgium

Bentaberri (Settlement) Basque, Spanish
Means "new inn" in Basque from benta meaning "inn" and berri meaning "new". It is the name of several places in Basque Country.

Bentaberria (Settlement) Basque, French, Spanish
Means "new inn" in Basque from benta meaning "inn" and berri meaning "new". It is the name of several places in Basque Country.

Bielorrusia (Country) Spanish, Asturian, Basque
Spanish, Asturian and Basque form of Belarus.

Bixkek (Settlement) Asturian, Basque, Catalan, Galician
Asturian, Basque, Catalan, and Galician form of Bishkek.

Bizkaia (Political Subdivision) Basque
Basque form of Biscay.

Boli Kosta (Country) Basque
Basque calque of Ivory Coast.

Bordaberri (Settlement) Basque, French, Spanish
Means "new hut/sheepfold/farm" in Basque, from borda meaning "hut, sheepfold, farm" and berri meaning "new". It is a widespread place name in Basque Country.

Bordaberria (Settlement) Basque, French, Spanish
Means "new hut/sheepfold/farm" in Basque, from borda meaning "hut, sheepfold, farm" and berri meaning "new". It is a widespread place name in Basque Country.

Brusela (Settlement) Basque
Basque form of Brussels.

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.

Cape Breton (Island) Basque
The name of a cape in Nova Scotia, home to one-fifth of its population. The name likely came from the Basque 'Cap Breton', a place in Bayonne, France.

Costa Rica (Country) Spanish, Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish
The name of the Country in Central America. Costa Rica is a rugged, rainforested Central American country with coastlines on the Caribbean and Pacific. Though its capital, San Jose, is home to cultural institutions like the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, Costa Rica is known for its beaches, volcanoes, and biodiversity... [more]

Damasko (Settlement) Basque, Esperanto, Georgian
Basque, Esperanto and Georgian form of Damascus.

Danimarka (Country) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Crimean Tatar, Maltese, Turkish
Form of Denmark used in various languages.

Dominika (Country & Island) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Dominica.

Eivissa (Settlement & Island) Catalan, Asturian, Basque, Occitan, Estonian
Catalan, Asturian, Basque, Occitan and Estonian form of Ibiza.

Erresuma Batua (Country) Basque
Basque form of United Kingdom

Erroma (Settlement) Basque
Basque form of Rome.

Errumania (Country) Basque
Basque form of Romania

Errusia (Country) Basque
Basque form of Russia

Eskozia (Country) Basque
Basque form of Scotland via its Latin form Scotia.

Eslovakia (Country) Basque
Basque form of Slovakia

Euskadi (Political Subdivision) Basque
The Basque name for the Basque Country autonomous community in Spain. Coined by Basque nationalist writer Sabino Arana.

Frantzia (Country) Basque
Basque form of France

Gibraltar (Political Subdivision & Settlement) English, Spanish, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek
Derived from Arabic جبل طارق (jabal tariq) meaning "mountain of Tariq", so named for 7th-century Umayyad commander Tariq bin Ziyad, who led the Muslim conquest of Hispania... [more]

Ginea (Country) Basque
Basque form of Guinea

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.

Grezia (Country) Basque
Basque form of Greece

Guam (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
The name of the Territory. Guam is a U.S. island territory in Micronesia, in the Western Pacific. It's distinguished by tropical beaches, Chamorro villages and ancient latte-stone pillars. Guam’s WWII significance is on view at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park, whose sites include Asan Beach, a former battlefield... [more]

Hegoafrika (Country) Basque
Basque calque of South Africa.

Ingalaterra (Country) Basque
Basque form of Anglae Terra, used for England.

Kairo (Settlement) Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hausa, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish
Form of Cairo.

Kalifornia (Political Subdivision) Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Somali
Form of California.

Kanbodia (Country) Basque
Basque form of Cambodia.

Karagandy (Settlement) Basque, Kyrgyz
Basque and Kyrgyz form of Karaganda.

Katalunia (Political Subdivision & Region) Basque
Basque form of Catalonia.

Kirgizistan (Country) Basque, Slovene, Swedish
Basque, Slovenian and Swedish form of Kyrgyzstan.

Kopenhage (Settlement) Basque
Basque form of Copenhagen.

Korsika (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, Uzbek
Form of Corsica.

Kroazia (Country) Basque
Basque form of Croatia

Latsaga (Settlement) Basque
Means "at the creek" from lats meaning "creek" with the locative suffix aga. It is a widespread place name in Basque Country.

Lisboa (Settlement) Portuguese, Asturian, Basque, Catalan, Galician, Indonesian, Norwegian, Quechua, Spanish, Tagalog
Form of Lisbon.

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]

Madril (Settlement) Basque
Basque form of Madrid.

Malta (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, Uzbek
Uncertain, possibly derived from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey". This is the name of an island nation in southern Europe.

Mantxuria (Region) Basque
Basque form of Manchuria.

Marseilla (Settlement) Basque
Basque form of Marseille.

Napoles (Settlement) Basque, Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog
Basque, Cebuano, and Tagalog form of Naples.

Nikaragua (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
Form of Nicaragua.

Piongiang (Settlement) Basque
Basque form of Pyongyang.

Puerto Rico (Political Subdivision) Spanish, Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish
Means "rich port" in Spanish. Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory with a landscape of mountains, waterfalls and the El Yunque tropical rainforest. In San Juan, the capital and largest city, the Isla Verde area is known for its hotel strip, beach bars and casinos... [more]

Riad (Settlement) Basque, Catalan, Finnish, Galician, German, Italian, Portuguese, Slovene, Spanish
Form of Riyadh used in several languages.

Sardinia (Region & Island) Basque, English, Finnish, Georgian, Greek, Norwegian, Romanian
An island which is also one of the 20 regions of Italy.

Sevilla (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish, Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Galician, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish
Spanish form of Seville, as well as the form used in numerous other languages.

Sizilia (Island & Political Subdivision) Basque
Basque form of Sicily.

Suedia (Country) Albanian, Basque, Romanian
Albanian, Basque and Romanian form of Sweden

Suitza (Country) Basque
Basque form of Switzerland

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.

Tonga (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, Uzbek
Derived from Samoan toga meaning "southern, south". This is the name of an archipelagic country in Oceania.

Transilvania (Region) Basque, Finnish, Georgian, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish
Form of Transylvania.

Transkaukasia (Region) Basque, Finnish, Norwegian
Basque, Finnish and Norwegian form of Transcaucasia.

Transnistria (Political Subdivision & Region) Basque, English, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish
Means "beyond the river Dniester", derived from Latin trans meaning "across, beyond" combined with the Romanian noun Nistru meaning "the river Dniester".... [more]

Tunisia (Country) Basque, English, Finnish, Galician, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Swahili, Thai
The name of a country in North Africa, named after its capital city Tunis.

Turkia (Country) Armenian, Basque, Breton
Armenian, Basque, and Breton form of Turkey.

Txetxenia (Political Subdivision) Basque
Basque form of Chechnya.

Txile (Country) Basque
Basque form of Chile.

Txina (Country) Basque
Basque form of China.

Valentzia (Region & Settlement) Basque
Basque form of Valencia.

Varsovia (Settlement) Aragonese, Basque, Breton, Galician, Greek, Spanish, Filipino, Tagalog
New Latin form of Warsaw, which some countries have adopted as their name for the Polish city.

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.

Xiraz (Settlement) Basque, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese
Basque, Catalan, Galician and Portuguese form of Shiraz.

Zeelanda Berria (Country) Basque
Basque calque of New Zealand.

Zipre (Country) Basque
Basque form of Cyprus

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