Cebuano Submitted Place Names

Cebuano names are used in the southern Philippines by speakers of Cebuano.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Albanya (Country) Cebuano, Kabyle, Kurdish, Pashto, Quechua, Tagalog
Form of Albania.

Alemanya (Country) Aragonese, Catalan, Filipino, Cebuano, Pampangan, Tagalog
Form of Alemannia, used as the name of Germany in various languages.

Algyeriya (Country) Filipino, Cebuano
Cebuano form of Algeria.

Anggola (Country) Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Angola.

Aprika (Region) Georgian, Nauruan, Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Maranao, Pampangan, Tagalog
Form of Africa used in various languages.

Arhentina (Country) Cebuano, Ilocano, Tagalog
Cebuano, Ilocano and Tagalog form of Argentina.

Armenya (Country) Filipino, Cebuano
Cebuano form of Armenia.

Aserbaiyan (Country) Filipino, Cebuano
Cebuano form of Azerbaijan.

Basilan (Island & Political Subdivision) Filipino, Tausug, Cebuano, Tagalog, English
Probably from Tausug basi'-lan meaning "iron way, iron road" or basi'-balan meaning "magnetic iron". This is the name of an island province of the Philippines.

Belhika (Country) Cebuano, Ilocano, Tagalog
Cebuano, Ilocano and Tagalog form of Belgium.

Bohol (Island & Political Subdivision) Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog, English
From Cebuano bo-ol referring to a type of fruiting tree found on the island. This is the name of an island province of the Philippines.

Camiguin (Island & Political Subdivision) Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog, English
Derived from Cebuano kamagong meaning "velvet apple", referring to a type of fruiting tree found on the island. This is the name of an island province of the Philippines.

Cotabato (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Tagalog, English
From Maguindanao Kutawatu meaning "stone city", from kuta meaning "city, fort" and wato meaning "stone, rock". This is the name of both a province and a city in the southern Philippines.

Dinamarka (Country) Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, Tagalog, Papiamento
Form of Denmark.

Dumaguete (Settlement) Cebuano, Tagalog
Derived from Cebuano dagit meaning "snatch, abduct, carry away", so named because the area was frequently raided by pirates. This is the name of a city in the Philippines.

Ehipto (Country) Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Tagalog
Cebuano, Ilocano, and Tagalog form of Egypt.

Eslobakya (Country) Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Slovakia.

Eslobenya (Country) Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Slovenia.

Gresya (Country) Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Greece.

Hapon (Country) Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, Tagalog
Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, and Tagalog form of Japan.

Heyorhiya (Country) Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Georgia 1.

Hordanya (Country) Filipino, Cebuano, Pampangan
Cebuano and Pampangan form of Jordan (the country).

Italya (Country) Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Italia (see Italy).

Kosobo (Country) Cebuano, Japanese, Korean
Cebuano, Japanese and Korean form of Kosovo.

Litwanya (Country) Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Lithuania.

Luksemburgo (Country, Settlement & Political Subdivision) Cebuano, Esperanto, Tagalog
Cebuano, Esperanto and Tagalog form of Luxembourg.

Maguindanao (Political Subdivision) Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog, English
From Spanish Maguindanao, a corruption of Magindanaw, the endonym of the Maguindanao people. The ethnic name means "people of the flood plains" or "people of the lake" from the word danao meaning "lake"... [more]

Manila (Settlement) Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maranao, English, Spanish
From Tagalog Maynila, which is derived from the term may-nila meaning "where indigo is found", ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nila) referring to the indigo plant as well as indigo dye... [more]

Mehiko (Country & Settlement) Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Tagalog
Cebuano, Ilocano, and Tagalog form of Mexico.

Mindanao (Island) Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog, English
From 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]

Moldabya (Country) Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Moldova.

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

Negros Island (Island) Filipino, Hiligaynon, Cebuano
Negros is the fourth largest island in the Philippines, with a total land area of 13,309 km2 (5,139 sq mi). Negros is one of the many islands that comprise the Visayas, in the central part of the country... [more]

Polonya (Country) Cebuano, Tagalog, Turkish
Cebuano, Tagalog and Turkish form of Poland.

Pransiya (Country) Filipino, Cebuano, Pampangan, Tagalog
Cebuano, Pampangan, and Tagalog form of Francia (see France).

Saragossa (Settlement) Italian, English, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Tagalog, Cebuano
Italian form of Zaragoza as well as the English variant.

Siargao (Island) Filipino, Cebuano, English
Derived from Cebuano saliargaw referring to a type of flowering plant (genus Premna). This is the name of an island in the Philippines.

Sugbo (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Filipino, Cebuano
Cebuano form of Cebu.

Sultan Kudarat (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Filipino, Maguindanao, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Tagalog, English
Named for Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat (1581–1671), the seventh sultan of Maguindanao, whose third name is derived from Arabic قدرة (qudrah) meaning "power"... [more]

Suwesya (Country) Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Sweden.

Tayikistan (Country) Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, Tagalog
Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan and Tagalog form of Tajikistan.

Tsina (Country) Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, Tagalog, Cherokee
Form of China.

Tsipre (Island & Country) Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Cyprus via the Spanish form Chipre.

Ukranya (Country) Cebuano, Tagalog
Cebuano and Tagalog form of Ukraine.

Uropa (Region) Filipino, Cebuano
Cebuano form of Europe.

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.

Zamboanga (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Filipino, Chavacano, Cebuano, Tagalog, English, Spanish
Spanish form of Sinama Samboangan meaning "mooring place", derived from samboang meaning "mooring pole" and the place marker suffix -an. This is the name of a peninsula in the Philippines, as well as three provinces and a city located on the peninsula.

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