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AFRIKA (Region) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish, Turkmen, UzbekForm of
Africa.
BANGLADESH (Country) English, Breton, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Interlingua, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili, SwedishMeans "land of the Bengalis", from Bengali বাংলা
(Bangla) meaning "Bengali" (referring to the Bengali people or Bengali language spoken by the Bengali people), which is ultimately from
Vanga, the name of an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent (see
Bengal) combined with দেশ
(desh) "country, land, state", ultimately from Sanskrit देश
(deśá)...
[more] BRUNEI (Country) Malay, English, Indonesian, Catalan, Finnish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Tagalog, Dutch, TurkishProbably derived from
Borneo, the name of an island, which in turn is most likely from Sanskrit वरुण
(váruṇa) meaning "ocean, water". A local legend suggests that the name may be derived from the phrase
baru nah meaning "there!" or "that's it!", which was supposedly declared by Muhammad Shah, Brunei's first sultan...
[more] BURUNDI (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, UkrainianThe 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.
DORDRECHT (Settlement) DutchDordrecht is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland....
[more] EUROPA (Region) Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Corsican, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Galician, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, SwedishForm of
Europe.
GALILEA (Region) Afrikaans, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, SpanishForm of
Galilee.
GEORGIË (Country & Political Subdivision) Dutch, AfrikaansDutch and Afrikaans form of both
Georgia (1) and
Georgia (2), although use for the latter is now archaic: instead, the original English form is typically used.
IEPER (Settlement) DutchProbably from the name of the river
Ieperlee which, itself, may be derived from the Dutch word for elm,
iep.
JAKARTA (Settlement) Indonesian, Malay, English, Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Balinese, Acehnese, French, Dutch, German, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Finnish, CroatianDerived from Sanskrit जयकर्त
(jayakarta) meaning "that which causes victory", from जय
(jayá) "victory, triumph" and कृत
(kṛtá) "done, made, accomplished"...
[more] JEMEN (Country) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, SwedishForm of
Yemen.
JEREVAN (Settlement) Bosnian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovak, SwedishForm of
Yerevan.
KAUKASIË (Region) DutchDutch form of
Caucasia, which is an alternative name for the
Caucasus geographical region.
KLEIN-AZIË (Region) DutchDutch form of
Asia Minor. It is literally a direct translation of the region's name, since it consists of the Dutch adjective
klein meaning "small, little" combined with the Dutch noun
Azië meaning "Asia".
KRETA (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, German, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Slovene, SwedishForm of
Crete.
KRIM (Political Subdivision & Region) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Serbian, SwedishForm of
Crimea.
KUALA LUMPUR (Settlement) Malay, English, Indonesian, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Turkish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, DutchMeans "muddy confluence" from Malay
kuala meaning "confluence" and
lumpur "mud". This is the name of the capital and largest city of
Malaysia.
LIBANON (Country) Afrikaans, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Slovak, Slovene, SwedishForm of
Lebanon.
LISSABON (Settlement) Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Russian, SwedishForm of
Lisbon.
LUXEMBURG (Country) Afrikaans, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Romanian, SwedishAfrikaans, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Romanian and Swedish form of
Luxembourg.
MALTA (Country) English, Basque, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Galician, German, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, West FrisianMalta, officially known as the Republic of Malta, is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea....
[more] MEKKA (Settlement) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, UkrainianForm of
Mecca.
MOLDAVIË (Country & Region) DutchDutch 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.
PALESTINA (Country & Region) Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, SwedishForm of
Palestine.
PANAMA (Country) English, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Irish, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Tagalog, TurkishThe name of the Country in Central America. Panama is a country on the isthmus linking Central and South America. The Panama Canal, a famous feat of human engineering, cuts through its center, linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to create an essential shipping route...
[more] PJONGJANG (Settlement) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, SloveneForm of
Pyongyang. In Belgium and the Netherlands, this spelling is technically considered dated but still used regularly there (especially in Belgium). The preferred spelling is now the same as the English one, namely
Pyongyang.
RIGA (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, TurkishForm of
Rīga.
SARAJEVO (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, SwedishCapital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name is believed to be derived from the term
saray ovası meaning "the plains around the palace". The first element is derived from the Turkish word
saray meaning "palace"...
[more] SUMATRA (Island) Indonesian, English, Javanese, Sundanese, Acehnese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Croatian, Dutch, Russian, Serbian, BulgarianDerived from Sanskrit समुद्र
(samudrá) meaning "sea, ocean". This has been one of the names for the largest island of western
Indonesia since the 14th century.
TALLINN (Settlement) Estonian, English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, SwedishCapital of
Estonia and previously known as
Reval until 1918. The meaning of the name is uncertain, but it is believed to be derived from Estonian
Taani-linn(a) meaning "Danish castle" or "Danish town".
TAVASTLAND (Political Subdivision) Swedish, Danish, DutchSwedish form of
Tavastia, which some countries have adopted as their name for the historical Swedish province that is now part of Finland.