Faroese Submitted Place Names

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

Abkasia (Country) Faroese
Faroese form of Abkhazia.

Belis (Country) Faroese
Faroese form of Belize

Belis (Country) Faroese, Sinhalese, Thai
Faroese, Sinhalese and Thai form of Belize.

Beograd (Settlement) Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Faroese, Indonesian, Norwegian
Form of Belgrade.

Bretland (Country) Icelandic, Faroese, Medieval English
Icelandic, Faroese and Old English form of Britain (see also: United Kingdom).

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.

Egyptaland (Country) Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Egypt.

Eiđi (Settlement) Faroese
Eiđi is a village in the Faroe Islands. Founded in 1881 but first mentioned in the 14th century.... [more]

Evrasia (Region) Armenian, Faroese, Greek, Judeo-Spanish
Armenian, Faroese, Greek and Ladino form of Eurasia.

Eysturríki (Country) Faroese
Faroese cognate of Österreich. This is the Faroese form of Austria

Filipsoyggjar (Country) Faroese
Faroese form of Philippines.

Føroyar (Country) Faroese
Probably derived from Old Norse fær "sheep" and oyer, an archaic Faroese word meaning "islands".

Grønland (Country) Danish, Norwegian, Faroese
Cognate of Grœnland.

Húsavík (Settlement) Icelandic, Faroese
Combination of Icelandic and Faroese hús "house" and vík "bay".

Hvítarussland (Country) Faroese
Means "White Russia", a Faroese calque of Belarus

Írland (Country) Icelandic, Faroese, Old Norse
Form of Ireland.

Ísland (Country & Island) Icelandic, Faroese, Old Norse
Form of Iceland.

Ísrael (Country) Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Israel.

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

Kambodja (Country) Afrikaans, Breton, Faroese, Maltese, Swedish, Uzbek
Form of Cambodia.

Kasakstan (Country) Afrikaans, Icelandic, Faroese
Afrikaans, Icelandic and Faroese form of Kazakhstan.

Kekenia (Political Subdivision) Faroese
Faroese form of Chechnya.

Kenja (Country) Faroese
Faroese form of Kenya.

Lettland (Country) Faroese, German, Icelandic, Swedish
Cognate of Latvia.

Libya (Country) Northern African, Berber, English, Faroese, Finnish, Hausa, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Swahili, Tagalog, Turkish
From Arabic ليبيا‎ (Lībiyā) from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē), which is derived from Libu, the name of an ancient Berber tribe (attested as rbw in Egyptian)... [more]

München (Settlement) German, Danish, Dutch, Faroese, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish
Means "by the monks", ultimately derived from Old High German munih or Middle High German mün(e)ch. München is the third largest city in Germany.

Noreg (Country) Norwegian, Faroese
Nynorsk and Faroese form of Norge.

Noregur (Country) Icelandic, Faroese (Rare, Archaic)
Icelandic form of Norðvegr, the Old Norse form of Norway.

Pólland (Country) Faroese, Icelandic
Faroese and Icelandic form of Poland.

Singapor (Country, Settlement & Island) Faroese, Maltese
Faroese and Maltese form of Singapore.

Singapor (Country, Settlement & Island) Faroese, Maltese, Uyghur
Faroese, Maltese and Uyghur form of Singapore.

Stokkhólmur (Settlement) Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Stockholm.

Stórabretland (Country) Faroese
Faroese form of Great Britain, used as a name for United Kingdom.

Suðurkorea (Country) Faroese
Faroese form of South Korea

Svøríki (Country) Faroese
Faroese cognate of Sverige. This is the Faroese form of Sweden

Tadsjikistan (Country) Danish, Faroese, Norwegian
Danish, Faroese and Norwegian form of Tajikistan.

Taivan (Country) Faroese
Faroese form of Taiwan

Tórshavn (Settlement) Faroese
Means "Thor's harbour" in Faroese. Tórshavn is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands.

Turkmenistan (Country) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, German, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Filipino, Tagalog, Ukrainian
From Turkmen Türkmenistan, which is from the name of the Turkmen people combined with the Persian suffix ستان (stan) meaning "land of". The ethnic name is believed by some to mean "resembling a Turk" or "co-Turk", from the name of the Turkic peoples combined with the Sogdian suffix -myn or -men... [more]

Usbekistan (Country) Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Norwegian, Sami, Somali
Form of Uzbekistan.

Vjetnam (Country) Faroese, Maltese
Faroese and Maltese form of Vietnam.

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