Faroese Submitted Place Names

Faroese names are used on the Faroe Islands.

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

ESTLAND (Country) Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Faroese, German, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Swedish
Cognate of Eesti.

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.

ÍSLAND (Country) Icelandic, Faroese, Ancient Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse íss "ice" and land "land, country".

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

NOREG (Country) Norwegian (Nynorsk), Faroese
Nynorsk and Faroese form of NORGE.

RIGA (Settlement) English, French, German, Portuguese, Turkish, Afrikaans, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Faroese, Italian, Spanish
Cognate of Rīga.

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

VILNIUS (Settlement) Lithuanian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Faroese, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish
Capital of Lithuania. Named after the Vilnia River whose name is derived from Lithuanian vilnis "wave".