Galician 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.

Abxasia (Political Subdivision) Galician

Acerbaixán (Country) Galician
Galician form of Azerbaijan.

Alemaña (Country) Asturian, Galician
Asturian and Galician form of Alemannia, used as the Asturian and Galician name of Germany.

Alxeria (Country) Galician
Galician form of Algeria.

Ancara (Settlement) Galician, Portuguese
Galician and Portuguese form of Ankara.

Arabia Saudita (Country) Italian, Spanish, Asturian, Galician, Occitan
Form of Saudi Arabia used in multiple languages.

Arxentina (Country) Asturian, Galician
Asturian and Galician form of Argentina.

Bélxica (Country) Asturian, Galician
Asturian and Galician form of Belgium.

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

Bután (Country) Spanish, Aragonese, Asturian, Galician
Spanish, Aragonese, Asturian and Galician form of Bhutan.

Cagliari (Settlement) Italian, English, Danish, French, Galician, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
From Latin Calaris, itself from Phoenician Krly, of uncertain meaning. This is the name of the capital city of Sardinia, an island in the Mediterranean Sea and a region of Italy.

Calabria (Political Subdivision) Italian, English, Finnish, Galician, Spanish
From Ancient Greek Καλαβρία (Kalabría), itself derived from the name of a local Oscan tribe. This is the name of a region in southern Italy.

Camerún (Country) Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish from of Cameroon

Campania (Political Subdivision) Italian, English, Galician, Spanish, Ancient Roman
From Latin Campania, itself from campania felix, denoting the fertile countryside around Mount Vesuvius. This is the name of a region in southern Italy.

Casaquistán (Country) Galician
Galician form of Kazakhstan.

Chequia (Country) Spanish, Aragonese, Asturian, Galician, Occitan
Form of Czechia used in multiple languages.

Comores (Country) French, Portuguese, Spanish, Asturian, Catalan, Galician
Form of Comoros used in multiple languages.

Cracovia (Settlement) Galician, Italian, Ancient Roman, Sicilian, Spanish
Galician, Italian, Latin, Sicilian and Spanish form of Krakow.

Europa (Region) Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Corsican, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Galician, German, Italian, Kazakh, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
Form of Europe.

Gabón (Country) Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Gabon

Guinea Ecuatorial (Country) Galician, Spanish
Galician and Spanish form of Equatorial Guinea

Iemen (Country) Catalan, Galician, Japanese
Catalan, Galician and Japanese form of Yemen.

Iereván (Settlement) Galician
Galician form of Yerevan.

Líbano (Country) Galician, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Portuguese and Spanish form of Lebanon

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]

Luxemburgo (Country) Galician, Portuguese, Spanish
Galician, Portuguese and Spanish form of Luxembourg

Madrid (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Asturian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
From the older name Magerit, which is of uncertain meaning and origin. It may be derived from Arabic اَلْمَجْرِيط‎ (al-majrīṭ) meaning "source of water", from Latin matrix meaning "mother, source, origin (of rivers)", or from Celtic mageto ritu meaning "great bridge"... [more]

Módena (Settlement) Asturian, Galician, Icelandic, Portuguese, Spanish
Icelandic, Portuguese and Spanish form of Modena.

Mónaco (Country & Settlement) Galician, Portuguese (European), Spanish
Galician, European Portuguese and Spanish form of Monaco

Nápoles (Settlement) Portuguese, Spanish, Asturian, Galician
Portuguese, Spanish, Asturian, and Galician form of Naples.

Níxer (Country & River) Galician
Galician form of Niger

Nixeria (Country) Asturian, Galician
Asturian and Galician form of Nigeria.

O Salvador (Country) Galician
Galician form of El Salvador

Paquistán (Country) Asturian, Galician
Asturian and Galician form of Pakistan.

Pequín (Settlement) Catalan, Galician, Spanish
Catalan and Galician form of Beijing as well as a Spanish variant of Pekín.

Piemonte (Political Subdivision) Italian, Danish, Galician, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese, Swedish, Venetian
Italian and Portuguese form of Piedmont, a region in northern Italy.

Reino Unido (Country) Galician, Portuguese, Spanish
Galician, Portuguese and Spanish form of United Kingdom

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

Romanía (Country) Galician
Galician form of Romania

Sá (Other) Portuguese, Galician
Variant spelling of Saa.

Saa (Other) Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named Saa, mainly in northern Portugal and Galicia.

San Mariño (Country) Galician
Galician form of San Marino

Seixeles (Country) Asturian, Galician
Asturian and Galician form of Seychelles.

Serra Leoa (Country) Galician, Portuguese
Galician and Portuguese form of Sierra Leone

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.

Ucraína (Country) Galician
Galician form of Ukraine.

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.

Xapón (Country) Asturian, Galician
Asturian and Galician form of Japão (see Japan).

Xeorxia (Country & Political Subdivision) Galician
Galician form of Georgia 1 and Georgia 2

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