Hebrew Submitted Place Names

These names are used by Hebrew speakers. See also about Jewish names.
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Abu Dabi אבו דאבי (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Turkish
Form of Abu Dhabi used in numerous languages.
Akra אקרה (Settlement) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish
Form of Accra used in multiple languages.
Albanya אלבניה (Country) Cebuano, Hebrew, Kurdish, Tagalog
Cebuano, Hebrew, Kurdish and Tagalog form of Albania.
Aleksandriya אלכסנדריה (Settlement) Bulgarian, Hebrew, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of Alexandria used in multiple languages.
Aljir אלג׳יר (Settlement) Hebrew, Indonesian
Hebrew and Indonesian form of Algiers.
Aljirya אלג׳יריה (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Algeria.
Andora אנדורה (Country) Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene, Urdu
Form of Andorra used in numerous languages.
Ankara אנקרה (Settlement & River) Turkish, English, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Derived from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ankura) meaning "anchor, hook", referring to a river bend. This is the name of the capital city of Turkey as well as a river of the same name.
Antarqtiqa אנטארקטיקה (Region) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Antarctica.
Armenya ארמניה (Country) Hebrew, Filipino, Tagalog
Hebrew and Tagalog form of Armenia.
Asmara אסמרה (Settlement) English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish
From Tigrinya ኣርባዕተ ኣስመራ (arbate asmera) meaning "the four (women) made them unite," referring to Tigrinya oral tradition in which four women convinced their clans to unite and defeat a common enemy... [more]
Astana אסטנה (Settlement) Kazakh, Russian, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu
Means "capital city" in Kazakh, ultimately from Persian آستانه (astaneh). This is the name of the capital city of Kazakhstan.
Atuna אתונה (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Athens.
Aza עזה (Region & Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Gaza.
Azer'bayjan אזרבייג׳ן (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Azerbaijan.
Azotus (Settlement) Hebrew
Latinized form of Ashdod, one of the five confederate cities of the Philistines.
Bahama בהאמה (Country) Bengali, Chinese, Estonian, Finnish, Hebrew, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Uyghur
Form of Bahamas used in various languages.
Bahama בהאמה (Country) Bengali, Chinese, Estonian, Finnish, Hebrew, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Persian
Form of Bahamas used in various languages.
Bamako במקו (Settlement) English, Armenian, Catalan, Danish, Esperanto, French, Fula, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Union of Bambara words bama ("crocodile") and ("stream"). This is the name of the capital city of Mali.
Bamako במקו (Settlement) Fula, English, French, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Bambara Bamakɔ meaning "crocodile river", derived from bama meaning "crocodile" and meaning "stream, river". This is the name of the capital city of Mali.
Barbedos ברבדוס (Island & Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Barbados.
Bartselona ברצלונה (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Barcelona.
Bavel בבל (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Babylon.
Be'er Sheva בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew, Jewish Legend
The Hebrew source of Beersheba, meaning ‘the well of the oath’.
Beirut ביירות (Settlement) English, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Ukrainian
From the Arabic name بيروت (Bayrut), itself derived from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (bērūt) meaning "wells", a reference to the area's accessible water table. This is the name of the capital city of Lebanon as well as an alternate transcription of the Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian and Ukrainian form Бейрут (see Beyrut).
Bern ברן‎ (Settlement & Political Subdivision) German, English, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Alemannic German Bärn of uncertain meaning. A popular folk etymology suggests that it is derived from German Bär meaning "bear", although it is more likely of Celtic origin, perhaps from the word *berna meaning "cleft"... [more]
Bolivya בוליביה (Country) Hebrew, Turkish
Hebrew and Turkish form of Bolivia.
Brazilya ברזיליה (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Brasília.
Britanya בריטניה (Island) Hebrew, Sinhalese, Tagalog, Turkish
Hebrew, Sinhala, Tagalog, and Turkish form of Britain.
Bukarest בוקרשט (Settlement) Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Maltese, Swedish
Form of Bucharest used in multiple languages.
Bulgarya בולגריה (Country) Hebrew, Tagalog
Hebrew and Tagalog form of Bulgaria.
Dablin דבלין (Settlement) Bulgarian, Hebrew, Hindi, Macedonian, Serbian, Urdu
Form of Dublin used in various languages.
Dameseq דמשק (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Damascus.
Danuba דנובה (River) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Danube.
Darom Afrika דרום אפריקה (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew calque of South Africa.
El Salvador אל סלוודור (Country) Spanish, English, Afrikaans, Amharic, Bosnian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish
Means "the saviour" in Spanish, referring to Jesus and shortened from the original name Provincia De Nuestro Señor Jesus Cristo, El Salvador Del Mundo literally meaning "Province of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World"... [more]
Estonya אסטוניה (Country) Hebrew, Kurdish, Tagalog, Turkish
Hebrew, Kurdish, Tagalog and Turkish form of Estonia.
Etyopya אתיופיה (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Ethiopia.
Filipinim פיליפינים (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Philippines, usually written with the definite article: הפיליפינים (haFilipinim).
Gaille (Other) Hebrew (Rare)
Gaille is a gender-neutral name for the smiley little angel here to spread joy. Derived from the Hebrew Abigail and a respelling of Gail, gender-neutral Gaille inherits the meanings “cheerful,” “happy,” and “rejoice.” Parents wishing to welcome baby to their faith may love Gaille's connection to the Hebrew Bible (according to google)
Gayana גיאנה‎ (Country) Amharic, Armenian, Bengali, Hebrew, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Urdu, Uzbek
Form of Guyana used in numerous languages.
Gáza (Region & Settlement) Hebrew
Hungarian form of Gaza.
Gibraltar גיברלטר (Political Subdivision & Settlement) English, Spanish, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek
Derived from Arabic جبل طارق (jabal tariq) meaning "mountain of Tariq", so named for 7th-century Umayyad commander Tariq bin Ziyad, who led the Muslim conquest of Hispania... [more]
Giza גיזה (Settlement) Arabic (Egyptian), English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Uzbek
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from Syriac ܓܣܐ (gissa) meaning "side", Persian ‎دژ (dezh) meaning "fort, fortress, castle" or Egyptian r-gs-ḥr meaning "the side of the high one"... [more]
Haway הוואי (Political Subdivision & Island) Arabic, Hebrew
Arabic and Hebrew form of Hawaii.
Haway הוואי (Political Subdivision & Island) Arabic, Hebrew, Tagalog
Arabic, Hebrew and Tagalog form of Hawaii.
Hertseliyya הרצליה (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Herzliya.
Ḥîddéqel חִדֶּקֶל‎ (River) Hebrew
Hebrew name for the Tigris River, from Akkadian Idiqlat.
Himalaya הימלאיה (Mountain) Sanskrit, Nepali, English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog
Means "abode of snow" in Sanskrit, from हिम (hima) meaning "snow, frost, cold, winter" and आलय (alaya) meaning "abode, dwelling". This is the name of a mountain range in Asia.
Hodu הודו (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of India.
Holand הולנד (Country) Hebrew, Persian, Tajik
Hebrew, Persian and Tajik form of Holland 1, referring to the entire country of the Netherlands.
Holon חולון (Settlement) Hebrew
The name comes from the word "חול" meaning "sand"... [more]
Honduras הונדורס (Country) Spanish, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
Means "depths" in Spanish, either referring to the deep waters off the northern coast of the country or from Christopher Columbus' alleged quote "Gracias a Dios que hemos salido de esas honduras" meaning "Thank God we have departed from those depths"... [more]
Italya איטליה (Country) Cebuano, Hebrew, Tagalog
Cebuano, Hebrew and Tagalog form of Italia (see Italy).
Juba ג׳ובה (Settlement) English, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Slovak, Somali, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Uzbek
Of uncertain origin, from the Nilotic Bari language of South Sudan. It is the name of the capital and largest city of South Sudan, as well as the former village on its site.
Kafrisin קפריסין (Island & Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Cyprus.
Kahir קהיר (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Qahirah.
Kambodya קמבודיה (Country) Hebrew, Tagalog
Hebrew and Tagalog form of Cambodia.
Kampala קמפלה (Settlement) English, Armenian, Danish, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish
From K'empala, a shortening of the original Baganda Akasozi ke'Empala ("Hill of the Impala"). This is the name of the capital city of Uganda.
Kanbera קנברה (Settlement) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Form of Canberra used in multiple languages.
Khalab חלב (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Aleppo.
Kinshasa קינשאסה (Settlement) English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Swedish
Named after a nearby village, this name derives from Kikongo ki, a locative marker, and nshasa ("salt"), thus "salt market". This is the name of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kittim (Settlement) Hebrew
Kittim was a settlement in present-day Larnaca on the west coast of Cyprus, known in ancient times as Kition, or (in Latin) Citium. On this basis, the whole island became known as Kittim in Hebrew, including the Hebrew Bible.
K'wet כווית (Country & Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Kuwait.
Lima לימה (Settlement) Spanish, Aymara, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Most likely a corruption of Rímac, the name of a river, itself derived from Quechua rimaq meaning "speaker, talker" (ultimately from rimay meaning "to speak")... [more]
Lusaka לוסקה (Political Subdivision & Settlement) English, Chewa, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish
From Lusaaka, the name of a local Lenje chief. This is the name of the capital city of Zambia, as well as the district and the province in which the city is located.
Luv לוב (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Libya.
L'vanon לבנון (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Lebanon.
Lyublyana ליובליאנה (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Ljubljana used in multiple languages.
Madina מדינה (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Dhivehi, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Nepali, Tajik, Urdu, Uzbek
Form of Medina used in various languages. It is also an alternate transcription of Arabic مدينة (see Madinah) or Japanese Katakana マディーナ (see Madīna).
Makedonya מקדוניה (Region, Country & Political Subdivision) Hebrew, Turkish
Hebrew and Turkish form of Macedonia.
Malezya מלזיה (Country) Hebrew, Kurdish, Turkish
Hebrew, Kurdish and Turkish form of Malaysia.
Marsey מרסיי (Settlement) Hebrew, Persian
Hebrew and Persian form of Marseille.
Mongolya מונגוליה (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Mongolia.
Muskat מוסקט‎ (Settlement) Croatian, Hebrew, Indonesian, Norwegian, Swedish, Uyghur
Form of Muscat used in various languages.
Nahliel (Settlement) Hebrew
Nigerya ניגריה (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Nigeria.
Ostralya אוסטרליה (Region & Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Australia.
Ostriya אוסטריה (Country) Bengali, Hebrew, Hindi
Bengali, Hebrew and Hindi form of Austria.
Polinezia פולינזיה‎ (Region) Albanian, Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Romanian
Form of Polynesia.
Riyad ריאד (Settlement) Amharic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uyghur
Form of Riyadh used in numerous languages.
Sidni סידני (Settlement) Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Hindi, Persian, Sinhalese, Urdu
Form of Sydney used in various languages.
Sinai סִינַי (Region & Mountain) Biblical, Hebrew, Albanian, Danish, English, German, Italian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish
Biblical place name, both the mountain upon which Moses receives the Ten Commandments from God and the desert where it is located, found between Canaan and Egypt.... [more]
Somalya סומליה (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Somalia.
Stokholm סטוקהולם (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Macedonian, Tajik, Ukrainian
Form of Stockholm used in various languages.
Surya סוריה (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Syria.
Talin טאלין (Settlement) Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Khmer, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Slovene, Urdu
Form of Tallinn used in numerous languages.
Taypey טאיפיי (Settlement) Hebrew, Tamil
Hebrew and Tamil form of Taipei.
Tel Aviv תל אביב (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Hebrew
From a Hebrew translation of Altneuland (known as The Old New Land in English), the title of a 1902 novel by journalist Theodor Herzl. It is comprised of the Hebrew words תל (tel) meaning "hill", representing the "Old", and אביב ('aviv) meaning "spring (the season)", which symbolizes the "New".... [more]
Tel Aviv תל אביב (Settlement) Hebrew
Comes from two hebrew words: Tel, meaning mound of an old settelment, and Aviv, meaning spring. Comes from the hebrew translation of Benjamin Zeev Herzel's book altnoyland (old new land).
Tibet טיבט (Region, Political Subdivision & Country) English, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Uzbek
Meaning uncertain, perhaps derived from Tibetan སྟོད་བོད (stod-bod) meaning "Upper Tibet", itself from the autonym བོད (Bod). Alternately the name may be of Turkic origin, possibly from Old Turkic töbäd meaning "heights" or töpü meaning "peak, height, summit"... [more]
Tirana טירנה (Settlement) Albanian, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkmen, Uzbek
Perhaps derived from Doric Greek Τυρσανοί (Tursanoi) meaning "Tyrrhenians", which was an exonym for non-Greek inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian Sea. This is the name of the capital city of Albania.
Tunis תוניס (Country & Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek
Meaning uncertain, possibly from the Tamazight root ens meaning "to lie down, to pass the night" or from the name of the Phoenician goddess Tanith... [more]
Tunisiya תוניסיה (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Tunisia.
Turkya טורקיה (Country) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Turkey.
Tzan'a צנעא (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Sanaa.
Ulan Bator אולן בטור (Settlement) Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog
Form of Ulaanbaatar used in various languages as well as an English variant of the name.
Varsha ורשה, וורשה (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Warsaw.
Venetsya ונציה (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Venetia (see Venice).
Vina וינה (Settlement) Hebrew
Hebrew form of Vienna.
Vyetnam וייטנאם (Country) Azerbaijani, Hebrew, Tajik, Uzbek
Azerbaijani, Hebrew, Tajik and Uzbek form of Vietnam.
Yavan יוון (Country) Hebrew
Likely from the name Ion 2, referring to Greece.