Jewish (Ashkenazi) Submitted Place Names

Ashkenazi names are used by Ashkenazi Jews, who are Jews from Germany and Eastern Europe and their descendants in the diaspora. See also about Jewish names.

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Ades אַדעס (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Odesa.

Afrike אפריקע (Region) Walloon, Yiddish
Walloon and Yiddish form of Africa.

Albanye אלבאניע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Albania.

Alzhir אַלזשיר (Country) Armenian, Yiddish
Armenian and Yiddish form of Algeria.

Andore אנדארע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Andorra.

Armenye ארמעניע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Armenia.

Azye אזיע (Region) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Asia.

Bagdad בגדאד, באַגדאַד‎ (Settlement) Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Maltese, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Ossetian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Yiddish
Form of Baghdad used in several languages.

Bukaresht בוקארעשט (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Bucharest.

Dorem Afrike דרום אפריקע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish calque of South Africa.

Eyrope אייראפע (Region) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Europa (see Europe).

Indye אינדיע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of India.

Italye איטאליע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Italia (see Italy).

Izmir איזמר (Region & Other) English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Yakut, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Tatar, Czech, Dutch, German, Romanian, Frisian, Finnish, Georgian, Estonian, Polish, Armenian, Mongolian, Slovak, South Slavic
Form of İzmir used in languages that do not have the 'İ/i' character in the alphabet.... [more]

Khartum כאַרטום‎ (Settlement) Bengali, Catalan, Finnish, German, Italian, Mongolian, Yiddish, Russian
Form of Khartoum used in several languages.

Kroatye קראאטיע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Croatia.

Kroke קראקע (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Kraków.

Levonen לבנון (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Lebanon.

Ludmir לודמיר‎ (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Volodymyr.

Mitsrayem מצרים (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Misr, used for Egypt.

Oystralye אויסטראליע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Australia.

Peterburg פּעטערבורג (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Saint Petersburg.

Prog פּראַג ,פּראָג (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Prague.

Roym רױם (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Rome.

Tel Oviv תל אביב (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Tel Aviv.

Tsipern ציפערן (Island & Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Cyprus.

Ukrain אוקראַיִן (Country) Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Tamil, Yiddish
Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Tamil, and Yiddish form of Ukraine.

Venetsye ווענעציע (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Venetia (see Venice).

Yerusholayem ירושלים (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Jerusalem.

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