Kurdish Submitted Place Names

Abxazya ئەبخازیا (Country) Kabyle, Kurdish
Kabyle and Kurdish form of Abkhazia.

Afrîkaya Başûr ئافریکایا باشوور (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish calque of South Africa.

Albanya ئالبانیا (Country) Cebuano, Kabyle, Kurdish, Pashto, Quechua, Tagalog
Form of Albania.

Albanya ئالبانیا (Country) Cebuano, Hebrew, Kurdish, Tagalog
Cebuano, Hebrew, Kurdish and Tagalog form of Albania.

Amerîka ئامریکا (Country & Region) Kurdish
Kurdish form of America.

Antarktîka ئانتارکتیکا (Region) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Antarctica.

Arjentîn ئەرژەنتین (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Argentina.

Arûba ئارووبا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Aruba.

Aşgabat عەشقاباد (Settlement) Turkmen, Bosnian, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Kurdish
Form of Ashgabat.

Atîna ئەتینا (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Athens.

Awistralya ئوسترالیا (Country & Region) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Australia.

Awistriya ئۆستریا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Austria.

Azerbaycan ئازەربایجان (Political Subdivision) Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Kurdish, Turkish
Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Kurdish, and Turkish form of Azerbaijan.

Bakû باکوو (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Baku.

Belarûs بیلاڕووس (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Belarus.

Belçîka بەلجیکا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Belgium.

Belîze بەلیز (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Belize.

Berlîn بەرلین (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Berlin.

Bermûda بەرموودا (Political Subdivision) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Bermuda.

Bêrût بەیرووت (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Beirut.

Bexda بەغدا (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Baghdad.

Bîşkek بیشکێک (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Bishkek.

Bolîvya بۆلیڤیا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Bolivia.

Brezîl بەڕازیل (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Brazil.

Brîtanya بریتانیای (Region) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Britain.

Bruksel (Settlement) Kurdish, Persian
Kurdish and Persian form of Brussels.

Brûney بروونای (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Brunei.

Budapeşt بوداپێست (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Kurdish
Azerbaijani and Kurdish form of Budapest.

Bûkareşt بووکارەشت (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Bucharest.

Burundî بوروندی (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Burundi.

Bûtan بووتان (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Bhutan.

Buxara بوخارا (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Uyghur
Azerbaijani, Kurdish and Uyghur form of Bukhara.

Çad (Country & Body of Water) Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Kurdish, Turkish, Turkmen
Form of Chad.

Cakarta جاکارتا (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Turkish
Azerbaijani, Kurdish, and Turkish form of Jakarta.

Cava جاڤا (Political Subdivision & Island) Kurdish, Turkish
Kurdish and Turkish form of Java.

Çeçenistan چەچەنستان (Political Subdivision) Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Kurdish, Turkish
Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Kurdish, and Turkish form of Chechenistan.

Cenevre جەنەڤرە (Settlement) Kurdish, Turkish
Kurdish and Turkish form of Geneva.

Cezayir جەزائیر (Country & Settlement) Kurdish, Turkish
Kurdish and Turkish form of Algeria and Algiers.

Cîbûtî جیبووتی (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Djibouti.

Çîn چین (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of China.

Daka داکا (Settlement) Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Georgian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Korean, Kurdish, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Slovene, Tajik
Form of Dhaka.

Danîmarka دانمارک (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Denmark.

Dublîn دەبڵین (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Dublin.

Duşenbe دوشەنبە (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Dushanbe.

Ebî Zebî ئەبوو زەبی (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Abu Dhabi.

Efẍanistan ئەفغانستان (Country) Kurdish
Central Kurdish form of Afghanistan.

Efxanistan ئەفغانستان (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Afghanistan.

Efxanistan (Country) Kurdish
Northern Kurdish form of Afghanistan.

Emman عەممان (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Amman.

Enqere ئەنقەرە (Settlement) Kurdish, Uyghur
Kurdish and Uyghur form of Ankara.

Erîtrea ئێریتریا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Eritrea.

Êrîvan یەریڤان (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Yerevan.

Estonya ئیستۆنیا (Country) Kurdish, Tagalog, Turkish
Kurdish, Tagalog, and Turkish form of Estonia.

Estonya ئەستۆنیا (Country) Hebrew, Kurdish, Tagalog, Turkish
Hebrew, Kurdish, Tagalog and Turkish form of Estonia.

Ewrasya ئەوراسیا (Region) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Eurasia.

Ewropa ئەورووپا (Region) Kurdish, Maltese
Kurdish and Maltese form of Europa (see Europe).

Fîjî فیجی (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Fiji.

Filîpîn فلیپین (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Philippines.

Filistîn فلستین (Country & Region) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Palestine.

Fînlenda فینلاند (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Finland.

Fransa فەڕەنسا (Country) Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Turkish
Azerbaijani, Kurdish, and Turkish form of France.

Grosnî (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Grozny.

Gurcistan گورجستان (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Gorjestan.

Haîtî ھایتی (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Haiti.

Heleb حەلەب (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Aleppo.

Helsînkî ھێلسینکی (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Helsinki.

Hindistan ھیندستان (Country) Azerbaijani, Karakalpak, Kumyk, Kurdish, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur
Form of Hendustan.

Holenda ھۆڵەندا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Holland 1, referring to the entire country of the Netherlands.

Hondûras ھۆندووراس (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Honduras.

Îndonezya ئیندۆنیزیا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Indonesia.

Înglistan ئینگلستان (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Engelestan, used form England.

Îran ئێران (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Iran.

Îsfehan ئیسفەهان (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Isfahan.

Îskenderiye ئیسکەندەریە (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Iskandariyah.

Îslamabad ئیسلاماباد (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Islamabad.

Îslenda ئایسلەند (Country & Island) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Iceland.

Îsraêl ئیسرائیل (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Israel.

Îtalya ئیتالیا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Italy.

Kabûl کابول (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Kabul.

Kamboca کەمبۆدیا (Country) Azerbaijani, Gagauz, Kurdish
Azerbaijani, Gagauz, and Kurdish form of Cambodia.

Kamerûn کامیروون (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Cameroon.

Karîb کاریب (Region) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Caribbean.

Kazablanka کازابلانکا (Settlement) Arabic, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Kurdish, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Turkish
Form of Casablanca.

Keneda (Country) Dhivehi, Kurdish
Dhivehi and Kurdish form of Canada.

Kîev کیێڤ (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Kiev.

Kînşasa کینشاسا (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Kinshasa.

Kîpros (Country & Island) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Cyprus.

Kirîbatî کیریباس (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Kiribati.

Kolombiya کۆلۆمبیا (Country) Amharic, Bengali, Kurdish, Nepali, Persian, Turkish
Form of Colombia used in various languages.

Komor کۆمۆر (Country) Kurdish, Persian
Kurdish and Persian form of Comoros.

Korêya کۆریای (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Korea.

Kosta Rîka کۆستا ریکا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Costa Rica.

Kûba کووبا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Cuba.

Kuweyt (Country) Kurdish, Uyghur, Walloon
Kurdish, Uyghur and Walloon form of Kuwait.

Letonya (Country) Kurdish, Tagalog, Turkish
Kurdish, Tagalog and Turkish form of Lettonia (see Latvia).

Lîberya لیبێریا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Liberia.

Lîbya لیبیا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Libya.

Lîtvanya لیتوانیا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Lithuania.

Lubnan (Country) Arabic, Kurdish, Malay
Arabic, Kurdish and Malay form of Lebanon.

Lûksembûrg لوکسەمبورگ (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Luxembourg.

Madagaskar ماداگاسکار (Country & Island) Afrikaans, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur, Uzbek
Form of Madagascar.

Malawî مالاوی (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Malawi.

Maldîv مالدیڤ (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Maldives.

Malezya مالیزیا (Country) Kurdish, Turkish
Kurdish and Turkish form of Malaysia.

Malezya مالەزیا (Country) Hebrew, Kurdish, Turkish
Hebrew, Kurdish and Turkish form of Malaysia.

Malî مالی (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Mali.

Malta ماڵتا (Country & Island) Maltese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Uncertain, possibly derived from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey". This is the name of an island nation in southern Europe.

Manîla مانیلا (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Manila.

Maurîtius موریشیوس (Country & Island) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Mauritius.

Medîne مەدینە (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Medina.

Meke مەکە (Settlement) Kyrgyz, Kurdish
Kyrgyz and Kurdish form of Mecca.

Meksîk مەکسیک (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Mexico (the country).

Meksîko مەکسیکۆ (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Mexico (the city).

Mexrib (Region) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Maghrib (the region).

Misir میسر (Country) Azerbaijani, Kurdish
Azerbaijani and Kurdish form of Misr.

Misir (Country) Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Maranao, Uyghur
Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Maranao and Uyghur form of Misr.

Monako مۆناکۆ (Country & Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek
Form of Monaco.

Montenegro مۆنتینیگرۆ (Country) Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Indonesian, Italian, Kurdish, Luxembourgish, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
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Morîtanya مۆریتانیا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Mauritania.

Mozambîk مۆزامبیک (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Mozambique.

Namîbya نامیبیا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Namibia.

Naûrû نائووروو (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Nauru.

Nîjer نیجەر (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Niger.

Nîjerya نێجیریا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Nigeria.

Nîkaragua نیکاراگوا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Nicaragua.

Nîl نیل (River) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Nile.

Norwêc نەرویژ (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Norway.

Nuakşot نواکشۆت (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Turkish
Azerbaijani, Kurdish and Turkish form of Nouakchott.

Orşelîm ئورشەلیم (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Jerusalem.

Parîs پاریس (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Paris.

Perû پێروو (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Peru.

Plovdîv (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Plovdiv.

Polînezya (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Polynesia.

Qahîre قاهیرە (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Qahirah.

Qazaxistan کازاخستان (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Kazakhstan.

Riyad (Settlement) Amharic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uyghur
Form of Riyadh used in numerous languages.

Romanya ڕۆمانیا (Country) Kurdish, Turkish
Kurdish and Turkish form of Romania.

Rûsya ڕووسیا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Russia.

Şanghay شانگھای (Settlement) Kurdish, Turkish
Kurdish and Turkish form of Shanghai.

Sankt Petersburg (Settlement) German, Kurdish, North Frisian, Romanian, Sorbian, Swedish
Form of Saint Petersburg.

San Marîno سان مارینۆ (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of San Marino.

Sêûl سێئول (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Seoul.

Seyşel سیشێل (Country) Azerbaijani, Kurdish
Azerbaijani and Kurdish form of Seychelles.

Şîle چیلی (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Chile.

Singapûr سینگاپوور (Country, Settlement & Island) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Singapore.

Siyam سیام (Country) Arabic, Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Turkish
Form of Siam.

Slovakya سلۆڤاکیا (Country) Kurdish, Turkish
Kurdish and Turkish form of Slovakia.

Slovenya سلۆڤێنیا (Country) Kurdish, Turkish
Kurdish and Turkish form of Slovenia.

Sofya سۆفیا (Settlement) Kurdish, Turkish
Kurdish and Turkish form of Sofia.

Spanya ئیسپانیا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Spain.

Srî Lanka سریلانکا (Country & Island) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Sri Lanka.

Stembol (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Istanbul.

Stenbol (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Istanbul.

Sûdan سوودان (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Sudan.

Sûrî سووریا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Syria.

Sûrînam سورینام (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Suriname.

Swêd سوێد (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Sweden.

Swîsre سویس (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Schwyz, used as the Kurdish name for Switzerland.

Tacîkistan تاجیکستان (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Tajikistan.

Taran تاران (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Tehran.

Taşkent تاشکەند (Settlement) Crimean Tatar, Kurdish, Turkish
Crimean Tatar, Kurdish, and Turkish form of Tashkent.

Taylenda تایلەند (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Thailand.

Taywan تایوان (Country) Arabic, Kurdish
Arabic and Kurdish form of Taiwan.

Tbîlîsî تبلیس (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Tbilisi.

Tirkiye تورکیا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Turkey.

Tonga تۆنگا (Country) Tongan, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
Derived from Samoan toga meaning "southern, south". This is the name of an archipelagic country in Oceania.

Trablûs ترابلووس (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of طرابلس (Tarabulus) (see Tripoli).

Transnîstriya (Political Subdivision & Region) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Transnistria.

Ûkrayna ئوکراینا (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Ukraine.

Urdun ئوردن (Country) Crimean Tatar, Kurdish, Tajik, Tatar
Crimean Tatar, Kurdish, Tajik, and Tatar form of Jordan (the country).

Ûrûguay ئوروگوای (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Uruguay.

Urumçi (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Turkish
Azerbaijani, Kurdish, and Turkish form of Ürümqi.

Ûzbêkistan ئۆزبەکستان (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Uzbekistan.

Vanûatû ڤانواتوو (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Vanuatu.

Vatîkan ڤاتیکان (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Vatican.

Warşova وارساو (Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Warsaw.

Xeze خەزە (Region & Settlement) Kurdish
Kurdish form of Gaza.

Zelendaya Nû زەلەندایا نوو (Country) Kurdish
Kurdish form of New Zealand.