Latvian Submitted Place Names

ABHĀZIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of ABKHAZIA.

ABUDŽA (Settlement) Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, and Serbian form of ABUJA.

AČEHA (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of ACEH.

ADIGEJA (Political Subdivision) Bosnian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Bosnian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Slovene form of ADYGEA.

AFGANISTĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of AFGHANISTAN.

ĀFRIKA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of AFRICA.

ALMATI (Settlement) Kazakh, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Tajik, Urdu, Uzbek
Form of ALMATY as well as an alternate transcription of ALMATY.

ALPI (Mountain) Bulgarian, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian
Form of Alps.

ALŽĪRA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of ALGIERS.

ALŽĪRIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of ALGERIA.

ANATOLIJA (Region) Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Form of ANATOLIA.

ANDORA (Country) Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene
Form of ANDORRA.

ANGLIJA (Country) Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Slovene
Form of ENGLAND via its medieval Latin name ANGLIA.

ANKARA (Settlement) Turkish, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, 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 (ánkura) meaning "anchor, hook". This is the name of the capital city of Turkey.

ARĀBIJA (Political Subdivision & Region) Latvian
Latvian form of ARABIA.

ARKĀDIJA (Political Subdivision & Region) Latvian
Latvian form of ARCADIA.

ARUBA (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
An island in the Caribbean Sea that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

ASTANA (Settlement) Kazakh, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Means "capital city" in Kazakh, ultimately from Persian آستانه (âstâne). This was the name of the capital city of Kazakhstan, which was renamed Nur-Sultan in 2019.

ATĒNAS (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of ATHENS.

AUSTRIJA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Form of AUSTRIA.

AZERBAIDŽĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of AZERBAIJAN.

ĀZIJA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of ASIA.

BAHREINA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BAHRAIN.

BAKU (Settlement) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur
From Azerbaijani Bakı from Persian باکو (bâku), which is of uncertain meaning. One popular etymology suggests that it means "wind-pounded city" from Persian باد (bâd) meaning "wind" and کوبیدن (kubidan) meaning "to pound, to beat" (given in reference to the area's storms and high winds)... [more]

BALI (Political Subdivision & Island) Indonesian, Balinese, Acehnese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Derived from Sanskrit बलि (bali) meaning "offering, tribute". This is the name of an island and province in Indonesia.

BALTKRIEVIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BELARUS.

BANDUNA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of BANDUNG.

BANGLADEŠA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BANGLADESH.

BARBADOSA (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of BARBADOS.

BELIZA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BELIZE.

BENINA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BENIN.

BĒTLEME (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of BETHLEHEM.

BONAIRE (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
An island in the Caribbean Sea that is a special municipality of the Netherlands.

BOSNIJA UN HERCEGOVINA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.

BOTSVĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BOTSWANA.

BRAZĪLIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BRAZIL.

BRUNEJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BRUNEI.

BULGĀRIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BULGARIA.

BURJATIJA (Political Subdivision) Bosnian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Bosnian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Slovene form of BURYATIA.

BURKINAFASO (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BURKINA FASO.

BURUNDIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BURUNDI.

BUTĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of BHUTAN.

ČADA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of CHAD.

ČEČENIJA (Political Subdivision) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of CHECHNYA.

ČEHIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of ČECHY, used as a name for the Czech Republic.

ČĪLE (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of CHILE.

DAGESTĀNA (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of DAGESTAN.

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

DAUGAVA (River) Latvian

DELI (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Chinese, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of DELHI.

DIENVIDSUDĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SOUTH SUDAN.

DŅESTRA (River) Latvian
Latvian form of DNIESTER.

DOMINIKA (Country & Island) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of DOMINICA.

DOMINIKĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. This is the standard Latvian name for the country, but sometimes the form DOMINIKĀNAS REPUBLIKA is also used.

DOMINIKĀNAS REPUBLIKA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. This is an alternative name for the country; the standard name in Latvia is DOMINIKĀNA.

DONAVA (River) Latvian, Slovene
Latvian and Slovenian form of DANUBE.

DUŠANBE (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of DUSHANBE.

DŽAKARTA (Settlement) Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Slovene form of JAKARTA.

DŽIBUTIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of DJIBOUTI.

ĒĢIPTE (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of EGYPT.

EIFRATA (River) Latvian
Latvian form of EUPHRATES.

EIRĀZIJA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of EURASIA.

EIROPA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Europa (see EUROPE).

EKVADORA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of ECUADOR.

EKVATORIĀLĀ GVINEJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Equatorial Guinea.

ERITREJA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of ERITREA.

FIDŽI (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of FIJI.

FILIPĪNAS (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of PHILIPPINES.

FLORIDA (Political Subdivision) Spanish, English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Uzbek
Means "flowery, ornate" in Spanish, a short form of either la Florida meaning "the flowery one" or Pascua Florida meaning "flowery Easter" (a Spanish name for Palm Sunday, so named because the region was discovered by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León on that day in 1513)... [more]

FRANCIJA (Country) Latvian, Macedonian, Slovene
Latvian, Macedonian and Slovenian form of FRANCE.

GABONA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of GABON.

GAJĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of GUYANA.

GALILEJA (Region) Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovenian form of GALILEE.

GAMBIJA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of GAMBIA.

GIBRALTĀRS (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Gibraltar.

GRENĀDA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of GRENADA.

GRENLANDE (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of GREENLAND.

GRIEĶIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of GREECE.

GRUZIJA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of GEORGIA (1) (the country).

GUAMA (Political Subdivision & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of GUAM.

GVATEMALA (Country) Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Icelandic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Uzbek
Form of GUATEMALA.

GVINEJA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of GUINEA.

GVINEJA-BISAVA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Guinea-Bissau.

HANOJA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of HANOI.

HAVANA (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Georgian, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
From Spanish Habana, which is derived from Habaguanex, the name of a Taíno chief who controlled the area. This is the name of the capital city of Cuba.

HONDURASA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of HONDURAS.

HORVĀTIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of CROATIA.

INDOSTĀNA (Country & Region) Latvian
Latvian form of HINDUSTAN.

INGUŠIJA (Political Subdivision) Latvian, Lithuanian
Latvian and Lithuanian form of INGUSHETIA.

IRĀKA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of IRAQ.

IRĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of IRAN.

ĪRIJA (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of IRELAND.

ISLANDE (Country & Island) French, Latvian
French and Latvian form of ICELAND.

IZRAĒLA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of ISRAEL.

JAMAIKA (Country & Island) Afrikaans, Bengali, Finnish, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Turkish, Urdu
Form of JAMAICA.

JANGONA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of YANGON.

JAUNZĒLANDE (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of NEW ZEALAND.

JAVA (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik
From Indonesian Jawa, which is of uncertain origin. It is most likely derived from Sanskrit यव-द्वीप (yava-dvīpa) meaning "island of barley", though it may have come from Javanese ꦗꦸꦮꦮꦸꦠ꧀ (juwawut) meaning "foxtail millet (a type of plant)" or Malay jauh meaning "far, distant"... [more]

JEMENA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of YEMEN.

JERUZALEME (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of JERUSALEM.

JORDĀNA (River) Latvian
Latvian form of JORDAN (the river).

JORDĀNIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of JORDAN (the country).

JŪDEJA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Iudaea (see JUDEA).

KALIFORNIJA (Political Subdivision) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of CALIFORNIA.

KAMBODŽA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of CAMBODIA.

KAMERŪNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of CAMEROON.

KANĀDA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of CANADA.

KARTĀGA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Carthage.

KASABLANKA (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of CASABLANCA.

KATALONIJA (Political Subdivision & Region) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of CATALONIA.

KATARA (Country) Latvian, Malagasy
Latvian and Malagasy form of QATAR.

KATMANDU (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Georgian, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of KATHMANDU.

KAUKĀZS (Region & Mountain) Latvian
Latvian form of CAUCASUS.

KAZAHSTĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of KAZAKHSTAN.

ĶĪNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of CHINA.

KIPRA (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of CYPRUS.

KIRASAO (Political Subdivision & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of CURAÇAO.

KIRGĪZIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of KYRGYZSTAN via its Russian name KIRGIZIYA. This is an alternative name for the country; the standard name in Latvia is KIRGIZSTĀNA.

KIRGIZSTĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of KYRGYZSTAN.

KOLOMBO (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of COLOMBO.

KOMI (Political Subdivision) Komi, Russian, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From the name of the Komi people, which is most likely derived from the Finno-Ugric word kojema meaning "man, human", but also possibly from the name of the Kama River... [more]

KOMORAS (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of The COMOROS.

KOREJA (Region) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of KOREA.

KORINTA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Corinthus (see CORINTH).

KORINTIJA (Political Subdivision & Region) Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Latvian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Corinthia.

KORSIKA (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Uzbek
Form of CORSICA.

KOSOVA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of KOSOVO.

KOSTARIKA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of COSTA RICA.

KRIEVIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian name for RUSSIA.

KRIMA (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Latvian
Latvian form of CRIMEA.

KUBA (Country & Island) Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek
Form of CUBA.

KURDISTĀNA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of KURDISTAN.

KUVEITA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of KUWAIT.

LAKONIJA (Political Subdivision & Region) Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian and Slovenian form of LACONIA.

LAOSA (Country) Hawaiian, Latvian
Hawaiian and Latvian form of LAOS.

LATVIJA (Country) Latvian, Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Slovene
Derived from Latgalians, the name of an ancient Eastern Baltic tribe inhabiting present-day LATVIA.

LESOTO (Country) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Greek, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Ukrainian
Form of LESOTHO.

LHASA (Settlement) Tibetan, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bhutanese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Malay, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Urdu
From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) meaning "land of gods", derived from ལྷ (lha) meaning "deity, god" and ས (sa) meaning "land, earth". Alternatively, it may have been an alteration of Old Tibetan ར་ས (ra sa) meaning "land of goats" or "fortified land" from ར (ra) meaning "goat" or "enclosure" and ས (sa) meaning "land, earth"... [more]

LIBĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of LEBANON.

LĪBIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of LIBYA.

LIHTENŠTEINA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of LIECHTENSTEIN.

LISABONA (Settlement) Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian
Latvian, Lithuanian, and Romanian form of LISBON.

LIVONIJA (Region) Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Form of LIVONIA.

LUKSEMBURGA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of LUXEMBOURG.

MADAGASKARA (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of MADAGASCAR.

MAKAO (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of Macau.

MAKASARA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of MAKASSAR.

MAĶEDONIJA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of MACEDONIA.

MALAIZIJA (Country) Latvian, Lithuanian
Latvian and Lithuanian form of MALAYSIA.

MALĀVIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of MALAWI.

MALDĪVIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of MALDIVES.

MALI (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From the name of the Mali Empire, which was derived from Mandinka or Bambara mali meaning "hippopotamus" or "the place where the king lives". This is the name of a landlocked country in West Africa.

MALTA (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.

MANILA (Settlement) Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maranao, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
From Tagalog Maynila, derived from may-nilà meaning "where indigo is found", ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nī́la) referring to the indigo plant. This is the name of the capital city of the Philippines.

MAROKA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of MOROCCO.

MAURĪCIJA (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of MAURITIUS.

MAURITĀNIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of MAURITANIA.

MEKA (Settlement) Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Georgian, Hebrew, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene, Tagalog
Form of MECCA.

MEKSIKA (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
Form of MEXICO (the country).

MELNKALNE (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Montenegro. It is literally a direct translation of the country's name, since it consists of the Latvian adjective melns meaning "black" combined with the Latvian noun kalns meaning "mountain".

MINDANAO (Island) Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, Tagalog, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From a Spanish corruption of Magindanaw, the endonym of the Maguindanao people. The ethnic name means "people of the flood plains" or "people of the lake" from Maguindanao danao meaning "lake"... [more]

MINSKA (Settlement) Latvian

MJANMA (Country) Latvian, Polish
Latvian and Polish form of MYANMAR.

MOLDOVA (Country) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Latvian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish, Ukrainian
From the name of the Moldova River in eastern Romania, which is of uncertain origin and meaning. It may be from Slavic mold- meaning "spruce, fir" or *moldu meaning "tender, soft, young", from Old German molde meaning "open-pit mine", or Gothic Mulda meaning "dust, dirt"... [more]

MONAKO (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.

MONROVIJA (Settlement) Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of MONROVIA.

MOZAMBIKA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of MOZAMBIQUE.

NĀCARETE (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of NAZARETH.

NAMĪBIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of NAMIBIA.

NAZRAŅA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of NAZRAN.

NEPĀLA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of NEPAL.

NĪDERLANDE (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of The NETHERLANDS.

NIGĒRA (Country & River) Latvian
Latvian form of NIGER.

NIKARAGVA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of NICARAGUA.

NIKOSIJA (Settlement) Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese
Latvian, Lithuanian, and Maltese form of NICOSIA.

NĪLA (River) Latvian
Latvian form of NILE.

NORVĒĢIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of NORWAY.

OMĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of OMAN.

PAKISTĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of PAKISTAN.

PALESTĪNA (Country & Region) Latvian
Latvian form of PALESTINE.

PANAMA (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
From Spanish Panamá of uncertain meaning. It may be derived from the name of a tree commonly found in the area (genus Sterculia), from an indigenous word meaning "many butterflies", from Kuna bannaba meaning "distant, far away", or from a Guaraní word meaning "place of many fish"... [more]

PAPUA-JAUNGVINEJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

PARAGVAJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of PARAGUAY.

PARĪZE (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of PARIS.

PHENJANA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of PYONGYANG.

PIRENEJI (Mountain) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Slovene
Form of Pyrenees.

POLINĒZIJA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of POLYNESIA.

PORTUGĀLE (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of PORTUGAL.

PUERTORIKO (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of PUERTO RICO.

REINA (River) Latvian
Latvian form of Rhine.

RĪGA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of RIGA.

RODĒZIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of RHODESIA.

RUANDA (Country) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, English (Archaic), Finnish, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of RWANDA.

RUMĀNIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of ROMANIA.

SALVADORA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of EL SALVADOR.

ŠANHAJA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of SHANGHAI.

SANMARĪNO (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of San Marino.

SAPORO (Settlement) Armenian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Latvian, Serbian
Form of SAPPORO.

SARDĪNIJA (Region & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of SARDINIA.

SAŪDA ARĀBIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SAUDI ARABIA.

SEBU (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Serbian, Russian, Tatar, Thai, Ukrainian
Form of CEBU.

SEIŠELAS (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SEYCHELLES.

SENEGĀLA (Country & River) Latvian
Latvian form of SENEGAL.

SIĀMA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SIAM.

SIBĪRIJA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of SIBERIA.

SICĪLIJA (Political Subdivision & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of SICILY.

SINGAPŪRA (Country, Settlement & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of SINGAPORE.

SJERRALEONE (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SIERRA LEONE.

SKOTIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SCOTLAND via its Latin form Scotia.

SLOVĀKIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SLOVAKIA.

SOMIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of FINLAND.

ŠRILANKA (Country & Island) Latvian, Slovene
Latvian and Slovenian form of SRI LANKA.

STAMBULA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of ISTANBUL.

SUDĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SUDAN.

SUDETI (Mountain) Bosnian, Bulgarian, Italian, Latvian, Serbian
Form of SUDETES.

SUHUMI (Settlement) Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Finnish, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian
Form of SUKHUMI.

SURABAJA (Settlement) Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene
Form of SURABAYA.

SURINAMA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SURINAME.

SVATINI (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of ESWATINI.

SVAZILENDA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SWAZILAND. The country changed its name to Eswatini in 2018 and so it is now known as SVATINI in Latvia.

ŠVEICE (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SWITZERLAND.

TADŽIKISTĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of TAJIKISTAN.

TAIPEJA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of TAIPEI.

TAIVĀNA (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of TAIWAN.

TAIZEME (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of THAILAND.

TANZĀNIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of TANZANIA.

TATARSTĀNA (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of TATARSTAN.

TBILISI (Settlement) Georgian, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Derived from Georgian თბილი (tbili) meaning "warm", given in reference to the area's sulfuric hot springs. This is the name of the capital city of Georgia (the country).

THIMPHU (Settlement) Bhutanese, Tibetan, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Malay, Marathi, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Uzbek
From Bhutanese ཐིམ་ (thim) meaning "to sink" and ཕུ་ (phu) meaning "high ground, foothill, upland" or "to fly". This is the name of the capital city of Bhutan.

TIBETA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of TIBET.

TOGO (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Means "land where lagoons lie" from Ewe to meaning "water" and go meaning "shore". Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.

TOKIJA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of TOKYO.

TONGA (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.

TRANSILVĀNIJA (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of TRANSYLVANIA.

TUNISA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of TUNIS.

TUNISIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of TUNISIA.

TURCIJA (Country) Latvian, Macedonian
Latvian and Macedonian form of TURKEY.

TURKMENISTĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of TURKMENISTAN.

UDMURTIJA (Political Subdivision) Bosnian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of UDMURTIA.

UFA (Settlement & River) Russian, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Ossetian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Bashkir Өфө (Öfö), which is of uncertain origin and meaning. It may be derived from the Iranian root ap meaning "water". This is the name of the capital city of Bashkortostan as well a river that runs through the Ural Mountains... [more]

UKRAINA (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Turkmen, Uzbek
Form of UKRAINE.

UNGĀRIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of HUNGARY.

URUGVAJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of URUGUAY.

UZBEKISTĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of UZBEKISTAN.

VĀCIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of GERMANY.

VATIKĀNS (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Vatican, which is one of the names commonly used to refer to VATICAN CITY.

VELSA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of WALES.

VENECUĒLA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of VENEZUELA.

VIĻŅA (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of VILNIUS.

VJETNAMA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of VIETNAM.

VOGĒZI (Mountain) Latvian
Latvian form of Vosges.

VOLISA UN FUTUNA (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Wallis and Futuna.

ZAIRA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of ZAIRE.

ZAMBIJA (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of ZAMBIA.

ZIMBABVE (Country) Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of ZIMBABWE.

ZVIEDRIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of SWEDEN.