Latvian Submitted Place Names

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.

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.

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.

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, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian
Form of GUATEMALA.

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

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

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, Finnish, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Turkish
Form of JAMAICA.

JAUNZĒLANDE (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of NEW ZEALAND.

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.

KATARA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of QATAR.

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.

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, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish
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.

KUBA (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Ukrainian
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) Latvian
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.

LIBĀNA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of LEBANON.

LĪBIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of LIBYA.

LIHTENŠTEINA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of LIECHTENSTEIN.

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.

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, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, 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) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Origin uncertain, possibly derived from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey". This is the name of an island nation in southern Europe.

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, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of MECCA.

MEKSIKA (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Georgian, Ingush, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Tajik, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur
Form of MEXICO used in various languages.

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".

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) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of MONACO.

MOZAMBIKA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of MOZAMBIQUE.

NĀCARETE (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of NAZARETH.

NAMĪBIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of NAMIBIA.

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.

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, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from the name of the Panama tree (a common species in the area), 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.

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

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
Capital of LATVIA. The origin of the name is disputed. It could be derived from Livonian ringa "loop" or Latvian rija "threshing barn".

RODĒZIJA (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of RHODESIA.