Latvian Submitted Place Names

Abhāzija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Abkhazia.

Abidžana (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Abidjan.

Abū Dabī (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Abu Dhabi.

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.

Akra (Settlement) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish
Form of Accra used in multiple languages.

Aļaska (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Alaska.

Aleksandrija (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Alexandria used in multiple languages.

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.

Ammāna (Settlement & Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Amman.

Amsterdama (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Amsterdam.

Anatolija (Region) Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Form of Anatolia.

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

Andora (Country) Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene, Urdu
Form of Andorra used in numerous languages.

Anglija (Country) Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Slovene
Form of England via its medieval Latin name Anglia.

Ankara (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.

Apvienotie Arābu Emirāti (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of United Arab Emirates.

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.

Asmera (Settlement) Tigrinya, Croatian, Georgian, Latvian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Asmara in several languages.

Astana (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.

Azerbaidžāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Azerbaijan.

Āzija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Asia.

Baltkrievija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Belarus.

Bamako (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 kɔ meaning "stream, river". This is the name of the capital city of Mali.

Banduna (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Bandung.

Barbadosa (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Barbados.

Barselona (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Barcelona used in numerous languages.

Beirūta (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Beirut.

Belfāsta (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Belfast.

Belgrada (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Belgrade.

Beliza (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Belize.

Bengālija (Political Subdivision & Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Bengal.

Benina (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Benin.

Berlīne (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Berlin.

Berne (Settlement & Political Subdivision) French, Latvian, English
French and Latvian form of Bern as well as an English variant.

Bētleme (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Bethlehem.

Birmingema (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Birmingham.

Boloņa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Bologna.

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.

Brisele (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Brussels.

Bristole (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Bristol.

Britānija (Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Britain.

Budapešta (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Budapest.

Bukareste (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Bucharest.

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.

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.

Damaska (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Damascus.

Daugava (River) Latvian

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

Deli (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Burmese, Chinese, Georgian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lao, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of Delhi used in numerous languages.

Dienvidāfrika (Country) Latvian
Latvian calque of South Africa.

Dienvidkoreja (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of South Korea

Dienvidsudāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of South Sudan.

Dili (Settlement) English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Portuguese or Tetum Díli, meaning uncertain. This is the name of the capital city of East Timor.

Diseldorfa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Düsseldorf.

Dižona (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Dijon.

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.

Drēzdene (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Dresden.

Dubaija (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Dubai.

Dublina (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Dublin.

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

Duvra (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Dover.

Dženova (Settlement) Latvian, Macedonian
Latvian and Macedonian form of Genoa.

Džibutija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Djibouti.

Džūba (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Juba.

Edinburga (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Edinburgh.

Ēģipte (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Egypt.

Eifrata (River) Latvian
Latvian form of Euphrates.

Eirāzija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Eurasia.

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.

Florence (Settlement) English, Dutch, French, Latvian
From Latin Florentia, derived from florens, ("flowering"), ultimately from flos, meaning "flower". This is the name of the capital city of Tuscany, in central Italy, as well as several settlements throughout the United States.... [more]

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.

Gaza (Region & Settlement) English, Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkmen
From Hebrew עזה ('azza) most commonly believed to be derived from the word עז ('az) meaning "strong, fierce". This is the name of a region in western Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea (referred to as the Gaza Strip), as well as a city in this region (called Gaza City).

Gibraltārs (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Gibraltar.

Grenāda (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Grenada.

Grenlande (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Greenland.

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

Guama (Political Subdivision & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Guam.

Gvineja (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Guinea.

Gvineja-Bisava (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Guinea-Bissau.

Hamburga (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Hamburg.

Hannovere (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Hanover.

Hanoja (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Hanoi.

Hanovere (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Hanover.

Havajas (Political Subdivision & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Hawaii.

Himalaji (Mountain) Bosnian, Latvian, Serbian
Bosnian, Latvian and Serbian form of Himalaya.

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.

Insbruka (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Innsbruck.

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.

Jalta (Settlement) Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Slovak, Serbian, Swedish
Form of Yalta in various European languages.

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.

Jaunjelgava (Settlement) Latvian
The name of a town on the Daugava River in Latvia, which means "new Jelgava" (Jelgava being another Latvian city which is believed to derive its name from Livonian jālgab meaning "town on the river").

Jaunzēlande (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of New Zealand.

Jekaterinburga (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Yekaterinburg.

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).

Kaboverde (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Cape Verde

Kaira (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Cairo.

Kalē (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Calais.

Kalifornija (Political Subdivision) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of California.

Kaļiņingrada (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Kaliningrad.

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

Kamerūna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Cameroon.

Kanbera (Settlement) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Form of Canberra used in multiple languages.

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.

Kišiņeva (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Chișinău.

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

Kolombo (Settlement) Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Colombo used in numerous languages.

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.

Kotdivuāra (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Ivory Coast

Krakova (Settlement) Finnish, Latvian
Finnish and Latvian form of Kraków.

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.

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.

Lesoto (Country) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Lesotho used in numerous languages.

Libāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Lebanon.

Lihtenšteina (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Liechtenstein.

Lima (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]

Liona (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Lyon.

Lisabona (Settlement) Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian
Latvian, Lithuanian, and Romanian form of Lisbon.

Livonija (Region) Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Form of Livonia.

Ļubļana (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Ljubljana.

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.

Makao (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Georgian, Hebrew, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lao, Macedonian, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Form of Macau used in numerous languages.

Makasara (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Makassar.

Maķedonija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Macedonia.

Maldīvija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Maldives.

Male (Settlement) Dhivehi, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Tajik, Thai, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Dhivehi form of Malé as well as the form used in various other languages.

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.

Mandžūrija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Manchuria.

Maroka (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Morocco.

Marseļa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Marseille.

Maskata (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Muscat.

Maurīcija (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Mauritius.

Mauritānija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Mauritania.

Medīna (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Medina.

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".

Mesīna (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Messina.

Minska (Settlement) Latvian

Mjanma (Country) Latvian, Polish
Latvian and Polish form of Myanmar.

Mogadīšo (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Mogadishu.

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.

Moroni (Settlement) French, English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Derived from Ngazidja Comorian mroni meaning "at the river". This is the name of the capital city of the Comoros.

Mozambika (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Mozambique.

Nācarete (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Nazareth.

Nauru (Country & Island) English, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Possibly derived from Nauruan anáoero meaning "I go to the beach". This is the name of an island country in Oceania.

Nazraņa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Nazran.

Neapole (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Naples.

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.

Nirnberga (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Nuremberg.

Norvēģija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Norway.

Odesa (Settlement) Ukrainian, Latvian, Romanian, Turkish, Korean, Bulgarian, Serbian
Form of Odessa in various languages.

Ohaio (Political Subdivision & River) Albanian, Bengali, Georgian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Thai
Form of Ohio used in multiple languages.

Okeānija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Oceania.

Oksforda (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Oxford.

Orenburga (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Orenburg.

Otava (River & Settlement) Bulgarian, Georgian, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Persian, Portuguese, Serbian, Urdu
Form of Ottawa used in various languages.

Pakistāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Pakistan.

Palau (Country) English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
From Palauan Belau either derived from aidebelau meaning "indirect replies" (referring to an island creation myth) or beluu meaning "village". This is the name of a country in Oceania.

Palestīna (Country & Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Palestine.

Pangeja (Region) Latvian, Macedonian
Latvian and Macedonian form of Pangaea.

Papua-Jaungvineja (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Papua New Guinea.

Phenjana (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Pyongyang.

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

Pnompeņa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Phnom Penh.

Polinēzija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Polynesia.

Pompeja (Settlement) Latvian, Serbian
Latvian and Serbian form of Pompeii.

Prāga (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Prague.

Puertoriko (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Puerto Rico.

Rabāta (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Rabat.

Reina (River) Latvian
Latvian form of Rhine.

Reval (Other) Estonian, Latvian, Polish, English
Former name of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.

Rietumsahāra (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Western Sahara

Rīga (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Riga.

Rodēzija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Rhodesia.

Rumānija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Romania.

Saloniki (Settlement) Ancient Greek, Greek, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek
Greek short form of Thessaloniki, as well as the usual form used in numerous languages.

Salvadora (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of El Salvador.

Sana (Settlement) Albanian, Amharic, Belarusian, Bengali, Chinese, Croatian, Georgian, Hindi, Icelandic, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of Sanaa used in numerous languages. It can also be an alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji サナア (see Sanā).

Šanhaja (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Shanghai.

Sanmarīno (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of San Marino.

Santome Un Prinsipi (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of São Tomé and Príncipe

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, Thai, Ukrainian
Form of Cebu used in various languages.

Seišelas (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Seychelles.

Senegāla (Country & River) Latvian
Latvian form of Senegal.

Sevilja (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovene form of Seville.

Siāma (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Siam.

Sibīrija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Siberia.

Sicīlija (Political Subdivision & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Sicily.

Šīrāza (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Shiraz.

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.

Sofija (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Sofia used in multiple languages as well as a Danish variant.

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.

Stokholma (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Stockholm.

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.

Suva (Settlement) Fijian, English, Hindi, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
The capital city of Fiji, meaning "mound" in Fijian.

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.

Taškenta (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Tashkent.

Tatarstāna (Political Subdivision) Latvian
Latvian form of Tatarstan.

Tibeta (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Tibet.

Tirāna (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Tirana.

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.

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.

Tulūza (Settlement) Latvian, Lithuanian
Latvian and Lithuanian form of Toulouse.

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.

Uzbekistāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Uzbekistan.

Vācija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Germany.

Vaduca (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Vaduz.

Valensija (Settlement & Island) Belarusian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Form of Valencia in various European languages.

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.