Latvian Submitted Place Names

Latvian names are used in the country of Latvia in northern Europe.
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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.
Alžīra (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Algiers.
Alžīrija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Algeria.
Anglija (Country) Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Slovene
Form of England via its medieval Latin name Anglia.
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.
Atēnas (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Athens.
Azerbaidžāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Azerbaijan.
Āzija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Asia.
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.
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.
Dienvidkoreja (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of South Korea
Dienvidsudāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of South Sudan.
Dņestra (River) Latvian
Latvian form of Dniester.
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.
Eirāzija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Eurasia.
Ekvadora (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Ecuador.
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]
Francija (Country) Latvian, Macedonian, Slovene
Latvian, Macedonian and Slovenian form of France.
Gajāna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Guyana.
Galileja (Region) Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Galilee.
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.
Guama (Political Subdivision & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Guam.
Gvineja-Bisava (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Guinea-Bissau.
Hanoja (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Hanoi.
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.
Jangona (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Yangon.
Jaunzēlande (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of New Zealand.
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
Kamerūna (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Cameroon.
Kartāga (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Carthage.
Katalonija (Political Subdivision & Region) Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Catalonia.
Katara (Country) Latvian, Malagasy
Latvian and Malagasy 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.
Kišiņeva (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Chișinău.
Komoras (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of The Comoros.
Korinta (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Corinthus (see Corinth).
Korintija (Political Subdivision & Region) Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Latvian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Corinthia.
Kosova (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Kosovo.
Kotdivuāra (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Ivory Coast
Krievija (Country) Latvian
Latvian name for Russia.
Krima (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Crimea.
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.
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.
Madagaskara (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Madagascar.
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, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, 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, 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.
Maroka (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Morocco.
Maurīcija (Country & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Mauritius.
Mauritānija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Mauritania.
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]
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.
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.
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.
Pnompeņa (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Phnom Penh.
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.
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.
Salvadora (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of El Salvador.
Šanhaja (Settlement) Latvian
Latvian form of Shanghai.
Sanmarīno (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of San Marino.
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.
Siāma (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Siam.
Sibīrija (Region) Latvian
Latvian form of Siberia.
Sicīlija (Political Subdivision & Island) Latvian
Latvian form of Sicily.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ziemeļkoreja (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of North Korea
Zviedrija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Sweden.