Mongolian Submitted Place Names

ALTAI Алтай (Political Subdivision & Mountain) English, Mongolian, Russian, Altai, Kazakh
Combination of Mongolian алт (alt) meaning "gold" and тай (tay) meaning "with" (wholly meaning "the mountain with gold"). The Altai Republic is a federal subject north of Mongolia in Russia... [more]

AMERIK Америк, ᠠᠮᠧᠷᠢᠻᠠ (Country & Region) Haitian Creole, Mongolian
Haitian Creole and Mongolian form of AMERICA.

BAKHREYN Бахрейн (Country) Bashkir, Belarusian, Chuvash, Circassian, Karachay-Balkar, Kazakh, Komi, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Udmurt, Ukrainian
Form of BAHRAIN.

BANGKOK Бангкок (Settlement) Thai, Afrikaans, Armenian, Bashkir, Bosnian, Chechen, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Ingush, Italian, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Ossetian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Turkish, Uzbek
From Thai บางกอก (baang-gòk), believed to be derived from บาง (baang) meaning "community, village, settlement" and กอก (gòk) meaning "olive", possibly used in reference to the olive trees that grew around the area... [more]

BASHKORTOSTAN Башкортостан (Political Subdivision) Abkhaz, Bulgarian, Buryat, English, Hebrew, Indonesian, Komi, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian, Yakut
From Bashkir Башҡортостан (Bashqortostan), which is from башҡорт (bashqort), the name of the people, combined with the Persian suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of"... [more]

BRUNEY Бруней (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bulgarian, Chechen, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian, Yakut
Form of BRUNEI.

BUTAN Бутан (Country) Abkhaz, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Dhivehi, Faroese, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lezgin, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Ossetian, Persian, Russian, Slovene, Tatar, Turkmen, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Yakut
Form of BHUTAN.

DAGESTAN Дагестан (Political Subdivision) Russian, Afrikaans, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chuvash, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, Indonesian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Udmurt
From Russian Дагестан (Dagestan), which is from Turkish dağ meaning "mountain" combined with the Persian suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of". This is the name of a republic in southern Russia.

INDONEZ Индонез, ᠢᠨᠳ᠋ᠣᠨᠧᠽ (Country) Mongolian
Mongolian form of INDONESIA.

ISPANI Испани, ᠢᠰᠫᠠᠨ᠋ᠢ (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Mongolian
Buryat, Chechen, and Mongolian form of SPAIN.

JAKARTA Жакарта (Settlement) Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Marathi, Mongolian, Persian, Romanian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkmen, Urdu, Uzbek
From Sanskrit जयकर्त (jayakarta) meaning "that which causes victory", from जय (jayá) "victory, triumph" and कृत (kṛtá) "done, made, accomplished". This is the name of the capital city of Indonesia.

KUALA LUMPUR (Settlement) Malay, Indonesian, Acehnese, Banjar, Javanese, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Afrikaans, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek, Yakut
Means "muddy confluence" from Malay kuala meaning "confluence" and lumpur "mud". This is the name of the capital and largest city of Malaysia.

MADRID Мадрид (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish, Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Asturian, Avar, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chechen, Chuvash, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Ingush, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Ossetian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Tagalog, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek, Yakut
From the older name Magerit which is of uncertain meaning and origin. It may be derived from Arabic اَلْمَجْرِيط‎ (al-majrīṭ) meaning "source of water", from Latin matrix meaning "mother, source, origin (of rivers)", or from Celtic mageto ritu meaning "great bridge"... [more]

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.

MONGOL ULS Монгол Улс, ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (Country) Mongolian
From Mongolian монгол (mongol), the name of the Mongolian people, and улс (uls) meaning "country, nation". This is the Mongolian name for Mongolia.

NORVEGI Норвеги, ᠨᠣᠷᠸᠧᠭᠢ (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian
Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, and Ossetian form of NORWAY.

SAUDYN ARAB Саудын Араб, ᠰᠠᠤᠳᠢᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠪ (Country) Mongolian
Mongolian form of SAUDI ARABIA.

SHYMKENT Шымкент (Settlement) Kazakh, English, Russian, Bashkir, Belarusian, Chechen, Indonesian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
From Kazakh шым (shym) meaning "sod, turf, meadow" and кент (kent) meaning "town". This is the name of a city in Kazakhstan.

SINGAPUR Сингапур (Country) Adyghe, Armenian, Bashkir, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Gagauz, German, Ingush, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Ossetian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek, Yakut
Form of SINGAPORE.

STAMBUL Стамбул (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Chuvash, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Turkmen, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Yiddish
Form of ISTANBUL.

TAYLAND Тайланд (Country) Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Persian, Turkish, Uyghur
Form of THAILAND.

UKRAIN Украин (Country) Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Tamil, Yiddish
Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Tamil, and Yiddish form of UKRAINE.

ULAANBAATAR Улаанбаатар, ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ (Settlement) Mongolian, Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Estonian, German, Romanian
Means "red hero" from Mongolian улаан (ulaan) meaning "red" and баатар (baatar) meaning "hero". This is the name of the capital city of Mongolia.

YAPON Япон, ᠶᠠᠫᠣᠨ (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Kabardian, Mongolian, Ossetian
Form of JAPAN.

YEMEN Йемен (Country) Bashkir, Bulgarian, Chinese, Chuvash, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Danish, English, Italian, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lezgin, Mongolian, Ossetian, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Uyghur
From Arabic اليمن (al-Yaman) which is probably from يَمِين (yamīn) meaning "right (hand), south". This is the name of a country in Western Asia.

ZHAKARTA Жакарта (Settlement) Kyrgyz, Mongolian
Kyrgyz form of JAKARTA as well as a Mongolian alternate transcription.