Northern African Submitted Place Names

Northern African names include those from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. See also about African names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Abxazya (Country) Kabyle, Kurdish
Kabyle and Kurdish form of Abkhazia.

Afɣanistan (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Afghanistan.

Agadir (Settlement) Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber, English, French
Means "fortified fortress, wall" in Central Atlas Tamazight, ultimately from Phoenician gdr meaning "wall, compound". This is the name of a city in Morocco.

Agdz (Settlement) Berber

Albanya (Country) Cebuano, Kabyle, Kurdish, Pashto, Quechua, Tagalog
Form of Albania.

Anfa (Settlement) Berber
Means "hill" or "top" in Tamazight. This is the Berber name for Casablanca, which was used as the city's official name before the 1755 Lisbon earthquake destroyed the area... [more]

Arminya (Country) Kabyle, Quechua
Kabyle and Quechua form of Armenia.

Bangladec (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Bangladesh.

Beḥrin (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Bahrain.

Byilurusya (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Belarus.

Ccinwa (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of China.

Cili (Country) Kabyle, Sicilian
Kabyle and Sicilian form of Chile.

Danmaṛk (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Denmark.

Ɛiraq (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Iraq.

Ɣana (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Ghana.

Imeldiwen (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Maldives.

Iṛan (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Iran.

Lezzayer (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Algeria.

Lezzayer (Country & Settlement) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Algeria and Algiers.

Lhend (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of India via the Arabic form هند (Hind).

Libya (Country) Northern African, Berber, English, Faroese, Finnish, Hausa, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Swahili, Tagalog, Turkish
From Arabic ليبيا‎ (Lībiyā) from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē), which is derived from Libu, the name of an ancient Berber tribe (attested as rbw in Egyptian)... [more]

Mřič (Settlement) Berber
Tarifit form of Melilla.

Rbaṭ (Settlement) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Rabat.

Sswid (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Sweden.

Ṣumal (Country) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Somalia.

Tingi (Other) Berber
Means “Marsh” in the Standard Moroccan Amazight language.

Wehran (Settlement) Kabyle
Kabyle form of Oran.

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