Persian Submitted Place Names

Abkhaz آبخاز (Country) Mongolian, Ossetian, Persian
Mongolian, Ossetian, and Persian form of Abkhazia.

Adigheyeh آدیغیه‎ (Political Subdivision) Persian
Persian form of Adygea.

Adis Ababa آدیس آبابا (Settlement) Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Urdu
Arabic, Hindi, Persian and Urdu form of Addis Ababa.

Afriqa آفریقا (Region) Pashto, Persian, Uyghur
Pashto, Persian and Uyghur form of Africa.

Albani آلبانی (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian, Persian
Form of Albania.

Aljazayer الجزایر (Country) Persian
Persian form of Jaza'ir, referring only to the country.

Alman آلمان (Country) Persian, Pashto
Persian and Pashto form of Alemannia via the French form Allemagne. This is the Persian name for Germany.

Alman آلمان (Country) Persian, Pashto
Persian and Pashto form of Alemannia via the French form Allemagne. This is the Persian and Pashto name for Germany.

Almati آلماتی (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.

Aman امان (Settlement) Amharic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Slovene, Tagalog
Form of Amman used in multiple languages.

Angula آنگولا (Country) Persian
Persian form of Angola.

Ankara آنکارا (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.

Arzhantin آرژانتین (Country) Persian
Persian form of Argentina.

Asmarah اسمره (Settlement) Arabic, Persian
Arabic and Persian form of Asmara.

Astaneh آستانه (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Astana.

Aten آتن (Settlement) Persian, Swedish
Persian and Swedish form of Athens.

Azarbayjan آذربایجان (Country & Region) Persian
Persian form of Azerbaijan.

Baghdad بغداد (Settlement) Arabic, English, Armenian, Hindi, Italian, Malay, Pashto, Persian, Urdu, Uyghur
From Persian بغداد (Baghdad) most likely derived from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲‎ (bgdt) meaning "given by god", itself from Old Persian 𐏎 (baga) meaning "god" and 𐎭𐎠𐎫 (dātaʰ) meaning "given, created"... [more]

Bahama باهاما (Country) Bengali, Chinese, Estonian, Finnish, Hebrew, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Uyghur
Form of Bahamas used in various languages.

Baku باکو (Settlement) English, Russian, Persian
From Azerbaijani Bakı from Persian باکو (baku), which is of uncertain meaning. One popular etymology suggests that it means "wind-pounded city" from Persian باد (bad) meaning "wind" and کوبیدن (kubidan) meaning "to pound, to beat", given in reference to the area's frequent storms and high winds... [more]

Bangeladesh بنگلادش (Country) Persian
Persian form of Bangladesh.

Bankuk بانکوک (Settlement) Arabic, Persian
Arabic and Persian form of Bangkok.

Belgerad بلگراد (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Belgrade.

Belzhik بلژیک (Country) Persian
Persian form of French Belgique (see Belgium).

Berezil برزیل (Country) Persian
Persian form of Brazil.

Bermeh برمه (Country) Persian
Persian form of Burma.

Beyrut بیروت (Settlement) Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
Form of Beirut used in numerous languages.

Bokharest بخارست‎ (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Bucharest.

Bolgharestan بلغارستان (Country) Persian
From Persian بلغار (bolghar) meaning "Bulgarian" combined with the suffix ستان (stan) meaning "land of". This is the Persian name for Bulgaria.

Bolivi بولیوی (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian, Persian
Form of Bolivia.

Boruney برونئی (Country) Persian
Persian form of Brunei.

Bruksel بروکسل‎ (Settlement) Kurdish, Persian
Kurdish and Persian form of Brussels.

Butan بوتان (Country) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Dhivehi, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Slovene, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of Bhutan used in various languages.

Chechen چچن (Political Subdivision) Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Persian
Form of Chechnya.

Chechenistan چچنستان (Political Subdivision) Persian
From Persian چچن (čečen) meaning "Chechen" and the suffix ـستان (-stân) meaning "land of". This is a Persian name for Chechnya.

Cheragh چراغ (Settlement) Persian
This is the name of a village in Lorestan Province in western Iran. This is also used as a place name element (first or last) in other villages across Iran.... [more]

Daghestan داغستان‎ (Political Subdivision) French, Italian, Persian, Romanian
French, Italian, Persian, and Romanian form of Dagestan.

Daka داکا (Settlement) Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Georgian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Korean, Kurdish, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Slovene, Tajik
Form of Dhaka.

Danub دانوب (River) Arabic, Armenian, Persian
Arabic, Armenian and Persian form of Danube.

Dehli دهلی (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Persian, Tajik, Urdu, Uzbek
Form of Delhi.

Dili دیلی (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.

Doushanbeh دوشنبه (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Dushanbe.

Dublin دوبلین (Settlement) English, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Irish Duibhlinn itself from Middle Irish Dublind meaning "black pool", derived from dub meaning "black, dark" and lind meaning "pool, lake"... [more]

Eshq-abad عشق‌آباد (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Ashgabat.

Eskopiyeh اسکوپیه‎ (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Skopje.

Eslovaki اسلواکی (Country) Persian
Persian form of Slovakia.

Esloveni اسلوونی (Country) Persian
Persian form of Slovenia.

Espaniya اسپانیا (Country) Persian
Persian form of Hispania (see Spain).

Esrail اسرائیل (Country) Persian
Persian form of Israel.

Estoni استونی (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian, Persian
Form of Estonia.

Faranseh فرانسه (Country) Persian
Persian form of France.

Filipin فیلیپین (Country) Western African, Hausa, Persian
Hausa and Persian form of Philippines.

Gambiya گامبیا (Country) Bulgarian, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Uzbek
Form of Gambia used in various languages.

Gang گنگ (River) Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek
Form of Ganges.

Guyan گویان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Guyana.

Hanui هانوی (Settlement) Arabic, Persian
Arabic and Persian form of Hanoi.

Island ایسلند (Country & Island) Bosnian, Breton, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, German, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish
Form of Iceland.

Javeh جاوه (Political Subdivision & Island) Persian
Persian form of Java.

Jibuti جیبوتی (Country & Settlement) Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Sinhalese, Turkmen, Urdu
Form of Djibouti.

Kabol کابل (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Kabul.

Kaliforniya کالیفرنیا (Political Subdivision) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Persian, Russian, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of California.

Kamboj کامبوج (Country) Mongolian, Persian
Mongolian and Persian form of Cambodge (see Cambodia).

Katmandu کاتماندو (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.

Kazablanka کازابلانکا (Settlement) Arabic, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Kurdish, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Turkish
Form of Casablanca.

Kopenhag کپنهاگ‎ (Settlement) Persian, Turkish
Persian and Turkish form of Copenhagen.

Kore کره (Country) Persian, Turkish
Persian and Turkish form of Korea.

Kuala Lampur کوالا لامپور (Settlement) Persian, Urdu
Persian and Urdu form of Kuala Lumpur.

Kuba کوبا (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.

Lahestan لهستان (Country) Persian
From Persian له (Lah) referring to the Lechites, a group of West Slavic tribes who are the ancestors of modern-day Poles, combined with the suffix ستان (stan) meaning "land of"... [more]

Landan لندن (Settlement) Arabic, Burmese, Hausa, Hindi, Nepali, Persian, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, Urdu
Form of London.

Lobnan لبنان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Lebanon.

Luzun لوزون (Island) Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Arabic, Persian and Urdu form of Luzon.

Madagaskar ماداگاسکار (Country & Island) Afrikaans, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur, Uzbek
Form of Madagascar.

Madineh مدینه (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Medina.

Madrid مادرید (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Asturian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
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]

Majarestan مجارستان (Country) Persian
From Persian مجار (majâr) meaning "Hungrian" combined with the suffix ستان (stan) meaning "land of". This is the Persian name for Hungary.

Makasar ماکاسار (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Greek, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Urdu
Form of Makassar.

Maldiv مالدیو (Country) Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Persian
Azerbaijani, Bashkir, and Persian form of Maldives.

Male ماله (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.

Malezi مالزی (Country) Persian
Persian form of Malaysia through French Malaisie.

Mali مالی (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.

Manameh منامه (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Manama.

Masqat مسقط (Settlement) Arabic, Finnish, Hindi, Persian, Urdu
Arabic, Finnish, Hindi, Persian and Urdu form of Muscat.

Masqat مسقط (Settlement) Arabic, Finnish, Hindi, Persian, Tajik, Urdu
Arabic form of Muscat as well as the form used in various other languages.

Masqat مسقط (Settlement) Arabic, Finnish, Hindi, Malay, Persian, Tajik, Urdu
Arabic form of Muscat as well as the form used in various other languages.

Mogholestan مغولستان (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Persian
From Persian مغول‎ (moğul) meaning "Mongol, Mongolian" combined with the suffix ستان (stân) meaning "land of". This is the Persian name for Mongolia.

Moldavi مولداوی (Country) Buryat, Chechen, Mari, Ossetian, Persian
Form of Moldova used in various languages.

Moritani موریتانی (Country) Korean, Persian
Korean and Persian form of Mauritania.

Muris موریس (Country) Persian
Persian form of Mauritius.

Namibia نامیبیا (Country) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Danish, English, Finnish, Georgian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu
From the name of the Namib Desert, derived from Khoekhoe namib meaning "desert" or "vast place". This is the name of a country in southern Africa.

Namibiya نامیبیا (Country) Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Indian, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Persian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Namibia.

Neshel (Settlement) Persian

Okrayn اوکراین (Country) Pashto, Persian
Pashto and Persian form of Ukraine.

Omman عمان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Oman.

Orasiya اوراسیا (Region) Persian
Persian form of Eurasia.

Ordon اردن (Country & River) Persian
Persian form of Jordan.

Orshalim اورشلیم (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Jerusalem.

Orugueh اروگوئه (Country) Persian
Persian form of Uruguay.

Orupa اروپا (Region) Pashto, Persian
Pashto and Persian form of Europa (see Europe).

Osetiya اوستیا (Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Persian, Azerbaijani, Korean
Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Persian, Azerbaijani, and Korean form of Ossetia.

Otrish اتریش (Country) Persian
Persian form of French Autriche (see Austria).

Panjab پنجاب (Political Subdivision & Region) Punjabi, Urdu, Persian
Punjabi, Urdu and Persian form of Punjab.

Pekan پکن (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Beijing.

Perag پراگ (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Prague.

Piyong-yang پیونگ‌یانگ (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Pyongyang.

Qafqaz قفقاز (Region & Mountain) Persian, Azerbaijani
Persian and Azerbaijani form of Caucasus.

Qahereh قاهره (Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Cairo.

Qatar قطر (Country) Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek
From Catharrei, the name given to the inhabitants of region by Roman writer Pliny the Elder, which may have been based on the name of a local settlement. The name Catara was later used by Greek astronomer Ptolemy to refer to the peninsula, which was eventually transmitted into Arabic... [more]

Qazzaqestan قزاقستان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Kazakhstan.

Qerqizestan قرقیزستان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Kyrgyzstan.

Riyaz ریاض (Settlement) Pashto, Persian, Urdu
Pashto, Persian and Urdu form of Riyadh.

Romani رومانی (Country) Persian
Persian form of Romania.

San'a صنعا (Settlement) Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu
Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu form of Sanaa.

Sangapur سنگاپور (Country) Persian
Persian form of Singapore.

Serbestan صربستان (Country) Persian
From Persian صرب (serb) meaning "Serb, Serbian" combined with the suffix ستان (stan) meaning "land of". This is the Persian name for Serbia.

Seyshel سیشل (Country) Persian
Persian form of Seychelles.

Surinam سورینام (Country) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, English, Hindi, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek
English variant of Suriname as well as the standard name for the country in several languages.

Tajikestan تاجیکستان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Tajikistan.

Talin تالین (Settlement) Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Khmer, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Slovene, Urdu
Form of Tallinn used in numerous languages.

Tashkand تاشکند (Settlement) Indian, Hindi, Pashto, Persian
Hindi, Pashto, and Persian form of Tashkent.

Tayland تایلند (Country) Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Persian, Turkish, Uyghur
Form of Thailand.

Timfu تیمفو (Settlement) Arabic, Pashto, Persian
Arabic, Pashto, and Persian form of Thimphu.

Tirana تیرانا (Settlement) Albanian, English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkmen, Uzbek
Perhaps derived from Doric Greek Τυρσανοί (Tursanoi) meaning "Tyrrhenians", which was an exonym for non-Greek inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian Sea. This is the name of the capital city of Albania.

Torkamanestan ترکمنستان (Country) Persian
Persian form of Turkmenistan.

Torkiyeh ترکیه (Country) Persian
Persian form of Turkey.

Tunes تونس (Country & Settlement) Persian
Persian form of Tunis, referring to both the country and city.

Tustan (Settlement) Persian

Viyatnam ویتنام (Country) Hindi, Persian, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
Hindi, Persian, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu form of Vietnam.

Vuhan ووهان (Settlement) Indian, Hindi, Hungarian, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish, Urdu
Form of Wuhan.

Yunan یونان (Country) Arabic, Dhivehi, Hindi, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu
Form of Ionia used to refer to the country of Greece. The Arabic name is usually written with a definite article as اليونان (al-Yunan).