Polish Submitted Place Names

Polish names are used in the country of Poland in central Europe. See also about Polish names.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Rzym (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Rome.
Saint Lucia (Country & Island) English, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Named after Saint Lucia of Syracuse, Legend states that French sailors were shipwrecked on the island on December 13th, the feast day of St... [more]
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.
Salwador (Country) Polish, Turkmen
Polish and Turkmen 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).
Sarajewo (Settlement) German, Polish
Polish form of Sarajevo as well as a German variant.
Sardynia (Region & Island) Polish
Polish form of Sardinia.
Seszele (Country) Polish
Polish form of Seychelles.
Sewilla (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Seville.
Sinciang (Political Subdivision & Region) Polish
Polish form of Xinjiang.
Śnieżka (Mountain) Polish
Name of a mountain on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland, the most prominent point of the Silesian Ridge in the Krkonoše mountains.
Sofia (Settlement) English, Afrikaans, Armenian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai
From Bulgarian София (Sofiya) named for the Saint Sophia Church, itself derived from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophia) meaning "wisdom" (see the given name Sophia)... [more]
Sopot (Settlement) Polish
Thought to mean "stream" or "spring" in Old Slavic. This is the name of a city in Poland.
Sparta (Settlement) English, Czech, Danish, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Manx, Polish, Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman
From Doric Greek Σπάρτα (Sparta) and Attic Greek Σπάρτη (Spartē), which is of uncertain origin but possibly derived from σπάρτον (sparton) meaning "rope, cable" - a reference to the cords laid as the city’s foundation boundaries, though this could be just a folk etymology.... [more]
Stambuł (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Istanbul.
Stara Grzybowszczyzna (Settlement) Polish
Meaning "old Grzybowszczyzna". It is a village in northeast Poland.
Stary Grzybów (Settlement) Polish
Meaning "old Grzybów". It is the name of a village in southern Poland.
Suazi (Country) Polish
Polish form of Swaziland
Suchumi (Settlement) Czech, Polish, Swedish
Czech, Polish and Swedish form of Sukhumi.
Syberia (Region) Polish
Polish form of Siberia.
Sycylia (Political Subdivision & Island) Polish
Polish form of Sicily.
Syczuan (Political Subdivision) Polish
Polish form of Sichuan.
Syjam (Country) Polish
Polish form of Siam.
Synaj (Region & Mountain) Polish
Polish form of Sinai.
Szanghaj (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Shanghai.
Sziraz (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Shiraz.
Sztokholm (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Stockholm.
Tajwan (Country & Island) Polish
Polish form of Taiwan.
Tallinn (Settlement) Estonian, English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish
Meaning uncertain, but probably derived from Estonian Taani-Linn(a) meaning "Danish town" (originally "Danish castle"). This is the capital of Estonia.
Taszkent (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Tashkent.
Tel Awiw (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Polish, Turkmen
Polish and Turkmen form of Tel Aviv.
Tesprotia (Political Subdivision & Region) Polish, Spanish
Polish and Spanish form of Thesprotia.
Tirana (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.
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.
Transkaukazja (Region) Polish
Polish form of Transcaucasia.
Transoksania (Region) Polish
Polish form of Transoxiana via its Latin form Transoxania.
Transylwania (Region) Polish
Polish form of Transylvania. This is an alternative name for the region; the standard name in Poland is Siedmiogród.
Trypolis (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Tripoli.
Trypolitania (Region) Polish
Polish form of Tripolitania.
Tuluza (Settlement) Polish, Bulgarian
Polish and Bulgarian form of Toulouse.
Tunezja (Country) Polish
Polish form of Tunisia
Tunis (Country & Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek
Meaning uncertain, possibly from the Tamazight root ens meaning "to lie down, to pass the night" or from the name of the Phoenician goddess Tanith... [more]
Turcja (Country) Polish
Polish form of Turkey.
Turkmenistan (Country) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, German, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Filipino, Tagalog, Ukrainian
From Turkmen Türkmenistan, which is from the name of the Turkmen people combined with the Persian suffix ستان (stan 2) meaning "land of"... [more]
Turyn (Settlement) Afrikaans, Polish
Afrikaans and Polish form of Turin.
Tuwa (Political Subdivision) German, Polish, Silesian
German, Polish, and Silesian form of Tuva.
Tuwalu (Country) Chinese, Polish, Sinhalese, Thai, Turkmen
Chinese, Sinhala, Thai and Turkmen form of Tuvalu as well as a Polish variant.
Tybet (Region) Polish, Ukrainian
Polish and Ukrainian form of Tibet.
Udmurcja (Political Subdivision) Polish
Polish form of Udmurtia.
Ùkrajina (Country) Kashubian
Kashubian form of Ukraine
Ułan Bator (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Ulaanbaatar.
Ułan Ude (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Ulan-Ude.
Vaduz (Settlement) German, English, Afrikaans, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish
Derived from Rhaeto-Romance auadutg meaning "aqueduct", ultimately from Latin aquaeductus. This is the name of the capital city of Liechtenstein.
Walencja (Region & Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Valencia.
Wallis i Futuna (Political Subdivision) Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian, Polish
Form of Wallis and Futuna.
Watykan (Country) Polish
Polish form of Vatican, which is one of the names commonly used to refer to Vatican City.
Wenecja (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Venice.
Wenecja (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Venetia (see Venice).
Werona (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Verona.
Wiedeń (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Vienna.
Wientian (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Vientiane.
Wietnam (Country) Polish
Polish form of Vietnam.
Wilno (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Vilnius.
Wirunga (Political Subdivision, Region & Mountain) Polish, German, German (Austrian), German (Swiss)
Wirunga is a German and Polish variant of Virunga.
Władywostok (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Vladivostok.
Włodzimierz (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Volodymyr.
Wogezy (Mountain) Polish
Polish form of Vosges.
Wołgograd (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Volgograd.
Wrocław (Settlement) Polish
From the Old Polish names Wrocisław, Wrócisław or Warcisław, meaning a return to glory. Cognate with Czech Vratislav. It is associated with Vratislaus I of Bohemia, the legendary founder, but the first records of the city appear decades after his death... [more]
Zagrzeb (Settlement) Polish
Polish form of Zagreb.
Zalipie (Settlement) Polish
Zalipie is known for being "Poland's Painted Village". The insides and outsides of the buildings, doghouses, and even bridges in Zalipie are painted in brightly colored folk art that attracts tourists from around the globe... [more]