Serbo-Croatian Submitted Place Names

Saporo Сапоро (Settlement) Armenian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Latvian, Serbian
Form of Sapporo.

Sarajevo Сарајево (Settlement) Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From Turkish saray meaning "palace, mansion, house" and ova meaning "plain, lowland" or the Slavic suffix -evo used to indicate place names. This is the name of the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Saravak Саравак (Political Subdivision) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Indian, Hindi, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of Sarawak.

Sardinija Сардинија (Region & Island) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Sardinia.

Sarmatija Сарматија (Region) Serbian
Serbian form of Sarmatia.

Saudijska Arabija Саудијска Арабија (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Saudi Arabia.

Sebu Себу (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Serbian, Russian, Thai, Ukrainian
Form of Cebu used in various languages.

Sejšeli Сејшели (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Seychelles.

Šendžen Шенџен (Settlement) Macedonian, Serbian
Macedonian and Serbian form of Shenzhen.

Šenžen (Settlement) Croatian
Croatian form of Shenzhen.

Seul Сеул (Settlement) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Italian, Kazakh, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian
Variant of Seoul used in several languages.

Seul Сеул (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Italian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Seoul used in numerous languages.

Sevilja Севиља (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Latvian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovene form of Seville.

Sevilla (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish, Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Galician, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish
Spanish form of Seville, as well as the form used in numerous other languages.

Sibir Сибир (Region) Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kazakh, Macedonian, Norwegian, Serbian, Uzbek
Form of Siberia used in multiple languages.

Sicilija Сицилија (Political Subdivision & Island) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Sicily.

Sijera Leone Сијера Леоне (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Sierra Leone.

Sinaj Синај (Region & Mountain) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of Sinai.

Sinkjang Синкјанг (Political Subdivision & Region) Serbian
Serbian form of Xinjiang.

Širaz Шираз (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovene form of Shiraz.

Sitonija Ситонија (Region) Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Lithuanian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Sithonia.

Skoplje (Settlement) Croatian
Croatian form of Skopje.

Škotska Шкотска (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovenian form of Scotland.

Sofija Софија (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Sofia used in multiple languages as well as a Danish variant.

Solun Солун (Settlement) Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Thessaloniki used in multiple languages.

Split (Settlement) Croatian
Split is the second-largest city of Croatia and the largest city of the region of Dalmatia.... [more]

Srednjoafrička Republika (Country) Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Central African Republic.

Sudeti Судети (Mountain) Bosnian, Bulgarian, Italian, Latvian, Serbian
Form of Sudetes.

Suhumi Сухуми (Settlement) Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Finnish, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian
Form of Sukhumi.

Surabaja Сурабаја (Settlement) Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Surabaya.

Surinam Суринам (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.

Suva Сува (Settlement) Fijian, English, Hindi, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
The capital city of Fiji, meaning "mound" in Fijian.

Svazi (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene
Bosnian, Croatian and Slovenian form of Swaziland. The country changed its name to Eswatini in 2018 and so it is now known as Esvatini in the aforementioned three languages.

Sveti Toma i Princip (Country) Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Tajpej Тајпеј (Settlement) Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Taipei.

Tajvan Тајван (Country & Island) Bosnian, Croatian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Taiwan.

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

Taškent Ташкент (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of Tashkent.

Tesprocija (Political Subdivision & Region) Croatian
Croatian form of Thesprotia.

Tesprotija Теспротија (Political Subdivision & Region) Lithuanian, Serbian
Lithuanian and Serbian form of Thesprotia.

Tibet Тибет (Region, Political Subdivision & Country) English, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Uzbek
Meaning uncertain, perhaps derived from Tibetan སྟོད་བོད (stod-bod) meaning "Upper Tibet", itself from the autonym བོད (Bod). Alternately the name may be of Turkic origin, possibly from Old Turkic töbäd meaning "heights" or töpü meaning "peak, height, summit"... [more]

Timbu Тимбу (Settlement) Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish
Macedonian, Serbian, and Spanish form of Thimphu.

Timbu Тимбу (Settlement) Korean, Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog
Form of Thimphu used in various languages.

Tirana Тирана (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 Того (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.

Tonga Тонга (Country) Tongan, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
Derived from Samoan toga meaning "southern, south". This is the name of an archipelagic country in Oceania.

Transilvanija Трансилванија (Region) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Transylvania.

Transkarpatija Транскарпатија (Region) Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Transcarpathia.

Transoksijana Трансоксијана (Region) Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian
Croatian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Transoxiana.

Tripolitanija Триполитанија (Region) Croatian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Croatian, Lithuanian and Serbian form of Tripolitania.

Tuluz (Settlement) Serbian
Serbian form of Toulouse.

Tunis Тунис (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]

Turkmenistan Туркменистан (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]

Udmurtija Удмуртија (Political Subdivision) Bosnian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Udmurtia.

Udmurtska (Political Subdivision) Croatian
Croatian form of Udmurtia.

Ujedinjeni Arapski Emirati Уједињени Арапски Емирати (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of United Arab Emirates.

Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo Уједињено Краљевство (Country) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of United Kingdom.

Ulan Bator Улан Батор (Settlement) Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog
Form of Ulaanbaatar used in various languages as well as an English variant of the name.

Uroševac Урошевац (Settlement) Serbian
Serbian name of Ferizaj.

Vaduc Вадуц (Settlement) Macedonian, Serbian
Macedonian and Serbian form of Vaduz.

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.

Valensija (Settlement & Island) Belarusian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian
Form of Valencia in various European languages.

Valeta Валета (Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Greek, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Serbian
Form of Valletta used in multiple languages.

Valis i Futuna Валис и Футуна (Political Subdivision) Macedonian, Serbian
Macedonian and Serbian form of Wallis and Futuna.

Varaždin (Settlement) Croatian
Varaždin is a city in Northern Croatia.... [more]

Vatikan Ватикан (Country) Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Indonesian, Macedonian, Malay, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish
Form of Vatican, which is one of the names commonly used to refer to Vatican City.

Vavilon Вавилон (Settlement) Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian
Form of Babylon.

Venecija Венеција (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Venetia (see Venice).

Vilnjus Вилњус (Settlement) Serbian
Serbian form of Vilnius.

Vitlejem Витлејем (Settlement) Serbian
Serbian form of Bethlehem.

Vogezi Вогези (Mountain) Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Form of Vosges.

Vojvodina Војводина (Political Subdivision & Region) Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Slovak, Slovene, Macedonian, Czech
Derived from vojvodina (војводина), meaning "voivodeship" in Serbian. This is the name of a region and autonomous province in Serbia.

Volgograd Волгоград (Settlement) Russian, Bulgarian, Tatar, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish
A city and oblast in Russia. From the name of the River Volga and Russian grad meaning "town, city".

Volodimir Володимир (Settlement) Serbian
Serbian form of Volodymyr.

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

Vukovar (Settlement) Croatian
Vukovar is a city in eastern Croatia.... [more]

Wallis i Futuna (Political Subdivision) Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian, Polish
Form of Wallis and Futuna.

Zadar (Settlement) Croatian, English
Zadar is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city.... [more]

Zagreb Загреб (Settlement) Croatian, English, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from the given name Chabrag, a pet form of Cyprian, from Proto-Slavic *grębъ meaning "hill, uplift" or from a Roman place name... [more]

Zagreb (Settlement) Croatian
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia.... [more]

Zelenortska Ostrva Зеленортска Острва (Country) Bosnian, Serbian
Bosnian and Serbian form of Cape Verde.

Zelenortska Republika (Country) Croatian
Croatian form of Cape Verde.

Ženeva Женева (Settlement) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of Geneva used in numerous languages.

Ženeva (Settlement) Croatian
Croatian form of Geneva.