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ALMERÍA (Settlement) SpanishFrom the name of the Spanish city. Means 'the mirror of the sea.'
AQUITANIA (Region) SpanishAquitania was a region of Gaul inhabited by the Aquitani, a people living in Gallo-Roman times in what is now Aquitaine, France.
ARICA (Settlement) SpanishIt is the name of province, and town in Chile. It is also the name of a town in Colombia.
ASUNCIÓN (Settlement) SpanishMeans "assumption" in Spanish, as in “assumption of Mary to heaven". This is the capital of
Paraguay. Originally called
Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción (meaning "Our Lady Saint Mary of the Assumption") by its founder, it was later shortened to Asunción.
BANGLADESH (Country) English, Breton, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Interlingua, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili, SwedishMeans "land of the Bengalis", from Bengali বাংলা
(Bangla) meaning "Bengali" (referring to the Bengali people or Bengali language spoken by the Bengali people), which is ultimately from
Vanga, the name of an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent (see
Bengal) combined with দেশ
(desh) "country, land, state", ultimately from Sanskrit देश
(deśá)...
[more] BARCELONA (Settlement) Catalan, Spanish, EnglishBarcelona is a city in Spain. It is the capital and largest city of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain.
BUENOS AIRES (Settlement) SpanishUltimately derived from Aragonese
buen ayre “good air”. It is the capital city of
Argentina. The explorer who founded the city originally called it
Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Nuestra Señora la Virgen María de los Buenos Aires meaning "City of the Most Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Good Airs" which was later shortened to just Buenos Aires.
BURUNDI (Country) English, Afrikaans, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Interlingua, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, TurkishThe name of the Country in East Africa. Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
CALETA (Settlement) SpanishCity name meaning ''little bay, inlet, or cove''. Most often
La Caleta.
CALIFORNIA (Political Subdivision) Spanish, EnglishName of a state in the United States, and two states in Mexico. California was once believed to be an island, and was named after the fictional island,
California, in Garci Ordóñez de Montalvo's novel 'Las Sergas de Esplandián'...
[more] CASABLANCA (Settlement) English, SpanishMeans "white house", from Portuguese
casa meaning "house" and
branca meaning "white". The present-day spelling follows the Spanish form (
casa "house";
blanca "white"), however, because of the Portuguese Kingdom joining the Spanish Kingdom...
[more] COSTARICA (Country) SpanishThe name of the Country in Central America. Costa Rica is a rugged, rainforested Central American country with coastlines on the Caribbean and Pacific. Though its capital, San Jose, is home to cultural institutions like the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, Costa Rica is known for its beaches, volcanoes, and biodiversity...
[more] CUZCO (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Incan (Spanish), Quechua (Spanish), Spanish (Archaic)Traditional spelling of
Cusco, a city in Peru which was the capital of the Inca Empire.
Cusco is the Hispanicized form of Quechua
Qusqu meaning "rock, boundary stone; heap of earth and stones; nucleus; navel; bed, dry bed of a lake".
EL SALVADOR (Country) SpanishEl Salvador is a small Central American nation. It's known for its Pacific Ocean beaches, surf spots and mountainous landscape. Its Ruta de Las Flores is a winding route past coffee farms, rainforests with waterfalls and towns like Juayúa, with its weekend food festival, plus Ataco, home to vivid murals...
[more] ESTONIA (Country) Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Breton, English, Galician, Ilocano, Indonesian, Italian, Luo, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, SwahiliCognate of
Eesti.
EUROPA (Region) Catalan, Corsican, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, Galician, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, SwedishForm of
Europe.
HABANA (Settlement) SpanishFrom the Spanish name of the capital city of Cuba, known in English as
Havana, the origin and meaning of which is obscure. Most likely it is based on
Habaguanex, the name of a local Taíno (Arawak) chief.
JUMILLA (Settlement) SpanishJumilla is a town in southeastern Spain in the province of Murcia. The name comes from the
Latin word for “reeds”.
LISBOA (Settlement) Portuguese, Spanish, GalicianNewer form of Old Portuguese
Lisbõa, derived from Latin
Olisīpō. According to legend, the location was named for
Odysseus. The Latin name might be derived from his name.
LUJÁN (Settlement) SpanishThe name of a city in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, best known for its basilica....
[more] MADRID (Settlement) Spanish, Croatian, English, Catalan, Czech, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Tatar, TurkishNewer form of
Magerit. The etymology is uncertain, but it could be derived from Arabic المجريط (
al-Magrīt) "source of water". This is the name of the capital of Spain.
MALTA (Country) English, Basque, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Galician, German, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, West FrisianMalta, officially known as the Republic of Malta, is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea....
[more] MARSELLA (Settlement) CatalanMarsella is the catalan version of the city of Marseilles. It is a place name.
NIZA (Settlement) SpanishSpanish for the city of Nice, France.
PÁEZ (Other, Political Subdivision, Region & Settlement) Spanish (Latin American), Native PaezeanPáez (also Paez, Paes; the autonym Nasa Yuwe 'Nasa language' is becoming increasingly used) is a language isolate of Colombia spoken by the Páez people. Ethnologue estimates 71,400 to 83,300
citation needed speakers, including 40,000 monolingual, out of an ethnic population of 140,000....
[more] PARAGUAY (Country) Spanish, EnglishMeaning unknown, but probably derived from a river with the same name. This is the name of a landlocked country in South America.
PUERTO RICO (Country) SpanishMeans "rich port" in Spanish. Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory with a landscape of mountains, waterfalls and the El Yunque tropical rainforest. In San Juan, the capital and largest city, the Isla Verde area is known for its hotel strip, beach bars and casinos...
[more] REYNOSA (Settlement) SpanishReynosa is a border city in the northern part of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is also the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality.
RIGA (Settlement) English, French, German, Portuguese, Turkish, Afrikaans, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Faroese, Italian, SpanishCognate of
Rīga.
RIMAC (River) Spanish (Latin American)Rimac River, Rimac derives from quechua "Rimay" which means "to speak", Rimac River is called "the speaking river", "the river that babbles/chatters/speaks a lot", in some sense "the roaring river" or "the noisy river".
RONCESVALLES (Settlement) SpanishTown in Navarra (Spain) where in 778 Charlemagne lost a fsmous battle against Arabs
SAN JUAN (Other) SpanishThe name of the Capital of Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital and largest city, sits on the island's Atlantic coast. Its widest beach fronts the Isla Verde resort strip, known for its bars, nightclubs and casinos...
[more] TEGUCIGALPA (Political Subdivision) SpanishCapital of
Honduras, possibly from the Nahuatl word
Taguz-galpa, which means "hills of silver".
TUNISIA (Country) English, Italian, GalicianDerived from the name تُونِس
(tūnis), the name of the capital city of Tunisia (see
Tunis, of disputed meaning. One theory suggests Berber origin from the Tamazight root ⵜⵏⵙ
(tns) meaning "to lay down" or "encampment" or
ens meaning "to lie down, to pass the night", Others state that the name is from
Tanith, the name of a Phoenician goddess, or from
Tynes, the name of an ancient city...
[more] VENEZUELA (Country) English, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Tatar, TurkishThe name of the Country in South America. Venezuela is a country on the northern coast of South America with diverse natural attractions. Along its Caribbean coast are tropical resort islands including Isla de Margarita and the Los Roques archipelago...
[more] VILLARREAL (Settlement) SpanishVillarreal is a city in the province of Castelló, in the Valencian Community, Spain.
XERESA (Political Subdivision) SpanishXeresa is a municipality in the comarca of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain.