Ukrainian Submitted Place Names

ABKHAZIYA Абхазія (Country) Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of ABKHAZIA.

ABUDZHA Абуджа (Settlement) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian
Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Russian, and Ukrainian form of ABUJA.

ACHEKH Ачех (Political Subdivision) Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian form of ACEH.

AFHANISTAN Афганістан (Country) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of AFGHANISTAN.

AFINY Афіни (Settlement) Belarusian, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian
Belarusian, Kyrgyz, Russian, and Ukrainian form of ATHENS.

AFRYKA Африка (Region) Polish, Ukrainian
Polish and Ukrainian form of AFRICA.

ALMATY Алмати (Settlement) Kazakh, Albanian, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Kazakh алма (alma) meaning "apple". This is the name of the largest city in Kazakhstan.

ALPY Альпи (Mountain) Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Form of Alps.

ALZHYR Алжир (Country & Settlement) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of ALGERIA and ALGIERS.

ANATOLIYA Анатолія (Region) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of ANATOLIA.

ANDORRA Андорра (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
The name of the country of Andorra, whose name is possibly derived from a Basque word andurrial (“shrub-covered land”), but it may come from Arabic الدرا (“the forest”) or Spanish andar (“to walk”).

ANHLIYA Англія (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of ENGLAND via its Latin form ANGLIA.

ANHOLA Ангола (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of ANGOLA.

ANKARA Анкара (Settlement) Turkish, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, 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 (ánkura) meaning "anchor, hook". This is the name of the capital city of Turkey.

ARAVIYA Аравія (Political Subdivision & Region) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of ARABIA.

ARKADIYA Аркадія (Political Subdivision & Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of ARCADIA.

ARPITANIYA Арпітанія (Region) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Arpitania.

ARUBA Аруба (Political Subdivision & Island) Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
An island in the Caribbean Sea that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

ASTANA Астана (Settlement) Kazakh, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Means "capital city" in Kazakh, ultimately from Persian آستانه (âstâne). This was the name of the capital city of Kazakhstan, which was renamed Nur-Sultan in 2019.

AVSTRALAZIYA Австралазія (Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian form of AUSTRALASIA.

AZERBAYDZHAN Азербайджан (Country) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of AZERBAIJAN.

BAKHREYN Бахрейн (Country) Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of BAHRAIN.

BAKU Баку (Settlement) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur
From Azerbaijani Bakı from Persian باکو (bâku), which is of uncertain meaning. One popular etymology suggests that it means "wind-pounded city" from Persian باد (bâd) meaning "wind" and کوبیدن (kubidan) meaning "to pound, to beat" (given in reference to the area's storms and high winds)... [more]

BALI Балі (Political Subdivision & Island) Indonesian, Balinese, Acehnese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Derived from Sanskrit बलि (bali) meaning "offering, tribute". This is the name of an island and province in Indonesia.

BANDUNH Бандунг (Settlement) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of BANDUNG.

BANHKOK Бангкок (Settlement) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of BANGKOK.

BANHLADESH Бангладеш (Country) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of BANGLADESH.

BANTEN (Political Subdivision) Indonesian, Sundanese, Acehnese, Balinese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from the Sundanese and Bantenese phrase katiban inten meaning "struck down by diamonds", which was used to describe the spead of Islam in the region in the 15th century... [more]

BASHKORTOSTAN Башкортостан (Political Subdivision) Abkhaz, Bulgarian, Buryat, English, Hebrew, Indonesian, Komi, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian, Yakut
From Bashkir Башҡортостан (Bashqortostan), which is from башҡорт (bashqort), the name of the people, combined with the Persian suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of"... [more]

BELHIYA Бельгія (Country) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of BELGIUM.

BISHKEK Бішкек (Settlement) Kyrgyz, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, English, Hindi, Indonesian, Kazakh, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek
Meaning uncertain. One theory suggests that it comes from a word meaning "whorl, whisk" in Kyrgyz, referring to a tool used to prepare kumis (a traditional dairy product). It could also mean "five heights" from Kyrgyz беш (besh) meaning "five" and бийик (biyik) meaning "tall, high", or it could mean "five chiefs" from беш (besh) meaning "five" and the Turkish title beg meaning "chieftain, master"... [more]

BOHOR Богор (Settlement) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of BOGOR.

BOLHARIYA Болгарія (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of BULGARIA.

BONAYRE Бонайре (Political Subdivision & Island) Ukrainian, Russian
Ukrainian form of BONAIRE as well as a Russian variant name for the island.

BORYSLAV Борислав (Settlement) Ukrainian
Boryslav is a city located on the Tysmenytsia River (a tributary of the Dniester), in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Boryslav is designated as a city of oblast significance.

BOTSVANA Ботсвана (Country) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Georgian, Icelandic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of BOTSWANA.

BRATYSLAVA Братислава (Settlement) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Bratislava.

BRAZYLIYA Бразилія (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of BRAZIL.

BRUNEI Бруней (Country) Malay, Albanian, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian
Probably derived from the name of the island of Borneo, which in turn is most likely from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa) meaning "ocean, water". A local legend suggests that the name may be derived from the phrase baru nah meaning "there!" or "that's it!", which was supposedly declared by Muhammad Shah, Brunei's first sultan... [more]

BRUNEY Бруней (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of BRUNEI.

BURUNDI Бурунді (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian
The 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.

BURYATIYA Бурятія (Political Subdivision) Azerbaijani, Gagauz, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of BURYATIA.

BUTAN Бутан (Country) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Dhivehi, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Persian, Russian, Slovene, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur
Form of BHUTAN.

CHEKHIYA Чехія (Country) Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian
Form of ČECHY, used as a name for the Czech Republic in various languages.

CHUVASHIYA Чувашія (Political Subdivision) Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Russian, Bulgarian, and Uzbek form of CHUVASHIA.

DAHESTAN Дагестан (Political Subdivision) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of DAGESTAN.

DAKKA Дакка (Settlement) Armenian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek
Form of DHAKA.

DELI Делі (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Chinese, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of DELHI.

DENPASAR Денпасар (Settlement) Indonesian, Acehnese, Javanese, Minangkabau, Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian
From Balinese ᬤᬾᬦ᭄ᬧᬲᬃ (dénpasar) derived from den meaning "north" and pasar meaning "market". This is the name of a city in Indonesia and the capital of Bali.

DNISTER Дністер (River) Afrikaans, German, Ukrainian
Afrikaans, German and Ukrainian form of DNIESTER.

DOMINIKA Домініка (Country & Island) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of DOMINICA.

DUNAY Дунай (River) Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of DANUBE.

DUSHANBE Душанбе (Settlement) Tajik, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, English, Georgian, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Russian, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Mean "Monday" in Tajik, given in reference to a popular market that used to be held in the area on Mondays. This is the name of the capital of Tajikistan.

DZHAKARTA Джакарта (Settlement) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of JAKARTA.

DZHOKHOR Джохор (Political Subdivision) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of JOHOR.

EFIOPIYA Ефіопія (Country) Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of ETHIOPIA.

EKVADOR Еквадор (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Icelandic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of ECUADOR.

EREVAN Єреван (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, French, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovene, Tajik, Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of YEREVAN as well as the form used in various languages.

ESVATINI Есватіні (Country) Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of ESWATINI.

EVRAZIYA Євразія (Region) Bulgarian, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of EURASIA.

FILIPPINY Філіппіни (Country) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of PHILIPPINES.

GALILEYA Ґалілея (Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of GALILEE.

HABON Габон (Country) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of GABON.

HANA Гана (Country) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of GHANA.

HAVANA Гавана (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Georgian, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
From Spanish Habana, which is derived from Habaguanex, the name of a Taíno chief who controlled the area. This is the name of the capital city of Cuba.

HAYANA Гаяна (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of GUYANA.

HIBRALTAR Гібралтар (Political Subdivision) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Gibraltar.

HRENADA Гренада (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of GRENADA.

HRENLANDIYA Гренландія (Political Subdivision) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of GREENLAND.

HRETSIYA Греція (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of GREECE.

HRUZIYA Грузія (Country) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of GEORGIA (1) (the country).

HUAM Гуам (Political Subdivision & Island) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of GUAM.

HVATEMALA Гватемала (Country) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of GUATEMALA.

HVINEYA Гвінея (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of GUINEA.

INDOSTAN Індостан (Country & Region) Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of HINDUSTAN.

INHUSHETIYA Інгушетія (Political Subdivision) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of INGUSHETIA.

IPOKH Іпох (Settlement) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of IPOH.

ISLAMABAD Ісламабад (Settlement) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Uyghur
From Urdu اسلام آباد (Islām ābād) meaning "city of Islam" from the name of the religion of Islam and Urdu آباد (ābād) meaning "inhabited place, city". This is the name of the capital city of Pakistan.

ISLANDIYA Ісландія (Country & Island) Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of ICELAND.

ISPANIYA Іспанія (Country) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of Hispania (see SPAIN).

KABUL Кабул (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Ukrainian
From Pashto کابل (Kâbël) which may have been derived from Kambuja or Kamboja, the name of an ancient Indo-Iranian tribe and kingdom. The name is of uncertain meaning, possibly from Sanskrit काम (kā́ma) meaning "wish, desire, longing" and भुज् (bhuj) meaning "use, possess, rule"... [more]

KALEDONIYA Каледонія (Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Caledonia.

KALIFORNIYA Каліфорнія (Political Subdivision) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Persian, Russian, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of CALIFORNIA.

KALIMANTAN Калімантан (Political Subdivision, Island & Region) Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Banjar, Buginese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Means "burning weather (island)" from Sanskrit काल (kālá) meaning "time, season" and क्वथन (kvathana) meaning "boiling, churning". This is the name of the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, though it is used to refer to the entire island in Indonesian... [more]

KALMYKIYA Калмикія (Political Subdivision) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of KALMYKIA.

KAMBODZHA Камбоджа (Country) Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian, Uyghur
Form of CAMBODIA.

KAMERUN Камерун (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of CAMEROON.

KARAHANDA Караганда (Settlement) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of KARAGANDA.

KARAKALPAKSTAN Каракалпакстан (Political Subdivision) Belarusian, Bulgarian, English, Indonesian, Italian, Kyrgyz, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tatar, Ukrainian
From Karakalpak Қарақалпақстан (Qaraqalpaqstan), a combination of the name of the Karakalpak people and the Persian suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of". The ethnic name is derived from Karakalpak қара (qara) meaning "black" and қалпақ (qalpaq) referring to a high-crowned cap worn in Central Asia... [more]

KARANTANIYA Карантанія (Country) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of CARANTANIA.

KARFAHEN Карфаген (Settlement) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Carthage.

KARYBY Кариби (Region) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of CARIBBEAN.

KASABLANKA Касабланка (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of CASABLANCA.

KATALONIYA Каталонія (Political Subdivision & Region) Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of CATALONIA.

KATAR Катар (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of QATAR.

KATMANDU Катманду (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.

KAVKAZ Кавказ (Region) Avar, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chechen, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Ingush, Karachay-Balkar, Kazakh, Lezgin, Macedonian, Ossetian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Tatar, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of CAUCASUS.

KAZAN Казань (Settlement) Tatar, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Ingush, Japanese, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lezgin, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Yakut
Probably from Turkic qazan meaning "kettle, cauldron". This is the name of the capital city of Tatarstan.

KAZBEK Казбек (Mountain) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Russian Казбек (Kazbek) which is from Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī) meaning "judge, arbiter" combined with the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master"... [more]

KELANTAN Келантан (Political Subdivision) Malay, Indonesian, Banjar, Javanese, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Malay gelam hutam referring to the cajeput tree, kilatan meaning "lightning, flash", or kolam tanah meaning "dirt pool". Alternatively, it may be from கோலம் (kōlam) the Tamil name for rangoli, an art form from the Indian subcontinent... [more]

KHANOI Ханой (Settlement) Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of KHANOY.

KHANOY Ханой (Settlement) Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of HANOI.

KIDONIYA Кідонія (Settlement) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Cydonia.

KIEV (Settlement) Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, German, English
The name Kiev comes from a medieval legend about the founding of the city told by a Chronicler of Rus-Ukraine. It was three brothers, Kie, Shchek and Khoriv, and their sister Lebid, who were the founders.

KIPR Кіпр (Country & Island) Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of CYPRUS.

KOLOMBO Коломбо (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of COLOMBO.

KOMI Коми (Political Subdivision) Komi, Russian, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From the name of the Komi people, which is most likely derived from the Finno-Ugric word kojema meaning "man, human", but also possibly from the name of the Kama River... [more]

KOMODO Комодо (Settlement & Island) Indonesian, Javanese, Malay, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from the name of a local ethnic group. This is the name of an island and village in eastern Indonesia.

KONHO Конго (Country & River) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of CONGO.

KONSTANTYNOPOL Константинополь (Settlement) Polish, Ukrainian
Polish and Ukrainian form of Constantinople.

KOPENHAHEN Копенгаген (Settlement) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of COPENHAGEN.

KORSYKA Корсика (Political Subdivision & Island) Polish, Ukrainian
Polish and Ukrainian form of CORSICA.

KORYNF Коринф (Settlement) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Corinthus (see CORINTH).

KORYNFIYA Коринфія (Political Subdivision & Region) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Corinthia.

KOSOVO Косово (Country) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Indonesian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Ukrainian
From Albanian Kosova or Kosovë, which is derived from Serbian кос (kos) meaning "blackbird", an ellipsis of Косово Поље (Kosovo Polje) meaning "blackbird field"... [more]

KRYM Крим (Country, Political Subdivision & Region) Belarusian, Czech, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Form of CRIMEA.

KRYT Крит (Political Subdivision & Island) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Krete (see CRETE).

KUALA-LUMPUR Куала-Лумпур (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian
Form of KUALA LUMPUR.

KUBA Куба (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.

KURDYSTAN Курдистан (Region) Polish, Ukrainian
Polish and Ukrainian form of KURDISTAN.

KYRHYZIYA Киргизія (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of KYRGYZSTAN via its Russian name KIRGIZIYA. This is an alternative name for the country; the standard name in Ukraine is KYRHYZSTAN.

KYRHYZSTAN Киргизстан (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of KYRGYZSTAN.

KYURASAO Кюрасао (Political Subdivision & Island) Bulgarian, Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of CURAÇAO.

LAKONIYA Лаконія (Political Subdivision & Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of LACONIA.

LANAO Ланао (Political Subdivision & Body of Water) Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog, Ilocano, Pampangan, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
From Maranao ranaw meaning "lake, body of water". This is the name of a lake and two provinces in the southern Philippines.

LAOS Лаос (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Coined by the French when they united the three historical Lao kingdoms into French Indochina, a former group of colonial territories in Southeast Asia. The name comes from Lao ລາວ (lāo), the ethnic name of Lao people, who were the dominant group in the region... [more]

LATVIYA Латвія (Country) Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Crimean Tatar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of LATVIA.

LESOTO Лесото (Country) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Greek, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Ukrainian
Form of LESOTHO.

LIBERIYA Ліберія (Country) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of LIBERIA.

LISABON Лісабон (Settlement) Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Form of LISBON.

LIVIYA Лівія (Country) Azerbaijani, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of LIBYA.

LKHASA Лхаса (Settlement) Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of LHASA.

LUSON Лусон (Island) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of LUZON.

LUZITANIYA Лузітанія (Political Subdivision & Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Lusitania.

LYUKSEMBURH Люксембург (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of LUXEMBOURG.

MADAHASKAR Мадагаскар (Country & Island) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of MADAGASCAR.

MADZHAPAHIT Маджапагіт (Country & Settlement) Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian and Ukrainian form of MAJAPAHIT.

MAGINDANAO Магінданао (Political Subdivision) Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of MAGUINDANAO.

MAKAO Макао (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of Macau.

MAKASAR Макасар (Settlement) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Greek, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Urdu
Form of MAKASSAR.

MAKEDONIYA Македонія (Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of MACEDONIA.

MAKHACHKALA Махачкала (Settlement) Russian, Armenian, Belarusian, English, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Ossetian, Tagalog, Tatar, Ukrainian, Urdu
Means "Makhach's fortress", from the given name MAKHACH and Kumyk къала (qala) meaning "fortress". This is the name of the capital city of Dagestan, named in honour of Magomed-Ali "Makhach" Dadaev (1882-1918), a Dagestani revolutionary.

MALAVI Малаві (Country) Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of MALAWI.

MALI Малі (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, 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, Tatar, 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.

MALTA Мальта (Country & Island) Maltese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Uncertain, possibly derived from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey". This is the name of an island nation in southern Europe.

MANILA Маніла (Settlement) Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Maranao, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
From Tagalog Maynila, derived from may-nilà meaning "where indigo is found", ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nī́la) referring to the indigo plant. This is the name of the capital city of the Philippines.

MARAVI Мараві (Settlement) Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian
Russian, Tatar, and Ukrainian form of MARAWI.

MAYKOP Майкоп (Settlement) Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, English, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Adyghe Мыекъуапэ (Məeq°āpă) meaning "cape of apples", from мые (məe) meaning "apple" and къуапэ (q°āpă) meaning "cape, gorge, height". This is the name of the capital of Adygea.

MEDAN Медан (Settlement) Indonesian, Batak, Malay, Minangkabau, Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kyrgyz, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Possibly from Tamil மைதானம் (maidhāṉam) meaning "ground, field", of Malay origin. This is the name of a city in Indonesia and the capital of North Sumatra province.

MEKKA Мекка (Settlement) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Luxembourgish, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Form of MECCA.

MEKSYKA Мексика (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of MEXICO (the country).

MINDANAO Мінданао (Island) Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, Tagalog, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From a Spanish corruption of Magindanaw, the endonym of the Maguindanao people. The ethnic name means "people of the flood plains" or "people of the lake" from Maguindanao danao meaning "lake"... [more]

MOLDOVA Молдова (Country) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Latvian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish, Ukrainian
From the name of the Moldova River in eastern Romania, which is of uncertain origin and meaning. It may be from Slavic mold- meaning "spruce, fir" or *moldu meaning "tender, soft, young", from Old German molde meaning "open-pit mine", or Gothic Mulda meaning "dust, dirt"... [more]

MONAKO Монако (Country & Settlement) Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek
Form of MONACO.

MONROVIYA Монровія (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of MONROVIA.

MOZAMBIK Мозамбік (Country) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of MOZAMBIQUE.

NAZRAN Назрань (Settlement) Russian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Norwegian, Ossetian, Portuguese, Persian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Tatar, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
From Ingush Наьсаре (Nasare) possibly from Нясара (Nyasara), supposedly the name of the first person to settle in the region. This is the name of a town in Ingushetia that served as the republic's capital until 2000.

NEAPOL Неаполь (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of NAPLES.

NIHER Нігер (Country & River) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of NIGER.

NIHERIYA Нігерія (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of NIGERIA.

NIKARAHUA Нікарагуа (Country) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of NICARAGUA.

NINSYA Нінся (Political Subdivision) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of NINGXIA.

NORVEHIYA Норвегія (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of NORWAY.

NUR-SULTAN Нур-Султан (Settlement) Kazakh, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hindi, Italian, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian
From the given name NURSULTAN. This is the name of the capital city of Kazakhstan, renamed in honour of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-)... [more]

OMAN Оман (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur
From Arabic عمان‎ (ʿUmān), which is of disputed etymology. It may be from Arabic عُمَانَة (ʿumāna), a byname for the historical city of Sohar (presently located in Al Batinah North Governorate, Oman), which is probably derived from the root ع م ن‎ (ʿ-m-n) meaning "to settle, to remain, to dwell"... [more]

ORAN Оран (Settlement) Afrikaans, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Arabic وَهران‎ (Wahrān) which is ultimately from the Berber root hr meaning "lion". This is the name of a city in Algeria.

OSETIYA Осетія (Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Persian, Azerbaijani, Korean
Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Persian, Azerbaijani, and Korean form of OSSETIA.

PAKYSTAN Пакистан (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of PAKISTAN.

PALESTYNA Палестина (Country & Region) Polish, Ukrainian
Polish and Ukrainian form of PALESTINE.

PANAMA Панама (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
From Spanish Panamá of uncertain meaning. It may be derived from the name of a tree commonly found in the area (genus Sterculia), from an indigenous word meaning "many butterflies", from Kuna bannaba meaning "distant, far away", or from a Guaraní word meaning "place of many fish"... [more]

PANGASINAN Панґасінан (Political Subdivision) Filipino, Pangasinan, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, Tagalog, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
From the name of the Pangasinan people meaning "place of salt" or "land of salt", derived from Pangasinan pang- meaning "for", asin meaning "salt", and the place marker suffix -an... [more]

PARAHVAY Парагвай (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of PARAGUAY.

PARFIYA Парфія (Region) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Parthia.

PARYZH Париж (Settlement) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of PARIS.

PERAK Перак (Political Subdivision) Malay, Indonesian, Acehnese, Banjar, Minangkabau, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
Means "silver" in Malay, named in reference to the region's position as one of the world's largest sources of tin. This is the name of a state of Malaysia.

PERLIS Перліс (Political Subdivision) Malay, Indonesian, Acehnese, Banjar, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
Of unclear origin, possibly from the Thai phrase พร้าวลอย (práao loi) meaning "floating coconut" or "coconut washed ashore", a reference to the many coconuts once found along the shores of the region... [more]

PKHENYAN Пхеньян (Settlement) Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian
Form of PYONGYANG.

PKHUKET Пхукет (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Belarusian, Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian
Belarusian, Kazakh, Russian, and Ukrainian form of PHUKET.

POLINEZIYA Полінезія (Region) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of POLYNESIA.

PORTUHALIYA Португалія (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of PORTUGAL.

RABAT (Settlement) Arabic, Afrikaans, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
From Arabic الرباط (ar-rabāṭ) meaning "the ribat", referring to a type of fortification used during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. It is also used as a shortened form of the city's Arabic nickname, رِبَاط الفَتْح (ribāṭu l-fatḥ), which means "fortification of conquest, fortification of victory"... [more]

REYN Рейн (River) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of Rhine.

RODEZIYA Родезія (Country) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of RHODESIA.

RUANDA Руанда (Country) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, English (Archaic), Finnish, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of RWANDA.

RUMUNIYA Румунія (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of ROMANIA.

RYHA Рига (Settlement) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of RIGA.

SAKHA Саха (Political Subdivision) Yakut, Russian, Arabic, Armenian, Belarusian, Danish, English, French, Georgian, Hindi, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Persian, Portuguese, Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian, Urdu
From the name of the Sakha (Yakut) people, which is derived from Turkic jaka meaning "collar, edge". This is the name of a Russian federal republic also referred to as Yakutia.

SAMARIYA Самарія (Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Samaria.

SAPPORO Саппоро (Settlement) Japanese, Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Ainu サッ・ポロ・ペッ (sat poro pet) meaning "dry, great river", referring to the Toyohira River. This is the name of a city in northern Japan that serves as the capital of the Hokkaido Prefecture.

SARDYNIYA Сардинія (Region & Island) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of SARDINIA.

SARMATIYA Сарматія (Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Sarmatia.

SATUN Сатун (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Thai, Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Lao, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
Derived from Malay sentul meaning "santol" (a type of tropical fruit). This is the name of a province and city in southern Thailand.

SAUDIVSKA ARAVIYA Саудівська Аравія (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of SAUDI ARABIA.

SEBU Себу (Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Serbian, Russian, Tatar, Thai, Ukrainian
Form of CEBU.

SEMARANH Семаранг (Settlement) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of SEMARANG.

SENEHAL Сенегал (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of SENEGAL.

SERBIYA Сербія (Country) Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of SERBIA.

SEYSHELY Сейшели (Country) Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian form of SEYCHELLES.

SHANKHAY Шанхай (Settlement) Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian
Form of SHANGHAI.

SHENCHZHEN Шэньчжэнь (Settlement) Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of SHENZHEN.

SHOTLANDIYA Шотландія (Country) Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of SCOTLAND.

SIAM Сіам (Country) Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Portuguese Sciam, which was derived from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam) of debated origin. The name may have come from Pali suvaṇṇabhūmi meaning "land of gold", Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma) meaning "dark, black", or Mon ရာမည (rhmañña) meaning "stranger"... [more]

SINHAPUR Сінгапур (Country, Settlement & Island) Belarusian, Ukrainian
Belarusian and Ukrainian form of SINGAPORE.

SINTSZYAN Сіньцзян (Political Subdivision & Region) Azerbaijani, Russian, Ukrainian
Azerbaijani, Russian, and Ukrainian form of XINJIANG.

SOFIYA Софія (Settlement) Bulgarian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of SOFIA.

SORTOBE Сортобе (Settlement) Kazakh, Russian, English, Ukrainian
Meaning uncertain, possibly of Dungan origin. This is the name of a town in southern Kazakhstan.

STAMBUL Стамбул (Settlement) Armenian, Belarusian, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Turkmen, Ukrainian
Form of ISTANBUL.

SUDETY Судети (Mountain) Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Form of SUDETES.

SULAVESI Сулавесі (Political Subdivision & Island) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of SULAWESI.

SULU Сулу (Political Subdivision, Region & Body of Water) Filipino, Cebuano, Ilocano, Pampangan, Tagalog, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
From Suluk, the Malay name for the Tausug people, in turn derived from Tausug Tau Sūg meaning "people of the current", from tau meaning "man, person" and sūg meaning "(sea) current, flow of water"... [more]

SURABAYA Сурабая (Settlement) Indonesian, Javanese, Acehnese, Balinese, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
From Javanese ꦯꦸꦫꦧꦪ (shurabaya), derived from ꦯꦸꦫ (shura) meaning "white shark" and ꦧꦪ (baya) meaning "crocodile". The name comes from 12th-century Javanese monarch Jayabaya, who foresaw a fight between a white shark and crocodile (which might have been referring to a Mongol invasion of Java in the late 13th century)... [more]

SURYNAM Суринам (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of SURINAME.

SYBIR Сибір (Region) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of SIBERIA.

SYNAY Синай (Region & Mountain) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of SINAI.

SYTSYLIYA Сицилія (Political Subdivision & Island) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of SICILY.

TADZHYKYSTAN Таджикистан (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of TAJIKISTAN.

TAIBEI Тайбей (Settlement) Chinese, Armenian, Belarusian, Georgian, Estonian, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian
Chinese, Georgian, and Korean form of TAIPEI as well as an Estonian variant of the name. It is also an alternate transcription of TAYBEY used in various languages.

TANZANIYA Танзанія (Country) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of TANZANIA.

TASHKENT Ташкент (Settlement) Belarusian, Bulgarian, English, Indonesian, Kazakh, Malay, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Uyghur
From Uzbek Toshkent meaning "stone city", from tosh meaning "stone" and Turkic kend meaning "city". This is the name of the capital city of Uzbekistan.

TATARSTAN Татарстан (Political Subdivision) Tatar, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Ukrainian
From the ethnic name татар (tatar) combined with the Persian suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of". The ethnic name is of uncertain origin, though it is believed to be derived from tata, an endonym for the Mongols... [more]

TAYBEY Тайбей (Settlement) Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian
Form of TAIPEI.

TAYVAN Тайван, Тайвань (Country & Island) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of TAIWAN.

TBILISI Тбілісі (Settlement) Georgian, Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Georgian თბილი (tbili) meaning "warm", given because of the area's sulfuric hot springs. This is the name of the capital city of Georgia (the country).

TKHIMPKHU Тхімпху (Settlement) Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian
Form of THIMPHU.

TOHO Того (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of TOGO.

TOKIO Токіо (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, German, Greek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of TOKYO.

TONHA Тонга (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of TONGA.

TORTUHA Тортуга (Island) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Tortuga.

TRANSYLVANIYA Трансильванія (Region) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of TRANSYLVANIA.

TROYA Троя (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian
Form of TROY.

TRYPOLI Триполі (Settlement) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of TRIPOLI.

TRYPOLITANIYA Триполітанія (Region) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Tripolitania.

TUNIS Туніс (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 Туркменістан (Country) Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Avar, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chuvash, Circassian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, German, Indonesian, Italian, Lezgin, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Ukrainian
From Turkmen Türkmenistan, from the ethnic name Türkmen combined with the Persian suffix -ستان (-stan) meaning "land of". The ethnic name is believed by some to mean "resembling a Turk" or "co-Turk", from the name of the Turkic peoples combined with the Sogdian suffix -myn or -men... [more]

TUVA Тува (Political Subdivision) Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, Finnish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian
From Tuvan Тыва (Tyva), which is from the name of the Tuvan people. The ethnic name is uncertain meaning, possibly of Mongolian origin. This is the name of a federal subject of Russia.

TYBET Тибет (Region) Polish, Ukrainian
Polish and Ukrainian form of TIBET.

UDMURTIYA Удмуртія (Political Subdivision) Udmurt, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Gagauz, Karachay-Balkar, Komi, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Yakut
Form of UDMURTIA.

UFA Уфа (Settlement & River) Russian, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Ossetian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Uzbek
From Bashkir Өфө (Öfö), which is of uncertain origin and meaning. It may be derived from the Iranian root ap meaning "water". This is the name of the capital city of Bashkortostan as well a river that runs through the Ural Mountains... [more]

UHANDA Уганда (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of UGANDA.

UHORSHCHYNA Угорщина (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of HUNGARY.

UKRAYINA Україна (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of UKRAINE.

ULAN-UDE Улан-Уде (Settlement) Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Chechen, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Norwegian, Ossetian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tatar, Ukrainian, Yakut
From Buryat Улаан-Үдэ (Ulaan-Ude) meaning "red Uda", derived from Buryat улаан (ulaan) meaning "red" and Үдэ (Ude) referring to the Uda River. The name was originally given to reflect the Soviet Union's communist ideology... [more]

URUHVAY Уругвай (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of URUGUAY.

URUMCHI Урумчі (Settlement) Uyghur, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chechen, Chuvash, Georgian, Hindi, Lezgin, Ossetian, Russian, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek
Uyghur alternate transcription of ÜRÜMCHI as well as the form of ÜRÜMQI used in various languages.

VARSHAVA Варшава (Settlement) Armenian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of WARSAW.

VATYKAN Ватикан (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Vatican, which is one of the names commonly used to refer to VATICAN CITY.

VAVYLON Вавилон (Settlement) Ukrainian, Greek
Ukrainian form of BABYLON as well as the modern Greek transcription of the name. However, in modern Greece, Vavylona is typically the form used to refer to the capital city of ancient Babylonia.

VILNYUS Вільнюс (Settlement) Armenian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of VILNIUS.

VLADYKAVKAZ Владикавказ (Settlement) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of VLADIKAVKAZ.

VOHEZY Вогези (Mountain) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Vosges.

YAKUTIYA Якутія (Political Subdivision) Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Form of YAKUTIA.

YAMAYKA Ямайка (Country & Island) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of JAMAICA.

YANHON Янгон (Settlement) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of YANGON.

YAPONIYA Японія (Country) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kyrgyz, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of JAPAN.

YAVA Ява (Political Subdivision & Island) Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Sanskrit, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of JAVA.

YEHYPET Єгипет (Country) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of EGYPT.

YERUSALYM Єрусалим (Settlement) Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of JERUSALEM.

YEVFRAT Євфрат (River) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of EUPHRATES.

YEVRAZIYA Євразія (Region) Russian, Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of EVRAZIYA.

YEVROPA Європа (Region) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Europa (see EUROPE).

YORDAN Йордан (River) Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian and Ukrainian form of JORDAN (the river).

YORDANIYA Йорданія (Country) Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian and Ukrainian form of JORDAN (the country).

YUDEYA Юдея (Region) Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian and Ukrainian form of Iudaea (see JUDEA).

ZIMBABVE Зімбабве (Country) Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Form of ZIMBABWE.