Yiddish Submitted Place Names

These names are used by Yiddish-speaking Jews. See also about Jewish names.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Afrike אפריקע (Region) Walloon, Yiddish
Walloon and Yiddish form of Africa.
Albanye אלבאניע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Albania.
Alzhir אַלזשיר (Country) Armenian, Yiddish
Armenian and Yiddish form of Algeria.
Andore אנדארע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Andorra.
Armenye ארמעניע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Armenia.
Azye אזיע (Region) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Asia.
Bukaresht בוקארעשט (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Bucharest.
Dorem Afrike דרום אפריקע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish calque of South Africa.
Eyrope אייראפע (Region) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Europa (see Europe).
Indye אינדיע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of India.
Italye איטאליע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Italia (see Italy).
Izmir איזמיר (Region & Other) English, Russian, Bosnian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Yakut, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Uzbek, Turkmen, Tatar, Croatian, Kyrgyz, Czech, Dutch, German, Romanian, Frisian, Tajik, Finnish, Georgian, Estonian, Polish, Armenian, Bashkir, Chuvash, Hungarian, Udmurt, Mongolian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Form of İzmir used in languages that do not have the 'İ/i' character in the alphabet.... [more]
Khartum כאַרטום‎ (Settlement) Bengali, Catalan, Finnish, German, Italian, Mongolian, Yiddish, Russian
Form of Khartoum used in several languages.
Kroatye קראאטיע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Croatia.
Kroke קראקע (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Kraków.
Levonen לבנון (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Lebanon.
Libye ליביע (Country) Czech, French, Yiddish
Czech, French, and Yiddish form of Libya.
Mitsrayem מצרים (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Misr, used for Egypt.
Okinava אָקינאַוואַ (Island) Russian, Ukrainian, Yakut, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek, Tatar, Udmurt, Armenian, Georgian, Mongolian, Icelandic, Danish, Tajik, Chuvash, Albanian, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Yiddish, Bulgarian, Chechen
Russian, Ukrainian, Yakutian, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek, Tatar, Udmurt, Armenian, Georgian, Mongolian, Icelandic, Danish, Tajik, Chuvash, Albanian, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Yiddish, Bulgarian, and Chechen form of Okinawa.
Oystralye אויסטראליע (Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Australia.
Tel Oviv תל אביב (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Tel Aviv.
Tsipern ציפערן (Island & Country) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Cyprus.
Ukrain אוקראַיִן (Country) Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Tamil, Yiddish
Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Tamil, and Yiddish form of Ukraine.
Venetsye ווענעציע (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Venetia (see Venice).
Yerusholayem ירושלים (Settlement) Yiddish
Yiddish form of Jerusalem.