Place Names in English

  • Alaska – Aleut alaxsxaq, "mainland"
  • Antarctia – Greek antarktikos, "opposite to the Arctic"
  • Argentina – Latin argentum, "silver"
  • Australia – Latin australis, "of the South"
  • Bahamas – Spanish baja mar, "low, shallow sea"
  • Belize – Maya belix, "muddy water"
  • Cameroon – Portuguese camarões, "shrimps"
  • Canada – Iroquoian kanata, "village, settlement"
  • Comoros – Arabic djazair al qamar, "island of the moon"
  • Cyprus – Greek kypros, "copper"
  • Denmark – Danish danmark, "march of the Danes"
  • England – Old English Englaland, "land of the Angles"
  • Europe – Greek eurys, "wide face"
  • France – Latin Francia, "land of the Franks"
  • Hungary – Turkic on-ogur, "alliance of the ten tribes"
  • India – Sansrkit Sindhu, Sanskrit for "Indus River"
  • Ireland – Irish Éire, "the fertile place"
  • Jordan – Canaanite yrd, "descend" (into the sea)
  • Kuwait – Arabic kout, "fortress near water"
  • Liberia – Latin liber, "free"
  • Liechtenstein – German liechten stein, "light (bright) stone"
  • Madagascar – Malagasy madagasikara, "end of the Earth"
  • Mississippi – Ojibwe misi-ziibi, "big river"
  • Monaco – Greek monoikos, "single-dwelling"
  • Nile – Greek neilos, "river valley"
  • Norway – Old Norse norðr vegr, "northern way"
  • Quebec – Mikmaq kepék, "strait, narrows"
  • Rhine – Middle High German rin, "to flow, run"
  • Rio Grande – Spanish rio grande, "big river"
  • Sahara – Arabic çahra, "desert"
  • Scandinavia – Proto-Germanic skadinaujo, "Scadia island"
  • Scotland – Old English Scottas, "inhabitants of Ireland"
  • Sri Lanka – Sanskrit sri lanka, "resplendent island"
  • Thames – Brythonic tamesis, "dark river"
  • Ukraine – Slavic krajina, "borderland, marches"
  • Vatican City – Latin vaticinari, "to prophesy"
  • Volga – Slavic vlaga, "wetness, humidity"
  • Wales – Old English waelisc, "Romanized"

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