English exonyms

English exonyms

"Below is list of English language exonyms:"

Albania

"Shqipëria"

*Tiranë Tirana (not a true exonym, as Tirana is also the Albanian endonym for the city name WITH an indefinite article)

Armenia

"Հայաստան (Hayastan)"

*Yerevan Երևան or Երեւան

Australia

*Uluru Ayer's Rock
*Parramatta "now historically" Rose Hill

Austria

"Österreich"

*Wien Vienna

Azerbaijan

"Azərbaycan"

*Bakı Baku

Belgium

"België" / "Belgique"

*Antwerpen Antwerp
*Brugge Bruges (matches French)
*Brussel-Bruxelles Brussels
*Gent Ghent
*Ieper Ypres (matches French)
*Kortrijk Courtrai (matches French)
*Leuven Louvain (matches French)
*Mechelen Mechlin
*Oostende Ostend
*Vilvoorde Filford

Brazil

"Brasil"

Cyprus

"Κύπρος (Kýpros) / Kıbrıs"

*Ammochostos-Gazimağusa Famagusta
*Keryneia-Girne Kyrenia
*Lemesos-Limasol Limassol
*Lefkosía-Lefkoşa Nicosia

Czech Republic

"Česká republika (Česko)"

*Praha Prague
*Plzeň Pilsen

Denmark

"Danmark"

*Helsingør Elsinore
*København Copenhagen
*Jylland Jutland
*Sjælland Zealand
*Skagen The Scaw
*Slesvig Schleswig "(matches German)"

France

*Golfe de Gascogne Bay of Biscay
*Bretagne Brittany
*Bourgogne Burgundy
*Corse Corsica
*Dunkerque Dunkirk
*Gascogne Gascony
*Lyon "now historically" Lyons
*Marseille "now historically" Marseilles
*Normandie Normandy
*Picardie Picardy
*Reims Rheims
*Côte d'Azure The Riviera
*Savoie Savoy

Germany

"Deutschland"

*Aachen "now historically" Aix-la-Chapelle
*Bayern Bavaria
*Braunschweig "now historically" Brunswick
*Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt or "now historically" Frankfort
*Kleve "now historically" Cleves
*Köln Cologne
*Hameln Hamelin
*Hannover Hanover
*Helgoland Heligoland
*Hessen Hesse
*Koblenz "now historically" Coblence
*Konstanz Constance
*Niedersachsen Lower Saxony
*Lüneburg Lunenburg
*München Munich
*Nürnberg Nuremberg
*Pommern Pomerania
*Regensburg "now historically" Ratisbon
*Rheinland Pfalz Rhineland-Palatinate
*Sachsen Saxony
*Thüringen Thuringia
*Westfalen Westphalia

Greece

"Ελλάδα (Elláda)" or "Ἑλλάς (Ellás)"

*Athina (Αθήνα) Athens
*Kríti (Κρήτη) Crete
*Kerkyra {Κέρκυρα) Corfu
*Korinthos (Κόρινθος) Corinth
*Patrai (Πάτρα) Patras
*Peiraeas (Πειραιάς) Piraeus
*Rodos (Ροδος) Rhodes
*Zakynthos (Ζάκυνθος) Zante

Holy See

*Civitas Vaticana Vatican City

India

"Bhārat"

*Mumbai Bombay
*Kolkata Calcutta

Ireland

"Éire"

*Baile Átha Cliath Dublin

Italy

"Italia"

*Valle d'Aosta Aosta Valley
*Appennini Apennines
*Puglia Apulia
*Campidoglio Capitolium
*Dolomiti Dolomites
*Ercolano Herculaneum
*Firenze Florence
*Genova Genoa
*Gianicolo Janiculum
*Lazio Latium (old fashioned)
*Livorno Leghorn (old fashioned)
*Lombardia Lombardy
*Mantova Mantua
*Milano Milan
*Monferrato Montferrat
*Napoli Naples
*Padova Padua
*Piemonte Piedmont
*Pompei Pompeii
*Roma Rome
*Rubicone Rubicon
*Sardegna Sardinia
*Sicilia Sicily
*Siena Sienna (old fashioned)
*Siracusa Syracuse
*Tevere Tiber
*Torino Turin
*Toscana Tuscany
*Trento Trent (old fashioned)
*Tirolo Tyrol
*Venezia Venice

Moldova

*Chişinău "now historically" Kishinev (from Russian Кишинёв/Kishinyov)

Netherlands

"Nederland"

* The Hague
*Dordrecht Dort
*Leiden Leyden "(old-fashioned)"
*Vlissingen Flushing
*Hoek van Holland Hook of Holland
*Rijswijk Ryswick

Poland

"Polska"

*Warszawa Warsaw
*Kraków Cracow
*Gdańsk Danzig (old fashioned)
*Toruń Thorn
*Wrocław Breslau
*Pomorskie Pomerania
*Śląskie Silesia

Portugal

*Açores Azores
*Bragança Braganza
*Lisboa Lisbon
*Porto Oporto

Romania

"România"

*Bucureşti Bucharest

Russia

"Россия (Rossiya)"

*Moskva (Москва) Moscow
*Sankt-Peterburg (Санкт-Петербург) Saint Petersburg
*Arkhangel'sk (Архангельск) "now historically" Archangel
*Rostov-na-Donu (Ростов-на-Дону) Rostov-on-Don (literal translation), see also: Don River (Russia)
*Komsomol'sk-na-Amure (Комсомольск-на-Амуре) Komsomolsk-on-Amur, see also: Amur River
*Oryol (Орёл) "now historically" Orel (letter ё is often written without diacritics in Russian)

erbia

"Srbija (Србија)"

*Beograd (Београд) Belgrade

pain

"España"

*Castilla Castile
*Catalunya / Cataluña Catalonia
*Córdoba Cordova
*Navarra Navarre
*Sevilla Seville
*Vizcaya Biscay
*Zaragoza Saragossa

weden

"Sverige"

*Göteborg Gothenburg

witzerland

"Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera"

*Basel Basle (regarded by some as historic, Basel is used at least as frequently).
*Bern Berne (matches French)
*Genève Geneva
*Luzern Lucerne
*Zürich Zurich

Turkey

"Türkiye"

*İstanbul Constantinople (old fashioned)
*Gelibolu Gallipoli
*Gökçeada Imbros
*İzmir Smyrna
*Üsküdar Scutari

Ukraine

"Україна (Ukrayina)"

"Many Ukrainian names in English historically match the Russian spelling/pronunciation. See also:" Kyiv, Kharkiv, Horlivka, Kryvyi Rih, "etc."

*Чорнобиль (Chornobyl') Chernobyl (matches Russian Чернобыль (Chernobyl'))

ee also

*List of European exonyms
*List of European regions with alternative names
*List of European rivers with alternative names


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