English exonyms

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Below is list of English language exonyms:

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[edit] Albania

Shqipëria

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

[edit] Armenia

Հայաստան (Hayastan)

  • Երևան or Երեւան : Yerevan

[edit] Australia

[edit] Austria

Österreich

See also: List of English exonyms for German toponyms

[edit] Azerbaijan

Azərbaycan

[edit] Belgium

België / Belgique

[edit] Burma/Myanmar

Bama / Myanma

[edit] China

[edit] Zhongguo/PRC

  • Beijing : now historically Peking
  • Guangzhou : now historically Canton
  • Nanjing : now historically Nanking
  • Tianjin : now historically Tientsin
  • Xiamen : now historically Amoy
  • Qingdao : now historically Tsingtao
  • Chongqing : now historically Chungking
  • Shantou : now historically Swatow
  • Fuzhou : now historically Foochow
  • Shenyang : now historically Mukden (matches Manchu)
  • Lüshun : now historically Port Arthur
  • Chang Jiang : Yangtze River
  • Xianggang / Hoeng gong : Hong Kong
  • Aomen / Ou mun : Macau (matches Portuguese), historically also Macao
  • Northeast China / Dongbei : Manchuria[1]
  • Sichuan : now historically Szechwan

[edit] Zhōnghuá Mínguó/ROC

[edit] Cyprus

Κύπρος (Kýpros) / Kıbrıs

[edit] Czech Republic

Česká republika (Česko)

[edit] Denmark

Danmark

[edit] Finland

Suomi

Occasionally Swedish-based Latin names are used for historical provinces. Many provinces have different Finnish and Swedish names (Finnish / Swedish):

  • Häme / Tavastland: Tavastia
  • Karjala / Karelien: Karelia
  • Lappi / Lappland: Laponia or Lapponia
  • Pohjanmaa / Österbotten: Ostrobothnia
  • Savo / Savolax: Savonia
  • Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland: Finland Proper

Satakunta and Uusimaa (Finnish) and Åland (Swedish) are known with their own names in English.

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

Deutschland

See also: List of English exonyms for German toponyms

[edit] 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
  • Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη) : Thessalonica or, historically, Salonica
  • Zakynthos (Ζάκυνθος) : Zakynthos or Zante

[edit] Holy See

[edit] India

Bhārat

See also: List of renamed Indian public places

[edit] Ireland

Éire

Main article: Place names in Ireland

The vast majority of placenames in Ireland are anglicisations, or phonetic renderings, of Irish language names. However, some names come directly from the English language. When the Irish Free State gained independence from the United Kingdom, some placenames were reverted to their Irish or anglicised forms. This includes:

[edit] Italy

Main article: List of English exonyms for Italian toponyms

Italia

[edit] Japan

Nihon (日本) or Nippon

[edit] Kosovo

Kosova

[edit] Moldova

  • Chişinău : now historically Kishinev (from Russian Кишинёв/Kishinyov)

[edit] Netherlands

Nederland

[edit] Norway

Norge

[edit] Poland

Polska

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Romania

România

[edit] 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
  • Komsomol'sk-na-Amure (Комсомольск-на-Амуре) : Komsomolsk-on-Amur
  • Oryol (Орёл) : now historically Orel

[edit] Serbia

Srbija (Србија)

[edit] South Africa

Suid-Afrika
Many South African towns have multiple names due to the diversity of languages.

[edit] Spain

España

[edit] Sweden

Sverige

[edit] Switzerland

Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera

See also: List of English exonyms for German toponyms
  • Basel : Basle (regarded by some as historic, Basel is used at least as frequently).
  • Bern : Berne (matches French)
  • Genève : Geneva
  • Luzern : Lucerne
  • Zürich : Zurich

[edit] Turkey

Türkiye

[edit] Ukraine

Україна (Ukrayina)

Many Ukrainian names in English historically match the Russian spelling/pronunciation. For example:

etc.

  • Chornobyl (Чорнобиль) : Chernobyl

[edit] Wales

 This article's factual accuracy is disputed. Please help to ensure that disputed facts are reliably sourced. See the relevant discussion on the talk page. (November 2010)

Cymru

See also: Welsh exonyms and Welsh placenames
NOTE: English is the most frequently spoken language in some of the locations listed below. In others Welsh is predominant.

[edit] References

  1. ^ This is not a true exonym, but rather refers to a different geographical conception of what is now the People's Republic of China.

[edit] See also

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