English exonyms
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Below is list of English language exonyms for places in non-English-speaking areas of Europe :
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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)
- Yerevan Երևան or Երեւան
[edit] Austria
Österreich
- Wien Vienna
[edit] Azerbaijan
Azərbaycan
- Bakı Baku
[edit] 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
[edit] Cyprus
Κύπρος (Kýpros) / Kıbrıs
- Ammochostos-Gazimağusa Famagusta
- Keryneia-Girne Kyrenia
- Lemesos-Limasol Limassol
- Lefkosía-Lefkoşa Nicosia
[edit] Czech Republic
Česká republika (Česko)
- Praha Prague
[edit] Denmark
Danmark
- Helsingør Elsinore
- København Copenhagen
- Jylland Jutland
- Sjælland Zealand
- Skagen The Scaw
- Slesvig Schleswig (matches German)
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
- Lüneburg Lunenburg
- München Munich
- Nürnberg Nuremberg
- Regensburg now historically Ratisbon
[edit] Greece
Hellas (Έλλας)
- Athina (Αθήνα) Athens
- Kríti (Κρήτη) Crete
- Kerkyra {Κέρκυρα) Corfu
- Korinthos (Κόρινθος) Corinth
- Patrai (Πάτρα) Patras
- Peiraeas (Πειραιάς) Pireus
- Rodos Rhodes
[edit] Holy See
- Civitas Vaticana Vatican City
[edit] Ireland
Éire
- See also: Place names in Irish
- Baile Átha Cliath Dublin
[edit] 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
[edit] Moldova
- Chişinău now historically Kishinev (from Russian Кишинёв/Kishinyov)
[edit] Netherlands
Nederland
- Den Haag (also: 's-Gravenhage) The Hague
- Dordrecht Dort
- Leiden Leyden (old-fashioned)
- Vlissingen Flushing
- Hoek van Holland Hook of Holland
- Rijswijk Ryswick
[edit] Poland
Polska
[edit] Portugal
[edit] Romania
România
- Bucureşti Bucharest
[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 (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)
[edit] Serbia
Srbija (Србија)
- Beograd (Београд) Belgrade
[edit] Spain
España
- Castilla Castile
- Catalunya / Cataluña Catalonia
- Córdoba Cordova
- Navarra Navarre
- Sevilla Seville
- Vizcaya Biscay
- Zaragoza Saragossa
[edit] Sweden
Sverige
- Göteborg Gothenburg
[edit] Switzerland
Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera
[edit] Turkey
Türkiye
- İstambul Constantinople (old fashioned)
- Gelibolu Gallipoli
- Gökçeada Imbros
- İzmir Smyrna
- Üsküdar Scutari
[edit] Ukraine
Україна (Ukrayina)
Many Ukrainian names in English historically match the Russian spelling/pronunciation. See also: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Horlivka, Kryvyi Rih, etc.
- Chornobyl' Chernobyl (matches Russian Chernobyl')
