Wikipedia / Latin exonyms
Wikipedia / Latin exonyms
Below is list of Latin exonyms for places outside of the core of the Roman empire during the time Latin was in common use:
Albania
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Dyrrachium | Durrës | ||
Lissus | Lezhë | ||
Aulona | Vlorë |
Austria
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Ferreum Castrum | Eisenstadt | ||
Græcia | Graz | ||
Pons Æni | Innsbruck | ||
Lentia | Linz | ||
Salisburgum | Salzburg | ||
Cetium | Sankt Pölten | ||
Vindobona | Wien |
Belgium
Belgia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Name | Language | ||
Gandava | |||
Cortoriacum | |||
Atuatuca Tungrorum |
Bulgaria
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Dionysopolis | |||
Pautalia | |||
Almus | |||
Melta | |||
Storgosia | |||
Philippopolis | |||
Abrittus | |||
Sexaginta Prista | |||
Durostorum | |||
Serdica | |||
Apollonia Pontica | |||
Augusta Traiana | |||
Novæ | |||
Odessus | |||
Bononia |
Czech Republic
Cechia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Bruna | Brno | ||
Carnovia | Krnov | ||
Praga | Praha |
Denmark
Dania | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Hafnia | København |
Egypt
Ægyptus | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Name | Language | ||
Panopolis | |||
Rhinocolura | |||
Hermopolis | |||
Lycopolis | |||
Syene | |||
Pelusium | |||
Thebæ | |||
Parætonium | |||
Coptus |
France
Francia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Avenio | |||
Lugdunum | |||
Massilia | |||
Nicæa | |||
Lutetia Parisiorum | |||
Strasburgum | |||
Tolosa |
Germany
Germania | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Name | Language | ||
Aquisgrana | |||
Augusta Vindelicorum | |||
Aurelia Aquensis | |||
Berolinum | |||
Bonna | |||
Castra Bonnensis | |||
Colonia Agrippina | |||
Assindia | |||
Hamburgum | |||
Cambodunum | |||
Constantia | |||
Mogontiacum | |||
Batavia | |||
Ratisbona | |||
Spira | |||
Augusta Treverorum | |||
Aquæ Mattiacorum | |||
Vormatia |
Greece
Græcia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Athenæ | |||
Corinthus | |||
Gythium | |||
Heraclium | |||
Carystus | |||
Cencrheæ | |||
Laurium | |||
Naupactus | |||
Nauplia | |||
Thessalonica |
Hungary
Hungaria | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Budapestinum | |||
Debrecinum | |||
Contra Constantiam | |||
Intercisa | |||
Agria | |||
Strigonium | |||
Iaurinum | |||
Ginsium | |||
Mosonium | |||
Campona | |||
Sopianæ | |||
Scarbantia | |||
Matrica | |||
Segedinum | |||
Alba Regia | |||
Alisca | |||
Sanctæ Andræ | |||
Savaria | |||
Gorsium |
Ireland
Irlandia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Connocia | Connacht | ||
Temro | Teamhair na Ríogh | ||
Lagenia | Laighin | ||
Midia | Mí | ||
Momonia | Mumhain | ||
Ultonia | Ulaidh |
Netherlands
Nederlandia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Albania | Alphen aan den Rijn | ||
Lugdunum Batavorum | Leiden | Meant Katwijk until the Renaissance | |
Mastrictum | Maastricht | ||
Noviomagus Batavorum | Nijmegen | ||
Ultraiectum | Utrecht | ||
Prætorium Agrippinæ | Valkenburg | ||
Fectio | Vechten | ||
Forum Hadriani | Voorburg | ||
Levefanum | Wijk bij Duurstede | ||
Laurum | Woerden | ||
Nigrum Pullum | Zwammerdam |
Poland
Polonia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Cracovia | Kraków | ||
Varsovia | Warszawa | ||
Vratislavia | Wrocław | ||
Suenemundum | Świnoujście | ||
Posnania | Poznań |
Portugal
Portugallia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Olisipo | Lisboa |
Romania
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Apulum | |||
Tibiscum | |||
Claudiopolis | |||
Troesmis | |||
Callatis | |||
Potaissa | |||
Drobeta | |||
Brasovia |
Russia
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Moscua | Moskva | ||
Augusta Aorsorum | Volgograd |
Serbia
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Belogradum | Beograd | ||
Sirmium, Civitas Sancti Demetrii | Sremska Mitrovica | ||
Naissus | Niš | ||
Felix Romuliana | Gamzigrad |
Slovakia
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Bratislavia | |||
Neosolium | |||
Cassovia | |||
Eperiessinum | |||
Laugaricio | |||
Vetus Solium |
Spain
Hispania | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Name | Language | ||
Alcala | |||
Lucentum | |||
Portus Magnus | |||
Barcino | |||
Gades | |||
Bilbilis | |||
Carthago Nova | |||
Corduba | |||
Gerunda | |||
Granata | |||
Onuba | |||
Osca | |||
Iaca | |||
Legio | |||
Ilerda | |||
Lucus Augusti | |||
Matritum | |||
Augusta Emerita | |||
Palma | |||
Salamantica | |||
Hispalis | |||
Tarraco | |||
Toletum | |||
Valentia | |||
Cæsaraugusta |
Sweden
Suecia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Gevalia | Gävle | ||
Gothoburgum | Göteborg | ||
Malmogia | Malmö | ||
Holmia | Stockholm |
Switzerland
Helvetia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Name | Language | ||
Berna | Bern | German | |
Genava | Gèneve | French | |
Turicum | Zürich | German |
Turkey
Turcia | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Antiochia | Antakya | ||
Hadrianopolis | Edirne | ||
Adramyttium | Edremit | ||
Heraclea Cybistra | Ereǧli | ||
Theodosiopolis | Erzurum | ||
Dorylæum | Eskişehir | ||
Antiochia ad Taurum | Gaziantep | ||
Byzantium | İstanbul | ||
Constantinopolis | |||
Nova Roma | |||
Smyrna | İzmir | ||
Nicomedia | İzmit | ||
Nicæa | İznik | ||
Heraclea Pontica | Karadeniz Ereğli | ||
Cæsarea | Kayseri | ||
Iconium | Konya | ||
Cotyæum | Kütahya | ||
Melitene | Malatya | ||
Heraclea Perinthus | Marmara Ereǧlisi | ||
Neocæsarea | Niksar |
Ukraine
Ucraina | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Leopolis |
United Kingdom
Britannium Regnum | |||
English name | Latin name | Endonym | Notes |
Name | Language | ||
Aquæ Sulis | Bath | English | |
Cantuaria | Canterbury | English | |
Carleolum | Carlisle | English | |
Caesaromagus | Chelmsford | English | |
Cestria | Chester | English | |
Camulodunum, Colcestria | Colchester | English | |
Dubris | Dover | English | |
Edinburgum | Dùn Èideann | Scottish Gaelic | |
Edinburgh | English, Scots | ||
Glocestria | Gloucester | English | |
Leicestria | Leicester | English | |
Lindum | Lincoln | English | |
Londinium | London | English | |
Mancunium, Mancestria | Manchester | English | |
Novum Castrum | Newcastle upon Tyne | English | |
Rutupiæ | Richborough | English | |
Villa Sancti Albani | Saint Albans | English | |
Vintonia | Winchester | English | |
Viroconium Cornoviorum | Wroxeter | English | |
Eboracum, Eburacum | York | English |
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