Spanish exonyms

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The following is a list of Spanish exonyms, Spanish names for places that do not speak Spanish.

Some Spanish exonyms are traditional, and are in common use despite the existence of newer exonyms or current or native placenames (for example Pekín over Beijing). In other cases newer names and exonyms are preferred for political or social reasons, even when a place has an older Spanish exonym (for example Bangladesh over Bengala).[1]

## Algeria

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Algeria Argelia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Algiers | Argel  | Al-Jazā'ir (الجزاٮُر)  | Standard Arabic |
Bejaïa | Bugía  | Bgayeṯ  | Berber |
Bijaya (بِجَايَة)  | Standard Arabic |
Constantine | Constantina  | Qusanṭīnah (قسنطينة)  | Standard Arabic |
Honaine | Hunaín  |  |  |
Mers El Kébir | Mazalquivir  | Al-Marsā al-Kabīr (المرسى الكبير)  | Standard Arabic |
Mascara | Muaskar  | Muʿaskar (معسكر)  | Standard Arabic |
Oran | Orán  | وهران‎ (Wahrān)  | Standard Arabic |
Ouargla | Uargla  | Warqla (ورقلة)  | Standard Arabic |
Tlemcen | Tremecén  | Tilimsān (تلمسان)  | Standard Arabic |

## Andorra

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Andorra

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name
Andorra la Vella | Andorra la Vieja  | Andorra la Vella  |
Les Escaldes | Las Escaldas, Andorra la Nueva  | Les Escaldes  |
Sant Julià de Lòria | San Julián de Loria  | Sant Julià de Lòria  |

## Armenia

[edit]

Armenia Armenia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Yerevan | Ereván  | Երևան  | Armenian |

## Australia

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Australia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Adelaide | Adelaida  | Adelaide  |
Kangaroo Island | Isla Canguro  | Kangaroo Island
Karta Pintingga  |
New South Wales | Nueva Gales del Sur  | New South Wales  |
Northern Territory | Territorio del Norte  | Northern Territory  |
South Australia | Australia Meridional  | South Australia  |
Sydney | Sídney  | Sydney  |
Western Australia | Australia Occidental  | Western Australia  |

## Austria

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Austria

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Carinthia | Carintia  | Kärnten  |
Salzburg | Salzburgo  | Salzburg  |
Styria | Estiria  | Steiermark  |
Vienna | Viena  | Wien  |

## Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijan Azerbaiyán

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Baku | Bakú  | Bakı  | Azerbaijani |
Nakhchivan | Najicheván  | Naxçıvan  | Azerbaijani |

## Belgium

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Belgium Bélgica

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Antwerp | Amberes  | Antwerpen  | Dutch |
Bruges | Brujas  | Brugge  | Dutch |
Brussels | Bruselas  | Bruxelles  | French |
Flanders | Flandes  | Vlaanderen  | Dutch |
Ghent | Gante  | Gent  | Dutch |
Kortrijk | Cortrique  | Kortrijk  | Dutch |
Leuven | Lovaina  | Leuven  | Dutch |
Liège | Lieja  | Lidje  | Walloon |
Liège  | French |
Luxembourg | Luxemburgo  | Lëtzebuerg  | Luxembourgish |
Lussimbork  | Walloon |
Luxembourg  | French |
Mechelen | Malinas  | Mechelen  | Dutch |
Ostend | Ostende  | Oostende  | Dutch |
Sint-Niklaas | San Nicolás de Flandes  | Sint-Niklaas  | Dutch |
Wallonia | Valonia  | Wallonie  | French |

## Brazil

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Brazil Brasil

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Manaus | Manaos  | Manaus  |
São Paulo | San Pablo  | São Paulo  |
Rio de Janeiro | Río de Janeiro  | Rio de Janeiro  |
Uruguaiana | Uruguayana  | Uruguaiana  |

## Bulgaria

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Bulgaria

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Sofia | Sofía  | Sofiya (София)  |

## China

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China

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Beijing | Pekín  | Beijing (北京)  | Mandarin |
Guangzhou | Cantón  | Guangzhou (广州)  | Mandarin |
Hohhot | Huhehot  | Höh hot (Хөх хот)  | Mongolian |
Hebei | Hopeh  | Hebei (河北)  | Mandarin |
Nanjing | Nankín  | Nanjing (南京)  | Mandarin |
Sichuan | Sechuán  | Sichuan (四川)  | Mandarin |

## Cyprus

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Cyprus Chipre

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Limassol | Limasol  | Lemesós (Λεμεσός)  | Greek |
Leymosun  | Turkish |
Limasol  | Turkish |

## Czech Republic

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Czech Republic Chequia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Plzeň, Pilsen  | Pilsen  | Plzeň  |
Prague | Praga  | Praha  |

## Denmark

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Denmark Dinamarca

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Copenhagen | Copenhague  | København  |
Helsingør | Elsinor  | Helsingør  |

## Egypt

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Egypt Egipto

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Alexandria | Alejandría  | Alexandria (ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ)  | Coptic |
Al-Iskandariyya (الإسكندرية)  | Standard Arabic |
Eskendereyya (اسكندرية)  | Egyptian Arabic |
Rakote (ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ)  | Coptic |
Cairo | El Cairo  | Al-Qāhirah (القاهرة‎)  | Standard Arabic |
Maṣr (مَصر‎)  | Egyptian Arabic |
Tikešrōmi (ϯⲕⲉϣⲣⲱⲙⲓ)  | Coptic |

## Estonia

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Estonia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Tallinn | Tallin  | Tallinn  |

## France

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France Francia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Alsace | Alsacia  | Alsace  | French  |
Elsass  | German  |
Elsàss  | Alemannic German  |
Angoulême | Angulema  | Angoulême  | French  |
Engoleime  | Poitevin-Saintongeais  |
Engoulaeme  | Occitan  |
Aquitaine | Aquitania  | Aguiéne  | Poitevin-Saintongeais  |
Akitania  | Basque  |
Aquitaine  | French  |
Aquitània  | Occitan  |
Auvergne | Auvernia  | Auvergne  | French  |
Auvèrnhe  | Auvergnat  |
Bayonne | Bayona  | Baiona  | Basque/ Gascon  |
Bayonne  | French  |
Biarritz | Biarriz  | Biarritz  | Basque/ French  |
Bordeaux | Burdeos  | Bordeaux  | French  |
Bordèu  | Gascon  |
Brittany | Bretaña  | Bertaèyn  | Gallo  |
Breizh  | Breton  |
Bretagne  | French  |
Burgundy | Borgoña  | Bourgogne  | French  |
Cambrai | Cambray  | Cambrai  | French  |
Kimbré  | Picard  |
Carcassonne | Carcasona  | Carcassona  | Occitan  |
Carcassonne  | French  |
Champagne | Champaña  | Champagne  | French  |
Clairvaux | Claraval  | Clairvaux  | French  |
Collioure | Colibre | Collioure  | French  |
Cotlliure  | Catalan  |
Corsica | Córcega  | Corse  | French  |
Corsica  | Italian  |
Franche-Comté | Franco Condado  | Fraintche-Comté  | Frainc-Comtou  |
Franche-Comtât  | Arpitan  |
Franche-Comté  | French  |
Grande Chartreuse | Gran Cartuja  | Grande Chartreuse  | French  |
Hendaye | Hendaya  | Hendaia  | Basque  |
Hendaye  | French  |
Languedoc | Lenguadoc  | Languedoc  | French  |
Lengadòc  | Occitan  |
La Rochelle | La Rochela  | La Rochelle  | French  |
Lille | Lila | Lile  | Picard  |
Lille  | French  |
Rijsel/ Rysel  | Dutch/ Flemish  |
Limousin | Lemosín  | Lemosin  | Occitan  |
Limousin  | French  |
Lorraine | Lorena  | Lorraine  | French  |
Louréne  | Lorrain  |
Lothringen  | German  |
Lottringe  | West Franconian  |
Lourdes | Lurdes  | Lorda  | Occitan  |
Lourde  | French  |
Lyon | Léon de Francia | Liyon  | Arpitan  |
Lyon  | French  |
Marseille | Marsella  | Marseille  | French  |
Marselha  | Occitan  |
Narbonne | Narbona  | Narbonne  | French  |
Narbona  | Occitan  |
Nice | Niza  | Niça/ Nissa  | Occitan  |
Nice  | French  |
Normandy | Normandía  | Normandie  | French  |
Normaundie  | Norman  |
Picardy | Picardía  | Picardie  | French/ Picard  |
Provence | Provenza  | Prouvenço  | Occitan  |
Provence  | French  |
Pyrénées | Pirineos  | Pirenèus  | Occitan  |
Pirinioak  | Basque  |
Pyrénées  | French  | Area also part of Spain
Rhône | Ródano  | Rhône  | French  |
Rôno  | Arpitan  |
Ròse  | Occitan  |
Rouen | Ruán  | Rouen  | French  |
Roussillon | Rosellón  | Rosselhon  | Occitan  |
Roussillon  | French  |
Saint-Jean-de-Luz | San Juan de Luz  | Donibane Lohizune  | Basque  |
Saint Jean-de-Luz  | French  |
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port | San Juan-Pie de Puerto  | Donibane Garazi  | Basque  |
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port  | French  |
Saint-Quentin | San Quintín  | Saint-Kintin  | Picard  |
Saint-Quentin  | French  |
Toulon | Tolón  | Tolon  | French  |
Touloun  | Occitan  |
Toulouse | Tolosa | Toulouse  | French  |
Toulouso  | Occitan  |
Valence | Valencia | Valença  | Occitan  |
Valence  | French  |
Valenciennes | Valencianas | Valenciennes  | French  |
Valincyinne  | Picard  |
Versailles | Versalles  | Versailles  | French  |

## Georgia

[edit]

Georgia

English name  | Spanish name  | Georgian place  | Notes
Tbilisi | Tiflis  | Tbilisi (თბილისი)  |

## Germany

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Germany Alemania

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Aachen | Aquisgrán  | Aachen  | Standard German |
Oche  | Colognian German  |
Augsburg | Augsburgo  | Augsburg  | Standard German |
Augschburg  | Swabian German  |
Bavaria | Baviera  | Bayern  | Standard German |
Berlin | Berlín  | Berlin  | Standard German |
Brandenburg | Brandeburgo  | Bramborska  | Lower Sorbian  |
Brandenburg  | Standard German |
Braniborsko  | Upper Sorbian  |
Brannenborg  | Low German  |
Braunschweig | Brunswick  | Braunschweig  | Standard German |
Brunswiek  | Low German  |
Bremen | Brema  | Bräm, Breem  | Low German  |
Bremen  | Standard German |
Coburg | Coburgo  | Coburg  | Standard German |
Cologne | Colonia  | Kölle  | Colognian German  |
Köln  | Standard German |
Dresden | Dresde  | Dresden  | Standard German |
Drježdźany  | Sorbian languages  |
Duisburg | Duisburgo  | Duisburg  | Standard German |
Duisbursh  | Colognian German  |
Franconia | Franconia  | Franggn, Frankn  | Alemannic German  |
Franken  | Standard German |
Frankfurt | Fráncfort  | Frangford  | Hessian German  |
Frankfurt  | Standard German |
Freiburg im Breisgau | Friburgo de Brisgovia  | Freiburg im Breisgau  | Standard German |
Friburg im Brisgau  | Alemannic German  |
Göttingen | Gotinga  | Chöttingen  | Low German  |
Göttingen  | Standard German |
Hamburg | Hamburgo  | Hamburg  | Standard German |
Hamborg  | Low Saxon  |
Hamelin | Hamelín  | Hameln  | Standard German |
Hanover | Hanóver  | Hannober  | Low German  |
Hannover  | Standard German |
Hesse | Hesse  | Hessen  | Standard German |
Koblenz | Coblenza  | Koblenz  | Standard German |
Konstanz | Constanza  | Konstanz  | Standard German |
Lübeck | Lubeca  | Lübeck  | Standard German |
Lybæk  | Danish  |
Magdeburg | Magdeburgo  | Magdeburg  | Standard German |
Meideborg  | Low Saxon  |
Mainz | Maguncia  | Mainz  | Standard German |
Mecklenburg | Mecklemburgo  | Mecklenburg  | Standard German |
Mękelnborg  | West Low German |
Munich | Múnich  | Minga  | Bavarian |
München  | Standard German |
Nuremberg | Núremberg  | Närmberch  | East Franconian |
Niamberg  | Bavarian |
Nürnberg  | Standard German |
Oldenburg | Oldenburgo  | Oldenburg  | Standard German |
Palatinate | Palatinado  | Palz  | West Franconian |
Pfalz  | Standard German |
Regensburg | Ratisbona  | Regensburg  | Standard German |
Rhineland | Renania  | Rheinland  | Standard German |
Saarland | Sarre  | Saarland  | Standard German |
Saxony | Sajonia  | Sachsen  | High German |
Sassen  | Low German |
Speyer | Espira  | Speyer  | Standard German |
Swabia | Suabia  | Schwaben  | Standard German |
Thuringia | Turingia  | Thüringen  | Standard German |
Trier | Tréveris  | Tréier  | Luxembourgish |
Trier  | Standard German |
Tübingen | Tubinga  | Dibenga  | Swabian |
Tübingen  | Standard German |
Ulm | Ulma  | Ulm  | Standard German |
Westphalia | Westfalia  | Westfalen  | Standard German |
Wolfsburg | Wolfsburgo  | Wulfsborg  | Eastphalian language |
Wolfsburg  | Standard German |
Würzburg | Wurzburgo  | Wiazbuag  | Bavarian |
Wörtzburch  | East Franconian |
Würzburg  | Standard German |

## Greece

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Greece Grecia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Alexandrupoli | Alejandrópolis  | Alexandroúpoli (Αλεξανδρούπολη)  |
Athens | Atenas  | Athína (Αθήνα)  |
Attica | Ática  | Attikí (Αττική)  |
Boeotia | Beocia  | Boiōtíā (Βοιωτία)  |
Corfu | Corfú  | Kérkyra (Κέρκυρα)  |
Corinth | Corinto  | Kórinthos (Κόρινθος)  |
Crete | Creta  | Kríti (Κρήτη)  |
Dodecanese | Dodecaneso  | Dodekánisa (Δωδεκάνησα)  |
Epirus | Épiro  | Ípeiros (Ήπειρος)  |
Euboea | Eubea  | Évvoia (Εύβοια)  |
Heraklion | Heraclión  | Irákleio (Ηράκλειο)  |
Ionian Islands | Islas Jónicas  | Iónia nisiá (Ιόνια νησιά)  |
Missolonghi | Mesolongi  | Mesolóngi (Μεσολόγγι)  |
Nafpaktos | Naupacto  | Naúpactus (Ναύπακτος)  |
Patras | Patrás  | Pátra (Πάτρα)  |
Peloponnese | Peloponeso  | Pelopónnesos (Πελοπόννησος)  |
Piraeus | El Pireo  | Peiraiás (Πειραιάς)  |
Rhodes | Rodas  | Ródos (Ρόδος)  |
Samothrace | Samotracia  | Samothráki (Σαμοθράκη)  |
Thebes | Tebas  | Thíva (Θήβα)  |
Thessaloniki | Salónica  | Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη)  |
Thessaly | Tesalia  | Thessalía (Θεσσαλία)  |
Thrace | Tracia  | Thráki (Θράκη)  |

## Haiti

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Haiti Haití

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Abricots | Los Albaricoques  | Les Abricots  |
Cap-Haïtien | Cabo Haitiano  | Cap-Haïtien  |
Fort-Liberté | Fuerte Libertad  | Fort-Liberté  |
Lascahobas | Las Caobas  | Lascahobas  |
La Victoire | La Victoria  | La Victoire  |
Les Cayes | Los Cayos  | Les Cayes  |
Limonade | Limonada  | Limonade  |
Marmelade | Mermelada  | Marmelade  |
Ouanaminthe | Juana Méndez  | Ouanaminthe  |
Port au Prince | Puerto Príncipe  | Port au Prince  |
Saint-Marc | San Marcos  | Saint-Marc  |
Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye | San Miguel de la Atalaya  | Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye  |
Saint-Raphaël | San Rafael de la Angostura  | Saint-Raphaël  |

## India

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India

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Kolkata | Calcuta  | কলকাতা (Kalakātā)
Kolkata  | Formerly known as Calcutta in English

## Israel

[edit]

Israel

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Acre | Acre  | Akka (عكّا)  | Standard Arabic |
Akko (עַכּוֹ‎)  | Hebrew |
Ashkelon | Ascalón  | Ashkelon (אַשְׁקְלוֹן)  | Hebrew |
Asqalān (عَسْقَلَان)  | Standard Arabic |
Beersheba | Beerseba  | Be'er Sheva (בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע)  | Hebrew |
Bi'r as-Sab' (بئر السبع)  | Standard Arabic |
Capernaum | Cafarnaúm  | Kafr Nāḥūm (كفر ناحوم)  | Standard Arabic |
Kfar Nahum (כְּפַר נַחוּם)  | Hebrew |
Galilee | Galilea  | Al-Jalīl (الجليل)  | Standard Arabic |
HaGalil (הַגָּלִיל)  | Hebrew |
Jaffa | Jaffa  | Yafa (يَافَا)  | Standard Arabic |
Yafo (יָפוֹ‎)  | Hebrew |
Jerusalem | Jerusalén  | Al-Quds (القُدس)  | Standard Arabic |
Yerushalayim (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם)  | Hebrew |
Nazareth | Nazaret  | An-Nāṣira (النَّاصِرَة‎)  | Standard Arabic |
Naṣrath (ܢܨܪܬ)  | Aramaic |
Natzrat (נָצְרַת)  | Hebrew |
Tiberias | Tiberíades  | Ṭabariyyā (طبريا)  | Standard Arabic |
Tverya (טְבֶרְיָה)  | Hebrew |

## Italy

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Italy Italia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Abruzzo | Abruzos  | Abrùzze  | Neapolitan  |
Abruzzo  | Standard Italian  |
Adige | Adigio  | Àdexe  | Venetian  |
Adige  | Standard Italian  |
Etsch  | German  |
Alghero | Alguer  | Alghero  | Standard Italian  |
L'Alguer  | Catalan  |
L'Aliera  | Sassarese  |
S'Alighèra  | Sardinian  |
Assisi | Asís  | Assisi  | Standard Italian  |
Bologna | Bolonia  | Bologna  | Standard Italian  |
Bulåggna  | Emilian  |
Florence | Florencia  | Firenze  | Standard Italian  |
Friuli | Friules  | Friûl  | Friulian  |
Friuli  | Standard Italian  |
Genoa | Génova  | Genova  | Standard Italian  |
Zêna  | Ligurian  |
Mantua | Mantua  | Mantova  | Standard Italian  |
Mantua  | Lombard  |
Milan | Milán  | Milan  | Lombard  |
Milano  | Standard Italian  |
Naples | Nápoles  | Napoli  | Standard Italian  |
Napule  | Neapolitan  |
Padua | Padua  | Padova  | Standard Italian  |
Pàdova  | Venetian  |
Perugia | Perusa  | Perugia  | Standard Italian  |
Piacenza | Plasencia | Piaṡëinsa  | Emilian  | Obsolete
Piacenza  | Standard Italian  |
Piedmont | Piamonte  | Piemont  | Arpitan/ Piedmontese  |
Piemonte  | Standard Italian  |
Ravenna | Rávena  | Ravèna  | Romagnol  |
Ravenna  | Standard Italian  |
Sardinia | Cerdeña  | Saldigna  | Gallurese  |
Sardegna  | Ligurian/ Standard Italian  |
Sardenya  | Catalan  |
Sardhigna  | Sassarese  |
Sardigna  | Sardinian  |
Taranto | Tarento  | Tarde  | Neapolitan  |
Taranto  | Standard Italian  |
Turin | Turín  | Torino  | Standard Italian  |
Turin  | Piedmontese  |
Venice | Venecia  | Venesia  | Venetian  |
Venezia  | Standard Italian  |
Ventimiglia | Ventimilla | Ventemiglia  | Intermelio Ligurian  |
Ventemilha  | Occitan  | Obsolete
Ventimiglia  | Standard Italian  |
Vintimiggia  | Genoese Ligurian  |

## Latvia

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Latvia Letonia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Courland | Curlandia  | Kurzeme  |
Latgale | Letgalia  | Latgale  |
Semigallia | Semigalia  | Zemgale  |

## Lebanon

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Lebanon Líbano

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Sidon | Sidón  | Ṣayda (صيدا)  | Standard Arabic  |
Tripoli | Trípoli  | Ṭarābulus (طرابلس)  | Standard Arabic  |
Tyre | Tiro  | Ṣūr (صور)  | Standard Arabic  |

## Libya

[edit]

Libya Libia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Tripoli | Trípoli  | Ṭarābulus (طرابلس)  | Standard Arabic  |

## Lithuania

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Lithuania Lituania

English name  | Spanish name  | Lithuanian place  | Notes
Vilnius | Vilna  | Vilnius  |

## Morocco

[edit]

Morocco Marruecos

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Agadir | Santa Cruz del Cabo Aguer  | ʾagādīr (أݣادير)  | Standard Arabic | Obsolete
Al Aaroui | Monte Arruit  | Al-ʿArwī (العروي)  | Standard Arabic |
Al Hoceima | Alhucemas  | Al-Kuzāmā (الحسيمة)  | Standard Arabic |
Asilah | Arcila  | Aẓila (أصيلة‎ or أزيلا)  | Standard Arabic |
Azemmour | Azamor  | Azammūr (أزمور)  | Standard Arabic |
Azrou | Azrú  | Aẓru (أزرو)  | Standard Arabic |
Berkane | Berkán  | Birkān (بركان)  | Standard Arabic |
Bouarfa | Buarfa  | Bou 'rfa (بوعرفة)  | Standard Arabic |
Boulemane | Bulmán  | Bulman (بولمان)  | Standard Arabic |
Chefchaouen | Chauen (Xauen)  | Shafshāwan (شفشاون‎)  | Standard Arabic | Spelling Xauen is archaic in Spanish
El Jebha | Puerto Capaz |  |  | Name used during Spanish colonial rule
El Jadida | El Yadida, Mazagán  | Al-Jadīda (الجديدة)  | Standard Arabic |
Essaouira | Esauira, Mogador  | Aṣ-Ṣawīra (الصويرة)  | Standard Arabic |
Fez | Fez  | Fās (فاس‎)  | Standard Arabic |
Fnideq | Castillejos  |  |  |
Ifrane | Ifrán  | Ifran (إفران)  | Standard Arabic |
Iksane | Uixán  | Iksān (إيكسان)  | Standard Arabic |
Khemis Sahel | Jemis del Sahel  | H̱amīs shl (خميس الساحل)  | Standard Arabic |
Khenifra | Jenifra  | Khenifṛa (خنيفرة)  | Standard Arabic |
Khouribga | Juribga  | ḵurībga (خريبڭة)  | Standard Arabic |
Ksar El-Kebir | Alcazarquivir  | Qaṣr Kabīr (القصر الكبير)  | Standard Arabic |
Ksar Es-Seghir | Alcazarseguir  | Al-Qaṣr Aṣ-Saḡīr (القصر الصغير)  | Standard Arabic |
M'Diq | Rincón  | Maḍīq (المضيق‎)  | Standard Arabic |
Marrakesh | Marruecos  | Murrākuš (مراكش)  | Standard Arabic | Obsolete
Martil | Río Martín  | Martīl (مارتيل)  | Standard Arabic |
Mehdya | Mehdía, La Mamora  | Al-Mahdiyā (المهدية)  | Standard Arabic |
Meknes | Mequínez  | Maknās (مكناس)  | Standard Arabic |
Sidi Ifni | Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña  | Sidi Ifni (سيدي إفني)  | Standard Arabic |
Sefrou | Sefrú  | Şafrū (صفرو)  | Standard Arabic |
Selouane | Zeluán  | Salwān (سلوان)  | Standard Arabic |
Tangier | Tánger  | Ṭanja (طنجة‎)  | Standard Arabic |
Tarfaya | Villa Bens | Ṭarfāya (طرفاية)  | Standard Arabic | Name used during Spanish colonial rule
Taroudant | Tarudant (Tarudante)  | Tārūdānt (تارودانت)  | Standard Arabic |
Taounate | Taunat  | Taunate (تاونات)  | Standard Arabic |
Temsamane | Tensamán, Tansamán  | Tamsamān (تمسمان)  | Standard Arabic |
Tétouan | Tetuán  | Tiṭwān (تطوان‎)  | Standard Arabic |
Ouarzazate | Uarzazat  | Warzāzāt (‎ورزازات‎)  | Standard Arabic |
Ouazzane | Uezán  | Wazzan (وزان)  | Standard Arabic |
Oujda | Uchda, Uxda  | Wujda (وجدة)  | Standard Arabic |
Youssoufia | Yusufía  | Al-Yūssufīyah (اليوسفية)  | Standard Arabic |

## Netherlands

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Netherlands Países Bajos

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Groningen | Groninga  | Groningen  |
Leiden | Leida | Leiden  | Rare
Maastricht | Mastrique  | Maastricht  |
Nijmegen | Nimega  | Nijmegen  |
Roermond | Ruremunda | Roermond  | Rare
Rotterdam | Róterdam  | Rotterdam  |
's-Hertogenbosch | Bolduque  | 's-Hertogenbosch  |
The Hague | La Haya  | Det Haag  |
Utrecht | Utreque  | Utrecht  |
Vlissingen | Flesinga  | Vlissingen  |

## New Caledonia

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New Caledonia Nueva Caledonia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Nouméa | Numéa  | Nouméa  |

## New Zealand

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New Zealand Nueva Zelandia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
New Plymouth | Nueva Plymouth  | New Plymouth
Ngāmotu  |

## Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea Papua Nueva Guinea

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Port Moresby | Puerto Moresby  | Pot Mosbi
Port Moresby  |

## Poland

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Poland Polonia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Kraków | Cracovia  | Kraków  |
Świętokrzyskie Province | Provincia de Santa Cruz  | Świętokrzyskie Province |
Warsaw | Varsovia  | Warszawa  |
Wrocław | Breslavia  | Wrocław |

## Portugal

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Portugal

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Alcácer do Sal | Alcázar de la Sal  | Alcácer do Sal  |
Cascais | Cascaes  | Cascais  |
Covilhã | Covillán  | Colvilha  |
Porto | Oporto  | Porto  |
Santarém | Santarén  | Santarém  |
Sintra | Cintra  | Sintra  |
Valença | Valencia de Miño  | Valença do Minho  |
Viana do Castelo | Viana del Castillo | Viana do Castelo  | Obsolete
Vila Real de Santo António | Villa Real de San Antonio  | Vila Real de Santo António  |
Vila Viçosa | Villaviciosa  | Vila Viçosa  |
Viseu | Vicedo | Viseu  | Obsolete

## Romania

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Romania Rumanía

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Bucharest | Bucarest  | București  | Romanian |
Constanța | Constanza  | Constanța  | Romanian |

## Russia

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Russia Rusia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Kalmykia | Kalmukia  | Haľmg Tañğç (Хальмг Таңһч)  | Kalmyk |
Kalmýkiya (Калмы́кия)  | Russian |
Karachay-Cherkessia | Karacháyevo-Cherkesia  | Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Карача́ево-Черке́сия)  | Russian |
Karaşay-Şerkeş (Қарашай-Шеркеш)  | Nogai |
Ķêrêšei-Šêrdžês (Къэрэшей-Шэрджэс)  | Kabardian |
Qaraçay-Çerkes (Къарачай-Черкес)  | Karachay-Balkar |
Moscow | Moscú  | Moskva (Москва)  | Russian |
Saint Petersburg | San Petersburgo  | Sankt Peterburg (Санкт-Петербург)  | Russian |
Tatarstan | Tartaria | Tatarstan (Татарстан)  | Russian/ Tatar | Tataria is archaic in Spanish
Yekaterinburg | Ekaterimburgo  | Yekaterinburg (Екатеринбу́рг)  | Russian |

## Serbia

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Serbia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Belgrade | Belgrado  | Beograd (Београд)  |

## South Africa

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South Africa Sudáfrica

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Cape of Good Hope | Cabo de Buena Esperanza  | Cape of Good Hope  | English  |
Cape Town | Ciudad de El Cabo  | Cape Town  | English  | Often Ciudad del Cabo

## Spain

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Spain España

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
A Illa de Arousa | Isla de Arosa  | A Illa de Arousa  | Galician |
A Coruña | La Coruña  | A Coruña  | Galician |
Alicante | Alicante  | Alacant  | Valencian |
Basque Country | País Vasco  | Euskadi  | Basque |
Bilbao | Bilbao  | Bilbo  | Basque |
Castellón de la Plana | Castellón de la Plana  | Castelló de la Plana  | Valencian |
Catalonia | Cataluña  | Catalunya  | Catalan | Pronounced the same in both Spanish and Catalan
San Sebastián | San Sebastián  | Donostia  | Basque |
Elche | Elche  | Elx  | Valencian |
Galicia | Galicia  | Galiza  | Galician | Galiza is minoritarily used
Girona | Gerona  | Girona  | Catalan |
Ibiza | Ibiza  | Eivissa  | Catalan |
La Seu d'Urgell | Seo de Urgel  | La Seu d'Urgell  | Catalan |
Lleida | Lérida  | Lleida  | Catalan |
Mahón | Mahón  | Maó  | Catalan |
Navarre | Navarra  | Nafarroa  | Basque |
Ontinyent | Onteniente  | Ontinyent  | Valencian |
Ourense | Orense  | Ourense  | Galician |
Pamplona | Pamplona  | Iruñ(e)a  | Basque | Officially Iruña, Euskaltzaindia prefers the use of Iruñea[2]
Sagunto | Sagunto  | Sagunt  | Valencian |
Sant Cugat del Vallès | San Cugat del Vallés | Sant Cugat del Vallès  | Catalan |
S'Espalmador | Isla de Espalmador  | S'Espalmador  | Catalan |
Valencia | Valencia  | València  | Valencian |
Villarreal | Villarreal  | Vila-real  | Valencian |
Vitoria-Gasteiz | Vitoria  | Gasteiz  | Basque |
Xàbia | Jávea  | Xàbia  | Valencian |
Xàtiva | Játiva  | Xàtiva  | Valencian |

## Sweden

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Sweden Suecia

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Dalarna, Dalecarlia  | Dalecarlia  | Dalarna  |
Gothenburg | Gotemburgo  | Göteborg  |
Lapland | Laponia  | Lappland  |
Östergötland County | Provincia de Ostrogotia  | Östergötlands län  |
Scania | Escania  | Skåne  |
Södermanland County | Provincia de Sudermania  | Södermanlands län  |
Stockholm | Estocolmo  | Stockholm  |
Uppsala | Upsala  | Uppsala  |

## Switzerland

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Switzerland Suiza

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Basel | Basilea  | Basel  | German |
Bern | Berna  | Bern  | German |
Fribourg | Friburgo  | Fribourg  | French |
Geneva | Ginebra  | Gèneve  | French |
Genf  | German |
Lausanne | Lausana  | Lausanne  | French |
Lucerne | Lucerna  | Luzern  | German |
Schaffhausen | Escafusa  | Schaffhausen  | German |
Solothurn | Soleura  | Solothurn  | German |
Ticino | Tesino  | Ticino  | Italian |
Zürich | Zúrich  | Zürich  | German |

## Syria

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Syria Siria

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Aleppo | Alepo  | Ḥalab (ﺣَﻠَﺐ)  | Standard Arabic  |
Damascus | Damasco  | Dimashq (دمشق)  | Standard Arabic  |

## Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad y Tobago

Trinidadian place  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Port of Spain | Puerto España  | Port of Spain  |

## Tunisia

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Tunisia Túnez

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Bizerte | Bizerta  | Binzart (بنزرت)  | Standard Arabic |
Kairouan | Cairuán  | Al-Qayrawān (ٱلْقَيْرَوَان)  | Standard Arabic |
La Goulette | La Goleta  | Halq al-Wadi (حلق الوادي)  | Standard Arabic |
Sousse | Susa  | Sūsah (سوسة)  | Standard Arabic |

## Turkey

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Turkey Turquía

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Ankara | Angora  | Ankara  |
Antakya | Antioquía  | Antakya  |
Bosphorus | Bósforo  | Boǧaziçi  |
Büyük Menderes | Meandro  | Büyük Menderes  |
Cappadocia | Capadocia  | Kapadokya  |
Dardanelles | Dardanelos  | Çanakkale Boǧazı  |
Ephesus | Éfeso  | Efes  |
Euphrates | Éufrates  | Fırat  |
Gallipoli | Galípoli  | Gelibolu  |
Halicarnassus | Halicarnaso  | Bodrum  |
Istanbul | Estambul  | Istanbul  |
İzmir | Esmirna  | İzmir  |
Thrace | Tracia  | Trakya  |
Trabzon | Trebisonda  | Trabzon  |
Troy | Troya  | Truva  |

## Ukraine

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Ukraine Ucrania

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Chernihiv | Chernígov  | Chernihiv (Черні́гів)  |
Kharkiv | Járkov  | Kharkhiv (Харків)  | Translation "Járkiv" also used
Kherson | Jersón  | Kherson (Херсон)  |
Kryvyi Rih | Krivói Rog  | Kryvyi Rih (Кривий Ріг)  |
Kyiv | Kiev  | Kyiv (Київ)  |
Luhansk | Lugansk  | Luhansk (Луганськ)  |
Lviv | Léopolis  | L'viv (Львів)  |
Mykolaiv | Nicolaiev  | Mykolaiv (Миколаїв)  |
Sevastopol | Sebastopol  | Sevastopol (Севасто́поль)  |
Vinnytsia | Vínnitsa  | Vinnytsia (Вінниця)  |
Zaporizhzhia | Zaporiyia  | Zaporizhzhia(Запоріжжя)  |
Zhytomyr | Jitomir  | Zhytomyr (Жито́мир)  |

## United Kingdom

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United Kingdom Reino Unido

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Channel Islands | Islas Anglo-Normandas  | Channel Islands  | English | Also called translation Islas del Canal
Cornwall | Cornualles  | Cornwall  | English |
Kernow  | Cornish |
Dover | Duvres | Dover  | English | Archaic
Edinburgh | Edimburgo  | Edinburgh  | English |
England | Inglaterra  | England  | English |
Falkland Islands | Islas Malvinas  | Falkland Islands  | English | There are a lot of Spanish exonyms for places on the islands, see List of Falkland Islands placenames
London | Londres  | London  | English |
Orkney | Islas Orcadas  | Arcaibh  | Scottish Gaelic |
Orkney  | English |
Isles of Scilly | Islas Sorlingas  | Isles of Scilly  | English |
Syllan  | Cornish |
Scotland | Escocia  | Alba  | Scottish Gaelic |
Scotland  | English |
Thames | Támesis  | Thames  | English |
Wales | Gales  | Cymru  | Welsh |
Wales  | English |

## United States

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United States Estados Unidos

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Buffalo, New York | Búfalo  | Buffalo  |
Cape Coral | Cabo Coral  | Cape Coral  |
Hawaii | Hawái  | Hawaii  |
Key West | Cayo Hueso  | Key West  |
Los Angeles | Los Ángeles  | Los Angeles  |
Louisiana | Luisiana[3] | Louisiana  | Formerly styled "la Luisiana", it is now acceptable to omit the article
Minneapolis | Mineápolis  | Minneapolis  |
Mississippi | Misisipi, Misisipí[4] | Mississipi  | Both the stress in the next to last or in the last syllable are acceptable
Missouri | Misuri  | Missouri  |
Mobile, Alabama | Mauvila  | Mobile  |
Monterey, California | Monterrey  | Monterey  |
New Hampshire | Nuevo Hampshire  | New Hampshire  |
New Jersey | Nueva Jersey  | New Jersey  |
New Mexico | Nuevo México  | New Mexico  |
New Orleans | Nueva Orleans  | New Orleans  |
New York | Nueva York  | New York  |
New York City | Ciudad de Nueva York  | New York City  |
North Carolina | Carolina del Norte  | North Carolina  |
North Dakota | Dakota del Norte  | North Dakota  |
Oregon | Oregón  | Oregon  |
Pennsylvania | Pensilvania  | Pennsylvania  |
Philadelphia | Filadelfia  | Philadelphia  |
Phoenix, Arizona | Fénix  | Phoenix  |
South Carolina | Carolina del Sur  | South Carolina  |
South Dakota | Dakota del Sur  | South Dakota  |
Tennessee | Tenesí[5][6][7] | Tennessee  | In common use in the 21st, 20th, 19th, and 18th centuries
Utah | Yuta  | Utah  | Archaic
West Virginia | Virginia Occidental  | West Virginia  |

## Uzbekistan

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Uzbekistan Uzbekistán

English name  | Spanish name  | Endonym  | Notes
Name  | Language
Andijan | Andijon  | Andijon  | Uzbek |
Bukhara | Bujará  | Buxoro  | Uzbek |
Jizzakh | Yizaj  | Jizzax  | Uzbek |
Khiva | Jiva  | Xiva  | Uzbek |
Samarkand | Samarcanda  | Samarqand  | Uzbek |
Tashkent | Taskent  | Toshkent  | Uzbek |

## See also

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* List of European exonyms

## References

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1. ^ Agencia Efe (1998). Manual de Español Urgente. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Cátedra. ISBN 84-376-0533-4.
2. ^ "EODA - Búsqueda - EODA". www.euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
3. ^ "Luisiana | Diccionario panhispánico de dudas".
4. ^ "Misisipi, Misisipí | Diccionario panhispánico de dudas".
5. ^ El Solitario del Palacio (in Spanish). 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. "creó una organismo para construir presas a lo largo del río Tenesí" `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)
6. ^ Ángel Bassols Batalla (1990). "El Bajo Bravo (1935-1940): desarrollo regional precursor". Problemas del Desarrollo (in Spanish). 21 (83): 193. JSTOR 43828283. Retrieved 24 August 2021. "incluyeron el desarrollo iniciado en el Valle del Río Tenesí"
7. ^ Rudimentos de la historia de América (in Spanish). Ginn & Cía, Editores. 1901. p. 132. Retrieved 24 August 2021. "en la parte nordeste de lo que hoy es el estado de Tenesí"

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