List of Kurdish place names and geographical names in Iraq
The list of Kurdish place names in Iraq offers a selection of names of places and geographical names commonly used by Kurds in Iraq, inside and outside the main Kurdish settlement area . In Iraq, the Kurds speak different Kurdish languages (e.g. Sorani and Kurmanji ) with different scripts. There were no efforts to nationalize Kurdish place names or to Arabicize them in Iraq.
list
| Official name | Kurdish name |
object | location | particularities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqrah (عقره) | Acrê | City and district | Ninawa | |
| Altin Köprü (التون كوپرو) | Pirde | city | Kirkuk | |
| al ʿAmādiyya (العمادية) | Amedî | city | Dahuk | Capital of the former Principality of Badinan . The city is on top of a mountain. |
| Arbil (أربيل) | Hewlêr | city | Arbil | Seat of the Kurdish regional government . The name Hewler is also used in scientific publications. |
| Badra (بدرة) | Bedre | city | al-Wasit | |
| Baghdad (بغداد) | Bexda, Bexdad, Bexa | city | Baghdad | Capital of Iraq |
| Bamarni | Bamernê | Locality | Dahuk | |
| Barzan | Barzan | Village | Arbil | Place of origin of the Barzani tribe |
| Chanaqin (خانقين) | Xaneqîn | city | Diyala | |
| Dahūk (دهوك) | Dohuk, Dihok | city | Dahuk | |
| Jebel Sinjar (جبل سنجار) | Şaxî Şengal / Çiyayê Şingal / Şingar | Ridge | Ninawa | At the foot of the mountain lies the ancient Singara |
| Dschamdschamāl (جمجمال) | Çamçamal | city | As-Sulaimaniyya | |
| Big Zab | Zêyê Mezin | Tributary of the Tigris | ||
| Halabja (حلبجة) | Helepçe | city | As-Sulaimaniyya | Known from the poison gas attack on Halabja |
| Al- Hawijah (الحويجة) | Xuylên | City and district | Kirkuk | |
| Khunera | Xinere | Locality | Arbil , Soran District | |
| Kirkuk (كركوك) | Kerkûk | city | Kirkuk | Is considered by Kurds in Iraq to be their secret capital. If a state were to be founded, the Kurds would like Kirkuk to be the future capital of their state. |
| Koya (كيويسنجق) | Koysancak, Koy, Koye | city | Arbil | |
| Little Zab | Zêyê Biçûk | Tributary of the Tigris | ||
| Machmur | Mexmûr | city | Arbil | Kurdish texts often refer to the Mahkmur refugee camp, which is under the influence of the PKK. |
| Mandali (مندلي) | Mendeli | city | Diyala | |
| Mosul (الموصل) | Mûsil | city | Ninawa | |
| Rāniya (رانية) | Ranya | city | As-Sulaimaniyya | |
| Rawāndūz (رواندوز) | Rawanduz | city | Arbil | Capital of the former principality of Soran . Today it bears the title of "Kurdistan Capital of Culture". |
| Shaqlawa (شقلاوة) | Shaqlawa | city | Arbil | |
| Sinjar (سنجار) | Shengal | city | Ninawa | |
| Sulaimaniyya (السليمانية) | Silemanî | city | As-Sulaimaniyya | Capital of the former Baban principality |
| Tuz Khurmatu | Tuz Xurmatu | city | Salah ad-Din | |
| Zāchū (زاخو) | Zaxo | city | Dahuk |
Individual evidence
- ↑ See TH. Bois in: Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. sv KURDS, KURDISTAN; Section: The Kurdish Press
- ^ William Smith: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)