List of Latin place names

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This list gives an overview of the Middle Ages and the early modern common Latin names of famous places. The names of geographical objects commonly used in German are contrasted with their Latin equivalents. For ancient place names that were no longer used in the Middle Ages and modern times, see the list of ancient place names and geographical names . For evidence of the Latin names listed here, see the respective articles.

For the declination of Latin nouns, see Latin grammar .

Europe

Belgium

Bulgaria

Denmark

  • Aalborg : Aalburgum, Aelburgum, Albia, Alborgum, Alburgum
  • Aarhus : Aarhusia (adj. Aarhusiensis), Aarhusum, Ahusa, Ahusia, Arusium
  • Funen : Fionia insula, Fiunia
  • Greenland : Gronlandia, Grenelandia, Gronia, Secanunga
  • Jutland : Chersonesus Cimbrica, Cimbrorum Promontorium, Dania cismarina, Jutia
  • Copenhagen : Hafnia
  • Zealand : Codania, Codanonia insula, Selandia, Semelandia, Zelandia

Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria

Berlin

Brandenburg

  • Frankfurt (Oder) : Francofortum ad Oderam, Francofortum ad Viadrum, Francofortum Marchionum, Trajecti ad Viadrum
  • Lebus : Lubus, Lebusium, Libusia
  • Großräschen : Redschin magnum

Bremen

  • Bremen : Brema, Fabirana, Phabiranum Saxorum

Hamburg

  • Hamburg : Hamburgum, Hammipolis, Hammaburgum, Hammonia

Hesse

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Lower Saxony

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhineland-Palatinate

Saarland

Saxony

Saxony-Anhalt

  • Dessau : Dessavia
  • Eisleben : Islebia
  • Halberstadt : Hemipolis, half stage, half stage
  • Halle (Saale) : Halae Saxonum, Hallensis urbs, Salinae Saxonicae, Hala ad Salam, Hala Magdeburgica, Hala Salica, Hala Hermundurorum, Hala Venedorum
  • Magdeburg : Magdeburgum, Virginum civitas, Parthenopolis
  • Merseburg : Merseburgum, Martisburgum
  • Naumburg (Saale) : Naumburgum (Naumburgium, Nuenburgium)
  • Wittenberg : Vitebergia

Schleswig-Holstein

  • Bad Oldesloe : Adesla
  • Dithmarschen : Thitmersia, Ditmercia, Ditmersia, Thiatmarsgaho, Thietmaringensium terra
  • Fehmarn : Femera insula, Cimbria Parva, Fembre, Femelandia, Fimbria, Fimera, Imbra, Ymbria
  • Flensburg : Flensburgum
  • Föhr : Fora insula, Foera
  • Glückstadt : Gluck Stadium, Tychopolis
  • Helgoland : Sacra insula, Farria, Fosetislanda, Fostelandia, Hertha, Sancta insula, Sancta terra
  • Itzehoe : Esesfeldum, Esselfeldum
  • Kiel : Chilonium, Kilia, Kilonia
  • Lübeck : Lubecca, Lubeca, Lubecum, Angulus laudis
  • Neumünster : Novum Monastery
  • North Friesland : Frisea borealis
  • North beach : Glessaria insula, Austrania, Glossaria, Strandia
  • Wagria : Wagria, Wagirensis regio, Wagiria, Wagrensis terra

Thuringia

Finland

France

Georgia

Great Britain

Italy

Croatia

Montenegro

Netherlands

Norway

Austria

Poland

Portugal

  • Coimbra : Conimbriga, Conimbria, Conimbrica, Colimbria, Coimbra
  • Lisbon : Olysippone, Olisipo, Lisbonum, Felicitas Iulia
  • Postage : Portus Calensis
  • Braga : Bracara Augusta
  • Chaves : Aquae Flaviae

Romania

Russia

Sweden

Switzerland

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Czech Republic

Ukraine

  • Kiev : Chiovia, Kiovia
  • Lviv : Leopolis

Hungary

Belarus

  • Minsk : Minscum, Minscensis Lithuanorum, Minsca

Cyprus

Asia

Afghanistan

China

India

Iraq

Iran

Israel / Palestine

Japan

Lebanon

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Turkmenistan

Turkey

Uzbekistan

Africa

Egypt

Algeria

Libya

Morocco

Tunisia

America

Canada

United States of America

Paraguay

Names of waters

  • Ems : Amisa (Amisia)
  • Lip : Lupia
  • Main : Moenus (Moenis)
  • Isar : Isara
  • Or : Adora, Odagra, Oddara, Oddora, Oderaha, Odora, Suavus, Suevus, Viader, Viadus
  • Rhine : Rhenus

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

Johann Georg Theodor Grasse : Orbis Latinus , Breslau 1909

  1. JS Versch , JG Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . 3. Section O – Z, Part 15, Brockhaus, Leipzig 1841, p. 1
  2. https://www.portawestfalica.de/sv_porta_westfalica/Stadtleben/Die%20Stadt/Die%20Landschaft/