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Below is list of Latin exonyms for places in Europe and Middle East:

Contents

Austria

  • Eisenstadt - Ferreum Castrum
  • Graz - Graecia
  • Innsbruck - Pons Aeni
  • Linz - Lentia
  • Salzburg - Salisburgum
  • Sankt Pölten - Cetium
  • Vienna - Vindobona

    • Belgium

  • Ghent - Gandavum
  • Kortrijk - Cortoriacum
  • Tongeren - Atuatuca Tungrorum

    • Bulgaria

  • Balchik - Dionysopolis
  • Kyustendil - Pautalia
  • Lom - Almus
  • Lovech - Melta
  • Pleven - Storgozia
  • Plovdiv - Philippopolis
  • Razgrad - Abrittus
  • Ruse - Sexaginta Prista
  • Silistra - Durostorum
  • Sofia - Serdica
  • Sozopol - Apollonia Pontica
  • Stara Zagora - Augusta Traiana
  • Svishtov - Novae
  • Varna - Odessus
  • Vidin - Bononia

    • Denmark

  • Copenhagen Hafnia

    • Egypt

  • Akhmim Panopolis
  • Asyut Lycopolis
  • Aswan Syene
  • Al-Arish Rhinocolura
  • Al-Ashmunein Hermopolis
  • Farama Pelusium
  • Luxor Thebae
  • Marsa Matruh Paraetonium
  • Qift Coptos

    • France

  • Avignon Avenio
  • Lyon Lugdunum
  • Marseille Massilia
  • Nice Nicaea
  • Paris Lutetia
  • Strasbourg Argentoratum
  • Toulouse Tolosa

    • Germany

  • Aachen - Aquisgrana
  • Augsburg - Augusta Vindelicorum
  • Baden-Baden - Aurelia Aquensis
  • Berlin - Berolinum
  • Bonn - Bonna, Castra Bonnensis
  • Cologne - Colonia Agrippina
  • Essen - Navalia
  • Hamburg - Hamburgum
  • Kempten - Cambodunum
  • Konstanz - Constantia
  • Mainz - Mogontiacum
  • Passau - Boiodurum
  • Regensburg - Castra Regina
  • Speyer - Noviomagus
  • Trier - Augusta Treverorum
  • Wiesbaden - Aquae Mattiacorum
  • Worms - Vormatia

    • Greece

  • Athens Athenae

    • Holy See

  • Vatican City Civitas Vaticana

    • Hungary

  • Budapest (Óbuda) - Aquincum
  • Budapest (Nagytétény) - Campona
  • Budapest (Pest) - Contra Aquincum
  • Debrecen - Debrecinum
  • Dunakeszi - Contra Constantiam
  • Dunaújváros - Intercisa
  • Eger - Agria
  • Esztergom - Solva
  • Győr - Arrabona
  • Kőszeg - Ginsium
  • Mosonmagyaróvár - Ad Flexum
  • Pécs - Sopianae
  • Sopron - Scarbantia
  • Százhalombatta - Matrica
  • Szeged - Partiscum
  • Székesfehérvár - Alba Regia
  • Szekszárd - Alisca
  • Szentendre - Ulcisia Castra
  • Szombathely - Savaria
  • Tác - Gorsium

    • Ireland (Hibernia)

  • Connachta - Connacia
  • Laighin - Lagenia
  • An Mhidhe - Midia
  • An Mhumhain - Momonia
  • Ulaidh - Ultonia
  • Teamhair na Ríogh - Temro

    • Italy (Italia)

  • Rome Roma

    • Monaco (Monoecus)

  • Monaco Monoecus

    • Netherlands

  • Utrecht - Traiectum, Traiectum ad Rhenum or Ultraiectum
  • Voorburg - Forum Hadriani
  • Katwijk (Originally); Name appropriated by Leiden since the Renaissance - Lugdunum Batavorum
  • Maastricht - Traiectum Mosae
  • Nijmegen - Possibly Oppidia Batavorum, certainly Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum (after the Revolt of the Batavi)
  • Valkenburg - Praetorium Agrippinae
  • Alphen aan den Rijn - Albaniana
  • Woerden - Laurium or Laurum
  • Vechten - Fectio
  • Wijk bij Duurstede - Levefanum
  • Zwammerdam - Nigrum Pullum

    • Portugal (Lusitania)

  • Açores Azores
  • Lisboa Olisipo

    • România

  • Bucureşti Bucarestum ??? (The city was first mentioned in year 1410 - unlikely to have ever been named by live Latins)
  • Constanţa Costantia???, Tomis
  • Mangalia Callatis
  • Cluj-Napoca Napoca
  • Alba-Iulia Apullum
  • Turnu-Severin Drobeta
  • Black Sea (Romanian: Marea Neagră) Pontus euxinus
  • Turda Potaissa

    • Russia

  • Moscow Moscua

    • Saudi Arabia

  • Medina Iathrippa
  • Mecca Macoraba

    • Serbia

  • Belgrade Belgradum

    • Slovakia

  • Bratislava Istropolis, Posonium
  • Banská Bystrica Neosolium
  • Košice Cassovia
  • Prešov Fragopolis
  • Trenčín Laugaricio
  • Zvolen Solium

    • Spain (Hispania)

  • Alicante Lucentum
  • Almería Urci
  • Barcelona Barcino
  • Cádiz Gades
  • Calatayud Bilbilis
  • Cartagena Carthago Nova
  • Alcalá de Henares Complutum
  • Córdoba Corduba
  • Girona Gerunda
  • Granada Granata
  • Huelva Onuba
  • Huesca Osca
  • Jaca Iacca
  • León Legio VII Gemina
  • Lleida Ilerda
  • Lugo Lucus Augusti
  • Madrid Matritum/Matrix
  • Mérida Emerita Augusta
  • Palma de Mallorca Palmaria
  • Salamanca Salmantica
  • Sevilla Hispalis
  • Tarragona Tarraco
  • Toledo Toletum
  • Valencia Valentia
  • Zaragoza Caesar Augusta

    • Sweden (Suecia)

  • Stockholm Holmia
  • Gothenburg Gothoburgum
  • Malmö Malmogia
  • Gävle Gevalia

    • Switzerland (Helvetia)

  • Bern Berna
  • Zürich Turicum
  • Geneva Genava

    • Turkey (Turcia)

  • Alanya Coracesium
  • Alaşehir Philadelphia
  • Ani Abnicum
  • Antakya Antiochia ad Orontem
  • Edirne Hadrianopolis
  • Edremit, Balıkesir/Edremit, Van Adramyttium
  • Ereğli Heraclea Cybistra
  • Erzurum Theodosiopolis
  • Eskişehir Dorylaeum
  • Gaziantep Antiochia ad Taurum
  • Istanbul Byzantium/Nova Roma/Constantinopolis
  • İzmir Smyrna
  • İzmit Nicomedia
  • İznik Nicaea
  • Karadeniz Ereğli Heraclea Pontica
  • Kayseri Caesarea in Cappadocia
  • Konya Iconium
  • Kütahya Cotyaeum
  • Malatya Melitene
  • Marmara Ereğlisi Heraclea Perinthus
  • Niksar Neocaesarea

    • United Kingdom (Britanniarum Regnum)

  • Cornwall - Cornubia
  • England - Anglia
  • Scotland - Scotia
  • Wales - Cambria
  • Britain - Britannia, Brittania
  • Bath (Somerset) - Aquae Sulis
  • Canterbury - Durovernum Cantiacorum
  • Carlisle - Luguvalium
  • Chelmsford - Caesaromagus
  • Chester - Deva Victrix
  • Colchester - Camulodunum, Colonia Victricensis
  • Dorchester - Durnovaria
  • Dover - Portus Dubris
  • Edinburgh - Edina
  • Gloucester - Colonia Nervia Glevensium, Glevum
  • Isle of Wight - Vectis
  • Leicester - Ratae Corieltauvorum
  • Lincoln - Lindum Colonia
  • London - Londinium
  • Manchester - Mamucium
  • Newcastle upon Tyne - Pons Aelius
  • Richborough - Rutupiae
  • Saint Albans - Verulamium
  • Winchester - Venta Belgarum
  • Wroxeter - Viroconium Cornoviorum
  • York - Eboracum

    • References

    Latin exonyms Wikipedia
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