Moià

Inherited from Latin Modiānus, from the personal name Modius.

The capital of the comarca of Moianès, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain


Vallès Oriental

A comarca in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Granollers


Garrigues

les Garrigues (canonical feminine plural)

Les Borges Blanques
Borges Blanques#English

A comarca in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Les Borges Blanques


Garrigues

Garrigues (a commune of the Tarn department, Occitanie, France)

Garrigues (a commune of the Hérault department, Occitanie, France)


illes Aleutianes

Aleutian Islands
Aleutian Islands#English

Aleutian Islands (an archipelago in the Bering Sea)


illes Hawaii

Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Islands#English

Hawaiian Islands (an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean)


Macaronèsia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μακαρονησίᾱ (Makaronēsíā), from μάκαρ (mákar, “fortunate”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).


Perigús

Périgueux (a commune, the capital of the department of the Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Duixanbe

From Tajik Душанбе (Dušanbe), from Classical Persian دوشنبه (dušanbah, “Monday”), referring to the big open market that would take place there every Monday.

Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)


Terres baixes d'Escòcia

ca-proper noun

Terres baixes d'Escòcia f pl (plural only)

Scottish Lowlands (a historical region in Scotland)


Terres altes d'Escòcia

Terres altes d'Escòcia f pl (plural only)

Scottish Highlands (a historical region in Scotland)


Grans Antilles

Greater Antilles
Greater Antilles#English

Greater Antilles (a group of islands in the Caribbean, the larger of the West Indies)


illes Verges

les illes Verges (canonical feminine plural)

the Virgin Islands (an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea)


Petites Antilles

Lesser Antilles (a group of islands in the Caribbean, the smaller of the West Indies)


Sant Martí

Saint Martin (an island of Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea, divided longitudinally between France and the Netherlands)


Sant Martí

A district in the east of Barcelona, Catalonia


Sóller

Unknown; probably of pre-Roman origin. (The popular derivation from s'olla "the pot" is unsupported by documentary evidence, as earlier attestations consistently show final -r.)

Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands#English


Sebastòpol

Sevastopol (a port city in Crimea, Ukraine)


Simferòpol

From Ancient Greek Συμφερόπολις (Sumpherópolis).

der

Συμφερόπολις

Simferopol (the capital city of Crimea, Ukraine)


Terranova i Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

Newfoundland and Labrador (a province of Canada)


Territoris del Nord-oest

ca-proper noun

Territoris del Nord-oest m pl (plural only)

Calque of French Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

calque

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

Northwest Territories (a territory of Canada)


illes Marshall

Named after British capitain John Marshall.

named-after

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Reunió

Borrowed from French Réunion, presumably to commemorate the meeting ("réunion") of the National Guard units of Paris and Marseilles during the French Revolution.

administrative region
administrative region

Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


mar Negra

Southeastern Europe
Southeastern Europe#English

Black Sea (a sea between Southeastern Europe and Asia Minor)


Europa del Sud

Southern Europe (a geographical region of Europe)


Àustria-Hongria

Austria-Hungary (a historical country in Europe)


Sírmia

Borrowed from Latin Syrmia, from Sirmium, an ancient city located on the site of present day Sremska Mitrovica.

Syrmia (a region of Central Europecurrently divided between Croatia and Serbia)


Mèsia

Mačva (a traditional region in central Serbia)

(historical) Moesia (a province of the Roman Empire)


Alt Saona

Haute-Saône (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; capital: Vesoul)


Santiago de Compostel·la

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela#English

Santiago de Compostela (a city in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain)


Bengala Oriental

(historical) East Bengal (a former province of Pakistan, now constituting the country of Bangladesh)


Safor

A comarca in Valencia, Valencia. Capital: Gandia


Castelló de la Plana

Castellón de la Plana
Castellón de la Plana#English

Castellón de la Plana (a city in Castellón, Valencia)


Xèrica

Borrowed from Arabic شَارِقَة (šāriqa, “east side [of a mountain]”), from Arabic شَرْق (šarq, “east”).

bor+

Jérica (a municipality of Alt Palància, Valencia)


Cisjordània

Cisjordan (a historical region in the Middle East)

West Bank (a region of Palestine, currently under Israeli occupation)


mar de la Xina Meridional

South China Sea (a sea in the Pacific Ocean)


Corts

From Les Corts de Sarrià, a former municipality located there.

A neighborhood of Corts district, Barcelona

A district of Barcelona, comprising the neighborhoods of Pedralbes, Sant Ramon, la Maternitat, and Les Corts.


Bigorra

Bigorre (a former county in the historical region of Gascony, now mostly within the department of Hautes-Pyrénées department of France; capital: Tarbes)


Tarba

Tarbes (a city, the capital of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, in southern France)


La Jonquera

Meronym: Requesens


Friül

Borrowed from Friulian Friûl, from Latin Forum Iūliī.

Friuli (a traditional region in northeastern Italy)


Friül-Venècia Júlia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English:_Q1250

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (an autonomous region in northern Italy; capital: Trieste)


Tirol del Sud

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

South Tyrol (a German-speaking region of northern Italy, part of Trentino-Alto Adige; capital: Bolzano)


Basilea-Camp

Basel-Landschaft (a German-speaking canton in northern Switzerland, one of the two subdivisions of the historical canton of Basel; capital: Liestal)


Basilea-Ciutat

Basel-Stadt (a German-speaking canton in northern Switzerland, one of the two subdivisions of the historical canton of Basel; capital: Basel)


Baixa Cerdanya

Cerdanya (a comarca of Catalonia divided between the provinces of Lleida and Girona; capital: Sallagosa)


Alta Cerdanya

Northern Catalonia
Northern Catalonia#English

French Cerdagne (a comarca of Northern Catalonia consisting of the portion of the historic region of Cerdanya ceded to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees)


Llívia

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin Libia from Latin Iulia Lybica.

inh+

Llívia (a municipality in the comarca of Cerdanya in Lleida which forms an exclave of Spain within France)


Horta de Múrcia

Huerta de Murcia
Huerta de Murcia#English

Huerta de Murcia (a comarca in the province and region of Murcia, Spain)


Dècan

Borrowed from Hindustani दक्खिन / دکھن (dakkhin), probably via English Deccan.

Deccan (a large plateau covering most of southern India)


L'Hospitalet

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat#Catalan

Ellipsis of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat: a municipality of Barcelona, Catalonia


boscatge

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *boscāticum. Equivalent to bosc + -atge.


Baix Rin

Bas-Rhin (a department of Alsace, in the region of Grand Est, France; capital: Strasbourg)


Frejús

Borrowed from Occitan Frejús, from Latin Forum Iūliī.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Fréjus (a commune of the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Friburg de Brisgòvia

Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau#English

Freiburg im Breisgau (a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)


Brisgòvia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Brisgovia, from Middle High German Brîsgou.

Breisgau (a historical county and traditional region in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany)


Sant Gauderic

[ˈsaŋ ɡəw.ðəˈɾik]

Saint-Gaudéric (a village in Aude, Occitanie)


Sant Galdric

desc

→ French: Saint-Gaudérique, Sant Galdric

[ˈsaŋ ɡəlˈðɾik]

Holonym: Perpinyà

Saint-Gaudérique (a district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)

Holonym: Salses

A district of Salses-le-Château, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie


Molí de Vent

French: Molí de Vent, Moulin-à-Vent

Holonym: Perpinyà

Moulin-à-Vent (a district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Bompàs

French: Bompas

Bompas (a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Castell Rosselló

→ French: Castel-Roussillon, Castelroussillon

Holonym: Perpinyà

Château-Roussillon (a district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Coïmbra

Coimbra (a district in central Portugal)

Coimbra (a city and municipality of Coimbra district, Portugal)

Coimbra (a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil)


Canet

From canet or borrowed from Occitan Canet.

Holonym: Aude

Canet (a village in the Aude department, Occitanie, France)

Holonym: Erau

Canet (a village in the Hérault department, Occitanie, France)


Aglí

French: Agly


Alsàcia-Lorena

(now historical) Alsace-Lorraine (A former state of Imperial Germany, now subsumed into the French region of Grand Est.)


Txernòbil

Chernobyl (an abandoned city in Kiev Oblast, Ukraine, site of a major 1986 nuclear accident)


Lladorre

→ English: Lladorre

Holonym: Pallars Sobirà

Meronyms: Noarre, Quanca, Tavascan

Province of Lleida
Province of Lleida#English

Lladorre (a village and municipality of Pallars Sobirà, Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


mar Chiquita

Córdoba Province
Córdoba Province#English

Santiago del Estero Province
Santiago del Estero Province#English

Mar Chiquita (a lake in Córdoba Province and Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina)


regió autònoma

ca-noun

regió autònoma f (plural regions autònomes)


Regió Autònoma del Tibet

Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region#English

Tibet Autonomous Region (an autonomous region of China)


Esterri de Cardós

→ English: Esterri de Cardós

Holonym: Pallars Sobirà

Esterri de Cardós
Esterri de Cardós#English

Esterri de Cardós (a village in Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Esterri d'Àneu

→ English: Esterri d'Àneu

Holonym: Pallars Sobirà

Esterri d'Àneu (a village in Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


València d'Àneu

→ English: València d'Àneu

Holonym: Alt Àneu

València d'Àneu (a village in Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Regne d'Espanya

Kingdom of Spain
Kingdom of Spain#English

Kingdom of Spain (official name of Spain)


Cistella

→ English: Cistella

Holonym: Alt Empordà

Cistella (a village in Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Guissona

→ Spanish: Guisona

Guissona (a town and municipality of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Agramunt

Agramunt (a town and municipality of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Calafell

Calafell (a town and municipality of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


Argelers

French: Argelès-sur-Mer

Argelès-sur-Mer (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Banyoles

→ Spanish: Bañolas

Banyoles (a town and municipality of Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Canet de Rosselló

French: Canet-en-Roussillon

Canet-en-Roussillon (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Vilafranca del Penedès

→ Spanish: Villafranca del Panadés

Vilafranca del Penedès
Vilafranca del Penedès#English

Vilafranca del Penedès (a town and municipality of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)


Sant Pere de Ribes

→ Spanish: San Pedro de Ribas

Sant Pere de Ribes
Sant Pere de Ribes#English

Sant Pere de Ribes (a town and municipality of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)


Sant Hipòlit

→ French: Saint-Hippolyte

Saint-Hippolyte (a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Vilallonga de la Salanca

→ French: Villelongue-de-la-Salanque

[ˌbi.ləˈʎoŋ.ɡə ðə lə səˈlaŋ.kə]

[ˌvi.ləˈʎoŋ.ɡə ðə lə səˈlaŋ.kə]

Villelongue-de-la-Salanque (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Vilanova i la Geltrú

→ Spanish: Villanueva y Geltrú

Vilanova i la Geltrú
Vilanova i la Geltrú#English

Vilanova i la Geltrú (a town and municipality of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


Sant Llorenç de la Salanca

→ French: Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque

Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France)


Cambrils

Cambrils (a town and municipality of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


Paranà

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)

Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)

Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)


Cardedeu

From quer (“rock”) + de (“of”) + Déu (“God”).

A town in Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Spain


El Raval

Literally, “the suburb”, introduced in the 1980s as part of a regeneration effort of the area.


ancó

(leatherworking) butt (hide from the hindquarters)


Pedralbes

From Latin petras albas (“white rocks”).

Pedralbes (a neighborhood of Corts district, Barcelona)


Pedraforca

An iconic mountain of the Pre-Pyrenees located in the Berguedà district.


Corberes

les Corberes (canonical feminine plural)

From Latin curvāria (“curved mountain”), from curvus (“curved”).

Corbières Massif
Corbières Massif#English

The Corbières Massif (A mountain range of the Pre-Pyrenees, located in southern France.)


Prepirineus

els Prepirineus (canonical masculine plural)

The Pre-Pyrenees (a mountainous region in northern Spain and southern France, the foothills of the Pyrenees).


Rínia

Rineia (an island in South Aegean, Greece)


Santorí

From Italian Santorini, from Greek Σαντορίνη (Santoríni).

Santorini (an island in South Aegean, Greece)


Turena

Touraine (A historical province of France; capital: Tours)


Zúric

Borrowed from French Zurich, from German Zürich, from Old High German Zurih, from Latin Turīcum.


pollegó

From a Vulgar Latin *pollicō, from Latin pollex (“thumb”).

La forca té tres parts: els pollegons, la pala i el mànec. Els forcaires les classifiquen segons el nombre de pollegons.

2019, Josep Cot, Antoni Gimeno, Judit Roma, Tornar al bosc: les feines dels bosquerols:

The fork has three parts: the prongs, the shaft, and the handle. The fork makers classify them according to the number of prongs.


niell

From Latin nigellus, from niger (“black”).


Quart

?→ English: Quart

Comarques Gironines
Comarques Gironines#English

Quart (a municipality of Gironès, Comarques Gironines, Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Sant Celoni

Sant Celoni (a town and municipality of Catalonia, Spain)


Quanca

Holonym: Lladorre

Quanca (a hamlet in Lladorre, Pallars Sobirà, Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Noarre

Holonym: Lladorre

Noarre (a hamlet in Lladorre, Pallars Sobirà, Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Tavascan

English: Tavascan

Spanish: Tavascán

Holonym: Lladorre

Tavascan (a village in Lladorre, Pallars Sobirà, Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Sant Pau

A neighborhood of Campanar district, Valencia, Valencia


Centre-Vall del Loira

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English:_Q13947

administrative region
administrative region

Centre-Val de Loire (an administrative region in central France, previously named Centre)


Maine i Loira

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

Maine-et-Loire (a department of Pays de la Loire, France)


mar Jònica

Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea#English

Ionian Sea (a marginal sea of the Mediterranean Sea, located between Italy and Greece)


canal de la Mànega

el canal de la Mànega (canonical masculine)

English Channel (a strait of the Atlantic Ocean separating France from the British Isles.)


estret de Messina

l' estret de Messina (canonical masculine)

Strait of Messina
Strait of Messina#English

Strait of Messina (a strait in the Mediterranean Sea)


Vall del Loira

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English

Loire Valley (A traditional region of France, now part of Centre-Val de Loire)


illes Anglonormandes

ca-proper noun

les illes Anglonormandes f pl (plural only)

les illes Anglonormandes (canonical feminine plural)

Channel Islands (a group of islands in the English Channel)


baixest

ca-noun

baixest m (plural baixests or baixestos)

Probably from baix (“low”) with the ending -est by analogy with forest. Alternatively, from earlier beixest (“leap year”) (from Latin bisextus), by a chain of association: "leap year" > "year of misfortune" > "depression in the landscape", with a change in spelling due to association with baixar (“descend”). In the latter case, a doublet of bixest.

(geography) depression, especially one enclosed by higher terrain; coombe


Clèveris

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Kleve (a town and district North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Carcí

Quercy (a former region of Occitania in France)


Guiena

From Old French Guyenne, Guienne, from Latin Aquītānia. Doublet of Aquitània.

Holonym: Aquitània


les Guaianes

the Guianas (a geological region of northern South America)


Exèrcit Republicà Irlandès

Irish Republican Army
Irish Republican Army


Vilella Alta

La Vilella Alta (a village in the comarca of Priorat, province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


fenià

ca-adj

fenià (feminine feniana, masculine plural fenians, feminine plural fenianes)

feniana (feminine)
fenians (masculine plural)
fenianes (feminine plural)


fenià

Fenian (member of the Fenian Brotherhood)


Cap Septentrional

Northern Cape (a province of South Africa)


Pretòria

Pretoria (the administrative capital of South Africa)


Ciutat del Cap

Cape Town (the legislative capital of South Africa).


Cap Occidental

Western Cape (a province of South Africa)


Cap Oriental

Eastern Cape (a province of South Africa)


Territori del Nord

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

Northern Territory (a territory covering northern and north-central Australia)


Territori de la Capital Australiana

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

Australian Capital Territory (a federal territory which is an enclave in southern New South Wales, south-eastern Australia)


Manlleu

Manlleu (a town and municipality of Osona, Catalonia)


Gurb

Gurb (a small town and municipality of Osona, Catalonia)


Arinsal

Arinsal (a village in La Massana parish, Andorra)


La Massana

Meronyms: Anyós, Arinsal, Erts


Masdenverge

From mas (“farmhouse”) + d' (“of”) + en (“lord”) + Verge (“Verge”).

com

A village in Montsià, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain


Barceloneta

A neighborhood of Ciutat Vella district, Barcelona, Catalonia


Sarrià-Sant Gervasi

From Sarrià + Sant Gervasi de Cassoles, the names of the two most prominent neighbourhoods in the district.


Ciutat Vella

A district of Barcelona, Catalonia, corresponding to the historical city center.


Flamisell

From Latin flūmicellus, diminutive of flūmen (“river”).

A river in Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia


Sant Gervasi de Cassoles

From the name of a chapel dedicated to the saints Gervasi and Protasi. The sobriquet cassoles may derive from cases soles ("lone houses") via haplology.

A historical municipality of Catalonia, now part of the district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi.