Champagne

Champagne (a region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est)


Benelux

From the first syllables of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Benelux (a region of Europe, consisting of the countries which constitute this union)


Levant

1836, Nicolaas G. van Kampen, De Levant of Mohammedaansch Azië, vol. 3, publ. by de erven François Bohn, page 223.
De hoofd- of liever de eenige stad des eilands, van denzelfden naam, sedert den moord van 1822 de schaduw niet meer van hetgeen zij vroeger was, plagt eene der beste plaatsen van de Levant te zijn.

The capital - or rather the only city of the island, of the same name, no longer the shadow of what it formerly was since the murder of 1822, used to be one of the best settlements of the Levant.

2008, Klaas Vansteenhuyse, Culturen gaan altijd ten onder. De zeevolkeren in het Middellandse Zeegebied (1200 voor Christus), vol. 3, Davidsfonds (publ.).
Deze hebben een algemene vorm die goed verspreid was in de Levant tijdens de late bronstijd.

These have a general shape that was widespread in the Levant during the Late Bronze Age.

Levant (a region of Western Asia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea)


Brussel

From Broekzele, from broek (“marsh”) + zaal, zele (“thatching, settlement”).

Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest#Dutch

Brussels-Capital Region
Brussels-Capital Region#English

Short for Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest.: Brussels-Capital Region (the smallest of Belgium's three federative regions)


Indië

Afrikaans: Indië

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

(dated) (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)


Israël

Afrikaans: Israel

→ Indonesian: Israel

From Middle Dutch israel, from Old Dutch israel, from Latin Isrāēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

(biblical) Israel (A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)

(historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)

(historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah)


Krim

Ultimately from Crimean Tatar Qırım, probably via German or a Slavic language; the gender suggests either that the direct source is German or that the word was influenced by a Romance language.


Elzas

Borrowed from German Elsass. Replaced Elzaten.

De Elzas is afwisselend Duits en Frans geweest, onder uiteenlopende bewindsvormen

The Alsace was alternately German and French, under various regimes

administrative region
administrative region

Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)


Siberië

Borrowed from Russian Сибирь (Sibirʹ), which derives in turn from the name of a Tatar fortress.
The hamlet in Drenthe is first attested as Siberien in 1851-1855. Named after the region in Russia. The settlement was named for its perceived remoteness.
The hamlet in Noord-Brabant is attested as Siberië in 1978. Named after the region in Russia. The settlement was named for its perceived remoteness.


Midden-Oosten

(geopolitical) Middle East (a region comprising West Asia along with Egypt)


Micronesië

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) en νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

Micronesia (A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania)


Melanesië

From French Mélanésie (coined by Jules Dumont d'Urville), from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”), referring to the skin color of the inhabitants.


Kalimantan

Borrowed from Malay Kalimantan. In the current sense derived from Indonesian Kalimantan.

Kalimantan (A region in Southeast Asia; the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)


Barbarije

(dated, historical) Barbary (the Mediterranean coastal region of North Africa)


Ardennen

Ardennes (forest and mountainous region in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg)

Ardennes (a department of Grand Est, France, (INSEE code 08))


Hardenne

(Belgium) Alternative form of Ardennen; Ardennes (forest and mountainous region in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg)

Ardennes (a department of Grand Est, France, (INSEE code 08))


West-Azië

Holonym: Azië


Oost-Afrika

Compound of oost (“east”) + Afrika (“Africa”).


Centraal-Afrika

From centraal + Afrika. Probably a calque.

the Equatorial subcontinent Central Africa


Waasland

A geographic region in northeastern East Flanders, Belgium


Pajottenland

A geographic region in southwestern Flemish Brabant, Belgium


Oost-Azië

Holonym: Azië


Zuidoost-Azië

Holonym: Azië


Zuid-Azië

Holonym: Azië


Centraal-Azië

Holonym: Azië


Noord-Afrika

Compound of noord (“north”) + Afrika (“Africa”).


Karpatië

By surface analysis, Karpaten + -ië, but likely a loan: compare English Carpathia.

Carpathia (The region of the Carpathian Mountains, in Central Europe)


Wolynië

From Polish Wołyń / Ukrainian Воли́нь (Volýnʹ) + -ië, or perhaps adapted from Latin Volhynia.

Volhynia, a historical region in what is now Ukraine


West-Europa

Compound of west (“west”) + Europa (“Europe”).