Guatemala

/ˌɡwɑː.təˈmɑː.lə/

Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala (originally the name of Iximche, the location of Guatemala's first capital), from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).


Réunion

administrative region
administrative region

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.

レユニオン

island in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar


Martinique

Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Martin of Tours. The name is sometimes suggested to be a modification of a native Ta-Arawakan (Taino or Kalinago) name Madinina (“island of flowers”) or Matinino (“island of women”).

Department of Martinique
Department of Martinique#English

An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean. Official name: Department of Martinique.

Christopher Columbus
Martin of Tours
Martinique

Matinik

Island and, overseas department and region of France


French Guiana

Department of French Guiana
Department of French Guiana#English

An overseas department and administrative region of France in South America. Official name: Department of French Guiana.


Mayotte

From French Mayotte, from Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”).

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar.


Guadeloupe

/ˌɡwɑːdəˈluːp/

From French Guadeloupe, from Spanish Santa María de Guadalupe (The Virgin Mary named after the Spanish town of Guadalupe in Extremadura). Doublet of Guadalupe.

gloss

An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe.

Gwadloup

overseas department and region of France


Amazonas

Borrowed from Portuguese Amazonas and Spanish Amazonas, related to English Amazon.


Leon

David Camden de Leon
Independence, Iowa
Juan Ponce de Leon
Legio VII Gemina
Martín De León
Mexican–American War

From Spanish León, from Latin legiō (“legion”), named for the Legio VII Gemina, which settled there. In reference to the New York town and Texan river, taken from the former Spanish kingdom. The Texan lake is named for the river. The Floridian county is named for the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. The Texan county is named for Martin de Leon, founder of Victoria, Texas. The town in Monroe Co., Wisconsin, was named for the Mexican city. The Iowan town was changed to honor the "Fighting Doctor" of the Mexican–American War David Camden de Leon after it was discovered that Iowa already had a city named Independence. The Kansan town was named for the one in Iowa. Doublet of legion via Old French. The California town was named for the nearby Leon Mine.


Paris

desctree

→ Arabic: بارِيس (bārīs), بَارِيز (bārīz) — dated, پَارِيس (pārīs) — rare
→ Afar: Baaríis
→ Somali: Baaríis

→ Hindi: पेरिस (peris)

→ Urdu: پَیرِس (pairis)
→ Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)

From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Doublet of Parizh.

der

-æɹɪs (Received Pronunciation, New York City, without the Mary–marry–merry merger)

-ɛɹɪs (General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger)


Orne

en-proper noun

Orne (countable and uncountable, plural Ornes)


Savoy

From French Savoy, Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia.

Alternative form of Savoie, a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


La Paz

A department in Bolivia. Capital: La Paz.


Florida

New York City, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland

From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers.
The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US.
The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

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Several places in South and Central America:


Formosa

From Spanish Formosa, from Vuelta la Formosa and Vuelta Fermosa (“Beautiful Turn”) in reference to a bend in the Paraguay River near the city, from Old Spanish fermosa, from Latin formosa.

A department of Argentina around the city.

Formosa

Argentinian city, department, and province


Jura

From French Jura, perhaps of Celtic origin.

A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Lons-le-Saunier.


Mercedes

Mercedes (countable and uncountable, plural Mercedes)

From Spanish Mercedes (Mary, Our Lady of Mercy). The car was named for Mercédès Jellinek, the daughter of Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek who ordered 36 cars from Gottlieb Daimler.

A department of Corrientes province, Argentina.


Cher

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

A department of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Bourges.


Faro

A department of the North Region, Cameroon.


Granada

/ɡɹəˈnɑː.də/

From Spanish Granada, from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (ḡarnāṭa), originally the name of a medieval suburb that was incorporated into the city. Doublet of Grenada.

der

Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (ḡarnāṭa)


Nord

A department of Hauts-de-France, France.


Lot

One of the departments of Occitanie, France, formerly in Midi-Pyrénées. Capital: Cahors (INSEE code 46)


Tarn

A department of Occitanie, France; previously in Midi-Pyrénées (INSEE code 81).


Vienne

A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Manche

A department of Normandy, France. Capital: Saint-Lô.


Corsica

Borrowed from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

An island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.


Ain

A river in France which flows from the Jura Mountains into the Rhône River.


Meuse

A department in Grand Est, France. Capital: Bar-le-Duc (INSEE code 55).


San Salvador

From Spanish San Salvador (“Holy Savior”), various places named in honor of Jesus Christ, from Spanish salvador, from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to save”) + -tor (suffix forming agent nouns).


Calvados

Calvadós

département of France, in the Normandy region


Santa Cruz

From Spanish and Portuguese Santa Cruz (“Holy Cross”), various places named in honor of the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified. Doublet of Holy Cross and Saint Croix.

Places in Bolivia:
A department in eastern Bolivia.


Morbihan

From Breton Mor-Bihan, from mor (“sea”) + bihan (“little”).

One of the départements in Brittany, France. Capital: Vannes.


Ille-et-Vilaine

One of the departments in Brittany, France, wherein lies the city of Rennes.


Mayenne

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

One of the départements in Pays de la Loire, France (number 53).


Vendée

From French Vendée, possibly from Gaulish *vindos (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”).

La Roche-sur-Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon#English

One of the departments of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon.


Yonne

From French Yonne, from Latin Icaunis, presumably from Gaulish.

One of the départements of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Auxerre.


Moselle

From French Moselle, from Latin Mosella.

One of the départements in Grand Est, France.


Loire

From French Loire, from Latin Liger, itself borrowed from the native Gaulish name of the river, from *liga (“silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium”) (see also French lie, English lees), from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”), the same source as many words in English such as lie, ledge, etc.

One of the departments in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Saint-Étienne


Arta

The place in Greece is from Ancient Greek Άρτα (Árta). The place in Djibouti is from Arabic عرته or Somali Carta.


Savoie

A département (number 73) in the région of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Chambéry.


Magdalena

/mæɡdəˈlɛnə/


Aude

Anne-Marie Charvet, a former prefect of Aude, said more than 10 years ago that the department was becoming a haven for what she termed “micro-groups” specialising in alternative medicine – like reflexology or energy therapy – and other methods she said flirted with charlatanism but were “likely to attract psychologically fragile people”.

2023 December 16, Mark Townsend, Kim Willsher, “Alex Batty back in UK six years after vanishing on holiday in Spain”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

A department of Occitanie, France. Capital: Carcassonne.


Ardèche

A department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, south-central France. Capital: Privas.


Rhône

A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Landes

A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.


Pas-de-Calais

From French (see below), from Pas de Calais 'the English Channel', itself from pas 'pass, strait' + de 'of' + Calais.

A département in Hauts-de-France, northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover.


Cantal

en-noun

Cantal (usually uncountable, plural Cantals)

From French Cantal, name of the département from which the cheese originates.

A type of cheese originally made in the south of France.


Cantal

One of the départements in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (INSEE code 15).


Ardennes

From Latin Arduenna silva (“the forest”). The initial portion is likely ultimately from a Celtic term meaning “dark; obscure”.

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Charleville-Mézières (INSEE code 08)


K'iche'

The most numerous Mayan people of Guatemala.


K'iche'

A department of Guatemala lying within this region.


Totonicapán

Borrowed from Spanish Totonicapán, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Pipil tutūnik (“hot”) + āpan (“river”)); calqued from K'iche' Chuwiʼ Meqʼinaʼ (“above the hot water”) or Kaqchikel Chimekʼenyaʼ (“place of hot water”).


Dordogne

A department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Capital: Périgueux.


Sarthe

One of the departments in Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans (INSEE number 72).


Isère

From French Isère, from the Roman name, Latin Isara.


Gironde

One of the departments in the region of Aquitaine (now part of New Aquitaine), France.


Doubs

From French Doubs, from Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”).

A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.


Santander

Possibly from the name of Saint Andrew (through a form Sanct Ander) or from Saint Emeterio (through forms Santemter > Santenter > Santander), a martyr whose head was brought there in the third century.

A department in northern Colombia. See Wikipedia:Santander Department


Vosges

From French Vosges, from Latin Vosagō, Vosegō, Vogesus, from Vosegus, name of a Celtic god, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“sub-, under”) and *segos (“force, victory”) (compare Middle Irish seg (“strength”), Welsh hŷ (“bold, brave”), and the place name Segovia).

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Épinal.


Corrèze

One of the départements in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: Tulle (INSEE code 19).


Creuse

One of the departments in New Aquitaine, France. Capital: Guéret (INSEE code 23).


Aube

A department of Grand Est, France (INSEE code 10).


Indre

One of the departments in Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Châteauroux (INSEE code 36).


Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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

One of the départements in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Capital: Digne-les-Bains (INSEE code 04).


Aveyron

One of the départements in Occitanie, France. Capital: Rodez (INSEE code 12).


Drôme

From French Drôme, from Latin Druma, related to -drome.

One of the départements of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Valence (INSEE code 26).

A river in France, tributary to the Rhône.


Essonne

A river in Centre-Val de Loire and Île-de-France, France, a tributary of the Seine.


Alpes-Maritimes

One of the départements in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Capital: Nice (INSEE code 05)


Charente

One of the départements in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: Angoulême (INSEE code 16).


Eure

One of the departments of Normandy, France. Capital: Évreux (INSEE code 27).


Bas-Rhin

Borrowed from French Bas-Rhin (literally “Lower Rhine”).

bor

One of the departements in Alsace (part of Grand Est), France (INSEE code 67).


Hérault

From French Hérault. The Hérault River was known in Latin as Arauris (or Araura by Strabo). The name is sometimes considered pre-Celtic although the element Ara- suggests a Celtic root.

One of the départements in Occitanie, France (the department was named after the river). Capital: Montpellier (INSEE code 34).


Gers

One of the departments in Occitania, France. Capital: Auch (INSEE code 32).


Allier

One of the départements in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Moulins (INSEE code 03)


Ariège

Meronym: Couserans

One of the départements in Occitanie, France (INSEE code 09)


Aisne

One of the départements in Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Laon (INSEE code 02)

A river in northern France, which flows into the Mayenne River


Loiret

One of the departments in Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Orleans (INSEE code 45).


Lozère

One of the départements in Occitanie, France. Capital: Mende (INSEE code 48).


Nièvre

One of the departments of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Nevers (INSEE code 58)


Yvelines

One of the departments of Île-de-France, France. Capital: Versailles (INSEE code 78).


Oise

One of the departments in Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Beauvais (INSEE code 60)


Var

One of the départements in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (INSEE code 83).


Côtes-d'Armor

One of the departments in Brittany, France. Capital: Saint-Brieuc (INSEE code 22).


Cordoba

From Spanish Córdoba, from Arabic قُرْطُبَة (Qurṭuba), from Latin Corduba, from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤉𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤉 (qrtywbʿy or Qartuba), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt or qart, “city”) + 𐤉𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤉 (ywbʿy, “Juba”) after the Numidian king Juba I. As South American provinces, named after the Spanish city.


Marne

From French Marne; in the sense of the German town and the place in Iowa named after it, from German Marne.

One of the departments of Champagne-Ardenne, now of Grand Est, France. Capital: Châlons-en-Champagne (INSEE code 51).


Vaucluse

A department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Capital: Avignon (INSEE code 84).


Rawson

From a Middle English variant of the given name Ralph + -son.

A department in Chubut province, Argentina.

A department in San Juan province, Argentina.


Pyrénées-Atlantiques

One of the departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (INSEE code 64)


Haute-Vienne

One of the départements of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (INSEE code 87).


Haute-Loire

One of the départements in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Le Puy-en-Velay (INSEE code 43).


Eure-et-Loir

One of the departments in Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Chartres (INSEE code 28).


Puy-de-Dôme

One of the départements in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (INSEE code 63).


Loire-Atlantique

One of the departments in Pays de la Loire, France (INSEE code 44).


Charente-Maritime

One of the departments in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: La Rochelle (INSEE code 17).


Lot-et-Garonne

One of the départements in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: Agen (INSEE code 47).


Bouches-du-Rhône

One of the departments in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; located in the historical region and province of Provence. Capital: Marseille.


Haut-Rhin

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Colmar.


Concordia

58 Concordia
Concordia
Concordia (mythology)

A department and city in Entre Ríos province, Argentina.


Yerba Buena

A city and department of Tucumán, in northern Argentina.


Quindío

Borrowed from Spanish Quindío from the native name, which is said by some sources to be from Quimbaya quindío or quindus meaning "paradise, eden".

A department of Colombia, through which this river flows.


Côte-d'Or

One of the départements of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Dijon (INSEE code 21).


Soriano

en-proper noun

Soriano (countable and uncountable, plural Sorianos)

From Spanish, from soriano (“demonym for people living in Soria”).


Avellaneda

Avellaneda (countable and uncountable, plural Avellanedas)

A department in Río Negro province, Argentina.

Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero#English

A department in Santiago del Estero province, Argentina.


Artigas

A city and department in north-west Uruguay, named after José Gervasio Artigas.


Puno

A province, department, and administrative region in southeastern Peru. Capital: Puno.


Arequipa

A department and region in southern Peru.


Maine-et-Loire

Borrowed from French Maine-et-Loire, originally named Mayenne-et-Loire, from two rivers in the region, Maine and Loire.

A department of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Angers.


Haute-Corse

Borrowed from French Haute-Corse (literally “Upper Corsica”).


Corse-du-Sud

Borrowed from French Corse-du-Sud (literally “Southern Corsica”).


Saône-et-Loire

A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Hautes-Pyrénées

A department of Occitanie, France. Capital: Tarbes.


Cordillera

A department of Paraguay, see Cordillera Department


San Fernando

From Spanish San Fernando.
The city in Trinidad and Tobago is named after King Ferdinand III of Castile.

named-after

Several locations in Latin America, Spain and the Philippines:


Haute-Savoie

A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Annecy.


Loir-et-Cher

A department of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Blois.


Pyrénées-Orientales

Borrowed from French Pyrénées-Orientales (literally “Eastern Pyrenees”).

bor

A department of the region of Occitania, France. Capital: Perpignan.


Deux-Sèvres

A department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Capital: Niort.


Tarn-et-Garonne

A department of Occitanie, France. Capital: Montauban.


Seine-Saint-Denis

Borrowed from French Seine-Saint-Denis (literally “Seine-St. Dennis”).


Territoire de Belfort

A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Belfort.


Los Lagos

A department in Neuquén province, Argentina.


Madre de Dios

The Department of Madre de Dios, a department and region in south-east Peru.


Santa Ana

/ˌsæntə ˈænə/

[ˌsænə ˈænə]

Places in El Salvador:
A department of El Salvador.


Hautes-Alpes

A department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Capital: Gap.


Yoro

en-proper-noun

Yoro (countable and uncountable, plural Yoros)

* (Honduras): Spanish Yoro
* (Japan): Japanese 養老 (“ようろう”) (Yōrō (Yōrō))

gloss

<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">Yōrō</i> (Yōrō)

Ellipsis of Yoro Department.; A department of Honduras


Olancho

A department, the largest of 18 in Honduras.


La Unión

A number of places, including:
A department of El Salvador


Chacabuco

A department of San Luis province, Argentina.

A department of Chaco province, Argentina.


Indre-et-Loire

A department of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Tours.


Southern Corsica

English form of Corse-du-Sud, a department of Corsica, France.


Dolo

A department in Bougouriba Province, Burkina Faso.


Upper Corsica

English form of Haute-Corse, a department of Corsica, France.


Constitución

A department of Santa Fe province, Argentina.


Bariloche

Bariloche Department, a department in Río Negro province, Argentina.


Grand'Anse

A department of Haiti. Capital: Jérémie.


Noun

A department of the West Region, Cameroon.


Finistere

/ˌfɪnɪsˈtɛəɹ/

/ˌfɪnɪsˈtɛə/

From French Finistère, from Latin finis terrae (“land's end”). Compare Breton Penn-ar-Bed (“head or end of the world”).

A department around the cape in Brittany, France, with INSEE code 29.