Japan

From Danish Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwon^X, literally “sun origin”).

der

Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)


Angola

Angola (indefinite nominative)
Angola (accusative indefinite)
Angola (dative indefinite)
Angola (genitive indefinite)

From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from Kimbundu ngola (“king's title”).


Bulgaria

Bulgaria (indefinite nominative singular)
Bulgariað (definite nominative singular)
Bulgaria (accusative indefinite singular)
Bulgariað (accusative definite singular)
Bulgaria (dative indefinite singular)
Bulgarianum (dative definite singular)
Bulgaria (genitive indefinite singular)
Bulgarians (definite genitive singular)

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Gambia

From English Gambia, from Mandinka Kambra/Kambaa ("Gambia River").


India

India (indefinite nominative)
India (accusative indefinite)
India (dative indefinite)
India (genitive indefinite)

From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš) (Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).


Iran

Iran (indefinite nominative)
Iran (accusative indefinite)
Irani (dative indefinite)
Irans (genitive indefinite)

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Kiribati

From Gilbertese Kiribati, based on the Gilbertese pronunciation of English Gilberts, a shortening of Gilbert Islands.

Kiribati (a country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Laos

From French Laos, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).


Namibia

From Haiǁom / Khoekhoe namib (“desert”) + Latinate suffix -ia.


Nepal

Nepal (indefinite nominative)
Nepal (accusative indefinite)
Nepali (dative indefinite)
Nepals (genitive indefinite)

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Pakistan

From Urdu and Persian پاکستان (literally “Land of the Pure”), from پاک (pak, “pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled”) and Persian ـستان (-estân, “-stan”).


Slovenia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Slovakia

Slovakia (indefinite nominative)
Slovakia (accusative indefinite)
Slovakia (dative indefinite)
Slovakia (genitive indefinite)


Tonga

Tonga (indefinite nominative)
Tonga (accusative indefinite)
Tonga (dative indefinite)
Tonga (genitive indefinite)

From Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).

Tonga (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)


Uganda

Uganda (indefinite nominative)
Uganda (accusative indefinite)
Uganda (dative indefinite)
Uganda (genitive indefinite)

From Swahili Buganda (subnational kingdom), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Benin

Benin (indefinite nominative)
Benin (accusative indefinite)
Benini (dative indefinite)
Benins (genitive indefinite)

From Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (indefinite nominative)
Turkmenistan (accusative indefinite)
Turkmenistani (dative indefinite)
Turkmenistans (genitive indefinite)

From Turkmen Türkmenistan, possibly via Russian Туркмениста́н (Turkmenistán).

Туркмениста́н

í úr Turkmenistani

til Turkmenistans

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Sri Lanka

From Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī, “holy”) and लंका (laṃkā, “island”).

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Korea

Korea (indefinite nominative)
Korea (accusative indefinite)
Korea (dative indefinite)
Korea (genitive indefinite)

Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)


Amsterdam

Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)


London

London (the capital of the United Kingdom; the capital of England)


Bologna

Bologna (indefinite nominative)
Bolognu (accusative indefinite)
Bolognu (dative indefinite)
Bolognu (genitive indefinite)

From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bononia, ultimately from Celtic.

Bologna (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

Bologna (the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)


altar

fo-noun

altar n (genitive singular altars, plural altar)

altars (genitive singular)
altar (plural)
altar (indefinite nominative singular)
altarið (definite nominative singular)
altar (indefinite nominative plural)
altarini (definite nominative plural)
altar (accusative indefinite singular)
altarið (accusative definite singular)
altar (accusative indefinite plural)
altarini (accusative definite plural)
altari (dative indefinite singular)
altarinum (dative definite singular)
altarum (dative indefinite plural)
altarunum (dative definite plural)
altars (genitive indefinite singular)
altarsins (definite genitive singular)
altara (genitive indefinite plural)
altaranna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altare (“altar”), cognate with Danish alter (“altar”).

altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)


Reykjavík

Reykjavík (the capital and largest city of Iceland)


Gotland

Gotland (indefinite nominative)
Gotland (accusative indefinite)
Gotlandi (dative indefinite)
Gotlands (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse goti + land, "Goth Land." The first element is from Proto-Germanic *gutô.


Italia

Italia (indefinite nominative)
Italia (accusative indefinite)
Italia (dative indefinite)
Italia (genitive indefinite)

From Latin Italia (“Italy”), via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú) (a name for the southwestern tip of Calabria), meaning "land of bulls" in Oscan. Usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).


Írland

Írland (indefinite nominative)
Írland (accusative indefinite)
Írlandi (dative indefinite)
Írlands (genitive indefinite)

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


Estland

Estland (indefinite nominative)
Estland (accusative indefinite)
Estlandi (dative indefinite)
Estlands (genitive indefinite)

Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)


Russland

Russland (indefinite nominative)
Russland (accusative indefinite)
Russlandi (dative indefinite)
Russlands (genitive indefinite)

Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Alaska

Alaska (indefinite nominative)
Alaska (accusative indefinite)
Alaska (dative indefinite)
Alaska (genitive indefinite)

From English Alaska, from Aleut alaxsxaq.

Alaska (a state of the United States, formerly a territory)


Irak

Irak (indefinite nominative)
Irak (accusative indefinite)
Iraki (dative indefinite)
Iraks (genitive indefinite)

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Finnland

Finnland (indefinite nominative)
Finnland (accusative indefinite)
Finnlandi (dative indefinite)
Finnlands (genitive indefinite)


Kambodja

From French Cambodge and Portuguese Camboja. Both these words are derived from Middle Khmer Kambuja (Modern Khmer, Kampuchea). Ultimately from Sanskrit काम्बोज (kāmbōja, “a tribe mentioned in Hindu scripture”).


Kanada

Kanada (indefinite nominative)
Kanada (accusative indefinite)
Kanada (dative indefinite)
Kanada (genitive indefinite)

Ultimately from the Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).


Istanbul

Istanbul (indefinite nominative)
Istanbul (accusative indefinite)
Istanbuli (dative indefinite)
Istanbuls (genitive indefinite)

From Turkish İstanbul, from the Byzantine Greek phrase εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”).


Afganistan

Afganistan (indefinite nominative)
Afganistan (accusative indefinite)
Afganistan (dative indefinite)
Afganistani (dative indefinite)
Afganistans (genitive indefinite)

From Persian افغان (afġân, “Afghan”) or Arabic اَفْغَان (afḡān, “Afghan”) + Persian ـستان (-estân, “place of”).

Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Montenegro

From Venetan Montenegro (“black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra.

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Kuba

Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)


Mon

Mon (indefinite nominative)
Mon (accusative indefinite)
Mon (dative indefinite)
Manar (genitive indefinite)

Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)


Vilnius

Vilnius (indefinite nominative)
Vilnius (accusative indefinite)
Vilniusi (dative indefinite)
Vilnius (genitive indefinite)


Ukraina

From Russian Украи́на (Ukraína) or Ukrainian Украї́на (Ukrajína).

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Meksiko

From Spanish México, from Nahuatl Mēxihco.


Grønland

Grønlands (genitive)
Grønland (indefinite nominative)
Grønland (accusative indefinite)
Grønlandi (dative indefinite)
Grønlands (genitive indefinite)

From grønur (“green”) + land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”).

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


Bretland

Bretland (indefinite nominative)
Bretland (accusative indefinite)
Bretlandi (dative indefinite)
Bretlands (genitive indefinite)

(loosely) Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)


Lettland

Lettland (indefinite nominative)
Lettland (accusative indefinite)
Lettlandi (dative indefinite)
Lettlands (genitive indefinite)

Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)


Fidji

Ultimately from Fijian Viti Levu (“Great Viti”).

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Volga

Volga (indefinite nominative)
Volgu (accusative indefinite)
Volgu (dative indefinite)
Volgu (genitive indefinite)

Volga (a river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea)


Spania

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Ungarn

Ungarn (indefinite nominative)
Ungarn (accusative indefinite)
Ungarni (dative indefinite)
Ungarns (genitive indefinite)

Ungarn er eitt land í Miðevropa.


Usbekistan

Usbekistan (indefinite nominative)
Usbekistan (accusative indefinite)
Usbekistani (dative indefinite)
Usbekistans (genitive indefinite)

Borrowed from Russian Узбекиста́н (Uzbekistán), from Uzbek Oʻzbekiston.


Noregur

(rare) Norway (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


Ísland

Ísland (indefinite nominative)
Ísland (accusative indefinite)
Íslandi (dative indefinite)
Íslands (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Ísland, from ísur (“ice”) + land (“land, country”).

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe)


Norra

(colloquial) Norway (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


Egyptaland

Egyptaland (indefinite nominative)
Egyptaland (accusative indefinite)
Egyptalandi (dative indefinite)
Egyptalands (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Egiptaland; first part from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah’s temple in the important city of Memphis, whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).

der

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Korsika

Korsika (indefinite nominative)
Korsiku (accusative indefinite)
Korsiku (dative indefinite)
Korsiku (genitive indefinite)

From Latin Corsica, Italian Corsica or Corsican Corsica.

administrative region
administrative region

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Stokkhólmur

Stokkhólmur (indefinite nominative)
Stokkhólm (accusative indefinite)
Stokkhólmi (dative indefinite)
Stokkhólms (genitive indefinite)


Mogadishu

Ultimately, from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū) or Somali Muqdisho.

Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū)


Aşgabat

Ashgabat (the capital city of Turkmenistan)


Noreg

Noreg (indefinite nominative)
Noreg (accusative indefinite)
Noregi (dative indefinite)
Noregs (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Norðvegr; Norð (“north”) + vegr (“way, road”).

Eg eri úr Noregi.


Pólland

Pólland (indefinite nominative)
Pólland (accusative indefinite)
Póllandi (dative indefinite)
Póllands (genitive indefinite)


Føroyar

Føroyar (indefinite nominative)
Føroyar (accusative indefinite)
Føroyum (dative indefinite)
Føroya (genitive indefinite)

The second element oyar is the plural of oy (“island”). The first element is uncertain; possibly from Old Norse fær (“sheep”), or borrowed from Irish fearann (“estate, land”), named by early Irish monks settling the islands.

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands#English:_Q4628

Faroe Islands (an archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland)


Svøríki

Svøríki (indefinite nominative)
Svøríki (accusative indefinite)
Svøríki (dative indefinite)
Svøríkis (genitive indefinite)

Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


Noregsland

Noregsland (indefinite nominative)
Noregsland (accusative indefinite)
Noregslandi (dative indefinite)
Noregslands (genitive indefinite)


Hetland

Hetland (indefinite nominative)
Hetland (accusative indefinite)
Hetlandi (dative indefinite)
Hetlands (genitive indefinite)
Hjaltland (alternative)

From Old Norse Hjaltland, from hjalt (“hilt”) + land (“land”). Doublet of Hjaltland.

Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands#English

Shetland, Shetland Islands (an archipelago and council area of Scotland, roughly north-east of the Orkney Islands; the northernmost part of Scotland and the United Kingdom)


Suðuroyggjar

Suðuroyggjar (indefinite nominative)
Suðuroyggjar (accusative indefinite)
Suðuroyggjum (dative indefinite)
Suðuroyggja (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Suðreyjar, literally "Southern Isles".


Skotland

Skotland (indefinite nominative)
Skotland (accusative indefinite)
Skotlandi (dative indefinite)
Skotlands (genitive indefinite)

Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Ongland

Ongland (indefinite nominative)
Ongland (accusative indefinite)
Onglandi (dative indefinite)
Onglands (genitive indefinite)

England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Stórabretland

Stórabretland (indefinite nominative)
Stórabretland (accusative indefinite)
Stórabretlandi (dative indefinite)
Stórabretlands (genitive indefinite)

Great Britain
Great Britain#English:_Q145

(loosely) Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)


Týskland

Týskland (indefinite nominative)
Týskland (accusative indefinite)
Týsklandi (dative indefinite)
Týsklands (genitive indefinite)

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Frakland

Frakland (indefinite nominative)
Frakland (accusative indefinite)
Fraklandi (dative indefinite)
Fraklands (genitive indefinite)

France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


Háland

Háland (indefinite nominative)
Háland (accusative indefinite)
Hálandi (dative indefinite)
Hálands (genitive indefinite)

Holland (a traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)

Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Kekkia

Ultimately, from Czech Čechy (“Bohemia”).

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


Sveis

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Eysturríki

Eysturríkis (genitive)
Eysturríki (indefinite nominative)
Eysturríki (accusative indefinite)
Eysturríki (dative indefinite)
Eysturríkis (genitive indefinite)

eystur (“east”) + ríki (“empire”), from Old Norse [Term?].


Turkaland

Turkaland (indefinite nominative)
Turkaland (accusative indefinite)
Turkalandi (dative indefinite)
Turkalands (genitive indefinite)

Southeastern Europe
Southeastern Europe#English

Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)


Keypmannahavn

Keypmannahavn (indefinite nominative singular)
Keypmannahavnin (definite nominative singular)
Keypmannahavn (accusative indefinite singular)
Keypmannahavnina (accusative definite singular)
Keypmannahavn (dative indefinite singular)
Keypmannahavnini (dative definite singular)
Keypmannahavnar (genitive indefinite singular)
Keypmannahavnarinnar (definite genitive singular)

keypmaður (“merchant”) + havn (“harbour, haven”), analogous to Old Danish Kiopmanhafn or Køpmannæhafn; ("merchant's harbour"). See Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn, Danish København.

compound

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Tórshavn

English: Tórshavn

Latvian: Touršhavna

Manx: Tórshavn

Portuguese: Tórshavn

Welsh: Tórshavn

From Old Norse Þórshǫfn (literally “Thor's Haven”), from Þórr and hǫfn, corresponding to modern Faroese Tórur (“Thor”) + havn (“haven, harbour”).

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Tórshavn (the capital city of the Faroe Islands)


Klaksvík

Klaksvík (indefinite nominative)
Klaksvík (accusative indefinite)
Klaksvík (dative indefinite)
Klaksvíkar (genitive indefinite)

í Klaksvík

úr Klaksvík

til Klaksvíkar

Klaksvík (the second largest town of the Faroe Islands, on the island of Borðoy)


Kirkjubøur

Kirkjubøur (The southernmost village on the island of Streymoy, Faroe Islands)


Gjógv

From gjógv (“gorge”), referring to a sea-filled gorge running north from the village.

Gjógv (a village at the northeast tip of the Eysturoy island, Faroe Islands)


Sandoy

Sandoy (indefinite nominative singular)
Sandoyggin (definite nominative singular)
Sandoy (accusative indefinite singular)
Sandoynna (accusative definite singular)
Sandoy (dative indefinite singular)
Sandoynni (dative definite singular)
Sandoyar (genitive indefinite singular)

From sandur (“sand”) + oyggj (“island”), literally "Sand Island".


Suðuroy

Suðuroy (indefinite nominative singular)
Suðuroyggin (definite nominative singular)
Suðuroy (accusative indefinite singular)
Suðuroynna (accusative definite singular)
Suðuroy (dative indefinite singular)
Suðuroynni (dative definite singular)
Suðuroyar (genitive indefinite singular)

suður (“south”) + oy (“island”), due to the position of the island.


Eysturoy

Eysturoy (indefinite nominative singular)
Eysturoyggin (definite nominative singular)
Eysturoy (accusative indefinite singular)
Eysturoynna (accusative definite singular)
Eysturoy (dative indefinite singular)
Eysturoynni (dative definite singular)
Eysturoyar (genitive indefinite singular)

/ˈɛstʊrˌɔiː/

From eystur (“east”) + oy (“island”), due to the position of the island east of the main island Streymoy, from Old Norse Austrey.


Streymoy

Streymoy (indefinite nominative singular)
Streymoyggin (definite nominative singular)
Streymoy (accusative indefinite singular)
Streymoynna (accusative definite singular)
Streymoy (dative indefinite singular)
Streymoynni (dative definite singular)
Streymoyar (genitive indefinite singular)

From streymur (“stream”) + oy (“island”), due to the currents in the sound between Streymoy and Eysturoy.


Kalsoy

Kalsoy (indefinite nominative singular)
Kalsoyggin (definite nominative singular)
Kalsoy (accusative indefinite singular)
Kalsoynna (accusative definite singular)
Kalsoy (dative indefinite singular)
Kalsoynni (dative definite singular)
Kalsoyar (genitive indefinite singular)

From kallur (“man”) + oy (“island”). Compare Kunoy, literally "Woman Island".


Kunoy

Kunoy (indefinite nominative singular)
Kunoyggin (definite nominative singular)
Kunoy (accusative indefinite singular)
Kunoynna (accusative definite singular)
Kunoy (dative indefinite singular)
Kunoynni (dative definite singular)
Kunoyar (genitive indefinite singular)

From kona (“woman”) + oy (“island”). Compare Kalsoy, literally "Man Island".


Borðoy

Borðoy (indefinite nominative singular)
Borðoyggin (definite nominative singular)
Borðoy (accusative indefinite singular)
Borðoynna (accusative definite singular)
Borðoy (dative indefinite singular)
Borðoynni (dative definite singular)
Borðoyar (genitive indefinite singular)


Viðoy

Viðoy (indefinite nominative singular)
Viðoyggin (definite nominative singular)
Viðoy (accusative indefinite singular)
Viðoynna (accusative definite singular)
Viðoy (dative indefinite singular)
Viðoynni (dative definite singular)
Viðoyar (genitive indefinite singular)

From viður (“wood”) + oy (“island”), named for the driftwood at Viðvík Bay on this island.


Fugloy

Fugloy (indefinite nominative singular)
Fugloyggin (definite nominative singular)
Fugloy (accusative indefinite singular)
Fugloynna (accusative definite singular)
Fugloy (dative indefinite singular)
Fugloynni (dative definite singular)
Fugloyar (genitive indefinite singular)


Svínoy

Svínoy (indefinite nominative singular)
Svínoyggin (definite nominative singular)
Svínoy (accusative indefinite singular)
Svínoynna (accusative definite singular)
Svínoy (dative indefinite singular)
Svínoynni (dative definite singular)
Svínoyar (genitive indefinite singular)


Svínoy

Svínoy (indefinite nominative)
Svínoy (accusative indefinite)
Svínoy (dative indefinite)
Svínoyar (genitive indefinite)


Skúvoy

Skúvoy (indefinite nominative singular)
Skúvoyggin (definite nominative singular)
Skúvoy (accusative indefinite singular)
Skúvoynna (accusative definite singular)
Skúvoy (dative indefinite singular)
Skúvoynni (dative definite singular)
Skúvoyar (genitive indefinite singular)
Skúgvoy (alternative)
Skúgvi (alternative colloquial)

skúgvur (“great skua”) + oyggj (“island”)


Skúvoy

Skúvoy (indefinite nominative)
Skúvoy (accusative indefinite)
Skúvoy (dative indefinite)
Skúvoyar (genitive indefinite)
Skúgvoy (alternative)
Skúgvi (alternative colloquial)


Hestur

Hestur (indefinite nominative)
Hest (accusative indefinite)
Hesti (dative indefinite)
Hests (genitive indefinite)

Hestur (an island of the central Faroe Islands)

Hestur (the only village on the island of Hestur, Faroe Islands)


Koltur

Koltur (indefinite nominative)
Koltur (accusative indefinite)
Koltri (dative indefinite)
Kolturs (genitive indefinite)

From koltur (“colt”), from Old Norse *kultr, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz.

Koltur (a former village and ghost town on the island of Koltur, Faroe Islands)


Mykines

Mykines (indefinite nominative)
Mykines (accusative indefinite)
Mykinesi (dative indefinite)
Mykines (genitive indefinite)
Mikines (alternative)

Mykines (the westernmost of the 18 main islands of the Faroe Islands)

Mykines (the only village on Mykines island, Faroe Islands)


Suðurkorea

South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula)


Bøur

Bøur (indefinite nominative)
Bø (accusative indefinite)
Bø (dative indefinite)
Bøi (dative indefinite)
Bíggjar (genitive indefinite)

Bøur (a village in the Sørvágur Municipality, on the island of Vágar, Faroe Islands)


Vágar

Vágar (indefinite nominative)
Vágar (accusative indefinite)
Vágum (dative indefinite)
Vága (genitive indefinite)
Vágoy (alternative)


Nólsoy

Nólsoy (indefinite nominative singular)
Nólsoyggin (definite nominative singular)
Nólsoy (accusative indefinite singular)
Nólsoynna (accusative definite singular)
Nólsoy (dative indefinite singular)
Nólsoynni (dative definite singular)
Nólsoyar (genitive indefinite singular)


Gøta

Gøta (indefinite nominative)
Gøtu (accusative indefinite)
Gøtu (dative indefinite)
Gøtu (genitive indefinite)

Gøta (a village on the island of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands)


Vágur

Vágur (indefinite nominative)
Vág (accusative indefinite)
Vági (dative indefinite)
Vágs (genitive indefinite)


París

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


München

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


Havn

Havn (indefinite nominative singular)
Havnin (definite nominative singular)
Havn (accusative indefinite singular)
Havnina (accusative definite singular)
Havn (dative indefinite singular)
Havnini (dative definite singular)
Havnar (genitive indefinite singular)
Havnarinnar (definite genitive singular)

Proper noun form of havn (“harbour”) and short form of Tórshavn.

(colloquial) Tórshavn (the capital city of the Faroe Islands)


Kasakstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Róm

Róm (indefinite nominative)
Róm (accusative indefinite)
Róm (dative indefinite)
Rómar (genitive indefinite)

Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)

Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)


Nýsæland

Nýsæland (indefinite nominative)
Nýsæland (accusative indefinite)
Nýsælandi (dative indefinite)
Nýsælands (genitive indefinite)

New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Norðurírland

Norðurírland (indefinite nominative)
Norðurírland (accusative indefinite)
Norðurírlandi (dative indefinite)
Norðurírlands (genitive indefinite)

/ˈnoːɹʊɹˌʊɹlant/

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English:_Q26

Northern Ireland (a constituent country and province of the United Kingdom, situated in the northeastern part of the island of Ireland)


Hvítarussland

Hvítarussland (indefinite nominative)
Hvítarussland (accusative indefinite)
Hvítarusslandi (dative indefinite)
Hvítarusslands (genitive indefinite)

From hvíta (“white”) + Russland (“Russia”), a calque of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ). Cognate with Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, German Weißrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, English White Russia, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.


Kymru

Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Bjørgvin

Bjørgvin (indefinite nominative)
Bjørgvin (accusative indefinite)
Bjørgvin (dative indefinite)
Bjørgvinar (genitive indefinite)
Bjørgvinjar (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Bjǫrgvin. Cognate with Icelandic Björgvin and Norwegian Bjørgvin.

Bergen (a port city, municipality, and former county of the county of Vestland, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hordaland; official name: Bergen)


Danmørk

Danmørk (indefinite nominative)
Danmørk (accusative indefinite)
Danmørk (dative indefinite)
Danmarkar (genitive indefinite)


Ósló

Ósló (indefinite nominative)
Ósló (accusative indefinite)
Ósló (dative indefinite)
Óslóar (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Ósló, from ǫ́ss/áss (“god”) + ló (“meadow”). Cognate with Icelandic Ósló, Osló and Norwegian Oslo.

Oslo (the capital city of Norway; official name: Oslo)


Jútland

Jútland (indefinite nominative)
Jútland (accusative indefinite)
Jútlandi (dative indefinite)
Jútlands (genitive indefinite)

Jutland (a cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany)


Kili

Borrowed from Spanish Chile, from Quechua chili (“the end of the world”).


Slesia

Silesia (a cultural region of Central Europe, now chiefly in Poland, with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany, from early modernity until 1945 predominantly German-speaking with Slavic-speaking minorities (and local majorities))


Singapor

From English Singapore, via Malay singa (“lion”) and pura (“city”), from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”) and पुर (pura, “city”).

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965))


Litava

Litava (indefinite nominative)
Litava (accusative indefinite)
Litava (dative indefinite)
Litava (genitive indefinite)

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


Grikkaland

Grikkaland (indefinite nominative)
Grikkaland (accusative indefinite)
Grikkalandi (dative indefinite)
Grikkalands (genitive indefinite)

grikki (“a Greek person”) + land (“land, country”)


Kjadd

Kjadd (indefinite nominative)
Kjadd (accusative indefinite)
Kjaddi (dative indefinite)
Kjads (genitive indefinite)

Believed to be from Kanuri tsade (“lake”).


Sámoa

Sámoa (indefinite nominative)
Sámoa (accusative indefinite)
Sámoa (dative indefinite)
Sámoa (genitive indefinite)

Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


Vjetnam

Vjetnam (indefinite nominative)
Vjetnam (accusative indefinite)
Vjetnami (dative indefinite)
Vjetnams (genitive indefinite)

From Vietnamese Việt Nam, a variation of "Nam Việt" (南越; pinyin: Nányuè; literally Southern Việt).


Tailand

Tailand (indefinite nominative)
Tailand (accusative indefinite)
Tailandi (dative indefinite)
Tailands (genitive indefinite)

From Thai ไทย (tai, “Thailand”), from ไท (tai, “Tai, or 'free' via folk etymology”).


Meksikobýur

Meksikobýur (indefinite nominative)
Meksikobý (accusative indefinite)
Meksikobýi (dative indefinite)
Meksikobýar (genitive indefinite)

Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)


Simbabvi

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.


Niðurlond

Niðurlond (indefinite nominative plural)
Niðurlondini (definite nominative plural)
Niðurlond (accusative indefinite plural)
Niðurlondini (accusative definite plural)
Niðurlondum (dative indefinite plural)
Niðurlondunum (dative definite plural)
Niðurlanda (genitive indefinite plural)
Niðurlandanna (definite genitive plural)

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Skáni

Skáni (indefinite nominative)
Skána (accusative indefinite)
Skána (dative indefinite)
Skána (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Skáney, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō.

Scandinavian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula

Scania (a former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula)

Skåne, Scania (a county in southern Sweden)


Funningur

Funningur (indefinite nominative)
Funning (accusative indefinite)
Funningi (dative indefinite)
Funnings (genitive indefinite)

/ˈfʊnːɪŋkʊɹ/

Funningur (a village in the Faroe Islands)


Ingusjetia

Borrowed from Russian Ингуше́тия (Ingušétija), from Georgian ინგუშეთი (ingušeti).

bor+

Ingushetia (a republic and federal subject of Russia, in the Caucasus)


Sýria

From Latin Syria, from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría), derived from or cognate to Ἀσσυρίᾱ (Assuríā), itself from Akkadian 𒀭𒊬 (Aššur).

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Havaii

From English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)


Køln

Køln (indefinite nominative)
Køln (accusative indefinite)
Køln (dative indefinite)
Kølnar (genitive indefinite)

From German Köln, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), in the city's original name, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)


Sankta Pætursborg

Sankta Pætursborg (indefinite nominative)
Sankta Pætursborg (accusative indefinite)
Sankta Pætursborg (dative indefinite)
Sankta Pætursborgar (genitive indefinite)
St. Pætursborg (alternative)

sankta (“Saint”) + Pætur (“Peter”) + borg (“castle, town”), from Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrg), from German Sankt Petersburg (“Saint Peter's City”), referring to Saint Peter the Apostle and alluding to its founder Tsar Peter the Great.

der

Санкт-Петербу́рг

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English:_Q656

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)


Sikiloy

Sikiloy (indefinite nominative)
Sikiloy (accusative indefinite)
Sikiloy (dative indefinite)
Sikiloyar (genitive indefinite)

/ˈsiːt͡ʃɪlˌɔiːj/

Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


Fidjioyggjar

Fidjioyggjar (indefinite nominative)
Fidjioyggjar (accusative indefinite)
Fidjioyggjum (dative indefinite)
Fidjioyggja (genitive indefinite)

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Funningsfjørður

Funningsfjørður (indefinite nominative)
Funningsfjørð (accusative indefinite)
Funningsfirði (dative indefinite)
Funningsfjarðar (genitive indefinite)

Funningsfjørður (a fjord in the Faroe Islands)

Funningsfjørður (a village in the Faroe Islands, at the end of the fjord of the same name)


Abkasia

From Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija), from Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti).

international community
international community

Abkhazia (a geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country in the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the vast majority of the international community)


Belis

Belize (an English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras)


Avstralia

Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)


Hjaltland

Hjaltland (indefinite nominative)
Hjaltland (accusative indefinite)
Hjaltlandi (dative indefinite)
Hjaltlands (genitive indefinite)
Hetland (alternative)

From Old Norse Hjaltland, from hjalt (“hilt”) + land (“land”). Doublet of Hetland.

Shetland, Shetland Islands (an archipelago and council area of Scotland, roughly north-east of the Orkney Islands; the northernmost part of Scotland and the United Kingdom)


Svalbarð

Svalbarð (indefinite nominative)
Svalbarð (accusative indefinite)
Svalbarði (dative indefinite)
Svalbarðs (genitive indefinite)

From Old Norse Svalbarð, from svalr (“cool”) + barð (“edge, brim”), thus roughly meaning “cold shore”. Cognate with Icelandic Svalbarði and Norwegian Svalbard. Probably a learned borrowing through Norwegian, because the original meaning of the Old Norse word is uncertain, but, according to Nansen and Alexander Bugge, may be the same as the modern Svalbard archipelago.

Svalbard (an archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean)


Tróndheimur

From Old Norse Þróndheimr, from þróndr (plural þrǿndr, þrǿndir) + heimr (“home, -ham”).

Trondheim (a city and municipality in southern Trøndelag, Norway)


Bjarnoyggin

Definite form; from bjørn (“bear”) + oyggj (“island”). Compare Icelandic Bjarnarey and Norwegian Nynorsk Bjørnøya.

Bear Island (an island of Svalbard, Norway)


Bjarnoy

From bjørn (“bear”) + oy, a variant of oyggj (“island”). Compare Icelandic Bjarnarey and Norwegian Nynorsk Bjørnøya.


Føroyaland

Føroyaland (indefinite nominative)
Føroyaland (accusative indefinite)
Føroyalandi (dative indefinite)
Føroyalands (genitive indefinite)

(poetic) Faroe Islands (an archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland)


Oyri

Oyri (a village at the central west of the Eysturoy island, Faroe Islands)


Gráfelli

Gráfelli (a mountain in Eysturoy island, Faroe Islands)