Réunion

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)


Martinique

Haitian Creole: Matinik

Martinique (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean)


Guadeloupe

Antillean Creole: Gwadloup

Haitian Creole: Gwadloup

Named after the Spanish city of Guadalupe. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus in honour of the Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura shrine.

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Guadeloupe (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe)


Mayotte

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

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


Toscane

Tuscany (an administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna)


Latium

Lazio (an administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital)


Molise

Molise (an administrative region of southern Italy)


Bretagne

→ Greek: Βρετάνη (Vretáni)

→ Russian: Брета́нь (Bretánʹ)

From Old French Bretaigne, from Latin Britannia.

Brittany (an administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany)


Corse

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


Lombardie

Lombardy (an administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley)


Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (an administrative region of France)


Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English:_Q16994

Pays de la Loire (an administrative region of France, near Brittany)


Lorraine

Inherited from Old French Loherraine, from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia; compare Lothringia, German Lothringen.


Île-de-France

Likely from a corruption of Frankish *Liddle Franke (“little Franconia”), from Frankish *lūtil (“little”) + the name of the Frankish tribe, later reinterpreted as l’ + île + de + France (the Isle of France).

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Meronyms: Essonne, Hurepoix, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Val-de-Marne

Île-de-France (an administrative region in north-central France, including Paris)


Normandie

Inherited from Old French Normendie, from normant + -ie.

Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


Moldavie

Persian: مولداوی (moldâvi)

From Moldave + -ie, from Latin Moldavia.

Western Moldavia
Western Moldavia#English

Moldova, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova)


Guyane

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


Sardaigne

Probably borrowed from Italian Sardegna.

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Sicile

→ Persian: سیسیل (sisil)

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)


Marches

Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)


Wallonie

From Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”); alternatively from wallon + -ie.


Flandre

→ Ottoman Turkish: فلاندره (Flandre)

Turkish: Flandre

→ Persian: فلاندر (felândr)

Flanders (a historical region and modern administrative region in the north of Belgium, consisting of the Dutch-speaking area of Belgium)


Abruzzes

(plural only) Abruzzo (an administrative region in central Italy)


Calabre

Calabria (a peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy)


Ligurie

From Latin Liguria, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).

Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)


Vénétie

Veneto (an administrative region of northern Italy, roughly corresponding to the ancient Venetia)


Guyane française

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769


Campanie

Campania (an administrative region of southern Italy)


Pouilles

Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)


Basilicate

Basilicata (an administrative region of southern Italy)


Ombrie

Umbria (an administrative region in central Italy)


Occitanie

→ English: Occitanie

Occitania (an administrative region in southern France)


Berry

Inherited from Latin Biturigum, genitive plural of Bituriges, the name of a Celtic tribe. The municipality is named after the Régiment de Berry.

a region and former province in central France


Crète

→ Lao: ກະແລັດ (ka læt)

→ Persian: کرت (keret)


Roussillon

English: Roussillon

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→ Chinese: 魯西永 /鲁西永 (Lǔxīyǒng) (transliteration)

From Latin Ruscinōnem. Compare Catalan Rosselló.
The municipality of Québec is named after the Régiment Royal-Roussillon infantry regiment. The regiment was stationed in the territory in the winter of 1758 - 1759.

Meronym: Perpignan

Roussillon (a region of the Occitania region, France)


Charlevoix

The region is named after Jesuit historian Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682–1761).
The municipality is named after the region.


Montérégie

an administrative region in southwestern Quebec


Outaouais

Derived from the hydronym Outaouais (“Ottawa River”).

Outaouais (a region in western Quebec, Canada, bordering the Ottawa river)


Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (an administrative region of France, created in 2016 by the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes)


Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France (an administrative region of France, created in 2016 by the merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy)


Mauricie

Equivalent to Maurice + -ie. Coined by Québécois priest Albert Tessier. Named after the rivière Saint-Maurice that flows through the region.

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Mauricie (an administrative region of Quebec, Canada)


Grand Est

/ɡʁɑ̃.t‿ɛst/

Grand Est (an administrative region in northeastern France, created in 2016 by the fusion of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne)


Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (an administrative region in eastern France, created in 2016 by the merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté)


Frioul-Vénétie julienne

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

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (an autonomous region in northern Italy)


Vallée d'Aoste

Aosta Valley
Aosta Valley#English:_Q1222

Aosta Valley (an autonomous region of northwestern Italy, with a significant fraction of the population speaking Franco-Provençal)


Centre-Val de Loire

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

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


Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Nouvelle-Aquitaine (an administrative region in southwestern France, established in 2016 by the merger of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes)


Épire

Epirus (a geographic region and administrative region in northwest Greece, one of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece)


Tadjourah

Probably from Somali Tajuura, ultimately from Afar Tagorri.


Piémont

Piedmont (an administrative region in the north of Italy)


Estrie

→ English: Estrie

Derived from est (“east”) + -ie, based on the former administrative region name Cantons-de-l'Est (“Eastern Townships”). Coined by Québécois priest Maurice O'Bready.


Gôh

English: Goh


Razès

→ English: Razès

City in Haute-Vienne: Borrowed from Occitan Rasès.
Region of Aude: Borrowed from Occitan Rasés.

Meronym: Limoux

Razès (a region of Aude department, France)


Hurepoix

→ English: Hurepoix

Meronyms: pays de Châtres, pays de Josas

Hurepoix (a region of the Île-de-France region, France)


Bas-Saint-Laurent

Derived from bas (“low, lower”) and Saint-Laurent (“Saint Laurence River”). The region is named for its location.


Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

The region is named after the hydronyms Saguenay and Lac-Saint-Jean.


Capitale-Nationale

Derived from capitale (“capital”) and national (“national”). The region hosts the provincial capital (Ville de Québec).


Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Derived from the toponyms Abitibi and Témiscamingue.


Côte-Nord

Derived from côte (“coast”) and nord (“north”). The region is named for its location on the northern shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.


Nord-du-Québec

Derived from nord (“north”) and the toponym Québec.


Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine

The region is named after the Gaspésie region and the Îles-de-la-Madeleine archipelago.


Chaudière-Appalaches

The region is named after the Chaudière river and the Appalachian Mountains.


Lanaudière

Named after a former lordship, named in turn after its first owner, military officer Charles-François Tarieu de La Naudière (1710–1776).


Laurentides

The region is named after the Laurentian Mountains.


Centre-du-Québec

Derived from centre (“center”) and the toponym Québec. The region is named for its central location within Quebec.


Thessalie

Thessaly (a historical region and modern administrative region of north-central Greece)


Émilie-Romagne

Emilia-Romagna (an administrative region of northern Italy)


Trentin-Haut-Adige

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English:_Q1237

Trentino-Alto Adige (an autonomous region of northern Italy)


Thiérache

→ English: Thiérache

Meronyms: Guise, Fourmies, Vervins

Thiérache (a region shared between Hauts-de-France, France and Wallonia, Belgium)


Bugey

Meronyms: Bas-Bugey, Belley, Grand Colombier, Haut-Bugey, Valromey

Bugey (a region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)