India

la-proper noun

India f sg (genitive Indiae); first declension

Indiae (genitive)
India (nominative singular)
Indiae (genitive singular)
Indiae (dative singular)
Indiam (accusative singular)
Indiā (ablative singular)
India (singular vocative)

Sicilian: Ìnnia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.

der

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


Micronesia

la-proper noun

Micronēsia f sg (genitive Micronēsiae); first declension

Micronēsia (canonical feminine singular)
Micronēsiae (genitive)
Micronēsia (nominative singular)
Micronēsiae (genitive singular)
Micronēsiae (dative singular)
Micronēsiam (accusative singular)
Micronēsiā (ablative singular)
Micronēsia (singular vocative)

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

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


Scandinavia

Scandināvia f sg (genitive Scandināviae); first declension

Scandināvia (canonical feminine singular)
Scandināviae (genitive)
Scandināvia (nominative singular)
Scandināviae (genitive singular)
Scandināviae (dative singular)
Scandināviam (accusative singular)
Scandināviā (ablative singular)
Scandināvia (singular vocative)
Scandināviae (locative singular)

English: Scandinavia

[s̠kän̪d̪ɪˈnäːu̯iä]

From Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (“Scadia island”), from *awjō (“island”).

der

a large and fertile island in Northern Europe, perhaps Zealand or Scania


Melanesia

la-proper noun

Melānēsia f sg (genitive Melānēsiae); first declension

Melānēsia (canonical feminine singular)
Melānēsiae (genitive)
Melānēsia (nominative singular)
Melānēsiae (genitive singular)
Melānēsiae (dative singular)
Melānēsiam (accusative singular)
Melānēsiā (ablative singular)
Melānēsia (singular vocative)
Melānēsiae (locative singular)

(New Latin) Melanesia (a region of Oceania)


Polynesia

Polynēsia f sg (genitive Polynēsiae); first declension

Polynēsia (canonical feminine singular)
Polynēsiae (genitive)
Polynēsia (nominative singular)
Polynēsiae (genitive singular)
Polynēsiae (dative singular)
Polynēsiam (accusative singular)
Polynēsiā (ablative singular)
Polynēsia (singular vocative)
Polynēsiae (locative singular)

(New Latin) Polynesia (a region of Oceania)


Campania

Campānia f sg (genitive Campāniae); first declension

Campānia (canonical feminine singular)
Campāniae (genitive)
Campānia (nominative singular)
Campāniae (genitive singular)
Campāniae (dative singular)
Campāniam (accusative singular)
Campāniā (ablative singular)
Campānia (singular vocative)
Campāniae (locative singular)

From campus (“open or flat space; plain”).

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


Calabria

Calabria f sg (genitive Calabriae); first declension

Calabriae (genitive)
Calabria (nominative singular)
Calabriae (genitive singular)
Calabriae (dative singular)
Calabriam (accusative singular)
Calabriā (ablative singular)
Calabria (singular vocative)
Calabriae (locative singular)

[käˈɫ̪äbriä]

From the oblique stem calabr- of the ethnonym calaber, likely of Pre-Roman origin.

(historical) A region of Italy, roughly corresponding to today's Southern Apulia


Siberia

Siberia f sg (genitive Siberiae); first declension

Siberiae (genitive)
Siberia (nominative singular)
Siberiae (genitive singular)
Siberiae (dative singular)
Siberiam (accusative singular)
Siberiā (ablative singular)
Siberia (singular vocative)

(New Latin) Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)


Britannia

Britannia f (genitive Britanniae); first declension

Britanniae (genitive)
Britannia (nominative singular)
Britanniae (nominative plural)
Britanniae (genitive singular)
Britanniārum (genitive plural)
Britanniae (dative singular)
Britanniīs (dative plural)
Britanniam (accusative singular)
Britanniās (accusative plural)
Britanniā (ablative singular)
Britanniīs (ablative plural)
Britannia (singular vocative)
Britanniae (plural vocative)
Britanniae (locative singular)
Britanniīs (locative plural)

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بَرْطَانِيَة

→ Arabic: بَرْطَانِيَة (barṭāniya), بِرِيطانِيَا (birīṭāniyā)
→ Classical Persian: برطانیه (biritâniya)
→ Pashto: برطانيه (bartānya)
→ Urdu: بَرْطانِیَہ (bartāniya)

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Catalan: → Bretanya, → Britània (learned)

→ Dutch: Brittannië (learned)

→ English: Britannia (learned)

→ Finnish: Britannia (learned)

→ French: Britannia (learned)

→ German: Britannien (learned)

→ Hungarian: Britannia (learned)

Italian: Bretagna, → Britannia (learned)

→ Old English: Breten

Old French: Bretaigne, Britaine

→ Middle English: Breteyn, Britayne

English: Britain, Brittany

→ Japanese: ブリテン (Buriten)

→ Korean: 브리튼 (Beuriteun)

→ Mandarin: 不列顛／不列颠 (Bùlièdiān)

French: Bretagne

→ Japanese: ブルターニュ (Burutānyu)

Old Galician-Portuguese: Bretanha

Galician: Bretaña

Portuguese: Bretanha, Britânia

Sicilian: Britagna, Britanja

Spanish: Bretaña

Diodorus
Pytheas
en:Britain (name)
la:Britannia (discretiva)

Attested from the 1st century BCE, directly or from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία (Brettanía), Πρεττανία (Prettanía) (in Diodorus), earlier νῆσος Πρεττανική (nêsos Prettanikḗ) or Βρεττανίαι (Brettaníai), used by Pytheas (4th century BCE) of the entire archipelago now known as the British Isles.
The Ancient Greek name is ultimately from a Celtic ethnonym, reconstructed as early Brythonic *Pritani, perhaps from a Proto-Celtic *Kʷritanī, *Kʷritenī, whence Welsh Prydyn (“Picts”), Old Irish Cruthne, Cru(i)then-túath (“Picts”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do”).

Britain (a region of Western Europe, the country of the Britons)

(Medieval Latin) Brittany (a region and peninsula in modern France, populated by speakers of Breton)


Bohemia

la-proper noun

Bohēmia f sg (genitive Bohēmiae); first declension

Bohēmia (canonical feminine singular)
Bohēmiae (genitive)
Bohēmia (nominative singular)
Bohēmiae (genitive singular)
Bohēmiae (dative singular)
Bohēmiam (accusative singular)
Bohēmiā (ablative singular)
Bohēmia (singular vocative)

→ English: Bohemia

→ French: Bohême

→ Italian: Boemia

→ Spanish: Bohemia

(Medieval Latin) Bohemia (a region of the Czech Republic)


Apia

Apia f sg (genitive Apiae); first declension

Apiae (genitive)
Apia (nominative singular)
Apiae (genitive singular)
Apiae (dative singular)
Apiam (accusative singular)
Apiā (ablative singular)
Apia (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓πῐ́ᾱ (Apíā).

the ancient name of Peloponnesus, a peninsula and region of Greece


Scythia

Scythia f sg (genitive Scythiae); first declension

Scythiae (genitive)
Scythia (nominative singular)
Scythiae (genitive singular)
Scythiae (dative singular)
Scythiam (accusative singular)
Scythiā (ablative singular)
Scythia (singular vocative)
Scythiae (locative singular)

→ English: Scythia

French: Scythie

Portuguese: Cítia

Spanish: Escitia

[ˈs̠kʏt̪ʰiä]


Ionia

Iōnia f sg (genitive Iōniae); first declension

Iōnia (canonical feminine singular)
Iōniae (genitive)
Iōnia (nominative singular)
Iōniae (genitive singular)
Iōniae (dative singular)
Iōniam (accusative singular)
Iōniā (ablative singular)
Iōnia (singular vocative)
Iōniae (locative singular)

Ionia (a region of Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)


Aetolia

Aetōlia f sg (genitive Aetōliae); first declension

Aetōlia (canonical feminine singular)
Aetōliae (genitive)
Aetōlia (nominative singular)
Aetōliae (genitive singular)
Aetōliae (dative singular)
Aetōliam (accusative singular)
Aetōliā (ablative singular)
Aetōlia (singular vocative)

[äe̯ˈt̪oːlʲiä]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰτωλία (Aitōlía).

Aetolia (A mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania)


Frisia

Frīsia f sg (genitive Frīsiae); first declension

Frīsia (canonical feminine singular)
Frīsiae (genitive)
Frīsia (nominative singular)
Frīsiae (genitive singular)
Frīsiae (dative singular)
Frīsiam (accusative singular)
Frīsiā (ablative singular)
Frīsia (singular vocative)

Catalan: Frísia

French: Frise

Italian: Frisia

Portuguese: Frísia

Spanish: Frisia

Friesland (a region of Western Europe, straddling the Netherlands and Germany)


Burgundia

Burgundia f sg (genitive Burgundiae); first declension

Burgundiae (genitive)
Burgundia (nominative singular)
Burgundiae (genitive singular)
Burgundiae (dative singular)
Burgundiam (accusative singular)
Burgundiā (ablative singular)
Burgundia (singular vocative)

→ English: Burgundy

→ Spanish: Burgundia

[bʊrˈɡʊn̪d̪iä]

From Late Latin Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Germanic *Burgundī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”).

der

(historical, Medieval Latin) Burgundy (a region, historical duchy, and medieval kingdom in France)


Pisidia

la-proper noun

Pīsīdia f sg (genitive Pīsīdiae); first declension

Pīsīdia (canonical feminine singular)
Pīsīdiae (genitive)
Pīsīdia (nominative singular)
Pīsīdiae (genitive singular)
Pīsīdiae (dative singular)
Pīsīdiam (accusative singular)
Pīsīdiā (ablative singular)
Pīsīdia (singular vocative)


Vasconia

Vasconia f sg (genitive Vasconiae); first declension

Vasconiae (genitive)
Vasconia (nominative singular)
Vasconiae (genitive singular)
Vasconiae (dative singular)
Vasconiam (accusative singular)
Vasconiā (ablative singular)
Vasconia (singular vocative)
Vasconiae (locative singular)

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Old French: Gascoigne
English: Gascony, Gascoigne
Middle French: Gascoigne
French: Gascogne
→ Swedish: Gascogne
Norman: Gascongne

From Vasconēs + -ia, from Ancient Greek Οὐασκώνων (Ouaskṓnōn).

(Medieval Latin) Gascony (a duchy, province, and region of France)


Mysia

la-proper noun

Mȳsia f sg (genitive Mȳsiae); first declension

Mȳsia (canonical feminine singular)
Mȳsiae (genitive)
Mȳsia (nominative singular)
Mȳsiae (genitive singular)
Mȳsiae (dative singular)
Mȳsiam (accusative singular)
Mȳsiā (ablative singular)
Mȳsia (singular vocative)


Carelia

Carēlia f sg (genitive Carēliae); first declension

Carēlia (canonical feminine singular)
Carēliae (genitive)
Carēlia (nominative singular)
Carēliae (genitive singular)
Carēliae (dative singular)
Carēliam (accusative singular)
Carēliā (ablative singular)
Carēlia (singular vocative)
Carēliae (locative singular)

Asturian: Carelia

→ Basque: Karelia

→ Belarusian: Карэ́лія (Karélija)

Catalan: Carèlia

→ English: Karelia

French: Carélie

Galician: Carelia

→ Greek: Καρελία (Karelía)

→ Icelandic: Karelía

Italian: Carelia

→ Polish: Karelia

Portuguese: Carélia

Romanian: Carelia

→ Russian: Каре́лия (Karélija)

Sicilian: Carelia

Slovak: Karélia

Spanish: Carelia

→ Ukrainian: Каре́лія (Karélija)

Medieval Latin, Latinized exonym from Old Swedish Karelen, Finnish Karjala, ultimately from an earlier Finnic endonym. Compare Russian Каре́лия (Karélija), loanword of medieval Latinate provenance existing alongside direct borrowing Ка́рьяла (Kárʹjala).

Finnia (New Latin)
Per Secundum Bellum Mundanum, Unio Sovietica Finniam capere saepenumero quaesivit, cum Finnia Careliae, Sallae, Kuusamonis et Petsamonis partes et aliquas insulas amisit, sed independens mansit.
Throughout the Second World War, the Soviet Union repeatedly sought to capture Finland, when Finland lost parts of Karelia, Salla, Kuusamo, Petsamo, and some islands, but remained independent.

Karelia (historical Nordic Baltic-Finnic ethnocultural region, now divided along the frontiers of eastern Finland and northwestern Russia)


Brigantia

Brigantia f (genitive Brigantiae); first declension

Brigantiae (genitive)
Brigantia (nominative singular)
Brigantiae (genitive singular)
Brigantiae (dative singular)
Brigantiam (accusative singular)
Brigantiā (ablative singular)
Brigantia (singular vocative)
Brigantiae (locative singular)

Portuguese: Bragança

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German: Bregenz
→ English: Bregenz
→ French: Brégence

Italian: Brianza

[brɪˈɡän̪t̪iä]

From Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts, from the root *bʰerǵʰ-.


Lycaonia

la-proper noun

Lycāonia f sg (genitive Lycāoniae); first declension

Lycāonia (canonical feminine singular)
Lycāoniae (genitive)
Lycāonia (nominative singular)
Lycāoniae (genitive singular)
Lycāoniae (dative singular)
Lycāoniam (accusative singular)
Lycāoniā (ablative singular)
Lycāonia (singular vocative)

[lʲʏkäːˈɔniä]


Aegialus

Aegialus m sg (genitive Aegialī); second declension

Aegialī (genitive)
Aegialus (nominative singular)
Aegialī (genitive singular)
Aegialō (dative singular)
Aegialum (accusative singular)
Aegialō (ablative singular)
Aegiale (singular vocative)

[äe̯ˈɡiäɫ̪ʊs̠]

the ancient name of Achaia, a region of Greece


Tavastia

Tavastia f sg (genitive Tavastiae); first declension

Tavastiae (genitive)
Tavastia (nominative singular)
Tavastiae (genitive singular)
Tavastiae (dative singular)
Tavastiam (accusative singular)
Tavastiā (ablative singular)
Tavastia (singular vocative)
Tavastiae (locative singular)

Asturian: Tavastia

→ Basque: Tavastia

→ Belarusian: Тавастыя (Tavastyja)

Catalan: Tavastia

→ Czech: Tavastie

→ English: Tavastia

→ Esperanto: Tavastio

French: Tavastie

Galician: Tavastia

→ Greek: Ταβαστία (Tavastía)

Italian: Tavastia

Portuguese: Taváscia

→ Russian: Тавастия (Tavastija)

Serbo-Croatian:

→ Cyrillic script: Тавастија

→ Latin script: Tavastija

Scots: Tavastie

Sicilian: Tavastia

Slovene: Tavastija

Spanish: Tavastia

→ Ukrainian: Тавастія (Tavastija)

[t̪äˈu̯äs̠t̪iä]

Medieval Latin Tavastus + -ia from a calque of Old East Norse Tafæistaland, from Tafæistr (“Tavast”) + land, the former probably being derived from tafʀ (“laggard”) + Æistʀ (“Estonian”).

Tavastia Proper (a region in Finland; official name: Kanta-Häme)

Päijänne Tavastia
Päijänne Tavastia#English

Päijänne Tavastia (a region in Finland; official name: Päijät-Häme)


Cenomannica

Cenomannica f sg (genitive Cenomannicae); first declension

Cenomannicae (genitive)
Cenomannica (nominative singular)
Cenomannicae (genitive singular)
Cenomannicae (dative singular)
Cenomannicam (accusative singular)
Cenomannicā (ablative singular)
Cenomannica (singular vocative)
Cenomannicae (locative singular)

[kɛnɔˈmänːɪkä]

Maine (river in France and the region surrounding it)


Boihaemum

Boihaemum n sg (genitive Boihaemī); second declension

Boihaemī (genitive)
Boihaemum (nominative singular)
Boihaemī (genitive singular)
Boihaemō (dative singular)
Boihaemum (accusative singular)
Boihaemō (ablative singular)
Boihaemum (singular vocative)

[bɔi̯ˈi̯äe̯mʊ̃ˑ]

Directly or via Ancient Greek Βουίαιμον (Bouíaimon), rendering Proto-Germanic *baiaz (“one of the Boii”) + *haimaz (“home”), designating the area abandoned by the Boii c. 60 BCE and settled by the Germanic Marcomanni shortly thereafter, now German Böhmen. The tribal name, Latin Bo(i)ī, is probably Gaulish *bouios (“cattle owner”), a relative adjective from Proto-Celtic *bāus (“ox, cow”), which continues Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”), or less likely *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike, hit”). Related to Bavaria.
First attested in Velleius (19 BC – c. AD 31).

bor

roughly the present Bohemia (a region of the Czech Republic)


Arduenna

la-proper noun

Arduenna f sg (genitive Arduennae); first declension

Arduennae (genitive)
Arduenna (nominative singular)
Arduennae (genitive singular)
Arduennae (dative singular)
Arduennam (accusative singular)
Arduennā (ablative singular)
Arduenna (singular vocative)
Arduennae (locative singular)

From Proto-Celtic *ardwos, via Gaulish *arduo-.

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

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

At Indutiomarus equitatum peditatumque cogere, eisque qui per aetatem in armis esse non poterant in silvam Arduennam abditis, quae ingenti magnitudine per medios fines Treverorum a flumine Rheno ad initium Remorum pertinet, bellum parare instituit.

c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.3

But Indutiomarus began to collect cavalry and infantry, and make preparations for war, having concealed those who by reason of their age could not be under arms, in the forest Arduenna, which is of immense size, and extends from the Rhine across the country of the Treveri to the frontiers of the Remi.


Nova Anglia

Nova Anglia f sg (genitive Novae Angliae); first declension

Novae Angliae (genitive)
Nova Anglia (nominative singular)
Novae Angliae (genitive singular)
Novae Angliae (dative singular)
Novam Angliam (accusative singular)
Novā Angliā (ablative singular)
Nova Anglia (singular vocative)

[ˈnou̯ä ˈäŋɡlʲiä]

[ˈnɔːvä ˈäŋɡliä]

Calque of English New England, from nova (“new”) + Anglia (“England”).

(New Latin) New England (a region of the United States).