Guatemala

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”).

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salir de Guatemala y meterse en Guatepeor


Amazonas

→⇒ Ye'kwana: Amasonanña


Florida

Named la florida (“the land of flowers”) by Spanish explorer Ponce de León, referring to its blooming vegetation and the current season having been Pascua Florida.


La Paz

es:La Paz (Baja California Sur)
es:la Paz


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.

Formosa (a department of Argentina, around the city)


Granada

English: Granada

French: Grenade

English: Grenada

Turkish: Gırnata, Granada

From Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (Ḡarnāṭa), originally the name of a medieval suburb that was incorporated into the city.

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Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (Ḡarnāṭa)


Valle

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


Córdoba

Borrowed from Arabic قُرْطُبَة (Qurṭuba), from Latin Corduba, from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤉𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤉 (qrtywbʿy or Qartuba). As South American locations, named after the Spanish city.


León

Legio VII Gemina
es:León (desambiguación)

Inherited from Latin legiōnem. The places in Spain are named after the Roman legion that settled them, the Legio VII Gemina. Doublet of legión, which was a learned borrowing. Unrelated to león.


Quetzaltenango

Quetzaltenango (a department of Guatemala)


San Salvador

San Salvador (a department of El Salvador)


Calvados

Calvados (a department of Normandy, France)


Santa Cruz

a name of various places named after the Holy Cross


París

Borrowed from Old French Paris, from Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum "Lutetia of the Parisii", from Latin Parisiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Proto-Celtic *par (“boat”).


Guadalupe

From the epithet of the Virgin Mary as “Our Lady of Guadalupe”, patron of Mexico. The place name, where the image is kept, is from a combination of Arabic وَادِي ٱل (wādī l-, “valley of the”) and Latin lupus (“wolf”).

administrative region
administrative region

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


Magdalena

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ, “woman from Magdala”).


Loira

Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Martinica

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


Maldonado

Possibly from McDonald when Irish Catholics fled religious persecution to settle in Galicia. Or possibly a Calque of French mal donné (“reluctantly given”), referring to a boon reluctantly granted by a French monarch.


Concepción

[kõn̟.θeβ̞ˈθjõn]

From concepción (“conception”), shortened from María (de la Inmaculada) Concepción, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception".

any of a number of places in Latin America


Gironda

Gironde (the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France)


Nueva Segovia

Nueva Segovia (a department of Nicaragua)


Río San Juan

Río San Juan (a department of Nicaragua)


Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte

/reˌxjon auˌtonoma del aˌtlantiko ˈnoɾte/

[reˌxjõn au̯ˌt̪o.no.ma ð̞el aˌt̪lãn̪.t̪i.ko ˈnoɾ.t̪e]

Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte#English

Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte (a department of Nicaragua)


Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur

[reˌxjõn au̯ˌt̪o.no.ma ð̞el aˌt̪lãn̪.t̪i.ko ˈsuɾ]

Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur#English

Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur (a department of Nicaragua)


Jalapa

The place name is from Classical Nahuatl Xalapan (“sand by the water”), from xalli (“sand”) + atl (“water”) + -pan (“place”).


Totonicapán

Borrowed from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Pipil tutūnik (“hot”) + āpan (“river”)); Calque of K'iche' Chuwiʼ Meqʼinaʼ (“above the hot water”) or Calque of Kaqchikel Chimeqʼenyaʼ (“place of hot water”) or Calque of Classical Nahuatl totonilco + pan.


Mosa

Meuse (a department of Grand Est, France)


Norte

Nord (a department of Hauts-de-France, France)


Ródano

Rhône (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Córcega

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


Ardecha

Ardèche (a department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, south-central France)


Guayana Francesa

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769

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


Ardenas

Ardennes (a department of Grand Est, France)


Central

[θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]


Mosela

Moselle (a department of Grand Est, France)


Mancha

Manche (a department of Normandy, France)


Quindío

→ English: Quindío


Soriano

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


Landas

Landes (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Reunión

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)


Bolívar

→ English: Bolivar

→ Tagalog: Bolivar

→⇒ Ye'kwana: Wodiwanña

Borrowed from Basque Bolibar, from bolu + ibar. Most places named Bolívar are named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), a South American leader.


San Pedro

any of a number of place names is Spanish-speaking countries named after St. Peter, e.g.:


Cordillera

a department of Paraguay, see Cordillera Department


San Vicente

→ Cebuano: San Vicente

→ Huave: Sevecend, San Vicen

→ Isthmus Zapotec: Xabizende


Treinta y Tres

Literally, “thirty-three”, after the Thirty-Three Orientals who led the independence movement against Brazil.


Finisterre

Finistère (a department around the cape in Brittany, France)


Ocotepeque

→ English: Ocotepeque


Confluencia

a department of Argentina, with the capital located at the confluence of the rivers Limay and Neuquén


Santa Ana

From Santa (“saint”) + Ana (“Anne”), named after Saint Anne.


Dordoña

Dordogne (a department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France)


Altos Alpes

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

Hautes-Alpes (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Alto Garona

Haute-Garonne (a department of Occitania, France)


Alto Loira

Haute-Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Bajo Rin

Bas-Rhin (a department of Alsace, Grand Est, France)


Alto Rin

Haut-Rhin (a department of Grand Est, France)


Alto Saona

Haute-Saône (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Saboya

Savoie (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Vosgos

Vosges (a department of Grand Est, France)


Ahuachapán

Borrowed from Pipil ahuat (“oak”) + -chan (“at one's house”) + pan (“place”): "place of the oak house."


Cuscatlán

From Pipil Kuskatan, from kūskat (“necklace, jewel”) + -tan


Putumayo

Of Quechua origin, from p'utuy (“to spring forth”) + mayu (“river”), meaning something like "gushing river."


Caazapá

Borrowed from Guaraní ka'asapa, from ka'aguy jehasapa (“beyond the forest”), from Guaraní ka'aguy (“forest, jungle”) + the abbreviation of jehasapa (“crossing further, beyond”).


Bariloche

a department in Río Negro province, Argentina


Pilcaniyeu

a department of Río Negro province, Argentina


General Roca

Named after army general and president Julio Argentino Roca (1843–1914).


Futaleufú

Borrowed from Mapudungun [Term?] (literally “great river”).

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a department of Chubut, Argentina; capital: Esquel