Amazonas

→⇒ Ye'kwana: Amasonanña


Toscana

administrative region
administrative region

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


Liguria

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

Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)


Apulia

Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)


Calabria

Calabria (a peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy)


Campania

Campania (an administrative region of southern Italy)


Sicilia

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)


Santiago

Inherited from Latin Sanctus Iācōbus (“Saint James”), the latter word deriving from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”).


Cerdeña

[θeɾˈð̞e.ɲa]

Inherited from Old Spanish Sardenna, from Latin Sardinia. For the change in the initial consonant, cf. Zaragoza, from Old Spanish Saragoça.

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


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”).

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


Antofagasta

Antofagasta (a region in northern Chile)


Bretaña

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


Provenza

[pɾoˈβ̞ẽn̟.θa]


Epiro

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


Martinica

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


Araucanía

From araucano + -ía, from Arauco, ultimately from Mapudungun rag ko (“clayey water”), a place name.


Flandes

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


Occitania

Occitania (an administrative region in southern France)


Lacio

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


Véneto

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


Valparaíso

From val (“valley”) + paraíso (“paradise”).


Tesalia

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


Normandía

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


Córcega

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


Lombardía

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


Emilia-Romaña

Emilia-Romagna (an administrative region of northern Italy)


Friuli-Venecia Julia

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

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


Guayana Francesa

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769

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


O'Higgins

Named after Bernardo O'Higgins, one of Chile's founding fathers.


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)


Puno

Puno (a city, province, department, and administrative region in southeastern Peru)


Pulla

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)


Magallanes

Borrowed from Portuguese Magalhães.
The places are named after Ferdinand Magellan (Fernando de Magallanes in Spanish)


Ica

→ Russian: И́ка (Íka)


Piamonte

Piedmont (an administrative region in the north of Italy)


Callao

English: Callao

From callao (“stone pebble beach”). Most places in Spain, South America and the United States are named after the Callao in Peru.

a region of Peru, containing only the province of Callao


Umbría

Umbria (an administrative region in central Italy)


Abruzos

Abruzzo (an administrative region in central Italy)


Ucayali

Latin: ucayalēnsis


Gran Manila

Metro Manila (a region, a metropolitan area in the Philippines; capital: Manila; largest city: Quezon City)


Luzón Central

[luˌθõn̟ θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]

Central Luzon (a region of the Philippines; capital: San Fernando; largest city: Angeles)


Valle del Cagayán

Cagayan Valley (a region of the Philippines; capital and largest city: Tuguegarao)


Ogadén

[o.ɣ̞aˈð̞ẽn]

Pese a la derrota somalí en el Ogadén, el ejército etíope hallará dificultad en pacificar la región;[…]

1988, Juan F. Benemelis, Castro, subversión y terrorismo en Africa, →ISBN, page 433:

Despite Somali defeat in the Ogaden, the Ethiopian army will find difficulties in pacifying the region; […]

[…]que organizó una invasión a gran escala del pedregoso desierto del Ogadén, a fin de crear la Gran Somalia.

2014, Francisco Veiga Rodríguez, Leyla Hamad Zahonero, Ignacio Gutiérrez de Terán, Yemen. La clave olvidada del mundo árabe, →ISBN, page 108:

[…] who organized a great-scale invasion of the rocky Ogaden desert, in order to create Greater Somalia.

Somalia sufrió una derrota estrepitosa en la Guerra de Ogadén en marzo de 1978 al enfrentar a la artillería y apoyo aéreo cubano, y cuatro días después anunció su retirada.

2019, Ma. de Lourdes González Prieto, Norma Ada Segura Landa, La crisis de Somalia, la seguridad regional en África y la seguridad internacional, →ISBN, page 1947:

Somalia suffered a resounding defeat in the Ogaden War in March 1978 when facing Cuban artillery and air support, and four days later it announced its withdrawal.


Armañac

Armagnac (a region and former county of the duchy of Gascony in modern-day France)


Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins

Literally, “Liberator General Bernado O'Higgins”, named after Bernardo O'Higgins.

lit

Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins#English

Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (a region of Chile)


I Región

(historical) Former name of the Tarapacá region in Chile.


II Región

(historical) Former name of the Antofagasta region in Chile.


III Región

(historical) Former name of the Atacama region in Chile.


IV Región

(historical) Former name of the Coquimbo region in Chile.


V Región

(historical) Former name of the Valparaíso region in Chile.


VI Región

(historical) Former name of the O'Higgins region in Chile.


VII Región

(historical) Former name of the Maule region in Chile.


VIII Región

(historical) Former name of the Biobío region in Chile.


IX Región

(historical) Former name of the Araucanía region in Chile.


X Región

(historical) Former name of the Los Lagos region in Chile.


XI Región

(historical) Former name of the Aysén region in Chile.


XII Región

(historical) Former name of the Magallanes region in Chile.


XIV Región

(historical) Former name of the Los Ríos region in Chile.


XV Región

(historical) Former name of the Arica y Parinacota region in Chile.


XVI Región

(historical) Derogated name of the Ñuble region in Chile.


Región Metropolitana de Santiago

Santiago Metropolitan Region
Santiago Metropolitan Region


Primera Región

(historical) alternative spelling of I Región


Segunda Región

(historical) alternative spelling of II Región


Tercera Región

(historical) alternative spelling of III Región


Cuarta Región

(historical) alternative spelling of IV Región


Quinta Región

(historical) alternative spelling of V Región


Sexta Región

(historical) alternative spelling of VI Región


Séptima Región

(historical) alternative spelling of VII Región


Octava Región

(historical) alternative spelling of VIII Región


Novena Región

(historical) alternative spelling of IX Región


Décima Región

(historical) alternative spelling of X Región


Decimoprimera Región

(historical) alternative spelling of XI Región


Decimosegunda Región

(historical) alternative spelling of XII Región


Decimocuarta Región

(historical) alternative spelling of XIV Región


Decimoquinta Región

(historical) alternative spelling of XV Región


Decimosexta Región

(historical) alternative spelling of XVI Región