Armenia

A town in the Sonsonate department, El Salvador


Bolivia

From Bolív(ar) + -ia; coined by Bolivian pastor and deputy Manuel Martín Cruz in October 1825 stating, “if from Romulus, Rome; from Bolivar, Bolivia”.


Venezuela

Inherited from Old Spanish Veneçuela (from Venecia (“Venice”) + -uela).


Victoria

From the Latin Victoria; also shortened from María (de la) Victoria, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Victory".

A town in the Cabañas department, El Salvador


California

Calafia
Las sergas de Esplandián
Reconquista

First attested in Montalvo's Las sergas de Esplandián as the name of Calafia's monarchy. A name invented by the author to remind Spanish readers of the recent Reconquista, probably based on califa (“caliph”).

A town in the Usulután department, El Salvador


Vaduz

Vaduz (a town and municipality, the capital of Liechtenstein)


San Sebastián

A town in the San Vicente department, El Salvador


Carolina

A town in the San Miguel department, El Salvador


Asiago

a township near Vicenza in the Veneto, Italy


Gracias

a colonial town in the Lempira department of Honduras


Jerez

Caere
es:Jerez de la Frontera
es:Jerez de los Caballeros

Inherited from Old Spanish Xerés, from Arabic شَرِيش (šarīš), from Latin Ceret, Caeret, which has been etymologically identified with the Caere in Etruria.

Jerez de los Caballeros
Jerez de los Caballeros#English

Jerez, Jerez de los Caballeros (a town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain)


Margarita

Margarita (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Tequila

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Tequillan, Tecuila (“place of tribute”).


San José

A town in the La Unión department, El Salvador


Juchitán

→ English: Juchitán

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Xōchitlān, from xōchitl (“flower”) + -tlān (“place”).


Zaragoza

From Old Spanish Çaragoça, from Navarro-Aragonese Zaragoza (and numerous variants), from Mozarabic, from Latin Caesaraugusta.

A town in the La Libertad department, El Salvador


San Carlos

From the word San and the first name Carlos.

A town in the Morazán department, El Salvador


Dolores

From dolores (“sorrows”), shortened from María (de los) Dolores, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Sorrows".


Estella

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Estella-Lizarra (a town and municipality of Navarre, Spain)


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 lupe (“wolf”).


Regidor

Regidor (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


San Marcos

A town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador


Agda

Borrowed from French Agde or Occitan Agde.

Agde (a town in Hérault, Occitanie, France)


Turín

A town in the Ahuachapán department, El Salvador


Santo Domingo de Guzmán

[ˌsãn̪.t̪o ð̞oˌmĩŋ.ɡo ð̞e ɣ̞uθ̬ˈmãn]

[ˌsãn̪.t̪o ð̞oˌmĩŋ.ɡo ð̞e ɣ̞uzˈmãn]

A town in the Sonsonate department, El Salvador


San Pablo

San Pablo (a town and commune of Osorno Province, Las Lagos Region, Chile)

San Pablo (a town and municipality of the Bolívar department, Colombia)

San Pablo (a town and municipality of the Nariño department, Colombia)

San Pablo (a town and municipality of the San Marcos department, Guatemala)

San Pablo (a town, the capital of the province of San Pablo, Cajamarca Region, Peru)


Jerusalén

Inherited from Old Spanish Iherusalem, from Late Latin Ierūsalēm, Hierūsalēm, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).

יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

A town in the La Paz department, El Salvador


San Rafael

A town in the Chalatenango department, El Salvador


Astrea

Astrea (a town, a municipality of Cesar, Colombia).


Komsomolsk

Komsomolsk (several towns and rural localities in Russia)


Fátima

Borrowed from Arabic فَاطِمَة (fāṭima, “abstainer”).

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Fátima (a town and place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage in Portugal, named from the Arabic given name)


Corinto

From Latin Corinthus, from Ancient Greek Κόρινθος (Kórinthos).

A town in the Morazán department, El Salvador


Bucalemu

From Mapudungun buca (“big”) + lemu (“forest”).


Bucalemo

Alternative form of Bucalemu, a town in Cardenal Caro province, O'Higgins region, Chile


Jutiapa

A town in the Cabañas department, El Salvador


Anapa

Anapa (a town, a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, in southern Russia, on the Black Sea)


Filadelfia

Filadelfia (a town in northern Paraguay)


San Antonio

From san (“saint”) + Antonio (“Anthony”).

A town in the San Miguel department, El Salvador


Salamina

Salamina (a town, a municipality of Caldas, Colombia).

Salamina (a town, a municipality of Magdalena, Colombia).


Monterrey

Borrowed from Galician Monterrei, from monte (“mountain”) + rei (“king”), equivalent to Spanish monte + rey.

A town, the capital of Orense in Galicia, Spain

A town in the Casanare department, Colombia


Xutixtiox

an archaeological site in Sacapulas (El Quiché, Guatemala).


San Martín

A town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador


Santana

Univerbation of Santa Ana.
The toponym was shortened from the original toponym Santa Ana de Vélez.

Santana (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Colón

any of several cities in Latin America, especially the second city of Panama

A town in the La Libertad department, El Salvador


Delfos

Delphi (a modern town in Phocis, Greece, near the sanctuary)


La Laguna

A town in the Chalatenango department, El Salvador


Padilla

From a municipality called Padilla de Abajo.


Valenzuela

Meaning “little Valencia”, from Latin Valentia. Equivalent to Valencia + -uela.

Valenzuela (an independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines)

Valenzuela (a town and municipality of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain)

Valenzuela (a town and district of the Cordillera department, Paraguay)


Candelaria

From candela (“candle”) + -ario + -a, shortened from Virgen de la Candelaria, epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Virgin of Candelaria."

A town in the Cuscatlán department, El Salvador

Candelaria (a town, a municipality of Atlántico, Colombia).


San Jorge

A town in the San Miguel department, El Salvador


Santa María

A town in the Usulután department, El Salvador


Hernani

Hernani (a town and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain)


Santa Rosa de Lima

A town in the La Unión department, El Salvador


Mella

Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba#English


Alcalá

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَلْعَة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”).

the name of a number of cities and towns in Spain

Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares#Spanish


Oropesa

Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha#English

Oropesa (a town in Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain)


Alameda

Alameda (a town and municipality of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain)


Ledesma

Inherited from Latin Bletisama, from a local Celtic language. A superlative in *-isamos from either Proto-Celtic *ɸletisamā (“the broadest one”), from *ɸletos (“breadth”); or from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitisamā (“the greyest one”), from *ɸleitos (“grey”).

der

A town and municipality, a in Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain


Arriaga

Borrowed from Basque Arriaga (literally “stony place”), from harri (“stone”) + -aga (“place, abundance”).


Zambrano

Of Basque origin. A common surname in Ecuador.

Zambrano (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Arellano

Borrowed from Basque. Ultimately from a metathesized form of Latin Valeriānus.


Vergara

Bergara (a town in Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain)


Leiva

Leiva (a town, a municipality of Nariño, Colombia).


Coria

Coria (a town and municipality of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain)


Pastrana

A town in Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain


Neira

Neira (a town, a municipality of Caldas, Colombia).


Alguer

Borrowed from Catalan l'Alguer, of unclear origin. Usually thought to derive from Medieval Latin Aleguerium (literally “stagnation of seaweed”) or from alga (“seaweed”) + -er, but either way from Latin alga (“seaweed”), from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, slimy”).

der

Alghero (a city and port town in Sardinia, Italy)


San Luis

a name of several places named after the saint


Arjona

Arjona (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Gamarra

Gamarra (a town, a municipality of Cesar, Colombia).


Alburquerque

a town in Badajoz, Spain, close to the border with Portugal


Alcazarseguir

Ksar es-Seghir
Ksar es-Seghir#English:_Q2383366

Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima#English

Ksar es-Seghir (a town in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco)


Azpeitia

Azpeitia (a town and municipality of Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain)


Castañeda

A town and municipality of Cantabria, Spain


Cárdenas

→ English: Cardenas

→ Ilocano: Cardenas

→ Pangasinan: Cardenas

→ Tagalog: Cardenas

→ Waray-Waray: Cardenas

From cárdenas, of Andalusian Arabic origin.


Balmaseda

Balmaseda (a town and municipality of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain)


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.

A town in the La Unión department, El Salvador


Pajarito

From pajarito (diminutive of pájaro).
The toponym is from Chibcha.

Pajarito (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Mondragón

[mõn̪.d̪ɾaˈɣ̞õn]

Likely derived from French Montdragon, ultimately from Latin mōns draconis (“dragon mountain”).

Arrasate (a town and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain)


Corrales

Corrales (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Labastida

→ Cebuano: Labastida

→ English: Labastida

→ Tagalog: Labastida


Hendaya

Hendaye (a town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France)


Villablanca

Villablanca (a town and municipality of Huelva, Andalusia, Spain)


Sahagún

Sahagún (a town, a municipality of Córdoba, Colombia).


Alcácer

A town in the Horta Sud district, Valencia, Spain


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 town and port in Callao, Callao, in the central west of Peru, near Lima


San Fernando

Named after King Ferdinand III of Castile.

named-after

San Fernando (a town in Bolivar, Colombia)

San Fernando (a town in Chiapas, Mexico)

A town in the Chalatenango department, El Salvador


Ocaña

A town, a municipality of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain


Almagro

Almagro (a town in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain)


Écija

Borrowed from Mozarabic, from Latin Astigi + -ia. /st/ > /t͡s/ is characteristic of Mozarabic.


Tordesillas

Castile and León
Castile and León#English

A town and municipality of Castile and León, Spain


La Palma

→ English: La Palma


Alcubierre

English: Alcubierre


Tasquillo

From *Tasco + -illo (diminutive suffix), from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Tlachco (“ballcourt place”)). Compare Spanish Taxco (city in Guerrero).


Mixquiahuala

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Mizquiyahuallān (“place of round mesquite”). C.f. Mezquital Otomi Ntꞌähi (“place of mesquite”).


Altamira

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

A town in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.


Churubusco

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Huitzilopochco, from Huitzilopochtli (name of a god) + -co (locative suffix).

suffix

Churubusco (a town in Indiana, United States)


Tlaxcalilla

From Tlaxcala + -illa, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Tlaxcallān (“place of tortillas”)), calqued from Mezquital Otomi Mahme (“place of tortillas”).


El Huique

El Huique (a town in Colchagua province, Chile)


Xochapa

Borrowed from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl xōchitl (“flower”) + āpan (“river”)), calqued from a Mixtec language, e.g. Alcozauca Mixtec I̱ta Ita (literally “flower river”).

noncog

Alcozauca de Guerrero
Alcozauca de Guerrero#English

Xochapa (a town in Alcozauca de Guerrero, Guerrero, Mexico)


Montalbán

Montalbán (a town in Teruel, Aragon, Spain)


Chayuco

Borrowed from a Mixtec language; cf. San Juan Colorado Mixtec Tsàhà Yùcù.

San Agustín Chayuco
San Agustín Chayuco#English

Chayuco (a town in San Agustín Chayuco, Jamiltepec district, Oaxaca, Mexico)


Los Gatos

Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County#English

Los Gatos (a town in Santa Clara County, California, United States).


San Juan Colorado

San Juan Colorado
San Juan Colorado#English

San Juan Colorado (a town in Oaxaca, Mexico)


Panixtlahuaca

Panixtlahuaca (a town in Oaxaca, Mexico)


Teposcolula

→ English: Teposcolula

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl Tepozcolōllān (literally “place of metal hooks”).

cog

San Pedro y San Pablo Teposcolula#English

San Pedro y San Pablo Teposcolula (a town in Oaxaca, Mexico)

San Juan Teposcolula
San Juan Teposcolula#English

San Juan Teposcolula (a town in Oaxaca, Mexico)


Fuengirola

A town and municipality of Andalusia, Spain


San Andrés Chicahuaxtla

→ English: San Andrés Chicahuaxtla

San Andrés Chicahuaxtla
San Andrés Chicahuaxtla#English

Putla Villa de Guerrero
Putla Villa de Guerrero#English

San Andrés Chicahuaxtla (a town in Putla Villa de Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico)


Juxtlahuaca

Borrowed from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl xihuitl (“year”) + ixtlāhuacan (“plain”)), calqued from a Mixtec language (equivalent to Proto-Mixtec *yosoʔ (“plain”) + *kʷìyà (“year”)).


Las Flores

A town in the Chalatenango department, El Salvador

A town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina


Yecapixtla

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Yacapīchtlān.


Huanta

A town, the provincial capital of Huanta, Peru


Canta

A town, the provincial capital of Canta, Peru


Cangallo

A town, the provincial capital of Cangallo, Peru


Palpa

A town, the provincial capital of Palpa, Peru


Sinanché

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya, from síinaʼancheʼ (“a kind of tree (Zanthoxylum caribaeum)”), from síinaʼan (“scorpion”) + cheʼ (“tree”).


Port Royal

Port Royal (a town in Jamaica); Alternative form of Puerto Real


Santa Elena

A town in the Usulután department, El Salvador


Nueva Esparta

A town in the La Unión department, El Salvador


Santa Gloria

English: Santa Gloria

Latin: Sancta Gloria

From santo + gloria. From Latin sanctus+gloria (literally “Holy Glory”). Coined by Christopher Columbus, who was stranded there for a year, June 1503 - June 1504.

der

Saint Ann Parish
Saint Ann Parish#English

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

Santa Gloria; Former name of Saint Ann's Bay.

A town in Saint Ann Parish, Middlesex County, Jamaica


Boca Chica

English: Boca Chica

From boca + chico, literally “little mouth”.

A town in San Lorenzo district, Chiriquí, Panama


Llodio

[ˈɟ͡ʝo.ð̞jo]

[ˈɟ͡ʝo.ð̞jo]

From the Latin name Claudius (compare Basque Laudio).

A town and municipality of Álava, Basque Country, Spain


Gorbea

Borrowed from Basque Gorbeia (modern orthography).


San Cristóbal

English: Saint Kitts

A town in the Cuscatlán department, El Salvador


Jacmel

Jacmel (a port town, commune, and capital of the Sud-Est department, Haiti)


Torrijos

Torrijos (a town, a municipality of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain)


Ospina

Ospina (a town, a municipality of Nariño, Colombia).


Alsasua

Alsasua (a town and municipality of Navarre, Spain)


Funes

Funes (a town, a municipality of Nariño, Colombia).


Sempere

Valencian Community
Valencian Community#English

A town in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain


Calatayud

Borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة أَيُّوب (qalʕa(t) ʔayyūb, literally “fortress of Ayyub”).

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قَلْعَة أَيُّوب

Calatayud (a town and municipality of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain).


Tornquist

Named after Argentine entrepreneur and businessman Ernesto Tornquist, from Swedish.

named-after

A subdivision and town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina


Adjuntas

Derived from the feminine plural form of adjunto (“attached”). The toponym is likely derived from a shortening of tierras adjuntas a Coamo ("lands attached/near Coamo").


Sigüenza

A town in Guadalajara province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain


Benque Viejo del Carmen

From benque (“logging camp”) + viejo (“old”) + (Nuestra Señora) del Carmen (“(Our Lady) of Mount Carmel”).

com

Benque Viejo del Carmen
Benque Viejo del Carmen#English

Benque Viejo del Carmen (a town in Belize)


Rondón

The Colombian town was named after Juan José Rondón, from the original toponym San Rafael.

Rondón (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Gatún

A town in Panama, formerly in the Panama Canal Zone


Yaviza

[ɟ͡ʝaˈβ̞i.θa]


Cuéllar

English: Cuellar

Cuéllar (a town and municipality of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain)


Alegría

A town in the Usulután department, El Salvador


Heliconia

Heliconia (a town, a municipality of Antioquia, Colombia).


Brunete

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

A town in the Community of Madrid, Spain.


Algete

A town in the Community of Madrid, Spain


Beasáin

Beasain (a town and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain)


Azcoitia

Azkoitia (a town and municipality of Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain)


Amorebieta-Echano

Amorebieta-Etxano (a town and municipality of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain).


Amorebieta

Amorebieta-Etxano (a town and municiplity in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain).


Sangüesa

Probably Latin sānctōrum ossa. Compare Basque Zangoza.

Sangüesa (a town and municipality of Navarre, Spain)


Guisona

Guissona (a town and municipality of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Bañolas

Banyoles (a town and municipality of Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Villafranca del Panadés

Vilafranca del Penedès
Vilafranca del Penedès#English

Vilafranca del Penedès (a town and municipality of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)


Cuajinicuilapa

Cuajinicuilapa (a town, a municipality of Guerrero, Mexico)


Santa Cruz de Mompox

Santa Cruz de Mompox
w:Santa Cruz de Mompox

Santa Cruz de Mompox (a town, a municipality of the Bolívar department, Colombia)


Nagua

María Trinidad Sánchez
María Trinidad Sánchez#English

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Nagua (a town, a municipality, the capital of María Trinidad Sánchez, Dominican Republic)


Andoáin

Andoain (a town and municipality of Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain).


Elgóibar

Borrowed from Basque Elgoibar, from elge (“field”) + ibar (“valley”).

Elgoibar (a town and municipality of Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain).


Rentería

From rentería (“customs”), compare the Basque borrowing Errenteria.

Errenteria (a town and municipality of Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain).


Ondárroa

Ondarroa (a town and municipality of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain).


Galdácano

From an unattested given name with the Latin suffix -ānum. Compare with Basque Galdakao, which has lost the nasal.

Galdakao (a town and municipality of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain).


Cárcar

Cárcar (a town and municipality of Navarre, Spain)


Estepona

Estepona (a town, a municipality of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain)


Talavera de la Reina

Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha#English

A town, a municipality of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain


Soyapango

Borrowed from Pipil zuyat (“palm”) + pan (“over”) + co (“place, valley”): "palm valley". Alternatively, borrowed from Pipil zuyat (“palm”) + apan (“river”) + co (“place”): "palm river valley"

A town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador


Utebo

Borrowed from Aragonese Utevo, from Latin Octavus.


Almadén

Almadén (a town and municipality of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain)


Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares

Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares
w:Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares

Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares (a town and municipality of Michoacán, Mexico)


Guazapa

Borrowed from Pipil huatza (“dry”) + apan (“river”), or from Borrowed from Pipil guaz (“migratory bird”) + apan (“river”)

bor+

Guazapa (a town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador)


Suchitoto

From earlier Suchitot (1548), possibly from Pipil shuchit (“flower”) + tutut (“bird”), the second term likely influenced by Classical Nahuatl tōtōtl (“bird”).

A town in the Cuscatlán department, El Salvador


Apopa

Borrowed from Pipil Apukpan (“place with mist”).


San Pablo Tacachico

A town in the La Libertad department, El Salvador


Ayutuxtepeque

Borrowed from Pipil ayutuch (“armadillo”) + tepet (“hill”).


Cuscatancingo

Cuscatancingo (a town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador)


El Paisnal

Borrowed from Pipil pachti + nal. Compare with pahtli.

El Paisnal (a town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador)


Ilopango

From Pipil elut (“maize”) + pan (“place”) + co (“in”).

Ilopango (a town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador)


Mejicanos

From Pipil Mejicanos (“place of mexicas”).

Mejicanos (a town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador)


Nejapa

Borrowed from Pipil neshti (“ash”) + apan (“river”).

Nejapa (a town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador)


Panchimalco

From Pipil pantichimalku (“place of flags and shields”).

bor

Panchimalco (a town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador)


Panchimalco

From Nahuatl panchimallico (“on shields”).


Jijona

A town in Valencia, Spain, famous for its turron.


Teocaltiche

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Teocaltillitzin (“place near the temple”).

bor+

Teocaltiche (a town and municipality of Jalisco, Mexico).


Izalco

A town in the Sonsonate department, El Salvador


Pozoblanco

Pozoblanco (a town and municipality of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain)


Ajijic

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Axixic (“place where water bubbles up”).


Corozal

Corozal (a town, a municipality of Sucre, Colombia).


Clemencia

Clemencia (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Rosario de Mora

From an 1807 hacienda named "El Rosario."

A town in the San Salvador department, El Salvador


Tonacatepeque

Borrowed from Pipil tonacatzon (“ruins”) + tepet (“hill, mountain”): "hill of ruins".


Apaneca

Borrowed from Pipil apan (“river”) + ejekat, ehecat (“wind”): "wind river."


Atiquizaya

Borrowed from Pipil at (“water”) + quizayan (“origin”): "place of springs."


El Porvenir

A town in the Santa Ana department, El Salvador


Concepción de Ataco

Borrowed from Pipil at (“water”) + aku (“high”) + ko (“place”)

A town in the Ahuachapán department, El Salvador


Guaymango

Perhaps borrowed from Pipil kuay (“frog”) + manko (“valley”).


San Francisco Menéndez

Francisco Menéndez
es:San Francisco Menéndez


Cinquera

A town in the Cabañas department, El Salvador


San Isidro

A town in the Morazán department, El Salvador


Agua Caliente

Literally, “hot water”, because of the hot springs in the city.

A town in the Chalatenango department, El Salvador


Comalapa

From Classical Nahuatl comalli (“pan used to grill tortillas”) + atl (“water”) + -pan.


San Francisco Morazán

Francisco Morazán
es:San Francisco Morazán


Cojutepeque

The second part, tepeque. is derived from Classical Nahuatl tepēc (“on a hill”). The first part, cojute, is disputed.

A town in the Cuscatlán department, El Salvador


El Carmen

Named after Nuestra Virgen del Carmen (Our Lady of Mount Carmel).


El Rosario

A town in the La Paz department, El Salvador


Antiguo Cuscatlán

A town in the La Libertad department, El Salvador


Ciudad Arce

[θjuˌð̞að̞ ˈaɾ.θe]

Literally, “Arce city”, named after Salvadoran general Manuel José Arce.


Quezaltepeque

From Classical Nahuatl quetzalli (“quetzal feather”) + tepec (“on a hill”).


Mercedes La Ceiba

Literally, “Mercedes the silk-cotton tree”, from mercedes (“mercies”), shortened from María (de las) Mercedes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy".


Paraíso de Osorio

Literally, “Osorio's paradise”, named after general Rafael Osorio.


Anamorós

From Lencan anam ("cornfield") (a variation of ama ("maize, corn")) + -oros (place prefix).

A town in the La Unión department, El Salvador


Meanguera del Golfo

A town and island in the La Unión department, El Salvador


Chapeltique

A town in the San Miguel department, El Salvador


Ciudad Barrios

Literally, “Barrios city”, named after Salvadoran military officer and politician Gerardo Barrios.


El Tránsito

Literally, “the transit”, from tránsito (“transit”), shortened from Tránsito de María, a feast known as "Dormition of the Mother of God."


San Gerardo

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Apastepeque

A town in the San Vicente department, El Salvador


San Esteban Catarina

Named after Saint Stephen and Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

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Acajutla

A town in the Sonsonate department, El Salvador


Concepción Batres

A town in the Usulután department, El Salvador


Mercedes Umaña

From the 1874 caserío Mercedes, located in the Umaña hacienda.


San Buenaventura

From the word San (“Saint”) and the first name Buenaventura.


Peñafiel

Castile and León
Castile and León#English

Peñafiel (a town and municipality of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain).


Berbeo

Berbeo (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Gachalá

A town in Cundinamarca, Colombia, after which a famous emerald is named.


Oporapa

Oporapa (a town, a municipality of Huila, Colombia).


Maceo

Maceo (a town, a municipality of Antioquia, Colombia).


Amagá

Amagá (a town, a municipality of Antioquia, Colombia).


Togüí

From Chibcha for either "river of the wife" or "house of the dog".

Togüí (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Cepitá

Cepitá (a town, a municipality of Santander, Colombia).


Confines

Confines (a town, a municipality of Santander, Colombia).


Aratoca

Aratoca (a town, a municipality of Santander, Colombia).


Carepa

Carepa (a town, a municipality of Antioquia, Colombia).


Salgar

Salgar (a town, a municipality of Antioquia, Colombia).


Chimá

Chimá (a town, a municipality of Córdoba, Colombia).


Cereté

Cereté (a town, a municipality of Córdoba, Colombia).


Cotorra

Cotorra (a town, a municipality of Córdoba, Colombia).


Chalán

Chalán (a town, a municipality of Sucre, Colombia).


Sandona

Sandona (a town, a municipality of Nariño, Colombia).


Puerres

Puerres (a town, a municipality of Nariño, Colombia).


Mallama

Mallama (a town, a municipality of Nariño, Colombia).


Colosó

Colosó (a town, a municipality of Sucre, Colombia).


Coveñas

Coveñas (a town, a municipality of Sucre, Colombia).


Maicao

Maicao (a town, a municipality of La Guajira, Colombia).


Uribia

Uribia (a town, a municipality of La Guajira, Colombia).


Urumita

Urumita (a town, a municipality of La Guajira, Colombia).


Nuquí

Nuquí (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Galeras

Galeras (a town, a municipality of Sucre, Colombia).


Guaranda

Guaranda (a town, a municipality of Sucre, Colombia).


Nóvita

Nóvita (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Sipí

Sipí (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Condoto

Condoto (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Juradó

Juradó (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Riosucio

Riosucio (a town, a municipality of Caldas, Colombia).

Riosucio (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Bagadó

Bagadó (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Acandí

Acandí (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Bojayá

Bojayá (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Lloró

Lloró (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Marmato

Marmato (a town, a municipality of Caldas, Colombia).


Pácora

Pácora (a town, a municipality of Caldas, Colombia).


Aguadas

Aguadas (a town, a municipality of Caldas, Colombia).


Samaná

Samaná (a town, a municipality of Caldas, Colombia).


Ráquira

Ráquira (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Sáchica

Sáchica (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Cucaita

From Chibcha for either "Seminary enclosure" or "Shade of the farming fields".

Cucaita (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Úmbita

Úmbita (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Garagoa

From Chibcha for either "Behind the hill" or "On the other side of the hill".

Garagoa (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Monguí

Monguí (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Sogamoso

Sogamoso (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Tópaga

Tópaga (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Tibasosa

Tibasosa (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Pachavita

From Chibcha for either "Peak of the man" or "Proud chief".

Pachavita (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Chinavita

From Chibcha for either "illuminated hilltop" or "our hill".

Chinavita (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Arcabuco

From Chibcha for either "Place of the intricate scrublands" or "Place enclosed by the hills".

Arcabuco (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Saboyá

From Chibcha for "Taste for the mantles".

Saboyá (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Boavita

Boavita (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Susacón

Susacón (a town, a municipality of Boyacá, Colombia).


Morroa

Morroa (a town, a municipality of Sucre, Colombia).


Palmito

San Antonio de Palmito (a town, a municipality of Sucre, Colombia).


Achí

Achí (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Cicuco

Cicuco (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Cantagallo

Cantagallo (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Magangué

[ma.ɣ̞ãŋˈɡe]

Magangué (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Mahates

Mahates (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Norosí

Norosí (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Pinillos

Pinillos (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Simití

Simití (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Tiquisio

Tiquisio (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Turbaco

Turbaco (a town, a municipality of Bolívar, Colombia).


Baranoa

Baranoa (a town, a municipality of Atlántico, Colombia).


Unguía

Unguía (a town, a municipality of Chocó, Colombia).


Galapa

Galapa (a town, a municipality of Atlántico, Colombia).


Luruaco

Luruaco (a town, a municipality of Atlántico, Colombia).


Piojó

Piojó (a town, a municipality of Atlántico, Colombia).


Ponedera

Ponedera (a town, a municipality of Atlántico, Colombia).


Repelón

Repelón (a town, a municipality of Atlántico, Colombia).


Polonuevo

Polonuevo (a town, a municipality of Atlántico, Colombia).


Bosconia

Bosconia (a town, a municipality of Cesar, Colombia).


Pailitas

Pailitas (a town, a municipality of Cesar, Colombia).


Pelaya

Pelaya (a town, a municipality of Cesar, Colombia).


Tamalameque

Tamalameque (a town, a municipality of Cesar, Colombia).


Carurú

Carurú (a town, a municipality of Vaupés, Colombia).


Taraira

Taraira (a town, a municipality of Vaupés, Colombia).


Cuartango

Kuartango (a town in Álava, Basque Country).


Laprida

Named after Argentine lawyer and politician Francisco Narciso de Laprida.

named-after

A subdivision and town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.


Sierra de la Ventana

Literally, “sierra of the window”, from a window-like opening in a natural rock formation.

A town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina