Ontario

Borrowed from English Ontario, probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io.

Ontario (a province in eastern Canada; capital: Toronto)


Madrid

Formerly Magerit; etymology uncertain, but probably derived from one or more of the following:
* Latin matrix (“mother or womb [of rivers]”),
* Arabic مَجْرًى (majran, “channel”)
* hypothetical Celtic *Mageto-ɸritus (“great ford”)

der

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)


Tarragona

Tarragona (a province of Catalonia, Spain; capital: Tarragona)


Bali

Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)


Barcelona

Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)


Biella

Biella (a city and province of Piedmont, Italy)


Valencia

→ Cebuano: Valencia

→ Chinese: 巴倫西亞／巴伦西亚 (Bālúnxīyà)

→ Tagalog: Valencia

Borrowed from Catalan València, from Latin Valentia.

Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)


Benevento

Benevento (a province of Campania, Italy)


Livorno

Borrowed from Italian Livorno, from Old Italian Legorno, from Latin Liburnus, from Liburnī, name of the ancient population of Liburnians.

Livorno (a province and city in Tuscany, Italy)


Salerno

Salerno (a city and province of Campania, Italy)


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 province of Argentina, around the city)


Huancayo

Borrowed from Wanka Quechua Wankayuq ("(place) with a (sacred) rock").


Germania

(historical) Germania (an ancient region in Central Europe, roughly corresponding to modern Germany)


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.

bor

Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (Ḡarnāṭa)

Granada (a province of Andalusia, Spain; capital: Granada)


Pisa

Pisa (a city and province of Tuscany, Italy)


Tierra del Fuego

la Tierra del Fuego (canonical feminine)

Literally, “Land of Fire”, reportedly named so by Ferdinand Magellan after the many fires lit up by the local population.

Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego#English

Tierra del Fuego (a province of Argentina)


Panamá

→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: Panamá

→ Central Nahuatl: Panama

→ Dutch: Panama

desctree

→ English: Panama, Panamá
→ Chinese: 巴拿馬／巴拿马 (Bānámǎ)
→ Rarotongan: Panama

→ Finnish: Panama

→ French: Panamá

→ German: Panama

→ Hungarian: Panama

→ Italian: Panama

→ New Latin: Panama

→ Polish: Panama

→ Portuguese: Panamá

→ Tagalog: Panama


Cantabria

autonomous community
autonomous community

Cantabria (an autonomous community and province of Spain; capital: Santander)


Córdoba

Borrowed from Arabic قُرْطُبَة (qurṭuba), itself a borrowing from Latin Corduba, from Phoenician Qartuba; originally Qart-Juba, named after Numidian king Juba I.

Cordoba (a city in Cordoba, Spain; province of Andalusia, Spain; province of Argentina; department of Colombia)


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.

Castile and León
Castile and León#English

León (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: León)


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”).

der

Santiago Metropolitan Region
Santiago Metropolitan Region#English

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region (a province of Chile)

(historical) A province of Chile until 1976.

Santiago
w:Santiago Province, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Santiago (a province of the Dominican Republic; capital: Santiago)


Salamanca

Salamanca (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Salamanca)


Valladolid

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Attested in 11th century Latin documents in forms such as Valleolide and Valledolidi. The beginning corresponds to valle (“valley”) and the ending seemingly to Olid, a known adaptation of the Arabic name لوليد (Walīd). The additional /-d-/ would in that case represent a possessive (de).

aprovechando que el Pisuerga pasa por Valladolid

Valladolid (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Valladolid)


Sevilla

Borrowed from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), a deformation of the Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “valley, plain”).

bor+

إِشْبِيلِيَة

der

Seville (a province of Andalusia, Spain)


Guadalajara

→ English: Guadalajara

→ French: Guadalajara

From Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra, literally “valley of stones”).

وَادِي الْحِجَارَة

Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha#English

Guadalajara (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Guadalajara)


Murcia

Various theories exist, the most common that it derived from Latin Myrta or Murtea, meaning the land of myrtle (see Latin myrta), or from Latin Murtia, from the name Murtius.

Murcia (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Alicante

→ Cebuano: Alicante

→ English: Alicante

→ Tagalog: Alicante

From Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Leukante (Local Latin), ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, bright”). Originally named Ἄκρα Λευκή (Ákra Leukḗ) or Λευκή Ἄκρα (Leukḗ Ákra, “white summit”) by Phocaean Greeks.

Alicante (a province of Valencia, Spain; capital: Alicante)


Zaragoza

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

Zaragoza (a province of Aragon, Spain; capital: Zaragoza)


Castilla

→ French: Castille

→ English: Castile

desctree

→ Classical Nahuatl: Caxtillan
→ Kaqchikel: kaxlan

→ Pipil: caztiyah

→ Tagalog: Kastila

Inherited from Old Spanish Castiella, based on castiello (“castle”).


Navarra

Believed to be of Basque origin, possibly from nabar (“brownish, multicolored”), or from naba (“valley”) + herri (“land, people”). More at Navarre.

Navarre (an autonomous community and province of Spain; capital: Pamplona)


Santa Fe

Santa Fe (a province in the center-east of Argentina)


Estambul

Istanbul (a city and province of Turkey)


Antofagasta

Antofagasta (a province and city, the regional capital of Antofagasta, Chile)


Pampanga

→ Cebuano: Pampanga

→ English: Pampanga

→ French: Pampangue

→ Kapampangan: Pampanga

→ Tagalog: Pampanga

From Kapampangan pampang (“river bank”) + -a.

Pampanga (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital: San Fernando; largest city: Angeles City)


San Pablo

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


Vizcaya

Inherited from Old Spanish Vizcaya, ultimately from Basque bizkar (“low ridge”). Compare Basque Bizkaia.

Biscay (a province of the Basque Country, Spain; capital: Bilbao)


Asturias

Latinization of Astur, a Celtic tribe residing in pre-Roman Spain. More at Asturias.

Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Islas Baleares

Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands#English

Balearic Islands (an autonomous community, province, and island in Spain, in the Mediterranean)


Cebú

Cebu (an island and province of the Philippines)


Toledo

English: Toledo

Polish: Toledo

Inherited from Old Spanish Toledo, from Latin Tolētum.

Toledo (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Toledo)


Frisia

Friesland (a province of the Netherlands)


Cádiz

→ English: Cádiz, Cadiz

→ Italian: Cadice, Càdice

→ French: Cadix

→ Venetan: Càdice

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِس (qādis), from Latin Gādēs, from Ancient Greek Γάδειρα (Gádeira), from Phoenician 𐤂𐤃𐤓 (gdr /gādēr, gādīr/).

Cadiz (a province of Andalusia, Spain; capital: Cadiz)


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

(historical) A province of Chile (first-level division) until 1974.


Aquitania

Aquitaine (a historical region in France)


Capadocia

Cappadocia (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in central Anatolia)


Bolonia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Bolōnia, from Latin Bonōnia.


Nueva Escocia

From nueva (feminine of nuevo (“new”)) + Escocia (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

af

feminine of <i class="Latn mention" lang="es">nuevo</i> (“new”)


Cantón

Ultimately from Mandarin 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng), possibly via Portuguese Cantão. Compare English Canton, French Canton, Italian Canton, Russian Кантон (Kanton).

Guangdong (a province of China; capital: Guangzhou)


Badajoz

Perhaps from Mozarabic, perhaps from Latin Pācem Augustam. /st/ > /t͡s/ is characteristic of Mozarabic. Compare Arabic بَطَلْيَوْس (baṭalyaws).

Badajoz (a province of Extremadura, Spain; capital: Badajoz)


Málaga

→ Catalan: Màlaga

→ English: Malaga, Málaga

→ Greek: Μάλαγα (Málaga)

→ Hebrew: מָלָגָה (Malága)

→ Polish: Malaga, Málaga

→ Portuguese: Málaga

→ Russian: Ма́лага (Málaga)

Borrowed from Arabic مَالَقَة (Mālaqa), from Latin Malaca, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (Málaka or Malake).

Malaga (a province of Andalusia, Spain; capital: Malaga)


Segovia

Segovia (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Segovia)


Linares

From linares (“flax fields”). Outside of Spain, variously named for Spanish cities or for Spanish nobles bearing the name in their primary titles.


Ávila

→ Catalan: Àvila

→ English: Ávila

Originally a medieval form of Medieval Latin avis (“bird”), but influenced by Germanic pronunciation.

Ávila (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Ávila)


Mendoza

→ Bikol Central: Mendoza

→ Cebuano: Mendoza

→ English: Mendoza

→ Tagalog: Mendoza


Valparaíso

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


Groninga

Groningen (a province of the Netherlands)


Teruel

Teruel (a province of Aragon, Spain; capital: Teruel)


Gerona

Japanese: ヘローナ (Herōna)

Girona (a province of Catalonia, Spain; capital: Girona)


La Rioja

La Rioja (an autonomous community and province of Spain; capital: Logroño)


Cartago

Borrowed from Latin Carthāgō from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrtḥdšt); see Carthage for more information.


Almería

From Arabic المرية (al-Mariyya), from مَرَايَا (marāyā, “mirrors”) in reference to the settlement's initial role in the 9th century as a watchtower for Bajjana, now Pechina.

Almeria (a province of Andalusia, Spain; capital: Almería)


Palencia

From the city of Pallantia, in Greek Παλλεντία with the meaning of The plain land.

Palencia (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Palencia)


Cáceres

Cáceres (a province of Extremadura, Spain; capital: Cáceres)


Álava

Inherited from Old Spanish Alava (compare Basque Araba). Further etymology is uncertain. Possibilities include:
*Related to a Roman mansion in ab Asturica Burdigalam, from Latin Alba. This name is possibly related to Albéniz (a hamlet in Álava).
*From the Andalusian Arabic prefix ال (al-, “the”) + Basque laua (“plain, flat”). More at Álava.

Álava (a province of the Basque Country, Spain; capital: Vitoria)


Burgos

Burgos (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Burgos)


Albacete

From Andalusian Arabic البسيط (“the plain”).

Albacete (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain, Albacete)


Zamora

From Visigothic Semure, attested in two coins from the reign of king Sisebuto.

Zamora (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Zamora)


Huesca

Inherited from Latin Osca (the Roman colony was known as Urbs Vitrix Osca). The native name (in a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia) was Bolskan.

Huesca (a province of Aragon, Spain; capital: Huesca)


Huelva

From Latin Onuba or Onoba, from Phoenician 𐤏𐤍𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ʿnʿ bʿl, “Baal's fortress”), through Arabic وَلْبَة (walba).


Trujillo

From the city in Spain, from Arabic تُرْجَالَة (turjāla), from Latin Turgalium.

one of several cities, districts, and provinces, mostly in Spanish-speaking countries:


Herrera

From herrería, from ferrería, from ferrero. Compare Portuguese Ferreira.


La Coruña

Uncertain. Predominant theories are:
* A corruption of the word for “crown” (see corona, via Galician, Old Spanish, French, or a Celtic language;
* From French Cluny, a commune in eastern France;
* From Crunia, a medieval Leonese name of unknown origin.
More at La Coruña.

A Coruña (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: A Coruña)


Orense

Ourense (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Ourense)


Cuenca

Cuenca (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Cuenca)


Tarento

Taranto (a city and province of Apulia, Italy)


Módena

Modena (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)


Las Palmas

Las Palmas (a province of the Canary Islands, Spain; capital: Las Palmas)


Jaén

Jaén (a province of Andalusia, Spain; capital: Jaén)


Lérida

Inherited from Latin Ilerda, from the name of an Iberian tribe. Compare Catalan Lleida.

Lleida (a province of Catalonia, Spain; capital: Lleida)


Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife#English

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (a province of the Canary Islands, Spain; capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife)


Soria

Possibly via Old Spanish Dauria from Latin Durius, name of a river; see Duero.

Soria (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Soria)


Ciudad Real

Ciudad Real (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Ciudad Real)


Guipúzcoa

Inherited from Old Spanish Guipúzcoa. Compare Basque Gipuzkoa.

Guipúzcoa (a province of the Basque Country, Spain; capital: San Sebastián)


Pontevedra

Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)


Lugo

Lugo (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Lugo)


Columbia Británica

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


Holanda Septentrional

North Holland (a province of the Netherlands)


Isla Príncipe Eduardo

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

Prince Edward Island (a province in eastern Canada)


Henao

Hainaut (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)


Cardenal Caro

From José María Caro Rodríguez, the first Chilean Roman Catholic Church Cardinal.


Castellón

Castellón de la Plana
Castellón de la Plana#English

Castellón (a province of Valencia, Spain; capital: Castellón de la Plana)


Guantánamo

English: Guantanamo

Borrowed from Taíno [Term?] (literally “land between rivers”).


O'Higgins

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


Zambales

From zambal + -es, referring to the Sambal people, from Sambali Sambal.

Zambales (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines)


Barcino

Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)


Rávena

Ravenna (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)


Valdivia

A province of Chile (first-level division) until 1974.


San Luis

a name of several places named after the saint

A province and a town of the same name in Argentina


Arauco

From Mapudungun rag ko (“clayey water”).


Chaco

Chaco (a province in northern Argentina)


Puno

administrative region
administrative region

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


Bohol

Bohol (a province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tagbilaran)


Batangas

From Tagalog batangan (“timberland; place of wooden rafts”), from batang (“log”) + -an (“place marker suffix”), after the wooden rafts found on the Calumpang River in present-day Batangas City.

suffix

A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Batangas City. Largest city: Lipa


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.


Orellana

Probably of Basque origin, or from the town of Orellana in Badajoz, Spain, possibly from Latin Aureliana, see also Orell. Cf. also Orellano, orellano.


Magallanes

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


Leyte

Leyte (a province of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tacloban)


Ica

→ Russian: И́ка (Íka)


Cordillera

A province of Bolivia, see Cordillera Province (Bolivia)

A province of Chile, see Cordillera Province, Chile


Marinduque

A province of Mimaropa, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Boac


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 province of Callao, Peru, whose capital is Callao


Fokien

From the Postal Romanization of Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Compare Portuguese Foquiem, English Fukien / Fuhkien / Fookien, Tagalog Fukien.

Haviendose suscitado en la Provincia de Fokien una furiosa tempestad contras los Christianos, […]

1750, La Christiandad de Fogan, en la provincia de Fokien, en el imperio de China, cruelmente perseguida del impio Cheu-Hio-kien Virrey de dicha Provincia., page 51:

(historical) Fujian (a province of China)

Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca)
es:Fujian


Camarines Sur

From camarines + sur. The former is the plural of camarín.

A province of the Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Pili. Largest city: Naga


Cavite

→ Cebuano: Cavite

→ English: Cavite

→ Tagalog: Cavite

A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure). Largest city: Dasmariñas


Ilocos Sur

El vórtice penetró en la isla por un punto que podría llamarse límite entre la Provincia de Ilocos Norte y la de Ilocos Sur, siendo los pueblos de la parte sur de Ilocos Norte y los de la parte norte de Ilocos Sur que más de lleno sufrieron los efectos destructores del huracán.

1913, Rev. Jose Coronas, S. J., “Tifón de Sámar e Ilocos, 3 a 11 Mayo, 1913”, in The Samar and Ilocos Typhoon: May 3 to 11, 1913, page 15:

A province of the Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Vigan. Largest city: Candon.


Zamboanga del Sur

From Zamboanga + del (“of the”) + sur (“south”).

compound

Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga del Sur#English

Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga Peninsula#English

Zamboanga del Sur (a province of Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines; capital: Pagadian; largest city: Zamboanga City)


Zamboanga del Norte

From Zamboanga + del (“of the”) + norte (“north”).

Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Norte#English

Zamboanga del Norte (a province of Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines; capital and largest city: Dipolog)


Benguet

Benguet (a province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines; capital: La Trinidad; largest city: Baguio)


Cotabato

From Maguindanao Kutawatu, from kuta (“fort”) + watu (“stone”).

Cotabato (a province of Soccsksargen, Mindanao, Philippines; capital and largest city: Kidapawan)


Nueva Vizcaya

→ Cebuano: Nueva Vizcaya

→ English: Nueva Vizcaya

→ Ilocano: Nueva Vizcaya

→ Tagalog: Nueva Vizcaya

From nueva + Vizcaya, literally “New Biscay”, with the latter from Basque Bizkaia.

Nueva Vizcaya
Nueva Vizcaya#English:_Q13866

Nueva Vizcaya (a province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines)


Tarlac

Tarlac (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tarlac City)


Jujuy

Jujuy (a province in northwestern Argentina)


Nueva Écija

Nueva Ecija (a province in Central Luzon, Philippines)


Biobío

A province of Chile (first-level division) until 1974.


Pistoya

Borrowed from Italian Pistoia, from Latin Pistōrium. Compare bisturí.

Pistoia (a city and province in Tuscany, Italy)


Tarapacá

(historical) A province of Peru, ceded to Chile in 1883


Ucayali

Latin: ucayalēnsis


San Román

Named after Miguel de San Román, 14th president of Peru.


Bolognesi

places named for Francisco Bolognesi
A province of Ancash, Peru


Dos de Mayo

Literally, “Second of May”. Named in honor of the Battle of Callao on May 2, 1866.


Yunguyo

[ɟ͡ʝũŋˈɡu.ʝo]

[ɟ͡ʝũŋˈɡu.ʝo]


Marañón

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Tupi, meaning "running sea", or an augmentative of mar (“sea”). The word was first used to refer to the Amazon River.


Chincha

[ˈt͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃa]


Ambo

From Peruvian Spanish Aambo, from Quechua Ampuq.


Anta

Perhaps from Quechua; compare anta (“copper”). Also compare Andes.


Huamanga

Borrowed from Classical Quechua Wamanqa (“(the place of) weaving”).


Chiriquí

→ English: Chiriqui


La Unión

La Union (a province of the Philippines)


Ñuble

(historical) A province of Chile (second-level division) between 1974 and 2018.


Cautín

(historical) A province of Chile (first-level division) until 1976.


Melipilla

Melipilla (a province of Melipilla, Chile)


Matanzas

From matanza (“massacre”), referring to a supposed slaughter of Spanish conquistadors by native fishermen of the area.

Matanzas Province
Matanzas Province#English

Matanzas Province (a province of Cuba; capital: Matanzas)


Joló

Borrowed from Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“sea current”). Compare Maranao Solog (“Sulu; Jolo”).

es:Selvas tropicales del archipiélago de Sulu


Cagayán

Cagayan (a province of Cagayan Valley, Philippines)


Pangasinán

Pangasinan (a province of the Philippines; capital: Lingayen; largest city: Dagupan)


Sámar

Samar (a province of the Philippines; capital: Catbalogan; largest city: Calbayog)


Cápiz

Capiz (a province of the Philippines, on northern Panay island; capital and largest city: Roxas)


Bataán

Bataan (a province of the Philippines; capital and largest city: Balanga)


Cienfuegos

Named after José Cienfuegos, captain general of Cuba (1816-19).


La Altagracia

La Altagracia (a province of the Dominican Republic; capital: Higüey)


María Trinidad Sánchez

Named after María Trinidad Sánchez, Dominican soldier and heroine.

María Trinidad Sánchez
w:María Trinidad Sánchez Province

María Trinidad Sánchez (a province of the Dominican Republic; capital: Nagua)

María Trinidad Sánchez
es:Provincia de María Trinidad Sánchez


Granma

Named after Granma, the yacht used by Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and 82 guerrillas during the Cuban Revolution, from English grandma.

Granma (a province of Cuba, originally part of Oriente province; capital: Bayamo)

Che Guevara
Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro
Granma (yacht)
es:Provincia de Granma


Sancti Spíritus

From Latin sancti spiritus, genitive case of sanctus spiritus (“Holy Spirit”).

es:Provincia de Sancti Spíritus
es:Sancti Spíritus

Sancti Spíritus (a province in central Cuba)


Mindoro Oriental

Oriental Mindoro
Oriental Mindoro#English

Oriental Mindoro (a province of the Philippines)


Mindoro Occidental

Occidental Mindoro
Occidental Mindoro#English

Occidental Mindoro (a province of the Philippines)


Sámar Oriental

Eastern Samar (a province of the Philippines; capital: Borongan)


Sorsogón

Sorsogon (a province of the Philippines; capital: Sorsogon City)


Calama

Calama (a province and city in Calama, Chile)


San Felipe de Aconcagua

From San Felipe and the former Aconcagua province.


territorio de Llanquihue

Territorio de Llanquihue (canonical masculine)

territory of Llanquihue
territory of Llanquihue


territorio de Aysén

Territorio de Aysén (canonical masculine)


territorio de Magallanes

Territorio de Magallanes (canonical masculine)

territory of Magallanes
territory of Magallanes


territorio de Antofagasta

Territorio de Antofagasta (canonical masculine)

territory of Antofagasta
territory of Antofagasta