Latin names of European cities
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Until the Modern Era, Latin was the common language for scholarship and mapmaking. During the 19th and 20th centuries, German scholars in particular have made significant contributions to the study of historical place names, or Ortsnamenkunde. These studies have, in turn, contributed to the study of genealogy. For genealogists and historians of pre-Modern Europe, knowing alternate names of places is vital to extracting information from both public and private records. Even specialists in this field point out, however, that the information can be easily taken out of context, since there is a great deal of repetition of place names throughout Europe; reliance purely on apparent connections should therefore be tempered with valid historical methodology.
One caveat that must be observed, however, is that even Latin place names are not always exclusive to one place — for example, there were several Roman cities whose names began with Colonia and then a more descriptive term. During the Middle Ages, these were often shortened to just Colonia. One of these, Colonia Agrippinensis, retains the name today in the form of Cologne.
The standard reference to Latin placenames, with their modern quivalents, is Dr. J. G. Th. Graesse, Orbis Latinus : Lexikon lateinischer geographischer Namen des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit (1909), an exhaustive work of meticulous German scholarship that is available on-line at:
- http://www.columbia.edu (http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html).
To use it, one must understand German names of countries, as they were in 1909. The original was re-edited an expanded in a multi-volume edition in 1972.
This list includes Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Kurdistan northwest of Arbil.
This list excludes Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Britain, Channel Islands, Chechnya, Dagestan, Faeroe Islands, Iceland, Ireland, Kazakhstan, and Tatarstan.
The following table begins to offer equivalents to more modern place-names.
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Following is a List of Cities stating the Latin and equivalent English name(s)
Latin | English Name, [(other name(s))] or [older name(s)], [province], [state] |
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Abellinum | Avellino (east of Naples), Italy |
Aberdonia, Aberdonium | Aberdeen, Scotland |
Aboa | Turku (Turku, Ĺbo), Finland |
Abritum, Abrittus | Razgrad, Bulgaria |
Abruttus | Abrud, Romania |
Acaunum | Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland |
Acharnae¹ | Acharnes (Acharnae), Menidi, Greece |
ad Aesim | Falconara Marittima, Marche, Italy |
ad Martis | S. Maria in Pantano near Massa Martana, Umbria, Italy |
ad Mercurii, Augusta Zilil, Zilil | near Arzila, Morocco |
Adrianopolis | Edirne, Turkey |
Aegyssus | Tulcea, Romania |
Aelia Capitolina | Jerusalem |
Aeminium | Coimbra, Portugal |
Aenona | Nin, Croatia |
Aequum | Čitluk, (near Sinj), Croatia |
Aquisgrana, Aquis Granum, Aquae Grani, Aquensis urbs, Granis aquae | Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) |
Ad Fines | Pfyn, Thurgau, Switzerland |
Ad Mediam | Băile Herculane, Romania |
Ad Pirum | Hrušica, Slovenia |
Ad Mediam | Mehadia, Romania |
Ad Stoma | Bretcu, Romania |
Aegida, Capris, Caput Histriae | Koper, Slovenia |
Aegina | Aegina, Greece |
Agrigentum | Agrigento, Italy |
Agrinium¹ | Agrinio (Agrinion), Greece |
(Colonia Claudia) Ara Agrippinensium | Cologne (Köln), Germany |
Albintimilium | Ventimiglia |
Albona | Labin, Croatia |
Albunrnus Maior | Rosia Montana, Romania |
Alexandropolis¹ | Alexandroupolis, Greece |
Almyrus¹ | Almyros (Almyrus), Greece |
Alostum | Aalst |
Altinum | Oltina, Romania |
Amalia | Ĺmĺl, Sweden |
Amantia | Amantia, Albania |
Ameria | Amelia, Umbria, Italy |
Amivadum | Amersfoort |
Ammurianum | Murano, Italy |
Ampelum | Zlatna, Romania |
Amphilochia¹ | Amphilochia, Greece |
Amphipolis¹ | Amphipolis, Greece |
Amphissa¹ | Amphissa, Amfissa, Greece |
Amstelodamum | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Ancyra | Ankara, Turkey |
Anderlacum | Anderlecht, Belgium |
Angustia | Rasnov, Romania |
Antigonea | Gjirokaster, Albania |
Antipatrea | Berat, Albania |
Antunacum | Andernach |
Apollonia | Fier, Albania |
Apuania | Massa Carrara |
Apulum | Alba Iulia, Romania |
Arrubium | Macin, Romania |
Aqua Balissae | Daruvar, Croatia |
Aqua Villae | Badenweiler, Germany |
Aqua Viva | Varazdin, Croatia |
Aquae Flaviae | Chaves, Portugal |
Aquae Helveticae | Baden, Aargau, Switzerland |
Aquae Sextiae | Aix-en-Provence, France |
Aquae Sulis | Bath, United Kingdom |
Aquama | Cakovec, Croatia |
Aquilia in Vestinis, Aquilia | L'Aquila, Italy |
Aquincum | Budapest (Óbuda), Hungary |
Arae Flaviae | Rottweil, Germany |
Arabriga | Alenquer, Portugal |
Arandis | Garvăo, Ourique, Portugal |
Arbor Felix | Arbon, Thurgau, Switzerland |
Arca Caesarea | Arqa, Lebanon |
Arconisium | Racconigi |
Ardea | Ardea |
Arelate | Arles, France |
Arenacum | Arnhem, Netherlands |
Argentoratum | Strasbourg, France |
Argos¹ | Argos, Greece |
Ariminum, Ariminium | Rimini, Italy |
Arosia | Västerĺs, Sweden |
Arrabona | Győr, Hungary |
Arutela | Calimanesti, Romania |
Assindria | Essen |
Assisium | Assisi, Umbria, Italy |
Asturica Augusta | Astorga |
Atalanta | Atalante (Atalanta), Greece |
Aternum | Pescara, Italy |
Athenae¹ | Athens, Greece |
Atrans | Trojane, Slovenia |
Atrebatum | Arras |
Atuatuca Tungrorum | Tongeren, Belgium |
Augusta | Augusta |
Augusta Argentorate | Strasbourg, France |
Augusta Perusia | Perugia, Italy |
Augusta Praetoria Salassorum | Aosta, Italy |
Augusta Raurica | Kaiseraugst (Augst), Switzerland |
Augusta Taurinorum | Turin, Italy |
Augusta Treverorum | Trier (Treves), Germany |
Augusta Vindelicorum | Augsburg, Germany |
Aurelia Aquensi | Baden-Baden, Germany |
Aulona | Vlora, Albania |
Aureliani | Orléans, France |
Avenio | Avignon, France |
Aventicum | Avenches, Vaud, Switzerland |
Aviarium | Aveiro, Portugal |
Badena civitas | Baden, Germany |
Baesuris | Castro Marim, Portugal |
Baetulo | Badalona, Catalonia, Spain |
Balsa | west of Tavira, Portugal |
Bangertium | Bangor, United Kingdom |
Barcino | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Barium | Bari, Italy |
Basilia, Basilea | Basel, Switzerland |
Batavis, Castra Batavorum, Castra Batava | Passau, Germany |
Benacus | Garda, Italy |
Beneventum | Benevento, Italy |
Bergomum | Bergamo, Italy |
Belna | Beaune, France |
Berna | Bern, Switzerland |
Berolinum | Berlin, Germany |
Berroea | Verroia, Berrea, Greece |
Berytus | Beirut (Bayrut), Lebanon |
Berzobis | Berzovia, Romania |
Bilbilis | Calatayud, Spain |
Blariacum | Blerick, Netherlands |
Bobium, Ebovium | Bobbio, Italy |
Boërosia | Borĺs, Sweden |
Bononia | Bologna, Italy |
Bona | Blagaj, Croatia |
Bonna | Bonn, Germany |
Borbetomagus | Worms, Germany |
Boreana | Burano, Italy |
Bosanum | Bolzano, Italy |
Bracara Augusta | Braga, Portugal |
Brema | Bremen, Germany |
Brestum, Brestia, Brivates Portis | Brest, France |
Brienzola | Brienz, Bern, Switzerland |
Brigantium, Brigantia | Bregenz, Austria |
Brigetio | Komárom-Szőny, Hungary |
Brindisium, Brundisium | Brindisi, Italy |
Brunsvicum | Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany |
Brunntrudum, Bruntraut | Pruntrut, Switzerland |
Brixellum | Brescello, Italy |
Brixia, Brixina | Brescia, Italy |
Bruxella, Bruxellae | Brussels, Belgium |
Budapestum/Budapestinum, Buda Vetus (Medieval Latin) | Budapest, Hungary |
Burdigala | Bordeaux, France |
Buthrotum | Butrint, Albania |
Bylis | Bylis, Albania |
Byzantium | Istanbul, Turkey |
Caesaraugusta | Saragossa, Spain |
Caesarea Mazaca | Kayseri, Turkey |
Caetobriga | Setúbal, Portugal |
Calagurris | Calahorra |
Calatis | Mangalia, Romania |
Calcaria | Tadcaster |
Calisia | Kalisz, Poland |
Callatis | Mangalia, Romania |
Calmaria | Kalmar, Sweden |
Calpe | Gibraltar, Spain |
Cambodunum | Kempten, Germany |
Cantabrigia | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Capua | Santa Maria di Capua Vetere, Italy |
Caralis | Cagliari |
Carnium, Carnioburgum | Kranj, Slovenia |
Carnuntum/Karnuntum | Deutsch-Altenburg–Petronell, Austria |
Caroli Corona | Karlskrona, Sweden |
Carolina Vetus | Gamla Karleby, Sweden |
Carsium | Hârşova, Romania |
Carthago | Carthage |
Carthago Nova | Cartagena, Spain |
Carystus¹ | Carystos/Carystus, Greece |
Cassovia | Košice, Slovakia |
Castra | Ajdovščina, Slovenia |
Castra Regina, Ratisbona | Regensburg, Germany |
Castrum Novaesium | Neuss, Germany |
Catalaunum, Catelaunorum | Chalons-sur-Marne, France |
Celeia | Celje, Slovenia |
Cenchreae¹ | Kechries, some prefer Cenchreae (near Corinth), Greece |
Centum Cellae | Civitavecchia, Italy |
Centum Cellae, Centum Celas | Colmeal da Torre, Belmonte, Portugal |
Chalcis¹ | Chalkida (in Euboea, Greece) |
Chemnitium, Chemnicium | Chemnitz, Germany |
Christinae portus | Kristinehamn, Sweden |
Christiania | Kristianstad, Sweden |
Cibalae | Vinkovci, Croatia |
Cibinum | Sibiu, Sibiu (county), Romania |
Cignavia, Cignea, Cygnea, Cynavia | Zwickau, Germany |
Cimbrorum portus | Simrishamn, Sweden |
Civitas Sancti Romuli | Sanremo, Sancti Remi, San Remu, San Remo |
Civitas Victoriosa | Birgu, Malta |
Clagenfurtum | Klagenfurt (Celovec), Austria |
Clivia | Kleve, Germany |
Conimbriga | Condeixa-a-Nova, South of today's Coimbra, Portugal |
Colonia Agrippina, Colonia Agrippinensis | Cologne (Köln), Germany |
Colonia Ulpia Traiana, Sarmizegethusa | Ulpia Traiana, Romania |
Colonia Ulpia Traiana, Vetera | Xanten, Germany |
Comaromium | Komárno, Slovakia |
Comum | Como, Italy |
(Castellum apud) Confluentes | Koblenz, Germany |
Conimbriga | Condeixa, Portugal |
Constantia | Konstanz (Constance), Germany |
Constantinopolis | Istanbul, Turkey |
Contra-Aquincum | Budapest (Pest), Hungary |
Copinga | Köping, Sweden |
Corcyra³ | Corfu, Greece |
Corduba | Córdoba |
Corinthus¹ | Corinth, Greece |
Coriovallum | Heerlen, Netherlands |
Coronia | Landskrona, Sweden |
Cracovia | Kraków, Poland |
Curia | Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland |
Cusum | Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro |
Culmen | Chełmno, Poland |
Dalecarlius | Dalälven, Sweden |
Damascus | Damascus (Dimashq), Syria |
Dantiscum, Gedanum, Gedania | Gdańsk, Poland |
Delphi¹ | Delphi, Greece |
Deva | Chester, United Kingdom |
Dertusa | Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain |
Dierna | Orsova, Romania |
Dinia, Diniensium civitas | Digne |
Dioclea | Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro |
Divinium | Devin in Bratislava, Slovakia |
Divio | Dijon, France |
Dodona¹ | Dodona, Greece |
Dorylaeum | near Eşkişehir, Turkey |
Drepanum | Trapani W of Palermo |
Dresda | Dresden, Germany |
Drobeta | Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania |
Durovernum Cantiacorum | Canterbury, United Kingdom |
Dyrrhachium | Durrës, Albania |
Eblanda | Dublin, Ireland |
Ebora | Evora, Portugal |
Eboracum | York |
Eburodunum | Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland |
Eckesioea, Ecksium | Eksjö, Sweden |
Egara | Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain |
Egiptania | Idanha-a-Velha, Portugal |
Eindovia | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
Elbinga, Elbingus, Elbinca, Elbangum, Elbingense castrum | Elbląg, Poland |
Eleusis¹ | Eleusis, Greece |
Emda, Emetha | Emden |
Emerita Augusta | Mérida |
Emesa | Homs, Syria |
Emona, Aemona, Labacum | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Encopia | Enköping, Sweden |
Eperiessinum, Fragopolis | Presov, Slovakia |
Epidaurus | Cavtat, Croatia |
Ephesus | Efes, Turkey |
Epidaurus¹ | Epidaurus, Greece |
Erfordia | Erfurt |
Esilinga, Ezelinga, Ezzilinga | Eßlingen, Germany |
Fabiranum, Fabrianum | Fabriano, Italy |
Falcopia | Falköping, Sweden |
Firmum (Picenum) | Fermo |
Flanona | Plomin, Croatia |
Flaviacum | Saint-Germer, Flavigny |
Florentia | Firenze (Florence), Italy |
Flumen | Rijeka, Fiume, Terra Sancti Viti, Croatia |
Forlivium | Forli, Italy |
Formio | Rižana |
Forum Novum Siculorum | Targu Mures, Mures, Romania |
Francofortum ad Moenum | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Friburgum Brisgoviae | Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
Fulginiae, Fulginium | Foligno, Umbria, Italy |
Gades | Cádiz, Spain |
Gedania, Gedanum, Dantiscum | Gdańsk, Poland |
Genava | Geneva, Switzerland |
Genoa | Genova, Italy |
Gerulata | Rusovce in Bratislava, Slovakia |
Gerunda | Girona, Catalonia, Spain |
Gevalia | Gävle, Sweden |
Glanum | Saint Rémy-de-Provence |
Glascouium | Glasgow, Scotland |
Glevum Colonia | Gloucester, United Kingdom |
Goettinga | Göttingen, Germany |
Goslaria | Goslar |
Gorlicium | Görlitz, Germany / Zgorzelec, Poland |
Gorsium | Tác, Hungary |
Gothia | Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden |
Granata | Granada, Spain |
Gythium | Gytheion, Greece |
Hafnia | Copenhagen (Křbenhavn), Denmark |
Hale Suevice | Hall in Schwaben |
Halicarnassus¹ | Bodrum, Turkey |
Halifacium, Hortonium | Halifax, England |
Halmostadium | Halmstad, Sweden |
Hamburgum, Hamburgium, Hammonia | Hamburg, Germany |
Hannovera | Hanover (Hannover), Germany |
Helsingi(ensis), Helsingfordia | Helsinki (Helsingfors), Finland |
Heraclium¹ | Iraklion, rarely Heraclion, Crete, Greece |
Herbipolis | Würzburg, Germany |
Heraclea Pontica | Bender Eregli, Turkey |
Herculaneum | Ercolano, Italy |
Hierapolis | Pamukkale, Turkey |
Hierosolyma | Jerusalem |
Hiovia | Hjo, Sweden |
Hispellum, Colonia Julia Hispellum, Hispellum | Spello, Umbria, Italy |
Holmia, Stockholmia | Stockholm, Sweden |
Hudvicovaldum | Hudiksvall, Sweden |
Iguvium, Ikuvium | Gubbio, Umbria, Italy |
Ilerda | Lleida, Catalonia, Spain |
Ilium | Troy |
Iluro | Mataró, Catalonia, Spain |
Interamna Nahars, Interamna Nahartium | Terni, Umbria, Italy |
Isthmia¹ | Isthmia, Greece, slightly east of Corinth |
Iuliacum | Jülich, Germany |
Iader(a) | Zadar, Croatia |
Iassium | Iasi, Romania |
Ilea Capitolina | Jerusalem, Israel |
Intercisa | Dunaújváros, Hungary |
Issa | Vis, Croatia |
Iuenna | Podjuna |
Iuncopia | Jönköping, Sweden |
Iuvavum | Salzburg, Austria |
Labellum | Lavello |
Laccobriga | Lagos, Portugal |
Lagaholmia | Laholm, Sweden |
Lamecum | Lamego, Portugal |
Lancobriga | Fiăes, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal |
Larnaca¹ | Larnaca, Cyprus |
Laugaricio | Trencin, Slovakia |
Lauriacum | Lorch, Germany |
Laurium, (Thoricum before mid-1st century BC) | Laurium (Laurion), Greece |
Laurium, Laurum | Woerden, Netherlands |
Lederata | Rama, Romania |
Lentia | Linz, Austria |
Leodium | Ličge, Belgium |
Leopolis | L'viv, Ukraine |
Leucas | Lefkada, (Lefkas, Leucas), Greece |
Lexovium, Lexoviorum | Lisieux, Calvados, France |
Lidcopia | Lidköping, Sweden |
Lincopia | Linköping, Sweden |
Lindaugia, Lindavia | Lindau, Germany |
Lindesberga, Linda | Lindesberg, Sweden |
Lipsia | Leipzig, Germany |
Lithopolis | Kamnik, Slovenia |
Lissus | Lezha, Albania |
Locoritum | Lohr, Bavaria, Germany |
Londinium | London, United Kingdom |
Longatico, Longaticum | Logatec, Slovenia |
Lousonna | Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland |
Lubeca | Lübeck, Lubeke |
Lugdunum | Lyon, France |
Lugdunum Batavorum | Leiden, The Netherlands |
Lugdunum Convenarum | Saint Bertrand de Comminges, France |
Lula | Luleĺ, Sweden |
Lunda | Lund, Sweden |
Lupiae | Lecce, Italy |
Lutetia | Paris, France |
Madritum | Madrid, Spain |
Magdeburgum | Magdeburg, Germany |
Malaca | Malaga, Spain |
Malmogia | Malmö, Sweden |
Mantua | Mantua (Mantova), Italy |
Marathon, Marathonis¹ | Marathon, Greece |
Marburgum | Maribor, Slovenia |
Massilia | Marseille, France |
Matilo | Leiden, Netherlands |
Media | Medias, Sibiu, Romania |
Medicorum villa | Medevibrunn, Sweden |
Medicinum | Mézin |
Mediolanum | Milan (Milano), Italy |
Mediolanum Aulercorum | Evreux, France |
Mediolanum Santonum | Saintes, France |
Megalopolis¹ | Megalopolis, Greece |
Megara | Megara (west of Athens), Greece |
Messana | Messina, slightly west of Reggio di Calabria |
Mevania | Bevagna, Umbria, Italy |
Minorisa | Manresa, Catalonia, Spain |
Misnia | Meissen |
Mirobriga Celticorum | Santiago do Cacém, Portugal |
Moguncia, Moguntia, Moguntiacum, Mogontiacum | Mainz, Germany |
Monachium, Monacum | Munich (München), Germany |
Monaecum, Portus (Herculis) Monoeci | Monaco |
Monasterium | Bitolj, Macedonia |
Monasterium in Eifel | Bad Münstereifel, Germany |
Monasterium Westphaliae | Münster, Germany |
Mondobriga | Alter do Chăo, Portugal |
Morgiis | Morges, Switzerland |
Mosae Traiectum | Maastricht, Netherlands |
Mursa | Osijek, Croatia |
Mutina | Modena, Italy |
Mycenae | Mycenae (Mykęnes, Mykęnai), Greece |
Myrtilis | Mértola, Portugal |
Nabantia | Tomar, Portugal |
Naissus | Niš, Serbia and Montenegro |
Napoca, Claudiopolis | Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
Narbo | Narbonne |
Narona | Vid, (today's Metkovic), Croatia |
Naupactus | Na(u)fpaktos, Greece |
Nauplium¹ | Na(u)fplion, Greece |
Nauportus | Vrhnika, Slovenia |
Neapolis | Naples (Napoli), Italy |
Neapolis-Aemonia | Novigrad, Croatia |
Neosolium | Banska Bystrica, Slovakia |
Nemausus | Nîmes, France |
Nemea¹ | Nemea, Greece |
Neoplanta | Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro |
Nesactium | Visače |
Neviodunum | Drnovo, Slovenia |
Nicaea, Nicia | Nice, France |
Nicaea | Iznik, Turkey |
Nicomedia¹ | Izmit, Turkey |
Nicopia | Nyköping, Sweden |
Nicopolis¹ | Nicopolis, Greece |
Nola | Nola, ENE of Naples, Italy |
Norcopia | Norrköping, Sweden |
Noreia | Neumarkt, Austria |
Norimberga | Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Germany |
Nova Ionia (Athenae) | Nea Ionia (Athens) aka New Ionia, Greece |
Nova Ionia (Thessalia) | Nea Ionia (Thessaly) aka New Ionia, Greece |
Novae | Sishtov, Bulgaria |
Novaesium, Novensium | Neuss, Germany |
Noviomagus | Nijmegen, Noyon, Speyer, Neumagen |
Noviodunum (Colonia Iulia Equestris) | Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland |
Noviodunum | Soissons, France |
Noviodunum | Isaccea, Tulcea, Romania |
Novio Rito | Niort |
Nursia | Norcia, Umbria, Italy |
Octodurum | Martigny, Valais, Switzerland |
Odessus | Varna |
Oenipons | Innsbruck, Austria |
Olisipo, Ulyssipolis | Lisbon (Lisboa), Portugal |
Olmedum | Olmedo |
Olympia¹ | Olympia, Greece |
Olympias¹ | Olympias (Olympiada), Greece |
Oneum | Omis, Croatia |
Orchomenos¹ | Orchomenus, Greece |
Orebrogia | Örebro, Sweden |
Oresundae | Öresund, Sweden |
Ossonoba | Faro, Portugal |
Ovilava | Wels, Austria |
Oxonia | Oxford, United Kingdom |
Paeania¹ | Paiania (Paeania), Greece |
Pampalona, Pampelona | Pamplona |
Panormus | Palermo, Italy |
Parentium | Poreč, Croatia |
Partiscum | Szeged, Hungary |
Patavia, Castra Batava | Passau, Germany |
Patavium | Padua (Padova), Italy |
Patrae¹, Ares Patrensis | Patras, Greece |
Pax Iulia, Pax Augusta, Colonia Pacensis | Beja, Portugal |
Pax Mariae | Mariefred, Sweden |
Petina | Pićan |
Phalerum | Phaleron, Faliron, Greece |
Pharus | Hvar, Croatia |
Philippi | Philippi, Greece |
Piquentum | Buzet, Croatia |
Piraeus | Piraeus, Greece |
Pisae | Pisa, Italy |
Pisaurum | Pesaro, Italy |
Pitovia | Piteĺ, Sweden |
Placentia | Piacenza, Italy |
Poetovio | Ptuj, Slovenia |
Pola | Pula, Croatia |
Pompilii forum, Poppium | Forlimpopoli, Italy |
Porolissum | Zalau, Romania |
Portus Alacer | Portalegre, Portugal |
Portus Cale¹ | Porto, Portugal |
Portus Hannibalis | Portimăo, Portugal |
Portus Naonis | Pordenone, Italy |
Posnania, Poznania | Poznań, Poland |
Posonium, Wratisslaburgium | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Potaissa | Turda, Romania |
Potidaea¹ | Potidaea (Potidaia), Greece |
Praetorium | Copaceni, Vâlcea, Romania |
Praga | Prague (Praha), Czech Republic |
Prusa, Brusa | Bursa, Turkey |
Pyrrhanum | Piran, Slovenia |
Ragusa | Dubrovnik, Croatia |
Ramboletium | Rambouillet, France |
Ratisbona | Regensburg |
Ravenna | Ravenna, Italy |
Regiomontium | Kaliningrad, Königsberg |
Resovia | Rzeszów, Poland |
Rhegium | Reggio di Calabria |
Rigomagus | Remagen, Germany |
Risinium | Risan, Serbia and Montenegro |
Rocium | Roč |
Roma | Rome, Italy |
Roma Nova | Istanbul, Turkey |
Romula-Malva | Resca Dobrosloveni, Romania |
Rotomagus | Rouen, France |
Rugensis civitas | Riga, Latvia |
Sablones | Venlo, Netherlands |
Saena, Sena | Siena, Italy |
Salacia | Alcácer do Sal, Portugal |
Salamis¹ | Salamis, Cyprus |
Salamis¹ | Salamis, Greece |
Salisburgium, Iuvavia | Salzburg, Austria |
Salmantica | Salamanca |
Salona | Solin, Croatia |
Samarobriva | Amiens, France |
Sandomir | Sandomierz, Poland |
Saresberia, Serviodunum | Salisbury, England |
Savaria | Szombathely, Hungary |
Scalabis | Santarém, Portugal |
Scarbantia | Sopron, Hungary |
Scardona | Skradin, Croatia |
Schedina | Skövde, Sweden |
Scodra | Shkodër, Albania |
Scopium, Scupium | Skopje, Macedonia |
Selleum | Tomar, Portugal |
Senia | Senj, Croatia |
Serdica | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Sexaginta Prista | Ruse, Bulgaria |
Silva Ducis | 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch), Netherlands |
Singidunum | Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia and Montenegro |
Sinus | Sines, Portugal |
Sipontum | Manfredonia |
Siradia | Sieradz, Poland |
Sirmium | Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia and Montenegro |
Siscia | Sisak, Croatia |
Solodurum/Salodurum | Solothurn, Switzerland |
Sopianae | Pécs, Hungary |
Spalatum | Split, Croatia |
Sparta¹ | Sparta, Greece |
Spira | Speyer, Germany |
Spoletium | Spoleto, Umbria, Italy |
Stabiae | Castellammare di Stabia |
Stenbrovium | Stenbro, Sweden |
Stocholmia, Holmia | Stockholm, Sweden |
Stutgardia, Stuogardia | Stuttgart, Germany |
Sucidava | Celei, Romania |
Sudercopia | Söderköping, Sweden |
Suitia | Schwyz, Switzerland |
Syracusae¹ | Syracuse (Siracusa) |
Talabara | Alpedrinha, Fundăo, Portugal |
Talabriga | Águeda, Portugal |
Tarsatica | Trsat, Croatia |
Tauromenium | Taormina, Sicily |
Taurunum | Zemun, Serbia and Montenegro |
Tapae | Poarta de Fier a Transilvaniei, Romania |
Tarraco | Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain |
Tegea | Tegea, Greece, near Tripoli |
Telga | Tälje, Sweden |
Tergestum | Trieste (Trst), Italy |
Terranda | Tirana, Albania |
Terracina | Terracina, Italy |
Thebae (Boeotia/Athenae) | Theva (Thebes), Greece |
Thermae Himeraerae | Termini Imerese, Sicily |
Thermopylae¹ | Thermopylae, Greece |
Thessalonica, Salonica¹ | Thessaloniki, Saloniki (Salonika), Makedonia, Greece |
Ticinum | Pavia, Italy |
Tifernum Tiberinum | Citta di Castello |
Temesiensis | Timisoara, Timis, Romania |
Toletum | Toledo, Spain |
Tolosa | Toulouse, France |
Tomis | Constanta, Romania |
Tornacum | Tournai, Doornik |
Tragurion | Trogir, Croatia |
Traiectum | Utrecht, Netherlands |
Traiectum ad Mosam | Maastricht |
Trapezus | Trabzon, Trebizond |
Tremonia | Dortmund, Germany |
Tridentum | Trento, Italy |
Tripolis | Tripoli, Greece |
Tripolis | Tripoli, Lebanon |
Tritium | Covilhă, Portugal |
Troesmis | Iglita, Romania |
Troezen, Troezena¹ | Troezen, Greece |
Tubinga | Tübingen, Germany |
Tuder | Todi, Umbria, Italy |
Tugium | Zug, Switzerland |
Tulpiacum, Tolbiacum | Zülpich (Tolbiac) |
Turicum | Zürich, Switzerland |
Turoni, Metropolis civitas Turonum, Turonorum, Augusta Turonum, T(h)oronus, Turonica civitas, Caesarodunum | Tours, France |
Tusculum | near Frascati, SE of Rome, Italy |
Ulpiana | Ljipljan, Serbia and Montenegro |
Ulmetum | Pantelimonul de Sus, Constanta (county), Romania |
Upsala | Uppsala, Sweden |
Uraniburgum | Uranienborg, Sweden |
Uranopolis¹ | Uranopoli, Greece some prefer Uranopolis |
Urba | Orbe, Vaud, Switzerland |
Urbinum Hortense, Urvinum Hortense | near Collemancio, Umbria, Italy (?) |
Urbinum Mataurense, Urvinum Mataurense | Urbino, Marche, Italy |
Urbs Mariae | Mariestad, Sweden |
Urbs Notabilis | Mdina, Malta |
Utinum | Udine, Italy |
Vadstenium | Vadstena, Sweden |
Valebona | Tropoje, Albania |
Valcum | Fenékpuszta, Hungary |
Valentia | Valencia, Italy |
Varadinum | Oradea, Romania |
Varsovia, Varsavia | Warsaw (Warszawa), Poland |
Vegium | Karlobag, Croatia |
Veldidena | Wilten, Austria |
Velitrae | Velletri |
Vemmaria, Wemmaria | Vimmerby, Sweden |
Veniatia | Vinhais, Portugal |
Venlonum | Venlo, Netherlands |
Venta Belgarum | Winchester, United Kingdom |
Venusia | Venosa |
Verulamium | St Albans, United Kingdom |
Vesontio | Besançon, France |
Vetera, Colonia Ulpia Traiana | Xanten, Germany |
Veterosolium, Vetusolium | Zvolen, Slovakia |
Vexionia | Växjö, Sweden |
Vibiscum | Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland |
Viburga | Vyborg, Russia |
Vienna Allobrogium | Vienne, Isére, France |
Vienna (Nederlandia), Vigenna | Vianen, Netherlands |
Viennavicus | Vienne-en-Val, Loiret, France |
Vierium | Vihiers, Maine-et-Loire, France |
Vigiliae | Besceglie, Italy |
Viglebanum, Vigebanum | Vigevano, Italy |
Vigueria, Viguerium | Voghera, Italy |
Villa Euracini | Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal |
Villa Cardilio | Torres Novas, Portugal |
Vindobona, Vienna (Austriae) | Vienna (Wien), Austria |
Vindonissa | Windisch, Aargau, Switzerland |
Vipasca | Aljustrel, Portugal |
Viseu | Viseu, Portugal |
Visingsburgum, Wisingsburgum | Visingsborg, Sweden |
Vitudurum | Winterthur, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland |
Virunum | Maria Saal (Gospa Sveta), Austria |
Volaterrae | Volterra, Italy |
Volsinium | Bolsena, Italy |
Vratislavia, Wratislavia | Wrocław, Poland |
Wormatia | Worms, Germany |
Ystadium, Istadium, Ustadium | Ystad, Sweden |
Zycanthus, Zacynthus¹ | Zante (Zakynthos), Greece |
- ¹ Latinized form of the Greek-derived name.
- ² Latinized form of the Asian-derived name via Greek.
- ³ Altered Latinized form of the Greek-derived name.
See also
- List of Roman place names in Britain, includes Ireland, Faeroe Islands, and Iceland.
- Roman Geography of Portugal, Cities, villas, and rivers of Portugal during the Roman Empire.
- Chemical elements named after places (several element names employ Latin place names)
- Latin names of European communities
- Latin names of European countries
- Latin names of European rivers
- Latin names of cities
- Latin names of communities (this list includes only small towns and villages)
- Latin names of geographical features
- Latin names of islands
- Latin names of lakes
- Latin names of mountains
- Latin names of regions
- Latin names of rivers
External links
- Place Names of Europe (http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/europe.html)
- http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.htmlde:Liste lateinischer Ortsnamen
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