Finnish exonyms

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Below is list of Finnish language exonyms for places in non-Finnish-speaking areas of Europe :

Contents 1 Albania 2 Belgium 3 Bulgaria 4 Denmark 5 Estonia 6 Finland 7 France 8 Germany 9 Greece 10 Italy 11 Latvia 12 Lithuania 13 Luxembourg 14 Norway 15 Poland 16 Portugal 17 Romania 18 Russia 19 Serbia 20 Spain 21 Sweden 22 United Kingdom 23 See also

[edit] Albania

• Tiranë Tirana

[edit] Belgium

• Brussel-Bruxelles Bryssel

[edit] Bulgaria

• Sofija Sofía

[edit] Denmark

• København Kööpenhamina

[edit] Estonia

• Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järvi
• Kuressaare Kuressaari
• Tallinn Tallinna
• Tartu Tartto

[edit] Finland

• Mariehamn Maarianhamina

[edit] France

• Nice Nizza
• Paris Pariisi

[edit] Germany

• Berlin Berliini
• Hamburg Hampuri

[edit] Greece

• Athina Ateena
• Kerkyra Korfu

[edit] Italy

• Roma Rooma
• Venezia Venetsia

[edit] Latvia

• Daugavpils Väinänlinna
• Riga Riika
• Valka Valga

[edit] Lithuania

• Vilnius Vilna

[edit] Luxembourg

• Luxembourg Luxemburg

[edit] Norway

• For further names, see : Finnish exonyms for places in Norway

• Alta Alattio
• Karasjok Kaarasjoki
• Kirkenes Kirkkoniemi
• Tana Teno
• Tromsø Tromssa
• Vardø Vuoreija

[edit] Poland

• Kraków Krakova
• Warszawa Varsova

[edit] Portugal

• Lisboa Lissabon

[edit] Romania

• Bucureşti Bukarest

[edit] Russia

• For Finnish town names in the Ingria region, see: Finnish exonyms (Ingria)

• Note that Finnish was formerly an official language in the Republic of Karelia and is still widely used there, and some places in what was Finnish territory until World War II have been given totally new Russian names; thus, Finnish names of Karelian places are not all strictly exonyms.

• Arkhangelsk Arkangeli
• Belomorsk Sorokka
• Ivangorod Iivananlinna
• Kamennogorsk Antrea
• Kandalaksha Kantalahti, Kannanlahti
• Kem (Vienan) Kemi
• Kondopoga Kontupohja
• Kostomuksha Kostamus
• Lake Ladoga Laatokka
• Lodeinoye Pole Lotinapelto
• Medvezhyegorsk Karhumäki
• Moskva Moskova
• Murmansk Muurmanni (now archaic)
• Nikel Kolosjoki
• Lake Onega Ääninen, Äänisjärvi
• Olonets Aunus
• Pechenga Petsamo
• Pechory Petseri
• Petrozavodsk Petroskoi, Äänislinna (during Finnish occupation 1941–1944 only)
• Povenets Poventsa
• Priozersk Käkisalmi
• Pskov Pihkova
• Pudozh Puutoinen
• Sankt Peterburg Pietari
• Shlisselburg Pähkinälinna, Pähkinäsaari
• Svetogorsk Enso
• Svir Syväri
• Vyborg Viipuri
• White Sea Vienanmeri
• Zemlyanoye Pummanki

[edit] Serbia

• Beograd Belgrad

[edit] Spain

• Tenerife Teneriffa

[edit] Sweden

• For Finnish place names in Northern Sweden, see: Finnish exonyms (Sweden)

• Gällivare Jällivaara
• Haparanda Haaparanta
• Jokkmokk Jokimukka
• Kalix Kainuu
• Luleå Luulaja
• Stockholm Tukholma
• Umeå Uumaja

[edit] United Kingdom

• London Lontoo

[edit] See also

• List of European exonyms