List of Irish exonyms
This is list of Irish language exonyms for places outside Ireland.
States and territories
This list includes sovereign states and other territories, alongside some of their capitals, major settlements and/or subdivisions.
La Coruna - An Choróin (Old geography book)
Continents
The Irish for continent is ilchríoch (plural ilchríocha) or mór-roinn (plural mór-ranna).
Seas and oceans
The Irish for sea is muir (plural mara) or farraige (plural farraigí), while ocean is aigéan (plural aigéin) or farraige mhór.
- Atlantic Ocean - an tAigéan Atlantach / an Fharraige Mhór ("the great sea")
- Arctic Ocean - an tAigéan Artach
- Indian Ocean - an tAigéan Indiach
- Pacific Ocean - an tAigéan Ciúin ("the silent ocean" - a translation of the Latin name)
- Southern Ocean (or Antarctic Ocean) - an tAigéan Theas / an tAigéan Antartach
- English Channel - Muir nIocht (Dineen's dictionary under Iocht. Note the letter after n is a capital i, not an L.)
- Celtic Sea - Muir Cheilteach
- Irish Sea (or Manx Sea) - Muir Éireann / Muir Mhannan
- Mediterranean Sea - an Mheánmhuir ("the middle sea" - a translation of the Latin name)
Solar system
The Irish for solar system is an Grianchóras.
- Sun - Grian / an Ghrian
- Mercury - Mearcair
- Venus - Véineas / Réalt na Maidine ("the morning star")
- Earth - an Domhan / an Talamh
- Moon - Gealach / an Ghealach, an Ré
- Mars - Mars / Máirt / an Pláinéad Dearg ("the red planet")
- Jupiter - Iúpatar
- Saturn - Satarn / Saduirnn (older)
- Uranus - Úránas
- Neptune - Neiptiún
References
See also