Basque exonyms

The following is a list of Basque exonyms, that is to say names for towns and cities that do not speak Basque that have been adapted to Basque standard spelling rules, or are simply native names from ancient times.

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Language Native Name Basque Exonym
 Algeria Aljeria
Arabic Al-Jazā'ir Aljer
 Australia Australia
English Adelaide Adelaide
 Austria Austria
German Salzburg Salzburgo
Wien Viena
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Bakı Baku
 Belgium Belgika
French - Dutch Anvers - Antwerpen Anberes
Bruges - Brugge Brujas
Bruxelles - Brussel Brusela
Liège (city) - Luik Lieja
Namur - Namen Namur
 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
French Ouagadougou Uagadugu
 Cameroon Kamerun
French - English Yaoundé Jaunde
 Canada Kanada
English Newfoundland Ternua
 Chad Txad
French - Arabic N'Djamena - Nijāmīnā Yamena
 China Txina
Chinese Běijīng Pekin
Xiānggǎng Hong Kong
Táibĕi Taipei
 Côte d'Ivoire Boli Kosta
French Yamoussoukro Jamusukro
 Cyprus Zipre
Greek - Türkish Lefkosía - Lefkoşa Nikosia
 Czech Republic Txekiar Errepublika
Czech Praha Praga
 Denmark Danimarka
Danish København Kopenhage
 Egypt Egipto
Arabic Al-Iskandariyya Alexandria
Asyūt Asiut
Qāhirah Kairo
Suways Suez
Uqsur Luxor
 France Frantzia[1]
French Ajaccio Aiacciu
Aire-sur-l'Adour Atura
Anglet Angelou
Aramits Aramitze
Arcachon Arkaizo
Angoulême Angulema
Argelès-Gazost Argelez
Auch Auski / Autxo / Hiriberri-Autxoa
Bagnères-de-Bigorre Uronaga
Bordeaux Bordele / Burdigala (old)
Carcassonne Carcasona
Condom Gondona
Dax Akize
Esquiule Eskiula
Foix Fox
Le Havre Habre Grazia
Hastingues Hastinga
Hossegor Ozagorri
Langon Langoe
La Rochelle Arroxela
Lembeye Inbidia
Libourne Liburna
Lourdes Lorda / Lourda / Lurda
Lyon Lione
Marseille Marseilla / Marsella / Marzella
Mont-de-Marsan Mendi Marzana
Mirande Miranda-Autxoa
Muret Murueta
Navarrenx Nabarrengose / Nabarrenkoze
Nérac Nerako
Nice Niza
Oloron-Sainte-Marie Oloroe-Donamaria / Olorue / Auloroa
Orthez Ortheze / Orthese / Ortese
Pamiers Paniertza
Paris Parise
Pau Paue / Pabe
Perpignan Perpinyà
Peyrehorade Peirorade / Peirahorada
Rouen Erruan
Saint-Gaudens Done Gaudentzi
Saint-Girons Done Girontze / Dongiruntze
Salies-de-Béarn Biarnoko Salis / Saliese
Strasbourg Estrasburgo
Tarbes Aturbe / Tarbe
Tartas Tarusa
Toulouse Tolosa
 Germany Alemania
German Köln Kolonia
Hamburg Hanburgo
Konstanz Konstantza
 Ghana Ghana
English Accra Akkra
 Greece Grezia
Greek Athína Atenas
Spárta Esparta
Thessaloníki Tesalonika
 Guinea Ginea
French - Malinké Conakry - Kכnakiri Konakry
 India India
Hindi - English Kólkata - Kolkata Kalkuta
 Iran Iran
Persian Eşfahān Ispahan
Ghom Qom
Tehrān Teheran
 Iraq Irak
Arabic - Kurdish Basrah - Besra Basora
 Israel Israel
Hebrew - Arabic Yerušaláyim - Al-Quds Jerusalem
Natzrát - Naseriyye Nazaret
Tverya - Ţabariyyah Tiberiades
 Italy Italia
Italian Bologna Bolonia
Firenze Florentzia
Milano Milan
Roma Erroma
Torino Turin
 Japan Japonia
Japanese Kyōto Kioto
Nagoya Nagoia
Tōkyō Tokio
 Lebanon Libano
Arabic - French Bayrūt - Beyrouth Beirut
 Libya Libia
Arabic Binġāzī Benghazi
Ţarābulus Tripoli
 Mauritania Mauritania
Arabic - French Nuwākšūţ - Nouakchott Nuakchot
 Mongolia Mongolia
Mongolian Ulaanbaatar Ulan Bator
 Morocco Maroko
Arabic Murrākuš Marrakex
Ţanja Tanger
   Nepal Nepal
Nepali Kantipur Katmandu
 Netherlands Herbehereak
Dutch Den Haag Haga
 Niger Niger
French Niamey Niamei
 Oman Oman
Arabic Masqaţ Maskat
 Palestine Palestina
Arabic - Hebrew Ġazza - Άzzā Ghaza
 Pakistan Pakistan
Urdu - English Karāchi - Karachi Karatxi
 Poland Polonia
Polish Kraków Krakovia
Warszawa Varsovia
 Romania Errumania
Romanian Bucureşti Bukarest
 Russia Errusia
Russian Ekaterinbúrg Jekaterinburg
Moskva Mosku
Sankt Peterburg San Petersburgo
 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Arabic Madīna Medina
Makkah Meka
Riyād Riad
 Serbia Serbía
Serbian Beograd Belgrad
 South Africa Hego Afrika
English - Afrikaans Cape Town - Kaapstad Lurmutur Hiria
 Spain Espainia
Spanish - Catalan Barcelona Bartzelona
Burgos Barduria
Cádiz - Cadis Kadiz
Calahorra Kalagorri / Kalagorria
Casalarreina Nafarruri / Nafaurri / Nahaurri
Castro-Urdiales Urdialitz / Kastro-Urdialitz
Ceuta Zeuta
Cihuri Zihuri / Zufiuri
Córdoba - Còrdova Kordoba
Ejea de los Caballeros Exea / Etxea / Setia-Exea
Ezcaray Ezkarai
Gijon Kixoi
Huesca - Osca Oska / Uheska
Jaca Jaka / Iakha
Logroño Lugruñu / Logruño / Lugruñun
Madrid Madril
Miranda de Ebro Miranda-Iber
Murcia - Múrcia Murtzia
Nájera Naiara
Ochanduri Otxanduri
Palencia - Palència Palentzia
Reinosa Larrainotza
San Millan de la Cogolla Donemiliaga Kukula / Kukullako Donemiliaga
Santander Sanandere / Donandere
Santo Domingo de la Calzada Ozkabarte / Galtzada
Santoña Zandoina
Tarazona Aturiazu
Valencia - València Valentzia
Villaescusa la Sombria Birobezkano
Zaragoza Zarautza
 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Sinhala - Tamil Kolamba Kolonba
  Switzerland Suitza
German - French Basel - Bâle Basilea
Bern - Berne Berna
Genf - Genève Geneva
Luzern - Lucerne Luzerna
 Syria Siria
Arabic Dimašq Damasko
 Thailand Tailandia
Thai Krung Thep Bangkok
 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
Turkmen Aşgabat Ashgabat
 Ukraine Ukraina
Ukraine Chornobil' Txernobyl
Kyiv Kiev
Sevastopol Sebastopol
 United Arab Emirates Arabiar Emirerri Batuak
Arabic Abū Dhabī Abu Dhabi
Dubayy Dubai
Fujayrah Fujairah
Šāriqah Sharjah
Umm Al-Quwayyn Umm Al-Qaiwain
 United Kingdom Erresuma Batua
English London Londres
 United States Ameriketako Estatu Batuak
English Philadelphia Filadelfia
San Francisco San Frantzisko
 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Uzbek Toshkent Taxkent
Language Native Name Basque Exonym

References

  1. Exonimia FRANTZIA (EUROPA)

See also

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