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Catalan exonyms

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The following is a list of Catalan exonyms, that is to say, names for places out of Catalan speaking areas which are used in the Catalan language.

Albania[edit]

 Albania Albània
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Tirana Tirana Tiranë Albanian

Algeria[edit]

 Algeria Algèria
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Algiers Alger Al-Jazā'ir
Constantina Constantina Qusanṭīnah
Oran Orà Wahrān

Armenia[edit]

 Armenia Armènia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Yerevan Erevan Yerevan Armenian

Austria[edit]

 Austria Àustria
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Carinthia Caríntia Kärnten German
Styria Estíria Steiermark German
Vienna Viena Wien German

Azerbaijan[edit]

 Azerbaijan Azerbaidjan
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Baku Bakú Bakı Azeri
Ganja Gandja Gəncə Azeri
Nakhchivan Nakhtxivan Naxçıvan Azeri

Bangladesh[edit]

 Bangladesh Bangladesh/Bangla Desh
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Dhaka Dacca Ḍhākā Bengali

Belgium[edit]

 Belgium Bèlgica
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Antwerp Anvers Antwerpen Dutch
Bruges Bruges Brugge Dutch
Brussels Brussel·les Brussel Dutch
Bruxelles French
Flanders Flandes Vlaanderen Dutch
Ghent Gant Gent Dutch
Leuven Lovaina Leuven Dutch
Liège Lieja Liège French
Luxembourg Luxemburg Luxembourg French
Wallonia Valònia Wallonie French

Brazil[edit]

 Brazil Brasil
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Amazonas Amazones Amazonas Portuguese

Canada[edit]

 Canada Canadà
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
British Columbia Colúmbia Britànica
Montreal Mont-real Montréal French
New Brunswick Nova Brunsvic Nouveau-Brunswick French
Newfoundland Terranova
Nova Scotia Nova Escòcia
Ontario Ontàrio
Prince Edward Island Illa del Príncep Eduard

Chile[edit]

 Chile Xile
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Santiago de Chile Santiago de Xile Santiago de Chile Spanish

China[edit]

 China Xina
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Peking Pequín Běijīng Chinese
Chungking Txungking Chónqìng Chinese
Canton Canton Guǎngzhōu Chinese
Nanking Nanquín Nánjīng Chinese
Shanghai Xangai Shànghāi Chinese
Tianjin Tientsin Tiānjīn Chinese

Croatia[edit]

 Croatia Croàcia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Dalmatia Dalmàcia Dalmacija Croatian
Istria Ístria Istra Croatian
Slavonia Eslavònia Slavonija Croatian

Cuba[edit]

 Cuba
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Havana l'Havana La Habana Spanish

Cyprus[edit]

 Cyprus Xipre
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Nicosia Nicòsia Lefkoşa Turkish
Lefkosía Greek

Czech Republic[edit]

 Czech Republic Txèquia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Bohemia Bohèmia Čechy Czech
Moravia Moràvia Morava Czech
Prague Praga Praha Czech
Silesia Silèsia Slezsko Czech

Denmark[edit]

 Denmark Dinamarca
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Copenhagen Copenhaguen København Danish
Faroe Islands Illes Fèroe Føroyar Faroese
Funen Fiònia Fyn Danish
Jutland Jutlàndia Jylland Danish
Zealand Selàndia Sjælland Danish

Egypt[edit]

 Egypt Egipte
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Alexandria Alexandria Al-Iskandarīya
Cairo El Caire Qāhirah
Luxor Luxor Al-Uqṣur
Suez Suez Suways

Finland[edit]

 Finland Finlàndia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Helsinki Hèlsinki


France[edit]

 France França
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Alsace Alsàcia Elsàss Alsatian
Angoulême Angulema Angoulême French
Arles Arle Arle Occitan
Arras Arràs Arras French
Auvergne Alvèrnia Auvèrnha Occitan
Avignon Avinyó Avinhon Occitan
Bayonne Baiona Baiona Basque
Béziers Besiers Besièrs Occitan
Bordeaux Bordeus Bordèu Occitan
Burgundy Borgonya Bourgogne French
Brittany Bretanya Breizh Breton
Cannes Canes Canas Occitan
Carcassonne Carcassona Carcassona Occitan
Champagne-Ardenne Xampanya-Ardenes Champagne-Ardenne French
Clermont-Ferrand Clarmont d'Alvèrnia Clarmont Occitan
Corsica Còrsega Corsica Corsican
Dauphiné Delfinat Daufinat Occitan
Franche-Comté Franc Comtat Franche-Comté French
French Guiana Guaiana Francesa Guyane French
Gascony Gascunya Gasconha Gascon
Guyenne Guiena Guiana Occitan
Guadeloupe Guadalupe Gwadloup Creole
Île-de-France Illa de França Île-de-France French
Languedoc Llenguadoc Lengadòc Occitan
Lille Lilla Lille French
Limoges Llemotges Lemòtges Occitan
Limousin Llemosí Lemosin Occitan
Lorraine Lorena Louréne Lorrain
Lourdes Lorda Lorda Occitan
Lyons Lió Lyon French
Marseilles Marsella Marselha Occitan
Martinique Martinica Matinik Creole
Montpellier Montpeller Montpelhièr Occitan
Narbonne Narbona Narbona Occitan
Nice Niça Niça Niçard
Normandy Normandia Normaundie Norman
Orange Aurenja Aurenja Occitan
Pamiers Pàmies Pàmias Occitan
Paris París Paris French
Périgueux Perigús Peireguers Occitan
Picardy Picardia Picardie French
Réunion Reunió Rénion Creole
Strasbourg Estrasburg Strasbourg French
Toulon Toló Tolon Occitan
Toulouse Tolosa de Llenguadoc Tolosa Occitan
Versailles Versalles Versailles French

Georgia[edit]

 Georgia Geòrgia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Tbilisi Tbilissi Tbilisi Georgian


Germany[edit]

 Germany Alemanya
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Aachen Aquisgrà Aachen German
Bavaria Baviera Bayern German
Berlin Berlín Berlin German
Brunswick Brunsvic Braunschweig German
Koblenz Coblença Koblenz German
Cologne Colònia Köln German
Freiburg Friburg Freiburg German
Hamelin Hamelín Hameln German
Constance Constança Konstanz German
Mainz Magúncia Mainz German
Munich Munic München German
Nuremberg Nuremberg Nürnberg German
Regensburg Ratisbona Regensburg German
Rhineland-Palatinate Renània-Palatinat Rheinland-Pfalz German
Saxony Saxònia Sachsen German
Schleswig Slesvig Schleswig German
Thuringia Turíngia Thüringen German
Trier Trèveris Trier German
Westphalia Westfàlia Westfalen German

Greece[edit]

 Greece Grècia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Aegean Islands Illes Egees Nisiá Aigaíou
Athens Atenes Athína
Attica Àtica Attiki
Cephalonia Cefalònia Kefalonia
Corfu Corfú Kérkyra
Corinth Corint Kórinthos
Crete Creta Kríti
Cyclades Cíclades Kykládes
Dodecanese Dodecanès Dodekánisa
Epirus Epir Ípiros
Heraklion Càndia Irákleio
Ionian Islands Illes Jòniques Ionia nisia
Ithaca Ítaca Ithaki
Kastellorizo Castellroig Kastellorizo
Kythira Citera Kythira
Lefkada Lèucada Lefkada
Macedonia Macedònia Makedhonía
Marathon Marató Marathónas
Patras Patres Pátra
Peloponnese Peloponès Pelopónnēsos
Piraeus El Pireu Pireás
Rhodes Rodes Ródos
Sporades Espòrades Sporádhes
Thessaly Tessàlia Thessalía
Thessaloniki Tessalònica Thessalonikí
Thrace Tràcia Thráki
Zakynthos Zacint Zakynthos

India[edit]

 India Índia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Bangalore Bàngalor Bengalaru Kannada
Bengal Bengala Bôngô Bengali
Bombay Bombai Mumbai Marathi
Kashmir Caixmir Kaśīr Kashmiri
Kolkata Calcuta Kólkata Bengali
Madras Madràs Chennai Tamil
New Delhi Nova Delhi Naī Dillī Hindi

Iran[edit]

 Iran
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Tehran Teheran Tehrān Persian

Iraq[edit]

 Iraq
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Basra Bàssora Basra Arabic
Besra Kurdish

Ireland[edit]

 Ireland Irlanda
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Dublin Dublín Baile Átha Cliath Irish

Israel[edit]

 Israel
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Bethlehem Betlem Bayt Laḥm Arabic
Capernaum Cafarnaüm Kfar Nachum Hebrew
Jericho Jericó Arīḥā Arabic
Jerusalem Jerusalem Yerushalayim Hebrew
Nazareth Natzaret Natzrat Hebrew
Tiberias Tiberíades Tverya Hebrew

Italy[edit]

 Italy Itàlia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Abruzzo Abruços Abruzzo Italian
Agrigento Agrigent Girgenti Sicilian
Apulia Pulla Puglia Italian
Assisi Assís Assisi Italian
Bergamo Bèrgam Bergamo Italian
Bologna Bolonya Bologna Italian
Cagliari Càller Casteddu Sardinian
Calabria Calàbria Calabria Italian
Campania Campània Campania Italian
Catania Catània Catania Sicilian
Emilia-Romagna Emília-Romanya Emilia-Romagna Italian
Florence Florència Firenze Italian
Friuli Venezia Giulia Friül Venècia Júlia Friûl Vignesie Julie Friulian
Genoa Gènova Genova Italian
Lazio Laci Lazio Italian
Liguria Ligúria Liguria Italian
Lombardy Llombardia Lombardia Italian
Mantua Màntua Mantova Italian
Marches Marques Marche Italian
Milan Milà Milano Italian
Modena Mòdena Modena Italian
Naples Nàpols Napoli Italian
Padua Pàdua Padova Venetian
Palermo Palerm Palermu Sicilian
Piedmont Piemont Piemont Piedmontese
Pompei Pompeia Pompei Italian
Rimini Rímini Rimini Italian
Salerno Salern Salerno Italian
Sardinia Sardenya Sardigna Sardinian
Sassari Sàsser Sassari Sassarese
Sicily Sicília Sicilia Sicilian
Taranto Tàrent Taranto Italian
Turin Torí Torino Italian
Venice Venècia Venexia Venetian

Japan[edit]

 Japan Japó
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Tokyo Tòquio Tōkyō Japanese

Kazakhstan[edit]

 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Almaty Almati Almatı Kazakh
Astana Astanà Astana Kazakh

Kyrgyzstan[edit]

 Kyrgyzstan Kirguizstan
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Bishkek Bixkek Bishkek Kyrgyz

Lebanon[edit]

 Lebanon Líban
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Beirut Beirut Bayrūt

Lithuania[edit]

 Lithuania Lituània
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Vilnius Vílnius Vilnius Lithuanian

Libya[edit]

 Libya Líbia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Benghazi Bengasi Bingazi
Tripoli Trípoli Ṭarābulus

Luxembourg[edit]

 Luxembourg Luxemburg
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Luxembourg Luxemburg Lëtzebuerg Luxembourgish

Mexico[edit]

 Mexico Mèxic
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Baja California Baixa Califòrnia Baja California Spanish
Mexico Mèxic México Spanish

Mongolia[edit]

 Mongolia Mongòlia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Ulaanbaatar Ulanbator Ulaanbaatar Mongolian

Morocco[edit]

 Morocco Marroc
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Marrakesh Marràqueix Murrākush Arabic
Tangier Tànger Ṭanja Arabic

Nepal[edit]

   Nepal
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Kathmandu Katmandú/Kàtmandu Kathmandu Nepali

Netherlands[edit]

 Netherlands Països Baixos
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Friesland Frísia Fryslân Frisian
Guelders Güeldes Gelderland Dutch
Holland Holanda Holland Dutch
The Hague La Haia Den Haag Dutch
Zealand Zelanda Zeeland Dutch

Poland[edit]

 Poland Polònia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Kraków Cracòvia Kraków Polish
Kuyavia Cuiàvia Kujawy Polish
Masuria Masúria Mazury Polish
Mazovia Masòvia Mazowsze Polish
Podlachia Podlàquia Podlasie Polish
Pomerania Pomerània Pomorze Polish
Silesia Silèsia Śląsk Polish
Subcarpathia Subcarpàcia Podkarpacie Polish
Warmia Vàrmia Warmia Polish
Warsaw Varsòvia Warszawa Polish
Wrocław Breslau Wrocław Polish

Romania[edit]

 Romania
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Bucharest Bucarest București Romanian

Russia[edit]

 Russia Rússia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Moscow Moscou Moskva
Saint Petersburg Sant Petersburg Sankt Peterburg

Saudi Arabia[edit]

 Saudi Arabia Aràbia Saudita
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Jeddah Jiddah Jidda Arabic
Medina Medina Madīnah Arabic
Mecca La Meca Makkah Arabic
Riyadh Riad 'ar-Riyāḍ Arabic

Serbia[edit]

 Serbia Sèrbia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Belgrade Belgrad Beograd

Singapore[edit]

 Singapore Singapur
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Singapore Singapur Singapura Malay

South Korea[edit]

 South Korea Corea del Sud
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Seoul Seül Seo'ul Korean

Spain[edit]

 Spain Espanya
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
A Coruña La Corunya A Coruña Galician
Ademuz Ademús Ademuz Spanish
Aínsa l'Aïnsa l'Aínsa Aragonese
Albarracín Albarrasí Albarracín Spanish
Alcañiz Alcanyís Alcañiz Spanish
Algeciras Algesires Algeciras Spanish
Almería Almeria Almería Spanish
Andalusia Andalusia Andalucía Spanish
Aragon l'Aragó Aragón Aragonese
Aspe Asp Aspe Spanish
Asturias Astúries Asturies Asturian
Ávila Àvila Ávila Spanish
Barbastro Barbastre Balbastro Aragonese
Basque Country País Basc Euskal Herria Basque
Cádiz Cadis Cádiz Spanish
Calatayud Calataiud Calatayud Spanish
Canary Islands Illes Canàries Islas Canarias Spanish
Cantabria Cantàbria Cantabria Spanish
Caspe Casp Casp Aragonese
Castile Castella Castilla Spanish
Chelva Xelva Chelva Spanish
Cheste Xest Cheste Spanish
Chiva Xiva Chiva Spanish
Cordova Còrdova Córdoba Spanish
Cuenca Conca Cuenca Spanish
Ejea de los Caballeros Eixea Ejea de los Caballeros Spanish
Galicia Galícia Galiza Galician
Guernica Guernica Gernika Basque
Huesca Osca Huesca Spanish
La Mancha la Manxa La Mancha Spanish
León Lleó Llión Leonese
Lorca Llorca Lorca Spanish
Málaga Màlaga Málaga Spanish
Mérida Mèrida Mérida Spanish
Monforte del Cid Montfort Monforte del Cid Spanish
Monzón Montsó Monzón Aragonese
Murcia Múrcia Murcia Spanish
Navarre Navarra Nafarroa Basque
Palencia Palència Palencia Spanish
Pampeluna Pamplona Iruñea Basque
Pilar de la Horadada El Pilar de la Foradada Pilar de la Horadada Spanish
Roncesvalles Roncesvalls Orreaga Basque
San Sebastián Sant Sebastià Donostia Basque
Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostel·la Santiago de Compostela Galician
Saragossa Saragossa Zaragoza Spanish
Segovia Segòvia Segovia Spanish
Seville Sevilla Sevilla Spanish
Soria Sòria Soria Spanish
Tarazona Tarassona Tarazona Spanish
Teruel Terol Teruel Spanish
Torrevieja Torrevella Torrevieja Spanish
Vielha Viella Vielha Occitan
Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitòria Gasteiz Basque
Yecla Iecla Yecla Spanish

Sweden[edit]

 Sweden Suècia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Stockholm Estocolm

Switzerland[edit]

  Switzerland Suïssa
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Aargau Argòvia Aargau German
Basel Basilea Basel German
Bern Berna Bern German
Fribourg Friburg Fribourg French
Freiburg German
Geneva Ginebra Genève French
Grisons Grisons Graubünden German
Grischun Rumantsch
Grigioni Italian
Lausanne Lausana Lausanne French
Lucerne Lucerna Luzern German
Thurgovia Turgòvia Thurgau German
Zürich Zuric Zürich German

Syria[edit]

 Syria Síria
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Aleppo Alep Ḥalab Arabic
Damascus Damasc Dimashq Arabic

Thailand[edit]

 Thailand Tailàndia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Bangkok Bangkok Krung Thep

Tajikistan[edit]

 Tajikistan Tadjikistan
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Dushanbe Duixanbe Dushanbe Tajik

Turkey[edit]

 Turkey Turquia
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Antioch Antioquia Antakya Turkish
Gallipoli Gal·lípoli Gelibolu Turkish
Izmir Esmirna İzmir Turkish
Trebizond Trebisonda Trabzon Turkish

Turkmenistan[edit]

 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Ashgabat Aixkhabad Aşgabat Turkmen

Ukraine[edit]

 Ukraine Ucraïna
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Chernobyl Txernòbil Chornobil'
Kiev Kíev Kyiv

United Kingdom[edit]

 United Kingdom Regne Unit
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Cornwall Cornualla Kernow Cornish
Cumbria Cúmbria Cumbria English
Edinburgh Edimburg Edinburgh English
England Anglaterra England English
London Londres London English
Scotland Escòcia Alba Gaelic
Wales País de Gal·les Cymru Welsh

United States of America[edit]

 United States of America Estats Units d'Amèrica
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
California Califòrnia
Chicago Xicago
Georgia Geòrgia
Mississippi Mississipí
New Hampshire Nou Hampshire
New Jersey Nova Jersey
New Mexico Nou Mèxic
New Orleans Nova Orleans
New York Nova York
Pennsylvania Pennsilvània
Philadelphia Filadèlfia
Virginia Virgínia

Uzbekistan[edit]

 Uzbekistan
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Bukhara Bukharà Buxoro Uzbek
Khiva Khivà Xiva Uzbek
Samarkand Samarcanda Samarqand Uzbek
Tashkent Taixkent Toshkent Uzbek

Yemen[edit]

 Yemen Iemen
English name Catalan name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Sanaa Sanà Ṣan‘ā’ Arabic

See also[edit]


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