List of Latin names of mountains
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Users of Neo-Latin have taken the Latin language to places the Romans never went; hence a need arose to make Latin names of mountains that did not exist when Latin was a living language.
Strategies for constructing Latin names[edit]
List of names[edit]
| Latin | English name (other names, older names, location) |
|---|---|
| Aegaleus¹ | Mount Aegaleus, Piraeus, Greece |
| Aenos | Mount Ainos, Kefallinia/Cephallonia, Greece |
| Aetna¹ | Mount Etna, Sicily |
| Albus, Mons | Mont Blanc, France and Italy |
| Alpis (ranges) | Alps, France to Austria |
| Alpis Australia? | Australian Alps, New South Wales |
| Andes (ranges) | Andes, Chile to Colombia |
| Aroania¹ | Mount Aroania/Chelmos, Greece |
| Atlas¹ (ranges) | Atlas Mountains, NW Africa |
| Carpathi (ranges) | Carpathians, Czech Republic to Romania |
| Caucasus | Caucasus mountains, Georgia to Azerbaijan |
| Cyllene¹ | Mount Cyllene, Kylléne |
| Dalmatia (Alpis) | Dalmatian Mountains, Dalmatia, S Croatia, West Balkans |
| Dirphys¹ | Mount Dirphys, Greece |
| Elbrus | Mount Elbrus, Caucasus |
| Erymanthus¹ | Mount Erymanthus (Olonos) |
| Eryx | Monte San Giuliano, Sicily |
| Helicon¹ | Mount Helicon, Greece |
| Herminius Mons | Serra da Estrela, Portugal |
| Hymettus¹ | Mount Hymettus, Greece |
| Libani Mons | Mount Lebanon, Lebanon |
| Minthe¹ | Mount Minthe, Ilia, Greece |
| Oenoe¹ | Mount Oenoe, Greece |
| Olympus Mons¹ | Mount Olympus, Greece |
| Ossa¹ | Mount Ossa, Thessaly, Greece |
| Ossa (Tasmania) | Mount Ossa, Tasmania, Australia |
| Parnassus¹ | Mount Parnassus, Greece |
| Pentele¹ | Mount Pentelicus, Greece |
| Pholoe¹ | Mount Pholoe, Greece |
| Pindus¹ | Pindus, Pindos |
| Parnetha¹ | Mount Parnetha, Parnitha, Greece |
| Regius (Mons) | Mount Royal, Quebec |
| Rhodopes¹ | Rhodopes |
| Scollis¹ | Mount Scollis, Greece |
| Sudeti (ranges) | Sudetes, Poland to Czech Republic |
| Taurus¹ (ranges) | Taurus Mountains, S Turkey |
| Taygetus¹ | Mount Taygetus, Taygetos |
| Transylvania | Transylvania, N Romania |
| Vergina | Mount Vergina, Greece |
| Vesuvius | Mount Vesuvius, Italy |
- Latinized form of a Greek-derived mountain name
External links[edit]
- Dr. J. G. Th. Grässe, Orbis Latinus: Lexikon lateinischer geographischer Namen des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit, online at the Bavarian State Library
- Grässe, Orbis Latinus, online at Columbia University
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