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Below is list of Latin exonyms for places outside of the core of the Roman empire during the time Latin was spoken:

Albania

 Albania
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Durres Dyrrachium Durres
Lezhe Lissus Lezhe
Vlore Aulon Vlore

Austria

 Austria
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Eisenstadt Ferreum Castrum Eisenstadt
Graz Graecia Graz
Innsburck Pons Aeni Innsburck
Linz Lentia Linz
Salzburg Salisburgum Salzburg
Sankt Pölten Cetium Sankt Pölten
Vienna Vindobona Wien

Belgium

 Belgium
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Ghent Gandavum
Kortrijk Cortoriacum
Tongeren Atuatuca Tungrorum

Bulgaria

 Bulgaria
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Balchik Dionysopolis
Kyustendil Pautalia
Lom Almus
Lovech Melta
Pleven Storgozia
Plovdiv Philippololis
Razgrad Abrittus
Ruse Sexaginta Prista
Silistra Durostorum
Sofia Serdica
Sozopol Apollonia Pontica
Stara Zagora Augusta Trajana
Svishtov Novae
Varna Odessus
Vidin Bononia

Denmark

 Denmark Dania
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Copenhagen Hafnia

Egypt

 Egypt Aegyptus
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Akhmim Panopolis
Al-Arish Rhinocolura
Al-Ashumein Hermopolis
Aswan Lycopolis
Asyut Syene
Farama Pelusium
Luxor Thebae
Marsa Matruh Paraetonium
Qift Coptos

France

 France Gallia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Avignon Avenio
Lyon Ludgunum
Marseille Massilia
Nice Nicaea
Paris Lutetia
Strasbourg Argentoratum
Toulouse Tolosa

Germany

 Germany Germania
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Aachen Aquisgrana
Augsburg Augusta Vindelicorum
Baden-Baden Aurelia Aquensis
Berlin Berolinum
Bonn Bonna
Castra Bonnensis
Cologne Colonia Agrippina
Essen Navalia
Hamburg Hamburgum
Kempten Cambodunum
Konstanz Constantia
Mainz Mogontiacum
Passau Bojodurum
Regensburg Castra Regina
Speyer Noviomagus
Trier Augusta Trevorum
Wiesbaden Aquae Mattiacorum
Worms Vormatia

Greece

 Greece Graecia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Athens Athenae
Corinth Corinthus
Gytheio Gythium
Heraklion Heraclium
Karystos Carystus
Kechries Cencrheae
Laurium Laurium
Nafpaktos Naupactus
Nafplio Nauplia
Thessaloniki Thessalonica

Hungary

 Hungary Hungaria
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Debrecen Debrecinum
Dunakeszi Contra Constantiam
Dunaújváros Intercisa
Eger Agria
Esztergom Solva
Gyóór Arrabona
Kóószeg Ginsium
Mosonmagyarórvár Ad Flexum
Nagytétény Campona
Óbuda Aquincum
Pécs Sopianae
Pest Contra Aquincum
Sopron Scarbantia
Százhalombatta Matrica
Szeged Partiscum
Székesfehérvár Alba Regia
Szekszárd Alisca
Szentendre Ulcisia Castra
Szombathely Savaria
Tác Gorsium

Ireland

 Ireland Hibernia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Connacht Connocia Connacht
Hill of Tara Temro Teamhair na Ríogh
Leinster Lagenia Laighin
Meath Midia
Munster Momonia Mumhain
Ulster Ultonia Ulaidh

Netherlands

 Netherlands Batavia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Alphen aan den Rijn Albania
Leiden Lugdunum Batavorum Meant Katwijk until the Renaissance
Maastricht Trajectium Mosae
Nijmegen Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum
Utrecht Ultrajectum
Valkenburg Praetorium Agrippinae
Vechten Fectio
Voorburg Forum Hadriani
Wijk bij Duurstede Levefanum
Woerden Laur(i)um
Zwammerdam Nigrum Pullum

Poland

 Poland Polonia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Kraków Cracovia
Warsaw Varsovia Warszawa
Wroław Vratislavia

Portugal

 Portugal Lusitania
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Azores Azores Açores
Lisbon Olisipo Lisboa

Romania

 Romania
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Alba-Iulia Apullum
Black Sea Pontus Euxinus
Caransebeş Tibiscum
Cluj-Napoca Napoca
Igliţa-Turcoaia Troesmis
Mangalia Callatis
Turda Potaissa
Turnu-Severin Drobeta
Zalǎu Porolissum

Russia

 Russia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Moscow Moscua Moskva

Saudi Arabia

 Saudi Arabia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Medina Jathrippa Madina
Mecca Macoaraba Makka

Serbia

 Serbia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Belgrade Belgradum Beograd

Slovakia

 Slovakia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Bratislava Istropolis
Posonium
Banská Bystrica Neosolium
Košice Cassovia
Prešov Fragopolis
Trenčín Laugaricio
Zvolen Solium

Spain

 Spain Hispania
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Alcalá de Henares Complutum
Alicante Lucentum
Almería Urci
Barcelona Barcino
Cádiz Gades
Calatayud Bilbilis
Cartagena Carthago Nova
Córdoba Corduba
Girona Gerunda
Granada Granata
Huelva Onuba
Huesca Osca
Jaca Jacca
Léon Legio VII Gemina
Lleida Ilerda
Lugo Lucus Augusti
Madrid Matritum
Matrix
Mérida Emerita Augusta
Palma de Mallorca Palmaria
Salamanca Salamantica
Seville Hispalis
Tarragona Tarraco
Toledo Toletum
Valencia Valentia
Zaragoza Caesar Augusta

Sweden

 Sweden Suecia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Gävle Gevalia
Gothenburg Gothoburgum
Malmö Malmogia
Stockholm Holmia

Switzerland

  Switzerland Helvetia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Bern Berna
Geneva Genava
Zürich Turicum

Turkey

 Turkey Turcia
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Antakya Antiochia ad Orontem
Edirne Hadrianopolis
Edremit Adramyttium
Ereǧli Heraclea Cybistra
Erzurum Theodosiopolis
Eskişehir Dorylaeum
Gaziantep Antiochia ad Taurum
İstanbul Byzantium İstanbul
Constantinopolis
Nova Roma
İzmir Smyrna
İzmit Nicomedia
İznik Nicaea
Karadeniz Ereğli Heraclea Pontica
Kayseri Caesarea
Konya Iconium
Kütahya Cotaeum
Malatya Melitene
Marmara Ereǧlisi Heraclea Perinthus
Niksar Neocaesarea

United Kingdom

 United Kingdom Britannium Regnum
English name Latin name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Bath Aquae Sulis
Britain Britannia
Canterbury Durovernum Cantiacorum
Carlisle Luguvalium
Chelmsford Caesaromagus
Chester Deva Victrix
Colchester Camulodunum
Colonia Victricensis
Cornwall Cornubria
Dover Portus Dubris
Edinburgh Edina
England Anglia
Gloucester Glevum
Colonia Nervia Glevensium
Isle of Wight Vectis
Leicester Ratae Corieltauvorum
Lincoln Lindum Colonia
London Londinium
Manchester Mamucium
Newcastle upon Tyne Pons Aelius
Richborough Rutupiae
Saint Albans Verulamium
Scotland Scotia
Wales Cambria
Winchester Venta Belgarum
Wroxeter Viroconium Cornoviorum
York Eboracum

See also

Exonyms per language
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