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 Adelaida
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
French Ajaccio Aiacciu
Anglet Angelou
Angoulême Angulema
Auch Auski
Bordeaux Bordele
Carcassonne Carcasona
Dax Akize
La Rochelle Arroxela
Marseille Marseilla
Mont-de-Marsan Mendi Marzana
Nice Niza
Pau Paue
Perpignan Perpinyà
Rouen Erruan
Strasbourg Estrasburgo
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
Cádiz - Cadis Kadiz
Ceuta Zeuta
Córdoba - Còrdova Kordoba
Huesca - Osca Oska
Jaca Jaka
Madrid Madril
Murcia - Múrcia Murtzia
Nájera Naiara
Palencia - Palència Palentzia
Santander Sanandere
Valencia - València Valentzia
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