List of European regions with alternative names: Difference between revisions

Most regions and provinces of Europe have alternative names in different languages. Some regions have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all major European regions, provinces, and territories. It also includes some lesser regions that are important because of their location or history.

This article does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real", or "correct" name of any region is or was. Regions are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English. The English version is followed by variants in other languages, in alphabetical order by name, and then by any historical variants and former names.

Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents may be listed, to provide an answer to the question "What is that name in..."?.

A

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Apulia	Apulia (Latin, Polish), Apulie (Czech), Apulië (Dutch), Apulien (German), Apulija (Lithuanian), Pouille (variant in French [rare]), Pouilles (French), Puglia (Italian, Romanian), Puglie (variant in Italian)

B

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Bavaria	Bajorország (Hungarian), Bavaria (Latin, Romanian), Baviera (Italian, Spanish), Bavière (French), Bawaria (Polish), Bayern (Danish, German, Low Saxon, Norwegian, Swedish), Beieren (Dutch)
Białowieża	Bělověž (Czech), Białowieża (Polish)
Brabant	Brabân (Frisian), Brabante (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Brabant (Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Swedish)
Burgundy	Borgogna (Italian), Bourgondië (Dutch), Bourgogne (French), Burgund (German, Swedish), Burgundia (Hungarian, Polish)

C

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Catalonia	Catalogna (Italian), Catalogne (French), Cataluña (Spanish), Catalunya (Catalan), Katalánsko (Czech), Katalónia (Hungarian)
Crete	Candia (variant in Italian), Creta (Italian, Latin), Kréta (Czech, Hungarian), Kreta (German)

D

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Dalarna	Dalecarlia (Italian, Latin), Dalarna (Swedish)
Drenthe	Drenthe (Dutch, German), Drinte (Frisian)

E

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Euboea	Eubea (Italian), Euboea (Latin), Évvia (Greek), Negroponte (old Italian name)

F

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Finland Proper	Egentliga Finland (Swedish), Varsinais-Suomi (Finnish)
Friuli	Forojulium or Forum Julium (Latin), Friaul (German), Friûl (Friulian), Friuli (Italian)

G

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Galicia (Central Europe)	Galiitsia (Estonian), Galicië (Dutch), Galicja or Halicz (Polish), Galiţia (Romanian), Galizia (Italian), Galizien (German), Halič (Czech), Halychyna - Галичина (Ukrainian)
Galicia (Spain)	Gallaecia (Latin), Galice (French), Galicia (Galician, Polish, Romanian, Spanish), Galicië (Dutch), Galicien (German), Galisja (alternative Polish name), Galiza (alternative Galician name, Portuguese), Galizia (Italian)
Gelderland	Gelderlân (Frisian), Gelderland (Dutch, German, Swedish), Gheldria (Italian), Guelders (alternative English name), Gueldre (French), Güeldres (Spanish), Guéldria (Portuguese)
Groningen	Grinslân (Frisian), Groningen (Dutch, German), Groningue (French), Groninga (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Grunnen, Grönnen, or Grunn'n (Gronings)

H

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Hesse	Assia (Italian), Hessa (Romanian), Hessen (German)
Holland	Batavia (alternative Latin name), Holanda (Albanian, Portuguese, Spanish), Holandia (Polish), Holandija (Serbian), Hollân (Frisian), Holland (Danish, Dutch, Estonian, German, Swedish), Hollanda (Turkish), Hollande (French), Hollandia (Hungarian, Latin), Hollanti (Finnish), Olanda (Italian), Olandhía - Ολλανδία (Greek), Olandija (Lithuanian), an Ollainn (Irish) Note: Holland is a region of the Netherlands, although the name is often used to refer to the whole country.
Holstein	Holstein (German, Hungarian, Italian), Holštýnsko (Czech)

I

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Ingria	Ingermanland (Swedish), Ingria (Italian, Latin), Inkeri (Ingrian)

J

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Jutland	Jutsko (Czech), Jylland (Danish), Jütland (German, Hungarian)

K

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Karelia	Carelia (Italian), Karelen (Swedish), Karélia (Hungarian), Karelia (Latin), Karelien (German), Karelija - Карелия (Russian), Karjala (Finnish, Karelian)

L

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Limburg	Limbourg (French), Limburch (Frisian), Limburg (Dutch, German, Swedish)
Lombardy	Langobardia (Latin), Lombardei (German), Lombardia (Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian), Lombardía (Spanish), Lombardie (French)
Lower Saxony	Baja Sajonia (Spanish), Bassa Sassonia (Italian), Basse-Saxe (French), Neddersassen (Low Saxon), Niedersachsen (German)

M

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Masovia	Masovia or Mazovia (Italian, Latin), Masowien (German), Mazóvia (Hungarian), Mazowsze (Polish)

N

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Nylandia	Nyland (Swedish), Nylandia (Latin), Uusimaa (Finnish)

O

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Ostrobothnia	Österbotten (Swedish), Ostrobothnia (Latin), Pohjanmaa (Finnish)
Overijssel	Oerisel (Frisian), Overijssel (Dutch, German)

P

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Palatinate	Palatinat (French), Palatinato (Italian), Palts (Dutch), Palz (Low Saxon), Pfalz (Danish, German, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish)
Piedmont (Italy)	Pedemontium (Latin), Piëmont (Dutch), Piémont (French), Piemont (German, Polish, Romanian), Piemonte (Italian)
Pomerania	Pomeránia (Hungarian), Pomerania (Italian), Pomerania or Pomorania (Latin), Pommern and Pommerellen (German), Pomorze (Polish), Pòmòrze (Pomeranian), Pòmòrskô (Kashubian)
Prussia	Borussia or Prussia (Latin), Poroszország (Hungarian), Preußen (Preussen) (German), Prusai (Lithuanian), Prussia (Italian), Prusy (Polish)

R

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Rhineland	Renania (Italian), Rheinland (Danish, German, Low Saxon, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish), Rhénanie (French), Rijnland (Dutch), Rýn (Czech, Slovak)

S

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Savonia	Savo (Finnish), Savolax (Swedish), Savonia (Latin)
Satakunda	Satakunta (Finnish), Satakunda (Swedish)
Saxony	Sachsen (German), Sasko (Czech), Sassonia (Italian), Saxe (French), Saxonia (Romanian), Szászország (Hungarian)
Scania	Scania (Italian, Latin), Schonen (German), Skåne (Danish, Swedish)
Silesia	Schlesien (German, Norwegian), Silesia (Latin, Spanish), Silésie (French), Silezië (Dutch), Śląsk (Polish), Slesia (Italian), Šlezija (Slovene), Slezsko (Czech), Ślonsk or Ślunsk (local Silesian dialect), Szilézia (Hungarian)
Styria	Stájerország (Hungarian), Steiermark (German), Stiria (Italian), Štýrsko (Czech)

T

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Tavastia	Häme (Finnish), Tavastia (Latin), Tavastland (Swedish)
Thuringia	Durynsko (Czech), Thüringen (German), Türingia (Hungarian), Turingia (Italian, Romanian)
Transylvania	Ardeal (variant in Romanian), Chiskarpatya - Чискарпатя (Ukrainian), Erdély (Hungarian), Sedmihradsko (Czech), Siedmiogród or Transylwania (Polish), Siebenbürgen (German), Transilvania (Italian, Romanian), Transsylvanië (Dutch), Transsylvanien (Swedish), Transylvania (Latin), Transylvanie (French), Urdul (Turkish), Zivenbork or Transilvaneye (Walloon)
Tuscany	Toscana (Danish, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish), Toscane (Dutch, French), Toskana (German), Toskania (Polish), Tuscia (Latin)

U

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Umbria	Ombrie (French), Umbria (Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Polish, Romanian), Umbrien (German)

V

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Vosges	Vogesen (German), Vogézek (Hungarian), Vogézy (Czech), Vosgi (Italian), Vosges (French)

W

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Westphalia	Westfalen (German)
Westrobothnia	Västerbotten (Swedish), Westrobothnia (Latin)

Z

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Zeeland	Batavia (Latin), Seelân (Frisian), Seeland (German), Zeeland (Dutch, Swedish), Zelanda (Italian, Spanish), Zélande (French), Zelândia (Portuguese)

See also

• List of alternative country names
• List of country names in various languages
• List of European cities with alternative names
• Latin names of European cities
• Latin names of regions
• Latin names of islands
• Latin names of mountains
• Latin names of lakes
• List of places