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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..."?.
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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
Bavaria (Latin, Romanian), Baviera (Italian, Spanish), Bavière (French), Bawaria (Polish), Bayern (Danish, German, Lower Saxon, Norwegian, Swedish), Beieren (Dutch), Bajorország (Hungarian)
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), Katalánsko (Czech), Kréta (Czech, Hungarian)
D
English Name
Other name(s) or older name(s)
Dalarna
Dalecarlia (Italian, Latin), Dalarna (Swedish)
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)
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 (Hungarian)
K
English Name
Other name(s) or older name(s)
Karelia
Carelia (Italian), Karelen (Swedish), Karelia (Latin), Karelija - Карелия (Russian), Karjala (Finnish, Karelian), Karélia (Hungarian)
L
English Name
Other name(s) or older name(s)
Lombardy
Langobardia (Latin), Lombardei (German), Lombardia (Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian), Lombardía (Spanish), Lombardie (French)
M
English Name
Other name(s) or older name(s)
Masovia
Masovia or Mazovia (Italian, Latin), Mazowsze (Polish), Mazóvia (Hungarian)
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)
P
English Name
Other name(s) or older name(s)
Palatinate
Palatinat (French), Palatinato (Italian), Palts (Dutch), Palz (Lower Saxon), Pfalz (Danish, German, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish)
Piedmont (Italy)
Pedemontium (Latin), Piëmont (Dutch), Piémont (French), Piemont (German, Polish, Romanian), Piemonte (Italian)
Pomerania
Pomerania (Italian), Pomerania or Pomorania (Latin), Pommern and Pommerellen (German), Pomorze (Polish), Pòmòrze (Pomeranian), Pòmòrskô (Kashubian), Pomeránia (Hungarian)
Prussia
Borussia or Prussia (Latin), Preußen (Preussen ) (German), Prusai (Lithuanian), Prussia (Italian), Prusy (Polish), Poroszország (Hungarian)
R
English Name
Other name(s) or older name(s)
Rhineland
Renania (Italian), Rheinland (Danish, German, Lower 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
Steiermark (German), Stiria (Italian), Štýrsko (Czech), Stájerország (Hungarian)
T
English Name
Other name(s) or older name(s)
Tavastia
Häme (Finnish), Tavastia (Latin), Tavastland (Swedish)
Thuringia
Durynsko (Czech), Thüringen (German), Turingia (Italian, Romanian), Türingia (Hungarian)
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
Vogézy (Czech), Vosgi (Italian), Vosges (French), Vogézek (Hungarian)
W
English Name
Other name(s) or older name(s)
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)
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