Latin exonyms

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{{Short description|Exonyms for places outside of the core of the Roman empire}}

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

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Albania

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Albania}}

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Durrës

|Dyrrachium

|Durrës

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Lezhë

|Lissus

|Lezhë

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Vlorë

|Aulona

|Vlorë

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Austria

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Austria}}

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Eisenstadt

|Ferreum Castrum

|Eisenstadt

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Graz

|Græcia

|Graz

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Innsbruck

|Pons Æni

|Innsbruck

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Linz

|Lentia

|Linz

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Salzburg

|Salisburgum

|Salzburg

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Sankt Pölten

|Cetium

|Sankt Pölten

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Vienna

|Vindobona

|Wien

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Belgium

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! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Belgium}} Belgia

rowspan="2" |English name

! rowspan="2" |Latin name

! colspan="2" |Endonym

! rowspan="2" |Notes

Name

!Language

Ghent

|Gandava

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Kortrijk

|Cortoriacum

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Tongeren

|Atuatuca Tungrorum

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Bulgaria

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Bulgaria}}

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Balchik

|Dionysopolis

|

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Kyustendil

|Pautalia

|

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Lom

|Almus

|

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Lovech

|Melta

|

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Pleven

|Storgosia

|

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Plovdiv

|Philippopolis

|

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Razgrad

|Abrittus

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Ruse

|Sexaginta Prista

|

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Silistra

|Durostorum

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Sofia

|Serdica

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Sozopol

|Apollonia Pontica

|

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Stara Zagora

|Augusta Traiana

|

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Svishtov

|Novæ

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Varna

|Odessus

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Vidin

|Bononia

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Czech Republic

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Czech Republic}} Cechia

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Brno

|Bruna

|Brno

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Krnov

|Carnovia

|Krnov

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Prague

|Praga

|Praha

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Denmark

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Denmark}} Dania

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Copenhagen

|Hafnia

|København

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Egypt

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! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Egypt}} Ægyptus

rowspan="2" |English name

! rowspan="2" |Latin name

! colspan="2" |Endonym

! rowspan="2" |Notes

Name

!Language

Akhmim

|Panopolis

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Al-Arish

|Rhinocolura

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Al-Ashumein

|Hermopolis

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Aswan

|Lycopolis

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Asyut

|Syene

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Farama

|Pelusium

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Luxor

|Thebæ

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Marsa Matruh

|Parætonium

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Qift

|Coptus

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France

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|France}} Francia

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Avignon

|Avenio

|

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Lyon

|Lugdunum

|

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Marseille

|Massilia

|

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Nice

|Nicæa

|

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Paris

|Lutetia Parisiorum

|

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Strasbourg

|Strasburgum

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Toulouse

|Tolosa

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Germany

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! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Germany}} Germania

rowspan="2" |English name

! rowspan="2" |Latin name

! colspan="2" |Endonym

! rowspan="2" |Notes

Name

!Language

Aachen

|Aquisgrana

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Augsburg

|Augusta Vindelicorum

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Baden-Baden

|Aurelia Aquensis

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Berlin

|Berolinum

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rowspan="2" |Bonn

|Bonna

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Castra Bonnensis

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Cologne

|Colonia Agrippina

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Essen

|Assindia

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Hamburg

|Hamburgum

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Kempten

|Cambodunum

|

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Konstanz

|Constantia

|

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Mainz

|Mogontiacum

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Passau

|Batavia

|

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Regensburg

|Ratisbona

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Speyer

|Spira

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Trier

|Augusta Treverorum

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Wiesbaden

|Aquæ Mattiacorum

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Worms

|Vormatia

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Greece

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Greece}} Græcia

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Athens

|Athenæ

|

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Corinth

|Corinthus

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Gytheio

|Gythium

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Heraklion

|Heraclium

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Karystos

|Carystus

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Kechries

|Cencrheæ

|

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Laurium

|Laurium

|

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Nafpaktos

|Naupactus

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Nafplio

|Nauplia

|

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Thessaloniki

|Thessalonica

|

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Hungary

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Hungary}} Hungaria

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Budapest

|Budapestinum

|

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Debrecen

|Debrecinum

|

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Dunakeszi

|Contra Constantiam

|

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Dunaújváros

|Intercisa

|

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Eger

|Agria

|

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Esztergom

|Strigonium

|

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Győr

|Iaurinum

|

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Kőszeg

|Ginsium

|

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Mosonmagyaróvár

|Mosonium

|

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Nagytétény

|Campona

|

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Pécs

|Sopianæ

|

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Sopron

|Scarbantia

|

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Százhalombatta

|Matrica

|

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Szeged

|Segedinum

|

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Székesfehérvár

|Alba Regia

|

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Szekszárd

|Alisca

|

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Szentendre

|Sanctæ Andræ

|

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Szombathely

|Savaria

|

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Tác

|Gorsium

|

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Ireland

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Ireland}} Irlandia

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Connacht

|Connocia

|Connacht

|

Hill of Tara

|Temro

|Teamhair na Ríogh

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Leinster

|Lagenia

|Laighin

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Meath

|Midia

|Mí

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Munster

|Momonia

|Mumhain

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Ulster

|Ultonia

|Ulaidh

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Netherlands

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Netherlands}} Nederlandia

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Alphen aan den Rijn

|Albania

|Alphen aan den Rijn

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Leiden

|Lugdunum Batavorum

|Leiden

|Meant Katwijk until the Renaissance

Maastricht

|Mastrictum

|Maastricht

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Nijmegen

|Noviomagus Batavorum

|Nijmegen

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Utrecht

|Ultraiectum

|Utrecht

|

Valkenburg, South Holland

|Prætorium Agrippinæ

|Valkenburg

|

Vechten

|Fectio

|Vechten

|

Voorburg

|Forum Hadriani

|Voorburg

|

Wijk bij Duurstede

|Levefanum

|Wijk bij Duurstede

|

Woerden

|Laurum

|Woerden

|

Zwammerdam

|Nigrum Pullum

|Zwammerdam

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Poland

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Poland}} Polonia

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Kraków

|Cracovia

|Kraków

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Warsaw

|Varsovia

|Warszawa

|

Wrocław

|Vratislavia

|Wrocław

|

Świnoujście

|Suenemundum

|Świnoujście

|

Poznań

|Posnania

|Poznań

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Portugal

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Portugal}} Portugallia

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Lisbon

|Olisipo

|Lisboa

|

Romania

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Romania}}

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Alba-Iulia

|Apulum

|

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Caransebeș

|Tibiscum

|

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Cluj-Napoca

|Claudiopolis

|

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Iglița-Turcoaia

|Troesmis

|

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Mangalia

|Callatis

|

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Turda

|Potaissa

|

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Turnu-Severin

|Drobeta

|

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Russia

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Russia}}

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Moscow

|Moscua

|Moskva

|

Volgograd

|Augusta Aorsorum

|Volgograd

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Serbia

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Serbia}}

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Belgrade

|Belogradum

|Beograd

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Sremska Mitrovica

|Sirmium, Civitas Sancti Demetrii

|Sremska Mitrovica

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Niš

|Naissus

|Niš

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Gamzigrad

|Felix Romuliana

|Gamzigrad

|

Slovakia

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! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Slovakia}}

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Bratislava

|Bratislavia

|

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Banská Bystrica

|Neosolium

|

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Košice

|Cassovia

|

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Prešov

|Eperiessinum

|

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Trenčín

|Laugaricio

|

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Zvolen

|Vetus Solium

|

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Spain

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! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Spain}} Hispania

rowspan="2" |English name

! rowspan="2" |Latin name

! colspan="2" |Endonym

! rowspan="2" |Notes

Name

!Language

u

|Alcalá de Henares

|Alcala

|

|

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Alicante

|Lucentum

|

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Almería

|Portus Magnus

|

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Barcelona

|Barcino

|

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Cádiz

|Gades

|

|

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Calatayud

|Bilbilis

|

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Cartagena

|Carthago Nova

|

|

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Córdoba

|Corduba

|

|

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Girona

|Gerunda

|

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Granada

|Granata

|

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Huelva

|Onuba

|

|

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Huesca

|Osca

|

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Jaca

|Iaca

|

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Léon

|Legio

|

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Lleida

|Ilerda

|

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Lugo

|Lucus Augusti

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Madrid

|Matritum

|

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Mérida

|Augusta Emerita

|

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Palma de Mallorca

|Palma

|

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Salamanca

|Salamantica

|

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Seville

|Hispalis

|

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Tarragona

|Tarraco

|

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Toledo

|Toletum

|

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Valencia

|Valentia

|

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Zaragoza

|Cæsaraugusta

|

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Sweden

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Sweden}} Suecia

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Gävle

|Gevalia

|Gävle

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Gothenburg

|Gothoburgum

|Göteborg

|

Malmö

|Malmogia

|Malmö

|

Stockholm

|Holmia

|Stockholm

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Switzerland

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Switzerland}} Helvetia

rowspan="2" |English name

! rowspan="2" |Latin name

! colspan="2" |Endonym

! rowspan="2" |Notes

Name

!Language

Bern

|Berna

|Bern

|German

|

Geneva

|Genava

|Gèneve

|French

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Zürich

|Turicum

|Zürich

|German

|

Turkey

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Turkey}} Turcia

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Antakya

|Antiochia

|Antakya

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Edirne

|Hadrianopolis

|Edirne

|

Edremit

|Adramyttium

|Edremit

|

Ereǧli

|Heraclea Cybistra

|Ereǧli

|

Erzurum

|Theodosiopolis

|Erzurum

|

Eskişehir

|Dorylæum

|Eskişehir

|

Gaziantep

|Antiochia ad Taurum

|Gaziantep

|

rowspan="3" |İstanbul

|Byzantium

| rowspan="3" |İstanbul

|

Constantinopolis

|

Nova Roma

|

İzmir

|Smyrna

|İzmir

|

İzmit

|Nicomedia

|İzmit

|

İznik

|Nicæa

|İznik

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Karadeniz Ereğli

|Heraclea Pontica

|Karadeniz Ereğli

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Kayseri

|Cæsarea

|Kayseri

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Konya

|Iconium

|Konya

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Kütahya

|Cotyæum

|Kütahya

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Malatya

|Melitene

|Malatya

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Marmara Ereǧlisi

|Heraclea Perinthus

|Marmara Ereǧlisi

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Niksar

|Neocæsarea

|Niksar

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Ukraine

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="4" |{{Flag|Ukraine}} Ucraina

English name

!Latin name

!Endonym

!Notes

Lviv

|Leopolis

|

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United Kingdom

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="5" |{{Flag|United Kingdom}} Britannium Regnum

rowspan="2" |English name

! rowspan="2" |Latin name

! colspan="2" |Endonym

! rowspan="2" |Notes

Name

!Language

u

|Bath

|Aquæ Sulis

|Bath

|English

|

Canterbury

|Cantuaria

|Canterbury

|English

|

Carlisle

|Carleolum

|Carlisle

|English

|

Chelmsford

|Caesaromagus

|Chelmsford

|English

|

Chester

|Cestria

|Chester

|English

|

Colchester

|Camulodunum, Colcestria

|Colchester

|English

|

Dover

|Dubris

|Dover

|English

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rowspan="2" |Edinburgh

| rowspan="2" |Edinburgum

|Dùn Èideann

|Scottish Gaelic

|

Edinburgh

|English, Scots

|

Gloucester

|Glocestria

|Gloucester

|English

|

Leicester

|Leicestria

|Leicester

|English

|

Lincoln

|Lindum

|Lincoln

|English

|

London

|Londinium

|London

|English

|

Manchester

|Mancunium, Mancestria

|Manchester

|English

|

Newcastle upon Tyne

|Novum Castrum

|Newcastle upon Tyne

|English

|

Richborough

|Rutupiæ

|Richborough

|English

|

Saint Albans

|Villa Sancti Albani

|Saint Albans

|English

|

Winchester

|Vintonia

|Winchester

|English

|

Wroxeter

|Viroconium Cornoviorum

|Wroxeter

|English

|

York

|Eboracum, Eburacum

|York

|English

|

See also