The following is a list of Icelandic exonyms, that is to say names for places in Icelandic that have been adapted to Icelandic spelling rules, translated into Icelandic, or Old Norse exonyms surviving in Icelandic. Commonly pronunciation is close to in English (or native), even though not stated below, but also commonly completely different, more common if names look very different or for European/Nordic places.
Language Native name Icelandic exonym Albanía Albanian Tiranë Tirana Afganistan Persian – Pashto Kābul – Kabəl Kabúl Alsír Arabic Al-Ŷazā'ir Algeirsborg Armenía Armenian Yerevan Jerevan Angóla Portuguese Luanda Lúanda Argentína Spanish Tierra del Fuego Eldland Austurríki German Wien Vín or Vínarborg Ástralía English New South Wales Nýja Suður-Wales South Australia Suður-Ástralía Western Australia Vestur-Ástralía Australian Capital Territory Höfuðborgarsvæði Ástralíu Northern Territory Norður-svæðið Christmas Island Jólaeyja Cocos (Keeling) Islands Kókoseyjar Norfolk Island Norfolkeyjar Heard Island and McDonald Islands Heard og McDonaldseyjar Aserbaídsjan Azerbaijani Bakı Bakú Bahamaeyjar English Nassau Nassá Hvíta-Rússland Belarusian Polotsk Palteskja (historical), Hvíta-Rússland (historical), Belarús (current) Belís English Belmopan Belmópan Bútan Dzongkha Thimphu Timfú Bólivía Spanish – Quechua Sucre – Chuqichaka Súkre Bosnía Bosnian Sarajevo Sarajevó Botsvana English – Tswana Gaborone Gaboróne Brasilía Portuguese Brasília Brasilía Mjanmar Burmese Yangon Jangún Búrúndí French Bujumbura Bújúmbúra Kamerún French – English Douala Dóúala Yaoundé Jánde Kanada English – French Toronto Torontó Mið-Afríkulýðveldið French Bangui Bangví Síle Spanish Rapa Nui Páskaeyja Santiago Santíagó Kína Mandarin (pinyin Romanization) Beijing Peking (sometimes written and read Beijing; Peking reads a bit differently) Shanghai Sjanghæ (reads like in English) Tianjin Tientsin Qingdao Tsingtao Nanjing Nanking Xiamen Amoy Guilin Kweilin Guangzhou Kanton Makaó Portuguese – Cantonese Macau Makaó Formósa Mandarin (pinyin Romanization) Táiběi Taípei, Tæpei Kólumbía Spanish Bogotá Bógóta Cookseyjar Māori – English Avarua Avarúa Kýpur Greek – Turkish Lefkosía – Lefkoşa Nikósía Tékkland Czech Plzeň Pilsen Praha Prag Danmörk Danish Aalborg Álaborg Aarhus Árósar Helsingør Helsingjaeyri Falster Falstur Fredrikshavn Friðrikshöfn Fyn Fjón Humlebæk Humlabekk (little used) Jelling Jalangur Jylland Jótland København (Copenhagen) Kaupmannahöfn Lolland Láland Læsø Hlésey Odense Óðinsvé Ribe Rípar Ringsted Hringstað Roskilde Hróarskelda Silkeborg Silkiborg Sjælland Sjáland Skagen Skaginn Slagelse Slagleysa Sorø Sórey Viborg Vébjörg Dóminíska Lýðveldið Spanish Santo Domingo Santó Dómingó Egyptaland Arabic Al-Iskandariyya Alexandría Qāhirah Kaíró Suways Súes Miðbaugs-Gínea French – Spanish Malabo Malabó Eþíópía Amharic Adis Abäba Addis Ababa Færeyjar Faroese Borðoy Borðey Eysturoy Austurey Fuglafjørður Fuglafjörður Fugloy Fugley Gásadalur Gæsadalur Kalsoy Karlsey Kirkjubøur Kirkjubær Klaksvík Klakksvík Kollafjørður Kollafjörður Kunoy Konuey Miðvágur Miðvogur Nólsoy Nólsey Sandavágur Sandavogur Sandoy Sandey Streymoy Straumey Suðuroy Suðurey Svínoy Svíney Toftir Tóftir Tórshavn Þórshöfn Tvøroyri Þvereyri Vágar Vogar, Vogey Vágur Vogur Viðoy Viðey Finnland Finnish – Swedish Turku – Åbo Árbæ Frakkland French Bretagne Bretanía (current), Bretonskagi, Litla-Bretland, Bertangaland (obsolete), Bretland (obsolete) Bourgogne Búrgund Corse Korsíka Nantes Namsborg (obsolete) Normandy Norðmandí (obsolete), Normandí (current) Paris París Poitiers Peituborg Reims Reimsborg Rouen Rúðuborg Strasbourg Strassborg Versailles Versalir Franska Pólýnesía Tahitian – French 'Enana mā Markesaseyjar Tōtaiete mā Félagseyjar Tahiti Tahítí Tūāmotu mā Lágeyjar (obsolete) Gana English Accra Akkra Georgía Georgian Tbi'lisi Tíblisi (Tíflis in common parlance) Þýskaland German Berlin Berlín Bavaria Bæjaraland Braunschweig Brúnsvík (obsolete) Bremen Brimar Flensburg Flensborg Frankfurt Frakkafurða (little used) Hamburg Hamborg Haddeby Heiðabær Holstein Holtsetaland Kiel Kíl Köln (Cologne) Kolni (little used), Köln (current) Lübeck Lýbika Oldenburg Aldinborg Rostock Rauðstokkur (obsolete) Schleswig Slésvík Stralsund Stræla Stuttgart Stóðgarður (little used) Verden Ferðuborg (obsolete) Grikkland Greek Athína Aþena Límnos Lemney Thessaloníki Saloníka (obsolete), Þessalónika (current) Gínea French Conakry Kónakrí Gvatemala Spanish Ciudad de Guatemala Gvatemalaborg Gínea-Bissá Portuguese Bissau Bissá (reads like in English) Ungverjaland Hungarian Budapest Búdapest Indland Hindi – English Kolkata Kalkútta (obsolete) Naī Dillī – New Delhi Nýja-Delí Indónesía Indonesian DKI Jakarta Djakarta Íran Persian Tehrān Teheran Írak Arabic – Kurdish Baġdād – Bexda Bagdað (or which reads almost the same) Írland Irish Áth Cliath/Dubhlinn (Dublin) Dyflinn(i) Luimneach (Limerick) Hlymrek (obsolete) Ísrael Hebrew – Arabic Yerushaláyim – al Quds Jórsalaborg (obsolete), Jerúsalem (current) Ḥeifa – Ḥayfā Haífa Tel Aviv-Yafo – Tal ʼAbīb Tel Avív Ítalía Italian Bari Bár (obsolete) Firenze Flórens Genova Genúa Lucca Lukkuborg (obsolete) Milano Meilansborg (obsolete), Mílanó (current) Napoli Napólí Roma Róm, Rómaborg (both are commonly and, additionally Rómarborg, which is an incorrect spelling, with extra r before the ending -borg, which means city). Salerno Salernisborg (rare) Torino Tórínó Venezia Feneyjar Japan Japanese Kyōto-shi Kýótó Tōkyō Tókýó Kenýa English – Swahili Nairobi Naíróbí Lettland Latvian Rīga Ríga Kurzeme Kúrland Daugava Dvína Livonija Lífland Liepāja Líbá Líbanon Arabic – French Bayrūt – Beyrouth Beirút Líbería English Monrovia Monróvía Líbýa Arabic Ṭarābulus Trípólí Litháen Lithuanian Vilnius Vilníus Madagaskar Malagasy – French Antananarivo Antananarívó Malaví English Lilongwe Lílongve Malasía Malay Kuala Lumpur Kúala Lúmpúr Malí French – Bambara Bamako – Bamakə Bamakó Tombouctou – Timbuktu Timbúktú Marshalleyjar Marshallese – English Majuro Majúró Máritanía Arabic – French Nouakchott Núaksjott Mexíkó Spanish Ciudad de México Mexíkóborg Moldóva Romanian Chișinău Kisínev Mongólía Mongolian Ulaanbaatar Úlaan Bator Svartfjallaland Mósambík Portuguese Maputo Mapútó Norður-Kórea Korean P'yŏngyang Pjongjang Nepal Nepali Kāţhmāņđau Katmandú Holland Dutch Amsterdam Amsturdammur (little used), Erilstífla (little used) Den Haag or ´s Gravenhage Haag Utrecht Trekt (little used) Zuiderzee Suðursjó (historical) Níkaragva Spanish Managua Managva Níger French Niamey Níamey Nígería English – Yorùbá Abuja-Abùjá Abútja Noregur Norwegian Akershus Akurshús Arendal Arnardalur Aust-Agder Austur-Agðir Bergen Björgyn (obsolete), Björgvin (current) Bjørnøya Bjarnarey Bodø Boðvin Bærum Bergheimur (obsolete) Drammen Dröfn (obsolete) Finnmark Finnmörk Gjøvik Djúpvík (historical) Hedmark Heiðmörk Hordaland Hörðaland Karmøy Körmt (historical) Møre og Romsdal Mæri og Raumsdalur Nord-Trøndelag, Sør-Trøndelag Norður-Þrændalög, Suður-Þrændalög Nordland Norðurland Oslo Kauphágur (historical), Ósló (current)RogalandRygjafylkiSkienSkiða (obsolete) Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Firðafylki Stavanger Stafangur Telemark Þelamörk Trondheim Niðarós (historical), Þrándheimur (current)TønsbergTúnsberg (obsolete) Østfold Austfold Ålesund Álasund Óman Arabic Masqaṭ Múskat Paragvæ Spanish – Guaraní Asunción Asúnsjón Perú Spanish Lima Líma Filippseyjar Tagalog – Cebuano Maynila – Manila Maníla Pólland Polish CitiesWrocław BresláKraków Kraká Warszawa Varsjá Szczecin StettínVoivodeshipsSilesiaSlesíaKuyaviaKujavíaPomeraniaPommernMałopolskaLitla-PóllandWarmiaErmlandMasuriaMasúríaMazoviaMasóvíaSubcarpathiaNeðri-Karpatía Portúgal Portuguese Lisboa Lissabon Rúmenía Romanian București Búkarest Constanța Konstantía Rússland Russian Murom Móramar (historical) Novgorod Hólmgarður, Nýi Garður, Nýborg Rostov Ráðstofa Sankt Peterburg Sankti Pétursborg Smolensk Smáleskja (historical) Staraya Ladoga Aldeigjuborg (historical) Suzdal Súrsdalar (historical) Rúanda Kinyarwanda – French Kigali Kígalí Samóa Samoan Apia Apía Sádí-Arabía Arabic Makkah Mekka Riyāḍ Ríad Serbía Serbian Beograd Belgrad Sómalía Somali – Arabic Muqdisho – Maqadīshū Mógadisjú Suður-Afríka English – Afrikaans Cape of Good Hope Góðrarvonarhöfði Cape Town – Kaapstad Höfðaborg Johannesburg Jóhannesarborg Pretoria Pretoría Suður-Kórea Korean Seoul Seúl Spánn Spanish Barcelona Barselóna Srí Lanka Sinhala – Tamil Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte Srí Jajevardenepúra Súdan Arabic – English Kharṭūm – Khartoum Kartúm Súrínam Dutch Paramaribo Paramaríbó Svíþjóð Swedish Göteborg Gautaborg Helsingborg Helsingjaborg Lund Lundur Malmö Málmhaugar (little used), Málmey Stockholm Stokkhólmur Uppsala Uppsalir Sviss German – French Basel – Bâle Boslaraborg (obsolete) Sýrland Arabic Dimašq Damaskus Tadsjikistan Tajik Dushanbe Dúshanbe Tansanía Swahili Dodoma Dódóma Taíland Thai Krung Thep Bangkok Tonga Tongan – English Nukuʻalofa Núkúalófa Tyrkland Turkish İstanbul Mikligarður (historical), Istanbúl (current) Úkraína Ukrainian Kyiv Kænugarður, Kyjív Sameinuðu arabísku furstadæmin Arabic Abū Zabī Abú Dabí 'Ajmān Adsman Dubayy Dúbaí Bretland English Aberdeen Apardjón (obsolete) Canterbury Kantaraborg Dover Dofrar (little used) Edinburgh Edinborg Yarmouth Járnamóða (little used) Cambridge Kambabryggja (little used) Lerwick Leirvík London Lundúnir (also used, but London more current) Southampton Suðurhamtún (little used) Oxford Öxnafurða (little used) Scarborough Skarðaborg (obsolete) York JórvíkWalesValland (little used)Isle of ManMön Bandaríkin English California KaliforníaFloridaFlórídaGeorgiaGeorgía New York Nýja-Jórvík (not in common use, a jocular term of academic pretension)North CarolinaNorður-Karólína North Dakota Norður-DakótaPennsylvaniaPennsylvaníaSouth CarolinaSuður-Karólína South Dakota Suður-DakótaVirginiaVirginíaWest VirginiaVestur-Virginía Úrúgvæ Spanish Montevideo Montevídeó Úsbekistan Uzbek Toshkent Taskent Vatíkanið, Páfagarður, or Vatíkanborg Latin Status Civitatis Vaticanae Páfagarður Venesúela Spanish Caracas Karakas Víetnam Vietnamese Hà Nội Hanoí Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh Ho Chi Minh-borg, formerly Saígon Sambía English Lusaka Lúsaka Language Native name Icelandic exonym
See also List of European exonyms Old Norse exonyms
References
External links Íslensk orðabók (2003). Edited by Mörður Árnason. Icelandic Language Center:Country names at Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Lists of foreign place names at Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies