This is a list of Irish language exonyms for places outside of Ireland. The tables contain both endonyms and exonyms of places around the world, with the exonyms written in Irish and the endonyms in their regional language(s).
Algeria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canada
China
Croatia
| Croatia an Chróit
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
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| Dalmatia
|
an Dalmáit
|
Dalmacija
|
|
| Zagreb
|
Ságrab
|
Zagreb
|
|
Cyprus
| Cyprus an Chipir
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endony
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Nicosia
|
an Leafcóis; an Nicóis
|
Lefkosía
|
Greek
|
|
| Lefkoşa
|
Turkish
|
|
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
| Egypt an Éigipt
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
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| Name
|
Language
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| Cairo
|
Caireo
|
|
|
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France
| France an Fhrainc
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
French place
|
Notes
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| Name
|
Language
|
| Bordeaux
|
Bordghal
|
Bordeaux
|
French
|
|
| Bordèu
|
Gascon
|
From Latin Burdigula[1]
|
| Brittany
|
an Bhríotáin
|
Breizh
|
Breton
|
|
| Bretagne
|
French
|
|
| Burgundy
|
an Bhurgúin
|
Bourgogne
|
French
|
|
| Corsica
|
an Chorsaic
|
Corse
|
French
|
|
| Corsica
|
Italian
|
|
| Lorraine
|
an Lorráin
|
Lorraine
|
French
|
|
| Lottringe
|
West Franconian
|
|
| Louréne
|
Lorrain
|
|
| Normandy
|
an Normainn
|
Normandie
|
French
|
|
| Normaundie
|
Norman
|
|
| Paris
|
Páras
|
Paris
|
French
|
|
Germany
| Germany an Ghearmáin
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Bavaria
|
an Bhaváir
|
Bayern
|
German
|
|
| Berlin
|
Beirlín
|
Berlin
|
German
|
[2]
|
| Saxony
|
an tSacsain
|
Sachsen
|
German
|
|
| Saggsn
|
Upper Saxon
|
| Sakska
|
Upper Sorbian
|
Great Britain
| Great Britain and Crown dependencies: an Bhreatain Mhór
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Aberdeen
|
Obar Dheathain
|
Obar Dheathain
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
|
| Bristol
|
Briostó
|
Bristol
|
English
|
|
| Cardiff
|
Caedydd
|
Caerdydd
|
Welsh
|
|
| Carlisle
|
Cathair Luail
|
Carlisle
|
English
|
|
| Coatbridge
|
Drochaid an Chóta
|
Drochaid a' Chòta
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
|
| Cornwall
|
an Chorn
|
Kernow
|
Cornish
|
|
| Corn na Breataine
|
|
| Douglas
|
Dúlais
|
Doolish
|
Manx
|
|
| Glasgow
|
Glaschú
|
Glaschu
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
|
| Dundee
|
Dún Déagh
|
Dùn Dèagh
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
|
| Edinburgh
|
Dún Éideann
|
Dùn Èideann
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
|
| England
|
Sasana
|
England
|
English
|
From Old Irish Saxain (“Saxons, England”).[3][4]
|
| Guernsey
|
Geansaí
|
|
|
|
| Hebrides
|
Inse Ghall
|
na h-Innse Gall
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
|
| Inverness
|
Inbhear Nis
|
Inbhir Nis
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
|
| Isle of Man
|
Manainn
|
Mannin
|
Manx
|
Translation Oileán Mhanann (from Manx: Ellan Vannin) also used
|
| Isle of Wight
|
Inis Iocht
|
Isle of Wight
|
English
|
|
| Jersey
|
Geirsí
|
|
|
|
| Liverpool
|
Learpoll, Learpholl
|
Liverpool
|
English
|
|
| London
|
Londain
|
London
|
English
|
|
| Manchester
|
Manchain
|
Manchester
|
English
|
From Latin Mancunia
|
| Orkney
|
Inse Orc
|
Arcaibh
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
|
| Oxford
|
Áth na nDamh
|
Oxford
|
English
|
Calque, literally "ford of the oxen"
|
| Perth
|
Peairt
|
Peairt
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
|
| Scotland
|
Albain
|
Alba
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
See Alba
|
| Severn
|
an tSabhrainn
|
Severn
|
English
|
|
| Hafren
|
Welsh
|
|
| Stirling
|
Sruighle
|
Sruighlea
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
English name also used in Irish
|
| Strathclyde
|
Srath Chluaidh
|
Srath Chluaidh
|
Scottish Gaelic
|
|
| Thames
|
an Tamais
|
Thames
|
English
|
|
| Wales
|
an Bhreatain Bheag
|
Cymru
|
Welsh
|
Literally "Little Britain."[5]
|
| York
|
Eabhrac
|
York
|
English
|
From the Latin Eboracum.
|
Greece
| Greece an Ghréig
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Language
|
Notes
|
| Athens
|
an Aithin
|
|
|
|
| Crete
|
an Chréit
|
|
|
|
| Rhodes
|
Ródas
|
|
|
|
| Thessaloniki
|
Teasaloinicé
|
|
|
|
Iceland
| Iceland an Íoslainn
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Reykjavík
|
Réicivíc
|
Reykjavík
|
|
India
| India an India, an Ind
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Delhi
|
Deilí
|
|
|
|
| Kolkata
|
Calcúta
|
|
|
|
Indonesia
| Indonesia an Indinéis
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Jakarta
|
Iacárta
|
Jakarta
|
Indonesian
|
|
Israel
Italy
Libya
| Libya an Libia
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Tripoli
|
Tripilí
|
|
|
|
Lithuania
| Lithuania an Liotuáin
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Vilnius
|
Vilnias
|
Vilnius
|
Lithuanian
|
|
Moldova
| Moldova an Mholdóiv
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Chişinău
|
Císineá
|
|
|
|
Myanmar
| Myanmar Maenmar
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Yangon
|
Rangún
|
|
|
|
Palestine
| Palestine an Phalaistín
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Bethlehem
|
Beithil
|
بيت لحم (Beit Lahm)
|
Arabic
|
|
| בֵּית לֶחֶם (Bet Leḥem)
|
Hebrew
|
| Jerusalem
|
Iarúsailéim
|
القُدس (Al-Quds)
|
Arabic
|
From Latin Ierusalem. The earliest Irish form is Old Irish Hierosalem, from the 8th-century poems of Blathmac mac Con Brettan.
|
| יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yershuláyim)
|
Hebrew
|
| Nazareth
|
Nazarat
|
النَّاصِرَة (an-Nāṣira)
|
Arabic
|
|
| נָצְרַת (Natsrat)
|
Hebrew
|
| ܢܨܪܬ, (Naṣrath)
|
Imperial Aramaic
|
Poland
| Poland an Pholainn
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Warsaw
|
Vársá
|
Warzawa
|
Polish
|
|
Portugal
| Portugal an Phortaingéil
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Lisbon
|
Liospóin
|
Lisboa
|
Portuguese
|
|
| Madeira
|
Maidéara
|
|
|
|
Romania
| Romania an Rómáin
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Bucharest
|
Búcairist
|
Bucureşti
|
Romanian
|
|
Russia
Serbia
| Serbia an tSeirbia
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Belgrade
|
Béalgrád
|
Beograd
|
|
South Korea
Spain
Sudan
| Sudan an tSúdáin
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Khartoum
|
Cartúm
|
|
|
|
Sweden
| Sweden an tSualainn
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Götaland
|
an Ghotlann
|
Götaland
|
Swedish
|
|
| Stockholm
|
Stócólm
|
Stockholm
|
Swedish
|
|
Switzerland
| Switzerland an Eilvéis
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Geneva
|
an Ghinéiv
|
Genf
|
German
|
|
| Genève
|
French
|
|
Syria
| Syria an tSiria
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Damascus
|
an Damaisc
|
Dimašq
|
Standard Arabic
|
|
Tunisia
| Tunisia an Túnéis
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Tunisian place
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Tunis
|
Túinis
|
|
|
|
Ukraine
| Ukraine an Úcráin
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Crimea
|
an Chrimé
|
|
|
|
| Kyiv
|
Cív
|
Kyiv
|
Ukrainian
|
|
United Arab Emirates
United States
| United States Stáit Aontaithe
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Boston
|
Bostún
|
Boston
|
English
|
|
| Ellis Island
|
Oileán an Choraintín
|
Ellis Island
|
English
|
Meaning ‘Quarantine Island,’ reflecting the fact that Irish arrivals in New York were seen as carriers of infections and obliged to spend periods of quarantine there.
|
| Hawai'i
|
Haváí
|
Hawai'i
|
English, Hawaiian
|
|
| New York City
|
Nua-Eabhrac
|
New York City
|
English
|
From the Latin Eboracum, the old name for York, England.
|
Vietnam
| Vietnam Vítneam
|
| English name
|
Irish name
|
Endonym
|
Notes
|
| Name
|
Language
|
| Hanoi
|
Hanáí
|
Hà Nội
|
Vietnamese
|
|
References
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