Portuguese exonyms
Below is a list of Portuguese language exonyms for places in non-Portuguese-speaking areas. Some of them are used exclusively in European Portuguese (marked E) while others appear just in Brazilian Portuguese (marked B).
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Genders of country names in Portuguese: male (green), female (purple) and neutral (yellow)
Some of these terms are becoming disused, being often replaced with others closer to the original spelling. Adoptions of foreign terms and names in general are more acceptable and easy to enter popular use in the Brazilian variety, with spelling pronunciations or not.
Albania
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Shkodër | Esútare | |||
Tirana | Tirana | Tiranë |
Austria
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Carinthia | Carínita | Kärnten | ||
Danube | Danúbio | |||
Innsbruck | Insbruque | |||
Salzburg | Salzburgo, Salisburgo | |||
Styria | Estíria | Steiermark | ||
Vienna | Viena | Wien |
Belarus
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Minsk | Minsque |
Belgium
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Antwerp | Antuérpia | Antwerpen | Dutch | |
Bruges | Bruges | Brugge | Dutch | |
Brussels | Bruxelas | Bruxelles | French | |
Flandres | Flandres | Vlaanderen | Dutch | |
Ghent | Gante | Gent | Dtuch | |
Leuven | Lovaina | |||
Meuse | Mosa | Maas | Dutch | |
Scheldt | Escalda | |||
Wallonia | Valónia (E), Valônia (B) | Wallonie | French |
Bulgaria
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Sofia | Sófia | Sofiya |
Croatia
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Zagreb | Zagrebe |
Cyprus
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Limassol | Limassol | |||
Nicosia | Nicósia | |||
Paphos | Pafos |
Czechia
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Brno | Brum, Bruno | |||
Prague | Praga | Praha | Czech | |
Plzeň | Pilsen, Pilzem | |||
Sudetes | Sudetas (Europe), Sudetos (Brazil) |
Denmark
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Copenhagen | Copenhaga (E), Copenhague (B) | |||
Frisia | Frísia | Frisland | ||
Greenland | Gronelândia (E), Groenlândia (B) | |||
Jutland | Jutlândia |
Estonia
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Tallinn | Talim |
Finland
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Ålanda | Alanda (E) | |||
Helsinki | Helsínquia (E), Helsinque (B) | |||
Lapland | Lapónia (E), Lapônia (B) |
France
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Alsace | Alsácia | |||
Aquitaine | Aquitânia | |||
Auvergne | Auvérnia | |||
Avignon | Avinhão | |||
Bayonne | Baiona | |||
Bordeaux | Bordéus (E, B) | |||
Burgundy | Borgonha | |||
Brittany | Bretanha | |||
Carcassonne | Carcassona | |||
Champagne | Champanhe | |||
Corsica | Córsega | |||
Franche-Comté | Franco-Condado | |||
Gascony | Gasconha | |||
Lorraine | Lorena | |||
Lyon | Lião (E) | |||
Marseille | Marselha | |||
Meuse | Mosa | |||
Narbonne | Narbona | |||
Normandy | Normandia | |||
Orléans | Orleães (E), Orleans (E) | |||
Perpignan | Perpinhão (E), Perpinhã (B) | |||
Picardy | Picardia | |||
Provençe | Provença | |||
Pyrenees | Pirenéus/Pirinéus (E), Pireneus (B) | |||
Rhône | Ródano | |||
Rouen | Ruão (E, B) | |||
Seine | Sena | |||
Strasbourg | Estrasburgo | |||
Toulouse | Tolosa | |||
Vendée | Vendeia | |||
Vienne | Viena (E) |
Germany
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Aachen | Aquisgrana | |||
Augsburg | Augsburgo | |||
Baden | Bade | |||
Bavaria | Baviera | |||
Berlin | Berlim | |||
Bonn | Bona (E) | |||
Braunschweig | Brunsvique | |||
Bremen | Brema (E) | |||
Coburg | Coburgo | |||
Cologne | Colónia (E), Colônia (B) | |||
Dresden | Dresda (E) | |||
Frankfurt | Francoforte | |||
Freiburg | Friburgo (E) | |||
Frisia | Frísia | |||
Gotha | Gota | |||
Göttingen | Gotinga (E) | |||
Hamburg | Hamburgo | |||
Hamelin | Hamelim (E) | |||
Hanover | Hanôver | |||
Heidelberg | Heidelberga | |||
Hesse | Héssia | |||
Koblenz | Coblença (E) | |||
Konstanz | Constança (E) | |||
Leipzig | Lípsia | |||
Lübeck | Lubeque | |||
Mainz | Mogúncia (E) | |||
Mecklenburg | Meclemburgo | |||
Munich | Munique | |||
Nuremberg | Nuremberga (E), Nuremberg (B), Nurembergue (B) | |||
Pomerania | Pomerânia | |||
Regensburg | Ratisbona (E), Regensburgo | |||
Rhine | Reno | |||
Rhineland | Renânia | |||
Saarland | Sarre | |||
Saxony | Saxónia (E), Saxônia (B) | |||
Schmalkalden | Esmalcalda | |||
Stuttgart | Estugarda (E, B) | |||
Thuringia | Turíngia | |||
Tübingen | Tubinga (E) | |||
Westphalia | Vestefália (E), Vestfália (B) | |||
Württemburg | Vurtemburga (E) | |||
Würzburg | Vurzburgo |
Greece
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Athens | Atenas | |||
Attica | Ática | |||
Boeotia | Beócia | |||
Cephalonia | Cefalónia (E), Cefalônia (B) | |||
Corfu | Corfu | Kerkýra | ||
Corinth | Corinto | |||
Crete | Creta | |||
Cyclades | Cíclades | |||
Dodecanese | Dodecaneso | |||
Epirus | Épiro | |||
Euboea | Eubeia | |||
Ionian Islands | Ilhas Jónicas | |||
Macedonia | Macedónia (E), Macedônia (B) | |||
Marathon | Maratona | |||
Nafpaktos | Lepanto | |||
Peloponnese | Peloponeso | |||
Piraeus | Pireu | |||
Rhodes | Rodes | |||
Samothrace | Samotrácia | |||
Sparta | Esparta | |||
Thebes | Tebas | |||
Thessaloniki | (Tes)salónica (E), (Tes)salônica (B) | |||
Thessaly | Tessália | |||
Thrace | Trácia | |||
Zakynthos | Zaquintos |
Ireland
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Dublin | Dublim | Baile Átha Cliath | Irish |
Italy
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Arezzo | Arécio | |||
Assisí | Assis | |||
Baragiano | Barajão (E) | |||
Calabria | Calábria | |||
Cagliari | Cálhari (E) | |||
Campania | Campânia | |||
Florence | Florença | |||
Genoa | Génova (E), Gênova (B) | |||
Lazio | Lácio | |||
Liguria | Ligúria | |||
Mantua | Mântua | |||
Milan | Milão | |||
Naples | Nápoles | |||
Padua | Pádua | |||
Piacenza | Plasência (E) | |||
Piedmont | Piemonte | |||
Sardinia | Sardenha | |||
Sicily | Sicília | |||
Tiber | Tibre | |||
Turin | Turim | |||
Venice | Veneza | |||
Vesuvius | Vesúvio |
Latvia
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Courland | Curlândia (E) | Kurzeme | Latvian | |
Latgallia | Lat(e)gália (E), Let(e)gália (E) | Latgale | Latvian | |
Semigallia | Semigália (E), Semigola (E) | Zemgale | Latvian |
Lithuania
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Klaipėda | Memel(burgo) (E) | |||
Samogitia | Samogícia | |||
Vilnius | Vilna |
North Macedonia
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Skopje | Escópia |
Moldova
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Chişinău | Quichineve |
Morocco
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Agadir | Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (E) | |||
Casablanca | Casa Branca (E), Casabranca (E) | |||
Draa | Drá | |||
El Jadida | Mazagão | |||
Kasba Tadla | Tédula | |||
Marrakesh | Marraquexe | |||
Meknes | Meknès, Mequinez | |||
Ouarzazate | Uarzazate | |||
Rabat | Rebate | |||
Sous | Sus, Suz | |||
Tafilalt | Tafilal(e)t, Tafilete | |||
Tangier | Tânger |
Netherlands
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Amsterdam | Amesterdão (E), Amsterdã (B) | |||
Frisia | Frísia | |||
Groningen | Groninga (E) | |||
Holland | Holanda | |||
Leiden | Leida (E) | |||
Limburg | Limburgo | |||
Meuse | Mosa (E) | |||
Nijmegen | Nimega (E) | |||
Rhine | Reno | |||
Rotterdam | Roterdão (E), Roterdã (B) | |||
The Hague | Haia | |||
Tilburg | Tilburgo | |||
Utrecht | Utreque (E) | |||
Zeeland | Zelândia |
Poland
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Gdańsk | Danzigue | |||
Kraków | Cracóvia | |||
Lublin | Lublim (E) | |||
Mazuria | Masúria | |||
Pomerania | Pomerânia | |||
Szczecin | Estetino | |||
Silesia | Silésia | Ślōnsk | Silesian | |
Warsaw | Varsóvia | Warzawa | Polish | |
Wrocław | Breslau (E), Breslávia (E), Vratislavia (E) |
Romania
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Banat | Banato | |||
Bessarabia | Bessarábia | Basarab | Romanian | |
Bucharest | Bucareste | |||
Constanţa | Constança | |||
Transylvania | Transilvânia | |||
Wallachia | Valáquia |
Russia
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Adygea | Adiguésia, Adigeia | |||
Arkhangelsk | Arcangel | |||
Bashkortostan | Bascortostão | |||
Chechnya | (T)che(t)chénia (E), (T)che(t)chênia (B) | |||
Dagestan | Daguestão | |||
Ingushetia | Inguchétia | |||
Kabardino-Balkaria | Cabárdia-Balcária | |||
Kaliningrad | Kaliningrado | |||
Kalmykia | Calmúquia | |||
Karachay-Cherkessia | Carachai-Circássia | |||
Karelia | Carélia | |||
Kazan | Cazã | |||
Mordovia | Mordóvia | |||
Moscow | Moscovo (E), Moscou (B) | |||
Orenburg | Oremburgo | |||
Ossetia | Ossétia | |||
Saint Petersburg | São Petersburgo, Sampetersburgo | |||
Siberia | Sibéria | |||
Tatarstan | Tataristão | |||
Udmurtia | Udmúrtia | |||
Volgograd | Volgogrado | |||
Yekaterinburg | Ecaterimburgo |
Serbia
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Belgrad | Belgrado | Beograd | Serbian | |
Banat | Banato | |||
Danube | Danúbio | Dunav | Serbian | |
Novi Beograd | Nova Belgrado | |||
Smederevo | Semêndria |
Slovenia
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Kope | Capodístria | |||
Maribor | Marburgo |
Spain
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Andalusia | Andaluzia | |||
Asturias | Astúrias | |||
Basque Country | País Basco | |||
Bilbao | Bilbau (E) | |||
Biscay | Biscaia | |||
Cádiz | Cádis (E) | |||
Cantabria | Cantábria | |||
Castile | Castela | |||
Córdoba | Córdova | |||
Galicia | Galiza, Galícia (B) | |||
Jaén | Xaém (E) | |||
León | Leão | |||
La Mancha | (A) Mancha | |||
Madrid | Madri (B) | |||
Mallorca | Maiorca | |||
Melilla | Melilha | |||
Murcia | Múrcia | |||
Pyrenees | Pirenéus/ Pirinéus (E), Pireneus (B) | |||
San Sebastián | São Sebastião (E) | |||
Seville | Sevilha | |||
Sierra Nevada | Serra Nevada | |||
Valencia | Valência | |||
Valladolid | Valhadolide (E) | |||
Zamora | Samora | |||
Zaragoza | Saragoça |
Sweden
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Gotland | Gotlândia | |||
Gothenburg | Gotemburgo | Göteborg | Swedish | |
Helsingborg | Helsimburgo | |||
Lappland | Lapónia (E), Lapônia (B) | |||
Scania | Escânia | Skåne | Swedish | |
Stockholm | Estocolmo |
Switzerland
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Basel | Basileia | |||
Bern | Berna | |||
Fribourg | Friburgo | |||
Geneva | Genebra | Genève | French | |
Lausanne | Lausana (E) | |||
Lucerne | Lucerna | Luzern | German | |
Solothurn | Soleura | |||
Zürich | Zurique |
Ukraine
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Kiev | Quieve |
United Kingdom
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English name | Portuguese name | Endonym | Notes | |
Name | Language | |||
Cambridge | Cambrígia, Cantabrígia | |||
Canterbury | Cantuária (E) | |||
Channel Islands | Ilhas do Canal (da Mancha) | |||
Cornwall | Cornualha | |||
Edinburgh | Edimburgo | |||
England | Inglaterra | |||
English Channel | Canal da Mancha | |||
Hebrides | Hébridas | |||
Jersey | Jérsia (E), Jérsei | |||
Lancaster | Lencastre | |||
London | Londres | |||
Orkney | Órcadas, Órcades | |||
Oxford | Oxónia (E), Oxônia (B) | |||
Plymouth | Plimude | |||
Scotland | Escócia | |||
Thames | Tamisa (E), Tâmisa (B) | |||
Wales | (País de) Gales | |||
York | Iorque (E) |
See also
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