Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Exonyms in Icelandic
Global Sourcebook | Index | PropertiesExonyms in Icelandic
Explanation of the terms endonym and exonym here . Return to exonyms summary page here
More information about these places is to be found in the country chapters. For technical reasons, all alternative place name versions in the lists below have been labelled as "exonyms", even though it may be a local-language alternative form.
Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm
Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm
Exonyms in Icelandic 
| Endonym/Exonym Icelandic | |
|---|---|
| Exonyms in Afghanistan | Kabul → Kabúl |
| Exonyms in Albania | Tiranë → Tirana |
| Exonyms in Algeria | Al-Jazā’ir or الجزائر → Algeirsborg |
| Exonyms in Angola | Luanda → Lúanda |
| Exonyms in Armenia | Yerevan or Երևան → Jerevan |
| Exonyms in Austria | Wien → Vin or Vinarborg |
| Exonyms in Azerbaijan | Bakı → Bakú |
| Exonyms in Bahamas | Nassau → Nassá |
| Exonyms in Belize | Belmopan → Belmópan |
| Exonyms in Bhutan | Thimphu → Timfú |
| Exonyms in Bolivia | Sucre → Súkre |
| Exonyms in Bosnia-Hercegovina | Sarajevo → Sarajevó |
| Exonyms in Botswana | Gabarone → Gaboróne |
| Exonyms in Brazil | Brasília → Brasilía |
| Exonyms in Burundi | Bujumbura → Bújúmbúra |
| Exonyms in Cameroon |
Douala → Dóúala Yaoundé → Jánde |
| Exonyms in Canada | Toronto → Torontó |
| Exonyms in Central African Republic | Bangui → Bangví |
| Exonyms in Chile | Santiago → Santiagó |
| Exonyms in China |
Beijing or 北京市 → Peking Guangzhou or 广州市 → Kanton Guilen → Kweilen Nanjing or 南京 → Nanking Qingdao or 青岛市 → Tsingtao Shanghai or 上海市 → Sjanghæ Tianjin or 天津 → Tientsin Xiamen or 厦门市 → Amoy |
| Exonyms in Colombia | Bogotá → Bógóta |
| Exonyms in Cook Islands | Avarua → Avarúa |
| Exonyms in Cyprus | Lefkosia or Λευκωσία → Nikósía |
| Exonyms in Czechia / the Czech Republic |
Plzeň → Pilsen Praha → Prag |
| Exonyms in Denmark |
Aalborg → Álaborg Aarhus → Árósar Fredriksbavn → Friðrikshöfn Helsingør → Helsingjaeyri Humlebæk → Humlabekk Jelling → Jalangur København → Kaupmannahöfn Odense → Óðinsvé Ribe → Rípar Ringsted → Hringstað Roskilde → Hróarskelda Silkeborg → Silkiborg Skagen → Skaginn Slagelse → Slagleysa Sorø → Sórey Viborg → Vébjörg |
| Exonyms in Egypt |
اسكندرية or El Iskandarîya → Alexandría السويس or El Suweis → Súes القاهرة or El Qâhira → Kaíró |
| Exonyms in Equatorial Guinea | Malabo → Malabó |
| Exonyms in Ethiopia | Addis Abeba or አዲስ አበባ → Addis Ababa |
| Exonyms in Faeroe Islands / Faroe Islands |
Fuglafjørður → Fuglafjörður Klaksvik → Klakksvik Nólsoy → Nólsey Tórshavn → Þórshöfn |
| Exonyms in France |
Paris → París Poitiers → Peituborg Reims → Reimsborg Rouen → Rúðuborg Strasbourg → Strassborg Versailles → Versalir |
| Exonyms in Georgia | თბილისი or T’bilisi → Tibilisi |
| Exonyms in Germany |
Berlin → Berlín Bremen → Brimar Flensburg → Flensborg Hamburg → Hamborg Kiel → Kíl Köln → Coloine or Cóln Lübeck → Lýbecka Oldenburg → Aldinborg Stralsund → Stralsund Stuttgart → Stóðgarður |
| Exonyms in Ghana | Accra → Akkra |
| Exonyms in Greece |
Athínai or Αθήνα → Aþena Thessaloníki or Θεσσαλονίκη → Thessalónika |
| Exonyms in Guatemala | Ciudad de Guatemala → Gvatemalaborg |
| Exonyms in Guinea | Conakry → Kónakri |
| Exonyms in Hungary | Budapest → Búdapest |
| Exonyms in India | New Delhi or नई दिल्ली → Nýja-Deli |
| Exonyms in Indonesia | Jakarta → Djakarta |
| Exonyms in Iran | Tehran or تهران → Teheran |
| Exonyms in Iraq | Baghdad or بغداد → Bagdad |
| Exonyms in Ireland | Dublin → Dyflinn |
| Exonyms in Israel |
Haifa or חֵיפָה or حيفا → Haífa Tel Aviv or תל אביב or تل أبيب → Tel Avív Yerushalayim or יְרוּשָׁלַיִם or القُدس → Jerúsalem |
| Exonyms in Italy |
Firenze → Flórens Genova → Genúa Milano → Mílanó Napoli → Napóli Roma → Róm or Rómaborg Torino → Tórínó Venezia → Feneyjar |
| Exonyms in Japan |
Kyoto or 京都市 → Kýótó Tokyo or 東京 → Tókýó |
| Exonyms in Kenya | Nairobi → Nairóbí |
| Exonyms in Latvia | Riga → Ríga |
| Exonyms in Lebanon | Beyrut or بيروت → Beirút |
| Exonyms in Liberia | Monrovia → Monróvía |
| Exonyms in Libya | Tarābulus or طرابلس → Trípólí |
| Exonyms in Lithuania | Vilnius → Vilníus |
| Exonyms in Madagascar | Antananarivo → Antananarivó |
| Exonyms in Malawi | Lilongwe → Lilongve |
| Exonyms in Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur → Kúala Lúmpúr |
| Exonyms in Mali |
Bamako → Bamakó Timbuktu → Timbúktú |
| Exonyms in Marshall Islands | Majuro → Majúró |
| Exonyms in Mauritania | Nouakchott or نواكشوط → Núaksjott |
| Exonyms in Mexico | Ciudad de México → Mexíkóborg |
| Exonyms in Moldova | Chişinău → Kisínev |
| Exonyms in Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar or Улаанбаатар → Úlan Bator |
| Exonyms in Mozambique | Maputo → Mapútó |
| Exonyms in Myanmar | Yangon or ရန်ကုန် → Jangún |
| Exonyms in Nepal | Kathmandu or काठमाडौं → Katmandú |
| Exonyms in Netherlands | ’s-Gravenhage → Haag |
| Exonyms in Nicaragua | Managua → Managva |
| Exonyms in Niger | Niamey → Níamey |
| Exonyms in Nigeria | Abuja → Abútja |
| Exonyms in North Korea | P’yongyang or 평양 → Pjongjang |
| Exonyms in Norway |
Ålesund → Álasund Arendal → Arnardalur Bergen → Björgvin Bodø → Boðvin Oslo → Ósló Stavanger → Stafangur Trondheim → Þrándheimur |
| Exonyms in Oman | Musqaţ or مسقط → Múskat |
| Exonyms in Paraguay | Asunción → Asúnsjón |
| Exonyms in Peru | Lima → Líma |
| Exonyms in Philippines | Manila → Maníla |
| Exonyms in Poland |
Kraków → Kraká Szczecin → Stettin Warszawa → Varsjá |
| Exonyms in Portugal | Lisboa → Lissabon |
| Exonyms in Romania |
Bucureşti → Búkarest Constanţa → Konstantia |
| Exonyms in Russia |
Rostov-na-Donu or Росто́в-на-Дону́ → Ráðstofa Sankt Petersburg or Санкт-Петербург → Sankti Pétursborg Veliky Novgorod or Великий Новгород → Hómgarður |
| Exonyms in Rwanda | Kigali → Kígalí |
| Exonyms in Samoa | Apia → Apía |
| Exonyms in Saudi Arabia |
Ar Riyād or الرياض → Ríad Makkah or مكة → Mekka |
| Exonyms in Serbia | Beograd or Београд → Belgrad |
| Exonyms in Somalia | Mogadishu → Mógadisjú |
| Exonyms in South Africa |
Cape Town or Kaapstad → Höfðaborg Johannesburg → Jóhannesarborg |
| Exonyms in South Korea | Seoul or 서울시 → Seúl |
| Exonyms in Spain | Barcelona → Barselóna |
| Exonyms in Sudan | El Khartûm or الخرطوم → Kartúm |
| Exonyms in Suriname | Paramaribo → Paramaribó |
| Exonyms in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | Longyearbyen → Longyearbær |
| Exonyms in Sweden |
Göteborg → Gautaborg Helsingborg → Helsingjaborg Lund → Lundur Malmö → Málmey Stockholm → Stokkhólmur Uppsala → Uppsalir |
| Exonyms in Syria | Dimashq or دمشق → Damaskus |
| Exonyms in Taiwan | T’ai-pei or 臺北市 → Taípei or Tæpei |
| Exonyms in Tajikistan | Dushanbé or Duşanbe or Душанбе → Dúshanbe |
| Exonyms in Tanzania | Dodoma → Dódóma |
| Exonyms in Thailand | Krung Thep → Bangkok |
| Exonyms in the Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo → Santó Dómingó |
| Exonyms in Tonga | Nuku’alofa → Núkúalófa |
| Exonyms in Turkey | İstanbul → Istanbúl |
| Exonyms in Ukraine | Київ or Kiyev → Kænugarður |
| Exonyms in United Arab Emirates |
Abū Zaby or أبوظبي → Abú Dabí Dubai or دبي → Dúbæ |
| Exonyms in United Kingdom |
Cambridge → Kambabryggja Canterbury → Kantaraborg Dover → Dofrar Edinburgh → Edynburg Great Yarmouth → Járnamóða Lerwick → Leirvík London → Londyn Southampton → Suðurhamtún York → Jórvik |
| Exonyms in United States of America | New York → Nýja-Jórvik |
| Exonyms in Uruguay | Montevideo → Montevídeó |
| Exonyms in Uzbekistan | Toškent or Тошкент → Taskent |
| Exonyms in Venezuela | Caracas → Karakas |
| Exonyms in Vietnam | Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh → Hochimin-borg |
| Exonyms in Zambia | Lusaka → Lúsaka |
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