Latin names of European cities

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Until the Modern Era, Latin was the common language for scholarship and mapmaking. During the 19th and 20th centuries, German scholars in particular have made significant contributions to the study of historical place names, or Ortsnamenkunde. These studies have, in turn, contributed to the study of Genealogy. For genealogists and historians of pre-Modern Europe, knowing alternate names of places is vital to extracting information from both public and private records. Even specialists in this field point out, however, that the information can be easily taken out of context, since there is a great deal of repetition of place-names throughout Europe; reliance purely on apparent connections should therefore be tempered with valid historical methodology. One caveat that must be observed, however, is that even Latin place-names are not always exclusive to one place -- for example, there were several Roman cities whose names began with Colonia and then a more descriptive term. During the Middle Ages, these were often shortened to just Colonia. One of these, Colonia Agrippinensis, retains the name today in the form of Cologne.

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Following is a partial List of Cities starting the Latin and then equivalent English or other modern name(s)

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Latin	English Name, [(other name(s))] or [older name(s)], [province], [state]
Abellinum	Avellino (E of Naples)
Aberdonia, Aberdonium	Aberdeen, Scotland
Aboa	Turku, Finland
Abritum, Abrittus	Razgrad, Bulgaria
Abruttus	Abrud, Romania
Acaunum	Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland
Acharnae*	Acharnes, (Acharnae) Menidi, Greece
Adrianopolis	Edirne, Turkey
Aegyssus	Tulcea, Romania
Aeminium	Coimbra, Portugal
Aquisgrana, Aquis Granum, Aquae Grani, Aquensis urbs, Granis aquae	Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle)
Ad Fines	Pfyn, Thurgau, Switzerland
Ad Mediam	Băile Herculane, Romania
Ad Pirum	Hru?ica
Ad Mediam	Mehadia, Romania
Ad Stoma	Bretcu, Romania
Aegida, Capris, Caput Histriae	Koper, Slovenia
Aegina	Aegina, Greece
Aequum	Sinj, Dalmatia, S Croatia
Agrigentum	Agrigento, Italy
Agrinium*	Agrinio/Agrinion, Greece
(Colonia Claudia) Ara Agrippinensium	Cologne (K?, Germany
Albintimilium	Ventimiglia
Albona	Labin, Istria, SW Croatia
Albunrnus Maior	Rosia Montana, Romania
Alexandropolis*	Alexandroupolis, Greece
Almyrus*	Almyros some pref. Almyrus, Greece
Alostum	Aalst
Altinum	Oltina, Romania
Amivadum	Amersfoort
Ammurianum	Murano, Italy
Ampelum	Zlatna, Romania
Amphilochia*	Amphilochia, Greece
Amphipolis*	Amphipolis, Greece
Amphissa*	Amphissa, Amfissa, Greece
Ancyra	Ankara, Turkey
Andautonia	Zagreb, NW Croatia (capital)
Anderlacum	Anderlecht, Belgium
Angustia	Rasnov, Romania
Antunacum	Andernach
Apuania	Massa Carrara
Apulum	Alba Iulia, Romania
Arrubium	Macin, Romania
Aquaviva	Varaždin, NW Croatia
Aqua Villae	Badenweiler, Germany
Aquae Flaviae	Chaves, Portugal
Aquae Helveticae	Baden, Aargau, Switzerland
Aquilia in Vestinis, Aquilia	L'Aquila, Italy
Aquincum	Budapest, Hungary
Arae Flaviae	Rottweil, Germany
Arandis	Garv㯬Ourique, Portugal
Arausonia*	Šibenik, Dalmatia, S Croatia
Arbor Felix	Arbon, Thurgau, Switzerland
Arca Caesarea	Arqa, Lebanon
Arcidava	Varadia, Romania
Arconisium	Racconigi
Ardea	Ardea
Arelate	Arles
Arenacum	Arnhem, Netherlands
Argentoratum	Strasbourg, France
Argos*	Argos, Greece
Ariminum	Rimini, Italy
Arutela	Calimanesti, Romania
Aspalathus*	Split, Dalmatia, S Croatia
Assindria	Essen
Asturica Augusta	Astorga
Atalanta	Atalante (Atalanta), Greece
Aternum	Pescara, Italy
Athenae*	Athens, Greece
Atrans	Trojane, Slovenia
Atrebatum	Arras
Atuatuca	Tongeren, Belgium
Augusta	Augusta
Augusta Argentorate	Strasbourg
Augusta Perusia	Perugia, Italy
Augusta Praetoria Salassorum	Aosta, Italy
Augusta Raurica	Kaiseraugst (Augst), Switzerland
Augusta Taurinorum	Turin, Italy
Augusta Treverorum	Trier (Treves), Germany
Augusta Vindelicorum	Augsburg, Germany
Aurelia	Orl顮s
Aurelia Aquensi	Baden-Baden, Germany
Aventicum	Avenches, Vaud, Switzerland
Aviarium	Aveiro, Portugal
Badena civitas	Baden, Germany
Baetulo	Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Balsa	west of Tavira, Portugal
Bangertium	Bangor, England
Barcino	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Barium	Bari, Italy
Basilia, Basilea	Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Batavis, Castra Batavorum, Castra Batava	Passau, Germany
Benacus	Garda
Beneventum	Benevento
Berolinum	Berlin, Germany
Berroea	Verroia, Berrea, Greece
Berytus	Beirut (Bayrut), Lebanon
Berzobis	Berzovia, Romania
Bistue	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bobium, Ebovium	Bobbio, Italy
Bonna	Bonn, Germany
Borbetomagus	Worms, Germany
Boreana	Burano
Bracara Augusta	Braga, Portugal
Brema	Bremen, Germany
Brestum, Brestia, Brivates Portis	Brest
Brienzola	Brienz, Switzerland
Brigantium	Bregenz, Austria
Brigetio	KomᲯm-Sz? Hungary
Brundisium	Brindisi
Brunsvicum	Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany
Brixia	Brescia, Italy
Burdigala	Bordeaux, France
Caesar Augusta	Saragossa
Calagurris	Calahorra
Calatis	Mangalia, Romania
Calcaria	Tadcaster
Calisia	Kalisz, Poland
Callatis	Mangalia, Romania
Calmaria	Kalmar, Sweden
Cambodunum	Kempten, Germany
Capua	Santa Maria di Capua Vetere, Italy
Caralis	Cagliari
Carnium, Carnioburgum	Kranj, Slovenia
Caroli Corona	Karlskrona, Sewden
Carolina Vetus	Gamla Karleby, Sweden
Carsium	HⲦamp;#351;ova, Romania
Carthago Nova	Cartagena
Carystus*	Carystos/Carystus, Greece
Cassovia	Ko?ice, Slovakia
Castra	Ajdov?čina, Slovenia
Castra Regina	Regensburg, Germany
Castrum Novaesium	Neuss, Germany
Catalaunum, Catelaunorum	Chalons-sur-Marne, France
Celeia	Celje, Slovenia
Cenchreae*	Kechries, some prefer Cenchreae (near Corinth), Greece
Centum Cellae	Civitavecchia
Certisa	Đakovo, Slavonija, NE Croatia
Chalcis*	Chalkida (Chalkis, Euboea, Greece
Christinae portus	Kristinehamn, Sweden
Christiania	Kristianstad, Sweden
Cibalae	Vinkovci, Slavonija, NE Croatia
Cibinum	Sibiu, Sibiu (county), Romania
Civitas Kielcensis	Kielce
Civitas Sancti Romuli	Sanremo, Sancti Remi, San Remu, San Remo
Civitas Victoriosa	Birgu, Malta
Clagenfurtum	Klagenfurt (Celovec), Austria
Clivia	Kleve, Germany
Conimbriga	Condeixa-a-Nova, South of todays Coimbra, Portugal
Colonia Ulpia Traiana, Sarmizegethusa	Ulpia Traiana, Romania
Colonia Ulpia Traiana, Vetera	Xanten, Germany
Comaromium	KomᲮo, Slovakia
(Castellum apud) Confluentes	Koblenz, Germany
Constantinopolis	Istanbul, Turkey
Copinga	K?g, Sweden
Corcyra*	Corfu, Greece
Corduba	[[Cordoba, Spain\|Cord󢡝]
Corinthus*	Corinth, Greece
Cornacum	Vukovar, Slavonija, NE Croatia
Coronia	Landskrona, Sweden
Costanc	Constance
Cracovia	Krakow, Poland
Curia	Chur, [[Graub?], Switzerland
Curicum or Curycta*	Krk, Kvarner, SW Croatia
Dalecarlia	Dalarna, Sweden
Dalecarlius	Dal䬶en, Sweden
Damascus	Damascus, (Dimashq) Syria
Dantiscum, Gedanum, Gedania	Gdansk, Danzig
Damma, Dammum	Damme, Belgium
Damovilla	Damville
Delphi*	Delphi, Greece
Deva	Chester, United Kingdom
Dertusa	Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain
Diadora*	Zadar, [[Dalmatia[[, SW Croatia
Dierna	Orsova, Romania
Diniensium civitas	Digne
Dioclea	Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
Divinium	Devin in Bratislava, Slovakia
Divio	Dijon, France
Dodona*	Dodona, Greece
Dorylaeum	near Eskisehir, Turkey
Drepanum	Trapani W of Palermo
Dresda	Dresden, Germany
Drobeta	Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania
Durovernum Cantiacorum	Canterbury, United Kingdom
Dyrrhachium	[[Durr볝], Albania
Ebora	Evora, Portugal
Eboracum	York
Eburodunum	Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland
Egara	Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain
Egiptania	Idanha-a-Velha, Portugal
Eindovia	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Elbinga, Elbingus, Elbinca, Elbangum, Elbingense castrum	Elbląg, formerly known as Elbing, Poland
Eleusis*	Eleusis, Greece
Emda, Emetha	Emden
Emerita Augusta	M鲩da
Emesa	Homs, Syria
Emona, Aemona, Labacum	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Encopia	Enk?g, Sweden
Eperiessinum, Fragopolis	Presov, Slovakia
Epidaurus*	Epidaurus, Greece
Erfordia	Erfurt
Falcopia	Falk?g, Sweden
Firmum (Picenum)	Fermo
Flanona	Plomin, Istria, SW Croatia
Flaviacum	Saint-Germer, Flavigny
Florentia	Firenze (Florence), Italy
Flumen	Rijeka, Fiume, Terra Sancti Viti, Croatia
Formio	Ri?ana
Forum Novum Siculorum	Targu Mures, Mures, Romania
Francofortum ad Moenum	Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Friburgum Brisgoviae	Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Gades	Cadiz
Gedania, Gedanum, Dantiscum	Gdansk, Danzig
Genava	Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Genoa	Genova, Italy
Gerulata	Rusovce in Bratislava, Slovakia
Gerunda	Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Gevalia	G䶬e, Sweden
Glanum	Saint R魹-de-Provence
Glevum Colonia	Gloucester, United Kingdom
Goettinga	G?ngen, Germany
Goslaria	Goslar
Gorlicium	G?tz, Germany / Zgorzelec, Poland
Gothia	Gothenburg (G?org), Sweden
Gythium	Gytheion, Greece
Hafnia	Copenhagen (K?avn)
Hale Suevice	Hall in Schwaben
Halicanum	Čakovec, Međimurje, NW Croatia
Halicarnassus*	Bodrum, Turkey
Halifacium, Hortonium	Halifax, England
Halmostadium	Hamlstad, Sweden
Hamburgum, Hammonia	Hamburg (Hammaburg), Germany
Hannovera	Hanover (Hannover), Germany
Heraclium*	Iraklion, rarely Heraclion, Crete, Greece
Herbipolis	W?g, Germany
Herculaneum	Ercolano
Holmia (also: Stockholmia)	Stockholm, Sweden
Hudvicovaldum	Hudiksvall, Sweden
Ilerda	Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Iluro	[[Matar󝝬 Catalonia, Spain
Interamna	Terni (Nahars)
Isthmia*	Isthmia, Greece, slightly E of Corinth
Iuliacum	[[J?], Germany
Jader	Zadar, Dalmatia, SW Croatia
Jassium	Iasi, Romania
Juenna	Podjuna
Juncopia	J?ping, Sweden
Juvavum	Salzburg, Austria
Labellum	Lavello
Lagaholmia	Lahoml, Sweden
Lamego	Lamego, Portugal
Larnaca*	Larnaca, Cyprus
Laugaricio	Trencin, Slovakia
Lauriacum	Lorch, Germany
Laurium, Graecia (Thoricum bef. mid-0s century B.C.)	Laurion, (Laurium), Greece
Laurium, Hol., Laurum	Woerden, Netherlands
Lederata	Rama, Romania
Lentia	Linz, Austria
Leucas	Lefkada, Lefkas (Leucas), Greece
Lidcopia	Lidk?g, Sweden
Lincopia	Link?g, Sweden
Lindaugia, Lindavia	Lindau, Germany
Lindesberga, Linda	Lindesberg, Sweden
Lipsia	Leipzig, Germany
Lithopolis	Kamnik, Slovenia
Locoritum	Lohr, Bavaria, Germany
Londinium	London, United Kingdom
Longatico, Longaticum	Logatec, Slovenia
Lousonna	Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Lubeca	[[L?], Lubeke
Lugdunum	Lyon, France
Lugdunum Convenarum	Saint Bertrand de Comminges, France
Lula	[[Lule坝, Sweden
Lupiae	Lecce, Italy
Lutetia	Paris, France
Magdeburgum	Magdeburg
Malmogia	[[Malm? Sweden
Mantua	Mantova some Mantua, Italy
Marathon, Marathonis*	Marathon, Greece
Marburgum	Maribor, Slovenia
Marsonia	Brod, Slavonija, NE Croatia
Martarita	Mostar, SE Bosnia and Herzegovina
Massilia	Marseille, France
Medelpadia	Medelpag, Sweden
Media	Medias, Sibiu, Romania
Mediolanum	Milan (Milano), Italy
Megalopolis*	Megalopolis, Greece
Megara	Megara, (W of Athens) [Greece]]
Messana	Messina, slightly west of Reggio di Calabria
Misnia	Meissen
Mirobriga	[[Santiago do Cac魝], Portugal
Moguncia, Moguntia, Mogontiacum	Mainz
Monachium	Munich (M?), Germany
Monasterium	Bitolj, Republic of Macedonia
Monasterium Westphaliae	M?, Germany
Mosa Traiectum	Maastricht, Netherlands
Mursa	Osijek, Slavonija, NE Croatia
Mutina	Modena, Italy
Mycenae	Mycenae (Mykꮥs, -ai), Greece
Naissus	Ni?, Serbia and Montenegro
Napoca, Claudiopolis	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Narbo	Narbonne
Naupactus	Na(u)fpaktos, Greece
Nauplium*	Na(u)fplion, Greece
Nauportus	Vrhnika, Slovenia
Neapolis	Naples (Napoli), Italy
Neapolis-Aemonia	Novigrad, Croatia
Neosolium	Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Nemausus	Ns, France
Nemea*	Nemea, Greece
Neoplanta	Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
Nesactium	Visače
Neviodunum	Drnovo, Slovenia
Nicomedia*	Izmit, Turkey
Nicopia	Nyk?g, Sweden
Nicopolis*	Nicopolis, Greece
Nola	Nola, ENE of Naples, Italy
Norcopia	Norrk?g, Sweden
Noreia	Neumarkt, Austria
Norimberga	Nuremberg, Germany
Nova Ionia (Athenae)	Nea Ionia (Athens) aka New Ionia, Greece
Nova Ionia (Thessalia)	Nea Ionia (Thessaly) aka New Ionia, Greece
Novae	Sishtov, Bulgaria
Novaesium, Novensium	Neuss, Germany
Noviomagus	Nijmegen, Noyon, Speyer
Noviodunum (Colonia Iulia Equestris)	Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland
Noviodunum	Isaccea, Tulcea, Romania
Novio Rito	Niort
Octodurum	Martigny, Valais, Switzerland
Odessus	Varna
Oenipons	Innsbruck, Austria
Olisipo	Lisbon(Lisboa), Portugal
Olmedum	Olmedo
Olympia*	Olympia, Greece
Olympias*	Olympias (Olympiada), Greece
Orchomenos*	Orchomenus, Greece
Orebrogia	ֲebro, Sweden
Oresundae	ֲesund, Sweden
Ossonoba	Faro, Portugal
Ovilava	Wels, Austria
Paeania*	Paeania/Paiania, Greece
Pampalona, Pampelona	Pamplona
Panormus	Palermo, Italy
Parentium	Poreč, Istria, W Croatia
Partiscum	Szeged, Hungary
Patavium	Padua (Padova), Italy
Patrae*	Patras, Greece
Pax Iulia, Pax Augusta, Colonia Pacensis	Beja, Portugal
Pax Mariae	Mariefred, Sweden
Petina	Pićan
Pharia*	Starigrad, Hvar island, Croatia
Phalerum	Phaleron, Faliron, Greece
Philippi	Philippi, Greece
Piquentum	Buzet, Croatia
Piraeus	Piraeus, Greece
Pisaurum	Pesaro, Italy
Pitovia	[[Pite坝, Sweden
Placentia	Piacenza, Italy
Poetovio	Ptuj, Slovenia
Pola	Pula, Istria, SW Croatia
Porolissum	Zalau, Romania
Portus Alacer	Portalegre, Portugal
Portus Cale*	Porto, Portugal
Portus Naonis	Pordenone
Posnania, Poznania	Poznan, Poland
Posonium, Wratisslaburgium	Bratislava, Slovakia
Potaissa	Turda, Romania
Potidaea*	Potidaea (Potidaia), Greece
Praetorium	Copaceni, V⬣ea, Romania
Promona	Drniš, Dalmatia, S Croatia
Prusa, Brusa	Bursa, Turkey
Pyrrhanum	Piran, Slovenia
Quadrata	Samobor, NW Croatia
Raetinium	Bihać, NW Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ragusa	Syracusa, Sicily, Italy
Ramboletium	Rambouillet, France
Ratisbona	Regensburg
Regiomontium	Kaliningrad, K?sberg until 1945
Rhagusium	Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, SE Croatia
Rhegium	Reggio di Calabria
Rigomagus	Remagen, Germany
Risinium	Risan, Serbia and Montenegro
Rocium	Roč, Istria, Croatia
Roma	Rome, Italy
Romula-Malva	Resca Dobrosloveni, Romania
Rotomagus	Rouen
Rugensis civitas	Riga, Latvia
Sablones	Venlo
Salamis*, Cyprus	Salamis, Cyprus
Salamis*, Graecia	Salamis, Greece
Salinae	Tuzla, NE Bosnia and Herzegovina
Salisburgium	Salzburg, Austria
Salmantica	Salamanca
Samarobriva	Amiens, France
Sandomir	Sandomierz, Poland
Saresberia/Serviodunum	Salisbury, England
Scalabis	Santarem, Portugal
Scardona	Skradin, Dalmatia, S Croatia
Scodra	[[Shkod벝], Albania
Scopium, Scupium	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Senia	Senj, SW Croatia
Serdica	Sofia, Bulgaria
Silva Ducis	's-Hertogenbosch/Den Bosch
Singidunum	Belgrade (Beograd), Serbia and Montenegro
Sinus	Sines, Portugal
Sipontum	Manfredonia
Siradia	Sieradz, Poland
Sirmium	Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia and Montenegro
Siscia	Sisak, Croatia
Solodurum/Salodurum	Solothurn, Switzerland
Spalatium	Split, Dalmatia, S Croatia
Sparta*	Sparta, Greece
Spira	Speyer, Germany
Stabiae	Castellammare di Stabia
Stenbrovium	Stenbro, Sweden
Stockholmia (also: Holmia)	Stockholm, Sweden
Stutgardia	Stuttgart, Germany
Sucidava	Celei, Romania
Sudercopia	S?k?g, Sweden
Syracusae*	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Taurunum	Zemun, Serbia and Montenegro
Tapae	Poarta de Fier a Transilvaniei, Romania
Tarraco	Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Tarsatica	Rijeka, SW Croatia
Tegea	Tegea, Greece, near Tripoli
Temesiensis	Timisoara, Timis, Romania
Tergestum	Trieste (Trst), Italy
Terracina	Terracina, Italy
Thebae (Boeotia/Athenae)	Theva (Thebes), Greece
Thermopylae*	Thermopylae, Greece
Thessalonica, Salonica*	Thessaloniki, Saloniki (Salonika),Makedonia, Greece
Tifernum Tiberinum	Citta di Castello
Toletum	Toledo, Spain
Tolosa	Toulouse, France
Tomis	Constanta, Romania
Tornacum	Tournai, Doornik
Traiectum	Utrecht, Netherlands
Traiectum ad Mosam	Maastricht
Trapezus	Trabzon, Trebizond
Tremonia	Dortmund, Germany
Tridentum	Trento, Italy
Tripolis (Graecia)	Tripoli, Greece
Tripolis (Lib.)	Tripoli, Lebanon
Tritium	[[Covilh㝝, Portugal
Troesmis	Iglita, Romania
Troezen, Troezena*	Troezen, Greece
Tubinga	T?n, Germany
Tulpiacum, Tolbiacum	Z? (Tolbiac)
Turicum	[[Z?], Switzerland
Turoni, Metropolis civitas Turonum, Turonorum, Augusta Turonum, T(h)oronus, Turonica civitas, Caesarodunum	Tours, France
Tusculum	near Frascati, SE of Rome, Italy
Ulpiana	Ljipljan, Serbia and Montenegro
Ulmetum	Pantelimonul de Sus, Constanta (county), Romania
Upsala	Upsala, Sweden
Uraniburgum	Uranienborg, Sweden
Uranopolis*	Uranopoli, Greece some prefer Uranopolis
Urba	Orbe, Vaud, Switzerland
Urbs Mariae	Mariestad, Sweden
Urbs Notabilis	Mdina, Malta
Vadstenium	Vadstena, Sweden
Varadinum	Oradea, Romania
Varsovia	Warsaw, Poland
Veldidena	Wilten, Austria
Velitrae	Velletri
Vemmaria	Vimmerby, Sweden
Veniatia	Vinhais, Portugal
Venta Belgarum	Winchester, United Kingdom
Venusia	Venosa
Verulamium	St. Alban's, United Kingdom
Vesontio	Besan篮
Vetera, Colonia Ulpia Traiana	Xanten, Germany
Veterosolium, Vetusolium	Zvolen, Slovakia
Vexionia	[[V个? Sweden
Vibiscum	Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
Villa Euracini	P󶯡 de Varzim, Portugal
Villa Cardilio	Torres Novas, Portugal
Vindobona	Vienna, Austria
Vindonissa	Windisch, Aargau, Switzerland
Viseu	Viseu, Portugal
Visingsburgum	Visingsborg, Sweden
Vitudurum	Winterthur, [[Z?], Switzerland
Virunum	Maria Saal (Gospa Sveta), Austria
Volaterrae	Volterra, Italy
Volsinium	Bolsena
Vratislavia	Wroclaw, Poland
Wormatia	Worms, Germany
Ystadium	Ystad, Sweden
Zycanthus, Zacynthus*	Zante (Zakynthos), Greece