Arabic exonyms

This list of Arabic exonyms includes names which are significantly different from the names of the same places in other languages, as well as names of Arabic origin in countries (especially Spain) where Arabic is no longer spoken. Some of these exonyms are no longer in use, these are marked by italics.

Places not mentioned are generally referred to in Arabic by their respective names in their native languages, adapted to Arabic phonology as necessary.


France
 France
English name Arabic name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Bay of Biscay Bāhr al-Akhdar
Tours Balāt Aš-Šuhadā

Italy
 Italy
English name Arabic name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Acireale Al-Yāq
Agira Šanta Fīlibb (شنت فيلب)
Alcamo Manzīl Al-Qāmāq Founded with Arabic name
Alcara li Fusi Al-Aqarāt Founded with Arabic name
Alimena Al-Imān Founded with Arabic name
Aliminusa Rakhbal Al-Mīnusa Founded with Arabic name
Bagheria Bab Al-Garīb Founded with Arabic name
Bari Al-Barī Founded with Arabic name
Borghetto Al-Burjātah Founded with Arabic name
Calamonaci Qalāt Al-Mānākha Founded with Arabic name
Calatafimi-Segesta Qalāt Al-Fīmī Founded with Arabic name
Caltabellotta Qalāt Al-Bālud Founded with Arabic name
Caltagirone Qalāt Al-Janūm Founded with Arabic name
Caltanisetta Qalāt An-Nīssa Founded with Arabic name
Caltavuturo Qalāt Abu Tawīr Founded with Arabic name
Canicattì Hāndāq At-Tīn Founded with Arabic name
Cassaro Al-Qasr
Catania Balāt Al-Fīl
Enna Qasr Al-Yahyā
Gela Madinah Al-Amud
Kalsa al-Khalīsa Founded with Arabic name
Lascari Madinah Al-Asqāri Founded with Arabic name
Marsala Marsā Ali Founded with Arabic name
Mazara del Vallo Al-Māzār Founded with Arabic name
Mineo Qasr Al-Minā
Misilmeri Manzīl Al-Amīr
Regalbuto Rākhbāl Al-Abbūd Founded with Arabic name
Reggio Calabria Rīwāh
Savoca Qalāt Az-Zabūd
Taormina Madinah Al-Muīzz, Tābarmīn
Venice Al-Bunduqīyya
Zisa Al-Azīz

Netherlands
 Netherlands
English name Arabic name Endonym Notes
Name Language
The Hague Lāhāy

Portugal
 Portugal
English name Arabic name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Albufeira Al-Bukhāra Founded with Arabic name
Alcacer do Sal Qasr Abu Dānis Founded with Arabic name
Algarve Al-Garb Founded with Arabic name
Alì Al-Ali Founded with Arabic name
Aljezur Al-Juzur Founded with Arabic name
Almada Qalāt Al-Mādin Founded with Arabic name
Almeirim Madinah al-Māryām Founded with Arabic name
Beja Bājad Az-Zayt Founded with Arabic name
Braga Bāb al-Gārbiyyah Founded with Arabic name
Faro Bur al-Hārun, Ukhšūnuba
Fátima Fātīmah Founded with Arabic name
Ourém Abd Al-Ijaz
Sacavém Šaqabān (شقبان)
Silves Šilb (شلب)
Tavira Al-Tabīrah Founded with Arabic name

Spain
 Spain
English name Arabic name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Aguilar de la Frontera Bulāya
Albacete Al-Basit Founded with Arabic name
Albaida Al-Bāyda Founded with Arabic name
Albalá Al-Balād Founded with Arabic name
Albarracín Banī Al-Rāzin Founded with Arabic name
Alberite Garīp Al-Bāldah Founded with Arabic name
Alburquerque Abu Al-Qūrq Founded with Arabic name
Alcalá de los Gazules Qalāt Al-Yāzula Founded with Arabic name
Alcalá de Guadaíra Qalāt Al-Jabīr Founded with Arabic name
Alcántara Al-Qāntara Founded with Arabic name
Alcantarilla Qāntara Al-Asqabāh Founded with Arabic name
Alcañiz Al-Khanaīs Founded with Arabic name
Alcatraz Al-Qātras Founded with Arabic name
Alcaucín Al-Qāwtīn Founded with Arabic name
Alcazarén Al-Qasraīn Founded with Arabic name
Alcuéscar Al-Qāwāsqar Founded with Arabic name
Alfarnate Al-Fārnit Founded with Arabic name
Algaida Al-Gaīda Founded with Arabic name
Algarrobo Al-Garīb Founded with Arabic name
Algeciras Al-Jazīra Al-Hadrā Founded with Arabic name
Alhama de Murcia Madinah Al-Hammā Founded with Arabic name
Alhambra, Al-Hamra Founded with Arabic name
Alhaurín de la Torre Madinah Al-Hāwrīn Founded with Arabic name
Alicante Al-Laqant Founded with Arabic name
Almáchar Al-Maysār Founded with Arabic name
Almadén Hisn Al-Mādin Founded with Arabic name
Almazán Madinah Al-Māzān Founded with Arabic name
Almensilla Al-Manzīl Founded with Arabic name
Almería Al-Mariyyah Founded with Arabic name
Almuñécar Hisn Al-Munākhar Founded with Arabic name
Alpujarras Al-Būšārat Founded with Arabic name
Alquézar Qasr Al-Barbītaniyyah Founded with Arabic name
Alzira Jazīra Šuqr Founded with Arabic name
Ardales Ard Allah Founded with Arabic name
Arriate Ar-Rīyadh Founded with Arabic name
Axarquía Aš-Šarqiyya Founded with Arabic name
Azofra Az-Zujrah Founded with Arabic name
Badajoz Bayt Al-Jaws Founded with Arabic name
Banyalbufar Banī Al-Būfar Founded with Arabic name
Benacazón Banī Al-Qassum Founded with Arabic name
Benadalid Banī Walīd Founded with Arabic name
Benaguasil Banī Al-Wazir Founded with Arabic name
Benahavís Banī Khāwis Founded with Arabic name
Benalmádena Banī Al-Madinah Founded with Arabic name
Benarrabá Banī Arab Founded with Arabic name
Binissalem Banī Salīm Founded with Arabic name
Bufalí Abu Ali Founded with Arabic name
Bujalance Burj Al-Hānis Founded with Arabic name
Cáceres Qasr Al-Azād Founded with Arabic name
Cádiz Al-Qādis Founded with Arabic name
Calatañazor Qalāt An-Nāzur Founded with Arabic name
Calatayud Qalāt Ayyūb Founded with Arabic name
Calatrava la Vieja Qalāt Ar-Rabāh Founded with Arabic name
Cartagena Qārtājin Al-Khalfa Founded with Arabic name
Castillo de Locubín Hisn Al-Uqbīn Founded with Arabic name
Ceuta Sabtah (سبتة)
Cieza Madinah As-Siyāsā Founded with Arabic name
Ciudad Real Māslākha
Ciutadella de Menorca Madinah Al-Jazīra
Covadonga Ṣaḵrah Bilāy (صخرة بلاي)
Cuenca Madinah Qunqa Founded with Arabic name
Cuevas del Almanzora Qaīfa Al-Mānsur Founded with Arabic name
Daroca Qalāt Ad-Dawrajāh Founded with Arabic name
Deià Qasr Ad-Daīa Founded with Arabic name
Dénia Dāniyyah (دانيّة)
Écija Istijjah (إستجّة)
Elche Alš (ألش)
Faraján Al-Fārkhān Founded with Arabic name
Genalguacil Jannat Al-Wāzir Founded with Arabic name
Generalife Jannat Al-Arīf Founded with Arabic name
Getafe Al-Jādāfih Founded with Arabic name
Girona Jarundah (جرندة)
Granada Garnāṭah (غرناطة) Founded with Arabic name
Guadalajara Wādī Al-Khajāra Founded with Arabic name
Guadalcanal Wādi Al-Khānnā Founded with Arabic name
Guadalcázar Wādi Al-Qasr Founded with Arabic name
Guadalevín Wadī Al-Libān Founded with Arabic name
Guadalquivir Wādi Al-Qabīr Founded with Arabic name
Guadasequies Wadi As-Sukkār Founded with Arabic name
Guadix Wādi Al-Ash Founded with Arabic name
Huelva Walbah (ولبة)
Huesca Wašqa (وشقة)
Igualeja Balāt Al-Wālay
Íscar Hisn Al-Asqār Founded with Arabic name
Isla de Las Palomas Jazīra Al-Tārif
Jaén Jayyān Founded with Arabic name
Jerez de la Frontera Šarīš (شريش)
León Liyyūn (ليّون)
Lleida Lāridah (لاردة)
Lucena Al-Yussāna Founded with Arabic name
Macharaviaya Māšār Abu Yahyā Founded with Arabic name
Madrid Al-Mājrit Founded with Arabic name
Mairena del Aljarafe Makhrāna Aš-Šārāf Founded with Arabic name
Marratxí Al-Murāqšī Founded with Arabic name
Medina Azahara Madinah Az-Zāhra Founded with Arabic name
Medinaceli Madinah As-Salīm Founded with Arabic name
Medina-Sidonia Madinah Aš-Šadūna Founded with Arabic name
Melilla Malīlah (مليلة)
Mérida Māridah (ماردة)
Morón de la Frontera Mawrūr (مورور)
Nájera An-Nājarrah Founded with Arabic name
Navarre Balāt Al-Baškans
Orihuela Uryūlah (أريولة)
Palma de Mallorca Madinah Al-Mayūrqah
Puebla de Almenara Garīp al-Mānārah Founded with Arabic name
Santiago de Compostela Šānt Yāqūb (شانت ياقوب)
Segovia Šiqūbiyyah (شقوبيّة)
Segura War Al-Abyād
Seville Išbīlyyah (أشبيليّة)
Simancas Šānt Mānkaš (شانت مانكش)
Tarazona Ṭarasūna (طرسونة)
Tarifa Tarīfah Founded with Arabic name
Tarragona Ṭarraqūnah (طرّاكونة)
Tenerife Tīn Al-Arīf Founded with Arabic name
Teruel Tīrwāl (تيروال)
Toledo Ṭulayṭulah (طليطلة)
Torre Alháquime Burj Al-Hākīm Founded with Arabic name
Tortosa Ṭurṭūša (طرطوشة)
Trafalgar Ṭaraf Al-Gar (طرف الغار) Founded with Arabic name
Tudela Tūṭīlah (تطيلة)
Úbeda Ubbayḏah Al-'Arab (أبّذة العرب) Founded with Arabic name
Valladolid Balāt Al-Walīd Founded with Arabic name
Zafra Az-Zāfarah Founded with Arabic name
Zamora Sammūrah (سمّورة), Madinah Az-Zamurah Founded with Arabic name
Zaragoza Saraqusṭah (سرقسطة)

Turkmenistan
 Turkmenistan
English name Arabic name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Ashgabat Išq Ābād Founded with Arabic name

United Kingdom
 United Kingdom
English name Arabic name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Gibraltar Jabal At-Tarīq Founded with Arabic name

See also
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