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Here is a list of principalities and regions written in the Latin language and English and other names on the right. This is NOT a duplication of Roman provincial names.
The name Heliconia indica invokes two locations: Heliconia refers to Mount Helicon, [1] and indica means 'from India'. [2] A list of place names, used in Latin descriptions and, after the development of binomial nomenclature, as specific names in the natural sciences.
List of Latin names of cities; List of Latin place names in Continental Europe, Ireland and Scandinavia; List of Latin names of countries; E. Latin exonyms; I.
This list includes the Roman names of countries, ... Latin Name English Name Achaea [1] Greece: Africa [2] Tunisia: Aegyptus [3] Egypt: Aethiopia: Sub-Saharan Africa ...
The Latin name Caesarea was also applied to the colony of New Jersey as Nova Caesarea, because the Roman name of the island was thought to have been Caesarea. [70] [71] The name "Jersey" most likely comes from the Norse name Geirrsey, meaning 'Geirr's Island'. [72] New Mexico: November 1, 1859: Nahuatl via Spanish: Mēxihco via Nuevo México
This list includes European countries and regions that were part of the Roman Empire, or that were given Latin place names in historical references.As a large portion of the latter were only created during the Middle Ages, often based on scholarly etiology, this is not to be confused with a list of the actual names modern regions and settlements bore during the classical era.
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
The suffix-land, which can be found in the names of several countries or country subdivisions, indicates a toponymy - a land.The word derived from the Old English land, meaning "ground, soil", and "definite portion of the earth's surface, home region of a person or a people, territory marked by political boundaries".