List of Latin names of countries


This list includes the Roman names of countries, or significant regions, known to the Roman Empire.
Latin NameEnglish name
AchaeaGreece
AfricaTunisia
AegyptusEgypt
AethiopiaSub-Saharan Africa
AlbaniaGeorgia, Azerbaijan
AnatoliaTurkey
AngliaEngland
ArabiaArabian Peninsula
ArianaAfghanistan, Iran and Central Asia
ArmeniaArmenia
ArmoricaBrittany
AsiaTurkey
BaeticaAndalusia
BataviaPart of the Netherlands
BelgaeBelgium and the Netherlands
BithyniaTurkey
BohemiaBohemia
BorussiaPrussia
BritanniaBritain
CaledoniaScotland
CambriaWales
CiliciaTurkey
ColchisGeorgia
CornubiaCornwall
CretaCrete
CyprusCyprus
CyrenaicaLibya
DaciaRomania, Moldova
DalmatiaMontenegro
DaniaDenmark
DalmatiaCroatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
D(i)ocle(ti)aMontenegro
DumnoniaDevon
EpirusEpirus: composed of the Albanian South and Greek Epirus
Foenicia or PhoeniciaLebanon
FormosaTaiwan
GalatiaTurkey
GallaeciaGalicia and Portugal
GalliaFrance
GermaniaGermany
GraeciaGreece
HelvetiaSwitzerland
HiberniaIreland
HispaniaSpain
HungariaHungary
IberiaIberian Peninsula
IberiaGeorgia
IndiaIndia and the Indian subcontinent
IslandiaIceland
Illyria, IllyricumCroatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania
ItaliaItaly
IudaeaJudea, Israel
LappiaLapland
Lechia, PoloniaPoland
LibaniLebanon
LibyaLibya, Egypt
Belarus, Lithuania
LivoniaEstonia and Latvia
LusitaniaPortugal
MacedoniaMacedonia, Greek Macedonia
MauretaniaMorocco, Algeria
Melitae, Melitensium, MelitensisMalta
MeridiaSouth Pacific
MoesiaBulgaria, Serbia
MoraviaMoravia
Noricummainly Austria and Slovenia
NorvegiaNorway
NumidiaAlgeria
PalaestinaPalestine
PannoniaHungary, Croatia, Slovenia
ParthiaIran
PhoeniciaLebanon
PontusTurkey
RaetiaSwitzerland
RutheniaRussia, Ukraine, Belarus
SarmatiaEastern Europe: Poland, Ukraine, Russia
ScandinaviaScandinavian Peninsula
ScotiaIreland, Scotland
ScythiaUkraine, South [Federal District|South Russia], Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
Scythia MinorDobruja
Seres, SinaeChina
SiciliaSicily
SilesiaSilesia
SueciaSweden
SyriaSyria
TaprobaneSri Lanka
TarraconensisSpain
ThraciaGreece, Bulgaria, Turkey
TransylvaniaRomania, Hungary
TingitanaMorocco
TripolitaniaLibya