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-Gharb			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-Ghārbiyyah			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