Portuguese exonyms

Below is a list of Portuguese language exonyms for places in non-Portuguese-speaking areas. Some of them are used exclusively in European Portuguese (marked E) while others appear just in Brazilian Portuguese (marked B).


Genders of country names in Portuguese: male (green), female (purple) and neutral (yellow)

Some of these terms are becoming disused, being often replaced with others closer to the original spelling. Adoptions of foreign terms and names in general are more acceptable and easy to enter popular use in the Brazilian variety, with spelling pronunciations or not.

Albania
 Albania Albânia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Shkodër Esútare
Tirana Tirana Tiranë

Austria
 Austria Áustria
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Carinthia Carínita Kärnten
Danube Danúbio
Innsbruck Insbruque
Salzburg Salzburgo, Salisburgo
Styria Estíria Steiermark
Vienna Viena Wien

Belarus
 Belarus
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Minsk Minsque

Belgium
 Belgium Bélgica
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Antwerp Antuérpia Antwerpen Dutch
Bruges Bruges Brugge Dutch
Brussels Bruxelas Bruxelles French
Flandres Flandres Vlaanderen Dutch
Ghent Gante Gent Dtuch
Leuven Lovaina
Meuse Mosa Maas Dutch
Scheldt Escalda
Wallonia Valónia (E), Valônia (B) Wallonie French

Bulgaria
 Bulgaria Bulgária
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Sofia Sófia Sofiya

Croatia
 Croatia Croácia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Zagreb Zagrebe

Cyprus
 Cyprus Chipre
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Limassol Limassol
Nicosia Nicósia
Paphos Pafos

Czechia
 Czechia Chéquia (E), Tchéquia (B)
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Brno Brum, Bruno
Prague Praga Praha Czech
Plzeň Pilsen, Pilzem
Sudetes Sudetas (Europe), Sudetos (Brazil)

Denmark
 Denmark Dinamarca
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Copenhagen Copenhaga (E), Copenhague (B)
Frisia Frísia Frisland
Greenland Gronelândia (E), Groenlândia (B)
Jutland Jutlândia

Estonia
 Estonia Estónia (E), Estônia (B)
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Tallinn Talim

Finland
 Finland Finlândia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Ålanda Alanda (E)
Helsinki Helsínquia (E), Helsinque (B)
Lapland Lapónia (E), Lapônia (B)

France
 France França
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Alsace Alsácia
Aquitaine Aquitânia
Auvergne Auvérnia
Avignon Avinhão
Bayonne Baiona
Bordeaux Bordéus (E, B)
Burgundy Borgonha
Brittany Bretanha
Carcassonne Carcassona
Champagne Champanhe
Corsica Córsega
Franche-Comté Franco-Condado
Gascony Gasconha
Lorraine Lorena
Lyon Lião (E)
Marseille Marselha
Meuse Mosa
Narbonne Narbona
Normandy Normandia
Orléans Orleães (E), Orleans (E)
Perpignan Perpinhão (E), Perpinhã (B)
Picardy Picardia
Provençe Provença
Pyrenees Pirenéus/Pirinéus (E), Pireneus (B)
Rhône Ródano
Rouen Ruão (E, B)
Seine Sena
Strasbourg Estrasburgo
Toulouse Tolosa
Vendée Vendeia
Vienne Viena (E)

Germany
 Germany Alemanha
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Aachen Aquisgrana
Augsburg Augsburgo
Baden Bade
Bavaria Baviera
Berlin Berlim
Bonn Bona (E)
Braunschweig Brunsvique
Bremen Brema (E)
Coburg Coburgo
Cologne Colónia (E), Colônia (B)
Dresden Dresda (E)
Frankfurt Francoforte
Freiburg Friburgo (E)
Frisia Frísia
Gotha Gota
Göttingen Gotinga (E)
Hamburg Hamburgo
Hamelin Hamelim (E)
Hanover Hanôver
Heidelberg Heidelberga
Hesse Héssia
Koblenz Coblença (E)
Konstanz Constança (E)
Leipzig Lípsia
Lübeck Lubeque
Mainz Mogúncia (E)
Mecklenburg Meclemburgo
Munich Munique
Nuremberg Nuremberga (E), Nuremberg (B), Nurembergue (B)
Pomerania Pomerânia
Regensburg Ratisbona (E), Regensburgo
Rhine Reno
Rhineland Renânia
Saarland Sarre
Saxony Saxónia (E), Saxônia (B)
Schmalkalden Esmalcalda
Stuttgart Estugarda (E, B)
Thuringia Turíngia
Tübingen Tubinga (E)
Westphalia Vestefália (E), Vestfália (B)
Württemburg Vurtemburga (E)
Würzburg Vurzburgo

Greece
 Greece Grécia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Athens Atenas
Attica Ática
Boeotia Beócia
Cephalonia Cefalónia (E), Cefalônia (B)
Corfu Corfu Kerkýra
Corinth Corinto
Crete Creta
Cyclades Cíclades
Dodecanese Dodecaneso
Epirus Épiro
Euboea Eubeia
Ionian Islands Ilhas Jónicas
Macedonia Macedónia (E), Macedônia (B)
Marathon Maratona
Nafpaktos Lepanto
Peloponnese Peloponeso
Piraeus Pireu
Rhodes Rodes
Samothrace Samotrácia
Sparta Esparta
Thebes Tebas
Thessaloniki (Tes)salónica (E), (Tes)salônica (B)
Thessaly Tessália
Thrace Trácia
Zakynthos Zaquintos

Ireland
 Ireland Irlanda
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Dublin Dublim Baile Átha Cliath Irish

Italy
 Italy Itália
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Arezzo Arécio
Assisí Assis
Baragiano Barajão (E)
Calabria Calábria
Cagliari Cálhari (E)
Campania Campânia
Florence Florença
Genoa Génova (E), Gênova (B)
Lazio Lácio
Liguria Ligúria
Mantua Mântua
Milan Milão
Naples Nápoles
Padua Pádua
Piacenza Plasência (E)
Piedmont Piemonte
Sardinia Sardenha
Sicily Sicília
Tiber Tibre
Turin Turim
Venice Veneza
Vesuvius Vesúvio

Latvia
 Latvia Letónia (E), Letônia (B)
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Courland Curlândia (E) Kurzeme Latvian
Latgallia Lat(e)gália (E), Let(e)gália (E) Latgale Latvian
Semigallia Semigália (E), Semigola (E) Zemgale Latvian

Lithuania
 Lithuania Lituânia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Klaipėda Memel(burgo) (E)
Samogitia Samogícia
Vilnius Vilna

North Macedonia
 North Macedonia Macedónia do Norte (E), Macedônia do Norte (B)
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Skopje Escópia

Moldova
 Moldova Molávia, Moldova
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Chişinău Quichineve

Morocco
 Morocco Marrocos
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Agadir Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (E)
Casablanca Casa Branca (E), Casabranca (E)
Draa Drá
El Jadida Mazagão
Kasba Tadla Tédula
Marrakesh Marraquexe
Meknes Meknès, Mequinez
Ouarzazate Uarzazate
Rabat Rebate
Sous Sus, Suz
Tafilalt Tafilal(e)t, Tafilete
Tangier Tânger

Netherlands
 Netherlands Países Baixos
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Amsterdam Amesterdão (E), Amsterdã (B)
Frisia Frísia
Groningen Groninga (E)
Holland Holanda
Leiden Leida (E)
Limburg Limburgo
Meuse Mosa (E)
Nijmegen Nimega (E)
Rhine Reno
Rotterdam Roterdão (E), Roterdã (B)
The Hague Haia
Tilburg Tilburgo
Utrecht Utreque (E)
Zeeland Zelândia

Poland
 Poland Polônia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Gdańsk Danzigue
Kraków Cracóvia
Lublin Lublim (E)
Mazuria Masúria
Pomerania Pomerânia
Szczecin Estetino
Silesia Silésia Ślōnsk Silesian
Warsaw Varsóvia Warzawa Polish
Wrocław Breslau (E), Breslávia (E), Vratislavia (E)

Romania
 Romania Romênia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Banat Banato
Bessarabia Bessarábia Basarab Romanian
Bucharest Bucareste
Constanţa Constança
Transylvania Transilvânia
Wallachia Valáquia

Russia
 Russia Rússia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Adygea Adiguésia, Adigeia
Arkhangelsk Arcangel
Bashkortostan Bascortostão
Chechnya (T)che(t)chénia (E), (T)che(t)chênia (B)
Dagestan Daguestão
Ingushetia Inguchétia
Kabardino-Balkaria Cabárdia-Balcária
Kaliningrad Kaliningrado
Kalmykia Calmúquia
Karachay-Cherkessia Carachai-Circássia
Karelia Carélia
Kazan Cazã
Mordovia Mordóvia
Moscow Moscovo (E), Moscou (B)
Orenburg Oremburgo
Ossetia Ossétia
Saint Petersburg São Petersburgo, Sampetersburgo
Siberia Sibéria
Tatarstan Tataristão
Udmurtia Udmúrtia
Volgograd Volgogrado
Yekaterinburg Ecaterimburgo

Serbia
 Serbia Sérvia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Belgrad Belgrado Beograd Serbian
Banat Banato
Danube Danúbio Dunav Serbian
Novi Beograd Nova Belgrado
Smederevo Semêndria

Slovenia
 Slovenia Eslovénia (E)/ Eslôvenia (B)
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Kope Capodístria
Maribor Marburgo

Spain
 Spain Espanha
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Andalusia Andaluzia
Asturias Astúrias
Basque Country País Basco
Bilbao Bilbau (E)
Biscay Biscaia
Cádiz Cádis (E)
Cantabria Cantábria
Castile Castela
Córdoba Córdova
Galicia Galiza, Galícia (B)
Jaén Xaém (E)
León Leão
La Mancha (A) Mancha
Madrid Madri (B)
Mallorca Maiorca
Melilla Melilha
Murcia Múrcia
Pyrenees Pirenéus/ Pirinéus (E), Pireneus (B)
San Sebastián São Sebastião (E)
Seville Sevilha
Sierra Nevada Serra Nevada
Valencia Valência
Valladolid Valhadolide (E)
Zamora Samora
Zaragoza Saragoça

Sweden
 Sweden Suécia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Gotland Gotlândia
Gothenburg Gotemburgo Göteborg Swedish
Helsingborg Helsimburgo
Lappland Lapónia (E), Lapônia (B)
Scania Escânia Skåne Swedish
Stockholm Estocolmo

Switzerland
  Switzerland Suíça
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Basel Basileia
Bern Berna
Fribourg Friburgo
Geneva Genebra Genève French
Lausanne Lausana (E)
Lucerne Lucerna Luzern German
Solothurn Soleura
Zürich Zurique

Ukraine
 Ukraine Ucrânia
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Kiev Quieve

United Kingdom
 United Kingdom Reino Unido
English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes
Name Language
Cambridge Cambrígia, Cantabrígia
Canterbury Cantuária (E)
Channel Islands Ilhas do Canal (da Mancha)
Cornwall Cornualha
Edinburgh Edimburgo
England Inglaterra
English Channel Canal da Mancha
Hebrides Hébridas
Jersey Jérsia (E), Jérsei
Lancaster Lencastre
London Londres
Orkney Órcadas, Órcades
Oxford Oxónia (E), Oxônia (B)
Plymouth Plimude
Scotland Escócia
Thames Tamisa (E), Tâmisa (B)
Wales (País de) Gales
York Iorque (E)

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