# List of Latin place names used as specific names

A list of place names, used in Latin descriptions and, after the development of binomial nomenclature, as specific names in the natural sciences.
* Top
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* abancayense Abancay, Peru
* abitaguense Cerros de Abitagua, Ecuador
* abyssinica Abyssinia
* acadiensis northeastern North America
* adoensis Aden, Arabia
* aegyptiacum Egypt
* aegyptius Egypt
* aethiopicum Ethiopia
* agavacense Agavaca province, Peru
* ajuscoense Ajusco, Mexico
* alaica Alai Mountains, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
* albarracinensis Albarracín in Spain
* aldabrense Aldabra
* albionicus Great Britain
* amatymbica of the Thembu people of Kaffraria
* amazonium Amazonia
* amboniensis Ambon Island
* amurensis Amur River
* andohahelensis Andohahela, southeast Madagascar
* anglicus England
* angolensis Angola
* arabicum Arabia
* ardjunensis Ardjuna, Sumatra
* arvensis "of the fields"
* ascalonicum Ashkelon
* atlantica Atlas Mountains
* australis Southern Hemisphere, Southern
* ayacuchense Ayacucho, Perú
* ayavacense Havana

## B

* barbadensis Barbados
* batangense Batang, China
* berolinensis Berlin
* bonariensis Buenos Aires, Argentina
* bononiensis Bologna
* borealis Northern Hemisphere, Northern
* brasiliensis Brazil
* britannicus Great Britain
* butuoense Butuo, Sichuan, China

## C

* cairica Cairo
* californianus California
* californica California
* californicus California
* californiensis California
* californius California
* camaldulensis Camaldoli monastery near Naples
* canariensis Canary Islands
* canedana, canadensis Canada
* capensis Cape Colony
* cathayana Cathay (modern China)
* cazorlense Cazorla, Spain
* chalepensis Aleppo
* chamaense Chama River (Venezuela)
* chaparense Chapare, Bolivia
* chilensis Chile
* chilloense Chillo, Ecuador
* colchichus Colchis (modern Georgia)
* coreanus Korea
* coreensis Korea
* cretensis Crete

## D

* dumetorum, "of the thickets"

## E

* elesitaiensis Elesitai
* elymaitica Elymais
* eystettensis Eichstätt

## F

* fennicus Finland
* formosanus Taiwan
* fresnensis Fresno, California

## G

* gandavensis Ghent
* groenlandicus Greenland

## H

* hafniensis Copenhagen
* halepensis Aleppo
* helvetica Switzerland
* hibernicus Ireland
* hortensis "of the garden"
* hyperboreus Arctic region

## I

* israelense Israel
* israelensis Israel
* israelica Israel
* israeliensis Israel
* israeliticum Israel

## J

* japonensis Japan
* japonicus Japan

## K

* kentuckiensis Kentucky

## L

* lapponicus Lapland/Sápmi
* leydenensis Leyden
* londinensis London
* lugdunum Lyon
* lutetiana Paris
* lutetianus Paris

## M

* madagascariensis Madagascar
* maigualidae – Sierra de Maigualida, Venezuela
* malabaricus Malabar
* mauretanicus Maghreb
* mexicana Mexico
* monspessulanus Montpellier
* monspeliensis Montpellier

## N

* neblinensis, Cerro de la Neblina or Sierra de la Neblina, Brazil–Venezuela border
* nippon, nipponensis Japan
* norvegicus Norway
* novaeangliae New England
* novaehollandiae Australia
* novaeseelandiae New Zealand
* noveboracensis New York
* novoguineensis New Guinea
* novomexicanum New Mexico

## O

* oelandica Öland

## P

* parisiense Paris
* philippinensis Philippines
* ponticus Pontus
* pratensis "of the meadow"

## R

* rossicus Russia

## S

* sarawakensis Sarawak
* schoenbrunnensis Schönbrunn Palace
* septentrionalis Northern
* shangyuanensis Shangyuan, China
* sinensis China
* sinicum China
* sitkensis Sitka, Alaska, USA
* surattensis India, Surat

## T

* tatarica Tatarstan and environs
* terraenovae Newfoundland
* texana Texas
* texanum Texas
* texanus Texas
* texasanus Texas
* texasianum Texas
* texasianus Texas
* texasiensis Texas
* texense Texas
* texensis Texas
* thenensis Tienen
* tianschanica Tian Shan mountain range
* turcicus Turkey
* turolensis Diocese of Teruel in Spain

## V

* valdiviense , valdiviana – Valdivia
* vallegrandense Vallegrande, Bolivia
* vansittartense Vansittart Island, Tasmania
* varsoviensis Warsaw
* venezuelicum Venezuela
* villaricense Villarica, Cotabato, Philippines
* vindobonensis Vienna
* virginiana Virginia
* virginianum Virginia
* virginicum Virginia
* vitiense Viti = Fiji
* vitocense Vitoca, Peru

## W

* wulatensis Wulatehouqi, Mongolia

## Y

* yamobambense Yamobamba, Peru
* yanamonense
* yangambiense
* yapacaniense
* yirrkalensis
* yolense
* yungasense
* yucatanum

## Z

* zamorense
* zanzibarense
* zeylanica Ceylon
* zudanense
* zumbense
* zuurbergensis Zuurberg Mountains