Faroese Submitted Place Names - Behind the NameFaroese Submitted Place NamesFaroese names are used on the Faroe Islands.any typeCountrySettlementany usageAbkhazAcehneseAfricanAfrikaansAlbanianAlgonquinAncient AramaicAncient CelticAncient GreekAncient RomanAncient ScandinavianAnglo-NormanAnglo-SaxonArabicAragoneseArmenianAsturianAvarAzerbaijaniBalineseBanjarBashkirBasqueBelarusianBengaliBerberBiblicalBiblical HebrewBosnianBrazilianBretonBreton LegendBulgarianCatalanCebuanoCelticChechenChineseChuvashCircassianCornishCorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEnglish (American)English (British)English (Canadian)English CreoleEsperantoEstonianFaroeseFijianFilipinoFinnishFinnish MythologyFolkloreFrenchFrench (African)GalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGreek MythologyHaitian CreoleHausaHawaiianHebrewHistoryHungarianIcelandicIlocanoIncanIndianIndonesianIngushInterlinguaInuitIranianIrishIrish MythologyIroquoisItalianJapaneseJapanese MythologyJavaneseJudeo-Christian LegendKarachay-BalkarKazakhKhmerKoreanKosovarKyrgyzLakLate RomanLatvianLezginLiteratureLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalaysianMalteseMedievalMedieval CzechMedieval EnglishMedieval MongolianMedieval ScottishMexicanMinangkabauMongolianMontenegrinMormonMythologyNative AmericanNepaliNorse MythologyNorwegianOccitanOjibweOld SwedishOssetianPakistaniPampanganPersianPolishPolynesianPopular CulturePortuguesePortuguese (Brazilian)QuechuaRomanianRomanshRussianSalishanSamiSamoanScotsScottishScottish GaelicSerbianShonaSindhiSinhaleseSlovakSloveneSouth AmericanSpanishSpanish (Latin American)Spanish (Mexican)SundaneseSwahiliSwedishTagalogTajikTamilTatarTeluguTibetanTurkishTurkmenTuvanUkrainianUrduUyghurUzbekVariousVietnameseWelshWest FrisianYakutYoruba?BURUNDI (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, UkrainianFØROYAR (Country) FaroeseProbably derived from Old Norse fær "sheep" and oyer, an archaic Faroese word meaning "islands".GRØNLAND (Country) Danish, Norwegian, FaroeseCognate of Grœnland.ÍSLAND (Country) Icelandic, Faroese, Ancient ScandinavianDerived from Old Norse íss "ice" and land "land, country".LETTLAND (Country) Faroese, German, Icelandic, SwedishCognate of Latvia.NOREG (Country) Norwegian (Nynorsk), FaroeseNynorsk and Faroese form of NORGE.PÓLLAND (Country) Faroese, IcelandicFaroese and Icelandic form of Poland.RIGA (Settlement) Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, TurkishForm of Rīga.TÓRSHAVN (Settlement) FaroeseMeans "Thor's harbour" in Faroese. Tórshavn is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands.VILNIUS (Settlement) Lithuanian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Faroese, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovak, SwedishCapital of Lithuania. Named after the Vilnia River whose name is derived from Lithuanian vilnis "wave".
