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 South, Bosnia and Herzegovina West and South
DocleaMontenegro
EpirusEpirus: composed of the Albanian South and Greek Epirus
FinniaFinland
Foenicia or PhoeniciaLebanon
GalatiaTurkey
GallaeciaGalicia and Portugal north
GalliaFrance
GermaniaGermany
GraeciaGreece
HelvetiaSwitzerland
HiberniaIreland
HispaniaSpain
Hongcongum, SiamkiamumHong Kong
HungariaHungary
IberiaIberian peninsula
IberiaGeorgia
IndiaIndia and the Indian subcontinent
IslandiaIceland
Illyria, IllyricumCroatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina South, Serbia South West, Montenegro, Albania North West
ItaliaMainland Italy
IudaeaJudea, Israel
LappiaLapland
Lechia, Poland
LibaniLebanon
LibyaEastern Libya, Western Egypt
LituaniaBelarus, Lithuania
LivoniaEstonia and Latvia
LusitaniaPortugal central and south
MacedoniaMacedon: composed of Greek Macedonia and North Macedonia
MauretaniaMorocco North, Algeria North West
Melitae, Melitensium, MelitensisMalta
MoesiaBulgaria, Serbia
MoraviaMoravia
Mundus NovusNew World
Noricummainly Austria South and Slovenia North
NorvegiaNorway
NumidiaAlgeria North East
PalaestinaPalestine
PannoniaHungary, Croatia North, Slovenia North East
ParthiaIran
PhoeniciaLebanon
, LechiaPoland
PontusTurkey North East
RaetiaSwitzerland North
RutheniaRussia, Ukraine, Belarus
SarmatiaEastern Europe: Poland, Ukraine, Russia
ScandinaviaScandinavian peninsula
ScotiaIreland, Scotland
ScythiaUkraine, South Russia, Kazakhstan, East Uzbekistan, North Turkmenistan
Scythia MinorDobruja
Seres, SinaeChina
SiciliaSicily
SilesiaSilesia
SueciaSweden
SyriaSyria
TaprobaneSri Lanka
TarraconensisSpain North East
Terra AustralisAustralia, Antarctica
ThraciaGreece, Bulgaria, Turkey
TingitaniaMorocco
TripolitanaLibya