Greek exonyms
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Below is a list of modern-day
Greek language Greek ( el, label= Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy ( Calabria and Salento), souther ...
exonym An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group ...
s for mostly
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an places outside of
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...
and
Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...
. Place names that are not mentioned are generally referred to in Greek by their respective names in their native languages, or with the closest pronunciation in Greek.


Afghanistan


Albania


Algeria


Artsakh


Australia


Austria


Belarus


Belgium


Brazil


Bulgaria


Canada


China


Croatia


Czechia


Denmark


Egypt


France


Georgia


Germany


Guatemala


Hungary


India


Iran


Iraq


Ireland


Israel


Italy


Jordan


Lebanon


Libya


Luxembourg


Mexico


Moldova


Montenegro


Morocco


Netherlands


North Macedonia


Poland


Portugal


Romania


Russia


Serbia


Spain


Sweden


Switzerland


Turkey

Turkey formerly had a large Greek-speaking population, and parts of what is now Turkey used to be part of Greece.


Ukraine


United Kingdom


United States


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List of European exonyms {{Short description, none Below is a list with links to further Wikipedia-pages containing lists of exonyms of various European languages for villages, towns, and cities in Europe. * Albanian exonyms * Basque exonyms * Bulgarian exonyms * Catalan e ...
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List of traditional Greek place names This is a list of Greek place names as they exist in the Greek language. *Places involved in the history of Greek culture, including: **Historic Greek regions, including: ***Ancient Greece, including colonies and contacted peoples *** Hellenisti ...
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