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This is a list of short place names, natively in Latin characters or romanized, with one or two letters.


One-letter place names

*:ja:阿村, A, a former village in Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto, Kami-Amakusa city, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto, Japan *Á, a farm in Dalabyggð municipality, Dalasýsla, Iceland. ''Á'' is Icelandic for "river". *Ά, an eco-hippie community in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina *D River, D, a river in Oregon, United States. It was also formerly believed to be the world's shortest river. *Mount E, E, a mountain in Hokkaidō, Japan *River E, E, a river in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland *É, an ancient name for Dadu River in Sichuan, China *H, also known as H Island, an island in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, in Fairfax County, Virginia *I, a town in Fujian, Fujian Province, China *Ì, Scottish Gaelic name for island of Iona, Scotland (also called ''Ì Chaluim Chille'') *L, two lakes in Nebraska both named for their right-angled shape *Ô, a castle near Mortrée, France *O Brook, O, a river in Devon, England *Ó Street, a street in Terézváros, Budapest, Hungary *:ja:小川 (富山県), O, a river in Toyama Prefecture, Toyama, Japan *Ö, Sweden, Ö, a village in Sweden. :sv:Ö (landområde), Ö is Swedish for "island". *Ø, Denmark, Ø, a hill in Jutland, Denmark. Ø is Danish for "island". *U, a place in Panama *U, Pohnpei, U, a municipality on Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia *Ú, a place in Madagascar *U, a place in Vietnam *Ü (region), Ü, a geographic division and a historical region in Tibet, China *Y, Somme, Y, a Communes of France, commune in the department of Somme (department), Somme, France *Y River, Y, a river in the north of Russia. *Y, Alaska, Y, a former census-designated place in Alaska, United States (recently renamed Susitna North) *Å, Andøy, Å, a village in Andøy municipality, Nordland, Norway. ''Å'' is Danish, Norwegian and Swedish for "brook" or "small river". *Å, Moskenes, Å, a village in Moskenes municipality, Nordland, Norway *Å, Meldal, Å, a village in Meldal municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway *Å, Åfjord, Å, a village in Åfjord municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway *Å, Ibestad, Å, a village in Ibestad municipality, Troms, Norway *Å, Lavangen, Å, a village in Lavangen municipality, Troms, Norway *Å, Tranøy, Å, a village in Tranøy municipality, Troms, Norway *Å, a village in Gloppen municipality, Vestland, Norway *Å, a place in Funen, Denmark *Å, Sweden, Å, a village in Norrköping Municipality, Norrköping municipality, Östergötland, Sweden *Å, a village in Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Örnsköldsvik municipality, Västernorrland County, Västernorrland, Sweden *Å, a village in Kramfors Municipality, Kramfors municipality, Västernorrland, Sweden *Å, a village in Söderhamn Municipality, Söderhamn municipality, Gävleborg County, Gävleborg, Sweden *Å, a village in Uddevalla Municipality, Uddevalla municipality, Västra Götaland County, Västra Götaland, Sweden *Ö,_Sweden, Ö, a village in Ånge Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden


Two-letter place names

*Aa, Estonia, Aa, a village in Estonia *Aa, Indonesia, Aa, a village in South Sulawesi, Indonesia *AA (disambiguation)#Rivers, Aa, several rivers in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland *Aa, a skerry at the entrance to Skelda Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland *Ab, in Madhya Pradesh, India *Ae, Scotland, Ae, a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland *Ág, a village in Baranya (county), Baranya county, Hungary *Ai (Canaan), Ai, a Biblical city in Canaan *Ai, Alabama, Ai, a community in Alabama, United States *Ai, Georgia, Ai, a community in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States *Ai, North Carolina, Ai, a community in North Carolina, United States *Ai, Ohio, Ai, a community in Ohio, United States *Ai River (disambiguation), Ai, several rivers in China, Japan, and Taiwan *Áj, Hungarian language, Hungarian name for Háj, Košice-okolie District, Háj, Slovakia *Ål, a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway *Ål, a village in Leksand municipality, Sweden *An County, An, a county in Sichuan, China *Ao, Estonia, Ao, a village in Estonia *Ao Station, Ao, a train station in Hyōgo Prefecture, Hyōgo, Japan *As, Belgium, As, a municipality in Limburg (Belgium), Limburg province, Belgium *Aš, a town in the Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic *Ås, Akershus, Ås, a municipality in Akershus county, Norway *Ås, the Swedish language, Swedish name for the Harju, Helsinki, Harju quarter of Helsinki, Finland *Ås Hundred, Ås, a hundred of Västergötland in Sweden *Ås, Nora, Ås, a village in Västmanland, Sweden *Ås, Krokom Municipality, Ås, a village in Jämtland, Sweden *Au, Vorarlberg, Au, a town in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria *Au (Munich), Au, a district of the city of Munich, Germany *Au, name of three municipalities in Germany: Au am Rhein, Au (Breisgau) and Au in der Hallertau *Au, name of almost hundred of villages and hamlets in Germany, mostly in Bavaria: Au (Sieg) and others *Au, Guinea, Au, a town in the Kankan Region, Guinea *Au, St. Gallen, Au, a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen, Switzerland *Au, Zürich, Au, a village in the canton of Canton of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland *Ay, an island in Banda Sea, Indonesia * Aÿ, a former commune in the department of Marne (department), Marne, France *Ba, Serbia, Ba, a village in Serbia *Ba (town), Ba, a town in the Ba Province, Ba province of Fiji *Ba, Tha Tum, Ba, a sub-district in Tha Tum district, Surin Province, Thailand *Bỉ, Vietnamese name for Belgium *Bo, Sierra Leone, Bo, a city in Sierra Leone *Bo, Hòa Bình, Bo, a town in Kim Bôi, Hòa Bình Province, Vietnam *Bo, the Asturian language, Asturian name for the parish of Boo (Aller), Boo, Asturias, Spain *Bo, Khlung, Bo, a sub-district in Khlung District, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand *Bo, Yaba, Bo, a village in Burkina Faso *Bu, Orkney, Bu, a hamlet on Wyre, Orkney, Wyre in the Orkney Islands, Scotland *Bû, a commune in the department of Eure-et-Loir, France *By, Norway, By, a village in Åfjord municipality, Norway *By, Doubs, By, a commune in the department of Doubs, France *Bø, Telemark and Bø, Nordland, municipalities in Telemark and Nordland, Norway; also the name of several farms *Bő, a village in Vas County, Vas county, Hungary *Cả River, Cả, a river in Vietnam *Kingdom of Ce, Ce, a historical kingdom in modern-day Scotland *Ci County, Ci, a county in Hebei, China *Đà River, Đà, a river in Vietnam *Di (Burkina Faso), Di, a town in Burkina Faso *Do, several villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Do (Hadžići) and Do (Trebinje) *Du, Kanthararom, Du, a sub-district in Kanthararom District, Sisaket, Thailand *Du, Prang Ku, Du, a sub-district in Prang Ku District, Sisaket, Thailand *Du, Rasi Salai, Du, a sub-district in Rasi Salai District, Sisaket, Thailand *Mount Du, Du, a mountain in Henan province, China *Dú, the Irish language, Irish name for Hurcle, a townland in County Meath, Ireland *Đu, a town in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam *Ea, Spain, Ea, a town in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain *Ed, Kentucky, Ed, an unincorporated community in Kentucky, US *Ed, Sweden, Ed, a locality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden *Ee, Dongeradeel, Ee, a village in the Noardeast-Fryslân municipality, Friesland, Netherlands *Eg, Afghanistan, Eg, a town in Afghanistan *Eg, Norway, Eg, a former farm in Kristiansand, Norway *Ei, Kagoshima, Ei, a town in Ibusuki District, Kagoshima, Ibusuki District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kagoshima, Japan *Ei Station, Ei, a train station in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kagoshima, Japan *Eo (river), Eo, river between Galicia (Spain), Galicia and Asturias, Spain *Ep, Kentucky, Ep, a community in Kentucky, United States *Ér, Hungarian name for Ier river, Romania *Eš, a village and municipality in the Vysočina Region, Czech Republic *Eu, Seine-Maritime, Eu, a commune in the department of Seine-Maritime, France *Fa, Aude, Fa, a commune in the department of Aude, France * Fi, a town in Segou city in Mali *Fu County, Fu, a county in Shaanxi, China *Fu, a village in Mora Municipality, Sweden *Gu County, Gu, a county in Shanxi, China *Gy, Haute-Saône, Gy, a commune in the department of Haute-Saône, France *Gy, Switzerland, Gy, a municipality in the canton of Canton of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland *Ha, Bhutan, Ha, a town in Paro, Bhutan, Paro, Paro District, Bhutan *Hå, a municipality in Rogaland, Norway *He, a farm in Nord-Odal municipality, Norway *He County, He, a county in Anhui, China *Ho, Ghana, Ho, a town in Ghana *Ho, Denmark, Ho, a village in Jutland, Denmark * Hồ, a town in Thuận Thành, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam *Hø, a farm in Inderøy municipality, Norway *Hu County, Hu, a county in Shaanxi, China *Ib (train station), Ib, a railway town in India *Ie, Okinawa, Ie, an island and village in Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa, Japan *Ie, old Irish name for the Scottish island of Iona or ''Ì'' (or ''Ì Chaluim Chille'') *Château d'If, If, an island and fortress in southern France *Ig (Slovenia), Ig, a settlement and municipality in Slovenia *Ii, Finland, Ii, a municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland *Ii Station, Ii, a train station in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi, Japan *IJ (Amsterdam), IJ, a double lake in the Netherlands (the digraph IJ (digraph), IJ is sometimes considered a single letter in Dutch language, Dutch, so this could also be seen as a one-letter name) *Ik River, Ik, a river in Russia *Iž, an island in Croatia *Io (moon), Io, innermost moon of Jupiter *Io, Norway, Io, an island in Hordaland, Norway *Ios, Io, alternative name of an island in the Aegean Sea, Aegean, Greece *Ip, Sălaj, Ip, a village in Sălaj County, Romania *Is, a village in Nizhniy Tura gorsovet of Sverdlovskaya Oblast Oblast, Russia *Iž, an island in Croatia *Ji County, Shanxi, Ji, a county in Shanxi, China *Ji County, Tianjin, Ji, a county in Tianjin, China *Ju County, Ju, a county in Shandong, China *Ka, a farm in Østre Toten municipality, Norway *Ko, Lamphun, Ko, a village and subdistrict in Li District, Lamphun, Thailand *Kő, the Hungarian language, Hungarian name for Kamenac, a village in Kneževi Vinogradi municipality, Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia *Kō Station (Aichi), Kō, a train station in Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Japan *Ku, Prang Ku, Ku, a sub-district in Prang Ku District, Sisaket, Thailand *La, a farm in Sykkylven municipality, Norway *Lå, a farm in Ål municipality, Norway *La, a river in Vietnam *Lâ, a town in Burkina Faso *Le, a farm in Vik, Norway, Vik, Norway *Le, Kapong, Le, a sub-district in Kapong District, Phang Nga, Thailand *Lé, the Irish language, Irish name for Lea, a parish in Ireland *Li County, Gansu, Li, a county in Gansu, China *Li County, Hebei, Li, a county in Hebei, China *Li County, Hunan, Li, a county in Hunan, China *Li County, Sichuan, Li, a county in Sichuan, China *Mount Li, Li, a mountain located in the northeast of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province, China where the tomb of the First Emperor is located. *Li, Norway, Li, a village in Sokndal municipality, Norway *Li district, Li, a district in Lamphun Province, Thailand *Lo, Belgium, Lo, a town in West Flanders, Belgium *Lo, name of several farms in Norway *Lo, Chun, Lo, a sub-district in Chun District, Phayao, Thailand *Lo, a village in Di Department, Burkina Faso *Lô River, Lô, a river in the North of Vietnam *Lø, farm in Vindafjord municipality, Norway *Lu, Piedmont, Lu, a municipality in Piedmont, Italy *Lu County, Lu, a county in Sichuan, China *Lü, Switzerland, Lü, a village in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland *Lú, the Irish language, Irish name for Louth, County Louth, Louth, a village and county in Ireland *Lủ, a village in Hanoi, Vietnam *Ma River, Ma, a river in Vietnam *Me, a town in Gia Viễn, Ninh Bình, Vietnam *Mo, Hordaland, Mo, a village in Modalen municipality, Hordaland, Norway *Mo, Kapong, Mo, a sub-district in Kapong District, Phang Nga, Thailand *Mu River, Mu, a river in Burma *Mù (''Mö'' in the local dialect), a village in the Edolo municipality of Lombardy, Italy *My, Belgium, My, a village in Liège (province), Liège province, Belgium *Nå, Ullensvang, Nå, a village in Ullensvang municipality, Norway *Ne, Liguria, Ne, a municipality in Liguria, Italy *Ni River (New Caledonia), Ni, a river of New Caledonia *Ni River (Virginia), Ni, a river in Virginia, United States *No, Denmark, No, a village in Denmark *Lake No, No, a lake in South Sudan *Ny, Belgium, Ny, a municipality in Luxembourg (Belgium), Luxembourg province, Belgium *Oa (river), Oa, a river in Meldal municipality, Norway *The Oa, Oa, a peninsula on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland *Ob, Russia, Ob, a town in Russia *Ob River, Ob, a major river in Russia, and the seventh-longest river in the world *Gulf of Ob, Ob, a gulf in Russia *Öd, several small villages in different municipalities in Bavaria, Germany *Oe, a village on Yeongheungdo, Yeongheung island, Incheon city, Korea *Ōe, Yamagata, Ōe, a town in Yamagata Prefecture, Yamagata, Japan *Ōe, Kyoto, Ōe, a former town in Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Japan *Ōe Station (Kyoto), Ōe, a train station in Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Japan *Ōe Station (Aichi), Ōe, a train station in Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Japan *Oe Station, Oe, a train station in Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki, Japan *Oe, a town in Liège city in Walloon Region, Belgium *Of (District), Trabzon, Of, a town in the province of Trabzon Province, Trabzon, Turkey *River Og, Og, a river in Wiltshire, England *Oi, Pong, Oi, a sub-district in Pong District, Phayao, Thailand *Ōi, Fukui, Ōi, a town in Ōi District, Fukui, Ōi District, Fukui Prefecture, Fukui, Japan *Ōi, Kanagawa, Ōi, a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa, Japan *Ōi, Saitama, Ōi, a former town in Saitama Prefecture, Saitama, Japan *Ok_(volcano), Ok, a shield volcano located in highlands above Borgarfjörður, in the west of Iceland *O K, Kentucky, O K, a community in Kentucky, United States *Om River, Om, a river in Russia *Øm (Village), Øm, a town on the island of Zealand, Denmark *Øn, a village in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway *Oô, a commune in the department of Haute-Garonne, France *Or (Crimea), Or, original name of Isthmus of Perekop in Ukraine *Ör, a district in Sundbyberg municipality, Sweden *Őr, a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Hungary *Os, Hedmark, Os, a municipality in Hedmark, Norway *Os, Hordaland, Os, a municipality in Hordaland, Norway *Oś, a village in Kluczbork County, Poland *Ōu Mountains, Ōu, a mountain range in Japan *Ox Mountains, Ox, a mountain range in Ireland *Oy-Mittelberg, Oy, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany *Oz, Isère, Oz, a commune in the department of Isère, France *Oz, Kentucky, Oz, a community in Kentucky, United States *Pa, a village in Nouna Department in Burkina Faso *Pâ, a town in Burkina Faso *Pi, Catalonia, Pi, a town in Catalonia, Spain *Pi County, Pi, a county in Sichuan, China *Po River, Po, a river in Italy *Po River (Virginia), Po, a river in Virginia, United States *Po, Wiang Kaen, Po, a sub-district in Wiang Kaen District, Chiang Rai, Thailand *Po, Bueng Bun, Po, a sub-district in Bueng Bun District, Sisaket, Thailand *Pô, a city in Burkina Faso *Pu County, Pu, a county in Shanxi, China *Py, Pyrénées-Orientales, Py, a commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, France *Qi County, Kaifeng, Qi, a county in Kaifeng, Henan, China *Qi County, Hebi, Qi, a county in Hebi, Henan, China *Qi County, Shanxi, Qi, a county in Jinzhong, Shanxi, China *Qu County, Qu, a county in Sichuan, China *Ra, a farm in Borre, Norway, Borre municipality, Norway *Rå, a farm in Ringerike (municipality), Ringerike municipality, Norway *Re (VB), Re, a village in the region of Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont, Italy *Re, Norway, Re, a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway *Île de Ré, Ré, an island in Charente-Maritime department, France *Ri, Orne, Ri, a commune in the department of Orne, France *Ro (island), Ro, an island near Kastelorizo, Greece *Ro, Italy, Ro, a municipality in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy *Ro, name of several farms in Norway *:gl:Ru, Vilasantar, Vilasantar, Ru, a village in the municipality of Vilasantar, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain *Ry, Denmark, Ry, a town in central Jutland, Denmark *Ry, Seine-Maritime, Ry, a commune in the department of Seine-Maritime, France *Sa, Chiang Muan, Sa, a sub-district in Chiang Muan District, Phayao, Thailand *Sâ, a town in Burkina Faso *Se (disambiguation)#Places, Sé, several places, including Brazil, Hungary and Portugal *Si County, Si, a county in Anhui, China *Si, Khun Han, Si, a sub-district in Khun Han District, Sisaket, Thailand *Sí, the Irish language, Irish name for Shee, a townland in County Monaghan, Ireland *So, So Phisai, So, a sub-district in So Phisai District, Bueng Kan, Thailand *Só, Hungarian name for Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina *Su, Catalonia, Su, a village in the municipality of Riner, Catalonia , Spain *Sy, Ardennes, Sy, a commune in the department of Ardennes (département), Ardennes, France *Sy, Belgium, Sy, a municipality in Liège province, Belgium *Ta, Khun Tan, Ta, a sub-district in Khun Tan District, Chiang Rai, Thailand *Ta River, Ta, a river in Virginia, United States *Ta, Iran, Ta, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran *TB, Maryland, TB, a community in Maryland, United States *Ti, Oklahoma, Ti, a settlement in Oklahoma, United States *Tô, village in Toma Department, Burkina Faso *Tu, a mountain in Cao County, Shandong Province *Tsu, Mie, Tu, a city in Japan. ''Tu'' is in Kunrei-shiki romanization and ''Tsu'' in Hepburn romanization is more common. (Other than Mount E this is the shortest place name in Japan in both Japanese phonology and orthography. All other Japanese place names in this section require at least two kana.) *Ub, Serbia, Ub, a town in Serbia *Ui-dong, Ui, a town in Republic of Korea *Ug, short name for Tiszaug, Hungary *Ul (Portugal), Ul, a parish in the Oliveira de Azeméis municipality in Portugal *Ul, a beach in Punta Križa, Croatia *Ur, ancient city in Mesopotamia *Ur, Catalonia, Ur, a town in Catalonia, Spain *Ur, Pyrénées-Orientales, Ur, a commune in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, France *Us, Val-d'Oise, Us, a commune in the department of Val-d'Oise, France *Uz, Hautes-Pyrénées, Uz, a commune in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, France *Uz River, Uz, river and valley in Romania *Owz, Mazandaran, Ūz, a village in Iran *Uz, Kentucky (the shortest name in Kentucky) *Ve, Norway, Ve, a village in Norway *Ve Skerries, Ve, a group of skerries off Papa Stour in the Shetland Islands, Scotland *Vi, Sweden, Vi, a village near Sundsvall in Sweden *Vo, Italy, Vò, a municipality in the region of Veneto, Italy * Vò, a village in Lạc Thủy, Hòa Bình, Vietnam *Vy, Burkina Faso, Vy, a town in Burkina Faso *Wa, Ghana, Wa, a municipality in Ghana *Wu (region), Wu, a region in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces of China *, a hamlet in Luxembourg (Belgium), Luxembourg province, Belgium *Xi County, Shanxi, Xi, a county in Shanxi, China *Xi County, Henan, Xi, a county in Henan, China *Xy, a commune in Hướng Hóa District, Hướng Hóa, Quảng Trị Province, Quảng Trị, Vietnam *Yb, Russia, Yb, two villages and a municipality in Komi Republic, Komi in Russia *Ye, Mon State, Ye, a town in Mon State, Burma *Ye County, Ye, a county in Henan, China *Ye, Lanzarote, Ye, a village on the island of Lanzarote, Spain *Yé Department, Yé, department and town in Burkina Faso *Yi (disambiguation), Yi, a name of three counties in Hebei, Liaoning and Anhui, China *Yí River, Yí, a river in Uruguay *Y P Desert, Y P, a desert in the western United States *Ys, a mythological city in Brittany *Yu County, Hebei, Yu, a county in Hebei, China *Yu County, Shanxi, Yu, a county in Shanxi, China *Yu River (Russia), Yu, a river on the north of Russia *Yū, Yamaguchi, Yū, a former town, now district in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan *Zu, a village in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan


See also

*List of long place names *Longest word in English#Place names, Long place names in English *W National Park, a national park intersecting in Benin, Niger, and Burkina Faso


References

{{Place name etymologies Lists of place names, Short Geography-related lists of superlatives, Names