List of 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 Hellenistic world, including successor states and contacted peoples Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, including successor states Ottoman Empire, including successor states Septinsular Republic Modern Greece and Cyprus, and also what remains of treaty Greek minorities in Turkey Places that have or had important Greek-speaking or ethnic Greek minorities or exile communities Places of concern to Greek culture, religion or tradition, including: Greek mythology Greek Jews, including Romaniotes and exiled Sephardim Greco-Buddhism Christianity until the Great Schism, and afterwards the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Rite, etc. Greek Muslims, and those outside Greece who are Greek-speaking or ethnic Greek Places whose official names include a Greek form. Places whose names originate from the Greek language, even if they were never involved in Greek history or culture.

Although this list includes toponyms from Roman times, this list does not include later wholly Latin-derived names that have (nor had) no Greek linguistic involvement, involvement with the Greek world, nor significant Greek-speaking communities. (A notable exception may be places such as Australia, which has one of the largest modern Greek-speaking communities outside Greece and Cyprus.) However, much of the Roman Empire did have significant Greek-speaking communities, as Greek had been a popular language among the Roman elite from the beginning.

Both koine and modern forms and transliterations (including polytonic spellings) are listed if available. This list is incomplete, and some items in the list lack academic detail.

As a historical linguistics article, this list is an academic lexicon for the history of Greek place names, and is not a formal dictionary nor gazetteer and should not be relied upon as such.

Indeed, many toponyms in Modern Greek now have different names than were used in by Greek-speaking communities in the past. An example is Malta, which was called (Melítē) and was once home to a Greek-speaking community. However, this community is gone or assimilated, and the common Modern Greek name is (Málta, from Maltese).

However, in other cases, Modern Greek has retained archaic names (sometimes with grammatical modifications).

Distinctly Greek names are also largely retained for places without significant modern Greek populations that had a larger Greek-speaking presence until relatively recent times in history, including many areas in what are now Turkey, Egypt, Russia and Ukraine.

Format The names presented are in Classical Greek spelling, specifically of the Attic dialect, scientific transliteration of Classical Greek, standard Modern Greek, the United Nations transliteration for Modern Greek, and the Modern Greek pronunciation in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

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Α Classical/KatharevousaModern GreekEnglish; Modern nameGreek alphabet Transliteration Greek alphabet Transliteration IPAÁbdēraÁvdiraAbderaÁbydosÁvydosAbydus; AbydosAgathḕ TýkhēAgathí TýchiAgathe Tyche; AgdeAnglíaAnglíaAnglia; EnglandHagía BarbáraÁgia VarváraAgia VarvaraHagía ParaskeuḗAgía ParaskevíAgia ParaskeviHagía PetroúpolisAgía PetroúpoliSaint PetersburgHagía SophíaAgía SofíaHagia Sophia; AyasofyaHágios EustrátiosÁgios EfstrátiosAgios EfstratiosHágios NikólaosÁgios NikólaosAgios NikolaosÁnkyraÁgkyraAncyra; Angora; Engürü; AnkaraHadramýttionAdramýttionHadramyttion; EdremitHadrianoúpolisAdrianoúpoliAdrianople; EdirneÁzōtosÁzotosAzotus; AshdodAthênaiAthínaAthensÁthōsÁthosAthosAigaîaiAigésAegaeae; NemrutkaleAigaîonAigaíoAegeanAíginaAíginaAeginaAígioAígioEgioAígyptosAígyptosEgyptHāídēsÁdisHadesAithiopíaAithiopíaEthiopiaAikaterínēKateríniKateriniAînosAínosAenusAiolikai NêsoiAioliká NisiáAeolian IslandsAiolísAiolídaAeolisAítnēAítniEtnaAitōlíaAitolíaAetoliaÁkanthosÁkanthosAcanthusAkarnaníaAkarnaníaAcarnaniaAkesínēsAkesínisAcesines; Chenab RiverAkrágasAkrágantasAcragas; AgrigentumAkrópolisAkrópoliAcropolisAlábandaAlávandaAlabanda; DoğanyurtAlbaníaAlvaníaAlbaniaAleksándreiaAlexándreiaAlexandria; al-IskandariyaAleksandréttaAlexandréttaAlexandretta; İskenderunAleksandroúpolisAlexandroúpoliAlexandroupoliHalíartοsAlíartοsHaliartusHalikarnassósAlikarnassósHalicarnassus; Petronium; BodrumÁlindaÁlindaAlinda; KarpuzluAlmátiAlmátiAlmatyÁlpeisÁlpeisAlpsHálysÁlysHalys; KızılırmakAlpheiósAlfeiósAlpheusHalónēAlóni Halone; Paşalimanı AdasıAmáseiaAmáseiaAmaseia; AmasyaHamboûrgonAmvoúrgoHamburgAmerikḗAmerikíAmericaAmorgósAmorgósAmorgosAmbrakíaAmvrakíaAmbraciaAmúklaiAmýklesAmyclaeAmphípolisAmfípoliAmphipolisÁmphissaÁmfissaAmphissaAmphryssósÁmfrissosAmphryssosÁnaiaÁnaiaAnaeaAnatolḗAnatolíaAnatolia; Asia MinorAnáphēAnáfiAnaphe; AnafiÁndrosÁndrosAndrosAníōnAníonAnio; AnieneAntarktikḗAntarktikíAntarcticaAntikúthēraAntikýthiraAntikytheraAntímēlosAntímilosAntimelosÁntionÁntioAntium; AnzioAntiókheiaAntiócheiaAntioch; AntakyaAntipaksoíAntipaxoíAntipaxos; AntipaxiAntíparosAntíparosAntiparosAntípolisAntípoliAntipolis; AntibesAntírrhionAntírrioAntirrhium; AntirrioApoulíaApoulíaApuliaArabíaAravíaArabiaAráksēsAráxisAraxes; AraksÁrgilosÁrgilosArgilusArgolísArgolídaArgolisÁrgosÁrgosArgosArgostólionArgostóliArgostoliAreópolisAreópoliAreopoliÁrēsÁrisMarsArkadíaArkadíaArcadiaArkoíArkoíArciArktikósArktikósArcticArktónēssosKoútaliKoutali; Ekinlik AdasıArmeníaArmeníaArmeniaÁrtaÁrtaArtaAsíaAsíaAsiaAsínēAsíniAsineAskálōnAskálonAscalonAssyríaAssyríaAssyriaAstanáAstanáAstanaAstóriaAstóriaAstoriaAstypálaiaAstypálaiaAstypalaeaAsōpósAsopósAsopusAtisṓnAtisónAdigeAtlantikósAtlantikósAtlanticAtlántisAtlántidaAtlantisÁtlasÁtlantasAtlasAtropatēnḗAtropatiníAtropatene; AzerbaijanAttáleiaAttáleiaAttalia; AntalyaAttikḗAttikíAtticaAustralíaAfstralíaAustraliaAustríaAfstríaAustriaAphídnaiAfídnesAphidnaeAphrikḗAfrikíAfricaAphrodítēAfrodítiVenusAkhaḯaAchaḯaAchaeaAkharnaíAcharnésAcharnae; AcharnesAkhelōíosAchelóosAchelousAkhérōnAchéronAcheron

Β Classical/KatharevousaModern GreekEnglish; Modern nameGreek alphabetTransliterationGreek alphabetTransliterationIPABabylōníaVavyloníaBabyloniaBaîtisVaítisBaetis; GuadalquivirBaktríaVaktríaBactriaBárkēVárkiBarcaBarkinṓnVarkelóniBarcino; BarcelonaBatikanόnVatikanόVaticanBélgionVélgioBelgica; BelgiumBenetíaVenetíaVeniceBenysíaVenysíaVenusiaBergínaVergínaVerginaBéroiaVéroiaBeroea; Veria; AleppoBerolînonVerolínoBerlinBēthleémVithleémBethlehemBērytósVirytósBeirutBētriakónVitriakóBedriacumBithyníaVithyníaBithyniaBiktṓriaViktóriaVictoriaBlakhíaVlachíaVlachia; WallachiaBoiōtíaVoiotíaBoeotiaBólosVólosVolosBónnēVónniBonnBorysthénēsVorysthénisBorysthenes; DnieperBósporosVósporosBosphorusBostṓnēVostóniBostonBottiaíaVottiaíaBottiaeaBoukouréstionVoukouréstiBucharest; BucureștiBoulgaríaVoulgaríaBulgariaBourláVourláUrlaBrankhídaiVranchídesBranchidae; Didyma; YenihisarBrazilíaVrazilíaBrazilBrazíliaΒrazíliaBrasíliaBraurṓnVravrónaBrauronBrentésionVrentésioBrundisium; BrindisiBríksillonVríxilloBrixellumBrykséllaiVryxéllesBrusselsBýblosVývlosByblos; Gubla; Gebal; JbeilByzántionVyzántioByzantium; New Rome; Constantinople; Istanbul

Γ Classical/KatharevousaModern GreekEnglish; Modern nameGreek alphabet Transliteration Greek alphabet Transliteration IPAGalilaíaGalilaíaGalilea; GalileeGallíaGallíaFrance; GaulGanymḗdēsGanymídisGanymedeGaroúnasGaroúnasGaronneGaúdosGávdosGavdosGélaGélaGelaGénouaGénovaGenoaGermaníaGermaníaGermany; DeutschlandGerontíaGioúraGerontia; GiouraGeōrgíaGeorgíaGeorgiaGê, GaîaGi, GaiaEarthGolgothâGolgothásGolgothaGómorrhaGómorraGomorrahGórtysGórtynaGortynGranikósGranikósGranicusGrebenáGrevenáGrevenaGýarosGyárosGyarosGýtheionGýtheioGythium

Δ Classical/KatharevousaModern GreekEnglishGreek alphabetTransliterationGreek alphabetTransliterationIPADakíaDakíaDaciaDalmatíaDalmatíaDalmatiaDamaskósDamaskósDamascusDardanélliaDardanélliaDardanellesDárdanosDárdanosDardanusDaskýleionDaskýlioDascyliumDaulísDavlídaDaulisDáphnaiDáfnesDaphnaeDekápolisDekápoliDecapolisDekéleiaDekéleiaDecelea; DhekeliaDelphoíDelfoíDelphiDêlosDílosDelosZeusDíasJupiterDídymaDídymaDidyma; YenihisarDíndymonDíndymoDindymonDrépanaTrápaniTrapaniDrépanonTrápaniTrapaniDrymoússaEnglezonísiDrymoussa; Englezonisi; UzunadaDýmēDýmiDymeDyrrhákhionDyrráchioDyrrachium; DurrësDōdekánēsaDodekánisaDodecaneseDōdṓnēDodóniDodonaDōrísDorídaDoris

Ε Classical/KatharevousaModern GreekEnglishGreek alphabetTransliterationGreek alphabetTransliterationIPAÉdessaÉdessaEdessa; ŞanlıurfaElaíaElaíaElaea; KazıkbağlarıElaphónēsosElafónisosElafonisosHelouētíaElvetíaHelvetia; SwitzerlandEléaEléaElea; VeliaEleutheraíEleftherésEleutheraeEleusísElefsínaEleusisElephantínēElefantíniElephantineHelíkēElíkiHelikeHellásElládaHellas; GreeceHellḗspontosEllíspontosHellespontEmpórionEmpórioEmporium; EmpúriesEpídamnosEpídamnosEpidamnus; Dyrrhachium; DurrësEpídaurosEpídavrosEpidaurusHeptánēsaEptánisaHeptaneseErétriaErétriaEretriaErineósErineósErineusHermêsErmísMercuryHermiónēErmióniHermioneHérmosÉrmosHermusHermoúpolisErmoúpoliHermoupolisErythrà ThálattaErythrá ThálassaRed SeaErythraíErythrésErythrae; LitriErythraíaErythraíaErythraea; EritreaErúmanthosErýmanthosErymanthusÉryksÉrykasEryx; EriceEúboiaÉvvoiaEuboeaEúēnosÉvinosEvenusEúkseinos PóntosÉfxeinos PóntosEuxine SeaEurymédōnEvrymédonEurymedon; KöprüçayEúriposÉvriposEuripusEurytaníaEvrytaníaEurytaniaEúrōmosÉvromosEuromusEurṓpēEvrópiEurope; EuropaEurṓtasEvrótasEurotasEuphrátēsEffrátisEuphratesÉphesosÉfesosEphesus; SelçukEkhinádesEchinádesEchinades

Ζ Classical/KatharevousaModern GreekEnglishGreek alphabetTransliterationGreek alphabetTransliterationIPAZábatosZávatosZab, may refer to Great Zab or Little ZabZánklēZágkliZancle; MessinaZákynthosZákynthosZacynthus; Zakynthos; ZanteZeúgmaZévgmaZeugma

Η Classical/KatharevousaModern GreekEnglishGreek alphabetTransliterationGreek alphabetTransliterationIPAHēgoumenítsaIgoumenítsaIgoumenitsaĒdōnísIdonídaEdonisHḗliosÍliosSunHēlioúpolisIlioúpoliHeliopolisÊlisÍlidaElisĒlúsionIlýsioElysiumHēmathíaImathíaHemathiaHēnōménai PoliteîaiInoménes PoliteíesUnited StatesHēnōménon BasíleionInoméno VasíleioUnited KingdomḖpeirosÍpeirosEpirusHēraíaIraíaHeraeaHēráklanonIráklanoHerculaneum; ErcolanoHērákleiaIrákleiaHeraclea; EreğliHērákleionIrákleioHeraklionĒridanósIridanósEridanus; Padus; Po

Θ Classical/KatharevousaModern GreekEnglishGreek alphabetTransliterationGreek alphabetTransliterationIPAThásosThásosThasosThápsakosThápsakosThapsacusThápsosThápsosThapsusTheángelaTheángelaTheangela; EtrimTheodōsíaTheodosíaTheodosiaThérmēThérmiThermaThermopýlaiThermopýlesThermopylaeThermṓdōnThermódonThermodon; TermeThespiaíThespiésThespiaeThesprōtísThesprotíaThesprotis; ThesprotiaThessalíaThessalíaThessalyThessaloníkēThessaloníkiSalonica; Thessaloniki ThessalonicaThêbaiThívaThebesThḗraThíraTheraThērasíaThirasíaTherasiaThísbaiThísvesThisbaeThoúrioiThoúrioiThuriiThrāíkēThrákiThrace; Trakya; TrakijaThríaThríaThriaThyáteiraThyáteiraThyateira; AkhisarThýmainaThýmainaThymainaThýmbraThýmvraThymbraThyníaThyníaThyniaThyréaThyréaThyrea

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