This is a list of short place names, natively in Latin characters or romanized, with one or two letters.
One-letter place names
A, a former village in Kami-Amakusa city, Kumamoto, Japan Á, a farm in Dalabyggð municipality, Dalasýsla, Iceland. Á is Icelandic for "river". D, a river in Oregon, United States. It was also formerly believed to be the world's shortest river. E, a mountain in Hokkaidō, Japan E, a river in the Highlands of Scotland, United Kingdom É, an ancient name for the Dadu River in Sichuan, China È, an ancient state and current one-character name for Hubei, China H, also known as H Island, an island in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States Ì, Scottish Gaelic name for island of Iona, Scotland (also called Ì Chaluim Chille) L, two lakes in Nebraska, United States, both named for their right-angled shape10 One-Letter Place Names Ô, a castle near Mortrée, France O, a river in Devon, England, United Kingdom Ó Street in Terézváros, Budapest, Hungary. Ó means "old", "ancient" or "antique" in Hungarian. O, a river in Toyama, Japan Ø, a hill in Jutland, Denmark. Ø is Danish for "island". U, a municipality on Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia Ü, a geographic division and a historical region in Tibet, China W, a national park in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Benin Y, a commune in the department of Somme, France Y, a river in the north of Russia Ý, Vietnamese name for Italy Y, a former census-designated place in Alaska, United States (recently renamed Susitna North) Å, a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland, Norway. Å is Danish, Norwegian and Swedish for "brook" or "small river". Å, a village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland, Norway Å, a village in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway Å, a village in Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway Å, a village in Ibestad Municipality in Troms, Norway Å, a village in Lavangen Municipality in Troms, Norway Å, a village in Senja Municipality in Troms, Norway Å, a village in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland, Norway Å, a place in Funen, Denmark Å, a village in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland, Sweden Å, a village in Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland, Sweden Å, a village in Kramfors Municipality, Västernorrland, Sweden Å, a village in Söderhamn Municipality, Gävleborg, Sweden Å, a village in Uddevalla Municipality, Västra Götaland, Sweden Ö, a village in Ånge Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden IJ, a double lake in the Netherlands, and the name of the river that flows between Amsterdam and North Amsterdam. The digraph IJ is considered a single letter in Dutch: It's an alternate way to write Y. "The IJ" is written as "Het IJ" or, more often, "'t IJ", which means it's only two letters including the word "the".
Two-letter place names
Aa, a village in Estonia Aa, a village in South Sulawesi, Indonesia 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, a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Ág, a village in Baranya county, Hungary Ai, a Biblical city in Canaan Ai, a community in Alabama, United States Ai, a community in Georgia, United States Ai, a community in North Carolina, United States Ai, a community in Ohio, United States (shortest place name in Ohio) Ai, several rivers in China, Japan, and Taiwan Áj, Hungarian name for Háj, Slovakia Ål, a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway Ål, a village in Leksand Municipality, Sweden An, a county in Sichuan, China Ao, a village in Estonia Ao, a train station in Hyōgo, Japan Áo, Vietnamese name for Austria As, a municipality in Limburg province, Belgium Aš, a town in the Karlovy Vary Region, Czechia Ås, a municipality in Akershus county, Norway Ås, the Swedish name for the Harju quarter of Helsinki, Finland Ås, a hundred of Västergötland in Sweden Ås, a village in Västmanland, Sweden Ås, a village in Jämtland, Sweden At, a village in Bihar, India Au, a town in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria. Au, short for Aue, is German for "meadow". 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, a town in the Kankan Region, Guinea Au, a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland Au, a village in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland Ay, an island in Banda Sea, Indonesia Aÿ, a former commune in the department of Marne, France Ba, a village in Serbia Ba, a town in the Ba province of Fiji Ba, a sub-district in Tha Tum district, Surin Province, Thailand Bỉ, Vietnamese name for Belgium Bo, a city in Sierra Leone Bo, a town in Kim Bôi, Hòa Bình Province, Vietnam Bo, the Asturian name for the parish of Boo, Asturias, Spain Bo, a sub-district in Khlung District, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand Bo, a village in Burkina Faso Bu, a hamlet on Wyre in the Orkney Islands, Scotland Bû, a commune in the department of Eure-et-Loir, France By, a village in Åfjord Municipality Norway By, a commune in the department of Doubs, France Bø Municipality (Telemark) and Bø Municipality (Nordland), municipalities in Telemark and Nordland counties, Norway; also the name of several farms Bő, a village in Vas county, Hungary Cả, a river in Vietnam Ce, a historical kingdom in modern-day Scotland Ci, a county in Hebei, China Da, a town in Burkina Faso Đà, a river in Vietnam Di, a town in Burkina Faso Do, several villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Do (Hadžići) and Do (Trebinje) Du, a sub-district in Kanthararom District, Sisaket, Thailand Du, a sub-district in Prang Ku District, Sisaket, Thailand Du, a sub-district in Rasi Salai District, Sisaket, Thailand Du, a mountain in Henan province, China Dú, the Irish name for Hurcle, a townland in County Meath, Ireland Đu, a town in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam Ea, a town in the Basque Country, Spain Ed, an unincorporated community in Kentucky, US Ed, a locality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden Ee, a village in the Noardeast-Fryslân municipality, Friesland, Netherlands Eg, a town in Afghanistan Eg, a former farm in Kristiansand Municipality, Norway Ei, a town in Ibusuki District, Kagoshima, Japan Ei, a train station in Kagoshima, Japan Eo, river between Galicia and Asturias, Spain Ep, a community in Kentucky, United States Ér, Hungarian name for Ier river, Romania Eš, a village and municipality in the Vysočina Region, Czechia Eu, a commune in the department of Seine-Maritime, France Fa, a commune in the department of Aude, France Fi, a town in Segou city in Mali Fu, a county in Shaanxi, China Fu, a village in Mora Municipality, Sweden Go, a village in Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Gu, a county in Shanxi, China Gy, a commune in the department of Haute-Saône, France Gy, a municipality in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland Ha, a town in Paro, Paro District, Bhutan Hå, a municipality in Rogaland, Norway He, a farm in Nord-Odal Municipality, Norway He, a county in Anhui, China Ho, a town in Ghana Ho, a village in Jutland, Denmark Hồ, a town in Thuận Thành, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Hø, a farm in Inderøy Municipality, Norway Hu, a county in Shaanxi, China Hu, a town in Qena Governorate, Egypt Ib, a railway town in India Ie, an island and village in Okinawa, Japan Ie, old Irish name for the Scottish island of Iona or Ì (or Ì Chaluim Chille) If, an island and fortress in southern France Ig, a settlement and municipality in Slovenia Ii, a municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland Ii, a train station in Yamaguchi, Japan Ik, a river in Russia Io, innermost large moon of Jupiter Io, an island in Vestland, Norway Io, alternative name of an island in the Aegean, Greece Ip, a village in Sălaj County, Romania Ir, town in Almaty Province, Kazakhstan Is, a village in Nizhniy Tura gorsovet of Sverdlovskaya Oblast Oblast, Russia Iž, an island in Croatia Ji, a county in Shanxi, China Ji, a county in Tianjin, China Ju, a county in Shandong, China Ka, a farm in Østre Toten Municipality, Norway Ko, a village and subdistrict in Li District, Lamphun, Thailand Kő, the Hungarian name for Kamenac, a village in Kneževi Vinogradi municipality, Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia Kō, a train station in Aichi, Japan 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 Municipality, Norway Le, a sub-district in Kapong District, Phang Nga, Thailand Lé, the Irish name for Lea, a parish in County Laois, Ireland Li, a county in Gansu, China Li, a county in Hebei, China Li, a county in Hunan, China Li, a county in Sichuan, China Li, a mountain located in the northeast of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province, China where the tomb of the First Emperor is located. Li, a village in Sokndal Municipality, Norway Li, a district in Lamphun Province, Thailand Lo, a town in West Flanders, Belgium Lo, name of several farms in Norway Lo, a sub-district in Chun District, Phayao, Thailand Lo, a village in Di Department, Burkina Faso Lô, a river in the North of Vietnam Lø, farm in Vindafjord Municipality, Norway Lu, a municipality in Piedmont, Italy Lu, a county in Sichuan, China Lü, a village in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland Lú, the Irish name for Louth, a village and county in Ireland Lủ, a village in Hanoi, Vietnam Ma, a river in Vietnam Me, a town in Gia Viễn, Ninh Bình, Vietnam Mo, a village in Modalen Municipality, Vestland county, Norway Mo, a sub-district in Kapong District, Phang Nga, Thailand Mu, a river in Burma Mù (Mö in the local dialect), a village in the Edolo municipality of Lombardy, Italy My, a village in Liège province, Belgium Mỹ, Vietnamese name for United States Nå, a village in Ullensvang Municipality, Norway Ne, a municipality in Liguria, Italy Ni, a river of New Caledonia Ni, a river in Virginia, United States No, a village in Denmark No, a lake in South Sudan Ny, a municipality in Luxembourg province, Belgium Oa, a river in Orkland Municipality, Norway Oa, a peninsula on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland Ob, a town in Russia Ob, a major river in Russia, and the seventh-longest river in the world Ob, a gulf in Russia Öd, several small villages in different municipalities in Bavaria, Germany Oe, a village on Yeongheung island, Incheon city, Korea Ōe, a town in Yamagata, Japan Ōe, a former town in Kyoto, Japan Ōe, a train station in Kyoto, Japan Ōe, a train station in Aichi, Japan Oe, a train station in Nagasaki, Japan Oe, a town in Liège city in Walloon Region, Belgium Of, a town in the province of Trabzon, Turkey Og, a river in Wiltshire, England Oi, a sub-district in Pong District, Phayao, Thailand Ōi, a town in Ōi District, Fukui, Japan Ōi, a town in Kanagawa, Japan Ōi, a former town in Saitama, Japan Ok, a shield volcano located in highlands above Borgarfjörður, in the west of Iceland O K, a community in Kentucky, United States Om, a river in Russia Øm, a town on the island of Zealand, Denmark Øn, a village in Vestland county, Norway Oô, a commune in the department of Haute-Garonne, France 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, a municipality in Innlandet, Norway Os, a former municipality in Hordaland, Norway Oś, a village in Kluczbork County, Poland Ōu, a mountain range in Japan Ox, a mountain range in Ireland Oy, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany Oz, a commune in the department of Isère, France Oz, a community in Kentucky, United States Pa, a village in Nouna Department in Burkina Faso Pâ, a town in Burkina Faso Pi, a town in Catalonia, Spain Pi, a county in Sichuan, China Po, a river in Italy Po, a river in Virginia, United States