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Latin names of islands
Here are some listings of islands in Latin, and English on the right.
| Latin | [English], [other name], [older name], [island chain/region], [state/nation] |
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| Aegina | Aegina, Greece (Aigina) |
| Insulis Aeolium? | Aeolian Islands |
| Amorgos | Amorgos, Aegean, Greece |
| Andros¹ | Andros |
| Anticosti | Ile d'Anticosti, Quebec |
| Anticythera¹ | Anticythera, Cythera, Greece |
| Antipoda¹ | Antipodes |
| Insula Australis? | South Island, New Zealand |
| Balearica | Balearic Islands |
| Insula Borealis? | North Island, New Zealand |
| Britannia | Britain |
| Calymnus¹, Calymnos¹ | Kalymnos, Dodecanese, Aegean, Greece |
| Canaris Insula | Canary Islands |
| Carpathos¹ | Carpathos, Dodecanese, Greece |
| Cassos¹ | Cassos, Dodecanese, Greece |
| Cauda? | Cauda (Gauda/Gaf(v)da), Greece |
| Cephallenia¹ | Kefallinia, Cephallonia |
| Corcyra | Corfu, Ionian, Greece (Kerkyra) |
| Corsica | Corsica |
| Cos¹ | Cos, Dodecanese, Aegean, Greece |
| Creta | Crete (Kriti/Krete) |
| Cuba | Cuba |
| Cyclades Ins. | Cyclades |
| Cyprus | Cyprus (Kypros) |
| Cynthos¹ | Cynthos, Cyclades, Aegean, Greece |
| Cythera¹ | Cythera, Kythera, Greece |
| Delos¹ | Delos, Cyclades, Aegean, Greece |
| Dodecanesus | Dodecanese, Greece |
| Dominica | Dominica |
| Ebusus | Ibiza |
| Euboea¹ | Euboea, Greece |
| Helena, former name of Macronesus | Makronisos (Macro-nesus) |
| Hibernia | Ireland |
| | Icaria¹ | Icaria |
| Imbros | Imbros Island |
| Ionia Ins. | Ionian Islands |
| Ithaca¹ | Ithaca |
| Lemnos¹ | Lemnos |
| Leros | Leros, Aegean, Greece |
| Lesbos¹ | Lesbos |
| Melitta¹ | Malta |
| Myconos¹ | Myconos |
| Nova Britannia Occidentalis | New West Britain, Papua New Guinea |
| Nova Caledonia | New Caledonia |
| Nova Hibernia | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea |
| Nova Terra | Newfoundland |
| Ophiussa | Formentera |
| Orcadia | Orkney Island, Scotland |
| Paros | Paros, Cyclades, Aegean, Greece |
| I. Prin. Eduardus | Prince Edward Island |
| Reg. Elis. | Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut |
| Reg. Carlt.? | Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia |
| Rho¹ | Ro, E of Rhodes, Greece |
| Rhodus | Rhodes, Dodecanese, Aegean, Greece |
| Salamis | Salamis, Greece |
| Sardinia | Sardinia |
| Scyrus, Scyros | Scyros, Sporades, Greece |
| Sicilia | Sicily |
| Skopelos, Sc?opelos | Skopelos, Sporades, Greece |
| Strophades | Strophades, S of Zante, Greece |
| Syros | Syros |
| Thasos | Thasos, Aegean, Greece |
| Zelandia | Zealand, Zeeland |
| Zycanthus, Zacynthus | Zante (Zakynthos), Ionian, Greece |
See also
External Links
- http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html
Referenced By
Latin Names of German Cities | Latin names of European cities | Latin names of European communities | Latin names of European rivers | Latin names of World cities | Latin names of cities | Latin names of mountains | Latin names of regions | List of Roman place names | List of Roman place names in Britain | Roman place names
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