Latin names of European cities

Until the Modern Era[?], Latin was the common language for scholarship and mapmaking. During the 19th and 20th centuries, German scholars in particular have made significant contributions to the study of historical place names, or Ortsnamenkunde. These studies have, in turn, contributed to the study of Genealogy. For genealogists and historians of pre-Modern Europe, knowing alternate names of places is vital to extracting information from both public and private records. Even specialists in this field point out, however, that the information can be easily taken out of context, since there is a great deal of repetition of place-names throughout Europe; reliance purely on apparent connections should therefore be tempered with valid historical methodology. One caveat that must be observed, however, is that even Latin place-names are not always exclusive to one place -- for example, there were several Roman cities whose names began with Colonia and then a more descriptive term. During the Middle Ages, these were often shortened to just Colonia. One of these, Colonia Agrippinensis, retains the name today in the form of Cologne.

The following table begins to offer equivalents to more modern place-names.

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Following is a List of Cities stating the Latin and equivalent English name (s)

Latin	English Name, [(other name(s))] or [older name(s)], [province], [state]
Acaunum	Saint-Maurice[?], Valais, Switzerland
Urbs Aqvensis	Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle)
Ad Fines	Pfyn[?], Thurgau[?], Switzerland
Ad Mediam	Băile Herculane, Romania
Ad Pirum	Hrušica[?]
Ad Mediam	Mehadia[?],Romania
Aegida, Capris, Caput Histriae	Koper[?], Slovenia
Agrippina Romanorum	Cologne (Köln), Germany
Albintimilium	Ventimiglia[?]
Albona	Labin[?]
Alostum	Aalst
Amivadum	Amersfoort
Ammurianum	Murano, Italy
Ancyra	Ankara, Turkey
Anderlacum	Anderlecht, Belgium
Andernachensis	Andernach[?]
Apuania	Massa Carrara
Apulum	Alba Iulia[?], Romania
Aqua Sulis	Bath
Aqua Villae	Badenweiler, Germany
Aquae Helveticae	Baden, Aargau, Switzerland
Aquincum	Budapest, Hungary
Arbor Felix	Arbon[?], Thurgau[?], Switzerland
Arconisium	Racconigi[?]
Ardea	Ardea[?]
Ardotalia	Gamesley near Glossop
Arelate	Arles
Arenacum	Arnhem, Netherlands
Argentoratum	Strasbourg, France
Ariminum	Rimini, Italy
Assindria	Essen
Asturica Augusta	Astorga
Aternum	Pescara[?], Italy
Atrans	Trojane[?], Slovenia
Atrebatum	Arras
Augusta	Augusta[?]
Augusta Argentorate	Strasbourg
Augusta Perusia	Perugia, Italy
Augusta Praetoria Salassorum	Aosta[?], Italy
Augusta Raurica	Kaiseraugst[?] (Augst[?]), Switzerland
Augusta Taurinorum	Turin, Italy
Augusta Treverorum	Trier (Treves)
Augusta Vindelicorum	Augsburg, Germany
Aurelia	Orléans
Aventicum	Avenches[?], Vaud[?], Switzerland
Badensis	Baden, Germany
Baetulo	Badalona
Barcino	Barcelona, Spain
Basilia	Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
Benacus	Garda[?]
Beneventum	Benevento
Berolinensis	Berlin, Germany
Berytus	Beirut (Bayrut), Lebanon
Bremensis	Bremen, Germany
Brigantium	Bregenz, Austria
Brundisium	Brindisi[?]
Boreana	Burano
Brixia	Brescia[?], Italy
Burdigala	Bordeaux, France
Byzantium	Istanbul(Constantinople), Turkey
Caesar Augusta	Saragossa
Calatis	Mangalia[?], Romania
Calcaria	Tadcaster[?]
Calisia	Kalisz, Poland
Camulodunum	Colchester, United Kingdom
Cantabria	Cambridge
Carnium, Carnioburgum	Kranj[?], Slovenia
Carthago Nova	Cartagena
Castra	Ajdovščina, Slovenia
Castra Regina	Regensburg, Germany
Celeia	Celje, Slovenia
Centum Cellae	Civitavecchia[?]
Civitas Sancti Romuli	Sanremo[?], Sancti Remi, San Remu, San Remo
Clagenfurtum	Klagenfurt (Celovec), Austria
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensis	Cologne (Köln)
Colonia Ulpia Traiana, Sarmizegethusa	Ulpia Traiana[?], Romania
Confluentia	Koblenz, Aargau, Switzerland
Constantinopel	Istanbul, Byzantium
Corduba	Cordóba
Costanc	Constance
Cracoviensis	Krakow, Poland
Curia	Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland
Deva	Chester, United Kingdom
Dierna	Orsova[?], Romania
Drobeta	Drobeta Turnu Severin[?], Romania
Dubris	Dover
Durovernum Cantiacorum	Canterbury, United Kingdom
Dyrrhachium	Durrës[?]
Eboracum	York
Eburodunum	Yverdon-les-Bains[?], Vaud[?], Switzerland
Eindovia	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Elbingensis	Elbląg, formerly known as Elbing, Poland
Embdensis	Emden
Emerita Augusta	Mérida
Emona, Aemona, Labacum	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Erffordensis	Erfurt
Firmum (Picenum)	Fermo[?]
Flanona	Plomin[?]
Florentia	Firenze (Florence), Italy
Flumen	Rijeka[?], Fiume, Terra Sancti Viti, Croatia
Formio	Rižana[?]
Francofurtensis	Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Gades	Cadiz
Gedanensis	Gdansk, Danzig
Genava	Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Genoa	Genova, Italy
Glevum Colonia	Gloucester, United Kingdom
Goslariensis	Goslar
Hafnia	Copenhagen (København)
Hale Suevice	Hall in Schwaben[?]
Hamburgensis	Hamburg (Hammaburg), Germany
Ilerda	Lleida
Interamna	Terni (Nahars)
Isca	Exeter
Isca Silurium	Caerleon
Juenna	Podjuna[?]
Juvavum	Salzburg, Austria
Lauriacum	Lorch[?], Germany
Lentia	Linz, Austria
Lindum Colonia	Lincoln, England
Lithopolis	Kamnik[?], Slovenia
Londinium	London, United Kingdom
Longatico, Longaticum	Logatec[?], Slovenia
Lousonna	Lausanne, Vaud[?], Switzerland
Lubicensis	Luebeck, Lubeke[?]
Lugdunum	Lyon, France
Lupiae	Lecce[?], Italy
Lutetia	Paris, France
Magdeburgensis	Magdeburg
Mamucium	Manchester, United Kingdom
Marburgum	Maribor, Slovenia
Massilia	Marseilles, France
Mediolanum	Milan (Milano), Italy
Misnensis	Meissen
Moguncia, Moguntia, Mogontiacum	Mainz
Mosa Traiectum	Maastricht, Netherlands
Mutina	Modena, Italy]
Naissus	Niš
Napoca	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Narbo	Narbonne
Nauportus	Vrhnika[?], Slovenia
Neapolis	Naples (Napoli), Italy
Neapolis-Aemonia	Novigrad[?], Croatia
Nemausus	Nîmes, France
Nesactium	Visače[?]
Neviodunum	Drnovo[?], Slovenia
Noreia	Neumarkt[?], Austria
Norimbergensis	Nuremberg, Germany
Noviomagus, Noviomagensis	Nijmegen, Noyon
Noviodunum (Colonia Iulia Equestris)	Nyon[?], Vaud[?], Switzerland
Novio Rito	Niort[?]
Octodurum	Martigny[?], Valais, Switzerland
Odessus	Varna
Oenipons	Innsbruck, Austria
Olisipio	Lisbon (Lisboa)
Ovilava	Wels, Austria
Oxonia	Oxford, United Kingdom
Panormus	Palermo, Italy
Parentium	Poreč[?], Croatia
Patavium	Padua (Padova), Italy
Petina	Pićan[?]
Piquentum	Buzet[?], Croatia
Pisaurum	Pesaro[?], Italy
Placentia	Piacenza, Italy
Poetovio	Ptuj[?], Slovenia
Pola	Pula[?], Croatia
Portus Naonis	Pordenone[?]
Potaissa	Turda[?], Romania
Pyrrhanum	Piran[?], Slovenia
Ragusa	Dubrovnik, Croatia
Rhegium	Reggio di Calabria
Rigensis	Riga, Latvia
Ratisbon	Regensburg
Rocium	Roč
Roma	Rome, Italy
Rotomagus	Rouen
Sablones	Venlo
Salmantica	Salamanca
Samarobriva	Amiens, France
Saresberia/Serviodunum	Salisbury, England
Scodra	Shkodër[?]
Serdica	Sofia, Bulgaria
Silva Ducis	's-Hertogenbosch/Den Bosch
Singidunum	Belgrade (Beograd), Yugoslavia
Sipontum	Manfredonia[?]
Sirmium	Sremska Mitrovica[?]
Solodurum/Salodurum	Solothurn, Switzerland
Stabiae	Castellammare di Stabia[?]
Tarraco	Tarragona
Tergestum	Trieste (Trst), Italy
Tifernum Tiberinum	[[Citt`a di Castello]]
Toletum	Toledo, Spain
Tolosa	Toulouse, France
Tomis	Constanta[?], Romania
Tornacum	Tournai, Doornik
Traiectum	Utrecht, Netherlands
Traiectum ad Mosam	Maastricht
Trapezus	Trabzon, Trebizond
Tridentum	Trento, Italy
Turicum	Zurich, Switzerland
Turonensis	Tours, France
Tremoniensis	Dortmund, Germany
Urba	Orbe[?], Vaud[?], Switzerland
Varadinum	Oradea[?], Romania
Varsovia	Warsaw, Poland
Veldidena	Wilten[?], Austria
Velitrae	Velletri[?]
Venta Belgarum	Winchester, United Kingdom
Venusia	Venosa[?]
Verulamium	St. Alban's[?], United Kingdom
Vesontio	Besançon
Vibiscum	Vevey[?], Vaud[?], Switzerland
Vindobona	Vienna, Austria
Vindonissa	Windisch[?], Aargau, Switzerland
Vitudurum	Winterthur[?], Zurich, Switzerland
Viroconium	Wroxeter[?]
Virunum	Maria Saal[?] (Gospa Sveta), Austria
Volsinium	Bolsena[?]

partial list

See also:

• List of Roman place names in Britain
• Latin names of European rivers
• Roman place names

External link

• http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents