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Below is list of Swedish languageexonyms for places in non-Swedish-speaking areas of the world. Not included are spelling changes and translations of non-proper nouns.
Diacritical marks (such as ´ ` ^ etc above letters) are generally stripped, except that Å, Ä, Ö, are kept, and usually also Ü and É (but È and Á are written E and A). Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic and Faroese Æ and Ø are often written as AE or Ä and Ö, especially in the press.
Foreign place names containing a direction such as South or Upper are often translated, e.g.:
Newspapers in Sweden usually write all æ as ä or ae and all ø as ö, because of the lack of æ and ø on the Windows keyboard layout for Swedish, and historically because of the lack of them on Swedish typewriters. Swedish newspapers normally write aa as å. Aa is the traditional spelling of the "aw" sound in Danish, but this spelling does not exist for this sound in Swedish. Both spellings of the sound exist in Danish, aa in some names, but å always being correct.
Swedish Wikipedia writes Danish place names using the original æ and ø, except for those listed above.
Estonia had a significant indigenous Swedish-speaking population until the mid-20th Century, so many of these names are not really exonyms in the strict sense of the word.
The (more or less, requires some knowledge of certain words) mutually intelligibleNorwegian and Swedish languages have different spelling systems for the same sounds.
Newspapers in Sweden usually write all æ as ä or ae and all ø as ö, because of the lack of æ and ø on the Windows keyboard layout for Swedish, and historically because of the lack of them on Swedish typewriters. Apart from æ and ø, the Norwegian spelling is used in Sweden.
Some historic area names beginning with British are translated, such as British Guyana into "Brittiska Guyana". British Columbia in Canada is nowadays kept.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Swedish exonyms news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 Below is list of Swedish language exonyms for places in non Swedish speaking areas of the world Not included are spelling changes and translations of non proper nouns Contents 1 In general 2 Albania 3 Argentina 4 Austria 5 Belgium 6 Bulgaria 7 China 8 Croatia 9 Cuba 10 Czechia 11 Denmark 12 Egypt 13 Estonia 14 Finland 15 France 16 Germany 17 Greece 18 Hungary 19 Iceland 20 Iraq 21 Israel 22 Italy 23 Latvia 24 Lebanon 25 Lithuania 26 Mali 27 Morocco 28 Netherlands 29 Norway 30 Palestine 31 Poland 32 Portugal 33 Romania 34 Russia 35 Saudi Arabia 36 Slovakia 37 South Africa 38 Spain 39 Switzerland 40 Syria 41 Turkey 42 Ukraine 43 United Kingdom 44 United States 45 See alsoIn general EditDiacritical marks such as etc above letters are generally stripped except that A A O are kept and usually also U and E but E and A are written E and A Norwegian Danish Icelandic and Faroese AE and O are often written as AE or A and O especially in the press Foreign place names containing a direction such as South or Upper are often translated e g East Timor Osttimor Northern Ireland Nordirland South Africa Sydafrikabut U S states nowadays keep their English names in Sweden e g South Carolina and West VirginiaAlbania Edit Albania AlbanienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesTirana Tirana TiraneArgentina Edit Argentina ArgentinaEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesPatagonia Patagonien PatagoniaTierra del Fuego Eldslandet Tierra del FuegoAustria Edit Austria OsterrikeEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesTyrol Tyrolen TirolBelgium Edit Belgium BelgienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageBruges Brygge Brugge DutchBrussels Bryssel Brussel Brussel DutchBruxelles FrenchOstend Ostende Oostende DutchYpres Ypern Ieper DutchBulgaria Edit Bulgaria BulgarienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesBalkan Mountains Balkanbergen Stara PlaninaDanube Donau DunavThrace Thrakien TrakiyaChina Edit China KinaEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageBeijing Peking Beijing Mandarin Endonym also usedGreat Wall of China Kinesiska muren Changcheng MandarinGuanghzou Kanton Guangzhou MandarinHong Kong Hongkong Hong Kong EnglishTiananmen Square Himmelska fridens torg Tian anmen Guǎngchǎng MandarinCroatia Edit Croatia KroatienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesDalmatia Dalmatien DalmacijaDanube Donau DunavIstria Istrien IstraCuba Edit Cuba KubaEnglish name Swedish name EndonymHavana Havanna HabanaCzechia Edit Czechia TjeckienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageBohemia Bohmen Cechy CzechElbe Elbe Labe CzechMoravia Mahren Morava CzechPrague Prag Praha CzechSilesia Schlesien Slezko CzechDenmark Edit Denmark DanmarkEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesAabenraa Abenra AabenraaAalborg Alborg AalborgAarhus Arhus AarhusElsinore Helsingor HelsingorCopenhagen Kopenhamn KobenhavnPeberholm Pepparholm PeberholmZealand Sjalland SjaellandNewspapers in Sweden usually write all ae as a or ae and all o as o because of the lack of ae and o on the Windows keyboard layout for Swedish and historically because of the lack of them on Swedish typewriters Swedish newspapers normally write aa as a Aa is the traditional spelling of the aw sound in Danish but this spelling does not exist for this sound in Swedish Both spellings of the sound exist in Danish aa in some names but a always being correct Swedish Wikipedia writes Danish place names using the original ae and o except for those listed above Egypt Edit Egypt EgyptenEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageEgypt Egypten Miṣr Maṣr ArabicAlexandria Alexandria al Iskandariyya Standard ArabicCairo Kairo al Qahira Standard ArabicLuxor Luxor al Uqṣur Standard ArabicEstonia EditEstonia had a significant indigenous Swedish speaking population until the mid 20th Century so many of these names are not really exonyms in the strict sense of the word Estonia EstlandEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesHaapsalu Hapsal HaapsaluHiiumaa Dago HiiumaaKardla Karrdal KardlaOsmussaar Odensholm OsmussaarPakri Rago PakriRuhnu Runo RuhnuSaaremaa Osel SaaremaaTallinn Lindanas Raffle Reval TallinnTartu Dorpat TartuVormsi Ormso VormsiFinland EditSwedish is one of the two official languages of Finland so the Swedish names of places in Finland are not exonyms Further information Names of places in Finland in Finnish and in SwedishFrance Edit France FrankrikeEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageAquitaine Akvitanien Aquitaine FrenchArdennes Ardennerna Ardennes FrenchBurgundy Burgund Bourgogne FrenchCorsica Korsika Corse FrenchNormandy Normandie t Normandie FrenchPyrenees Pyreneerna Pyrenees FrenchRhine Rhen Rhin FrenchGermany Edit Germany TysklandEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageGottorp Gottorp Gottorf GermanRhine Rhen Rhein GermanGreece Edit Greece GreklandEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesAthens At h en AthinaAttica Attika AttikiBoeotia Boiotien ViotiaCorfu Korfu KerkyraCorinth Korinth KorinthosCrete Kreta KritiCyclades Kykladerna KykladesDodecanese Dodekaneserna Tolvoarna DodekanisaEpirus Epirus IpeirosEuboea Euboia EvviaHeraklion Heraklion IraklioIonian Islands Joniska oarna Ionia nisiaMissolonghi Messolonghi MesolongiNaupactus Naupaktos NafpaktosPatras Patras PatraPireus Pireus PeiraiasRhodes Rhodos RodosSamothrace Samothrake SamothrakiSparta Sparta SpartiThebes Thebe ThivaiThessaloniki Thessaloniki Saloniki ThessalonikiThessaly Thessalien ThessaliaThrace Thrakien ThrakiHungary Edit Hungary UngernEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesDanube Donau DunaIceland Edit Iceland IslandEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesHeimaey Hemon HeimaeyReykjavik Reykjavik ReykjavikVestmannaeyjar Vastmannaoarna VestmannaeyjarIraq Edit Iraq IraqEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageEuphrates Eufrat al Furat ArabicTigris Tigris Dijla ArabicIsrael Edit Israel IsraelEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageAcre Akko Akka Arabic Ako HebrewCapernaum Kafarnaum Kapernaum Kfar Naḥum HebrewTalhum ArabicGalilee Galileen Al Jalil ArabicHaGalil HebrewJaffa Jaffa Yaffa ArabicYafo HebrewJudea Judeen Yahudia ArabicYehuda HebrewNazareth Nasaret al Naṣira Standard Arabical Naṣeriyye Palestinian ArabicNatzrat Natzeret HebrewTiberias Tiberias Ṭabariyya ArabicTverya HebrewItaly Edit Italy ItalienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageFlorence Florens Firenze ItalianGenoa Genua Genova ItalianLombardy Lombardiet Lombardia ItalianNaples Neapel Napoli ItalianPadua Padua Padova ItalianRome Rom Roma ItalianSardinia Sardinien Sardegna ItalianSicily Sicilien Sicilia ItalianSyracuse Syrakusa Siracusa ItalianTiber Tibern Tevere ItalianTurin Turin Torino ItalianTyrol Tyrolen Tirolo ItalianVenice Venedig Venezia ItalianVenetia Venetien Veneto ItalianVesuvius Vesuvius Vesuvio ItalianLatvia Edit Latvia LettlandEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesCourland Kurland KurzemeLatgale Lettgallen LatgaleZemgale Semgallen ZemgaleLebanon Edit Lebanon LibanonEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageBeirut Beirut Bayrut ArabicSidon Sayda Sidon Ṣayda ArabicTyre Tyros Ṣur ArabicLithuania Edit Lithuania LitauenEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesSamogitia Samogitien ZemaitijaMali Edit Mali MaliEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageTimbuktu Timbuktu Tombouctou FrenchMorocco Edit Morocco MarockoEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageCasablanca Casablanca Ed Dah el Biḍa ArabicMarrakesh Marrakech Murrakus ArabicTangier Tanger Ṭanjah ArabicNetherlands Edit Netherlands NederlandernaEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesRhine Rhen RijnThe Hague Haag Den HaagNorway EditThe more or less requires some knowledge of certain words mutually intelligible Norwegian and Swedish languages have different spelling systems for the same sounds Newspapers in Sweden usually write all ae as a or ae and all o as o because of the lack of ae and o on the Windows keyboard layout for Swedish and historically because of the lack of them on Swedish typewriters Apart from ae and o the Norwegian spelling is used in Sweden Examples include Askoy Bodo Baerum Galdhopiggen Gjovik Honefoss Roros Stjordal Tonsberg Tromso Vadso and Ostfold which are usually by media written as Askoy Bodo Barum or Baerum Galdhopiggen Gjovik Honefoss Roros Stjordal Tonsberg Tromso Vadso and Ostfold The Norwegian spelling with ae and o is still often used Swedish Wikipedia writes Norwegian place names using the original ae and o Palestine Edit Palestine PalestinaEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageBethlehem Betlehem Bayt Laḥm ArabicBeyt Leḥem HebrewHebron Hebron Al Khalil ArabicḤevron HebrewJericho Jeriko Ariḥa ArabicYeriḥo HebrewJerusalem Jerusalem Al Quds ArabicYerushalayim HebrewPoland Edit Poland PolenEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageCarpathians Karpaterna Karpaty PolishGdansk Gdansk Danzig Gdansk PolishMasuria Masurien Mazury PolishMazovia Masovien Mazowieckie PolishPomerania Pommern Pomorze PolishSilesia Schlesien Slask PolishSzczecin Stettin Szczecin PolishWarmia Ermland Warmia PolishWarsaw Warschau Warszawa Polish Swedish now uses endonymPortugal Edit Portugal PortugalEnglish name Swedish name EndonymLisbon Lissabon LisboaRomania Edit Romania RumanienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesBucharest Bukarest BucureștiDanube Donau DunăreaMoldavia Moldavien MoldovaWallachia Valakiet Țara Romanească ValahiaRussia Edit Russia RysslandEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageBashkortostan Basjkirien Bashkortostan RussianCaucasus Kaukasien Kavkaz RussianChukotka Tjuktien Chukotka RussianIngria Ingermanland Ingermanlandiya RussianIngushetia Ingusjien Ingushetiya RussianKabardino Balkaria Kabardinien Balkarien Kabardino Balkariya RussianKarachay Cherkessia Karatjajen Tjerkessien Karachayevo Cherkesiya RussianKarelia Karelen Kareliya RussianKhakassia Chakassien Khakasiya RussianPechenga Petsamo Pechenga RussianPetrozavodsk Petroskoj Onegaborg Petrozavodsk Russian Endonym also usedPriozersk Kexholm Priozersk RussianSaint Petersburg Sankt Petersburg Sankt Peterburg RussianShlisselburg Noteborg Shlisselburg Shlisselbu rg RussianSiberia Sibirien Sibir RussianVyborg Viborg Vyborg RussianZelenogorsk Terijoki Zelenogorsk RussianSome of these names are not really exonyms in the strict sense of the word as the places have been part of Sweden some founded as such Saudi Arabia Edit Saudi Arabia SaudiarabienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesJeddah Jeddah JiddaMecca Mekka MakkahMedina Medina Al MadinahRiyadh Riyadh Ar RiyaḍSlovakia Edit Slovakia SlovakienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesCarpathians Karpaterna KarpatyDanube Donau DunajSouth Africa Edit South Africa SydafrikaEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageCape Town Kapstaden Cape Town EnglishiKapa ZuluKaapstad AfrikaansSpain Edit Spain SpanienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageAndalusia Andalusien Andalucia SpanishAragon Aragonien Aragon SpanishAsturias Asturien Asturias SpanishBasque Country Baskien Euskadi BasquePais Vasco SpanishCastile Kastilien Castilla SpanishCatalonia Katalonien Cataluna SpanishCatalunya CatalanGalicia Galicien Galicia SpanishPyrenees Pyreneerna Pirineus CatalanPirinoak BasquePireneos SpanishTenerife Teneriffa Tenerife SpanishSwitzerland Edit Switzerland SchweizEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageRhine Rhen Reno ItalianRhein GermanRhin FrenchSyria Edit Syria SyrienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageAleppo Aleppo Ḥalab ArabicDamascus Damaskus Dimashq ArabicEuphrates Eufrat Al Furat ArabicTurkey Edit Turkey TurkietEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesAnatolia Anatolien AnadoluAntioch Antiochia AntakyaBosphorus Bosporen Bogazici Istanbul BogaziCappadocia Kappadokien KapadokyaCilicia Kilikien KilikyaDardanelles Dardanellerna Canakkale BogaziEdirne Adrianople Edirne Adrianopel EdirneEphesus Efesos EfesEuphrates Eufrat FiratGallipoli Gallipoli GeliboluHalicarnassus Halikarnassos HalikarnasIstanbul Constantinople Istanbul Stanbul Konstantinopel Istanbul Kostantiniyye Thrace Thrakien TrakyaTigris Tigris DicleTrabzon Trebizond Trabzon Trapezunt TrabzonTroy Troja Truva TroiaUkraine Edit Ukraine UkrainaEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesDanube Donau DunaiGalicia Galizien HalychynaKyiv Kiev KyivUnited Kingdom Edit United Kingdom Forenade kungadomet StorbritannienEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageBritish Virgin Islands Brittiska Jungfruoarna British Virgin Islands EnglishGreat Britain Storbritannien Great Britain English Preferred name for the countryThames Themsen Thames EnglishSome historic area names beginning with British are translated such as British Guyana into Brittiska Guyana British Columbia in Canada is nowadays kept United States Edit United States Forenta staterna AmerikaEnglish name Swedish name Endonym NotesName LanguageAppalachian Mountains Appalacherna Appalachian Mountains EnglishCalifornia Kalifornien California EnglishRocky Mountains Klippiga bergen Rocky Mountains EnglishU S Virgin Islands Amerikanska Jungfruoarna U S Virgin Islands EnglishSee also EditList of European exonyms Names of European cities in different languages Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swedish exonyms amp oldid 1086619428, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
