Editing List of Latin names of countries

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{{Latin place names}}
This list includes the Roman names of countries, or significant regions, known to the [[Roman Empire]].
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! Latin Name !! English Name
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| [[Achaea]]<ref>Bunson, M. (1995) ''A Dictionary of the Roman Empire'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=HsrGEFpW80UC&dq=Achaea+roman&pg=PA1 p.1.] Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-510233-9}}. Retrieved November 2011</ref> || [[Greece]]
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| [[Africa (province)|Africa]]<ref>Raven, S. (1993) ''Rome in Africa'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=x7wOAAAAQAAJ&q=tunisia&pg=PR26 p.xxvi.] Routledge. {{ISBN|0-415-08150-5}}. Retrieved November 2011</ref> || [[Tunisia]]
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| [[Aegyptus]]<ref name=Heimbach>Heimbach, E. (2010) ''A Roman Map Workbook'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=YFUEoSAQmXAC&q=parthia&pg=PA26 p.26.] Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. {{ISBN|0-86516-726-5}} Retrieved November 2011</ref> || [[Egypt]]
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| [[Aethiopia]] || [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]
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| [[Caucasian Albania|Albania]] || [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Azerbaijan]]
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| [[Anatolia]]<ref>Stafford-Deitsch, J. & Freely, J. (2010) ''Kingdoms of Ruin: The Art and Architectural Splendours of Ancient Turkey'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=-oTf9A6xiUMC&dq=anatolia+in+roman+era&pg=PR7 p.vii.] I.B. Tauris. {{ISBN|1-84511-799-9}}. Retrieved November 2011</ref>
 || [[Turkey]] (East)
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| [[England|Anglia]] || [[England]]
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| [[Arabia]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Arabian Peninsula]]
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| [[Ariana]] || [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]] (East) and [[Central Asia]] (West)
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| [[Armenia]] || Armenia
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| [[Armorica]]<ref>Bunson, M. (1995) p.172.</ref> || [[Brittany]]
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| [[Asia (province)|Asia]] || [[Turkey]] (West)
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| [[Baetica]]<ref>Bunson, M. (2002) ''Encyclopedia of the Roman empire'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=T5tic2VunRoC&dq=Baetica+in+roman+era&pg=PA262 p.62.] Infobase Publishing {{ISBN|0-8160-4562-3}}
 Retrieved November 2011</ref> || [[Andalusia]]
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| [[Batavia (region)|Batavia]] || Part of the [[Netherlands]]
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| [[Belgae]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]]
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| [[Bithynia]] || [[Turkey]] (North West)
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| [[Bohemia]] || Bohemia
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| Borussia || [[Prussia]]
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| [[Britannia]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[United Kingdom|Britain]]
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| [[Caledonia]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Scotland]]
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| [[Cambria]] || [[Wales]]
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| [[Cilicia]] || [[Turkey]] (South East)
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| [[Colchis]] || [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] (Western) 
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| Cornubia || [[Cornwall]]
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| [[Creta]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Crete]]
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| [[Cyprus]] || Cyprus
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| [[Cyrenaica]] || [[Libya]] (East)
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| [[Dacia]] || [[Romania]], [[Moldova]]
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| [[Dalmatia]]<ref>Longley, N. (2009) ''The Rough Guide to Montenegro'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=da4H-K5VrUgC&q=dalmatia&pg=PA163 p.163.] Dorling Kindersley Ltd. {{ISBN|1-85828-771-5}}. Retrieved November 2011</ref> || [[Montenegro]]
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| Dania || [[Denmark]]
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| [[Dalmatia]] || [[Croatia]] (South), [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (West and South)
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| [[Duklja|D(i)ocle(ti)a]] || [[Montenegro]]
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| [[Dumnonia]] || [[Devon]]
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| [[Epirus]] || Epirus: composed of the [[Northern Epirus|Albania]]n South and [[Epirus (region)|Greek Epirus]]
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| [[Finnia]] || [[Finland]]
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| [[Foenicia]] or [[Phoenicia]] || [[Lebanon]]
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| [[Formosa]] || [[Taiwan]]
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| [[Galatia]] || [[Turkey]] (Central)
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| [[Gallaecia]] || [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Portugal]] (North)
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| [[Gallia]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[France]]
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| [[Germania]]<ref name=Bunson424>Bunson, M. (1995) [https://books.google.com/books?id=HsrGEFpW80UC&q=germania&pg=PA424 p.424.]</ref> || [[Germany]]
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| [[Graecia]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Greece]]
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| [[Helvetia]]<ref name=Burgan>Burgan, M. (2009) ''Empire of Ancient Rome'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=uFg_PCCdRiIC&dq=albania+in+roman+era&pg=PA141 p.141.] Infobase Publishing. {{ISBN|1-60413-159-4}}. Retrieved November 2011</ref>
 || [[Switzerland]]
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| [[Hibernia]]<ref>Bunson, M. (1995) [https://books.google.com/books?id=HsrGEFpW80UC&q=hibernia&pg=PA206 p.206.]</ref> || [[Ireland]]
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| [[Hispania]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Spain]]
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| [[Hungary|Hungaria]] || [[Hungary]]
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| [[Iberia]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Iberian Peninsula]]
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| [[Caucasian Iberians|Iberia]] || [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] (Eastern)
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| [[India]] || [[India]] and [[Indian subcontinent|the Indian subcontinent]]
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| Islandia || [[Iceland]]
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| [[Illyria]], [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyricum]] || [[Croatia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (South), [[Serbia]] (South West), [[Montenegro]], [[Albania]] (North West)
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| [[Italia (Roman province)|Italia]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Italy]]
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| [[Iudaea]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Judea]], [[Israel]]
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| [[Sápmi|Lappia]] || [[Lapland (Sweden)|Lapland]]
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| [[Lechia]], [[wiktionary:Polonia#Latin|Polonia]] || [[Poland]]
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| [[Libani]] || [[Lebanon]]
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| [[Libya]] || [[Libya]] (Eastern), [[Egypt]] (Western)
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| {{Not a typo|Lituania}} || [[Belarus]], [[Lithuania]]
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| [[Livonia]] || [[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]]
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| [[Lusitania]] || [[Portugal]] (Central and South)
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| [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] || [[North Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Macedonia (Greece)|Greek Macedonia]]
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| [[Mauretania]] || [[Morocco]] (North), [[Algeria]] (North West)
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| [[Melitae]], [[Melitensium]], [[Melitensis]] || [[Malta]]
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|Meridia
| [[Pacific Ocean|South Pacific]]{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
|-| Mesopotamia || [[Iraq]]
| [[Moesia]] || [[Bulgaria]], [[Serbia]]
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| [[Moravia]] || Moravia
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| [[Noricum]] || mainly [[Austria]] (South) and [[Slovenia]] (North)
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| [[Norvegia]] || [[Norway]]
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| [[Numidia]] || [[Algeria]] (North East)
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| Palaestina || [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]
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| [[Pannonia]] || [[Hungary]], [[Croatia]] (North), [[Slovenia]] (North East)
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| [[Persian Empire|Parthia]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Iran]]
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| [[Phoenicia]] || [[Lebanon]]
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| [[Pontus (region)|Pontus]] || [[Turkey]] (North East)
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| [[Raetia]] || [[Switzerland]] (North)
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| [[Ruthenia]] || [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]]
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| [[Sarmatia]] || [[Eastern Europe]]: [[Poland]], [[Ukraine]], [[Russia]]
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| [[Scandinavia]] || [[Scandinavian Peninsula]]
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| [[Scotia]] || [[Ireland]], [[Scotland]]
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| [[Scythia]] || [[Ukraine]], [[South Federal District|South Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]] (East), [[Turkmenistan]] (North)
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| [[Scythia Minor (Dobruja)|Scythia Minor]] || [[Dobruja]]
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| [[Serica|Seres]], [[Sinae]] || [[China]]
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| [[Sicilia (Roman province)|Sicilia]]<ref name=Heimbach/> || [[Sicily]]
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| [[Silesia]] || Silesia
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| [[Suecia]] || [[Sweden]]
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| [[Syria]] || Syria
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| [[Taprobane]] || [[Sri Lanka]]
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| [[Tarraconensis]] || [[Spain]] (North East)
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| [[Thracia]] || [[Greece]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]]
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| [[Transylvania]] || [[Romania]], [[Hungary]]
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| [[Tingitana]] || [[Morocco]]
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| [[Tripolitania]] || [[Libya]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[[Johann Georg Theodor Grässe|Dr. J. G. Th. Grässe]], ''[[Orbis Latinus|Orbis Latinus: Lexikon lateinischer geographischer Namen des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit]]'', [http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orbis-latinus online at the Bavarian State Library] {{in lang|de}}
*Grässe, ''Orbis Latinus'', [http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html online at Columbia University] {{in lang|de}}

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