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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] | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Astypalaea | Astypalaia , Cyclades, Greece | |
| Insula Australis? | South Island, New Zealand | |
| Balearica | Balearic Islands | |
| Insula Borealis? | North Island, New Zealand | |
| Britannia | Britain | |
| Caesarea | Jersey | |
| 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 | |
| Ceos, Keos | Ceos, Cyclades, Aegean, 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 | |
| Gaulos | Gozo, Maltese archipelago | |
| Helena, former name of Macronesus | Makronisos (Macro-nesus) | |
| Hibernia | Ireland | |
| Icaria¹ | Icaria | |
| Ictis | St Michael's Mount | |
| Imbros | Imbros Island | |
| Ionia Ins. | Ionian Islands | |
| Ithaca¹ | Ithaca | |
| Lemnos¹ | Lemnos | |
| Leros | Leros, Aegean, Greece | |
| Lesbos¹ | Lesbos | |
| Melitta¹ | Malta | |
| Mona | Anglesey | |
| 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 | |
| Riduna | Alderney | |
| Salamis | Salamis, Greece | |
| Sapientia | Sapienza, south of Methone, Greece | |
| Sardinia | Sardinia | |
| Sarnia | Guernsey | |
| Schiza | Schiza , south of Methone, Greece | |
| Scyrus, Scyros | Scyros, Aegean, Greece | |
| Seriphos | Serifos , Aegean, Greece | |
| Sicilia | Sicily | |
| Siphnos | Siphnos , Aegean, Greece | |
| Skopelos, Sc?opelos | Skopelos, Sporades, Greece | |
| Strophades | Strophades , S of Zante, Greece | |
| Syros | Syros | |
| Thasos | Thasos, Aegean, Greece | |
| Vectis | Isle of Wight | |
| Zelandia | Zealand, Zeeland | |
| Zycanthus, Zacynthus | Zante (Zakynthos), Ionian, Greece |
See also
- Latin names of European cities
- Latin names of European rivers
- Latin names of cities
- Latin names of geographical features
- Latin names of lakes
- Latin names of mountains
- Latin names of regions
- Latin names of rivers
- List of Roman place names in Britain
- Roman Place names
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