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.

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

partial list

See also:

• List of Roman place names in Britain, includes Ireland, Faeroe Islands, and Iceland.
• Latin names of European cities
• Latin names of cities
• Latin names of communities (this list includes only small towns and villages)
• Latin names of European communities
• Latin names of geographical features
• Latin names of islands
• Latin names of mountains
• Latin names of regions
• Latin names of European rivers
• Latin names of rivers
• Roman place names

External link

• Place Names of Europe
• http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html