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Latin names of mountains
Mountains like Hymettus have a Latinized Greek origin Hymettos.
Here are a list of mountains that are found in the Latin language.
| Latin | English name, [other name(s)], [older name(s)], [state/province/region], [nation or state], [continent] |
|---|---|
| Aegaleus¹ | Mount Aegaleus, Piraeus, Greece |
| Aenos | Mount Ainos, Kefallinia/Cephallonia, Greece |
| Aetna¹ | Mount Etna, Sicily |
| Albus, Mons | Mont Blanc, France and Italy |
| Alpis (ranges) | Alps, France to Austria |
| Alpis Australia? | Australian Alps, New South Wales |
| Andes (ranges) | Andes, Chile to Colombia |
| Aroania¹ | Mount Aroania/Chelmos, Greece |
| Atlas¹ (ranges) | Atlas Mountains, NW Africa |
| Caucasus | Caucasus mountains, Georgia to Azerbaijan |
| Cyllene¹ | Mount Cyllene, Kylléne |
| Dalmatia (Alpis) | Dalmatian Mountains , Damlatia , S Croatia, West Balkans |
| Dirphys¹ | Mount Dirphys , Greece |
| Elbrus | Mount Elbrus, Caucasus |
| Erymanthus¹ | Mount Erymanthus (Olonos) |
| Eryx | Monte San Giuliano , Sicily |
| Helicon¹ | Mount Helicon, Greece |
| Hymettus¹ | Mount Hymettus, Greece |
| Minthe¹ | Mount Minthe , Ilia, Greece |
| Oenoe¹ | Mount Oenoe , Greece |
| Olympicus (montes) | Olympic Mountains, Washington |
| Olympus Mons¹ (Asia Minor) | Mount Olympus, W Turkey |
| Olympus Mons¹ (Cyprus) | Mount Olympus, Cyprus |
| Olympus Mons¹ | Mount Olympus, Greece |
| Olympus Mons¹ (N. Zelandia) | Mount Olympus, New Zealand |
| Olympus Mons¹ (Tenn.) | Mount Olympus, Tennessee |
| Olympus Mons¹ (UT) | Mount Olympus, Utah |
| Olympus Mons¹ (Vasingtonia, Olympicus) | Mount Olympus, Washington |
| Ossa¹ | Mount Ossa , Thessaly, Greece |
| Ossa (Tasmania) | Mount Ossa, Tasmania |
| Parnassus¹ | Mount Parnassus, Greece |
| Pentele¹ | Pentele |
| Pholoe¹ | Mount Pholoe, Greece |
| Pindus¹ | Pindus, Pindos |
| Parnetha¹ | Mount Parnetha, Parnitha, Greece |
| Regius (Mons) | Mount Royal, Quebec |
| Rhodope¹ | Rhodope |
| Scollis¹ | Mount Scollis , Greece |
| Taurus¹ (ranges) | Taurus Mountains, S Turkey |
| Taygetus¹ | Mount Taygetus, Taygetos |
| Transylvania | Transylvania, N Romania |
| Vergina | Mount Vergina, Greece |
| Vesuvius | Mount Vesuvius, Italy |
- 1 - Latinized form of a Greek-derived mountain name
See also:
- Latin names of cities
- Latin names of European cities
- Latin names of geographical features
- Latin names of islands
- Latin names of lakes
- Latin names of regions
- Latin names of rivers
- List of Roman place names in Britain (Faeroese Islands, Iceland, Greenland) and Ireland
- Roman place names
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