Genders of country names in Portuguese: male (green) - e.g. O Brasil , female (purple) - e.g. A Argélia , and gender omitted (yellow) - e.g. Portugal Below is a list of Portuguese language exonyms for places in non-Portuguese-speaking areas. Some of them are used exclusively in European Portuguese (marked E) while others appear just in Brazilian Portuguese (marked B).
Some of these terms are becoming disused, being often replaced with others closer to the original spelling. Adoptions of foreign terms and names in general are more acceptable and easy to enter popular use in the Brazilian variety, with spelling pronunciations or not.
Afghanistan Afghanistan Afeganistão English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Kabul Cabul, Cábul
Albania Albania Albânia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Shkodër Escútare, Escodra Shkodër Albanian Tirana Tirana Tiranë Albanian
Armenia Armenia Arménia (E), Armênia (B) English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Yerevan Erevã, Ierevã Երևան Armenian
Austria Austria Áustria English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Carinthia Carínita Kärnten German Danube Danúbio Donau German Innsbruck Insbruque Salzburg Salzburgo, Salisburgo Styria Estíria Steiermark German Vienna Viena Wien German
Australia Australia Austrália English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Canberra Camberra New South Wales Nova Gales do Sul Northern Territory Território do Norte Queensland Queenslândia South Australia Austrália Meridional, Austrália do Sul Tasmania Tasmânia Victoria Vitória Western Australia Austrália Ocidental, Austrália do Oeste
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijão English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Baku Bacu
Belgium Belgium Bélgica English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Antwerp Antuérpia Antwerpen Dutch Bruges Bruges Brugge Dutch Brussels Bruxelas Bruxelles French Flandres Flandres Vlaanderen Dutch Ghent Gante Gent Dutch Leuven Lovaina Meuse Mosa Maas Dutch Scheldt Escalda Wallonia Valónia (E), Valônia (B) Wallonie French
Belize Belize Belize English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Belize City Cidade de Belize Belmopan Belmopã
Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgária English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Sofia Sófia Sofiya Bulgarian
Canada Canada Canadá English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language British Columbia Colúmbia Britânica, Colômbia Britânica New Brunswick Novo Brunswick, Nova Brunswick, Novo Brunsvique, Nova Brunsvique Newfoundland Terra Nova Northwest Territories Territórios do Noroeste Nova Scotia Nova Escócia Ontario Ontário Ottawa Otava Quebec Quebeque
China China China English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Beijing Pequim Guangzhou Cantão Nanjing Nanquim Shanghai Xangai
Croatia Croatia Croácia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Zagreb Zagrebe
Cuba Cuba Cuba English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Havana Havana La Habana Spanish
Cyprus Cyprus Chipre English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Limassol Limassol Nicosia Nicósia Paphos Pafos
Czech Republic Czech Republic Chéquia (E), Tchéquia (B) English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Brno Brum, Bruno Prague Praga Praha Czech Plzeň Pilsen, Pilzem Sudetes Sudetas (Europe), Sudetos (Brazil)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark Denmark Dinamarca English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Copenhagen Copenhaga (E), Copenhague (B) Frisia Frísia Frisland Danish Greenland Gronelândia (E), Groenlândia (B) Grønland, Kalaallit Nunaat Danish, Greenlandic Jutland Jutlândia
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic República Dominicana English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Santo Domingo São Domingos
Egypt Egypt Egito English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Alexandria Alexandria Iskandariyya Arabic Cairo Cairo Qāhirah Arabic
Estonia Estonia Estónia (E), Estônia (B) English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Tallinn Talim
Ethiopia Ethiopia Etiópia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Addis Ababa Adis Abeba
Finland Finland Finlândia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Åland Alanda (E) Ahvenanmaa Finnish Helsinki Helsínquia (E), Helsinque (B) Helsinki Finnish Lapland Lapónia (E), Lapônia (B) Lapin Finnish
France France França English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Alsace Alsácia Aquitaine Aquitânia Artois Artésia Auvergne Auvérnia Avignon Avinhão Bayonne Baiona Bordeaux Bordéus (E, B ) Burgundy Borgonha Brittany Bretanha Calais Calêsio (B) Carcassonne Carcassona Cayenne Caiena Champagne Champanhe Corsica Córsega Dunkirk Dunquerque Dunkerque Duunkerke Duinkerke French French Flemish Dutch Franche-Comté Franco-Condado French Guiana Guiana Francesa Guyane française French Gascony Gasconha Lorraine Lorena Lyon Lião (E) Marseille Marselha Meuse Mosa Narbonne Narbona Normandy Normandia Orléans Orleães (E), Orleans (E) Perpignan Perpinhão (E), Perpinhã (B) Picardy Picardia Provençe Provença Pyrenees Pirenéus/Pirinéus (E), Pireneus (B) Rhône Ródano Rouen Ruão (E, B ) Seine Sena Strasbourg Estrasburgo Toulouse Tolosa Vendée Vendeia Vienne Viena (E)
Germany Germany Alemanha English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Aachen Aquisgrano , Aquisgrão Augsburg Augsburgo Baden Bade Bavaria Baviera Berlin Berlim Bonn Bona (E) Braunschweig Brunsvique (E, B ) Bremen Brema (E) Coburg Coburgo Cologne Colónia (E), Colônia (B) Dresden Dresda (E) Frankfurt Francoforte Freiburg Friburgo (E) Frisia Frísia Gotha Gota Göttingen Gotinga (E) Hamburg Hamburgo Hamelin Hamelim (E) Hanover Hanôver Heidelberg Heidelberga Hesse Héssia Koblenz Coblença (E) Konstanz Constança (E) Leipzig Lípsia Lübeck Lubeque Mainz Mogúncia (E) Mecklenburg Meclemburgo Munich Munique Nuremberg Nuremberga (E), Nuremberg (B), Nurembergue (B) Pomerania Pomerânia Regensburg Ratisbona (E), Regensburgo Rhine Reno Rhineland Renânia Saarland Sarre Saxony Saxónia (E), Saxônia (B) Schmalkalden Esmalcalda Stuttgart Estugarda (E, B ) Thuringia Turíngia Tübingen Tubinga (E) Westphalia Vestefália (E), Vestfália (B) Württemberg Vurtemburga (E) Würzburg Vurzburgo
Greece Greece Grécia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Athens Atenas Attica Ática Boeotia Beócia Cephalonia Cefalónia (E), Cefalônia (B) Corfu Corfu Kerkýra Greek Corinth Corinto Crete Creta Cyclades Cíclades Dodecanese Dodecaneso Epirus Épiro Euboea Eubeia Ionian Islands Ilhas Jónicas (E), Ilhas Jônicas (B) Macedonia Macedónia (E), Macedônia (B) Marathon Maratona Nafpaktos Lepanto Peloponnese Peloponeso Piraeus Pireu Rhodes Rodes Samothrace Samotrácia Sparta Esparta Thebes Tebas Thessaloniki (Tes)salónica (E), (Tes)salônica (B) Thessaly Tessália Thrace Trácia Zakynthos Zaquintos
Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Guatemala City Cidade da Guatemala Ciudad de Guatemala Spanish
Haiti Haiti Haiti English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Port-au-Prince Porto Príncipe, Porto do Príncipe Pòtoprens Haitian Creole
India India Índia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Daman Damão Hyderabad Hiderabade Kashmir Caxemira (E , B) Kolkata Calcutá Kólkata Bengali Mumbai Bombaim Mumbaī Maratha New Delhi Nova Deli, Nova Delhi, Nova Déli Panaji Pangim, Nova Goa "Nova Goa" is a historical name
Indonesia Indonesia Indonésia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Aceh Achém Aceh Ambon Amboíno, Ambão Borneo Bornéu Kalimantan Indonesian Jakarta Jacarta Kupang Cupao Makassar Macáçar, Macaçar Palembang Palimbão Sulawesi Celebes
Iran Iran Irão (E), Irã (B) English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Tehran Teerão (E), Teerã (B)
Iraq Iraq Iraque English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Baghdad Bagdade (E), Bagdá (B) Baġdād Arabic Basra Baçorá Baṣrah Arabic Mosul Mossul Mawsil Arabic
Ireland Ireland Irlanda English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Dublin Dublim Baile Átha Cliath Irish
Israel and Palestine Israel Israel e Palestine Palestina English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Bethlehem Belém Galilee Galileia Hagalil Hebrew Jaffa Jafa Jerusalem Jerusalém Nazareth Nazaré Tel Aviv Telavive
Italy Italy Itália English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Arezzo Arécio Assisí Assis Baragiano Barajão (E) Calabria Calábria Cagliari Cálhari (E) Campania Campânia Florence Florença Genoa Génova (E), Gênova (B) Lazio Lácio Liguria Ligúria Mantua Mântua Milan Milão Naples Nápoles Padua Pádua Piacenza Plasência (E) Piedmont Piemonte Sardinia Sardenha Sicily Sicília Tiber Tibre Turin Turim Venice Veneza Vesuvius Vesúvio
Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Port Royal Porto Real
Japan Japan Japão English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Kyoto Quioto Nagasaki Nagasáqui Tokyo Tóquio
Kenya Kenya Quénia (E), Quênia (B) English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Nairobi Nairóbi Mombasa Mombaça, Mombassa
Latvia Latvia Letónia (E), Letônia (B) English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Courland Curlândia (E) Kurzeme Latvian Latgallia Lat(e)gália (E), Let(e)gália (E) Latgale Latvian Semigallia Semigália (E), Semigola (E) Zemgale Latvian
Lebanon Lebanon Líbano English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Beirut Beirute Bayrūt Arabic Sidon Sídon, Sidom Saydā Arabic
Lithuania Lithuania Lituânia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Klaipėda Memel(burgo) (E) Samogitia Samogícia Vilnius Vilna
Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxemburgo English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Luxembourg Luxemburgo
Malaysia Malaysia Malásia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Johor Jor Kuala Lumpur Cuala Lumpur, Quala Lumpur , Cualalumpur Penang Penão, Pinão
Mali Mali Mali, Máli English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Bamako Bamaco Djenné Jené Timbuktu Tombuctu
Mexico Mexico México English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Baja California Baixa Califórnia Baja California Sur Baixa Califórnia do Sul Chihuahua Chiuaua Mexico City Cidade do México Ciudad de México Spanish Yucatán Iucatão (E), Iucatã (B) Yucatán Spanish
Moldova Moldova Molávia, Moldova English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Chişinău Quichineve
Morocco Morocco Marrocos English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Agadir Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (E) Casablanca Casa Branca (E), Casabranca (E) Draa Drá El Jadida Mazagão Kasba Tadla Tédula Marrakesh Marraquexe Meknes Meknès, Mequinez Ouarzazate Uarzazate Rabat Rebate Sous Sus, Suz Tafilalt Tafilal(e)t, Tafilete Tangier Tânger
Myanmar Myanmar Myanmar, Mianmar , Miamar English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Rangoon Rangum Yangon Burmese
Nepal Nepal Nepal English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Kathmandu Catmandu
Netherlands Netherlands Países Baixos English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Amsterdam Amesterdão (E), Amsterdã (B) Frisia Frísia Friesland, Fryslân Dutch, Frisian Groningen Groninga (E) Holland Holanda Leiden Leida (E) Limburg Limburgo Meuse Mosa (E) Nijmegen Nimega (E) Rhine Reno Rotterdam Roterdão (E), Roterdã (B) The Hague Haia Tilburg Tilburgo Utrecht Utreque (E) Zeeland Zelândia
North Korea North Korea Coreia do Norte English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Pyongyang Pionguiangue
North Macedonia North Macedonia Macedónia do Norte (E), Macedônia do Norte (B) English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Skopje Escópia
Pakistan Pakistan Paquistão English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Hyderabad Hiderabade Islamabad Islamabade Karachi Carachi, Caráchi Kashmir Caxemira
Panama Panama Panamá English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Panama City Cidade do Panamá Ciudad de Panamá Spanish
Paraguay Paraguay Paraguai English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Asunción Assunção Paraguay Guarani Ciudad del Este Cidade do Leste Táva Kuarahyresẽme Guarani
Poland Poland Polónia (E), Polônia (B) English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Bydgoszcz Bidoges Gdańsk Danges Cracow Cracóvia Kraków Polish Lublin Lublim (E) Mazovia Mazóvia Mazowsze Polish Mazuria Mazúria Mazury Polish Olsztyn Ouxetim Pomerania Pomerânia Pomorze Polish Szczecin Estetino Silesia Silésia Ślōnsk Silesian Warsaw Varsóvia Warszawa Polish Wrocław Breslau (E), Breslávia (E), Vratislávia (E)
Romania Romania Romênia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Banat Banato Bessarabia Bessarábia Basarab Romanian Bucharest Bucareste Constanţa Constança Transylvania Transilvânia Wallachia Valáquia
Russia Russia Rússia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Adygea Adiguésia, Adigeia Arkhangelsk Arcangel Bashkortostan Bascortostão Chechnya (T)che(t)chénia (E), (T)che(t)chênia (B) Dagestan Daguestão Ingushetia Inguchétia Kabardino-Balkaria Cabárdia-Balcária Kaliningrad Kaliningrado Kalmykia Calmúquia Karachay-Cherkessia Carachai-Circássia Karelia Carélia Kazan Cazã Mordovia Mordóvia Moscow Moscovo (E), Moscou (B) Orenburg Oremburgo Ossetia Ossétia Saint Petersburg São Petersburgo, Sampetersburgo Siberia Sibéria Tatarstan Tataristão Udmurtia Udmúrtia Volgograd Volgogrado Yekaterinburg Ecaterimburgo
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Arábia Saudita English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Jeddah Gidá, Jidá Mecca Meca Riyadh Riade
Serbia Serbia Sérvia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Belgrad Belgrado Beograd Serbian Banat Banato Danube Danúbio Dunav Serbian Novi Beograd Nova Belgrado Smederevo Semêndria
Singapore Singapore Singapura, Cingapura English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Singapore Singapura, Cingapura Singapura, Xīnjiāpō, Chiṅkappūr Malay, Mandarin, Tamil The spelling "Cingapura" is still widely used despite being officially discontinued in 1943.
Slovenia Slovenia Eslovénia (E)/ Eslovênia (B) English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Koper Capodístria Maribor Marburgo
South Africa South Africa África do Sul English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Bloemfontein Blumefontaina ǀʼAuxa ǃXās, Mangaung Cape Town Cidade do Cabo Kaapstad, iKapa Johannesburg Joanesburgo eGoli Pretoria Pretória ePitoli Port Elizabeth Porto Elizabeth Gqeberha, Die Baai, iBhayi
South Korea South Korea Coreia do Sul English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Seoul Seul
Spain Spain Espanha English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Andalusia Andaluzia Aragon Aragão Aragón, Aragó Spanish, Aragonese Asturias Astúrias Badajoz Badalhouce Historical, Obsolete Balearic Islands Ilhas Baleares Islas Baleares, Illes Balears Spanish, Catalan Basque Country País Basco Euskal Herria Basque Bilbao Bilbau (E) Bilbo Basque Biscay Biscaia Cádiz Cádis (E) Canary Islands Ilhas Canárias Islas Canarias Spanish Cantabria Cantábria Castile Castela Catalonia Catalunha Cataluña, Catalunya Spanish, Catalan Ciudad Rodrigo Cidade Rodrigo Córdoba Córdova Corunna Corunha La Coruña, A Coruña Spanish, Galician Galicia Galiza, Galícia (B) Gran Canaria Grã-Canária, Grande Canária Guadalajara Guadalaxara (E?) Jaén Xaém (E) La Mancha (A) Mancha León Leão Logroño Logronho Madrid Madri (B) Mallorca Maiorca Melilla Melilha Menorca Minorca Murcia Múrcia Olivenza Olivença Orense Ourense Palencia Palência/Palença Pyrenees Pirenéus/Pirinéus (E), Pireneus (B) San Sebastián São Sebastião (E) Seville Sevilha Sierra Nevada Serra Nevada Valencia Valência Valladolid Valhadolide (E) Zamora Samora Zaragoza Saragoça
Sudan Sudan Sudão English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Khartoum Cartum Kharṭūm Arabic
Sweden Sweden Suécia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Gotland Gotlândia Gothenburg Gotemburgo Göteborg Swedish Helsingborg Helsimburgo Lappland Lapónia (E), Lapônia (B) Scania Escânia Skåne Swedish Stockholm Estocolmo
Switzerland Switzerland Suíça English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Basel Basileia Bern Berna Fribourg Friburgo Geneva Genebra Genève French Lausanne Lausana (E) Lucerne Lucerna Luzern German Solothurn Soleura Zürich Zurique
Syria Syria Síria English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Damascus Damasco Dimashq, Shām Arabic
Tanzania Tanzania Tanzânia, Tanzania English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Arusha Aruxa Dar es Salaam Dar es Salã
Thailand Thailand Tailândia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Bangkok Banguecoque (E), Bancoque (B)
Turkey Turkey Turquia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Istanbul Istambul
Uganda Uganda Uganda English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Kampala Campala
Ukraine Ukraine Ucrânia English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Kyiv Quieve Zaporizhzhia Zaporíjia
United Kingdom United Kingdom Reino Unido English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Ascension Ascensão Cambridge Cambrígia, Cantabrígia Canterbury Cantuária (E) Channel Islands Ilhas do Canal (da Mancha) Cornwall Cornualha Edinburgh Edimburgo Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Edimburgo dos Sete Mares England Inglaterra English Channel Canal da Mancha Falkland Islands Ilhas Malvinas, Ilhas Falkland Hebrides Hébridas Jersey Jérsia (E), Jérsei Lancaster Lencastre London Londres Orkney Órcadas, Órcades Oxford Oxónia (E), Oxônia (B) Plymouth Plimude Saint Helena Santa Helena Scotland Escócia Tristan da Cunha Tristão da Cunha Thames Tamisa (E), Tâmisa (B) Wales (País de) Gales York Iorque (E)
United States United States Estados Unidos English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Alaska Alasca California Califórnia Disneyland Disneylândia Florida Flórida, Florida Georgia Geórgia Guam Guã , Guame Hawaii Havai (E), Havaí (B) Hawai'i Hawaiian Indianapolis Indianápolis Louisiana Luisiana Minneapolis Mineápolis New England Nova Inglaterra New Hampshire Nova Hampshire, Novo Hampshire New Jersey Nova Jérsia (E), Nova Jérsei (B) New Mexico Novo México New Orleans Nova Orleães (E), Nova Orleans (B) New York Nova York, Nova Iorque North Carolina Carolina do Norte North Dakota Dacota do Norte, Dakota do Norte Northern Mariana Islands Ilhas Marianas Setentrionais, Ilhas Marianas do Norte Oregon Óregon Pennsylvania Pensilvânia Philadelphia Filadélfia Puerto Rico Porto Rico San Diego São Diego San Francisco São Francisco South Carolina Carolina do Sul South Dakota Dacota do Sul, Dakota do Sul Vermont Vermonte Virginia Virgínia West Virginia Virgínia Ocidental
Uruguay Uruguay Uruguai English name Portuguese name Endonym Notes Name Language Colonia del Sacramento Colónia do Sacramento (E), Colônia do Sacramento (B) Montevideo Montevideu (E), Montevidéu (B)
See also