List of Latin names of countries

This list includes the Roman names of countries, or significant regions, known to the Roman Empire.

Latin NameEnglish Name
AchaeaGreece
AfricaTunisia
AegyptusEgypt
AethiopiaSub-Saharan Africa
AlbaniaGeorgia, Azerbaijan
Anatolia Turkey (East)
AngliaEngland
ArabiaArabian Peninsula
ArianaAfghanistan, Iran (East) and Central Asia (West)
ArmeniaArmenia
ArmoricaBrittany
AsiaTurkey (West)
BaeticaAndalusia
BataviaPart of the Netherlands
BelgaeBelgium and the Netherlands
BithyniaTurkey (North West)
BohemiaBohemia
BorussiaPrussia
BritanniaBritain
CaledoniaScotland
CambriaWales
CiliciaTurkey (South East)
ColchisGeorgia (Western)
CornubiaCornwall
CretaCrete
CyprusCyprus
CyrenaicaLibya (East)
DaciaRomania, Moldova
DalmatiaMontenegro
DaniaDenmark
DalmatiaCroatia (South), Bosnia and Herzegovina (West and South)
D(i)ocle(ti)aMontenegro
DumnoniaDevon
EpirusEpirus: composed of the Albanian South and Greek Epirus
FinniaFinland
Foenicia or PhoeniciaLebanon
FormosaTaiwan
GalatiaTurkey (Central)
GallaeciaGalicia and Portugal (North)
GalliaFrance
GermaniaGermany
GraeciaGreece
Helvetia Switzerland
HiberniaIreland
HispaniaSpain
HungariaHungary
IberiaIberian Peninsula
IberiaGeorgia (Eastern)
IndiaIndia and the Indian subcontinent
IslandiaIceland
Illyria, IllyricumCroatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (South), Serbia (South West), Montenegro, Albania (North West)
ItaliaItaly
IudaeaJudea, Israel
LappiaLapland
Lechia, PoloniaPoland
LibaniLebanon
LibyaLibya (Eastern), Egypt (Western)
LituaniaBelarus, Lithuania
LivoniaEstonia and Latvia
LusitaniaPortugal (Central and South)
MacedoniaMacedonia, Greek Macedonia
MauretaniaMorocco (North), Algeria (North West)
Melitae, Melitensium, MelitensisMalta
Meridia South Pacific
MoesiaBulgaria, Serbia
MoraviaMoravia
Noricummainly Austria (South) and Slovenia (North)
NorvegiaNorway
NumidiaAlgeria (North East)
PalaestinaPalestine
PannoniaHungary, Croatia (North), Slovenia (North East)
ParthiaIran
PhoeniciaLebanon
PontusTurkey (North East)
RaetiaSwitzerland (North)
RutheniaRussia, Ukraine, Belarus
SarmatiaEastern Europe: Poland, Ukraine, Russia
ScandinaviaScandinavian Peninsula
ScotiaIreland, Scotland
ScythiaUkraine, South Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (East), Turkmenistan (North)
Scythia MinorDobruja
Seres, SinaeChina
SiciliaSicily
SilesiaSilesia
SueciaSweden
SyriaSyria
TaprobaneSri Lanka
TarraconensisSpain (North East)
ThraciaGreece, Bulgaria, Turkey
TransylvaniaRomania, Hungary
TingitanaMorocco
TripolitaniaLibya