City Names
Many Italian cities, due to their importance, have English names, while many European, American Asian and African cities, for the same reason have Italian names. Here a give some of them.
Many cities, principally in Germany have retained their former Latin names, adapted to Italian, while others are adaptations of the original name, while others are translations and still others are names the cities had when they were under Italian dominion.
| English | Italian |
| Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) | Aquisgrana |
| Alexandroupolis | Alessandropoli |
| Ankara | Angora |
| Antioch | Antiochia |
| Antwerp | Anversa |
| Archangel | Arcangelo |
| Athens | Atene |
| Augsburg | Augusta |
| Avignon | Avignona |
| Baltimore | Baltimora |
| Bar | Antivari |
| Barcelona | Barcellona |
| Basel | Basilea |
| Belgrade | Belgrado |
| Bellenz | Bellinzona |
| Berlin | Berlino |
| Berne | Berna |
| Bolzen | Bolzano |
| Bratislava (Pressburg) | Bratislava, Pressburg |
| Brno (Brünn) | Brunna |
| Cadiz | Cadice |
| Carcassone | Carcassona |
| Coblenz | Coblenza |
| Coburg | Coburgo |
| Cologne | Colonia |
| Cologne | Colonia |
| Corinth | Corinto |
| Cracow | Cracovia |
| Damascus | Damasco |
| Dijon | Digione |
| Dresden | Dresda |
| Dublin | Dublino |
| Dubrovnik (Ragusa) | Ragusa |
| Dunkirk | Dunquerque |
| Edinburgh | Edinburgo |
| Edirne | Andrianopoli |
| Florence | Firenze |
| Flushing | Flessinga |
| Frankfurt (am Main) | Francoforte |
| Frankfurt (am Oder) | Francoforte sull'Oder |
| Freiburg | Friburgo di Brisgovia |
| Friburg | Friburgo |
| Gdansk (Danzig) | Danziga |
| Geneva | Ginevra |
| Genoa | Genova |
| Ghent | Guanto |
| Gothenburg | Gotenburgo |
| Göttingen | Gottinga |
| Groningen | Groninga |
| Hamburg | Amburgo |
| Istambul (Contantinople) | Istambul (Contantinopla) |
| Izmir (Smirna) | Smirna |
| Jerusalem | Gerusalemme |
| Leghorn | Livorno |
| Leiden | Leida |
| Leipsig | Lipsia |
| Leuven | Lovanio |
| Lille | Lilla |
| Lusbon | Lisbona |
| Ljublijana (Laibach) | Lubiana |
| Llerida | Lerida |
| London | Londra |
| Lübeck | Lubecca |
| Lublin | Lublino |
| Lucerne | Lucerna |
| Luxenburg | Lussenburgo |
| Lvov | Lepoli |
| Lyon | Lione |
| Mainz | Magonza |
| Mantua | Mantova |
| Marseille | Marsilia |
| Meißen | Misnia |
| Mexico City | Città del Messico |
| Milan | Milano |
| Moscow | Mosca |
| Munich | Monaco di Baviera |
| Naples | Napoli |
| Nice | Nizza |
| Nurenberg | Norimbega |
| Oldenburg | Oldenburga |
| Padua | Padova |
| Paris | Parigi |
| Passau | Passavia |
| Patras | Patrasso |
| Peking (Beijing) | Pecchino |
| Perpignan | Perpignano |
| Pompeii | Pompeia |
| Prague | Praga |
| Pula (Pola) | Pola |
| Ratisbon | Ratisbona |
| Rheims | Reims |
| Rijeka (Fiume) | Fiume |
| Rome | Roma |
| Rovinj | Rovino |
| Salonica | Salonico |
| Salzburg | Salzburgo |
| Santiago de Compostela | Santiago di Compostela |
| Sartene | Sartena |
| Schaffhausen | Sciaffusa |
| Schwyz | Svitto |
| Senj | Segna |
| Seville | Siviglia |
| Sibenik | Sebenico |
| Solin | Salona |
| Speyer | Spira |
| Split | Spalato |
| Sant Gallen | San Gallo |
| Saint Petersburg | San Pietroburgo |
| Sterzing | Vipiteno |
| Stockholm | Stoccolmo |
| Strasburg | Stasburgo |
| Stuttgart | Stoccarda |
| Syracuse | Siracusa |
| The Hague | L'Aia |
| Tokyo | Tokio |
| Toulon | Tolona |
| Trent | Trento |
| Trier | Treveri |
| Tübingen | Tubinga |
| Turin | Torino |
| Ulm | Ulma |
| Valetta | La Valetta |
| The Vatican | Il Vaticano |
| Venice | Venezia |
| Versailles | Versaglia |
| Villach | Villaco |
| Vlinius | Vilnia |
| Warsaw | Varsavia |
| Wroclaw | Breslavia |
| Zagreb | Zagrabia |
| Zurich | Zurigo |
| Zug | Zugo |
Sometimes regions also have Italian Names, but these tend to be adaptations of the original name, as, for example Cornwall, Cornovaglia. Here are some:
| English | Italian |
| Bavaria | Baviera |
| Brittany | Bretagna |
| Cornwall | Cornovaglia |
| Carinthia | Carinzia |
| Gascony | Gascogna |
| Le Marche | The Marches |
| Latium | Lazio |
| Lombardy | Lombardia |
| Normandy | Normandia |
| Puglia | Apulia |
| Provence | Provenza |
| South Tyrol | Alto Adige (Tirollo) |
| Tuscany | Toscana |
| Tyrol | Tirollo |
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