Latin Place Names

found in the imprints
of books printed before 1801

and their vernacular equivalents in AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules) form

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and
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A note on orthography: This database was compiled from the imprint information in cataloging records of several Anglo-American research libraries. Because these records were created over a long period of time and under different standards and rules of transcription, the orthography of the place names with respect to I/J and U/V/W does not necessarily reflect what was found in the original. Therefore, the orthography is standardized in this database. I/J will always be transcribed "I"; U/V will be transcribed "V" for upper case, and "u" for lower case; "VV", "uu", "Vu", etc., will be transcribed "W."

It is currently only possible to enter ASCII characters in HTML files. This limits the availability of diacritical marks to the most common. Therefore, some AACR2 forms, especially those for Eastern European cities, are missing their diacritics. These entries should be checked against the National Authority File for the exact form.

Main entry points for names are given in the locative case, as they generally appear in the books. Other forms, if they appear in early printed books, are given as cross references.

Places whose jurisdictions have changed over time may have more than one valid AACR2 form. Second and subsequent valid forms will be preceded by an equals sign (=). In the case of identical Latin forms that refer to different modern locations, the various AACR2 forms are presented without connecting equals signs.

Main entries accompanied by asterisk (*) have a note giving the documentation for the place name. The main sources are R.A. Peddie, Place names in imprints : an index to the Latin and other forms used on title pages (1968) [cited as: "Peddie"], and J.G.T. Graesse, F. Benedict, and H. Plechl, Orbis Latinus : Lexikon lateinischer geographischer Namen des Mittelalaters und der Neuzeit (1972) [cited as: Graesse]. For a translation of many of the abbreviations and German words found in Graesse, click here.

For a glossary of Latin terms other than place names found in early imprints, click here.

Questions, additions, corrections, or comments? Please contact Robert L. Maxwell, rare books cataloger, Harold B. Lee Library.

Last updated: 8 May 1997.



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A

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Aberdoniae
see Aberdoniis
   
Aberdoniis* Aberdeen (Scotland) stk
Aboae* Turku (Finland) fi
Alenthopoli
see Alentopholi
   
Alentopholi* Fictitious imprint. Refers to Amsterdam it
Alentopoli
see Alentopholi
   
Alexandriae* Alessandria (Italy) it
Altdorfi Noricorum
see Altdorfii
   
Altdorfii* Altdorf (Baden, Germany) gw
Altdorfii Noric.
see Altdorfii
   
Altdorphii
see Altdorfii
   
Altemburgae*
see also Altenburgi in Misnia
Altenburg (Horn, Austria) au
Altenburgae
see Altemburgae
   
Altenburgi in Misnia* Altenburg (Saxony, Germany) gw
Altonae
see Altonauiae
   
Altonae ad Albim
see Altonauiae
   
Altonauiae* Altona (Germany)
=Hamburg-Altona (Hamburg, Germany)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
gw
Altorfii
see Altdorfii
   
Altorfii Noricorum
see Altdorfii
   
Altorphii
see Altdorfii
   
Altorphii Noric.
see Altdorfii
   
Ambergae* Amberg (Oberpfalz, Germany) gw
Americae United States xxu
Amstaelodami
see Amstelodami
   
Amstelaedami
see Amstelodami
   
Amsteledami
see Amstelodami
   
Amstellaedami
see Amstelodami
   
Amstelodami* Amsterdam (Netherlands) ne
Amstelraedami
see Amstelodami
   
Amstelredami
see Amstelodami
   
Amstelreodami
see Amstelodami
   
Amstelrodami
see Amstelodami
   
Amsteraedami
see Amstelodami
   
Amsterdami
see Amstelodami
   
Amsterodami
see Amstelodami
   
Anconae* Ancona (Italy) it
Angelopoli* Puebla (Mexico) mx
Angelorum ciuitate
see Angelopoli
   
Angliae* England enk
Antuerp.
see Antuerpiae
   
Antuerpiae* Antwerp (Belgium) be
Antwerpiae
see Antuerpiae
   
Argentinae
see Argentorati
   
Argentor.
see Argentorati
   
Argentoraci
see Argentorati
   
Argentoraco ueteri
see Argentorati
   
Argentoragi
see Argentorati
   
Argentorati * Argentoratum
=Strassburg (Germany)
=Strasbourg (France)
[all valid AACR2 headings]
fr
Argentoratum
see Argentorati
   
Argentoriati
see Argentorati
   
Arimini* Rimini (Italy) it
Arnhemiae* Arnhem (Netherlands) ne
Arnhemii
see Arnhemiae
   
Arnhemiae in Ducatu Geldriae
see Arnhemiae
   
Arnstadii* Arnstadt (Germany) gw
Arosiae* Västerås (Sweden) sw
Arretii* Arezzo (Italy) it
Ascaniae* Aschersleben (Germany) gw
Ascaniensis
see Ascaniae
   
Astae*
see alsoAstae Regiae
Asti (Italy) it
Astae Coloniae
see Astae
   
Astae Pompeiae
see Astae
   
Astae Regiae* Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) sp
Auarici Biturigum
see Biturigibus
   
Auenione* Avignon (France) fr
Auenioni
see Auenione
   
Aug. Vind.
see Augustae Vindelicorum
   
Augustae *
most frequently Augustae Vindelicorum,
but also Argentorati, Augustae Treuirorum,
Londini, Tarracone,Taurini, and
Tubingae
   
Augustae Taurinorum
see Taurini
   
Augustae Treboc
see Argentorati
   
Augustae Trebocorum
see Argentorati
   
Augustae Treuirorum * Trier (Germany) gw
Augustae Trinobantum
see Londini
   
Augustae Tubingae
see Tubingae
   
Augustae Vind.
see Augustae Vindelicorum
   
Augustae Vindelicae
see Augustae Vindelicorum
   
Augustae Vindelicorum * Augsburg (Germany) gw
Augustam Vindelicorum
see Augustae Vindelicorum
   
Aureliae*
see also Aureliae Aquensi
and Geneuae
Orléans (France) fr
Aureliae Allobrogum
see Geneuae
   
Aureliae Aquensi * Baden-Baden (Germany) gw
Aurelianae Allobrogum
see Geneuae
   
Aurelianis
see Aureliae
   

B

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Baltimori Baltimore (Md.) mdu
Bambergae* Bamberg (Germany) gw
Barcinonae* Barcelona (Spain) sp
Barcinone
see Barcinonae
   
Bartphae* Bardejov (Slovakia) xo
Baruthi* Bayreuth (Germany) gw
Basilae
see Basileae
   
Basilaea
see Basileae
   
Basilaeam
see Basileae
   
Basile
see Basileae
   
Basilea
see Basileae
   
Basileae* Basel (Switzerland) sz
Basileam
see Basileae
   
Basilee
see Basileae
   
Basileus
see Basileae
   
Basiliae
see Basileae
   
Basiliaeam
see Basileae
   
Basilias
see Basileae
   
Basilieae
see Basileae
   
Basiliensis
see Basileae
   
Basle
see Basileae
   
Bathoniae* Bath (England) enk
Bellositi Dobunorum
see Oxoniis
   
Belluni* Belluno (Italy) it
Bergamo
see Bergomi
   
Bergomi* Bergamo (Italy) it
Bergomo
see Bergomi
   
Berlini
see Berolini
   
Berloni
see Berolini
   
Bernae* Bern (Switzerland) sz
Bernae Heluet
see Bernae
   
Bernae Heluetiis
see Bernae
   
Bernburgi* Bernburg (Germany) gw
Beroline
see Berolini
   
Berolini* Berlin (Germany) gw
Bethaniae ad Oderam * Beuthen (Germany)
=Bytom (Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Biponti* Zweibrücken (Germany) gw
Birminghamae
see Birminghamiae
   
Birminghamiae Birmingham (England) enk
Biturigibus* Bourges (France) fr
Biturigum
see Biturigibus
   
Bononiae* Bologna (Italy) it
Boni Aere* Buenos Aeres (Argentina) ag
Bononieae
see Bononiae
   
Bostonae Nou-Anglorum
see Bostoniae
   
Bostoni Nou-Anglorum
see Bostoniae
   
Bostoni in Nou-Anglia
see Bostoniae
   
Bostoni-Massachusettensium
see Bostoniae
   
Bostoniae Boston (Mass.) mau
Bostoniae Americae
see Bostoniae
   
Bracciani* Bracciano (Italy) it
Bregae* Brieg (Germany)
=Brzeg (Opole, Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Bremae* Bremen (Germany) gw
Bresciae*
see also Brixiae
Brest (Belarus) bw
Breslae
see Vratislauiae
   
Breslauiae
see Vratislauiae
   
Brigae
see Bregae
   
Brixiae* Brescia (Italy) it
Brixiaeae
see Brixiae
   
Brixie
see Brixiae
   
Brugis Flandror
see Brugis Flandrorum
   
Brugis Flandrorum * Bruges (Belgium) be
Brunae* Brno (Czech Republic) xr
Brunouici
see Brunswici
   
Brunsbergae* Braunsberg (Germany)
=Braniewo (Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Brunsuigae
see Brunswici
   
Brunswici* Braunschweig (Germany) gw
Brunswigae
see Brunswici
   
Bruxellae
see Bruxellis
   
Bruxellis* Brussels (Belgium) be
Budae* Buda (Hungary)
=Budapest (Hungary)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
hu
Budae in Hungaria
see Budae
   
Budingae* Büdingen (Hesse, Germany) gw
Budissae* Bautzen (Germany) gw
Budissinae
see Budissae
   
Buduicii Bohemorum * Ceské Budejovice (Czech Republic) xr
Burdigalae* Bordeaux (France) fr

C

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Cadomi* Caen (France) fr
Caesaraugustae* Zaragoza (Spain) sp
Caesaroduni Turonum * Tours (France) fr
Caesenae* Cesena (Italy) it
Cameraci* Cambrai (France) fr
Campaniae* Campagna (Italy) it
Campidonae* Kempten (Germany) gw
Campis* Kampen (Netherlands) ne
Cantabridgiae
see Cantabrigiae
   
Cantabrigae
see Cantabrigiae
   
Cantabrigiae*
see also Cantabrigiae Nou-Angliae
Cambridge (England) enk
Cantabrigiae Nou-Angl
see Cantabrigiae Nou-Angliae
   
Cantabrigiae Nou-Angliae Cambridge (Mass.) mau
Cantabrigiae Nou-Anglorum
see Cantabrigiae Nou-Angliae
   
Cantuariae* Canterbury (England) enk
Carnuti* Chartres (France) fr
Carolopoli* Charleville (Ardennes, France)
=Charleville-Mézières (France)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
fr
Carolsruhae* Karlsruhe (Germany) gw
Casselis* Kassel (Germany) gw
Catinae* Catania (Italy) it
Ceruariae* Cervera (Spain) sp
Cesaragustana Ciuitate
see Caesaraugustae
   
Chemnicii* Karl-Marx-Stadt (Germany)
= Chemnitz (Germany)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
gw
Christianopoli* Kristianstad (Sweden) sw
Ciuitate Basiliensis
see Basileae
   
Ciuitate Bonaerensi
see Boni Aere
   
Cizae* Zeitz (Germany) gw
Clagenfurti* Klagenfurt (Austria) au
Claudiopoli* Kolozsvár (Hungary)
= Cluj (Romania)
= Cluj-Napoca (Romania) [all valid AACR2 headings]
rm
Cliuiae* Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) gw
Cliuis
see Cliuiae
   
Coatemalae
see Guatemalae
   
Col. Claud. Aug. Agripp.
see Coloniae Agrippinae
   
Col. Agrippinae
see Coloniae Agrippinae
   
Coloniae Agripp.
see Coloniae Agrippinae
   
Coloniae Agrippinae * Cologne (Germany) gw
Coloniae Agrippinensium
see Coloniae Agrippinae
   
Coloniae Allobrogum
see Geneuae
   
Coloniae Brandenburgicae *
see Berolini
   
Coloniae Marchicae
see Berolini
   
Coloniae Munatianae
see Basileae
   
Coloniae Munitinae
see Basileae
   
Coloniae Vbiorum
see Coloniae Agrippinae
   
Coloniam Agrippinam
see Coloniae Agrippinae
   
Compluti* Alcalá de Henares (Spain) sp
Conimbricae* Coimbra (Portugal) po
Constantiae* Konstanz (Germany)
Coutances (France)
gw
fr
Coppenhagii
see Hafniae
   
Cordubae *
see also Cordubae Tucumanorum
Córdoba (Spain) sp
Cordubae Tucumanorum * Córdoba (Argentina) ag
Coronae Transyluaniae * Brasov (Romania) rm
Cortonae* Cortona (Italy) it
Cosmopoli Fictitious imprint. Actual location varies.
Known locations include Frankfurt-am-Main, Geneva,
Leipzig, London, and Rotterdam.
 
Craccouie
see Cracouiae
   
Cracouiae* Kraków (Poland) pl
Cremonae* Cremona (Italy) it
Curiae
see also Curiae Regnitianae
Chur (Switzerland) sz
Curiae Regnitianae Hof (Hof, Germany) gw

D

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Dantisci
see Gedani
   
Darmbstadii* Darmstadt (Germany) gw
Dauentriae* Deventer (Netherlands) ne
Dauentriensis
see Dauentriae
   
Delfis
see Delphis
   
Delphis* Delft (Netherlands) ne
Delphis Batauorum
see Delphis
   
Deodati* Saint-Dié (France) fr
Dilingae
see Dillingae
   
Dillingae* Dillingen an der Donau (Germany) gw
Diuione* Dijon (France) fr
Dordraci* Dordrecht (Netherlands) ne
Dordrechti
see Dordraci
   
Dorpati* Tartu (Estonia) er
Dresdae* Dresden (Germany) gw
Duaci* Douai (France) fr
Dublini* Dublin (Ireland) ie
Dubliniae
see Dublini
   
Dublinii
see Dublini
   
Dublinii in Hibernia
see Dublini
and Hiberniae
   
Duisburgi* Duisburg gw
Duisburgi ad Rhenum
see Duisburgi
   
Durdrechti
see Dordraci
   
Durocortori* Reims (France) fr
Dusseldorpii* Düsseldorf (Germany) gw
Duysburgi Cliuorum
see Duisburgi
   

E

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Eberhardescellae* Einsiedeln (Switzerland) sz
Eboraci* York (England) enk
Eborae* Evora (Portugal) po
Ebroduni in Heluetia *
see also Heluetiae
Yverdon (Switzerland) sz
Edimburgi
see Edinburgi
   
Edinburgense
see Edinburgi
   
Edinburghi
see Edinburgi
   
Edinburgi* Edinburgh (Scotland) stk
Einsidlensis
see Eberhardescllae
   
Eleutheropoli Fictitious imprint. Actual location varies.
Known locations include Amsterdam,
Basel, and London.
 
Eleutheropoli Natoliae Fictitious imprint. Known location of Edinburgh.  
Eporediae* Ivrea (Italy) it
Erffordie
see Erfordiae
   
Erfordiae* Erfurt (Germany) gw
Erfurti
see Erfordiae
   
Erfurtii
see Erfordiae
   
Erlangae* Erlangen (Germany) gw
Erphordiae
see Erfordiae
   
Erphordie
see Erfordiae
   
Erphurdiae
see Erfordiae
   

F

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Fauentiae* Faenza (Italy) it
Ferrariae* Ferrara (Italy) it
Ferrarie
see Ferrariae
   
Flensburgi* Flensburg (Germany) gw
Flexiae* La Flèche (France) fr
Florentiae* Florence (Italy) it
Florentie
see Florentiae
   
Florentinae
see Florentiae
   
Franc.
see Francofurti ad Moenum
see also Francofurti ad Oderam
   
Franc. ad Viadrum
see Francofurti ad Oderam
   
Francof. ad Oderam
see Francofurti ad Oderam
   
Francofordiae *
see Francofurti ad Moenum
   
Francofurdi
see Francofurti ad Moenum
   
Francofurti
see Francofurti ad Moenum
   
Francofurti a. M.
see Francofurti ad Moenum
   
Francofurti ad Oderam * Frankfurt an der Oder (Germany) gw
Francofurti ad Moenum * Frankfurt am Main (Germany) gw
Francofurti ad Viadrum
see Francofurti ad Oderam
   
Francofurti cis Viadrum
see Francofurti ad Oderam
   
Francofurti Marchionum
see Francofurti ad Moenum
   
Franekerae* Franeker (Netherlands) ne
Franekerae Frisiorum
see Franekerae
   
Franequerae
see Franekerae
   
Frankfurti ad Viadrum
see Francofurti ad Oderam
   
Frankofurti
see Francofurti ad Moenum
see also Francofurti ad Oderam
   
Friburga
see Friburgi Brisgouiae
see also Friburgi Heluetiorum
   
Friburgi Auenticorum
see Friburgi Heluetiorum
   
Friburgi Brisgoiae
see Friburgi Brisgouiae
   
Friburgi Brisgouiae * Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) gw
Friburgi Heluet
see Friburgi Heluetiorum
   
Friburgi Heluetiorum * Fribourg (Switzerland) sz
Friburgum Brisgaudiae
see Friburgi Brisgouiae
   
Frisingae* Freising (Germany) gw

G

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Gallicum Biturigibus
see Biturigibus
   
Gandaui* Ghent (Belgium) be
Garnatae* Granada (Spain) sp
Gedani* Danzig (Germany)
=Gdansk (Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Gelrorum*
see alsoHarderouici
Gelderland (Netherlands) ne
Geneuae* Geneva (Switzerland) sz
Genuae* Genoa (Italy) it
Germani Noribergae
see Norimbergae
   
Germaniae Basilea
see Basileae
   
Germanopoli
see Duisburgi
   
Ghryphiswaldiae
see Gryphiswaldae
   
Giessae* Giessen (Hesse, Germany) gw
Giessae-Hassorum
see Giessae
   
Gippeswici in Anglia *
see also Angliae
Ipswich (England) enk
Gissae
see Giessae
   
Gissae-Hassorum
see Giessae
   
Glasguae* Glasgow (Scotland) stk
Glasquae
see Glasguae
   
Goerlicii
see Gorlicii
   
Goettingae* Göttingen (Germany) gw
Gorlici Lusatorum
see Gorlicii
   
Gorlicii* Görlitz (Dresden, Germany) gw
Gorlitii
see Gorlicii
   
Goslariae* Goslar (Germany) gw
Gothae Gotha (Germany) gw
Götingae
see Goettingae
   
Gottingae
see Goettingae
   
Goudae* Gouda (Netherlands) ne
Graecii* Graz (Austria) au
Grantianopoli* Grenoble (France) fr
Groningae* Groningen (Netherlands) ne
Gryphiswaldae* Greifswald (Germany) gw
Gryphiswaldiae
see Gryphiswaldae
   
Guatemalae* Guatemala (Guatemala) gt
Guelferbyti
see Guelpherbyti
   
Guelpherbyti* Heinrichstadt (Wolfenbüttel)
=Wolfenbüttel (Germany)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
gw
Gustrouii* Güstrow (Germany) gw

H

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Hafniae* Copenhagen (Denmark) dk
Hagae-Comitis* Hague (Netherlands) ne
Hagae-Comitum
see Hagae-Comitis
   
Haganoae
see Hagenoae
   
Hagenoae* Haguenau (France) fr
Hagenoe
see Hagenoae
   
Hagenowe
see Hagenoae
   
Halae ad Salam* Halle an der Saale (Germany) gw
Halae Hermunduror.
see Halae ad Salam
   
Halae Magdeb.
see Halae ad Salam
   
Halae Magdeburgicae
see Halae ad Salam
   
Halae Salicae
see Halae ad Salam
   
Halae Saxonum
see Halae ad Salam
   
Halae Sueuorum* Hall (Germany)
=Schwäbisch Hall (Germany)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
gw
Halberstadi* Halberstadt (Germany) gw
Halberstadii
see Halberstadi
   
Halis Saxonum
see Halae ad Salam
   
Halis Magdeburgicis
see Halae ad Salam
   
Hallae Hermundoror
see Halae ad Salam
   
Hallae Magdeburgicae
see Halae ad Salam
   
Hallis Saxonum
see Halae ad Salam
   
Hamburgi* Hamburg (Germany) gw
Hannouerae* Hannover (Germany) gw
Hannoueri
see Hannouerae
   
Hanouerae
see Hannouerae
   
Hanouiae* Hanau (Germany) gw
Harderouici* Harderwijk (Netherlands) ne
Harderouici Gelrorum
see Harderouici
   
Harderuici
see Harderouici
   
Harderuici Gelrorum
see Harderouici
   
Harlemi* Haarlem (Netherlands) ne
Harlingae* Harlingen (Netherlands) ne
Harlingae Frisiorum
see Harlingae
   
Hartfordiae Hartford (Conn.) ctu
Hauniae
see Hafniae
   
Hauaniae
see Hafniae
   
Heidelbergae* Heidelberg (Germany) gw
Heilbronnae* Heilbronn (Germany) gw
Helenopoli
see Francofurti ad Moenum
   
Helmaestadii
see Helmestadii
   
Helmestadii* Helmstedt (Germany) gw
Helmstadii
see Helmestadii
   
Heluetiae* Switzerland sz
Herbipoli* Würzburg (Germany) gw
Herbornae* Herborn (Germany) gw
Herbornae Nassauiae
see Herbornae
   
Herbornae Nassauiorum
see Herbornae
   
Herbornae Nassouiorum
see Herbornae
   
Herder-Wiici
see Harderouici
   
Herderwiici
see Harderouici
   
Heydelbergae
see Heidelbergae
   
Hiberniae* Ireland ie
Hildesiae* Hildesheim (Germany) gw
Hildesii
see Hildesiae
   
Hispalensi
see Hispali
   
Hispali* Seville (Spain) sp
Hispaniae* Spain sp
Holmiae* Stockholm (Sweden) sw
Hornae Westfrisiorum * Hoorn (Netherlands) ne

I

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Iaurini* Györ (Hungary) hu
Ienae* Jena (Germany) gw
Ihenae
see Ienae
   
Ilerdae* Lérida (Spain) sp
Ingoldstadiensis
see Ingolstadii
   
Ingolstadii* Ingolstadt (Germany) gw
Insulae ad lacum Acronium * Lindau (Bavaria, Germany) gw
Iscae Dumnoniorum * Exeter (England) enk
Isenaci* Eisenach (Germany) gw
Islebiae
see Islebii
   
Islebii* Eisleben (Germany) gw
Isnae
see Isnae in Algauia
   
Isnae in Algauia* Isny im Allgäu (Germany) gw
Iutreboci* Jüterbog (Germany) gw

K

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Kiloni* Kiel (Germany) gw

L

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Labaci* Ljubljana (Slovenia) xv
Landshutae* Landshut (Germany) gw
Landsshut
see Landshutae
   
Laudae* Lodi (Italy) it
Lausannae* Lausanne (Switzerland) sz
Leidae
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Leidae Batauorum
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lemgouiae* Lemgo (Germany) gw
Lentiis ad Danubium
see Lincii
   
Leodii* Liège (Belgium) be
Leopoli* Lemberg (Austria)
=Lwów (Poland)
= L'viv (Ukraine)
[all valid AACR2 headings]
un
Leouardiae* Leeuwarden (Netherlands) ne
Lesnae Polonorum * Leszno (Poland) pl
Leucopetrae* Weissenfels (Germany) gw
Leydae
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Leydae in Batauis
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Leyde
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Leyptzk
see Lipsiae
   
Liburni* Livorno (Italy) it
Lignicii* Liegnitz (Germany)
= Legnica (Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Liiptzig
see Lipsiae
   
Lincii* Linz (Austria) au
Lincii Austriae
see Lincii
   
Lindaugiae
see Insulae ad lacum Acronium
   
Lipcz
see Lipsiae
   
Lipsiae* Leipzig (Germany) gw
Limae Lima (Peru) pe
Lipsie
see Lipsiae
   
Lipsiensi
see Lipsiae
   
Lipsigk
see Lipsiae
   
Liptsk
see Lipsiae
   
Liptzck
see Lipsiae
   
Liptzig
see Lipsiae
   
Liptzik
see Lipsiae
   
Liptzk
see Lipsiae
   
Litomisslii* Litomysl (Czech Republic) xr
Lodani* Loano (Italy) it
Londini* London (England) enk
Londini Gothorum
see Lundae
   
Londini Scanorum
see Lundae
   
Londinum
see Londini
   
Londoni
see Londini
   
Londoniae
see Londini
   
Louanii* Louvain (Belgium) be
Lubecae* Lübeck (Germany) gw
Lucae* Lucca (Italy) it
Lucernae* Lucerne (Switzerland) sz
Lucronii Catabricae * Logroño (Spain) sp
Lug. Bat.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lug. Batau.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lug. Batauor.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lug. Batauorum
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugd.
see Lugduni
see also Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugd. Bat.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugd. Batau.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugd. Batauor.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugd. Batauorum
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugdoni
see Lugduni
   
Lugdu. Batau.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugdun.
see Lugduni
see also Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugdun. Batau.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugdun. Batauorum
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugduni*
see also Lugduni Batauorum
Lyon (France) fr
Lugduni apud Batauos
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugduni Bat.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugduni Batau.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugduni Batauor.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugduni Batauori
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugduni Batauorum * Leiden (Netherlands) ne
Lugduni in Batauis
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugduno-Bat.
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugduno-Batauae
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugdunum
see Lugduni
   
Lugdunum Batauorum
see Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lugdynensem
see Lugduni
   
Lunaeburgae
see Luneburgi
   
Lunaeburgi
see Luneburgi
   
Lundae* Lund (Sweden) sw
Luneburgi* Lüneburg (Germany) gw
Luteciae
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Luteciae Parisiorum
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Lutetia
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Lutetiae
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Lutetiae Parisior.
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Lutetiae Parisiorum * Paris (France) fr
Lutetie Parisiorum
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Lutitiae
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Lutitiae Parisiorum
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Lutotiae
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Luxemburgi* Luxembourg (Luxembourg) lu
Lycii* Lecce (Italy) it
Lygduni
see Lugduni
see also Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lygdunum
see Lugduni
see also Lugduni Batauorum
   
Lygnicii
see Lignicii
   
Lypsiae
see Lipsiae
   
Lyptzgk
see Lipsiae
   
Lyptzigk
see Lipsiae
   
Lyptzk
see Lipsiae
   
Lytetiae
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   

M

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Madridii* Madrid (Spain) sp
Magdaeburgi
see Magdeburgi
   
Magdeburgi* Magdeburg (Germany) gw
Magonae* Mahón (Spain) sp
Magone
see Magonae
   
Magontiaci
see Moguntiae
   
Maguncia
see Moguntiae
   
Manhemii* Mannheim (Germany) gw
Mannheimii
see Manhemii
   
Mannhemii
see Manhemii
   
Mantuae* Mantua (Italy) it
Mantuae Carpentanae
see Madridii
   
Mantuae Carpentanorum
see Madridii
   
Mantue
see Mantuae
   
Marburgi
see Marpurgi
   
Marburgi-Cattorum
see Marpurgi
   
Marpurgi* Marburg (Germany) gw
Marpurgi Cattorum
see Marpurgi
   
Marpurgi Hessorum
see Marpurgi
   
Matisconae* Mâcon (France) fr
Matiscone
see Matisconae
   
Matriti
see Madridii
   
Maximae Biturigum
see Biturigibus
   
Mechliniae* Mechelen (Belgium) be
Medioburgi* Middelburg (Netherlands) ne
Mediolani* Milan (Italy) it
Meldis* Meaux (France) fr
Messanae* Messina (Italy) it
Methymnae a Campo * Medina del Campo (Spain) sp
Metis* Metz (France) fr
Meuaniae* Bevagna (Italy) it
Mexicana ciuitate
see Mexici
   
Mexici* Mexico City (Mexico) mx
Micro-Pragae
see Pragae
   
Middelburgi
see Medioburgi
   
Middelburgi Zelandiae
see Medioburgi
   
Mirandulae* Mirandola (Italy) it
Misenae* Meissen (Saxony, Germany) gw
Miseni
see Misenae
   
Mitauiae* Jelgava (Latvia) lv
Modona
see Mutinae
   
Moeno-Francofurtensis
see Francofurti ad Moenum
   
Moeno-Francofurti
see Francofurti ad Moenum
   
Moguntiaci
see Moguntiae
   
Moguntiae* Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) gw
Moguntiam
see Moguntiae
   
Moguntias
see Moguntiae
   
Moguntina
see Moguntiae
   
Moguntini
see Moguntiae
   
Monacensis
see Monachii
   
Monachii* Munich (Germany) gw
Monaci
see Monachii
   
Monasterii Westphaliae * Münster in Westfalen (Germany) gw
Monspelii
see Monspessulanii
   
Monspessulanii* Montpellier (France) fr
Montalbani* Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne, France) fr
Monteregali* Mondovì (Italy) it
Montisbelgardi
see Montisbeligardi
   
Montisbeligardi Montbéliard (France) fr
Mosquae* Moscow (Russia) ru
Mulhusae* Mühlhausen (Thuringia, Germany) gw
Mutinae* Modena (Italy) it
Myrtilleti ad Nicurm
see Heidelbergae
   

N

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Nanceii* Nancy (France) fr
Nao-Pragae
see Pragae
   
Napoli Nemetum
see Neapoli Casimirianae
   
Neapoli* Naples (Italy) it
Neapoli Casimirianae * Neustadt an der Haardt (Germany)
=Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (Germany)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
gw
Neapoli Nemetum
see Neapoli Casimirianae
   
Neo-Eboraci see Noui-Eboraci    
Neoburgi ad Istrum
see Neoburgi Cattorum
   
Neoburgi Cattorum * Neuburg an der Donau (Germany) gw
Neostadii
see Neapoli Casimirianae
   
Neustadii
see Neapoli Casimirianae
   
Neostadii in Palatinatu
see Neapoli Casimirianae
   
Neustadii in Palatinatu
see Neapoli Casimirianae
   
Neustadii Palatinorum
see Neapoli Casimirianae
   
Newporti Newport (R.I.) riu
Nissae* Neisse (Germany)
=Nysa (Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Noremberge
see Norimbergae
   
Noribergae
see Norimbergae
   
Norimbergae* Nuremberg (Germany) gw
Norimbergensem
see Norimbergae
   
Norimbergg
see Norimbergae
   
Norinberg
see Norimbergae
   
Norinbergae
see Norimbergae
   
Northamptoniae* Northampton (England) enk
Northusae* Nordhausen (Thuringia, Germany) gw
Norunbergae
see Norimbergae
   
Noui-Eboraci* New York (N.Y.) nyu
Noui-Londini New London (Conn.) ctu
Nouiomagi Batauorum * Nijmegen (Netherlands) ne
Nouo-Portu Connecticutensium New Haven (Conn.) ctu
Numburgi* Naumburg (Halle, Germany) gw
Nuremberge
see Norimbergae
   
Nurembergensi
see Norimbergae
   
Nurembergensis
see Norimbergae
   
Nurenbergae
see Norimbergae
   
Nurenberge
see Norimbergae
   
Nurmberge
see Norimbergae
   
Nurnberge
see Norimbergae
   

O

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Oeniponti* Innsbruck (Austria) au
Olisipone
see Vlysipone
   
Olissipone
see Vlysipone
   
Olom.
see Olomucii
   
Olomucii* Olomouc (Czech Republic) xr
Olomuncii in Metropoli Morauiae
see Olomucii
   
Olomutii
see Olomucii
   
Olsnae* Oels (Germany)
=Olesnica (Wroclaw, Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Olsnae Silesiorum
see Olsnae
   
Olysipone
see Vlysipone
   
Olysippone
see Vlysipone
   
Olyssipone
see Vlysipone
   
Oppauiae* Opava (Severomoravsky kraj, Czech Republic) xr
Oppenheimii* Oppenheim (Germany) gw
Oppenheimio
see Oppenheimii
   
Oppenhomii
see Oppenheimii
   
Otthiniae* Odense (Denmark) dk
Oxon.
see Oxoniis
   
Oxoniae
see Oxoniis
   
Oxonias
see Oxoniis
   
Oxonii
see Oxoniis
   
Oxoniis* Oxford (England) enk
Oxonioe
see Oxoniis
   
Oxonni
see Oxoniis
   

P

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Padauii
see Patauii
   
Padue
see Patauii
   
Palaeopoli Aduaticorum * Tongeren (Belgium) be
Palmae Balearis* Palma (Spain) sp
Panhormi* Palermo (Italy) it
Panormi*
see Panhormi
   
Papiae* Pavia (Italy) it
Papie
see Papiae
   
Parhisii
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parhisiis
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parhisiss
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parisii
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parisiis
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parisis
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parisius
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parissius
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parmae* Parma (Italy) it
Parrhisii
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parrhisiis
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parrhisio
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parrhisios
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parrhysiis
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Parrisiis
see Lutetiae Parisiorum
   
Patauie
see Patauii
   
Patauiensi
see Patauii
   
Pataui
see Patauii
   
Patauii* Padua (Italy)
Passau (Germany)
it
gw
Perusiae* Perugia (Italy) it
Perusie
see Perusiae
   
Pestini* Pest (Hungary) hu
Petropoli* Saint Petersburg (Russia) ru
Petropolitanae
see Petropoli
   
Philadelphiae
Note: Philadelphiae is also used
as a fictitious imprint
Philadelphia (Pa.) pau
Phorcae* Pforzheim (Germany) gw
Phorce
see Phorcae
   
Pictauii* Poitiers (France) fr
Pictauis
see Pictauii
   
Pintiae* Valladolid (Spain) sp
Pisauri* Pesaro (Italy) it
Piscenis* Pézenas (France) fr
Pisis* Pisa (Italy) it
Pistorii* Pistoia (Italy) it
Placentiae* Piacenza (Italy) it
Ponti-Mussi* Pont-à-Mousson (France) fr
Portucale* Porto (Portugal) po
Posnaniae* Posen (Germany)
= Poznan (Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Posonii* Bratislava (Slovakia) xo
Pragae* Prague (Czech Republic) xr
Pragae Bohemorum
see Pragae
   
Pragae Veteris
see Pragae
   
Prouidentiae Providence (R.I.) riu

Q

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Quedlinburgi* Quedlinburg (Germany) gw
Quedlimburgi
see Quedlinburgi
   
Quinque-Ecclesiis * Pècs (Hungary) hu

R

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Ratisbonae* Regensburg (Germany) gw
Ratisponae
see Ratisbonae
   
Rauenspurgi* Ravensburg (Germany) gw
Reatae* Rieti (Italy) it
Reate
see Reatae
   
Regii *
see also Regii Calabriae
Reggio Emilia (Italy) it
Regii Calabriae* Reggio di Calabria (Italy) it
Regio Iulio
see Regii Calabriae
   
Regiomonti Borussiae * Königsberg (Germany)
=Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskaia oblast', Russia)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
ru
Regiomonti Borussorum
see Regiomonti Borussiae
   
Rhegii Lingobardiae
see Regii
   
Rhemis
see Durocortori
   
Rignauiae* Rheinau (Switzerland) sz
Rintelii* Rinteln (Germany) gw
Ripae* Riva (Italy) it
Romae* Rome (Italy) it
Rostoch.
see Rostochii
   
Rostochi
see Rostochii
   
Rostochii* Rostock (Germany) gw
Roteraedami
see Roterodami
   
Roterod.
see Roterodami
   
Roterodami* Rotterdam (Netherlands) ne
Rothomagi
see Rotomagi
   
Rotomagi* Rouen (France) fr
Rotterdami
see Roterodami
   
Rotterodami
see Roterodami
   
Rudolstadii* Rudolstadt (Germany) gw
Rupellae* La Rochelle (France) fr

S

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Salamanticae
see Salmanticae
   
Salingiaci* Solingen (Germany) gw
Salisburgi* Salzburg (Austria) au
Salmanticae* Salamanca (Spain) sp
Salmanticen.
see Salmanticae
   
Salmaticen.
see Salmanticae
   
Salmurii* Saumur (France) fr
Samoscii* Zamosc (Poland) pl
Sanctum Vbiorum Agrippinam
see Coloniae Agrippinae
   
Sandomiriae* Sandomierz (Poland) pl
Sangalli* Saint Gall (Switzerland) sz
Scafusii
see Scaphusii
   
Scandiano* Scandiano (Italy) it
Scaphusii* Schaffhausen (Switzerland) sz
Scarae* Skara (Sweden) sw
Sedani* Sedan (France) fr
Selenoburgi
see Luneburgi
   
Selestadii* Sélestat (France) fr
Semproniensis
see Sopronii
   
Sempronii
see Sopronii
   
Senis* Siena (Italy) it
Seruestae* Zerbst (Germany) gw
Sigenae Nassouiorum * Siegen (Germany) gw
Silberdinae *
see Argentorati
   
Slesuici* Schleswig (Germany) gw
Smalchaldiae* Schmalkalden (Germany) gw
Sopronii* Sopron (Hungary) hu
Sorae* Sorø (Denmark)
Zary (Poland: Powiat)
dk
pl
Spirae* Speyer (Germany) gw
Spirae Nemetum
see Spirae
   
Spire
see Spirae
   
Spiriae
see Spirae
   
Stadae* Stade (Lower Saxony, Germany) gw
Stetini* Stettin (Germany)
=Szczecin (Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Stocholmiae
see Holmiae
   
Stockholmae
see Holmiae
   
Stockholmiae
see Holmiae
   
Straubingae* Straubing (Germany) gw
Strengnesiae* Strängnäs (Sweden) sw
Strengnesii
see Strengnesiae
   
Stutgardiae* Stuttgart (Germany) gw
Stuttgardiae
see Stutgardiae
   
Suidnicii Schweidnitz (Germany)
=Swidnica (Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Syluae-Ducis* 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) ne

T

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Tarracone* Tarragona (Spain) sp
Taruisii* Treviso (Italy) it
Taurini* Turin (Italy) it
Tenochtitlani
see Mexici
   
Tergesti* Trieste (Italy) it
Terracone
see Tarracone
   
Teruisii
see Taruisii
   
Themistitlani
see Mexici
   
Thorunii* Torun (Poland) pl
Tiburi* Tivoli (Italy) it
Ticini
see Papiae
   
Tiguri* Zurich (Switzerland) sz
Toleti* Toledo (Spain) sp
Tolosae Tectosagum * Toulouse (France) fr
Torgae* Torgau (Germany) gw
Tornaci
see Tornaci Neruiorum
   
Tornaci Neruiorum * Tournai (Belgium) be
Traiect. Batau.
see Traiecti ad Rhenum
   
Traiecti ad Mosam * Maastricht (Netherlands) ne
Traiecti ad Rhenum * Utrecht (Netherlands) ne
Traiecti ad Viadrum
see Francofurti ad Oderam
   
Traiecti Batauorum
see Traiecti ad Rhenum
   
Traiecti cis Viadrum
see Francofurti ad Oderam
   
Transyluaniae Corona
see Coronae Transyluaniae
   
Tremoniae* Dortmund (Germany) gw
Tricassibus* Troyes (France) fr
Tridenti* Trento (Italy) it
Tridini* Trino (Italy) it
Tubingae* Tübingen (Germany) gw
Tubingae Sueuiae
see Tubingae
   
Tubingae Sueuorum
see Tubingae
   
Turiasonae* Tarazona de Aragón (Spain) sp
Turici
see Tiguri
   
Turici Heluetiorum
see Tiguri
   
Turnoni* Tournon (Ardèche, France) fr
Tusculani* Toscolano (Italy) it
Tyrnauiae* Trnava (Západoslovensky kraj, Slovakia) xo
Tyrnauie
see Tyrnauiae
   

V

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Valentiae*
see alsoValentiae Edetanorum
Valence (Drôme, France) fr
Valentiae Edetanorum * Valencia (Spain) sp
Valentie
see Valentiae
see also Valentiae Edetanorum
   
Vallesoleti
see Pintiae
   
Varadini* Oradea (Romania) rm
Varsauiae
see Varsouiae
   
Varsouiae* Warsaw (Poland) pl
Venciae* Vence (France) fr
Vencie
see Venciae
   
Veneciis
see Venetiis
   
Venet.
see Venetiis
   
Veneti *
see Venetiis
   
Venetiae
see Venetiis
   
Venetiarum urbe
see Venetiis
   
Venetiis* Venice (Italy) it
Venetio
see Venetiis
   
Venetis
see Venetiis
   
Venetiss
see Venetiis
   
Venetius
see Venetiis
   
Venettis
see Venetiis
   
Venetum
see Venetiis
   
Vercellis* Vercelli (Italy) it
Veronae* Verona (Italy) it
Vesaliae* Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) gw
Vesontione* Besançon (France) fr
Vetero-Pragae
see Pragae
   
Vetero-Pragae in Aula-Regia
see Pragae
   
Vicentiae* Vicenza (Italy) it
Vicentie
see Vicentiae
   
Viennae*
see alsoVindobonae
Vienne (France) fr
Viennae Austriae
see Vindobonae
   
Viennae Pamionae
see Vindobonae
   
Viennae Pannoniae
see Vindobonae
   
Vienne
see Viennae
   
Vigorniae*
see also Wigorniae Massachusettensi
Worcester (England) enk
Vilnae* Vilna (Poland)
= Vilnius (Lithuania)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
li
Vinariae* Weimar (Thuringia, Germany) gw
Vincentiae
see Vicentiae
   
Vindobonae* Vienna (Austria) au
Vinegia
see Venetiis
   
Vinnae Pannoniae
see Vindobonae
   
Vitaebergae
see Vitebergae
   
Vitebergae* Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) gw
Vitembergae
see Vitebergae
   
Vitembergae apud Saxones
see Vitebergae
   
Vitembergae Saxonum
see Vitebergae
   
Viterbii* Viterbo (Italy) it
Vitermbergae in Saxonibus
see Vitebergae
   
Vittebergae in Saxon.
see Vitebergae
   
Vittembergae
see Vitebergae
   
Vlmae* Ulm (Germany) gw
Vlmae Sueuorum
see Vlmae
   
Vltraiecti
see Traiecti ad Rhenum
   
Vlysipone* Lisbon (Portugal) po
Vlyssipone
see
   
Vppsalae
see Vpsaliae
   
Vpsaliae* Uppsala (Sweden) sw
Vratislauiae* Breslau (Germany)
=Wroclaw (Poland)
[both valid AACR2 headings]
pl
Vrbini* Urbino (Italy) it
Vrsellis* Oberursel (Germany) gw
Vtini* Udine (Italy) it
Vtopiae Fictitious imprint. Actual location varies.
Known locations include Jena, Nuremberg,
Sélestat (Schlettstadt), and Strassburg.
 

W

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Weissenfelsae
see Leucopetrae
   
Weissenfelsiae
see Leucopetrae
   
Wesaliae*
see also Vesaliae
Oberwesel (Germany) gw
Westmonasterii* Westminster (England) enk
Westphaliae
see Monasterii Westphaliae
   
Wetzlariae* Wetzlar (Germany) gw
Wigorniae Massachusettensi*
see also Vigorniae
Worcester (Mass.) mau
Wilmingtoni
see Wilmingtonii
   
Wilmingtonii Wilmington (Del.) deu
Wircburgi
see Herbipoli
   
Wirceburgi
see Herbipoli
   
Wirzeburgi
see Herbipoli
   
Wisingsburgi* Visingsö (Sweden) sw
Witebergae
see Vitebergae
   
Witenbergae
see Vitebergae
   
Wittebergae
see Vitebergae
   
Wittembergae
see Vitebergae
   
Wittenbergae
see Vitebergae
   
Wittombergae
see Vitebergae
   
Wolfenbuttelae
see Guelpherbyti
   
Wolfenbutteli
see Guelpherbyti
   
Wolferbyti
see Guelpherbyti
   
Wolffembutteli
see Guelpherbyti
   
Wolffenbuttelae
see Guelpherbyti
   
Wolffenbüttelae
see Guelpherbyti
   
Wolffenbuttelii
see Guelpherbyti
   
Wolpherbyttani
see Guelpherbyti
   
Wormatiae* Worms (Germany) gw
Wratislauiae
see Vratislauiae
   

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Latin name Vernacular name (AACR2 form) country
code
Zagrabiae* Zagreb (Croatia) ci
Zullichouiae* Sulechów (Zielona Góra, Poland) pl
Zutphaniae* Zutphen (Netherlands) ne
Zwollae* Zwolle (Netherlands) ne