 Faroese Submitted Place Names - Behind the NameFaroese Submitted Place NamesFaroese names are used on the Faroe Islands.any typeCountrySettlementany usageAbkhazAcehneseAfricanAfrikaansAlbanianAlgonquinAncient AramaicAncient CelticAncient GreekAncient RomanAncient ScandinavianAnglo-NormanAnglo-SaxonArabicAragoneseArmenianAsturianAvarAzerbaijaniBalineseBanjarBashkirBasqueBelarusianBengaliBerberBiblicalBiblical HebrewBosnianBrazilianBretonBreton LegendBulgarianCatalanCebuanoCelticChechenChineseChuvashCircassianCornishCorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEnglish AmericanEnglish BritishEnglish CanadianEnglish CreoleEsperantoEstonianFaroeseFijianFilipinoFinnishFinnish MythologyFolkloreFrenchFrench AfricanGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGreek MythologyHaitian CreoleHausaHawaiianHebrewHistoryHungarianIcelandicIlocanoIncanIndianIndonesianIngushInterlinguaInuitIranianIrishIrish MythologyIroquoisItalianJapaneseJapanese MythologyJavaneseJudeo-Christian LegendKarachay-BalkarKazakhKhmerKoreanKosovarKyrgyzLakLate RomanLatvianLezginLiteratureLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalayMalaysianMalteseMedievalMedieval CzechMedieval EnglishMedieval MongolianMedieval ScottishMexicanMinangkabauMongolianMontenegrinMormonMythologyNative AmericanNepaliNorse MythologyNorwegianOccitanOjibweOld SwedishOssetianPakistaniPampanganPersianPolishPolynesianPopular CulturePortuguesePortuguese BrazilianQuechuaRomanianRomanshRussianSalishanSamiSamoanScotsScottishScottish GaelicSerbianShonaSindhiSinhaleseSlovakSloveneSouth AmericanSpanishSpanish Latin AmericanSpanish MexicanSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTagalogTajikTamilTatarTeluguTibetanTurkishTurkmenTuvanUkrainianUrduUyghurUzbekVariousVietnameseWelshWest FrisianYakutYoruba?BURUNDI Country Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, UkrainianFØROYAR Country FaroeseProbably derived from Old Norse fær sheep and oyer, an archaic Faroese word meaning islands.GRØNLAND Country Danish, Norwegian, FaroeseCognate of Grœnland.ÍSLAND Country Icelandic, Faroese, Ancient ScandinavianDerived from Old Norse íss ice and land land, country.LETTLAND Country Faroese, German, Icelandic, SwedishCognate of Latvia.NOREG Country Norwegian Nynorsk, FaroeseNynorsk and Faroese form of NORGE.PÓLLAND Country Faroese, IcelandicFaroese and Icelandic form of Poland.RIGA Settlement Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, TurkishForm of Rīga.TÓRSHAVN Settlement FaroeseMeans Thors harbour in Faroese. Tórshavn is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands.VILNIUS Settlement Lithuanian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Faroese, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovak, SwedishCapital of Lithuania. Named after the Vilnia River whose name is derived from Lithuanian vilnis wave. 