List of Asian regions with alternative names
Introduction Many '''regions and provinces of Asia''' have '''alternative names''' in different languages. Some regions have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all major Asian regions, provinces, and territories. It also includes some lesser regions that are important because of their location or history.This article does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real", or "correct" name of any region is or was. Regions are listed alphabetically by their '''current best-known name in English''', which does not necessarily match the title of the corresponding article. The English version is followed by variants in other languages, in alphabetical order by name, and then by any historical variants and former names.Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents may be listed, to provide an answer to the question "What is that name in..."?==A== English name Other names or former names Anatolia '''Anadolu''' (Turkish), '''Αnatolē''' - ''Aνατολή'' or '''Anatolía''' - ''Ανατολία'' (Greek), '''Anatòlia''' (Catalan), '''Anatolia''' (Finnish, Italian, Romanian, Spanish), '''Anatolie''' (Czech, French), '''Anatolien''' (Danish, German, Swedish), '''Anatolië''' (Dutch), '''Anatólia''' (Hungarian, Portuguese), '''Anatoolia''' (Estonian), '''Anatolija''' (Latvian, Slovene), '''Asia Minor''' (Latin, variant in English), '''Asia Minore''' (Italian alternate), '''Azia e Vogël''' (Albanian), '''Mala Aziya''' - ''Мала Азия'' (Bulgarian), '''Väike-Aasia''' (Estonian alternate)==B== English name Other names or former names Bengal '''Bengal''' (Breton, Cebuano, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Welsh), '''Bengala''' (Basque, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), '''Bengale''' (French), '''Bengalen''' (Danish, Dutch, German, Swedish), '''Bengali''' (Albanian), '''Bengalija''' (Lithuanian), '''Bengalio''' (Esperanto), '''Bengaliya''' - ''Бенгалия'' (Russian), '''Bengaliya''' - ''Бенгалія'' (Ukrainian), '''Bengálsko''' (Czech), '''Benggala''' (Indonesian), '''Bôngo''' - বঙ্গ or '''Bangla''' - বঙ্গদেশ (Bengali), '''Vengáli''' - ''Βεγγάλη'' (Greek) Borneo '''Borneo''' (Catalan, Estonian alternate, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish), '''Bornéo''' (French), '''Bornéu''' (Portuguese), '''Kalimantan''' (Estonian, Indonesian)==C== English name Other names or former names Cochinchina '''Cochinchina''' or '''Kotschinchina''' (German), '''Cochinchina''' (Portuguese, Spanish), '''Cochinchine''' (French), '''Cocincina''' (Italian), '''Cotxinxina''' (Catalan), '''Kochinchina''' (Polish), '''Koşinşin''' (Turkish*), '''Kotšinhiina''' (Estonian)==D== English name Other names or former names Deccan '''Dècan''' (Catalan), '''Decán''' (Spanish), '''Decão''' (Portuguese), '''Deccan''' (Italian), '''Deccan'''  or '''Dekkan''' (French), '''Dekan''' (Polish, Turkish*), '''Dekkan''' (Estonian), '''Dekkan''' or '''Dekhan''' (German)==J== English name Other names or former names Java '''Cava''' (Turkish*), '''Giava''' (Italian), '''Jaava''' (Estonian), '''Java''' (French, German, Portuguese, Spanish), '''Jawa''' (Indonesian, Javanese)==K== English name Other names or former names Kashmir '''Cachemira''' (Spanish), '''Cachemire''' (French), '''Caixmir''' (Catalan), '''Caxemira''' (Portuguese), '''Cashmere''' (English variant obsolete), '''Kaschmir''' (German), '''Kashmir''' (Italian), '''Kaśmīr''' - कश्मीर (Dogri, Hindi), '''Kaszmir''' (Polish), '''Keşmir''' (Turkish*), '''Kôśīr''' - कॅशीर - کٔشِیر / '''Kôśur''' - कॉशुर / '''Kośūr''' - कोशूर (Kashmiri), کشمیر (Balti), کشمیر (Gojri), ཀཤམིར (Ladakhi), کشمیر (Poonchi/Chibhali), کشمیر (Shina), كھسىمڭر (Uyghur) Kazakhstan '''Qazaqstan''' (Kazakh), '''Kazajistan''' (Spanish), '''Kazakhstan''' (Russian, English, etc), '''Qazaxıstan''' (Azerbaijani), '''Kazakistan''' (Turkish)==M== English name Other names or former names Malacca '''Malaca''' (Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish), '''Malacca''' (Italian), '''Malacka''' (Swedish), '''Malaka''' (French), '''Malakka''' (Dutch, Finnish, German, Polish, Turkish), '''Malakka''' - ''Малакка'' (Russian), '''Melaka''' - ''Мелака'' (Bulgarian), '''Melaka''' (Danish, French alternate, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish alternate)==S== English name Other names or former names Siberia '''Siber''' (Estonian), '''Sibèria''' (Catalan), '''Siberia''' (Albanian, Italian, Latin, Romanian, Spanish), '''Sibéria''' (Portuguese), '''Sibir''' - ''Сибирь'' (Russian), '''Sibirien''' (German), '''Sibirya''' (Turkish*), '''Syberia''' (Polish)==T== English name Other names or former names Tibet '''Bod''' - བོད་ (Tibetan), '''Thivét''' - ''Θιβέτ'' (Greek), '''Tibet''' (Afrikaans, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh), '''Tibet''' - ''Тибет'' (Bulgarian, Russian), '''Tíbet''' (Icelandic, Spanish), '''Tibeta''' (Latvian), '''Tibetas''' (Lithuanian), '''Tibete''' (Portuguese), '''Tibeti''' (Albanian), '''Tibeto''' (Esperanto), '''Tiibet''' (Estonian, Finnish), '''Tüvd''' - ''Түвд'' (Mongolian), '''Tybet''' (Polish), '''Xī Zàng''' - 西藏 (Chinese) Tonkin '''Tonchino''' (Italian), '''Tongking''' (Estonian), '''Tonkin''' (French, German, Polish, Portuguese), '''Tonkín''' (Spanish)
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See also * List of European regions with alternative names* Endonym and exonym* List of alternative country names* List of country names in various languages* Latin names of regions* List of places