List of Latin place names used as specific names

The name Heliconia indica invokes two locations: Heliconia refers to Mount Helicon, and indica means 'from India'.

A list of place names, used in Latin descriptions and, after the development of binomial nomenclature, as specific names in the natural sciences.

A

• abancayense Abancay, Peru
• abitaguense Cerros de Abitagua, Ecuador
• abyssinica Abyssinia
• acadiensis northeastern North America
• adoensis Aden, Arabia
• aegyptiacum Egypt
• aegyptius Egypt
• aethiopicum Ethiopia
• agavacense Agavaca province, Peru
• ajuscoense Ajusco, Mexico
• alaica Alai Mountains, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
• albarracinensis Albarracín in Spain
• aldabrense Aldabra
• albionicus Great Britain
• amatymbica of the Thembu people of Kaffraria
• amazonium Amazonia
• amboniensis Ambon Island
• amurensis Amur River
• andohahelensis Andohahela, southeast Madagascar
• anglicus England
• angolensis Angola
• arabicum Arabia
• ardjunensis Ardjuna, Sumatra
• arvensis "of the fields"
• ascalonicum Ashkelon
• atlantica Atlas Mountains
• australis Southern Hemisphere, Southern
• ayacuchense Ayacucho, Perú
• ayavacense Havana

B

• barbadensis Barbados
• batangense Batang, China
• berolinensis Berlin
• bonariensis Buenos Aires, Argentina
• bononiensis Bologna
• borealis Northern Hemisphere, Northern
• brasiliensis Brazil
• britannicus Great Britain
• butuoense Butuo, Sichuan, China

C

• cairica Cairo
• californianus California
• californica California
• californicus California
• californiensis California
• californius California
• camaldulensis Camaldoli monastery near Naples
• canariensis Canary Islands
• canedana, canadensis Canada
• capensis Cape Colony
• cathayana Cathay (modern China)
• cazorlense Cazorla, Spain
• chalepensis Aleppo
• chamaense Chama River (Venezuela)
• chaparense Chapare, Bolivia
• chilensis Chile
• chilloense Chillo, Ecuador
• colchichus Colchis (modern Georgia)
• coreanus Korea
• coreensis Korea
• cretensis Crete

D

• dumetorum, "of the thickets"

E

• elesitaiensis Elesitai
• elymaitica Elymais
• eystettensis Eichstätt

F

• fennicus Finland
• formosanus Taiwan
• fresnensis Fresno, California

G

• gandavensis Ghent
• groenlandicus Greenland

H

• hafniensis Copenhagen
• halepensis Aleppo
• helvetica Switzerland
• hibernicus Ireland
• hortensis "of the garden"
• hyperboreus Arctic region

I

• israelense Israel
• israelensis Israel
• israelica Israel
• israeliensis Israel
• israeliticum Israel

J

• japonensis Japan
• japonicus Japan

K

• kentuckiensis Kentucky

L

• lapponicus Lapland/Sápmi
• leydenensis Leyden
• londinensis London
• lugdunum Lyon
• lutetiana Paris
• lutetianus Paris

M

• madagascariensis Madagascar
• maigualidae – Sierra de Maigualida, Venezuela
• malabaricus Malabar
• mauretanicus Maghreb
• mexicana Mexico
• monspessulanus Montpellier
• monspeliensis Montpellier

N

• neblinensis, Cerro de la Neblina or Sierra de la Neblina, Brazil–Venezuela border
• nippon, nipponensis Japan
• norvegicus Norway
• novaeangliae New England
• novaehollandiae Australia
• novaeseelandiae New Zealand
• noveboracensis New York
• novoguineensis New Guinea

O

• oelandica Öland

P

• parisiense Paris
• philippinensis Philippines
• ponticus Pontus
• pratensis "of the meadow"

R

• rossicus Russia

S

• sarawakensis Sarawak
• schoenbrunnensis Schönbrunn Palace
• septentrionalis Northern
• shangyuanensis Shangyuan, China
• sinensis China
• sinicum China
• sitkensis Sitka, Alaska, USA
• surattensis India, Surat

T

• tatarica Tatarstan and environs
• terraenovae Newfoundland
• texana Texas
• texanum Texas
• texanus Texas
• texasanus Texas
• texasianum Texas
• texasianus Texas
• texasiensis Texas
• texense Texas
• texensis Texas
• thenensis Tienen
• tianschanica Tian Shan mountain range
• turcicus Turkey
• turolensis Diocese of Teruel in Spain

V

• valdiviense , valdiviana – Valdivia
• vallegrandense Vallegrande, Bolivia
• vansittartense Vansittart Island, Tasmania
• varsoviensis Warsaw
• venezuelicum Venezuela
• villaricense Villarica, Cotabato, Philippines
• vindobonensis Vienna
• virginiana Virginia
• virginianum Virginia
• virginicum Virginia
• vitiense Viti = Fiji
• vitocense Vitoca, Peru

W

• wulatensis Wulatehouqi, Mongolia

Y

• yamobambense Yamobamba, Peru
• yanamonense
• yangambiense
• yapacaniense
• yirrkalensis
• yolense
• yungasense
• yucatanum

Z

• zamorense
• zanzibarense
• zeylanica Ceylon
• zudanense
• zumbense
• zuurbergensis Zuurberg Mountains

See also

• List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
• List of Latin place names in Africa

External links

• "Latin Place Names | an RBMS Resource".