The Ancient Romans gave Latin names to every geographical entity in their vast empire, and many outside throughout the then known world; while many of these names were based on pre-existing 'autochthonous' names, sometimes translating, more often just adapting to their tongue, especially the ending, other names were the result of a more invasive decision, especially in case of (re)founding for a colony of veterans.
Users of New Latin have taken the Latin language to places the Romans never went; hence a need arose to make Latin names of islands that were not known to the Ancient Romans.
Strategies for constructing Latin names [ edit ] See w:Latin names of cities#Strategies for constructing Latin names List of names [ edit ]
Latin
[English], [other name], [older name], [island chain/region], [state/nation]
Aegina
Aegina , Greece (Aigina)
Aenaria
Ischia
Amorgos
Amorgos , Aegean Sea , Greece
Andros
Andros
Anticosti
Ile d'Anticosti, Quebec
Antikythera
Antikythera , Kythera , Greece
Antipoda
Antipodes
Arba
Rab
Astypalaea
Astypalaia , Cyclades , Greece
Balearis Major
Majorca , Mallorca
Balearis Minor
Minorca , Menorca
Brattia
Brač
Britannia
Great Britain
Caesarea
Jersey
Calymnus
Kalymnos , Dodecanese , Aegean Sea , Greece
Canaris Insula
Canary Islands
Capreae
Capri
Carpathus
Carpathos , Dodecanese , Greece
Cassos
Cassos , Dodecanese , Greece
Ceos, Keos
Ceos , Cyclades , Aegean Sea , Greece
Cephallenia
Kefallinia , Cephallonia
Corcyra
Corfu , Ionian , Greece (Kerkyra)
Corcyra Nigra
Korčula
Corsica
Corsica
Cos
Kos , Dodecanese , Aegean Sea , Greece
Creta
Crete (Kriti/Krete)
Crepsa
Cres
Cuba
Cuba
Curicta
Krk
Cyclades Ins.
Cyclades
Cyprus
Cyprus (Kypros)
Cynthos
Cynthos , Cyclades , Aegean Sea , Greece
Cythera
Cythera , Kythera, Greece
Delos
Delos , Cyclades , Aegean Sea , Greece
Dodecanesus
Dodecanese , Greece
Dominica
Dominica
Ebusus
Ibiza
Euboea
Euboea , Greece
Fionia
Funen , Denmark
Gaulos
Gozo , Maltese archipelago
Gyara
Gyaros , Greece Cyclades
Helena, former name of Macronesus
Makronisos (Macro-nesus 'big island')
Hibernia
Ireland
Icaria
Icaria
Ilva
Elba
Imbros
Imbros Island
Issa
Vis
Ithaca
Ithaca
Lemnos
Lemnos
Leros
Leros , Aegean Sea , Greece
Lesbos
Lesbos
Melita
Mljet
Melite
Malta
Mona
Anglesey
Myconos
Myconos
Nova Britannia Occidentalis
West New Britain , a province on part of New Britain island belonging to Papua New Guinea
Nova Caledonia New Caledonia
Nova Hibernia
New Ireland , Papua New Guinea
Nova Terra Newfoundland
Ophiussa Formentera
Orcadia
Orkney Islands, Scotland
Osilia
Saaremaa , Estonia
Pagus
Pag
Paros
Paros , Cyclades , Aegean Sea , Greece
Pharia
Hvar
Insula Princeps Eduardus
Prince Edward Island
Rho
Ro , E of Rhodes , Greece
Rhodus
Rhodes , Dodecanese , Aegean Sea , Greece
Riduna Alderney
Salamis
Salamis , Greece
Sapientia
Sapienza , south of Methone , Greece
Sardinia
Sardinia
Sarnia
Guernsey
Schiza
Schiza , south of Methone , Greece
Scyrus
Scyros , Aegean Sea , Greece
Seriphos
Serifos , Aegean Sea , Greece
Sicilia
Sicily
Siphnos
Siphnos , Aegean Sea , Greece
Strophades
Strophades , S of Zante , Greece
Syros
Syros
Taprobane
Sri Lanka , Ceylon , Indian Ocean
Thasos
Thasos , Aegean Sea , Greece
Vectis
Isle of Wight
Zelandia
1) Zealand (Denmark), 2) Zeeland (Netherlands)
Zycanthus , Zacynthus
Zante (Zakynthos), Ionian , Greece
See also [ edit ] Sources, references and external links [ edit ]