List of Latin place names used as specific names

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