Latin names of mountains
Users of Neo-Latin have taken the Latin language to places the Romans never went; hence a need arose to make Latin names of mountains that did not exist when Latin was a living language.
Strategies for constructing Latin names
- See companion article
List of names
|
Latin |
English name, [other name(s)], [older name(s)], [state/province/region], [nation or state], [continent] |
|---|---|
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Aegaleus¹ |
Mount Aegaleus, Piraeus, Greece |
|
Aenos |
Mount Ainos, Kefallinia/Cephallonia, Greece |
|
Aetna¹ |
Mount Etna, Sicily |
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Albus, Mons |
Mont Blanc, France and Italy |
|
Alpis (ranges) |
Alps, France to Austria |
|
Alpis Australia? |
Australian Alps, New South Wales |
|
Andes (ranges) |
Andes, Chile to Colombia |
|
Aroania¹ |
Mount Aroania/Chelmos, Greece |
|
Atlas¹ (ranges) |
Atlas Mountains, NW Africa |
|
Caucasus |
Caucasus mountains, Georgia to Azerbaijan |
|
Cyllene¹ |
Mount Cyllene, Kylléne |
|
Dalmatia (Alpis) |
Dalmatian Mountains, Damlatia, S Croatia, West Balkans |
|
Dirphys¹ |
Mount Dirphys, Greece |
|
Elbrus |
Mount Elbrus, Caucasus |
|
Erymanthus¹ |
Mount Erymanthus (Olonos) |
|
Eryx |
Monte San Giuliano, Sicily |
|
Helicon¹ |
Mount Helicon, Greece |
|
Herminius Mons |
Serra da Estrela, Portugal |
|
Hymettus¹ |
Mount Hymettus, Greece |
|
Libani Mons |
Mount Lebanon, Lebanon |
|
Minthe¹ |
Mount Minthe, Ilia, Greece |
|
Oenoe¹ |
Mount Oenoe, Greece |
|
Olympicus (montes) |
Olympic Mountains, Washington |
|
Olympus Mons¹ (Asia Minor) |
Mount Olympus, W Turkey |
|
Olympus Mons¹ (Cyprus) |
Mount Olympus, Cyprus |
|
Olympus Mons¹ |
Mount Olympus, Greece |
|
Olympus Mons¹ (N. Zelandia) |
Mount Olympus, New Zealand |
|
Olympus Mons¹ (Tenn.) |
Mount Olympus, Tennessee |
|
Olympus Mons¹ (UT) |
Mount Olympus, Utah |
|
Olympus Mons¹ (Vasingtonia, Olympicus) |
Mount Olympus, Washington |
|
Ossa¹ |
Mount Ossa, Thessaly, Greece |
|
Ossa (Tasmania) |
Mount Ossa, Tasmania, Australia |
|
Parnassus¹ |
Mount Parnassus, Greece |
|
Pentele¹ |
Pentele |
|
Pholoe¹ |
Mount Pholoe, Greece |
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Pindus¹ |
Pindus, Pindos |
|
Parnetha¹ |
Mount Parnetha, Parnitha, Greece |
|
Regius (Mons) |
Mount Royal, Quebec |
|
Rhodope¹ |
Rhodope |
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Scollis¹ |
Mount Scollis, Greece |
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Taurus¹ (ranges) |
Taurus Mountains, S Turkey |
|
Taygetus¹ |
Mount Taygetus, Taygetos |
|
Transylvania |
Transylvania, N Romania |
|
Vergina |
Mount Vergina, Greece |
|
Vesuvius |
Mount Vesuvius, Italy |
- Latinized form of a Greek-derived mountain name