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List of places named after peace

The following is a list of geographic names denoting the concept of peace, in their respective language.

Languages in this list edit

  • vrede - Afrikaans and Dutch
  • makmur – Arabic (’tranquility’)
  • salaam – Arabic
  • 安平 – Chinese, Mandarin (an’ping) or 平安 (ping’an) or simply 安 (an)
  • 长安 – Chinese, Mandarin (chang’an, eternal peace)
  • 和平 – Chinese, Mandarin (he’ping) or 平和 (ping’he)
  • 安 – Chinese, Teochew & Cantonese (on)
  • fred – Danish and Swedish
  • peace – English
  • paix – French
  • Frieden – German
  • shalom – Hebrew
  • béke – Hungarian (cf. békés ’peaceful’)
  • 平安 – Japanese (hei’an)
  • 平和 – Japanese (heiwa)
  • sentosa – Malay
  • aman - Malay
  • paz - Portuguese and Spanish
  • Shanti, shanthi, santi from Sanskrit
  • mir, myr – Russian, Ukrainian
  • สันติภาพ, สันติ (santiphap, santi) – Thai and Lao
  • an bình – Vietnamese equivalent of Chinese an’ping
  • hòa bình – Vietnamese equivalent of Chinese he’ping

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Haiti edit

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Hungary edit

Note that another county in Hungary (approx. 30 mi northeast of Békés) has a name with a quasi-opposite meaning, Heves, i.e. ’vehement.’

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  • Province of Aceh, former full name Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam

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North Korea edit

  • Hwapyong County, cognate of Chinese He’ping
  • Pyongan Province, North Korea (평안 = 平安 meaning peace)
  • Pyongyang, 평양 derived from 平壤, Peaceful Land (once formerly Chang’an; or 'eternal peace')

Philippines edit

Portugal edit

  • Beja, Portugal (from Latin Pax Julia via Arabic Baja)

Singapore edit

South Africa edit

Spain edit

  • Badajoz, Spain (from Civitas Pacis, "town of peace" via Arabic)
  • Salem, Valencia

Sri Lanka edit

  • Shanthipura, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka from Sanskrit 'Shanti' meaning peace

Sweden edit

Taiwan, ROC edit

Tanzania edit

Thailand edit

United Kingdom edit

United States edit

Ukraine edit

Uruguay edit

Vietnam edit

Other edit

List of places indirectly named after peace edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "South African Postal Codes".
  2. ^ "Vredekloof".
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