Place Names

Overview

Toponyms "place names" listed below are a snapshot of our toponymy database that contains over [2,500,000] entries covers 200 countries around the world, the first group is assigned to Arabic place names.

Presented here is the typical format i.e. place names are provided parsed to the fields shown, further processing is also available upon client's request, please contact us for details.

This database is further sorted to many points of interest "POI" e.g. airports, resorts, populated places, and many other types of land use accompanied by their geographic coordinates making it suitable for many online business.

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Technical Specifications

Sample downloads:

• TXT: larger text sample Database of Place Names
• XML: formatted version Database of Place Names
• Other: related samples samples page

Reference: DBTOPO

Entries: 2,000,000+

Last updated: 4/2/2023

Field Definitions

Entry: place name
Roman: phonemic transcription of the place name
Arabic: Arabicization of the place name
Vocalized: vocalized Arabic pronunciation
Variant: variant pronunciation
Type: place name designation
Language: name language code
Transcript: standard transcription
Script: name language script codes
Country: country of origin, ISO country code
Latitude: latitude in DMS
Longitude: longitude in DMS

Sample

Sample (Global)