List of short place names

This is a list of short place names with one- or two-letter placenames.

One-letter place names

Road sign marking the end of the village of Y in the Somme département, France.

• Å, a village in Andøy municipality, Nordland, Norway
• Å, a village in Moskenes municipality, Nordland, Norway
• Å, a village in Meldal municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
• Å, a village in Åfjord municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
• Å, a village in Ibestad municipality, Troms, Norway
• Å, a village in Lavangen municipality, Troms, Norway
• Å, a village in Tranøy municipality, Troms, Norway
• Å, a place in Funen, Denmark.
• Å, a village in Norrköping municipality, Östergötland, Sweden
• B, a village in central Ohio, United States
• D, a river in Oregon, United States
• Ά, a ecologic hippie community in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• E, a mountain in Hokkaidō, Japan
• E, a river in the Highlands of Scotland
• I, a town in Shandong Sheng, Dongshan county of Fujian province, China
• Ì, Scottish Gaelic name for island of Iona, Scotland (also called Ì Chaluim Chille)
• O, several farms in Norway (for meaning see Storo, Norway)
• Ô, a castle near Mortrée, France
• O, a river in Devon, England
• Ö, a village in Sweden. Ö is Swedish for "island".
• Ø, a hill in Jutland, Denmark. Ø is Danish for "island".
• U, a place in Panama
• Ú, a place in Madagascar
• Y, a settlement in Alaska, United States
• Y, a commune in the department of Somme, France

Two-letter place names

Road sign of Ii, Finland

• Aa, a village in Estonia
• Aa, a river in the Netherlands
• Aa, a river in France
• Ae, a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
• Ág, a village in Baranya county, Hungary
• Ai, a ghost town in Ohio, United States
• Ål, a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway
• An, a county in Sichuan, China
• Ao, a village in Estonia
• As, a municipality in Limburg province, Belgium
• Aš, a town in the Karlovy Vary region of the Czech Republic.
• Ås, a municipality in Akershus county, Norway
• Ås, the Swedish name for the Harju quarter of Helsinki, Finland
• Ås, a hundred of Västergötland in Sweden
• Au, a town in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria
• Au, a district of the city of Munich, Germany
• Au, a municipality in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Au, a town in the Kankan Region, Guinea
• Au, a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Au, a village in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland
• Ay, a commune in the department of Marne, France
• Ba, a village in Serbia
• Ba, a town in the Ba province of Fiji
• Bo, a city in Sierra Leone
• Bo, the Asturian name for the parish of Boo, Asturias, Spain
• Bû, a commune in the department of Eure-et-Loir, France
• By, a village in Åfjord municipality, Norway
• By, a commune in the department of Doubs, France
• Bø, municipalities in Telemark and Nordland, Norway; also the name of several farms. Bø is an archaic word for farmland.
• Bő, a village in Vas county, Hungary
• Ci, a county in Hebei, China
• Da, a county in Sichuan, China
• Ea, a town in the Basque Country, Spain
• Ed, a locality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
• Ee, a village in the Dongeradeel municipality, Friesland, Netherlands
• Ei, a town in Ibusuki District, Kagoshima, Japan
• Eš, a village and municipality in Pelhřimov District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
• Eu, a commune in the department of Seine-Maritime, France
• Fa, a commune in the department of Aude, France
• Fi, a town in Segou city in Mali
• Fu, a county in Shaanxi, China
• Gu, a county in Shanxi, China
• Gy, a commune in the department of Haute-Saône, France
• Gy, a municipality in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland
• Ha, a town in Paro, Paro District, Bhutan
• Hå, a municipality in Rogaland, Norway
• He, a farm in Nord-Odal municipality, Norway
• He, a county in Anhui, China
• Ho, a town in Ghana
• Ho, a town in Jutland, Denmark
• Hø, a farm in Inderøy municipality, Norway
• Hu, a county in Shaanxi, China
• Ib, a railway town in India
• Ie, an island and village in Okinawa, Japan
• If, an island and fortress in southern France
• Ig, a settlement and municipality in Slovenia
• Ii, a municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland
• IJ, a river in the Netherlands (the digraph IJ is sometimes considered a single letter in Dutch, so this could also be seen as a one-letter name)
• Io, an island in Hordaland, Norway
• Ip, a village in Sălaj County, Romania
• Is, a village in Nizhniy Tura gorsovet of Sverdlovskaya Oblast Oblast, Russia
• Iž, an island in Croatia
• Ji, a county in Shanxi, China
• Ji, a county in Tianjin, China
• Ju, a county in Shandong, China
• Ka, a farm in Østre Toten municipality, Norway
• La, a farm in Sykkylven municipality, Norway
• Lå, a farm in Ål municipality, Norway
• Le, a farm in Vik, Norway. Le means lee in Norwegian.
• Li, a county in Gansu, China
• Li, a county in Hebei, China
• Li, a county in Hunan, China
• Li, a county in Sichuan, China
• Li, a village in Sokndal municipality, Norway. Li means hillside in Norwegian.
• Li, a district in Lamphun Province, Thailand.
• Lo, a municipality in West Flanders, Belgium
• Lo, name of several farms in Norway. Lo is an archaic word for meadow.
• Lø, farm in Vindafjord municipality, Norway. Lø is an archaic word for barn.
• Lu, a municipality in Piedmont, Italy
• Lu, a county in Sichuan, China
• Lü, a village in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
• Lú, the Irish name for Louth, a village in Ireland
• Ma, river in Vietnam
• Mo, a village in Modalen municipality, Hordaland, Norway. Mo is an archaic word for plain.
• Mu, a river in Burma
• My, a municipality in Liège province, Belgium
• Nå, a village in Ullensvang municipality, Norway
• Ne, a municipality in Liguria, Italy
• No, a village in Denmark
• Ny, a municipality in Luxembourg province, Belgium
• Oa, a river in Meldal municipality, Norway
• Oa, a peninsula on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland
• Ob, a town in Russia
• Ob, a river in Russia
• Ob, a gulf in Russia
• Ōe, a town in Yamagata, Japan
• Ōe, a former town in Kyoto, Japan
• Oe, a town in Liège city in Walloon Region, Belgium
• Of, a town in the province of Trabzon, Turkey
• Og, a river in Wiltshire, England
• Ōi, a town in Ōi District, Fukui, Japan
• Ōi, a town in Kanagawa, Japan
• Ōi, a former town in Saitama, Japan
• Om, a river in Russia
• Øm, a town on the island of Zealand, Denmark. "Øm" is Danish for "sore"
• Øn, a village in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway
• Oô, a commune in the department of Haute-Garonne, France
• Or, original name of Isthmus of Perekop in Ukraine
• Őr, a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Hungary
• Os, a municipality in Hedmark, Norway.
• Os, a municipality in Hordaland, Norway.
• Oś, a village in Kluczbork County, Poland. Oś is the Polish word for axis.
• Ōu, a mountain range in Japan
• Ox, a mountain range in Ireland
• Oy, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany
• Oz, a commune in the department of Isère, France
• Pi, a town in Catalonia, Spain. Pi means pine in Catalan.
• Pi, a county in Sichuan, China
• Po, a river in Italy
• Pô, a city in Burkina Faso
• Pu, a county in Shanxi, China
• Py, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
• Qi, a county in Kaifeng, Henan, China
• Qi, a county in Hebi, Henan, China
• Qi, a county in Jinzhong, Shanxi, China
• Qu, a county in Sichuan, China
• Ra, a farm in Borre municipality, Norway. Ra is the Norwegian word for a moraine.
• Rå, a farm in Ringerike municipality, Norway. A rå is a pole on which freshly mowed corn is hung to dry.
• Re, a village in the region of Piedmont, Italy
• Re, a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway
• Ré, an island in Charente-Maritime department, France
• Ri, a commune in the department of Orne, France
• Ro, an island near Kastelorizo, Greece
• Ro, a municipality in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy
• Ro, name of several farms in Norway
• Ru, a village in the municipality of Vilasantar, Galicia, Spain
• Ry, a commune in the department of Seine-Maritime, France
• Sé, several places, including Brazil, Hungary and Portugal
• Si, a county in Anhui, China
• Sy, a commune in the department of Ardennes, France
• Sy, a municipality in Liège province, Belgium
• Ti, a settlement in Oklahoma, United States
• Tu, a city in Japan. Tu is in Kunrei-shiki romanization and Tsu in Hepburn romanization is more common. (This is the shortest place name in Japan in both Japanese phonology and orthography. All other Japanese cities in this page require at least two kana.)
• Ub, a town in Serbia
• Ul, a parish in the Oliveira de Azeméis municipality in Portugal
• Ur, ancient city in Mesopotamia
• Ur, a town in Catalonia, Spain
• Ur, a commune in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, France
• Us, a commune in the department of Val-d'Oise, France
• Uz, a commune in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, France
• Uz, river and valley in Romania
• Ve, a village in Norway. Ve is an Old Norse word for home or dwelling, but can also designate a sacred place (see Blót).
• Vò, a municipality in the region of Veneto, Italy
• Wa, a municipality in Ghana
• Wu, a region in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces of China
• Wy, a municipality in Luxembourg province, Belgium
• Xi, a county in Shanxi, China
• Xi, a county in Henan, China
• Ye, a town in Mon State, Burma
• Ye, a county in Henan, China
• Yé, a village on the island of Lanzarote, Spain
• Yi, a name of three counties in Hebei, Liaoning and Anhui, China
• Yp, a desert in the western United States
• Ys, a mythological city in Brittany.
• Yu, a county in Hebei, China
• Yu, a county in Shanxi, China
• Yū, a former town, now district in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan
• Zu, a village in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan

See also

• List of long place names
• Long place names