From Alternative History
This is a list of alternate placenames, alter-towns etc. from the Interference TL, obviously up to the epoch I'm writing. I'll regularly update this also, every century or so on. Keep in mind I'm not sure if name will remain the same up to the assumed *present whence the TL is narrated.
[edit] Africa
| Placename
| OTL equivalent
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| Zenete Desert
| Sahara, at least the western part
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| Mauretania, later in shorter Mauria or (preferred. less literary) Mornavia
| Morocco
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| Septem -> Sefta
| Ceuta
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| Rawel
| Rif mountains
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| Ulili
| Volubilis, Morocco, not abandoned in TTL
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| Warzazata
| Ouarzazate
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| Lesvallia
| Kabylia
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| Murnathya, Mornavia (a name for Mauria/Mauretania, OTL Morocco)
| Marrakech
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| Gadir
| Agadir
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| M'luvi river
| Moulouya river, Morocco
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| Gasfr Sifna
| not existing OTL, a castle in central Atlas, Morocco
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| Guarda Catòlica da Moreia, later Moreia
| Casablanca
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| Mauretania Ultima
| Mauritania
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| Numidia
| Algeria
|
| Ikhuzi or St. James of Ikhuzi
| Algiers
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| Nat'Rathen
| Larba, Algeria
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| Igilgi
| Jijel, Algeria
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| Stifa
| Sétif
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| Ifrigia, later Punia
| Tunisia
|
| Bardapolis
| Tunis
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| Byzacena -> Visaddine
| eastern central Ifrigia, *OTL Tunisia
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| Djirva
| Djerba
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| Bagradas river
| Medjerda river, Tunisia
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| Gavissa
| Gafsa
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| Thermeli
| Hammamet
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| Kirvana
| Qairawan, Tunisia
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| Kerkunia
| Kerkouane, Tunisia
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| Jarthousa
| Bizert, Tunisia
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| Tafrura
| Sfax
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| Ziqqwana
| Zaghouan, Tunisia
|
| Kaladiopi
| Marsa Ibrahim, Eritrea; "Ethiopian Port" established by Templars from Egypt
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| Gold Coast
| Ghana
|
[edit] Asia Minor
| Placename
| OTL equivalent
|
| Melitene
| Malatya
|
| Theodosiopolis
| Erzerum
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| Sebastea
| Sivas
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| Tephrike
| Divriği
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| Caesarea (Latin/Greek) / Mazhak (Armenian)
| Kayseri, Turkey
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| Edessa
| Urfa/Sanliurfa, Turkey
|
| Claudiopolis -> Bithynion
| Bolu, Bithynia, Turkey
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| Blekiokastron
| Birecik
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| Sebastopolis
| Sulusaray, Turkey
|
| Loristan
| northern Armenia
|
| Basiliokastron
| not existing in OTL, a city-fortress in the western Taurus, south Anatolia
|
| Perrhai
| Adıyaman
|
| Pelagamborion
| Seddülbahir: in TTL it is a thriving custom port.
|
| Ahlat
| Armenia, at least its southern and southwestern parts
|
| Frangonica
| Yenişehir, western Turkey
|
| Kappadokios river
| Delice river, central Turkey
|
| Karakilisa
| Vanadzor/Kirovakan
|
[edit] British Isles
| Placename
| OTL equivalent
|
| Alba
| Scottish Highlands, "Pictavia"
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| Alban Islands
| collective name for Shetlands, Orkneys, Hebrides
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| Yorwich
| York
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| Mona
| Anglesey
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| Moeleicoel
| Coleshill
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| Penfro
| Pembroke, Wales
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| Cumbria
| Cumberland
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| Northumbria
| Yorkshire
|
[edit] France
| Placename
| OTL equivalent
|
| Brevasque
| Dauphiné
|
| Peyra-Lada
| Pierrelatte, Drôme, Rhône Alpes
|
| Momadrouna pass
| an alt-Occitan name for OTL Montgenèvre/Monginevro pass
|
| Robertingians
| Capetingians
|
| Chateau-Lunain
| not existing OTL, somewhere south of Paris
|
| Septimania. Later supersided by Languedoc - linguistic definition - and increasingly Gadary - land of Cathars - to indicate the whole OTL French extreme Midi
| Roussillon
|
| Norman style
| Gothic style in art
|
[edit] Hesperia / America
| Placename
| OTL equivalent
|
| Helluland
| Baffin island
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| Markland
| Labrador
|
| Vinlandria
| a later Euro corruption for OTL Newfoundland proper, island
|
| Thorfinnsvìk
| not existing OTL, some 50 kms due west of OTL St.Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada
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| Helluland Sound
| Baffin Bay
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| New Palestine
| Massachussetts, New Hampshire and Maine
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| Thorsteinsflo
| town in OTL Dingwall Bay, Cape Breton, Canada
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| Marksey
| Cape Breton island, Canada
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| Rauthljudar (Red Screamers)
| Beothuks of Newfoundland, more or less mixed with Norsemen
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| Eiriksnes, first successful Euro settlement in mainland Hesperia
| A town on OTL Cape George Point
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| Skraelingarland, later Screlingia
| Acadia
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| Vesteyjar ("Western Isles")
| An early Norse name for Hesperia
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| Rwadhas
| Mandans
|
| Markseyfjordur
| Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton, Canada
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| Bakkland
| Québec and Ontario
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| Kandarvannsvìk
| near OTL Québec city
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| Kandarvannà river
| St. Lawrence river
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| Nipinniswi
| Cahokia
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| Mayambeck river
| Ohio river
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| Midhimikkmà
| Little Southwest Miramichi river, New Brunswick, Canada: "middle Micmac river"
|
[edit] Iberia
| Placename
| OTL equivalent
|
| Rio Grande
| Guadalquivir
|
| Gallastria
| Spanish Galicia plus Asturias
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| Arx Roderici -> Arrodriga
| Gibraltar
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| Elbira
| Granada
|
| Transierra
| Extremadura, Spain
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| Arrogadana
| Badajoz
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| Sardubia
| Marbella, Spain
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| Matxados de Areistana
| near OTL Moura, Portugal
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| Santa Cruz
| Madeira island
|
| St. James' island
| Alboràn island
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| Gumbusdeira
| Santiago de Compostela, in Gallastrian
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| San Pedro de las Lagunas
| Daimiel, Spain
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| Los Secados
| la Mancha, Spain
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| Atlantides
| the Azores
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| Laobrivia
| Algarve, Portugal
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| Tamaràn
| Gran Canaria island
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| Porto Lucente
| Alicante, Spain
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| Placename
| OTL equivalent
|
| Zividal tal Friul
| Cividale del Friuli
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| Friul
| Friuli
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| Murgia Basilica
| not existing OTL, inner central Puglia
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| Castroleone
| Campo Tenese, Calabria, Italy
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| Brischna
| Bressanone/Brixen
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| Trient
| Trento
|
| Gurizberg (formal), Grizza (Ladin Friulian)
| Gorizia
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| Lombard plain
| Padan plain
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| Fiumara Rossa
| a Sicilian river on the northern coast not existing OTL with this name
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| Castiglione Canossa
| Castiglione delle Stiviere
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| Udena
| Udine, Italy
|
| Comagne
| western Friuli, the “magredi” area: "Lesser Cumania"
|
[edit] Sklaviniai / Balkans
| Placename
| OTL equivalent
|
| Zahumlje, later Hum/Dukovina
| Hercegovina
|
| Dioclea -> Duklja, later Zeta, eventually Melanoria
| Montenegro
|
| Vlakorai/Vlachorai
| Balkan range proper
|
| Dyrrachion
| Dūrres; nonetheless called the Albanian way by inhabitants?
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| Skupiokastritsa
| Skopje
|
| Hemochorion
| not existing OTL, a place somewhere in OTL Stara Planina, Balkans proper
|
| Travunja/Trivalja
| a medieval sub-kingdom due north of OTL Montenegro
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| Cumania
| Moldavia
|
| Demetriada
| Svilengrad, Bulgaria
|
[edit] diverse
| Placename
| OTL equivalent
|
| Taurida
| Crimea
|
| Taurocherson
| Sebastopol, Crimea
|
| Romancia
| Graubünden/Grigioni, Switzerland, plus Valtellina, Vorarlberg and Sankt Gallen, maybe Glarus?
|
| Asman Tau/Tenghri Tagh
| Tien Shan
|
| Champa
| southern Vietnam
|
| Muwahiddin
| The Druzes
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| Arousion
| Kheurbet al-Aarous; only Byzantine name? Turks and Syriac own names?
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| San Gall
| Ladin-Rumantsch for OTL Sankt Gallen
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| Xijian
| Lanzhou, Gansu, NW China
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| Alamannia
| northern Switzerland
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| Vijaya
| Binh Dinh, Vietnam
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| Selonia/Selene
| eastern Latvia and Lithuania?
|
| Dadu/Khanbaliq (still to be stated if subsequently renamed Beijing as per OTL)
| Beijing
|
| Suvarnapura (“the golden city”)
| Jhang, Pakistan
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| Hordebruck
| Landshut, Bavaria
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| Zwanstenhafen
| Königsberg
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