Location in Different Languages
Discover 'Location' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Location
Afrikaans ligging | ||
Albanian vendndodhja | ||
Amharic አካባቢ | ||
Arabic موقعك | ||
Armenian գտնվելու վայրը | ||
Assamese অৱস্থান | ||
Aymara kawkhachiqa | ||
Azerbaijani yer | ||
Bambara sigiyɔrɔ | ||
Basque kokapena | ||
Belarusian месцазнаходжанне | ||
Bengali অবস্থান | ||
Bhojpuri अस्थान | ||
Bosnian lokacija | ||
Bulgarian местоположение | ||
Catalan ubicació | ||
Cebuano lokasyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 位置 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 位置 | ||
Corsican locu | ||
Croatian mjesto | ||
Czech umístění | ||
Danish beliggenhed | ||
Dhivehi ސަރަހައްދު | ||
Dogri थाहर | ||
Dutch plaats | ||
English location | ||
Esperanto loko | ||
Estonian asukoht | ||
Ewe teƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lokasyon | ||
Finnish sijainti | ||
French emplacement | ||
Frisian lokaasje | ||
Galician localización | ||
Georgian ადგილმდებარეობა | ||
German lage | ||
Greek τοποθεσία | ||
Guarani ñeimeha | ||
Gujarati સ્થાન | ||
Haitian Creole kote | ||
Hausa wuri | ||
Hawaiian wahi | ||
Hebrew מקום | ||
Hindi स्थान | ||
Hmong qhov chaw nyob | ||
Hungarian elhelyezkedés | ||
Icelandic staðsetning | ||
Igbo ebe | ||
Ilocano lokasion | ||
Indonesian lokasi | ||
Irish suíomh | ||
Italian posizione | ||
Japanese ロケーション | ||
Javanese lokasi | ||
Kannada ಸ್ಥಳ | ||
Kazakh орналасқан жері | ||
Khmer ទីតាំង | ||
Kinyarwanda ahantu | ||
Konkani थळ | ||
Korean 위치 | ||
Krio ples | ||
Kurdish cîh | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شوێن | ||
Kyrgyz жайгашкан жер | ||
Lao ສະຖານທີ່ | ||
Latin locus | ||
Latvian atrašanās vieta | ||
Lingala esika | ||
Lithuanian vieta | ||
Luganda ekifo | ||
Luxembourgish standuert | ||
Macedonian локација | ||
Maithili स्थान | ||
Malagasy toerana | ||
Malay lokasi | ||
Malayalam സ്ഥാനം | ||
Maltese lokazzjoni | ||
Maori wāhi | ||
Marathi स्थान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯩꯐꯝ | ||
Mizo hmun | ||
Mongolian байршил | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တည်နေရာ | ||
Nepali स्थान | ||
Norwegian plassering | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) malo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅବସ୍ଥାନ | ||
Oromo bakka | ||
Pashto ځای | ||
Persian محل | ||
Polish lokalizacja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) localização | ||
Punjabi ਟਿਕਾਣਾ | ||
Quechua tarikusqan | ||
Romanian locație | ||
Russian расположение | ||
Samoan nofoaga | ||
Sanskrit स्थानीय | ||
Scots Gaelic àite | ||
Sepedi lefelo | ||
Serbian локација | ||
Sesotho sebaka | ||
Shona nzvimbo | ||
Sindhi جڳھ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ස්ථානය | ||
Slovak umiestnenie | ||
Slovenian lokacijo | ||
Somali goobta | ||
Spanish ubicación | ||
Sundanese lokasi | ||
Swahili eneo | ||
Swedish plats | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lokasyon | ||
Tajik макон | ||
Tamil இடம் | ||
Tatar урнашу | ||
Telugu స్థానం | ||
Thai สถานที่ | ||
Tigrinya ኣንፈት | ||
Tsonga ndhawu | ||
Turkish yer | ||
Turkmen ýerleşýän ýeri | ||
Twi (Akan) beaeɛ | ||
Ukrainian місцезнаходження | ||
Urdu مقام | ||
Uyghur ئورنى | ||
Uzbek manzil | ||
Vietnamese vị trí | ||
Welsh lleoliad | ||
Xhosa indawo | ||
Yiddish אָרט | ||
Yoruba ipo | ||
Zulu indawo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "ligging" originated from the Dutch word "liggen", meaning "to lie" or "to be situated". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "vendndodhja" is directly derived from the verb "vendos" (to place) and the suffix "-dhje" (location), ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂- (to stand). |
| Arabic | The term "موقعك" also translates to "your location" or "your position" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | "Yer" can also mean "area" or "land". |
| Basque | The word "kokapena" derives from the root "koka-pen" meaning "base-head" or the "bottom of the skull" |
| Belarusian | Mescaznahodjanne derives from the Proto-Slavic word for "place" and also means "address" in modern Belarusian. |
| Bengali | "অবস্থান" originates from the Sanskrit root "sthā", meaning "to stand" or "to be situated." |
| Bosnian | The word "lokacija" also has the alternate meaning of "place" or "spot". |
| Bulgarian | The word "местоположение" derives from the Bulgarian verb "полагам" (to place), thus containing the implicit meaning of "a place to be placed". |
| Catalan | The word “ubicació” (“location”) in Catalan derives from the Latin word “ubi”, meaning “where” or “in which place”. It can also refer to a specific address or geographical location. |
| Cebuano | 'Lokasyon' can also mean 'address' or 'residence' in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The second character 位 (wèi) means "to be in place" or "to stand," adding to the original meaning of "to place". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Buddhist sutras, 位置 refers to a position in a hierarchy of beings and in Taoism, it refers to a specific point in space and time. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "locu" can also refer to a place of dwelling, a village, or a country. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "mjesto" is derived from the Old Slavic word "město" which also means "city" in some Slavic languages. |
| Czech | The word "umístění" also means "placement" in Czech. |
| Danish | The Danish word "Beliggenhed" originates from the medieval Low German word "belegenheit," or "suitable place."} |
| Dutch | "Plaats" in Dutch can also mean a small town or village. |
| Esperanto | "Loko" derives from "place, site" in Latin, via Proto-Slavic *lokъ |
| Estonian | In addition to its primary meaning, "asukoht" also carries the connotation of "abode" or "dwelling place". |
| Finnish | The word "sijainti" is derived from the verb "sijaita", meaning "to be situated" or "to lie". |
| French | The word "emplacement" can also mean "job" or "position" in French, and derives from the Latin word "emplaciare," meaning "to place" or "to position." |
| Frisian | The word "lokaasje" in Frisian can also mean "situation" or "place". |
| Galician | In Galician, "localización" can also refer to the act or process of determining one's physical or online location, or to a specific place where something occurs. |
| German | Lage can also mean situation, position or state. |
| Greek | In Greek, "τοποθεσία" can also refer to a settlement or a place of worship |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word “સ્થાન” can also refer to a place, position, or spot. |
| Haitian Creole | "Kote" as a Haitian Creole word also means "house" in a more general sense, like Spanish "casa". |
| Hausa | Hausa 'wuri' also means site, spot, place, position. |
| Hawaiian | In Polynesian languages outside of Hawaii, "wahi" often refers to a sacred or consecrated place. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "מקום" (place) also means "room", "space", "area", or "scope". |
| Hindi | The word "स्थान" also means "room for something" in Hindi |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "qhov chaw nyob" is derived from the root words "qhov chaw" meaning "place" or "spot" and "nyob" meaning "to be" or "to live in." |
| Hungarian | "Elhelyezkedés" also means "position within a system of classification" and "arrangement of things in a space with respect to each other". |
| Icelandic | The word "staðsetning" is a compound of the words "staður" (place) and "setning" (placement), but can also mean "situation" or "condition". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'ebe' has a root meaning of 'place' as well as alternate forms like 'aha' and 'ihe' |
| Indonesian | "Lokasi" is also used in Indonesian to refer to a specific place, such as an address or a geographical location. |
| Irish | The Irish word "suíomh" is cognate with the Latin word "situm", meaning "location, site". |
| Italian | The Italian word "Posizione" may also refer to a ballet dance move or a mathematical position |
| Japanese | ロケーション is the katakana spelling of the English word "location", which can also mean "shooting location" or "filming location" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'lokasi' also means 'situation', 'condition', or 'state' in a broader sense. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಸ್ಥಳ' also means 'space' in general and not just a specific place. |
| Kazakh | The word "орналасқан жері" (location) in Kazakh literally means "the place where it is located". |
| Khmer | The word "ទីតាំង" also refers to the place from which one originates (e.g., "my hometown"). |
| Korean | 위치 can also mean 'place', 'site', 'position' |
| Kurdish | The word "cîh" in Kurdish can also refer to a "place of residence" or a "place of work". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жайгашкан жер" in Kyrgyz can also mean "established place" or "permanent residence." |
| Latin | Locus, meaning 'place' or 'location' in Latin, also refers to a specific point or region in mathematics, genetics, and other fields. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "atrašanās vieta" literally means "being in place," but is translated as "location" in English |
| Lithuanian | The word "vieta" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wei- "to turn, wind, bend, twist, or plait". |
| Luxembourgish | 'Standuert' is derived from the Old High German word 'stat' ('place') and later influenced by the French word 'stand' ('kiosk'). |
| Macedonian | In the Macedonian language, the word локација can also mean 'the site of an event' or 'the place where something exists' |
| Malagasy | The word "toerana" in Malagasy is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "*taran", meaning "place", and is related to the Javanese word "tegalan", meaning "field". |
| Malay | The word 'lokasi' may come from an older variant of the Malay word 'lulus', meaning 'to pass' or 'to cross', referring to the location being a point of passage or convergence. |
| Malayalam | The word "സ്ഥാനം" can also mean "posture" or "position" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | Maltese "lokazzjoni" derives from the Italian "locazione", with the original meaning of "hiring" or "renting". |
| Maori | "Wāhi” in Māori also means “sacred place” and “land”, and is a central concept in Māori culture and spirituality. |
| Marathi | स्थान (sthān) can also mean 'place', 'a place where something is kept', 'a place where something is found', 'a place where something is done', 'a place where someone lives', 'a place where someone works', 'a place where someone is buried', 'a place where something is stored', 'a place where something is grown', 'a place where something is manufactured', 'a place where something is sold', 'a place where something is learned', 'a place where something is played', 'a place where something is watched', 'a place where something is worshipped', 'a place where something is celebrated', 'a place where something is remembered', 'a place where something is forgotten', 'a place where something is hidden', 'a place where something is lost', 'a place where something is found', 'a place where something is created', 'a place where something is destroyed', 'a place where something is changed', 'a place where something is saved', 'a place where something is lost', 'a place where something 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| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "байршил" also means "settlement", "residence", or "base". |
| Nepali | The word "स्थान" (location) is also used to refer to a "place" or "position" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The word "plassering" is derived from the German word "Platzierung", meaning "placement". It can also refer to an investment or financial position. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word for 'malo' can also refer to a village. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ځای" also refers to a physical place or residence. |
| Persian | The word "محل" in Persian can also mean "place of business" or "shop". |
| Polish | The Polish word "lokalizacja" is derived from the Latin "localis", meaning "of a place" or "belonging to a place". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Localização (Portugal) can also mean "place" or, more broadly, "the space around somebody or something." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "locație" derives from the Latin word "locatio", meaning "act of placing or letting", and also refers to a specific place or situation in which something occurs. |
| Russian | The word "расположение" can also mean "arrangement", "disposition", or "mood." |
| Samoan | Derived from the Proto-Polynesian root *noho* "to sit" and *fanga* "place". |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic 'àite' can also mean 'site', 'spot', 'place', 'situation' or 'estate'. |
| Serbian | The word "локација" also means "destination" or "site" in Serbian, and is derived from the Latin word "locus". |
| Sesotho | "Sebaka" can also mean "place" or "area". |
| Shona | The word "nzvimbo" also means "a place where people gather" or "a meeting place" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "جڳھ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "jagati," meaning "world" or "place." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term |
| Slovak | The word "umiestnenie" can also refer to "placement" or "arrangement" of objects in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word 'lokacijo' is a loanword from French 'localisation' and also means 'localisation' in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "goobta" can also refer to a place where something is found or a place where something is happening. |
| Spanish | The term "ubicación" in Spanish originates from the Latin word "ubicatio," meaning "situation, position, place" and "setting down, laying the foundation". However, its meaning has evolved over time to encompass "dwelling" and "property" as well as its original meaning of "location." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word lokasi, also spelled lokahi, can mean either location or world. |
| Swahili | The word "eneo" derives from the Bantu "eneo" but also is homophonous with the Bantu word "eneo" meaning "a place where someone settles down". |
| Swedish | The word 'plats' in Swedish can also mean a dish or a record. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "lokasyon" also means "place" or "situation". |
| Tajik | The Tajiki word "макон" also means "the place where one stays". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'இடம்' (idam) is derived from the Sanskrit term 'sthāna', which also denotes a place, position, or locality as well as 'standing, being, existence'. |
| Telugu | The term "sthānam" can also refer to a place where a ceremony or ritual is held, such as a temple or a sacred site. |
| Thai | สถานที่ in Thai also means "to be located" as in "ตั้งอยู่" (tang yuu) |
| Turkish | The word "yer" in Turkish can also mean "place" or "land." |
| Ukrainian | The word "Місцезнаходження" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*mьsto", meaning "place", and the suffix "-znaxod'" meaning "finding". |
| Urdu | The word "مقام" can also mean "musical mode" or "position" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "Manzil" in Uzbek can also mean "destination" or "stage" in a journey. |
| Vietnamese | "Vị trí" also refers to rank or standing, as in the phrases "vị trí xã hội" (social position) and "vị trí trong đội" (position on a team). |
| Welsh | Lleoliad is also a term used in Welsh poetry to refer to the place where a particular event occurs. |
| Xhosa | The word "indawo" in Xhosa also means "a place where people gather" |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "אָרט" can also mean "way" or "fashion". |
| Yoruba | The word "ipo" in Yoruba also refers to a place where animals are kept or a place of residence. |
| Zulu | The word 'indawo' in Zulu can also refer to a place, a position, or a site. |
| English | Originally, "location" meant "a place where something is put or kept"} |