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Countries, regions, rivers and landmarks, for a dog named after a trip or a home town.

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Girl names (42)

Alhambra
Red walled Moorish palace in Granada, Spain · Arabic
Antigua
Caribbean island known for its beaches · Spanish
Appalachia
The old mountain region of the eastern United States
Aruba
Dry sunny island off the coast of Venezuela
Atlantis
The legendary island that sank beneath the sea · Greek
Bora Bora
A Polynesian island with a turquoise lagoon and a green peak · Tahitian
Carpathia
After the Carpathian Mountains that curve through central Europe
Columbia
A great river of the Pacific Northwest, and an old poetic name for America
Corsica
A mountainous French island in the Mediterranean · French
Crete
Largest of the Greek islands · Greek
Elba
Tuscan island in the Mediterranean · Italian
Garda
The largest lake in Italy, ringed by lemon groves · Italian
Geneva
Swiss city on the lake
Havana
Capital of Cuba, and a warm brown
Hawaii
The Pacific island state of volcanoes, surf and hula · Hawaiian
Iona
Small holy island in the Scottish Hebrides · Scottish
Ischia
A volcanic Italian island in the Bay of Naples, known for hot springs · Italian
Jamaica
A Caribbean island of reggae music, jerk spices and blue mountains · Taino
Kenya
East African country on the equator
Maggiore
A long Italian lake with island palace gardens · Italian
Majorca
A sunny Spanish island in the Mediterranean · Spanish
Malta
A small sunny island nation in the Mediterranean, home of the Maltese dog · Maltese · small dogs
Menorca
A quiet Spanish island of coves and stone villages · Spanish
Mirage
A shimmering illusion seen in the desert heat · French
Moorea
A heart shaped island near Tahiti; the name means yellow lizard · Tahitian
Odessa
Black Sea port city
Pagoda
A tiered tower of an Asian temple
Parana
A great South American river that runs past Iguazu Falls · Tupi
Patagonia
The wild windswept tip of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile · Spanish
Petra
The rose red city carved into Jordanian rock · Greek
Sahara
The great desert of north Africa
Sardinia
An Italian island with turquoise water and long lived villagers · Italian
Seychelles
An island nation in the Indian Ocean with granite boulders on white beaches · French
Shangri-La
A hidden paradise in the mountains, from the novel Lost Horizon
Siberia
The vast cold region of northern Russia, home of the Siberian Husky · Russian
Sicily
Largest island in the Mediterranean · Italian
Tenerife
The biggest of Spain's Canary Islands, home of a volcano called Teide · Spanish
Tuscany
Rolling region of hill towns and vineyards in Italy · Italian
Umbria
The green heart of Italy, a region of hills and towns · Italian
Utopia
An imagined perfect place, from Thomas More's book · Greek
Vienna
Capital of Austria
Volga
Longest river in Europe, flowing through Russia

Boy names (25)

Angkor
Vast temple complex in the forests of Cambodia
Arno
River running through Florence and Pisa · Italian
Bombay
The older name of Mumbai
Cairo
Capital of Egypt
Cape Horn
The stormy southern tip of South America, feared by sailors
Clyde
River running through Glasgow to the sea · Scottish
Colosseum
The great stone arena of ancient Rome · big dogs
Congo
Great river of central Africa · big dogs
Cuzco
The old Inca capital high in the Andes
Komodo
Indonesian island home of the giant monitor lizard · big dogs
Kruger
Great safari park in northeast South Africa · big dogs
Kyoto
The old imperial capital of Japan · Japanese
Nepal
The Himalayan kingdom · big dogs
Orinoco
A great river of Venezuela, full of river dolphins · Spanish
Parthenon
The marble temple on the Acropolis of Athens · Greek
Rialto
The famous stone bridge over Venice's Grand Canal · Italian
Rio
Portuguese, river, and short for Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande
The big river along the border of Texas and Mexico · Spanish
Taj
After the Taj Mahal; taj means crown in Persian and Hindi · Persian
Thar
The Great Indian Desert on the border of India and Pakistan · Hindi
Tiber
The river that flows through Rome · Latin
Tigris
One of the two great rivers of ancient Mesopotamia · Greek
Trent
One of the great rivers of central England
Veld
The open grassland of southern Africa · Afrikaans
Zanzibar
Spice island off the Tanzanian coast

Names for either (82)

Acropolis
The rocky citadel above Athens, crowned by the Parthenon · Greek
Arctic
The frozen region around the North Pole · Greek
Arran
Scottish island called Scotland in miniature · Scottish
Azores
A group of green volcanic islands in the middle of the Atlantic · Portuguese
Babylon
The great ancient city of Mesopotamia, famous for hanging gardens · Akkadian
Backpacker
A traveller who carries everything in a pack
Baikal
The oldest and deepest lake in the world, in Siberia · Russian
Baja
Long desert peninsula of northwest Mexico · Spanish
Bali
Indonesian island
Bazaar
A busy market of the Middle East and Asia · Persian
Borneo
Huge rainforest island of Southeast Asia
Camelot
King Arthur's legendary castle and court
Caravan
A group travelling together across a desert, or a home on wheels · Persian
Cornwall
Rugged coastal county at the tip of England
Cuba
The biggest Caribbean island, known for old cars and music · Taino
Danube
Great river crossing ten countries of Europe
Explorer
Someone who travels to unknown places to discover them
Faroe
A group of grassy North Atlantic islands between Scotland and Iceland · Faroese
Fiji
Pacific island nation
Galapagos
Pacific islands of giant tortoises and finches · Spanish
Ganges
Great sacred river of northern India · Hindi
Globetrotter
Someone who travels all over the world
Gozo
Malta's quieter sister island, known for farms and dive spots · Maltese
Hebrides
Island chain off the west coast of Scotland · Scottish
Iceland
A North Atlantic island of glaciers, geysers and volcanoes · Icelandic
Iguazu
Thundering waterfalls on the Brazil Argentina border · Spanish
Jetsetter
A stylish person who travels often
Journey
A trip from one place to another, for a faithful travel companion · French
Jura
Wild Scottish island, and a mountain range in France
Kasbah
The old walled citadel of a North African town · Arabic
Kauai
The green garden island of Hawaii · Hawaiian
Lanai
A small Hawaiian island once covered in pineapple fields · Hawaiian · small dogs
Lapland
The snowy far north of Finland and Sweden, land of reindeer · Finnish
Limpopo
A great grey green river in southern Africa, made famous by Kipling
Lisbon
Capital of Portugal
Madagascar
A huge island off Africa, home of lemurs and baobab trees · Malagasy
Marrakesh
Moroccan city of red walls
Mekong
Great river of Southeast Asia
Meridian
A line of longitude, and the highest point the sun reaches each day · Latin
Mersey
River flowing through Liverpool to the Irish Sea
Mississippi
The great river of the United States, from Minnesota to New Orleans · Ojibwe
Mojave
Desert of southern California and Nevada
Molokai
A quiet, rural Hawaiian island with tall sea cliffs · Hawaiian
Nairobi
Capital of Kenya
Namib
The coastal desert of Namibia with some of the tallest dunes on earth · Nama
Navigator
The person who plots the route on a ship or plane · Latin
Nile
The longest river in Africa · big dogs
Oahu
Hawaiian island of Honolulu and Waikiki · Hawaiian
Odyssey
A long, eventful journey, after Homer's epic of Odysseus · Greek
Okavango
Inland river delta of Botswana, rich in wildlife
Orkney
Windswept island group north of Scotland · Norse
Osaka
Japan great merchant city on the Inland Sea · Japanese
Palawan
A long island in the Philippines with limestone lagoons · Filipino
Paros
A Greek island of white marble and blue doors · Greek
Passport
The little book that lets you travel, for a dog who loves a trip
Pilgrim
A traveller on a long journey to a special place · Latin
Po
The longest river in Italy · Italian · small dogs
Postcard
A picture card sent home from holiday
Prague
Capital of the Czech Republic
Pyramid
One of the great stone tombs of ancient Egypt · big dogs
Rhone
A great river that runs from the Swiss Alps through France to the sea · French
Safari
An expedition to see wild animals; Swahili for journey · Swahili
Samoa
Island nation of the South Pacific
Serengeti
Great plain of Tanzania, crossed by the migration · Swahili · big dogs
Shetland
Northern Scottish isles, home of the small pony · Norse
Skellig
Steep rock island off the coast of Kerry, Ireland · Irish
Souvenir
A keepsake from a trip; French for a memory · French
Stonehenge
The prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain in England · big dogs
Sumatra
Indonesian island of rainforest and coffee
Svalbard
An Arctic island group of Norway, home to polar bears · Norwegian
Thames
River running through London to the sea
Tokyo
Capital of Japan · Japanese
Tonga
Kingdom of islands in the South Pacific
Trinidad
A Caribbean island famous for carnival and steel pans · Spanish
Tropic
The warm regions either side of the equator · Greek
Vagabond
A wanderer with no fixed home · Latin
Vanuatu
Volcanic island nation of the South Pacific
Voyage
A long journey by sea or into space · French
Wanderlust
A strong longing to travel and explore · German
Xanadu
The summer palace of Kublai Khan, a byword for a place of luxury
Yucatan
Mexican peninsula of Mayan ruins and cenotes · Spanish
Zambezi
African river that plunges over Victoria Falls

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