Haiti (Haïti, Ayiti) in other languages: Port-au-Prince, departments
Haiti is Haïti in French and Ayiti in Haitian Creole, officially République d’Haïti and Repiblik d’Ayiti, with the ISO codes HT, HTI and 332. Below are the name in 169 languages and Port-au-Prince in 58, then the ten departments and the anthem, all in both official languages.
Official languagesFrench (français), Haitian Creole (kreyòl)
Checked
- alpha-2
- HT
- alpha-3
- HTI
- numeric
- 332
République d’Haïti
Repiblik d’Ayiti
- English
- HaitiRepublic of Haiti
- Capital
- Port-au-PrincePòtoprensPort-au-Prince
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026
Haiti in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Breton, Czech, Welsh, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Estonian, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, Friulian, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Latvian, Lingala, Ladin, Malagasy, Nahuatl, Norwegian, Novial, Polish, Portuguese, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Northern Sami, Samoan, Albanian, Sardinian, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish, Silesian, Tongan, Turkish, Võro, Zazaki, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | eng / bre / ces / cym / dan / dsb / est / eus / fao / fin / fkv / fur / gla / glv / hrv / hsb / hun / ina / ind / ita / jav / jnf / lav / lin / lld / mlg / nah / nor / nov / pol / por / roh / ron / rup / slk / slv / sme / smo / sqi / srd / stq / swa / swe / szl / ton / tur / vor / zza / deu / ltz / nds | Haiti | same as written |
| Asturian, Catalan, Galician, Occitan, Spanish, Tetum | ast / cat / glg / oci / spa / tet | Haití | same as written |
| Afrikaans, French, Dutch, Norman French | afr / fra / nld / nrm | Haïti | same as written |
| Bambara, Haitian Creole, Kongo, Wolof | bam / hat / kon / wol | Ayiti | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Moldovan, Slovio | crh / gag / mol / slo | Haiti / Хаити | Haiti |
| Franco-Provençal, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Walloon | frp / kin / run / wln | Hayiti | same as written |
| Aymara, Quechua | aym / que | Ayti | same as written |
| Cornish, Guarani | cor / grn | Hayti | same as written |
| Karakalpak, Turkmen | kaa / tuk | Gaiti / Гаити | Gaiti |
| Aragonese | arg | Aití, Haití | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Haiti / Һаити | Haiti |
| Bosnian | bos | Haiti / Хаити / حاٖىتٖى | Haiti |
| Esperanto | epo | Haitio | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Haïty | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Háití, Haití | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Haita | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Heti | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Haítí | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Hayitî | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Haitia, Haiti | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Haitis | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Haits | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Ħaiti, Ħajiti | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Haiti / هايتي | Haiti |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Haiti / हाइती | Haiti |
| Sicilian | scn | Aiti | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Haitės | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Hayti, Haiti | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Gaiti / Гаити / گەئىتى | Gaiti |
| Vietnamese | vie | Ha-i-ti | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Haitiyän | same as written |
| Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Avar, Chuvash, Kabardian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abk / abq / alt / ava / chv / kbd / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mon / oss / rus / udm / xal | Гаити | Gaiti |
| Bashkir, Chechen | bak / che | Гаити / Gaiti | Gaiti |
| Bulgarian, Yakut | bul / sah | Хаити | Ȟaiti |
| Belarusian | bel | Гаіты / Haity, Гаіці / Haici | Haity, Haici |
| Kazakh | kaz | Гаити / گايتي / Gaïtï | Gaïtï |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Гаити / گاىتى / Gaiti | Gaiti |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Һаит’и / Haît’î, Гаит’и / Gaît’î | Haît’î, Gaît’î |
| Macedonian | mkd | Хаити | Haiti |
| Rusyn | rue | Гайті | Hajti |
| Serbian | srp | Хаити / Haiti | Haiti |
| Tatar | tat | Гаити / Haiti / ھايىتى | Haiti |
| Tajik | tgk | Ҳаити / هئیتی / Haiti, Гаити / گئیتی / Gaiti | Haiti, Gaiti |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Гаїті | Haïti |
| Arabic | ara | هاييتي, هايتي | Hāyītī, Hāyitī / Hāytī |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | هایتی / Haiti | Haiti |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | هائیتی / Haîtî | Haîtî |
| Persian | fas | هائیتی / هائیتی / Hâiti | Hâiti |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | ہیٹی | Hēṫī |
| Dari | prs | هایتی | Hāytī |
| Pashto | pus | هايتي, هيتي | Hāytī, Haytī |
| Uyghur | uig | ھايتى / Hayti / Һайти | Hayti |
| Urdu | urd | ہیٹی, ہائیٹی / ہائیٹی | Hēṫī, Hāʾīṫī |
| Dhivehi | div | ހެއިޓީ, ހައިޓީ | Heiṫī, Haiṫī |
| Hebrew | heb | האיטי | Haʾīṭī |
| Ladino | lad | איטי / Aiti | Aiti |
| Yiddish | yid | האַיטי | Haiti |
| Amharic | amh | ሀይቲ, ሐይቲ | Hăyti, Ḥăyti |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Αϊτή | Aïtī́ |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Ἁϊτή, Ἁΐτη | Haïtī́, Haḯtī |
| Armenian | hye | Հաիթի, Հայիթի | Hait̕i, Hayit̕i |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ჰაიტი | Haiti |
| Laz | lzz | ჰაიტი / Hait’i | Hait’i |
| Hindi | hin | हाइती, हाइटी, हेटी | Hāitī, Hāiṭī, Heṭī |
| Bengali | ben | হাইতি | Hāiti |
| Gujarati | guj | હાઈટી | Hāīṭī |
| Odia | ori | ହାଇତି | Hāiti |
| Punjabi | pan | ਹਾਈਟੀ | Hāīṭī |
| Sinhala | sin | හයිටි | Hayiṭi |
| Kannada | kan | ಹೈತಿ | Haiti |
| Malayalam | mal | ഹൈയ്തി, ഹെയ്റ്റി | Haiyti, Heyṟṟi |
| Tamil | tam | ஹெய்ட்டி, ஹெய்தி | Heyṭṭi, Heyti |
| Telugu | tel | హైతీ | Haitī |
| Chinese | zho | 海地 | Hǎidì |
| Japanese | jpn | ハイティ, ハイチ | Haiti, Haichi |
| Korean | kor | 아이티 | Aiti |
| Tibetan | bod | ཧའི་ཏི། | Ha'i.ti |
| Burmese | mya | ဟေတီ | Heti |
| Thai | tha | เฮติ | Hēti |
| Khmer | khm | ហៃទី, ហាយទី | Haitī, Hāytī |
Haïti and Ayiti: the name in two official languages
Haiti has two official names because it has two official languages: République d’Haïti in French and Repiblik d’Ayiti in Haitian Creole. Creole spells the name as it sounds, without the silent h, and Bambara, Kongo and Wolof share the same form Ayiti. French, Dutch, Afrikaans and Norman write Haïti with a diaeresis, Spanish, Catalan, Galician and Occitan Haití with an accent, and English, Czech and Welsh plain Haiti.
The vowels shift from language to language. Hausa has Haita, Igbo Heti, Tagalog and Cornish Hayti, Kinyarwanda and Walloon Hayiti, and Esperanto Haitio. Russian, Kazakh and Uzbek start with Г, Гаити, Gaiti, while Ukrainian writes Гаїті and Bulgarian Хаити. Japanese allows ハイティ and ハイチ, Chinese writes 海地, Hǎidì, and Korean 아이티, Aiti, without any h at all.
Port-au-Prince is the same in French, English and German. Creole has Pòtoprens, Esperanto Portoprinco, Spanish Puerto Príncipe and Portuguese Porto Príncipe, which translate the French words. Chinese also translates, 太子港, Tàizǐ Gǎng, while Russian and most other languages render the sound: Порт-о-Пренс, Port-o-Prens.
Port-au-Prince in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish | eng / fra / deu / ltz / nds / gle | Port-au-Prince | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Turkmen | aze / tuk | Port-o-Prens / Порт-о-Пренс | Port-o-Prens |
| Bosnian | bos | Port-au-Prince / Порт о Пренс / پۉرت ۉ پرەنس | Port-au-Prince |
| Esperanto | epo | Portoprinco | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Pòtoprens | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Porto-Prens | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Portoprensa | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Port o Prensas | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Port-au-Prince / Порт-о-Пренс | Port-au-Prince |
| Malay | msa | Port-au-Prince / ڤورت-او-ڤرينس | Port-au-Prince |
| Nahuatl | nah | Ācalquīxōhuayān Tlahtohcapilli | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Porto Príncipe | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Port o Prensos | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Puerto Príncipe | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Port-o-Prens / Порт-о-Пренс / پارت-ئا-پرېنس | Port-o-Prens |
| Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian | mon / rus / ukr | Порт-о-Пренс | Port-o-Prens |
| Bashkir, Serbian | bak / srp | Порт-о-Пренс / Port-o-Prens | Port-o-Prens |
| Belarusian | bel | Порт-о-Прэнс / Port-o-Prens | Port-o-Prens |
| Bulgarian | bul | Порт о Пренс | Port o Prens |
| Kazakh, Kyrgyz | kaz / kir | Порт-о-Пренс / پورت-و-پرەنس / Port-o-Prens | Port-o-Prens |
| Tatar | tat | Порт-о-Пренс / Port-o-Prens / پورت-ئو-پرېنس | Port-o-Prens |
| Tajik | tgk | Порт-о-Пренс / پارت آ پرینس / Port-o-Prens | Port-o-Prens |
| Arabic | ara | بورتو برينس, بورت أو برانس, بورت أو برنس, بورتوبرنس | Būrtū Brīns, Būrt ū Brāns, Būrt ū Brans, Būrtūbrans |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | پورت او پرئنس / Port-o-Prens | Port-o-Prens |
| Persian | fas | پورت او پرنس / Port o Prens, پورتوپرنس / Portoprens | Port o Prens, Portoprens |
| Pashto | pus | پورت او پرېنس | Pōrt ō Prens |
| Uyghur | uig | پورت ئو پرېنس / Port o Préns / Порт-о-Пренс | Port o Préns |
| Urdu | urd | پورٹ او پرنس | Pōrṫ ō Prins |
| Hebrew | heb | פורט־או־פרינס, פורט־או־פראנס | Pōrṭ-ō-Prīns, Pōrṭ-ō-Prāns |
| Yiddish | yid | פּאָרט אָ פּרענס | Port o Prens |
| Amharic | amh | ፖርቶፕሪንስ | Portoprins |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Πορτ-ω-Πρενς, Πορτ-ο-Πρενς, Πορτ-ο-Πρινς | Port-ō-Prens, Port-o-Prens, Port-o-Prins |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Πὸρτ-ὠ-Πρένς | Pòrt-ō-Préns |
| Armenian | hye | Պորտ օ Պրենս | Port ô Prens |
| Georgian | kat | პორტ-ო-პრენსი | Port-o-Prensi |
| Hindi | hin | पोर्ट ओ प्रिन्स | Porṭ o Prins |
| Nepali | nep | पोर्ट-औ-प्रिन्स | Porṭ-au-Prins |
| Bengali | ben | পোর্ট-অ-প্রিন্স, পোর্ট-ঔ-প্রিন্স, পোর্ট অব প্রিন্স | Porṭ-ô-Prins, Porṭ-ôu-Prins, Porṭ ôb Prins |
| Punjabi | pan | ਪੋਰਟ ਓ ਪ੍ਰਿੰਸ | Porṭ o Prĩs |
| Kannada | kan | ಪೋರ್ಟ್-ಓ-ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸ್ | Pōrṭ-ō-Prins |
| Malayalam | mal | പോര്ട്-ഓ-പ്രിന്സ് | Pōrṭ-ō-Prins |
| Tamil | tam | போர்ட்-ஓ-பிரின்ஸ் | Pōrṭ-ō-Piriṉs |
| Telugu | tel | పోర్ట్-ఆ-ప్రింస్ | Pōrṭ-ā-Priṃs |
| Chinese | zho | 太子港 | Tàizǐ Gǎng |
| Japanese | jpn | ポルトープランス | Porutōpuransu |
| Korean | kor | 포르토프랭스 | Poreuto Peurengseu |
| Thai | tha | ปอร์โตแปรงซ์ | Pɔ̄[r]tō Prǣṅ[s] |
| Khmer | khm | ព័រអូព្រីន, ផតអូព្រីន | Pŏr'ūprīn, Pʰot'ūprīn |
The 10 departments of Haiti in French and Creole
Every department appears with its French and its Creole name, its ISO code and its seat; the seat is given in French first and in Creole second.
| ISO 3166-2 | French | Haitian Creole | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departments départements / depatman10 | |||||
| HT-AR | Département de l’Artibonite | Depatman Latibonit | Artibonite | GonaïvesGonayiv | |
| HT-CE | Département du Centre | Depatman Sant | Centre | HincheEnch | |
| HT-GA | Département de la Grand’Anse | Depatman Grandans | Grand’Anse | JérémieJeremi | 2015 ISO spelling changed; ISO now writes Grande’Anse |
| HT-ND | Département du Nord | Depatman Nò | North | Cap-HaïtienOkap / Kap Ayisyen | |
| HT-NE | Département du Nord-Est | Depatman Nòdès | Northeast | Fort-LibertéFòlibète | |
| HT-NI | Département des Nippes | Depatman Nip | Nippes | MiragoâneMiragwàn | 2007 Added in the second edition of ISO 3166-2 |
| HT-NO | Département du Nord-Ouest | Depatman Nòdwès | Northwest | Port-de-PaixPòdpè | |
| HT-OU | Département de l’Ouest | Depatman Lwès | West | Port-au-PrincePòtoprens | |
| HT-SD | Département du Sud | Depatman Sid | South | Les CayesOkay | |
| HT-SE | Département du Sud-Est | Depatman Sidès | Southeast | JacmelJakmèl | |
Codes: ISO 3166-2:HT on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026; HT-NI Nippes was added in the 2007 edition, the spelling of HT-GA changed on 27 November 2015, and ISO lists the names in French and Haitian Creole. Department names and seats in both languages: the 2016 edition of this list. The Centre column shows the seat in French and, below it, in Creole.
Department names and seats in Creole
Creole writes the department names as they are spoken. Département de l’Artibonite becomes Depatman Latibonit, with the French article fused into the name, and Grand’Anse becomes Grandans. The compass names shorten: Nord is Nò, Nord-Est Nòdès, Nord-Ouest Nòdwès, Ouest Lwès, Sud Sid and Sud-Est Sidès.
The seats follow the same pattern. Cap-Haïtien, the seat of Nord, is Okap or Kap Ayisyen in Creole, Les Cayes in Sud is Okay, Hinche in Centre is Ench and Port-de-Paix in Nord-Ouest is Pòdpè. Nippes, the department that ISO added last, has its seat at Miragoâne, Miragwàn in Creole.
La Dessalinienne, the national anthem in French
The official French text of La Dessalinienne in its five stanzas, written by Justin Lhérisson for the centenary of independence in 1904. The anthem is also sung in Haitian Creole as Ladesalinyèn.
- Pour le Pays, pour les Ancêtres / Marchons unis, marchons unis / Dans nos rangs point de traîtres / Du sol soyons seuls maîtres / Marchons unis, marchons unis / Pour le Pays, pour les Ancêtres / Marchons, marchons, marchons unis / Pour le Pays, pour les Ancêtres
- Pour les Aïeux, pour la Patrie / Béchons joyeux, béchons joyeux / Quand le champ fructifie / L’âme se fortifie / Béchons joyeux, béchons joyeux / Pour les Aïeux, pour la Patrie / Béchons, béchons, béchons joyeux / Pour les Aïeux, pour la Patrie
- Pour le Pays et pour nos Pères / Formons des Fils, formons des Fils / Libres, forts et prospères / Toujours nous serons frères / Formons des Fils, formons des Fils / Pour le Pays et pour nos Pères / Formons, formons, formons des Fils / Pour le Pays et pour nos Pères
- Pour les Aïeux, pour la Patrie / O Dieu des Preux, O Dieu des Preux / Sous ta garde infinie / Prends nos droits, notre vie / O Dieu des Preux, O Dieu des Preux / Pour les Aïeux, pour la Patrie / O Dieu, O Dieu, O Dieu des Preux / Pour les Aïeux, pour la Patrie
- Pour le Drapeau, pour la Patrie / Mourir est beau, mourir est beau / Notre passé nous crie: / Ayez l’âme aguerrie / Mourir est beau, mourir est beau / Pour le Drapeau, pour la Patrie / Mourir, mourir, mourir est beau / Pour le Drapeau, pour la Patrie
Questions about the names of Haiti
What is Haiti called in Haitian Creole?
Ayiti. The official name is Repiblik d’Ayiti, beside the French République d’Haïti.
What is Cap-Haïtien in Creole?
Okap, or in full Kap Ayisyen. The city is the seat of the Nord department, Nò in Creole.
Which is the newest department of Haiti?
Nippes, with its seat at Miragoâne. ISO 3166-2 added it as HT-NI in its 2007 edition.