Country · SA

Saudi Arabia in other languages: السعودية, Riyadh, Mecca and regions

Saudi Arabia is المملكة العربية السعودية (al-Mamlakâẗu l-ʿArabīyâẗi s-Saʿūdīyâ) in Arabic, with the ISO 3166-1 codes SA, SAU and 682. The lists give the country in 178 languages, from Hungarian Szaúd-Arábia to Japanese サウジアラビア, the capital Riyadh in 82, Mecca in 119 and Medina in 98, followed by the 13 regions.

Official languagesArabic (العربية, al-ʿarabīyâ)

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

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alpha-2: SA
alpha-3: SAU
numeric: 682

السعودية Arabic · ArabicRomanised as-Saʿūdīyâ

المملكة العربية السعوديةal-Mamlakâẗu l-ʿArabīyâẗi s-Saʿūdīyâ

English: Saudi ArabiaKingdom of Saudi Arabia
Capital: الرياضar-Riyāḍ · Riyadh

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.

01 · Exonyms

Saudi Arabia (السعودية) in other languages: list of exonyms

Saudi Arabia in 178 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Basque, Lingala, Novial	eng / eus / lin / nov	Saudi Arabia	same as written
Italian, Ladin, Occitan, Romansh	ita / lld / oci / roh	Arabia Saudita	same as written
Aragonese, Asturian, Galician	arg / ast / glg	Arabia Saudí	same as written
Finnish, Kven, Norwegian	fin / fkv / nor	Saudi-Arabia	same as written
Afrikaans, Limburgish	afr / lim	Saoedi-Arabië	same as written
Estonian, Võro	est / vor	Saudi Araabia	same as written
Faroese, Northern Sami	fao / sme	Saudi-Arábia	same as written
Indonesian, Javanese	ind / jav	Arab Saudi	same as written
Kinyarwanda, Kirundi	kin / run	Sawudi Arabiya	same as written
Luxembourgish, Low German, Danish	ltz / nds / dan	Saudi-Arabien	same as written
Portuguese, Tetum	por / tet	Arábia Saudita	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Səudiyyə Ərəbistanı / Сәудијјә Әрәбистаны	Səudiyyə Ərəbistanı
Bambara	bam	Arabi-Sawuditi	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Saudijska Arabija / Саудијска Арабија / ساۆدٖىيسقا عَرَبٖىيا	Saudijska Arabija
Breton	bre	Arabia Saoudat	same as written
Catalan	cat	Aràbia Saudita	same as written
Czech	ces	Saúdská Arábie	same as written
Cornish	cor	Arabi Saoudek	same as written
Corsican	cos	Arabia Saudiana	same as written
Crimean Tatar	crh	Saudiy Arabistan / Саудий Арабистан	Saudiy Arabistan
Kashubian	csb	Saudëjskô Arabijô	same as written
Welsh	cym	Sawdi Arabia	same as written
German	deu	Saudi-Arabien, Saudisch-Arabien	same as written
Lower Sorbian	dsb	Saudi-Arabiska	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Saŭda Arabujo, Saŭda Arabio	same as written
French	fra	Arabie saoudite	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Arabie saoudita	same as written
West Frisian	fry	Saûdy-Araabje	same as written
Friulian	fur	Arabie Saudide	same as written
Gagauz	gag	Saudi Arabiya / Сауди Арабия	Saudi Arabiya
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Saud-Aràibia, Aràbia Saudach, Aràibia Saudach	same as written
Irish	gle	An Araib Shádach	same as written
Manx	glv	Yn Araab Saudi	same as written
Guarani	grn	Aravia Saudita	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Arabi Sawoudit	same as written
Hausa	hau	Saudi Arabiya, Makka	same as written
Hawaiian	haw	Saudi ʻAlapia	same as written
Croatian	hrv	Saudijska Arabija	same as written
Upper Sorbian	hsb	Saudi-Arabska	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Szaúd-Arábia	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Sọdi Arebia	same as written
Interlingua	ina	Arabia Saudita, Arabia Saudi	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Sádí-Arabía	same as written
Jersey Norman French	jnf	Arabie Saudi	same as written
Karakalpak	kaa	Saudov Araviyası / Саудов Аравиясы	Saudov Araviyası
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Erebistana Seûdî	same as written
Latin	lat	Arabia Saudiana, Arabia Saudica	same as written
Latvian	lav	Saūda Arābija	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Saudo Arabija	same as written
Latgalian	ltg	Sauda Arabeja	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Arabo Saodita, Arabia Saodita	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Għarabja Sawdita	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Arabia Saudită / Арабия Саудитэ	Arabia Saudită
Malay	msa	Arab Saudi / عرب سعودي	Arab Saudi
Nahuatl	nah	Saudarabia	same as written
Dutch	nld	Saoedi-Arabië, Saudi-Arabië	same as written
Norman French	nrm	Arabie Sâodite	same as written
Polish	pol	Arabia Saudyjska	same as written
Quechua	que	Sawud Arabya	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Saudikani Arabiya / साउदिकानी आराबिया	Saudikani Arabiya
Romanian	ron	Arabia Saudită	same as written
Aromanian	rup	Arabia Saudescã, Arabia Sauditã	same as written
Sicilian	scn	Arabbia Saudita	same as written
Slovak	slk	Saudská Arábia	same as written
Slovio	slo	Saudju Arabia / Саудйу Арабиа	Saudju Arabia
Slovenian	slv	Saudska Arabija, Saudova Arabija	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Saudo Arabėjė	same as written
Samoan	smo	Sauti Arapia	same as written
Somali	som	Sacuudi Carabiya	same as written
Spanish	spa	Arabia Saudita, Arabia Saudí	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Arabia Saudite	same as written
Sardinian	srd	Aràbbia Saùdida	same as written
Saterland Frisian	stq	Saudi Arabien	same as written
Swahili	swa	Arabuni Saudi	same as written
Swedish	swe	Saudiarabien	same as written
Silesian	szl	Arabja Saudyjsko	same as written
Tongan	ton	Sauti Alepea	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Saud Arabystany / Сауд Арабыстаны, Saud Arawiýa / Сауд Аравия	Saud Arabystany, Saud Arawiýa
Turkish	tur	Suudi Arabistan, Süudi Arabistan	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Saudiya Arabistoni / Саудия Арабистони / سەئۇدىيە ئەرەبىستانى	Saudiya Arabistoni
Vietnamese	vie	Ả-rập Xê-út	same as written
Volapük	vol	Sauda-Larabän	same as written
Walloon	wln	Arabeye Sawoudite	same as written
Wolof	wol	Araabi Sawdit	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Erebıstanê Seudi	same as written
Karachay-Balkar, Udmurt	krc / udm	Сауд Аравия	Saud Aravija
Abaza	abq	Саудовска Аравия	Saudovska Aravija
Altai	alt	Саудовский Аравия	Saudovskij Aravija
Avar	ava	Сагӏудиязул Гӏарабия	Saʿudijazul ʿArabija
Bashkir	bak	Сәғүд Ғәрәбстаны / Säğüd Ğäräbstanı	Säğüd Ğäräbstanı
Belarusian	bel	Саудаўская Аравія / Saudaŭskaja Aravija, Саудаўская Арабія / Saudaŭskaja Arabija	Saudaŭskaja Aravija, Saudaŭskaja Arabija
Bulgarian	bul	Саудитска Аравия, Саудитска Арабия	Sauditska Aravija, Sauditska Arabija
Chechen	che	Саудийн Арави / Saudiyn Aravi	Saudiyn Aravi
Chuvash	chv	Сауд Аравийӗ	Saud Aravijĕ
Kazakh	kaz	Сауд Арабиясы / ساۋد ارابياسى / Sawd Arabïyası, Сауд Аравиясы / ساۋد اراۆياسى / Sawd Aravïyası	Sawd Arabïyası, Sawd Aravïyası
Kabardian	kbd	Сауд Хьэрыпей, Сауд Аравиэ	Saud Ḥărypej, Saud Araviă
Kyrgyz	kir	Сауд Аравиясы / ساۇد اراۋىياسى / Saud Araviyası	Saud Araviyası
Khakas	kjh	Саудовскай Аравия	Saudovskaj Aravija
Kurdish (Caucasus)	kmr	Ә’рәбьстана Сә’уди / E’rebistana Se’ûdî	E’rebistana Se’ûdî
Komi	kom	Саудса Аравия	Saudsa Aravija
Kumyk	kum	Сауд Арабыстаны	Saud Arabystany
Lak	lbe	Саоьдлул Аьрабусттан	Sao̱dlul A̱rabusttan
Lezgi	lez	Сауди Арабистан	Saudi Arabistan
Meadow Mari	mhr	Сауд Аравий	Saud Aravij
Macedonian	mkd	Саудиска Арабија	Saudiska Arabija
Mongolian	mon	Саудын Араб	Saudyn Arab
Ossetian	oss	Саудон Арави	Saudon Aravi
Rusyn	rue	Саудьска Арабія	Saud'ska Arabija
Russian	rus	Саудовская Аравия	Saudovskaja Aravija
Yakut	sah	Сауд Арабията	Saud Arabijata
Serbian	srp	Саудијска Арабија / Saudijska Arabija	Saudijska Arabija
Tabassaran	tab	Сауд Аьрабистан	Saud Ärabistan
Tatar	tat	Согуд Гарәбстаны / Soğud Ğaräbstanı / سوغۇد غارەبستانى	Soğud Ğaräbstanı
Tajik	tgk	Арабистони Саудӣ / عربستان سعودی / Arabistoni Saudī	Arabistoni Saudī
Tuvan	tyv	Сауд Аравиязы	Saud Aravijazy
Ukrainian	ukr	Саудівська Аравія	Saudivs'ka Aravija
Arabic	ara	العربية السعودية, السعودية	al-ʿArabīyâẗu s-Saʿūdīyâ, as-Saʿūdīyâ
South Azerbaijani	azb	سعودیییه عربیستانی / Səudiyyə Ərəbistanı	Səudiyyə Ərəbistanı
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	عەرەبستانی سەعوودی / ’Erebistanî Se’ûdî, سعودیا / Si’udya	’Erebistanî Se’ûdî, Si’udya
Persian	fas	عربستان سعودی / Arabestâne Saudi	Arabestâne Saudi
Western Punjabi, Urdu	pnb / urd	سعودی عرب	Saʿūdī ʿArab
Dari	prs	عربستان سعودی	ʿArabestān-e Saʿūdī
Pashto	pus	سعودي عربستان, سعودي عربيه, سعودي عرب	Saʿūdī ʿArabistān, Saʿūdī ʿArabiyâ, Saʿūdī ʿArab
Sindhi	snd	سعودي عرب	Saʿūdī ʿArabu
Uyghur	uig	سەئۇدى ئەرەبىستان / Seudi Erebistan / Сәуди Әрәбистан	Seudi Erebistan
Dhivehi	div	ސައޫދީ އާރަބިޔާ, ސައޫދީ އަރަބިއްޔާ	Saūdī Ārabiyā, Saūdī Arabiyyā
Syriac	syr	ܥܪܒܝܐ ܕܣܥܘܕܝ	ʿArabiyā da-Saʿūdī
Hebrew	heb	ערב הסעודית	ʿAraṿ ha-Saʿūdīt
Ladino	lad	אראביה סאודיטה / Arabia Saudita	Arabia Saudita
Yiddish	yid	סאַודי אַראַביע	Saudi Arabye
Kabyle	kab	ⵜⴰⵙⴰⵄⵓⴷⵉⵜ ⵜⴰⵄⵔⴰⴱⵜ / Tasaɛudit Taɛrabt	Tasaɛudit Taɛrabt
Amharic	amh	ሳውዲ አራቢያ, ሳውዲ ዓረቢያ	Sawdi Ărabiya, Sawdi ʿAräbiya
Greek (Demotic)	ell	Σαουδική Αραβία	Saoydikī́ Aravía
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell	Σαουδικὴ Ἀραβία	Saoydikī̀ Aravía
Armenian	hye	Սաուդյան Արաբիա	Saoudyan Arabia
Georgian	kat	საუდის არაბეთი	Saudis Arabeṭi
Laz	lzz	სუუდი არაბისტანი / Suudi Arabist’ani	Suudi Arabist’ani
Mingrelian	xmf	საუდიშ არაბეთი	Saudiš Arabeṭi
Hindi	hin	सऊदी अरब	Saūdī Arab
Nepali	nep	साउदी अरब	Sāudī Arab
Bengali	ben	সাউদি আরব, সৌদি আরব, সৌদী আরব	Sāudi Ārôb, Sôudi Ārôb, Sôudī Ārôb
Gujarati	guj	સાઉદી અરેબિયા	Sāudī Arebiyā
Odia	ori	ସାଉଦୀ ଆରବ	Sāudī Ārôb
Punjabi	pan	ਸਾਊਦੀ ਅਰਬ	Sāūdī Arab
Sinhala	sin	සවුදි අරාබියාව	Savudi Arābiyāva
Kannada	kan	ಸೌದಿ ಅರೇಬಿಯ	Saudi Arēbiya
Malayalam	mal	സൗദി അറേബ്യ, സൌദി അറേബ്യ	Sāudi Aṟēbya, Saudi Aṟēbya
Tamil	tam	சவுதி அரேபியா, சவூதி அரேபியா	Cavuti Arēpiyā, Cavūti Arēpiyā
Telugu	tel	సౌదీ అరేబియా	Saudī Arēbiyā
Chinese	zho	沙特阿拉伯	Shātè Ālābó
Japanese	jpn	サウディ・アラビア, サウジアラビア	Saudi-Arabia, Saujiarabia
Korean	kor	사우디아라비아	Saudi Arabia
Tibetan	bod	ཧྲ་ཐི་ཨར་ལ་སྤེ།, ས་ཐི་ཨ་ལ་པེ།, སའུ་དི་ཨ་ར་པི་ཡ།	Hra.tʰi. Ar.la.spe, Sa.tʰi. A.la.pe, Sa'u.di. A.ra.pi.ya
Dzongkha	dzo	སའུ་དི་ཨེ་ར་སྦི་ཡ།	Sa'u.di. E.ra.sbi.ya
Burmese	mya	ဆော်ဒီအာရေဗျ	Sʰɔdi Aẏebyá
Thai	tha	ซาอุดีอาระเบีย, ซาอุดิอาระเบีย	Sā'udī Ārabiya, Sā'udi Ārabiya
Lao	lao	ອາຣາບີຊາອູດີ	Ālābī Sā'ūdī
Khmer	khm	អារ៉ាប៊ីសាអ៊ូឌីត, អារ៉ាប់ប៊ីសាអ៊ូឌីដ	Ārābī Sā'ūdīt, Ārabbī Sā'ūdīd

02 · NamesU+0639 ARABIC LETTER AIN

Al-Mamlaka al-ʿArabiyya as-Saʿūdiyya: the kingdom’s name abroad

The Arabic name, المملكة العربية السعودية (al-Mamlakâẗu l-ʿArabīyâẗi s-Saʿūdīyâ), is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the shorter forms العربية السعودية and السعودية (as-Saʿūdīyâ) stand beside it. The adjective is السعودي (as-saʿūdī), the currency the riyal of 100 hallalah.

Abroad, most languages translate the two parts. Italian, Romanian and Ladin say Arabia Saudita, French Arabie saoudite, German Saudi-Arabien, with Saudisch-Arabien as a second form, and Russian Саудовская Аравия (Saudovskaja Aravija), with v in Аравия where most others write b. Persian, Turkish and Kazakh use their own word for Arabia: عربستان سعودی, Suudi Arabistan, Сауд Арабиясы. Hausa lists Makka beside Saudi Arabiya.

For Mecca, Spanish and Catalan put the article in front, La Meca, French La Mecque; Turkish writes Mekke and Medine. The Arabic مكة المكرمة, Makkâẗu l-Mukarramâ, and المدينة المنورة, al-Madīnâẗu l-Munawwarâ, are the names of the regional capitals.

03 · Riyadh

Riyadh (الرياض) in other languages

Riyadh in 82 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Irish	eng / gle	Riyadh	same as written
French, West Frisian, Haitian Creole, Italian, Occitan, Turkish, Volapük, Zazaki	fra / fry / hat / ita / oci / tur / vol / zza	Riyad	same as written
Asturian, Basque, Finnish, Spanish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German	ast / eus / fin / spa / deu / ltz / nds	Riad	same as written
Czech, Hungarian, Slovak	ces / hun / slk	Rijád	same as written
Polish, Slovenian, Silesian	pol / slv / szl	Rijad	same as written
Portuguese, Tetum	por / tet	Riade	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Ər-Riyad / Әр-Ријад	Ər-Riyad
Bosnian	bos	Rijad / Ријад / رٖىياد	Rijad
Catalan	cat	Al-Riyad, Ar-Riyad, Riad, Riyadh	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Riado	same as written
Estonian	est	Rijad, Er-Rijad	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Ríad	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Riyaz	same as written
Latin	lat	Riadum	same as written
Latvian	lav	Rijāda	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Rijadas	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Er-Riad / Ер-Рияд	Er-Riad
Malay	msa	Riyadh / رياض	Riyadh
Dutch	nld	Riaad, Riyad	same as written
Slovio	slo	Riadh / Риадх	Riadh
Samogitian	smg	Rijads	same as written
Somali	som	Riyaad	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Er-Riýad / Эр-Рияд	Er-Riýad
Uzbek	uzb	Er-Riyod / Эр-Риёд / ئېر-رىياد	Er-Riyod
Bulgarian, Mongolian, Yakut	bul / mon / sah	Рияд	Rijad
Avar	ava	Эррияд	Ėrrijad
Bashkir	bak	Әр-Рийәд / Är-Riyäd	Är-Riyäd
Belarusian	bel	Эр-Рыяд / Er-Ryjad, Рыяд / Ryjad	Er-Ryjad, Ryjad
Kazakh	kaz	Ар-Рияд / ار-رياد / Ar-Rïyad	Ar-Rïyad
Kyrgyz	kir	Эр-Рияд / ەر-رئياد / Er-Riyad	Er-Riyad
Russian	rus	Эр-Рияд, Рияд	Ėr-Rijad, Rijad
Serbian	srp	Ријад / Rijad	Rijad
Tatar	tat	Әр-Рияд / Är-Riyäd / ئەر-رىيەد	Är-Riyäd
Tajik	tgk	Арриёз / الریاض / Arrijoz	Arrijoz
Ukrainian	ukr	Ер-Ріяд, Ріяд	Er-Rijad, Rijad
Arabic	ara	الرياض	ar-Riyāḍ
South Azerbaijani	azb	اررییاد / Ər-Riyad	Ər-Riyad
Persian	fas	ریاض / Riyâz	Riyâz
Western Punjabi, Urdu	pnb / urd	ریاض	Riyāż
Pashto	pus	رياض	Riyāż
Uyghur	uig	رىياد / Riyad / Рияд	Riyad
Syriac	syr	ܪܝܕ	Riyad
Hebrew	heb	ריאד	Rīʾad
Yiddish	yid	ריאַד	Riad
Amharic	amh	ሪያድ	Riyad
Greek	ell	Ριάντ, Ριάζ	Riánt, Riáz
Armenian	hye	Էր Րիյադ	Êr Riyad
Georgian	kat	ერ-რიადი	Er-Riadi
Hindi	hin	रियाद, रियाध	Riyād, Riyādʰ
Bengali	ben	রিয়াদ, রিয়াধ	Riyād, Riyādʰ
Punjabi	pan	ਰੀਯਾਡ	Rīyāḍ
Kannada	kan	ರಿಯಾಧ್	Riyādʰ
Malayalam	mal	റിയാദ്	Ṟiyād
Tamil	tam	ரியாத்	Riyāt
Telugu	tel	రియాధ్	Riyādʰ
Chinese	zho	利雅得	Lìyādé
Japanese	jpn	リヤド	Riyado
Korean	kor	리아드, 라야드	Riadeu, Riyadeu
Thai	tha	ริยาด	Riyāt
Khmer	khm	រីយ៉ាដ, រីយាដហ៍	Rīyād, Rīyād[h]

04 · Mecca

Mecca (مكة) in other languages

Mecca in 119 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Interlingua, Latin, Romanian	eng / cym / gla / ina / lat / ron	Mecca	same as written
Afrikaans, Breton, Czech, Cornish, Danish, Faroese, Finnish, West Frisian, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Maltese, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, Albanian, Silesian, German, Luxembourgish, Low German	afr / bre / ces / cor / dan / fao / fin / fry / hrv / hsb / hun / isl / mlt / nld / nor / pol / slk / sqi / szl / deu / ltz / nds	Mekka	same as written
Estonian, Basque, Hawaiian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovenian	est / eus / haw / lav / lit / slv	Meka	same as written
Asturian, Catalan, Spanish	ast / cat / spa	La Meca	same as written
Kinyarwanda, Ganda, Swahili	kin / lug / swa	Makka	same as written
Aragonese, Galician	arg / glg	A Meca	same as written
Indonesian, Javanese	ind / jav	Mekkah	same as written
Italian, Sicilian	ita / scn	La Mecca	same as written
Turkish, Zazaki	tur / zza	Mekke	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Məkkə / Мәккә	Məkkə
Bosnian	bos	Meka / Мека / مەقا	Meka
Corsican	cos	A Mecca	same as written
Crimean Tatar	crh	Mekke / Мекке	Mekke
Esperanto	epo	Mekao, Mekko	same as written
French	fra	La Mecque	same as written
Irish	gle	Meice	same as written
Hausa	hau	Makka, Mecca	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Meke	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Mecca / Мекка	Mecca
Malay	msa	Makkah / مكه	Makkah
Occitan	oci	La Mèca	same as written
Portuguese	por	Meca	same as written
Slovio	slo	Mekka / Мекка	Mekka
Somali	som	Makkah	same as written
Swedish	swe	Mecka, Mekka	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Mekge / Мекге	Mekge
Uzbek	uzb	Makka / Макка / مەككە	Makka
Volapük	vol	Mäkkä	same as written
Yoruba	yor	Mé̩kkà	same as written
Mongolian, Russian, Yakut, Ukrainian	mon / rus / sah / ukr	Мекка	Mekka
Avar, Lak	ava / lbe	Макка	Makka
Bulgarian, Macedonian	bul / mkd	Мека	Meka
Bashkir	bak	Мәккә / Mäkkä	Mäkkä
Belarusian	bel	Мека / Mieka, Мэка / Meka	Mieka, Meka
Chechen	che	Макка / Makka	Makka
Chuvash	chv	Меккӑ	Mekkă
Kazakh	kaz	Мекке / مەككە / Mekke	Mekke
Kabardian	kbd	Меккэ	Mekkă
Kyrgyz	kir	Мекка / مەككا / Mekka	Mekka
Karachay-Balkar	krc	Меккя	Mekkä
Lezgi	lez	Меке	Meke
Ossetian	oss	Меккӕ	Mekkä
Serbian	srp	Мека / Meka	Meka
Tatar	tat	Мәккә / Mäkkä / مەككە	Mäkkä
Tajik	tgk	Макка / مکه / Makka	Makka
Tamasheq, Tamajaq	tmh / ttq	مَاكَتْ / Makăt, مَكَتْ / Măkkăt	Makăt, Măkkăt
Arabic	ara	مكة	Makkâ
South Azerbaijani	azb	مککه / Məkkə	Məkkə
Persian	fas	مکه / Makke	Makke
Western Punjabi, Urdu	pnb / urd	مکہ	Makkâ
Pashto	pus	مکه	Makâ
Uyghur	uig	مەككە / Mekke / Мәккә	Mekke
Dhivehi	div	މައްކާ	Makkā
Hebrew	heb	מכה	Makah
Yiddish	yid	מעקאַ	Meka
Amharic	amh	መካ	Mäkka
Greek	ell	Μέκκα	Mékka
Armenian	hye	Մեքքա	Mek̕k̕a
Georgian	kat	მექა	Meḳa
Hindi, Marathi	hin / mar	मक्का	Makkā
Bengali	ben	মক্কা	Môkkā
Gujarati	guj	મક્કા	Makkā
Punjabi	pan	ਮੱਕਾ	Makkā
Kannada	kan	ಮೆಕ್ಕಾ	Mekkā
Malayalam	mal	മക്ക	Makka
Tamil	tam	மக்கா	Makkā
Telugu	tel	మక్కా	Makkā
Chinese	zho	麥加/麦加	Màijiā
Japanese	jpn	メッカ	Mekka
Korean	kor	메카	Meka
Tibetan	bod	མ་ཁ།	Ma.kʰa
Thai	tha	มักกะหฺ	Mâkkah

05 · Medina

Medina (المدينة) in other languages

Medina in 98 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Afrikaans, Asturian, Breton, Catalan, Welsh, Danish, Basque, Finnish, Galician, Croatian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Sicilian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Albanian, Swedish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish	eng / afr / ast / bre / cat / cym / dan / eus / fin / glg / hrv / hun / isl / ita / lat / lit / nld / nor / por / ron / scn / slk / slv / spa / sqi / swe / deu / ltz / nds / gle	Medina	same as written
Crimean Tatar, Turkmen	crh / tuk	Medine / Медине	Medine
Hausa, Swahili	hau / swa	Madina	same as written
Indonesian, Javanese	ind / jav	Madinah	same as written
Polish, Silesian	pol / szl	Medyna	same as written
Turkish, Zazaki	tur / zza	Medine	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Mədinə / Мәдинә	Mədinə
Bosnian	bos	Medina / Медина / مەدٖىنا	Medina
Czech	ces	Medína	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Medino	same as written
Estonian	est	Mediina	same as written
French	fra	Médine	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Medîne	same as written
Latvian	lav	Medīna	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Medina / Медина	Medina
Malay	msa	Madinah / مدينه	Madinah
Somali	som	Madiina	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Madina / Мадина / مەدىنە	Madina
Volapük	vol	Mädinä	same as written
Bulgarian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Russian, Yakut	bul / mkd / mon / rus / sah	Медина	Medina
Avar, Lak	ava / lbe	Мадина	Madina
Bashkir	bak	Мәҙинә / Mäźinä	Mäźinä
Belarusian	bel	Медзіна / Miedzina, Мэдына / Medyna	Miedzina, Medyna
Chechen	che	Мадинат / Madinat	Madinat
Chuvash	chv	Мединӑ	Medină
Kazakh	kaz	Медине / مەدينە / Medïne, Мәдине / مادينە / Mädïne	Medïne, Mädïne
Kabardian	kbd	Мединэ	Medină
Kyrgyz	kir	Медина / مەدىنا / Medina	Medina
Ossetian	oss	Мединӕ	Medinä
Serbian	srp	Медина / Medina	Medina
Tatar	tat	Мәдинә / Mädinä / مەدىنە	Mädinä
Tajik	tgk	Мадина / مدینه / Madina	Madina
Ukrainian	ukr	Медіна	Medina
Arabic	ara	المدينة	al-Madīnâ
South Azerbaijani	azb	مدینه / Mədinə	Mədinə
Persian	fas	مدینه / Madine	Madine
Western Punjabi, Urdu	pnb / urd	مدینہ	Madīnâ
Pashto	pus	مدينه	Madīnâ
Uyghur	uig	مەدىنە / Medine / Мәдинә	Medine
Dhivehi	div	މަދީނާ	Madīnā
Hebrew	heb	אל־מדינה	Al-Madīnah
Yiddish	yid	מעדינאַ	Medina
Amharic	amh	መዲና	Mädina
Greek (Demotic)	ell	Μεδίνα	Medína
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell	Μεδῖνα	Medĩna
Armenian	hye	Մեդինա	Medina
Georgian	kat	მედინა	Medina
Hindi, Marathi	hin / mar	मदीना	Madīnā
Bengali	ben	মদিনা	Môdinā
Gujarati	guj	મદીના	Madīnā
Malayalam	mal	മദീന	Madīna
Tamil	tam	மதீனா	Matīṉā
Telugu	tel	మదీనా	Madīnā
Chinese	zho	麥地那/麦地那	Màidìnā
Japanese	jpn	メジナ, マディーナ	Mejina, Madīna
Korean	kor	메디나, 마디나	Medina, Madina
Thai	tha	มะดีนะหฺ	Madīnah

06 · Regions

The 13 regions of Saudi Arabia (مناطق, manāṭiq) in Arabic

Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 regions, manāṭiq. Each row gives the Arabic name with its romanisation, the English form and the regional capital with its ISO 3166-2 code.

Saudi Arabia, ISO 3166-2:SA: 13 regions
ISO 3166-2	Arabic	English	Administrative centre	Change
Regions مناطق manāṭiq13
SA-01	منطقة الرياضMinṭaqâẗu r-Riyāḍ	Riyadh	الرياض العاصمةar-Riyāḍu l-ʿĀṣimâ
SA-02	منطقة مكةMinṭaqâẗu Makkâ	Mecca	مكة المكرمةMakkâẗu l-Mukarramâ	2014 ISO spelling changed to Makkah al Mukarramah
SA-03	منطقة المدينةMinṭaqâẗu l-Madīnâ	Medina	المدينة المنورةal-Madīnâẗu l-Munawwarâ	2014 ISO spelling changed to Al Madīnah al Munawwarah
SA-04	المنطقة الشرقيةal-Minṭaqâẗu š-Šarqīyâ	Eastern Province	الدمامad-Dammām
SA-05	منطقة القصيمMinṭaqâẗu l-Qaṣīm	Al Qassim	بريدةBuraydâ
SA-06	منطقة حائلMinṭaqâẗu Ḥāʾil	Hail	حائلḤāʾil
SA-07	منطقة تبوكMinṭaqâẗu Tabūk	Tabuk	تبوكTabūk
SA-08	منطقة الحدود الشماليةMinṭaqâẗu l-Ḥudūdi š-Šimālīyâ	Northern Borders	عرعرʿArʿar
SA-09	منطقة جازانMinṭaqâẗu Ǧāzān	Jazan	جازانǦāzān	2014 ISO spelling changed to Jāzān
SA-10	منطقة نجرانMinṭaqâẗu Naǧrān	Najran	نجرانNaǧrān
SA-11	منطقة الباحةMinṭaqâẗu l-Bāḥâ	Al Bahah	الباحةal-Bāḥâ
SA-12	منطقة الجوفMinṭaqâẗu l-Ǧawf	Al Jawf	سكاكاSakākā
SA-14	منطقة عسيرMinṭaqâẗu ʿAsīr	Asir	أبهاAbhā

Codes: ISO 3166-2:SA, as tabulated in Wikipedia’s ISO 3166-2:SA, checked 28 October 2026; ISO changed the names of SA-02, SA-03 and SA-09 on 3 November 2014 and the category from province to region on 26 November 2018. Arabic names and capitals: the 2016 edition of this list.

The governorates of every region

07 · Regions

Minṭaqâ: the 13 regions and their capitals

Each region is a منطقة, minṭaqâ, and its Arabic name is formed from that word and the capital or area: منطقة الرياض, the Riyadh region, or المنطقة الشرقية, the Eastern Region. Riyadh, Mecca, Medina, Tabuk, Hail, Najran and Jazan share their names with their capitals, while Al Jawf has Sakaka, the Northern Borders Arar, Asir Abha, Al Qassim Buraydah, the Eastern Region Dammam and Al Bahah its namesake town.

ISO renamed three regions in November 2014, to Makkah al Mukarramah, Al Madīnah al Munawwarah and Jāzān, and in 2018 it changed their category from province to region.

08 · Questions

Questions about the names of Saudi Arabia

What is the Arabic name of Saudi Arabia?

المملكة العربية السعودية (al-Mamlakâẗu l-ʿArabīyâẗi s-Saʿūdīyâ), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; short السعودية.

What is Saudi Arabia called in Hungarian?

Szaúd-Arábia, with the accented á and ú of Hungarian spelling.

How many regions does Saudi Arabia have?

13, coded SA-01 to SA-12 and SA-14 in ISO 3166-2; SA-13 is not used.