| Location |
Example |
Gloss |
| Afric |
Cym I.ii.98 |
Africa, thought of as a desert place |
| Afric |
TC I.iii.370 |
African |
| Almaigne |
E3 I.i.152 |
Germany |
| Almaine |
Oth II.iii.77 |
German |
| Andren |
H8 I.i.7 |
Andres, valley in Picardy, N France |
| Angiers |
KJ II.i.1 |
Angers, NW France; capital of the former province of Anjou |
| Antiates |
Cor V.vi.80 |
people from Antium (modern Anzio), S Italy |
| Aquitaine |
LLL I.i.135 |
region of SW France; acquired by England on the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1152 |
| Arabia |
Cor IV.ii.24 |
region of SW Asia (modern Saudi Arabia and nearby countries), thought of as a desert area |
| Arde |
H8 I.i.7 |
Ardres, town in Picardy, N France; site of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, where Henry VIII and Francis I met |
| Ardea |
Luc.1 |
capital city of the Rutuli, S of Rome |
| Argier |
Tem I.ii.261 |
Algiers; seaport capital of Algeria, N Africa |
| Aulis |
TNK I.i.212 |
seaport in Boeotia, SE Greece [Q Anly] |
| Barbary |
Ham V.ii.145 |
Barbary Coast of North Africa, famous for swift horses and a breed of cock-pigeon |
| Barfleur |
E3 III.iii.20 |
Harfleur, Normandy, France; besieged by Henry V in 1415 |
| Basan, Hill of |
AC III.xiii.127 |
Bible (Psalms 68): area noted for cattle |
| Belgia |
CE III.ii.145 |
[before the Treaty of Antwerp, 1609] present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and parts of nearby France |
| Bergomask |
MND V.i.344 |
in the manner of the people of Bergamo, N Italy |
| Bermoothes |
Tem I.ii.229 |
Bermuda islands |
| Boheme |
E3 III.iv.86 |
 Bohemia below |
| Bohemia |
WT I.i.1 |
historic province of W Czech Republic |
| Britain |
R3 IV.iii.40 |
Breton, from Brittany, NW France |
| Britaine |
H5 II.iv.4 |
Brittany, NW France |
| British |
E3 IV.iv.75 |
Breton, from Brittany, NW France |
| Brittaine |
R2 II.i.278 |
Brittany, NW France |
| Brittayne |
E3 I.i.133 |
Brittany, NW France |
| Calaber |
2H6 I.i.7 |
Calabria, region of S Italy |
| Callice |
R2 I.i.126 |
common spelling of Calais, port in NW France |
| Calydon |
2H6 I.i.233 |
region of ancient Aetolia, WC Greece, where the hunt for the Calydonian boar took place Meleager in CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Candy |
TN V.i.58 |
Candia (modern Heraklion), port in Crete |
| Capitol |
Ham III.ii.113 |
geographical and ceremonial centre of ancient Rome, the seat of government |
| Carentan |
E3 III.iii.20 |
town in Normandy, N France |
| Champaigne |
1H6 I.i.60 |
Compiègne, Picardy, NE France |
| Chartreux |
H8 I.i.221 |
Carthusian abbey at Chartreuse, Grenoble, E France; also, used as the name of the order |
| Charybdis |
MV III.v.14 |
mythological whirlpool in the Straits of Messina which swallowed ships whole Scylla below |
| Cocytus |
Tit II.iii.236 |
one of the mythological rivers of the underworld, which souls of the dead must cross |
| Colchos |
MV I.i.171 |
Colchis, ancient region at the eastern end of the Black Sea; in mythology, home of the Golden Fleece |
| Collatium |
Luc.4 |
city of Collatine, husband of Lucrece |
| Colossus |
1H4 V.i.123 |
huge bronze statue of the sun-god Apollo, which bestrode the harbour entrance to the port of Rhodes |
| Corinth |
CE I.i.88 |
Greek city-state; on an isthmus separating the Adriatic Sea from the Aegean |
| Crete |
H5 II.i.70 |
Mediterranean island, known for its shaggy dogs |
| Crotoy |
E3 III.iii.20 |
Le Crotoy, Normandy, N France |
| Cydnus |
Cym II.iv.71 |
river in Cilicia, S Turkey, now River Tarsus; meeting place of Cleopatra and Antony, 41 BC |
| Dalmatians |
Cym III.i.74 |
people from ancient Dalmatia; Balkan region bordering the Adriatic Sea, modern SW Croatia; also known as Illyria, Illyricum |
| Dardan, Dardania |
TC prologue.13 |
region of which Troy was the capital Troy below |
| Delphos |
WT II.i.183 |
island of Delphi, C Greece, famous for its oracle |
| Elysium |
Cym V.iv.97 |
mythological location of heaven |
| Ephesus |
Per III.ii.42 |
former port on W coast of Asia Minor; site of Diana’s temple, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World |
| Epidamnum |
CE I.i.42 |
town on coast of Illyricum (Dalmatia), Adriatic Sea Dalmatians above |
| Epidaurus |
CE I.i.94 |
town on coast of Illyricum (Dalmatia), Adriatic Sea Dalmatians above |
| Erebus |
2H4 II.iv.153 |
mythological place of darkness where Shades passed on their way from Earth to Hades |
| Ethiop, Ethiope |
AYL IV.iii.36 |
someone from Ethiopia; a stereotype of dark complexion |
| Ethiope |
MND III.ii.257 |
Ethiop above |
| Europa |
MA V.iv.45 |
Europe |
| Florentine |
AW I.ii.1 |
from Florence, Tuscany, NC Italy |
| Gallia |
1H6 IV.vi.15 |
[unclear meaning] old name for France [Gaul] |
| Gallian |
Cym I.vii.66 |
from France |
| Goths |
Tit I.i.28 |
warlike Germanic tribe from C Europe, 3rd--5th-c |
| Guynes |
H8 I.i.7 |
Guines, town in Picardy, N France |
| Harfleur |
H5 III.chorus.17 |
town in Normandy, N France; besieged by Henry V in 1415 |
| Hellespont |
Oth III.iii.453 |
Dardanelles; narrow strait in NW Turkey, connecting the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara Leander in CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Hesperides |
E3 IV.iv.29 |
mythological garden in the Isles of the Blest, at the W end of the earth, where golden apples grew |
| Hybla |
1H4 I.ii.41 |
town in Sicily, famed for the honey from its nearby hills |
| Hyrcan |
Mac III.iv.100 |
Hyrcania below |
| Hyrcania |
3H6 I.iv.155 |
ancient Per sian region on the Caspian Sea; known for its ferocious wild animals |
| Iceland |
H5 II.i.39 |
country known for its long-haired dogs |
| Ilion |
LLL V.ii.650 |
city of Troy Troy below |
| Ilium |
Ham II.ii.472 |
city of Troy Troy below |
| Illyria |
TN I.ii.2 |
E seaboard of the Adriatic and its hinterland (Dalmatia); modern Croatia Dalmatians above |
| Ind |
AYL III.ii.84 |
Indies below |
| Inde |
LLL IV.iii.220 |
India |
| Indian |
H8 V.iv.34 |
American Indian |
| Indies |
MV I.iii.18 |
East Indies, thought of as a region of great wealth |
| Ithaca |
Cor I.iii.85 |
island of W Greece; home of Ulysses, where Penelope waited for his return from the Trojan Wars |
| Lacedaemon |
Tim II.ii.156 |
Sparta, city-state of S Greece |
| Lapland |
CE IV.iii.11 |
province of N Finland; known for sorcery and witchcraft |
| Lethe |
TN IV.i.61 |
one of the mythological rivers of the underworld, causing oblivion to those who drank from it |
| Limbo |
AW V.iii.260 |
domain on the border of hell containing the souls of unbaptised infants and of those just people born before Christ |
| Lô |
E3 III.iii.20 |
Saint Lô, Normandy, N France |
| Louvre |
H8 I.iii.23 |
palace of the French Kings, Paris |
| Marcellus |
AW IV.iv.9 |
Marseilles, S France |
| Mediterraneum |
LLL V.i.55 |
Mediterranean |
| Messaline |
TN II.i.15 |
probably Marseilles, S France |
| Messina |
MA I.i.1 |
port in Sicily, S Italy |
| Misena, Mt |
AC II.ii.166 |
Mt Misenum, port in S Italy |
| Mytilene |
Per IV.ii.3 |
city in Lesbos, Greece [spelled variously in Q] |
| Netherland |
E3 III.i.24 |
[before the Treaty of Antwerp, 1609] present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and parts of nearby France |
| Nilus |
AC I.ii.49 |
River Nile, Egypt |
| Olympus |
TC II.iii.10 |
mountainous region of N Greece; the home of the gods |
| Ossa |
Ham V.i.279 |
mountain in Thessaly, N Greece |
| Pannonians |
Cym III.i.74 |
people from ancient Pannonia (in and around modern Hungary) |
| Paphos |
Tem IV.i.93 |
Cyprus; favourite abode of Venus, goddess of love |
| Parthian |
AC I.ii.101 |
from Parthia, ancient kingdom of W Asia; known for skilled horsemen and archery |
| Pelion |
MW II.i.74 |
mountain in Thessaly, N Greece; gods revenged themselves on rebellious Titans by burying them under Mt Pelion |
| Pentapolis |
Per II.i.100 |
city region on N African coast, modern Libya |
| Philippan |
AC II.v.23 |
Philippi below |
| Philippi |
JC IV.iii.168 |
battle site in Thrace, Asia Minor, where Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius Brutus, Marcus |
| Phrygia |
TN III.i.50 |
once the C plateau of Asia Minor and its W flank; area of Asia Minor where Troy was situated |
| Polonian |
E3 III.i.34 |
from Poland |
| Pontic Sea |
Oth III.iii.450 |
Black Sea |
| Portugal, Bay of |
AYL IV.i.193 |
sea of supposed great depth off Portugal [unclear location] |
| Propontic Sea |
Oth III.iii.453 |
Sea of Marmora, Turkey |
| Pyrenean |
KJ I.i.203 |
Pyrenees, mountain range between France and Spain |
| Rialto |
MV I.iii.19 |
commercial exchange in Venice, NE Italy; also, bridge spanning the Grand Canal |
| Saba |
H8 V.v.23 |
Bible (1 Kings 10): Sheba, proverbial for wealth |
| Sardis |
JC IV.ii.28 |
capital of Lydia, Asia Minor; once the political centre |
| Scylla |
MV III.v.14 |
rock (or sea-monster) in the Straits of Messina opposite to Charybdis Charybdis above |
| Scythian |
E3 II.i.72 |
someone from Scythia, ancient region of E Europe; people known for pitilessness |
| Senoy |
AW I.ii.1 |
Sienese; from Siena, Tuscany, C Italy |
| Sestos |
E3 II.ii.155 |
location of the temple of Aphrodite, on the Hellespont Hellespont above |
| Sicil |
2H6 I.i.6 |
Sicily, S Italy |
| Sicilia |
2H6 I.i.47 |
Sicily, S Italy |
| Sicils |
3H6 I.iv.122 |
Naples and Sicily (formerly, the ‘Two Sicilies’) |
| Sicyon |
AC I.ii.114 |
town in S Greece, where Antony’s wife Fulvia stayed |
| Simois |
Luc 1437 |
river flowing from Mt Ida to the plain of Troy, W Turkey |
| South Sea |
AYL III.ii.191 |
South Seas, seen as a distant and unknown location |
| Sparta |
MND IV.i.113 |
city of Peloponnesia, S Greece |
| Stygian |
TC III.ii.8 |
of the River Styx Styx below |
| Styx |
Tit I.i.91 |
the principal mythological river of the underworld |
| Syracuse, Syracusa |
CE I.i.1 |
port city in Sicily, S Italy |
| Tarpeian rock |
Cor III.i.212 |
rock in Rome, from which criminals were thrown to their deaths |
| Tarsus |
Per I.ii.115 |
ancient city of Asia Minor, S Turkey |
| Tartar |
E3 II.i.71 |
someone from Tartary, C Asia; known for pitilessness; also, a stereotype of dark complexion |
| Tartar |
CE IV.ii.32 |
Tartarus; underworld place of confinement for those who incurred the wrath of the gods |
| Taurus |
MND III.ii.141 |
Turkish mountain range |
| Tenedos |
TC prologue.11 |
island near Troy, W Turkey Troy below |
| Thasos |
JC V.iii.104 |
Thassos, island near Philippi, N Greece |
| Theban |
KL III.iv.150 |
from Thebes Thebes below |
| Thebes |
TNK I.i.42 |
city-state in Boeotia, SE Greece; associated with wisdom and learning |
| Thessalian |
MND IV.i.121 |
of Thessaly Thessaly below |
| Thessaly |
AC IV.xiii.2 |
ancient region of NE Greece |
| Thracian |
3H6 IV.ii.21 |
of Thrace; region of ancient NE Greece associated with the worship of Dionysus |
| Tiber |
Cor II.i.46 |
river in Rome |
| Tripolis |
MV I.iii.18 |
Tripoli; seaport capital in N Africa (modern Libya) |
| Troy |
TC prologue.8 |
ancient city of W Turkey, besieged for 10 years during the Trojan Wars; also called Ilium, Ilion |
| Troyant |
2H4 II.iv.162 |
Trojan Troy above |
| Tunis |
Tem II.i.73 |
former N African state [in modern Tunisia] |
| Tyre, Tyrus |
Per I.i.1 |
Mediterranean port, SW Lebanon |
| Volquessen |
KJ II.i.527 |
Vexin, district around Rouen, NW France |