Urishlem (Oo-reesh-lehm)- Jerusalem
Natzrat (Nahtz-raht)- Nazareth
Yehuda/Yehud (Yay-hood-ah/Yay-hood)- Judah/Judea
Israel (Ees-rah-el)- Israel
Galila (Gah-lee-lah)- Galilee
Capurnakhum (Cah-poor-nah-khoom)- Capernaum
Beit-Anya (Bayt-ahn-yah)- Bethany
Beit-Tzaida (Bayt-tzah-eedah)- Bethsaida
Antiokia (Ahn-tee-oh-kee-ah)- Antioch
Surya (Soor-yah)- Syria
Ephesos (Eh-phay-sohs)- Ephesus
Galatia (Gah-lah-tee-ah)- Galatia
Roma (Roh-mah)- Rome
Italia (Ee-tahl-ee-ah)- Italy
Yawan/Helas (Yah-wahn/Heh-lahs)- Greece
Yordanan (Yohr-dah-nahn)- Jordan River
Aenyon (Ehn-yohn)- Aenon
Babil (Bah-beel)- Babylon
Tarsos (Tahr-sohs)- Tarsus
Qorinthios (Qor-een-tee-yohs)- Corinth
Pilipos (Pee-lee-pohs)- Philippi
Maqedonia (Mahq-eh-dohn-ee-ah)- Macedonia
Qiliqia (Qee-lee-qee-ah)- Cilicia
Tzor (Tzoor)- Tyre
Tzidon (Tzee-dohn)- Sidon
Sadom (Sah-dohm)- Sodom
Amorrah (Ah-moh-rah)- Amorrah*
Qolosos (Qoh-loh-sohs)- Colosse
Tesaloniqa (Tehs-oh-loh-nee-qah)- Thessalonica
*The English transliteration of Amorrah as Gomorrah is incorrect. George Lamsa theorized that it came from misreading ayin (ܥ) as gamal (ܓ). As you can see, the Aramaic letters could easily be confused. This could not have arose from the Hebrew Square script:
Ayin- ע
Gamal- ג
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