Rochester

/ˈɹɒt͡ʃɪstə/

/ˈɹɑt͡ʃɛstɚ/

From Middle English Rovescester, from Old English Hrofesċeaster (literally “Hrofi's fortified camp”).


CDN

Initialism of Côte-des-Neiges. A district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada


CDN

CDN; Initialism of Côte-des-Neiges. A district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada


Fitzgerald

A community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, northern Alberta, Canada.


Champlain

en-proper noun

Champlain (countable and uncountable, plural Champlains)

United Counties of Prescott and Russell#English

A township in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.

A municipality in Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, Mauricie region, Quebec, Canada.


Osborne

From a medieval given name influenced by, or possibly derived from, Old Norse Ásbjǫrn, from áss (“god”) + bjǫrn (“bear”). See English bear.

A community in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, Manitoba, Canada.

A rural community in St. Clair township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

A township in Nipissing District, Ontario.


Thackeray

An English habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire, of Old Norse origin, from þak (“thatch, roof”) + rá (“nook”), therefore referring to a "place with thatching".

A community in western Saskatchewan, Canada.


Prescott

Prescott (countable and uncountable, plural Prescotts)

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

A town in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.


Norton

Norton (countable and uncountable, plural Nortons)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.

Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.

A civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

The Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.


Richelieu

St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence River#English

A river, the Richelieu River, in Quebec, Canada, which flows from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River, and named after Cardinal Richelieu.

A tributary of the Montmorency River in Quebec.

A city on the Richelieu River in Rouville Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Clarendon

Clarendon (countable and uncountable, plural Clarendons)

Earl of Clarendon
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon

The Wiltshire place-name may come from Old English *Claringa dūn, the hill associated with Clare (a personal name).
The parish in New Brunswick was named after a settlement, named in turn after British politician George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800 - 1870).
The typeface was named after the Clarendon Press, which was named after the Earl of Clarendon (a former chancellor of Oxford University).

Charlotte County
Charlotte County#English

A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Clarendon

The municipality is named after the English estate of Clarendon Park, famous for being the birthplace of the Constitutions of Clarendon.

A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

Clarendon Park
Constitutions of Clarendon


Buckingham

From Old English Buccingahām, from the personal name Bucca (see bucca (“he-goat”)) + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“home”).

A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.


Buckingham

The district is named after the English town of Buckingham.

A district of Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Sutherland

The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland.
In some cases the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.

A neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Sutherland

A neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada


Benson

A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada

A hamlet within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan.


Huxley

Huxley (countable and uncountable, plural Huxleys)

From the Old English personal name Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The first element could also be husċ (“insult, scorn, mockery”).

A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada, named after Thomas Henry Huxley.


Brooks

A city in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.

County of Newell
County of Newell#English


Southey

English place names, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + Middle English haye (“enclosure”), from Old English heġe and ġehæġ.

A town in the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Baxter

From Middle English bakster, bakestre, from Old English bæcestre (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -ster.

A community in Essa, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Barton

From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).

Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:


Monroe

From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".

inh

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Churchill

/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃɪl/

/ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl/

Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.

A town in Manitoba, Canada, on the coast of Hudson Bay.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A community in the township of Lot 65, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

A community in the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community in the town of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Weston

From Old English west (“west”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A place in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

A community of Kings County, Nova Scotia.

A place in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario.


Boswell

Scottish surname, from Norman, named after Beuzeville, from Beuze + -ville ("Bosi's farm"); first element from Old Norse Bosi, from Proto-Germanic *bausuz.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A community on Kootenay Lake in the Kootenays, south-east British Columbia, Canada.

A former cannery town on the Central Coast of British Columbia.


Argyle

A rural municipality in Manitoba, named after Governor-General of Canada John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845 - 1914).

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, Manitoba.

Guysborough County
Guysborough County#English

A community of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

A district municipality and community therein, in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.

A community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.


Hampton

Variously from:
* Old English hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town);
* Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town).
The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England. The civil parish is named after the town.

A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Places in Canada:
A town in Kings County, New Brunswick.

Places in Canada:
A community of Nova Scotia.

Places in Canada:
A community of Prince Edward Island.


Middleton

en-proper noun

Middleton (countable and uncountable, plural Middletons)

From middle + -ton.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location midway between Annapolis Royal and Kentville.

(historical)

Any of many placenames in England, Scotland and elsewhere, from the Old English words for "middle town", including:


Thornton

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A community of Essa township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Niagara

/naɪˈæɡ(ə)ɹə/

From an Iroquoian language; compare Mohawk ohnyá:kara' (“neck of land”). The name of the tribe which resided in the area was recorded on early maps as Onguiarahronon or Niagagarega.

A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.

A regional municipality on the Niagara Peninsula, southern Ontario, Canada, colloquially known as the Niagara Region.


Moose Jaw

French: Moose Jaw

Corruption of the Cree term through Anglicization by substitution of similar sounding English-language words, and being a riverside location; becoming Moose Jaw Bone Creek, former name of the Moose Jaw River, from the Cree "moscâstani". From Cree moscâstani-sîpiy (“a warm place by the river”), from the overwintering camp of the Cree in a river valley sheltered by the Couteau Plateau, at the confluence of the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek. The town is named after the river, in turn, named for the overwintering camp where the town is now located.

Moose Jaw

Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

A city in the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada.

A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Ellipsis of Moose Jaw River.; A river in Saskatchewan, Canada


Moose Jaw

Borrowed from English Moose Jaw. From Cree moscâstani-sîpiy.

Moose Jaw (a town in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada)

Moose Jaw (a rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada)


Lawson

en-proper noun

Lawson (countable and uncountable, plural Lawsons)

* As a Scottish and northern English surname meaning "son of Lawrence," from Lawrence + -son. Compare Law, Laws.
* As a Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and north German surname, Americanized from Larsen, Larsson.

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Maple Bush No. 224, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Percival

From Old French Perceval, name of a knight in a twelfth century Arthurian romance by the French poet Chrétien de Troyes. Shaped like Old French percier (“pierce”) + val (“valley”), but probably representing some Gaulish or Old Welsh name, possibly related to Welsh Peredur, from ber (“spear, lance”) (from Middle Welsh ber, from Proto-Brythonic *ber, from Proto-Celtic *beru (“spit”)) + dur (“hard metal, steel”) (see Latin durus).
Cognate with German Parzival and Parsifal.

A former hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Sinclair

Derived from Saint Clare, to whom the clan's churches were dedicated.

A community of the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada


Carleton

A parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada, named after Thomas Carleton.


Wentworth

Wentworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wentworths)

From either the Old English byname Wintra, or Old English winter (“winter”) + Old English worþ (“enclosure”).

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.

A community in south-west Calgary, Alberta.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A rural community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

A township municipality in the Laurentides, Quebec.


Sherwood

From Old English scīr + wudu (“forest”). The first element is either the ancestor of the modern noun shire, or an adjective meaning "bright" (ancestor to the modern word sheer), depending on the specific placename (listed below).

A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta.

A neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta.

A community of Huron Shores, Algoma District, Ontario.

A number of places in Canada:
A community of Maple, Vaughan, Ontario.

A community in the Municipality of the District of Chester, Nova Scotia.

A neighbourhood of Charlottetown, Queens County, Prince Edward Island.

A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159, around Regina, Saskatchewan.


Francois

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador


Hawkins

Hawkins (countable and uncountable, plural Hawkinses)

From the Middle English personal name Hawkin, diminutive of Hal (Henry), or from a byname "hawk" (Hawk), with -s.

A placename
A locality in Alberta, Canada.


Carlton

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Charlton. The alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A hamlet in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada.


ウィニペグ湖

ウィニペグ湖 (canonical)
Winipegu-Ko (romanization)

Winnipeg, Lake Winnipeg (a large lake in Manitoba, Canada)


ウィニペグ

Winnipeg (the capital city of Manitoba, Canada)

Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods#English

Winnipeg, Winnipeg River (a river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada into Lake Winnipeg)


Metcalfe

Metcalfe (countable and uncountable, plural Metcalfes)

A neighbourhood of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Kensington

From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”).
The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London.

A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Muir

From Scots muir (“moor”). A derivation from Scottish Gaelic muir (“ocean”) has also been suggested.

A community in Norwich township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Gunn

Lac Ste. Anne County
Lac Ste. Anne County#English

A hamlet in Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta, Canada.


Fraser

Fraser (countable and uncountable, plural Frasers)

Scottish surname thought to be from Norman, but not corresponding to any obvious places in France; perhaps a corrupted transcription of a Middle Irish name. More at Fraser.

A river in British Columbia that flows from the Rocky Mountains into the Strait of Georgia, named after Simon Fraser (explorer).

A location on the Klondike Highway in north-west British Columbia.

A neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta.


Tyndall

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, Manitoba, Canada.


Rowena

Common Brittonic
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Hengist
Historia regum Britanniae
Ivanhoe
Vortigern
Walter Scott

From the name of the daughter of Hengist and wife of Vortigern in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century pseudohistorical Latin work Historia regum Britanniae. There have been attempts to connect it to some unattested Old English or Common Brittonic name, but without any real evidence. It was revived after Walter Scott used it in his novel Ivanhoe (1819).
Some places are named after Lady Rowena in the novel.


Ramsey

From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).

A ghost town in unorganised north Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English


Princeton

Battle of Princeton
Thomas Prince
William Prince (politician)

From prince + -ton (“town”), originally in honor of crown princes or princes of the British Empire but later chiefly in honor of others with the name Prince or locations named Princeton. Doublet of Princetown. Cf. Princes Town, Princeville, Kingston, Kingstone, Coniston, Kingstown, Queenston, and Queenstown.
In particular, the British Columbian town is named for Edward VII, who was known as Albert, Prince of Wales, during the reign of his mother Queen Victoria. The New Jersey borough is named for William III—who became king of England through marriage to Mary II—in honor of his own separate Dutch title of Prince of Orange. The North Carolina town and Nebraska and Ontario communities are named for the New Jersey borough; the Missouri city is named for the Battle of Princeton which occurred there in the American Revolution; and the Illinois city and Florida CDP are named for the university named for its location in the borough. The given name derives from the prestigious university.
The Massachusetts town is named for clergyman Thomas Prince, and the Wisconsin city and town are named for the Massachusetts town. The Minnesota city is named for its founder John S. Prince, and the Idaho CDP is named after the Minnosota city. The Indiana city is named for politician William Prince, and the Kansas city is named for the Indiana city. The Texas city is named for landowner Prince Dowlin. The Kentucky city is named for landowner William Prince.

A place in Canada:
A town in southern British Columbia.

A settlement in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

A community of Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario.


Albertville

A municipality in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, named after Andrė-Albert Blais.

A village in the Rural Municipality of Garden River No. 490, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Randall

A Middle English variant of Randolph, preserved as a surname and revived in the twentieth century.

A community of New Tecumseth, Simcoe County, Canada.


Upton

Upton (countable and uncountable, plural Uptons)

From Old English upp (“up”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A municipality in Acton Regional County Municipality, Montérégie region, Quebec, Canada.


Chatham

From an Old Welsh word cēd, meaning "wood" + hām (“home”).

since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard

when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard

Any of several other places of the same name:

A community in Chatham-Kent, Southwestern Ontario, Canada.


Stirling

Likely from Scottish Gaelic srib (“stream”) + Scottish Gaelic linn (“pool, lake”).

A placename:
A village in Alberta, Canada.


Harrington

A community in the township of Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.

A township municipality in the Laurentides region, Quebec, Canada.


Cambria

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Cambria, from Middle Welsh Kymry, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ. Doublet of Cumbria and Cumberland. Cognate with Welsh Cymru.

lbor

A community of the town of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.

The Rural Municipality of Cambria No. 6, a rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, Canada.


Drummond

A village and parish of New Brunswick, Canada


Drummond

Named after British colonial administrator Gordon Drummond (1772 - 1854).

A regional county municipality of Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.


Stonehenge

London
Pewsey
Stonehenge
Stonehenge (disambiguation)

Inherited from Middle English Stonhenge, from ston (“stone”) + henge (“hinge”) or hengen ("hanging", but only attested as "imprisonment"). More at Stonehenge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
The failure of /hɛnd͡ʒ/ to regularly raise to /ɪnd͡ʒ/, as in hinge, singe < Middle English henge, sengen, is probably due to the influence of the local dialect; compare the forms /ɛnd͡ʒ/, /sɛnd͡ʒ/ "hinge, singe" attested for the early 20th-century dialect of Pewsey, Wiltshire, approximately 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) from Stonehenge.

The Rural Municipality of Stonehenge No. 73, a rural municipality in south Saskatchewan, Canada.


Laval

en-proper noun

Laval (countable and uncountable, plural Lavals)

A large city in southwestern Quebec, Canada; suburb of Montreal.

(informal) Synonym of Île Jésus, an island in Quebec, Canada, where the city of Laval is located; ellipsis of Island of Laval.


Laval

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-hôtel de la Croix-Laval.wav

From la (“the”) + val (“vale (valley)”).
* (Mayenne): From being situated at a valley
* (surname): Derived from the placename in Mayenne
* (Quebec municipality): Derived from the surname of an early settler
* (Quebec island): Derived from the name of the city located on the island

A large city in southwestern Quebec, Canada; suburb of Montreal

(informal) Synonym of Île Jésus, an island in Quebec, Canada, where the city of Laval is located; ellipsis of Île de Laval.


Winthrop

From wines (“friend's”) + þorp (“village”).

Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.


Howie

From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.

A locality in Special Area No. 2, southern Alberta, Canada, named by postmaster James Howie.


Maitland

Maitland (countable and uncountable, plural Maitlands)

Uncertain, possibly a nickname for an ungracious individual, from Anglo-Norman maltalent (“bad temper”). However, it could also derive from the French village of Mautalant, in Normandy.

A village in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after Peregrine Maitland.


Kimberley

English place name "wood or clearing of Kyneburga (a seventh century female saint)", from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”) + lēah (“leigh, clearing”).

A city in southeast British Columbia, Canada.


McIntosh

McIntosh (countable and uncountable, plural McIntoshes)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche.

A community of the Kenora District, Ontario, Canada.


Wakefield

A parish and community therein, in New Brunswick, Canada.

A village in La Pêche municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Cadillac

From French Cadillac, from Occitan Cadilhac.
Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan.

A placename
An urban area of Quebec, Canada

A placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada


Cadillac

→ English: Cadillac

desc

→ Chinese: → 卡迪亞克／卡迪亚克 (Kǎdíyàkè) (transliteration)

A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

a placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada


Leitrim

A neighbourhood of Gloucester, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Wexford

From Old Norse Veisafjǫrðr (literally “inlet of the mudflats”), from veisa (“pool, pond”) and fjǫrðr (“ford”).

der

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Pickering

en-proper noun

Pickering (countable and uncountable, plural Pickerings)

A city in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Appleton

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Appleton.wav

From Old English æppel and -tun; alternatively, apple + -ton.
The town in Newfoundland is named for sawmill owner Appleton Cleaves.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Mississippi Mills
Mississippi Mills#English

A community of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Enoch

From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).

der

Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ)

A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135.


Brenda

Possibly from Old Norse brandr (“sword”); by folk etymology seen as a feminine form of Brendan. Its use as a nickname for Queen Elizabeth II originated in Private Eye in reaction to a perceived attempt by the royals to appear less distant and upper class.

A former rural municipality of Manitoba.


Selma

en-proper noun

Selma (countable and uncountable, plural Selmas)

Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma, etc. were in vogue. Perhaps a shortening of Anselma, or from the name of a place in the James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of epic poems, itself from Scottish Gaelic sealladh + math (“good vision”). In some cases perhaps borrowed from Turkish Selma, from Arabic سَلْمَى (salmā).

A placename
A community of Nova Scotia, Canada.


Branson

Branson (countable and uncountable, plural Bransons)

A neighbourhood, officially Westminster-Branson, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Haley

Haley (countable and uncountable, plural Haleys)

Variant of Hayley, from Old English. Literally, “hay field”

A placename; Any of several places in the U.S. and Canada named after persons with the surname.


Carey

Carey (countable and uncountable, plural Careys)

* As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring.
* As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew.
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”).
* As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”).
* Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry.

Ellipsis of Carey Island.; An island in Nunavut, Canada, in the James Bay, off the coast of Quebec.


Compton

From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”).

Any of several placenames in England and the United States.

A municipality in Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.


Kelsey

Kelsey (countable and uncountable, plural Kelseys)

From Old English cēol (“ship”) + siġe (“victory”).

A hamlet in Camrose County, Alberta, Canada.

A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Kelsey) in western Manitoba, Canada.

A locality south of Split Lake, Manitoba.


Tracy

Tracy (countable and uncountable, plural Tracys or Tracies)

A Norman baronial surname from places in France, derived from a Gallo-Roman given name Thracius which referred to Thrace + the Celtic suffix *-āko (place, property). As a female given name, it is also known as a diminutive of Theresa.

A village in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Osage

en-noun

Osage (countable and uncountable, plural Osages or Osage)

Evolved from a borrowing from French variations of Osage 𐓏𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟 (wažáže), the name of a division of the tribe.


시드니

[~시(市)] Sydney (a former city in Nova Scotia, Canada)


Corinne

From the French equivalent of Corinna, from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden, daughter”).

der

A community in the Rural Municipality of Bratt's Lake No. 129, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Dillon

From the Irish surname, from Breton Leon and Norman Léon, named after Sir Henry de Leon of the Viscounty of Léon. Related to the surname Lyon. Unrelated to the name Dylan, although the homophony may result in the two being considered variant spellings of the same name.

A placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada


Elsinore

From Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsinki and Helsingborg.

A neighbourhood in north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A community of Arran-Elderslie municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Sylvester

Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.

A community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Irma

From German Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of Germanic names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Cognate with English Emma.


Beverley

en-proper noun

Beverley (countable and uncountable, plural Beverleys)

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

A community in the Rural Municipality of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Bryson

A village and municipality on the Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada.


Bryson

The name of the municipality is derived from the English surname Bryson. The municipality is named after lumber merchant and former mayor of Mansfield-et-Pontefract George Bryson (1813 - 1900).

A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


остров Принца Эдуарда

ru-proper noun+

о́стров При́нца Эдуа́рда • (óstrov Prínca Eduárda) m inan (genitive о́строва При́нца Эдуа́рда)

о́стров При́нца Эдуа́рда (canonical)
óstrov Prínca Eduárda (romanization)
о́строва При́нца Эдуа́рда (genitive)
о́стров При́нца Эдуа́рда (nominative singular)
о́строва При́нца Эдуа́рда (genitive singular)
о́строву При́нца Эдуа́рда (dative singular)
о́стров При́нца Эдуа́рда (accusative singular)
о́стровом При́нца Эдуа́рда (instrumental singular)
о́строве При́нца Эдуа́рда (prepositional singular)

Prince Edward Island (an island and province of Canada)

en-остров_Принца_Эдуарда-ru-name-FKukutkb


Leroy

Transferred from the common French surname Leroy since the nineteenth century, for no apparent reason except its transparent meaning, le roi "the king".


Александрия

Алекса́ндрия

Алекса́ндрия • (Aleksándrija) f inan (genitive Алекса́ндрии, nominative plural Алекса́ндрии, genitive plural Алекса́ндрий)

Алекса́ндрия (canonical)
Aleksándrija (romanization)
Алекса́ндрии (genitive)
Алекса́ндрии (nominative plural)
Алекса́ндрий (genitive plural)
Алекса́ндрия (nominative singular)
Алекса́ндрии (nominative plural)
Алекса́ндрии (genitive singular)
Алекса́ндрий (genitive plural)
Алекса́ндрии (dative singular)
Алекса́ндриям (dative plural)
Алекса́ндрию (accusative singular)
Алекса́ндрии (accusative plural)
Алекса́ндрией (instrumental singular)
Алекса́ндриею (instrumental singular)
Алекса́ндриями (instrumental plural)
Алекса́ндрии (prepositional singular)
Алекса́ндриях (plural prepositional)

ru:Александрия

United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry#English

Alexandria (a former town in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry)

Alexandria (a ghost town in British Columbia, Canada)


Haight

en-proper noun

Haight (countable and uncountable, plural Haights)

From Old English hēahþu (“height”), a topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill. Compare Hight.

A locality in Beaver County, Alberta, Canada.


Granville

The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (“grand”) + ville (“settlement”). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard”).


Nelson

Nelson (countable and uncountable, plural Nelsons)

From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son.
* In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".

A placename
A city in British Columbia, Canada.


Hillsborough

From hills and borough. The village in New Brunswick was probably named in honour of British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). The civil parish is named after the village.

A number of places in English-speaking countries:

A civil parish of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A village in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Iona

Probably a misreading of Latin Ioua, an attempt to Latinize Old Irish Í.

Skye

other given names derived from Scottish islands

A small community of Nova Scotia, Canada.

A ghost town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Guelph

Elder House of Welf
Guelph
Guelph (disambiguation)
House of Este
Investiture Controversy
Kunigunde of Altdorf
Matilda of Tuscany
Welf II, Duke of Bavaria
Welf, Duke of Carinthia

From Italian guelfo, from Middle High German Welf, a Bavarian dynasty.
Welf II, Duke of Bavaria inherited from his Italian wife, the Countess Matilda of Tuscany, possessions including Tuscany, Ferrara, Modena, Mantua and Reggio, which played a role in the Investiture Controversy. The Welf dynasty sided with the Pope in this controversy, so partisans of the Pope became known in Italy as Guelfi.

A city, the county seat of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Hopedale

The name of the settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador was calqued from Hoffental, a compound derived in turn from German hoffen (“hope”) and Tal (“dale, valley”). The name was given by Moravian missionaries in 1782 and replaced native Eastern Canadian Inuktitut Agvituk. Compare Hebron, Nain, Ramah and Zoar.

A town and Inuit community government in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Agvituk

town and Inuit community government in Newfoundland


Kelso

From earlier Calchow, from Middle Welsh Calchvynyd (Modern Welsh Calchfynydd (“lime mountain”)).

A small town in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada.

A village in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.


Ebenezer

From Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).

der

אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר


Wilberforce

From Old English Wilburg + foss (“ditch”); Wilburg was a female given name from wil (“will”) + burg (“fortress”).

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

A community of Highlands East municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Arlington

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

From the Old English personal name Ælfrēd + Old English ing (“called after”) + Old English tūn (“estate”), "estate named after Alfred". Many of the place names in the United States derive from Arlington House, formerly the plantation of Robert E. Lee.

A number of places in Canada:
A community of Nova Scotia.

A number of places in Canada:
A municipality of Saskatchewan.

A number of places in Canada:
A community of Yukon.


Letterkenny

From Irish Leitir Ceanainn (“Hillside of the O'Cannons”).

uder

A community in Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan township, Ontario, Canada.

Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan#English


コロンビア

ja:コロンビア (曖昧さ回避)

Columbia (a river in the United States and Canada)


Barrow Bay

A hamlet on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada, on the western shore of Georgian Bay.


Terra Nova

Derived from Portuguese Terra Nova (“Newfoundland”).

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Lindsay

en-proper noun

Lindsay (countable and uncountable, plural Lindsays)

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford + Old English ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.

A large community, formerly a town, in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Rutherford

From Old English hryþer (“cattle”) + ford (“ford”). The first element is from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz.

A neighbourhood in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Wembley

Derived from the Old English proper name Wemba and lēah (“clearing in a forest; meadow, leigh”).

A town in the County of Grande Prairie, No.1, northern Alberta, Canada.


Acadia

la-proper noun

Acadia f sg (genitive Acadiae); first declension

Acadiae (genitive)
Acadia (nominative singular)
Acadiae (genitive singular)
Acadiae (dative singular)
Acadiam (accusative singular)
Acadiā (ablative singular)
Acadia (singular vocative)
Acadiae (locative singular)

(New Latin) Acadia (a former French colony in North America in modern eastern Canada and the United States)


Herschel

(Uranus): after its discoverer, William Herschel.

A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318, Saskatchewan, Canada.

A former settlement on Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada.


Rowley

From Old English components ruh (rough, overgrown) + leah (wood, clearing)

A hamlet in Starland County, Alberta, Canada.


Niagara Falls

Niagara + Falls (waterfall)
* The cities are named after the waterfalls they are located next to.

Coordinate term: Goat Island

A waterfall in Niagara river, Niagara region, on the international border between Canada and United States, in both Ontario and New York state; Massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River.

شلالات نياجارا

šalālāt nīāǧārā

شلالات نياغارا

šalālāt nīāġārā

A city in Niagara regional municipality, Ontario, Canada; near the Falls.


Sonora

en-proper noun

Sonora (countable and uncountable, plural Sonoras)

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A community of St. Mary's district municipality, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Glenwood

From glen + wood. The town in Newfoundland is named after the Glenwood Lumber Company, which is named in turn after the community in Nova Scotia.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

A village in Alberta; named for early settler Glen Edward Wood.


Bateman

en-prop

Bateman (countable and uncountable, plural Batemans)

From Bate + man, with the meaning "servant of Bate".

An abandoned community in south-west Saskatchewan, Canada.


Selwyn

From the Middle English form of Latin Silvanus. Also from the Old English given name Selewine, from sel (“hall”) + wine (“friend”). The places are named after bearers of the surname.

Any of a number of places in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and US.

A township in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada, renamed from Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield in 2013.

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English


Everton

en-proper noun

Everton (countable and uncountable, plural Evertons)

From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A community of Guelph/Eramosa, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Bisset

Bisset (countable and uncountable, plural Bissets)

A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Marinette

A rural community of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Dickson

A hamlet in Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada.


Patterson

Patterson (countable and uncountable, plural Pattersons)

From Middle English Pate, short form of Patrick, + -son.

A neighborhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; named for an early landowning family.

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A township (unincorporated) in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Atkinson

Atkinson (countable and uncountable, plural Atkinsons)

A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Aylmer

From Old English Æþelmǣr, from æþel (“noble”) + mǣre, mær (“famous”). Doublet of Elmer.

A town in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Aylmer

The name of the district is derived from the English surname Aylmer. The area is named after British military officer and colonial administrator Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer (1775–1850).

A district of Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Bullock

Bullock (countable and uncountable, plural Bullocks)

Lanark Highlands
Lanark Highlands#English

A community of Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Buckland

Buckland (countable and uncountable, plural Bucklands)

From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).

The Rural Municipality of Buckland No. 491, a rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada.


Ainsworth

Ainsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ainsworths)

From Old English Ægen + -es and worþ or worð, meaning "Aegen's enclosure".


Bennington

From Bennington, Vermont, headquarters of the Bennington Marble Company.

A community of Zorra township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Calder

A neighbourhood in north-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada, within the rural municipality below.

The Rural Municipality of Calder No. 241, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan.


Grand Rapids

A place in Canada:
A community of British Columbia.


Vaughan

Borrowed from Welsh Vychan, from bychan, diminutive of bach (“little”).

A community of West Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Neuschottland

de-proper noun

Neuschottland n (proper noun, genitive Neuschottlands or (optionally with an article) Neuschottland)

Neuschottlands (genitive)
Neuschottland (genitive with-article)

neu (“new”) + Schottland (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia


Nouvelle-Écosse

From nouvelle (feminine of nouveau (“new”)) + Écosse (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

af

feminine of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">nouveau</i> (“new”)

Nouvelle-Ecosse

diacritics are not universally used on capital letters


Napier

Adelaide Metcalfe
Adelaide Metcalfe#English

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

An unincorporated place in the township of Adelaide Metcalfe, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


I.-P.-E.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

PEI, Prince Edward Island (an island and province of Canada)


Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

fr-proper noun

Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador m pl (plural only)

From Terre-Neuve (“Newfoundland”) + Labrador, literally “Newfoundland and Labrador”.

af

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

Newfoundland and Labrador (a province of Canada)


Île-du-Prince-Édouard

Prince Edward Island (an island and province of Canada)


Terre-Neuve

English: Terreneuvian

From terre (“land”) + neuve (“new”), literally “new land”.

Newfoundland Island
Newfoundland Island#English

Newfoundland, Newfoundland Island (a large island, part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in eastern Canada)

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland (the former name of Newfoundland and Labrador, a province in in eastern Canada)


Galloway

From Scottish Gaelic (eadar na) Gall-Ghàidhealaibh (literally “(among the) foreign Gaels”), a term used for Gaelic-speaking Norse settlers.

bor

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Colombie-Britannique

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


Rodgers

A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Rodgers No. 133) in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Mississauga

/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/

/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɑ.ɡə/

From French Mississague, from Ojibwe misizaagii (“inhabitant of large river mouth”) (with reference to the area where the Mississauga River drains into Lake Huron). Doublet of massasauga.

der

A city in southern Ontario, suburb of Toronto.


Saskatoon

South Saskatchewan River
South Saskatchewan River

The largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada (2016 census: 246,376 (city); 295,095 (metro)), located on the South Saskatchewan River.

ሰስካቱን

the largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada


Saskatoon

Unadapted borrowing from English Saskatoon.

ubor

Saskatoon (a city in Saskatchewan, Canada)


魁北克

ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄎㄜˋ

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹/

/fuːi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵/

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹/

/fuːi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵/


新斯科細亞

ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ ㄎㄜ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ

ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ ㄎㄜ ㄒㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ

Синь Сыкэсия

/ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/

/ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/

/ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～省) (Taiwan) Nova Scotia (a province of Canada)


West Point

Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere:

A cape and unincorporated community in the southwest corner of Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Irvine

en-prop

Irvine (countable and uncountable, plural Irvines)

Probably from Celtic words cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“green, fresh”) + afon (“water”).


Barlow

From Old English bere (“barley”) + hlǣw (“hill”) or lēah (“wood, clearing”).


Ogden

Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).

A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.


Κεμπέκ

Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)


Bryant

Bryant (countable and uncountable, plural Bryants)

A community in the Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan, Canada


Badger

From Old English Bæcg (“a personal name”) + ofer (“hill spur”).
The name of the town in Newfoundland likely derives from the surname of one of its first inhabitants.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Fulton

From Foulden, a village in Norfolk, from Old English fuġol (“bird”) + tūn (“dwelling”).

A community of West Lincoln, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.


Inuvik

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

A town in the Northwest Territories, Canada.


Morpeth

Of uncertain meaning. Recorded in the Assize Rolls of Northumberland of 1256 as Morthpath.

A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Lord Morpeth.


Thunder Bay

Northwestern Ontario
Northwestern Ontario#English

Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario#English

A large bay of Thunder Bay district, Northwestern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, on Lake Superior, Great Lakes, North America.

A city in Thunder Bay district, Northwestern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay District#English

Ellipsis of Thunder Bay District. A district of Northwestern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada


Kirby

en-proper noun

Kirby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirbys)

Originally Kirkby, from kirk (“church”) + -by (“habitation”), "village with a church".

An English placename.
A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.


Chéticamp

Borrowed from French Chéticamp. Further etymology uncertain. The toponym may derive from a compound including the French word chétif (“poor”), referring to low-quality soil.

Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island#English

A community on the west coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Jukon

Jukon (nominative singular)
Jukonu (genitive singular)
Jukonowi (dative singular)
Jukon (accusative singular)
Jukonem (instrumental singular)
Jukonie (locative singular)
Jukonie (singular vocative)

Yukon, Yukon Territory (a territory of Canada)


Stillwater

A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta.

Guysborough County
Guysborough County#English

A community of St. Mary's district municipality, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

A community of the Regional Municipality of West Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia.


Abitibi

Derived from Algonquin abi'ta-bi-g (“halfway across water”), from abi'ta (“halfway”) + bi (“water”).

bor

A regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Jarvis

A surname derived from a Middle English form of Gervase.

Haldimand County
Haldimand County#English

A village in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.


Cayley

en-proper noun

Cayley (countable and uncountable, plural Cayleys)

Foothills County
Foothills County#English

A hamlet in Foothills County, southern Alberta, Canada.


Sussex Drive

en:Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex

From Sussex + drive. The road was named after Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843).

A street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on which the official residence of the prime minister of Canada, and that of the governor general of Canada, are located


Harper

A rural community of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


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Toronto
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Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada, and largest city in Canada)

Grenville Parish
Grenville Parish#English

Toronto (an unincorporated area and community of the township of Lot 23, Grenville Parish, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada)


Walsh

Walsh (countable and uncountable, plural Walshes)

Inherited from Middle English Walsch, from Old English wælisċ, variant of wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.

A hamlet in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Salt River

In US poltics, after the Salt River in Kentucky. Various explanations exist.

A number of rivers and settlements in various countries:

A river in Alberta and Northwest Territories, Canada, which joins the Slave River.

A settlement at the mouth of this river in Northwest Territories.


Winterbourne

From Old English winterburna, = winter + burna.

A community in Woolwich township, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Ellesmere Island

Named after Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere.

The northernmost island of Canada, in Nunavut.

Ellesmere Island
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere


Baffin Island

Named after William Baffin, English explorer.

An island in Nunavut, Canada, north of the Canadian mainland.


Dayton

Dayton (countable and uncountable, plural Daytons)

A variant spelling of Deighton.
* Most of the placenames are derived from the surname; or another place named Dayton, that in turn is derived from the surname.

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A placename, from the surname:
A community of Nova Scotia, Canada.


lago Erie

Lake Erie (a lake in Canada and United States)


East End

A region of Montreal island, Quebec, Canada


Saint-Louis

Alternative spelling of St. Louis, used by various places in French-speaking countries.

A municipality in Les Maskoutains regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Квебек

bg-proper noun

Квебе́к • (Kvebék) m

Квебе́к (canonical)
Kvebék (romanization)

Quebec (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)


Квебек

mk-proper noun

Квебек • (Kvebek) m (relational adjective квебечки)

Kvebek (romanization)
квебечки (adjective relational)


Квебек

ru-proper noun+

Квебе́к • (Kvebék) m inan (genitive Квебе́ка)

Квебе́к (canonical)
Kvebék (romanization)
Квебе́ка (genitive)
Квебе́к (nominative singular)
Квебе́ка (genitive singular)
Квебе́ку (dative singular)
Квебе́к (accusative singular)
Квебе́ком (instrumental singular)
Квебе́ке (prepositional singular)


Квебек

Квебе̏к (canonical masculine)
Kvebȅk (romanization)

(Serbia) Quebec (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)


Квебек

uk-proper noun

квебе́кський

Квебе́к • (Kvebék) m inan (genitive Квебе́ку, uncountable, relational adjective квебе́кський)

Квебе́к (canonical)
Kvebék (romanization)
Квебе́ку (genitive)
квебе́кський (adjective relational)
Квебе́к (nominative singular)
Квебе́ку (genitive singular)
Квебе́кові (dative singular)
Квебе́ку (dative singular)
Квебе́к (accusative singular)
Квебе́ком (instrumental singular)
Квебе́ці (locative singular)
Квебе́ку (locative singular)
Квебе́ку (singular vocative)


Квебек

квебе́кський

Квебе́к • (Kvebék) m inan (genitive Квебе́ка, uncountable, relational adjective квебе́кський)

Квебе́к (canonical)
Kvebék (romanization)
Квебе́ка (genitive)
квебе́кський (adjective relational)
Квебе́к (nominative singular)
Квебе́ка (genitive singular)
Квебе́кові (dative singular)
Квебе́ку (dative singular)
Квебе́к (accusative singular)
Квебе́ком (instrumental singular)
Квебе́ці (locative singular)
Квебе́ку (locative singular)
Квебе́ку (singular vocative)


St. Paul

A town in Alberta, Canada, in the County of St. Paul.

The County of St. Paul No. 19, a municipal district in eastern central Alberta.


St. Catharines

A city in southeastern Ontario, Canada, near Niagara Falls.


Béarn

From Medieval Latin Beneharnum, corruption of Benarni, Vernarni, Gaulish pronunciation of an Aquitanian/Basque tribe in southwest France.
The municipality in Québec is named after the Béarn Regiment.

A municipality of Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Royston

From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A coastal hamlet on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Виктория

ru-proper noun+

Викто́рия • (Viktórija) f anim (genitive Викто́рии, nominative plural Викто́рии, genitive plural Викто́рий)

Викто́рия (canonical)
Viktórija (romanization)
Викто́рии (genitive)
Викто́рии (nominative plural)
Викто́рий (genitive plural)
Викто́рия (nominative singular)
Викто́рии (nominative plural)
Викто́рии (genitive singular)
Викто́рий (genitive plural)
Викто́рии (dative singular)
Викто́риям (dative plural)
Викто́рию (accusative singular)
Викто́рий (accusative plural)
Викто́рией (instrumental singular)
Викто́риею (instrumental singular)
Викто́риями (instrumental plural)
Викто́рии (prepositional singular)
Викто́риях (plural prepositional)

Transliterations of the given name

English: Victoria, Viktoriya, Viktoria

Estonian: Viktoria, Viktorija

Latvian: Viktorija

Borrowed from Latin Victoria, from victōria (“victory”).

Викто́рія — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Victoria (the capital city of British Columbia, Canada)


Milford

en-proper noun

Milford (countable and uncountable, plural Milfords)

A common place name, primarily within the British Isles and New England, often used for settlements with watermills built near fords, including:

A village in East Hants district municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia.

Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County#English

A town in Prince Edward County, Ontario.


Oka

From French, from Mohawk [Term?] (“a kind of pike [fish]”) . The cheese is named for the village.

der

A small village and suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


Monreyal

Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Montreal (an island in Quebec, Canada, the site of the city of Montreal)


Ewart

A locality, formerly a settlement, in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada, named after J. S. Ewart.


Оттава

ru-proper noun+

Отта́ва • (Ottáva) f inan (genitive Отта́вы, relational adjective отта́вский)

Отта́ва (canonical)
Ottáva (romanization)
Отта́вы (genitive)
отта́вский (adjective relational)
Отта́ва (nominative singular)
Отта́вы (genitive singular)
Отта́ве (dative singular)
Отта́ву (accusative singular)
Отта́вой (instrumental singular)
Отта́вою (instrumental singular)
Отта́ве (prepositional singular)
Отта́ва (dated nominative singular)
Отта́вы (dated genitive singular)
Отта́вѣ (dated dative singular)
Отта́ву (accusative dated singular)
Отта́вой (dated instrumental singular)
Отта́вою (dated instrumental singular)
Отта́вѣ (dated prepositional singular)

→ Armenian: Օտտավա (Ōttava)


Оттава

uk-proper noun

Отта́ва • (Ottáva) f inan (genitive Отта́ви, uncountable, relational adjective отта́вський)

Отта́ва (canonical)
Ottáva (romanization)
Отта́ви (genitive)
отта́вський (adjective relational)
Отта́ва (nominative singular)
Отта́ви (genitive singular)
Отта́ві (dative singular)
Отта́ву (accusative singular)
Отта́вою (instrumental singular)
Отта́ві (locative singular)
Отта́во (singular vocative)

Ottawa (the capital city and river in Canada)


Nueva Escocia

From nueva (feminine of nuevo (“new”)) + Escocia (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

af

feminine of <i class="Latn mention" lang="es">nuevo</i> (“new”)


Sunshine Coast

Strait of Georgia
Strait of Georgia#English

A section of coast in British Columbia, Canada, on the eastern shore of the Strait of Georgia.


Coleman

A community of the municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.

Timiskaming District
Timiskaming District#English

A township municipality in Timiskaming District, Ontario.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A community of Prince County, Prince Edward Island.


Hebron

Borrowed from Latin Hebrōn, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן (Ḥeḇrōn), possibly via Ancient Greek Χεβρών (Khebrṓn).

A number of places elsewhere:
A community of New Brunswick.

A ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A number of places elsewhere:
A community of Nova Scotia.

A community of Prince Edward Island; named for the city in Palestine.


薩斯喀徹溫

ㄙㄚˋ ㄙ ㄎㄚ ㄔㄜˋ ㄨㄣ

Сасыкачэвэнь

/sä⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ wən⁵⁵/

/saːt̚³ siː⁵⁵ haːk̚³ t͡sʰiːt̚³ wɐn⁵⁵/

/saːt̚³ siː⁵⁵ kʰaː³³ t͡sʰiːt̚³ wɐn⁵⁵/

/sä⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ wən⁵⁵/

/saːt̚³ siː⁵⁵ haːk̚³ t͡sʰiːt̚³ wɐn⁵⁵/

/saːt̚³ siː⁵⁵ kʰaː³³ t͡sʰiːt̚³ wɐn⁵⁵/

(～河) Saskatchewan (a river in western Canada)

(～省) Saskatchewan (a Prairie province in western Canada)


Stornoway

From Scottish Gaelic Steòrnabhagh, itself from Old Norse Stjórnavágr (literally “rudder bay”).

der

A village and municipality in Le Granit regional county municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.

A community in the Rural Municipality of Wallace No.243, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Colliers

The name of the town may derive from the surname Collier. The area around the town formerly hosted a large charcoal burning industry.
See also Carbonear.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Linden

* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde.
* As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden.
* As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen.
* As an English surname, variant of Lindon.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.


Gardiner

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English

A rural community in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


オタワ

ja:オタワ (曖昧さ回避)

Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)

St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence River#English

Ottawa (a river flowing SE between Ontario and Quebec, Canada into the St. Lawrence River)


Klondike

Klondike Gold Rush
Klondike River
Klondike, Yukon

From Klondike, a region in the Yukon territory of Canada that saw a gold rush, named after the Klondike River. A corruption of Hän Tr'ondëk (“hammerstone water”) or Gwich'in throndiuk (“hammer-water”).

A region of Yukon, Canada, surrounding the river, in and around Dawson City, replete with goldfields.


Торонто

Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada, and largest city in Canada)


Торонто

ru-proper noun

Торо́нто • (Torónto) m inan (indeclinable)

Торо́нто (canonical)
Torónto (romanization)

Toronto (an unincorporated area and community of the township of Lot 23, Grenville Parish, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada)


Торонто

uk-proper noun

Торо́нто • (Torónto) n inan (indeclinable)

Торо́нто<sg>

Торо́нто • (Torónto) n inan (genitive Торо́нта, uncountable)

Торо́нто (canonical)
Ukrainian (Standard)
Torónto (romanization)
Торо́нто (canonical)
dialectal (romanization)
colloquial (romanization)
Ukrainian (Canadian)
Torónto (romanization)
Торо́нта (genitive)
Торо́нто (nominative singular)
Торо́нта (genitive singular)
Торо́нту (dative singular)
Торо́нто (accusative singular)
Торо́нтом (instrumental singular)
Торо́нті (locative singular)
Торо́нто (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

Торо́нто<sg>


Malton

en-proper noun

Malton (countable and uncountable, plural Maltons)

Probably from Old English mæþel (“speech”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), hence a settlement where a public assembly was held.

A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.


Greenstone

A municipality in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.


Talamh an Éisc

head

Talamh an Éisc f or m (genitive Thalamh an Éisc)

Thalamh an Éisc (genitive)
Talamh an Éisc
Thalamh an Éisc
dTalamh an Éisc

From talamh (“land”) + éisc (genitive singular of iasc (“fish”)), thus literally “land of the fish”.


Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard

Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard m (genitive Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard)

Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard (genitive)
Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard
nOileán Phrionsa Éadbhard
hOileán Phrionsa Éadbhard
tOileán Phrionsa Éadbhard

Prince Edward Island (a province and island in Canada)


Nalbin Noa

Nalbin (“Scotland”) + noa (“new”), a calque of Latin Nova Scotia.


Alba Nuadh

Alba (“Scotland”) + nuadh (“new”), a calque of Latin Nova Scotia.


Albain Nua

na hAlban Nua (genitive)
nominative (indefinite)
Albain Nua (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a Albain Nua (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
Alban Nua (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an Albain Nua (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
na hAlban Nua (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an Albain Nua (definite singular)
don Albain Nua (definite singular)
Albain Nua
nAlbain Nua
hAlbain Nua

/ˈalˠəbˠə ˈn̪ˠuə/

From Albain (“Scotland”) + nua (“new”), a calque of Latin Nova Scotia. Compare Scottish Gaelic Alba Nuadh.


Greenfield

en-proper noun

Greenfield (countable and uncountable, plural Greenfields)

A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, named after Herbert Greenfield.

One of four communities in Nova Scotia, Canada.


Peel

Peel (countable and uncountable, plural Peels)

A former county in Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1974.

A regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, created in 1974.


Kincaid

Kincaid (countable and uncountable, plural Kincaids)

Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Lennoxtown, from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head, top”) + càithe (“pass”) or cadha (“quagmire”).


Βανκούβερ

head

Βανκούβερ • (Vankoúver) n (indeclinable)

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

Vancouver (a seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada)


Վանկուվեր

Վանկուվեր • (Vankuver)

hy-proper noun

Վանկուվեր • (Vankuver)

Vankuver (romanization)
Վանկուվեր (nominative singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերի (dative singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերից (ablative singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերում (locative singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Վանկուվերումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Վանկուվերը/Վանկուվերն

Վանկուվերներ

Վանկուվերները/Վանկուվերներն

Վանկուվերների

Վանկուվերներին

Վանկուվերներից

Վանկուվերներով

Վանկուվերում

Վանկուվերներում

Վանկուվերներս

Վանկուվերներիս

Վանկուվերիցս

Վանկուվերներիցս

Վանկուվերովս

Վանկուվերներովս

Վանկուվերումս

Վանկուվերներումս

Վանկուվերներդ

Վանկուվերներիդ

Վանկուվերիցդ

Վանկուվերներիցդ

Վանկուվերովդ

Վանկուվերներովդ

Վանկուվերումդ

Վանկուվերներումդ


몬트리올

From English Montreal, from French Montréal.

[~시(市)] Montreal (a city in Quebec, Canada)


多倫多

ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/tɔː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² lun²⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/

/to³³ lun²⁴⁻²² to³³/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² lun¹³⁻²² to⁴⁴/

/to⁴⁴⁻³³ lun²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁴⁴/

/tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lun²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴/

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/tɔː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² lun²⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/

/to³³ lun²⁴⁻²² to³³/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² lun¹³⁻²² to⁴⁴/

/to⁴⁴⁻³³ lun²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁴⁴/

/tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lun²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴/

1857, Alexander Wylie, editor, 六合叢談 [Shanghae Serial], volume 6, page 10; republished 官板刪定本 edition, volume 6, 竪川三之橋, (Please provide a date or year), page 14:

Èryuè shíqī rì, běi Yàmòlìjiā Jiānàdà dà xī huǒlúnchē lù zhōng, huǒlúnchē yī dào, liánluò shí shù chē, jīng Duōlúnduō jìn Hāmìdūn dìfāng, huǒlúnchē hū lí tiělù, chè hòu chē bēnyì bùkě zhǐ.

二月十七日，北亞墨利加加那大大西火輪車路中，火輪車一道，聯絡十數車，經多倫多近哈密敦地方，火輪車忽離鐵路，掣後車奔逸不可止。

二月十七日，北亚墨利加加那大大西火轮车路中，火轮车一道，联络十数车，经多伦多近哈密敦地方，火轮车忽离铁路，掣后车奔逸不可止。


渥太華

ㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

/wɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/

/ɐk̚⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ waː²¹/

/ʊk̚⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ waː²¹/

/ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hua²⁴/

/ɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hua²⁴/

/ɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hua¹³/

/ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ hua²⁴/

/ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ hua²³/

/wɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/

/ɐk̚⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ waː²¹/

/ʊk̚⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ waː²¹/

/ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hua²⁴/

/ɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hua²⁴/

/ɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hua¹³/

/ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ hua²⁴/

/ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ hua²³/


Kvebek

Kvebȅk (canonical masculine)
Квебе̏к (Cyrillic)

Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)


Breslau

From German Breslau. Doublet of Wrocław.

A community of Woolwich township, Waterloo regional municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Messines

La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau#English

A municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Messines

The municipality in Québec is named after the city of Messines in Belgium; Canadian troops fought in and around the city during the First World War.

Messines (a municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada).


Nowy Brunszwik

Nowy Brunszwik (nominative singular)
Nowego Brunszwika (genitive singular)
Nowemu Brunszwikowi (dative singular)
Nowy Brunszwik (accusative singular)
Nowym Brunszwikiem (instrumental singular)
Nowym Brunszwiku (locative singular)
Nowy Brunszwiku (singular vocative)


Torontó

Torontó (genitive)
Torontó
Thorontó
dTorontó


Colóim Bhriotanach

head

An Cholóim Bhriotanach f (genitive na Colóime Briotanaí)

An Cholóim Bhriotanach (canonical feminine)
na Colóime Briotanaí (genitive)
Colóim Bhriotanach
Cholóim Bhriotanach
gColóim Bhriotanach


Langdon

Rocky View County
Rocky View County#English

A hamlet in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.


Morley

en-prop

Morley (countable and uncountable, plural Morleys)

From Old English mor (“moor”) + leah (“wood”). Equivalent to moor + -ley (“lea”).

Rainy River District
Rainy River District#English

A township in the Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada.


Thorne

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

A community in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.

A municipality in Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Thorne

The municipality is named after the English market town of Thorne.

A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Buchanan

The Rural Municipality of Buchanan No. 304, a rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.

A village in Saskatchewan within the rural municipalty.


Garth

Welsh garth probably has its influence on Welsh place names.

Clearwater County
Clearwater County#English

A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.


Holyrood

From Middle English Holy Rood, Holyrode, holy-rode, holy roode, hali rode, halgorode, equivalent to holy + rood (“crucifix, cross”).
The town in Newfoundland is named after a location near Crewkerne, Somerset.

A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

A community of Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario.


Manning

County of Northern Lights
County of Northern Lights#English

A town in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada.


Sutton

en-proper noun

Sutton (countable and uncountable, plural Suttons)

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”).

A community in the town of Georgina, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.

A town in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec.

The Rural Municipality of Sutton No. 103, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan.


Chesterfield

The Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, a rural municipality in west Saskatchewan, Canada.


Cloutier

From cloutier.
The neighbourhood is named after Catholic bishop François-Xavier Cloutier (1848 - 1934).

A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Sardis

From Latin Sardīs, from Ancient Greek Σάρδεις (Sárdeis), ultimately from Lydian 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 (šfard). As Welsh, American, and Canadian towns, named for the ancient Lydian city chiefly in honor of its role in early Christianity. Doublet of Sart.

A neighbourhood of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.


Londonderry

From London + Derry, its name until the early 17th century when by decree of a charter granted by James I to a group of London merchants the current name was imposed.

County Londonderry
Londonderry (disambiguation)

Colchester County
Colchester County#English

An unincorporated community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Gerrard

A ghost town in the Kootenay region of south-east British Columbia, Canada.


Comox

From Lik'wala, the southern dialect of Kwak'wala kw’umuxws (“plentiful”).

A town on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Blackwell

Blackwell (countable and uncountable, plural Blackwells)

A neighbourhood in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.


Cape Breton

A cape in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Cape Breton Regional Municipality
w:Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Ellipsis of Cape Breton Regional Municipality. A regional municipality of Cape Breton island, Nova Scotia, Canada


Cape Breton

Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island#English

Cape Breton Island (island on the Atlantic coast of Canada)


Stanhope

The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).

A locale in Canada.
A village in Quebec.

A locale in Canada.
A community of Prince Edward Island.

A locale in Canada.
A settlement in Newfoundland.


Digby

Digby (countable and uncountable, plural Digbies)

From Old English dīc (“dyke”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”).
The town in Nova Scotia is named after admiral Robert Digby (1732 - 1815).


Noonan

Noonan (countable and uncountable, plural Noonans)

Anglicization of Irish Ó hIonmhaineáin, from Ionmhaineán, a given name derived from the diminutive of Ionmhain (“beloved, dear”).

A small community of New Brunswick, Canada.


Bowden

Uncertain, but the most accepted theory is that it originated from the maiden name of the wife of a surveyor named Williamson, who named the settlement along the Edmonton–Calgary Trail. Another theory states it originated from the
village of Bowdon in Greater Manchester, England.


Major

Major (countable and uncountable, plural Majors)

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the personal name Malgier, via Old French from the Germanic name *Madalgari. See Mauger.
* As a Hungarian surname, shortened from majorosgazda (see Majoros), or borrowed from German Meyer.
* As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from the military rank major.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.
* As a French and Occitan surname, from the adjective majeur and the military rank major. The latter appears in Canadian French, sometimes also as La Major.

A village in the Rural Municipality of Prairiedale, No. 321, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Amherst

Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

From either Old English elm or Old Norse almr (“elm”) + Old English hyrst (“wood”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797).


Amherst

The name of the municipality is derived from the English surname Amherst. The town is named after British military officer Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797).

A township municipality of Les Laurentides, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Кингстон

ru-proper noun+

Ки́нгстон • (Kíngston) m inan (genitive Ки́нгстона)

Ки́нгстон (canonical)
Kíngston (romanization)
Ки́нгстона (genitive)
Ки́нгстон (nominative singular)
Ки́нгстона (genitive singular)
Ки́нгстону (dative singular)
Ки́нгстон (accusative singular)
Ки́нгстоном (instrumental singular)
Ки́нгстоне (prepositional singular)

Kingston (a large city in eastern Ontario, Canada)

Kingston (a community of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada)

Kingston (a rural settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)

Kingston (a village in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Kingston (a community of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada)


Macdonald

Portage la Prairie
Portage la Prairie#English

A community in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.

The Rural Municipality of Macdonald, a rural municipality south-west of Winnipeg, Manitoba, named after John A. Macdonald.


Монреаль

Монреа́ль • (Monreálʹ) m inan (genitive Монреа́ля)

Монреа́ль (canonical)
Monreálʹ (romanization)
Монреа́ля (genitive)
Монреа́ль (nominative singular)
Монреа́ля (genitive singular)
Монреа́лю (dative singular)
Монреа́ль (accusative singular)
Монреа́лем (instrumental singular)
Монреа́ле (prepositional singular)


Монреаль

uk-proper noun

Монреа́ль<M.sg>

монреа́льський

Монреа́ль • (Monreálʹ) m inan (genitive Монреа́ля, uncountable, relational adjective монреа́льський)

Монреа́ль (canonical)
Monreálʹ (romanization)
Монреа́ля (genitive)
монреа́льський (adjective relational)
Монреа́ль (nominative singular)
Монреа́ля (genitive singular)
Монреа́леві (dative singular)
Монреа́лю (dative singular)
Монреа́ль (accusative singular)
Монреа́лем (instrumental singular)
Монреа́лю (locative singular)
Монреа́лі (locative singular)
Монреа́лю (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

Монреа́ль<M.sg>

Montreal (a major city in Quebec, Canada)


Arena

A former hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Ванкувер

ru-proper noun+

Ванку́вер • (Vankúver) m inan (genitive Ванку́вера)

Ванку́вер (canonical)
Vankúver (romanization)
Ванку́вера (genitive)
Ванку́вер (nominative singular)
Ванку́вера (genitive singular)
Ванку́веру (dative singular)
Ванку́вер (accusative singular)
Ванку́вером (instrumental singular)
Ванку́вере (prepositional singular)

Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


Ванкувер

uk-proper noun

Ванку́вер<sg>

ванку́верський

Ванку́вер • (Vankúver) m inan (genitive Ванку́вера, uncountable, relational adjective ванку́верський)

Ванку́вер (canonical)
Vankúver (romanization)
Ванку́вера (genitive)
ванку́верський (adjective relational)
Ванку́вер (nominative singular)
Ванку́вера (genitive singular)
Ванку́верові (dative singular)
Ванку́веру (dative singular)
Ванку́вер (accusative singular)
Ванку́вером (instrumental singular)
Ванку́веру (locative singular)
Ванку́вері (locative singular)
Ванку́вере (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

Ванку́вер<sg>

Vancouver (a major city in British Columbia, Canada)


Ванкувер

uk-proper noun

Ванку́вер<sg.genu>

ванку́верський

Ванку́вер • (Vankúver) m inan (genitive Ванку́веру, uncountable, relational adjective ванку́верський)

Ванку́вер (canonical)
Vankúver (romanization)
Ванку́веру (genitive)
ванку́верський (adjective relational)
Ванку́вер (nominative singular)
Ванку́веру (genitive singular)
Ванку́верові (dative singular)
Ванку́веру (dative singular)
Ванку́вер (accusative singular)
Ванку́вером (instrumental singular)
Ванку́веру (locative singular)
Ванку́вері (locative singular)
Ванку́вере (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

Ванку́вер<sg.genu>

Vancouver (an island in British Columbia, Canada)


Whitehead

en-proper noun

Whitehead (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteheads)

The Rural Municipality of Whitehead, a rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada.

Guysborough County
Guysborough County#English

A community of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Selkirk

From Old English sǣl (“hall”) + cirice (“church”).

Haldimand County
Haldimand County#English

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.


Denholm

Denholm (countable and uncountable, plural Denholms)

From Old English dene (“valley”) + holm (“islet”).


Denholm

Derived from English Denholm. The municipality is named after the village of Denholm in Scotland.

A municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Kars

Crimean War
Kars
Kars Province
Siege of Kars

From Turkish Kars, Ottoman Turkish قارص (Kars), and Armenian Կարս (Kars). As a New Brunswick parish, named for the 1855 Siege of Kars in the Crimean War.

A civil parish and community of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A village in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


巴里

/pä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

* The city in Ontario is borrowed from English Barrie.
* The city in Italy is borrowed from Italian Bari.


Timiskaming

From the Temiscaming people's spoken language. Alternate spellings from the 1700s: Temiscaming, Timiscaming, Temiscamin, Temescaming.


Timiskaming

The name of the reserve is derived from that of a nearby lake, derived in turn from an Algonquin source.

A Native American reserve in Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Баффинова Земля

ru-proper noun+

Ба́ффинова Земля́ • (Báffinova Zemljá) f inan (genitive Ба́ффиновой Земли́)

Ба́ффинова Земля́ (canonical)
Báffinova Zemljá (romanization)
Ба́ффиновой Земли́ (genitive)
Ба́ффинова Земля́ (nominative singular)
Ба́ффиновой Земли́ (genitive singular)
Ба́ффиновой Земле́ (dative singular)
Ба́ффинову Зе́млю (accusative singular)
Ба́ффиновой Землёй (instrumental singular)
Ба́ффиновою Землёю (instrumental singular)
Ба́ффиновой Земле́ (prepositional singular)

Baffin Island (a large island in Canada)

ru:Баффинова Земля


Chambers

en-proper noun

Chambers (countable and uncountable, plural Chamberses)

A township in Temagami municipality, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


Neustadt

Neustadt (countable and uncountable, plural Neustadts)


Neustadt

de-proper noun

Neustadt n (proper noun, genitive Neustadts or (optionally with an article) Neustadt)

Neustadts (genitive)
Neustadt (genitive with-article)
Neustadt (definite nominative singular)
Neustadts (definite genitive singular)
Neustadt (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neustadt (dative definite singular)
Neustadt (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, neu (“new”) + Stadt (“city, town”).


Виннипег

ru-proper noun+

Ви́ннипег • (Vínnipeg) m inan (genitive Ви́ннипега)

Ви́ннипег (canonical)
Vínnipeg (romanization)
Ви́ннипега (genitive)
Ви́ннипег (nominative singular)
Ви́ннипега (genitive singular)
Ви́ннипегу (dative singular)
Ви́ннипег (accusative singular)
Ви́ннипегом (instrumental singular)
Ви́ннипеге (prepositional singular)

Winnipeg (the capital city of Manitoba, Canada)

Winnipeg (a large lake in Manitoba, Canada)

Winnipeg (a river in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada)


TMR

Town of Mount Royal
w:Mount Royal, Quebec

Initialism of Town of Mount Royal: a municipality of Quebec, Canada.


Νέα Σκωτία

head

Νέα Σκωτία • (Néa Skotía) f

el-proper noun

Νέα Σκωτία • (Néa Skotía) f

νέα (néa, feminine of νέος (néos, “new”)) + Σκωτία (Skotía, “Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

af

feminine of <i class="Grek mention" lang="el">νέος</i> (néos, “new”)


Caldwell

en-proper noun

Caldwell (countable and uncountable, plural Caldwells)

From Old English cald (“cold”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

A locality in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.


Gibbons

A town in Sturgeon County, central Alberta, Canada.


Field

An unincorporated community near Field Hill within Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, named after Cyrus West Field.

A community of West Nipissing, Northeastern Ontario, Canada.


Hepburn

# Placename: From Old English hēa, definite form of hēah (“high”) + byrġen (“tumulus”).
# The romanization system is named after its inventor, James Curtis Hepburn.

A town north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Montrealo

Borrowed from French Montréal and English Montreal.

Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)


Eyre

Eyre (countable and uncountable, plural Eyres)

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Blair

Blair (countable and uncountable, plural Blairs)

From Scottish Gaelic blàr (“field, plain”).

A village in the city of Cambridge, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Manson

Manson (countable and uncountable, plural Mansons)

An Anglicised version of the North Germanic (Scandinavian) name Magnuson "son of Magnus" (Swedish Magnusson, Danish Magnussen, Norwegian Magnusen, Icelandic Magnússon), using + -son.

A community in the Rural Municipality of Ellice – Archie, Manitoba, Canada.


Langley

Langley (countable and uncountable, plural Langleys)

From Old English lang (“long”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to long + -ley (“lea”).

A district municipality and city therein, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.


Newmarket

The cloak and card game are named after the English town.


Bergman

A neighbourhood in east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Weldon

A village in the Rural Municipality of Kinistino No. 459, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Cormack

From the Old Irish given name Cormac.
The town in Newfoundland is named after explorer and entrepreneur William Epps Cormack (1796 - 1868).

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Callaghan

A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Creighton

Creighton (countable and uncountable, plural Creightons)

A placename
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada


Cullen

Cullen (countable and uncountable, plural Cullens)

A former hamlet in Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Cavendish

Cavendish (countable and uncountable, plural Cavendishes)

* (English village): Enclosure of a man named Cāfna + Old English edisc; recorded as Kauanadisc in 1086 (DB).
* (in Vermont): Likely named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.
* (banana): Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.

named-after

A number of places in Canada:
A locality in Alberta.

A local service district in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A community, ward and former township in Trent Lakes, Peterborough County, Ontario.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A rural community of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.


Edmontono

Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


Kitchener

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Kitchener.wav

A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


تورنتو

Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada, and largest city in Canada)


کبک

Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)


Oldham

en-proper noun

Oldham (countable and uncountable, plural Oldhams)

Domesday Book
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
Oldham (disambiguation)#Other meanings

Recorded as Aldehulme in the Domesday Book, the English toponym is named with Old English eald (“old”) + Old Norse holmr (“holm, islet”).

A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Bury

Bury (countable and uncountable, plural Burys)

The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.

Bury
Bury (surname)
Bury, Greater Manchester

Le Haut-Saint-François
Le Haut-Saint-François#English

A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.


Kimball

Kimball (countable and uncountable, plural Kimballs)

From Old Welsh Cynbel, from cyn (“chief”) + bel (“war”). Possibly also from Old English Cynebeald.


コーンウォール

ja-pos

コーンウォール • (Kōnwōru)

ja:コーンウォール (曖昧さ回避)

Cornwall (a town in Prince Edward Island)


Tecumseh

A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.

The Rural Municipality of Tecumseh No. 65, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Champion

A village in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.


Zealandia

Te Riu-a-Māui

the hills and valleys of Maui; Maori name, meaning


Tay

A river in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, a left tributary of the Rideau.

A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


O'Leary

From Irish Ó Laoghaire.
The town in Prince Edward Island is named after early settler Michael O'Leary.

A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Woking

Saddle Hills County
Saddle Hills County#English

A hamlet in Saddle Hills County, Alberta, Canada.


Elgin

en-proper noun

Elgin (countable and uncountable, plural Elgins)

US, Houston avenue; other places outside Texas

The village in New Brunswick is probably named in honour of colonial administrator James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811 - 1863). The civil parish is named after the village.

An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Grassland, Manitoba.

A rural community and parish in Albert County, New Brunswick.

A community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.

A placename
A number of places in Canada:
A hamlet in Rideau Lakes, Ontario.

A placename
A number of places in Canada:
A county in Ontario; see Elgin County.

A placename
A number of places in Canada:
A rural municipality in Quebec.


Бриджтаун

ru-proper noun+

Бри́джтаун or Бриджта́ун • (Brídžtaun or Bridžtáun) m inan (genitive Бри́джтауна or Бриджта́уна, nominative plural Бри́джтауны or Бриджта́уны, genitive plural Бри́джтаунов or Бриджта́унов)

Бри́джтаун (canonical)
Бриджта́ун (canonical)
Brídžtaun (romanization)
Bridžtáun (romanization)
Бри́джтауна (genitive)
Бриджта́уна (genitive)
Бри́джтауны (nominative plural)
Бриджта́уны (nominative plural)
Бри́джтаунов (genitive plural)
Бриджта́унов (genitive plural)
Бри́джтаун (nominative singular)
Бриджта́ун (nominative singular)
Бри́джтауны (nominative plural)
Бриджта́уны (nominative plural)
Бри́джтауна (genitive singular)
Бриджта́уна (genitive singular)
Бри́джтаунов (genitive plural)
Бриджта́унов (genitive plural)
Бри́джтауну (dative singular)
Бриджта́уну (dative singular)
Бри́джтаунам (dative plural)
Бриджта́унам (dative plural)
Бри́джтаун (accusative singular)
Бриджта́ун (accusative singular)
Бри́джтауны (accusative plural)
Бриджта́уны (accusative plural)
Бри́джтауном (instrumental singular)
Бриджта́уном (instrumental singular)
Бри́джтаунами (instrumental plural)
Бриджта́унами (instrumental plural)
Бри́джтауне (prepositional singular)
Бриджта́уне (prepositional singular)
Бри́джтаунах (plural prepositional)
Бриджта́унах (plural prepositional)

ru:Бриджтаун

Bridgetown (a community of Nova Scotia, Canada)


Pritchard

Anglicised from Welsh patronymic prefix ap + Richard.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A community in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada.


Hodgson

A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A community in the Rural Municipality of Fisher, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Goodwin

From Old English gōd (“good”) + wine (“friend”).


O'Connor

Anglicisation of Irish Ó Conchúir, meaning "descendant of Conor".

A township in Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada.


Robson

A community in the West Kootenay region of south-east British Columbia, Canada.


Kirkland

en-proper noun

Kirkland (countable and uncountable, plural Kirklands)


Coulson

A community in Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Gates

en-prop

Gates (countable and uncountable, plural Gateses)

From gate. A topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of a medieval walled town.

A rural community of British Columbia, Canada.


Berry

Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.

A municipality in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Berry

Inherited from Latin Biturigum, genitive plural of Bituriges, the name of a Celtic tribe. The municipality is named after the Régiment de Berry.

A municipality of Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Huggett

From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.

A locality in Leduc County, Alberta, Canada.


Daly

en-proper noun

Daly (countable and uncountable, plural Dalys)

(surname): Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Dálaigh, from dálach (“frequenting meetings”). Compare dáil.

A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada


Wilcox

From Wilcock + -s (“the patronymic suffix”).

A village in the Rural Municipality of Bratt's Lake No. 129, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Wilkie

Wilkie (countable and uncountable, plural Wilkies)

From a Scottish diminutive of Wilk, a back-formation from Wilkin.


Wilmot

Wilmot (countable and uncountable, plural Wilmots)

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name William.

A civil parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick.

Annapolis County
Annapolis County#English

A community of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

A township in Waterloo regional municipality, south-western Ontario.

A neighbourhood of Summerside, Prince Edward Island.


Robb

From Middle English Robb.
From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A hamlet in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Alberton

From Albert + -ton.
The town in Prince Edward Island is named after then-prince Edward VII (1841 - 1910).

A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Hixon

An unincorporated community in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada.


Drayton

Drayton (countable and uncountable, plural Draytons)

From Middle English Drayton, from Old English Drægtūn (literally “town where logs are dragged”), from draġan (“to draw, drag”) + tūn (“enclosure, town”). Alternatively from Proto-Brythonic *treβ (“town, settlement”) + Old English tūn.

der

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

A community of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Townsend

en-proper noun

Townsend (countable and uncountable, plural Townsends)

From town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”).

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada

A former township in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada


Dakin

Dakin (countable and uncountable, plural Dakins)

From a Middle English short form of David + -kin.

Athabasca County
Athabasca County#English

A locality in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada.


Parry

Anglicised from Welsh ap Harri, "son of Henry".

A hamlet in Division No.2, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Hodson

Hodson (countable and uncountable, plural Hodsons)

From Hodge + -son, from the given name Roger.

A community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Hotchkiss

→ Japanese: ホッチキス (“stapler”)

→ Korean: 호치키스 (hochikiseu, “stapler”)

Variant of Hodgkins from the given name Roger.

A community in the County of Northern Lights, northern Alberta, Canada.

County of Northern Lights
County of Northern Lights#English

A neighbourhood in south-east Calgary, Alberta.


أوتاوا

ar-proper noun

أُوتَاوَا • (ʾōtāwā) f

أُوتَاوَا (canonical)
ʾōtāwā (romanization)
أُوتَاوَا (definite informal invariable singular)
أُوتَاوَا (definite invariable nominative singular)
أُوتَاوَا (accusative definite invariable singular)
أُوتَاوَا (definite genitive invariable singular)


سانت جونز

سَانْت جُونْز

سَانْت جُونْز • (sānt jōnz) f

سَانْت جُونْز (canonical)
sānt jōnz (romanization)

Saint John's (the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)


Ville de Québec

Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)


Frobisher Bay

The bay is named after Martin Frobisher, and the city is named after the bay.

A bay at the southern end of Baffin Island, Canada.

The former name of Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut, Canada.


Frobisher Bay

Frobisher Bay (a bay at the southern end of Baffin Island, Canada)

Frobisher Bay (the former name of Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut, Canada)


Quebec City

The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.

Québec

official in federal and provincial government usage


Ritchie

A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,


Bella Coola

A town in British Columbia, located in the valley through which this river flows.


Kebekio

Holonym: Kanado


Nov-Skotio

Holonym: Kanado


Brita Kolumbio

eo-proper noun

Brita Kolumbio (accusative Britan Kolumbion)


Insulo de Princo Eduardo

Insulo de Princo Eduardo (accusative Insulon de Princo Eduardo)

Prince Edward Island (a province of Canada)


Novlando kaj Labradoro

Novlando kaj Labradoro (accusative Novlandon kaj Labradoron)

Holonym: Kanado

Newfoundland and Labrador (a province of Canada)


Machraichean Mòra

Na Machraichean Mòra (canonical feminine masculine plural)

(Canada) Canadian Prairies (a region in western Canada)


Cayuga

Borrowing from Cayuga gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (“they live in the big swamp”)

bor

An unincorporated community, the county seat of Haldimand County, Ontario; named for the Cayuga people.


Markland

From Old Norse, coined by Leif Ericson, circa 1000 AD, compound of mark + land.

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Helluland

→ English: Helluland

→ French: Hellulande

desc

Icelandic: Helluland, Helluland it Mikla, Litla Helluland

hella (“flat stone”) + land (“land”). Coined by Leif Erikson c. 1000 CE

Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Canadian Arctic Archipelago#English

Helluland: Baffin Island (an island in Nunavut, Canada, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago)


Pasadena

The place name in California is claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning “crown of the valley”.
The town in Newfoundland is named after a farm which was named in turn for the city in California.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


SoMa

Abbreviation.
* (San Francisco): From being located south of Market Street.
* (Vancouver): From being on the southern portion of Main Street.

Acronym of South Main. A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


Chaplin

An occupational surname for a chaplain, from Middle English and Old French chapelain.

A community of Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada, within the rural municipality.

The Rural Municipality of Chaplin No. 164, a rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan.


მონრეალი

monreali (romanization)
მონრეალი (nominative singular)
მონრეალმა (ergative singular)
მონრეალს (dative singular)
მონრეალს (dative singular)
მონრეალსაs) (dative singular)
მონრეალსაsa) (dative singular)
მონრეალის (genitive singular)
მონრეალის (genitive singular)
მონრეალისაs) (genitive singular)
მონრეალისაsa) (genitive singular)
მონრეალით (instrumental singular)
მონრეალით (instrumental singular)
მონრეალითაt) (instrumental singular)
მონრეალითაta) (instrumental singular)
მონრეალად (adverbial singular)
მონრეალად (adverbial singular)
მონრეალადაd) (adverbial singular)
მონრეალადაda) (adverbial singular)
მონრეალო (singular vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
მონრეალზე (singular)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
მონრეალთან (singular)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
მონრეალში (singular)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
მონრეალივით (singular)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
მონრეალისთვის (singular)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
მონრეალისებრ (singular)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
მონრეალისკენ (singular)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
მონრეალისგან (singular)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
მონრეალიდან (singular)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
მონრეალითურთ (singular)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
მონრეალამდე (singular)

Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Montreal (an island in Quebec, Canada, the site of the city of Montreal)


Dumfries

A community and parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Paisley

en-proper noun

Paisley (countable and uncountable, plural Paisleys)

From Scottish Gaelic Pàislig (“pasture”).

An unincorporated community and village in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Glendale

From glen (“narrow valley”) + dale (“valley”).

af

A neighbourhood in south-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


Kipling

en-proper noun

Kipling (countable and uncountable, plural Kiplings)

A placename
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Muskoka

From Ojibwe: the region is named for the Ojibwe chief who resided there, Mesqua Ukie / Mesqua Ukee (whose name is said to mean "not easily turned back in the day of battle").

A regional municipality of Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada.


Haida Gwaii

Modern coinage used by the Haida people since the 1970s, from the Haida language, meaning "Islands of the People." The archipelago, which had previously been known as the Queen Charlotte Islands (being first identified on maps with this name in 1790), was officially renamed Haida Gwaii by the British Columbia government on June 3, 2010.

An archipelago off the northwest coast of British Columbia, Canada.


Lower Mainland

The only other swingspans in the Lower Mainland straddle the Pitt River, the Fraser River at Annacis Island, and the middle arm of the Fraser River in Richmond.

1999, Louisa Gradnitzer, Todd Pittson, X Marks The Spot: On Location With The X-Files, Arsenal Pulp Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 169:

The economy of the Lower Mainland, like other urban areas in Canada, is service-driven and the IT sector has done well.

2008, Patrick Twomey, Working and Living in Canada, Cadogan Guides, published 2008, →ISBN, page 37:

In 1860, two years after Victoria Brewery had become the first brewery west of what is now Ontario, the Lower Mainland's first brewery opened in New Westminster.

2011, Jon C. Stott, Beer Quest West: The Craft Brewers of Alberta and British Columbia, Touch Wood Editions, published 2011, →ISBN, page 113:

A region in southwest British Columbia, Canada, including Vancouver and its outlying municipalities.


Blue Mountains

Ellesmere Island
Ellesmere Island#English

A small mountain range on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.

The Blue Mountains, a town in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Canfield

Canfield (countable and uncountable, plural Canfields)

Two main origins:
* Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”).
* Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.


Bancroft

Bancroft (countable and uncountable, plural Bancrofts)

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

A town in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Tofino

“She picked up and moved to Tofino fifteen years ago.”

2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 88:

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A settlement on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Mono

Uncertain. The Monache, a related ethnic group, seems to derive their name from a common source as the Mono, as -chi occurs otherwise in the Yokutsan and Miwok languages as a relatively common suffix on tribal names.


Eastwood

A community of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.

A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


維多利亞

ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ

ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ

/weɪ̯³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/

/weɪ̯³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɐi̯²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²² aː³³/

/weɪ̯³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/

/weɪ̯³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɐi̯²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²² aː³³/

Victoria (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


Plantagenet

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
Plantagenet

Originally a sobriquet of Geoffrey of Anjou (1113-1151), founder of the line, who was said to have worn a yellow broom blossom in his hat, Old French plante genest (French plante genêt), from Latin planta genista (“sprig of broom”), whence Medieval Latin Plantagenistae; subsequently adopted as a surname.

Alfred and Plantagenet
Alfred and Plantagenet#English

A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, Ontario, Canada.


Inglewood

From Old English Engla, genitive plural of Engle (“the English, the Angles”) + wudu (“woods, forest”).

A village in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario.

A neighbourhood in central Calgary, Alberta.

A neighbourhood in north-west Edmonton, Alberta.


Orwell

From Middle English Orewelle (attested in Chaucer).

A settlement in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Strange

A community of King township, Ontario, Canada, named after Frederick William Strange.


Strong

A township and community therein, in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Tuttle

A locality in Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada.


Stroud

A community of the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Bracken

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Breacáin (“descendant of Breacán”), from Breacán, a name diminutive of breac (“spotted”)
* As an English surname, from Middle English bracken (“fern”)
* As an English habitational surname, from Bracon Ash in Norfolk, Bracken in Yorkshire
* As a German surname, from Middle Low German braak (“fallow”)
Also compare Brackeen.

A village in the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Cardwell

The civil parish is named after British politician Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813 - 1886).

A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Cargill

Cargill (countable and uncountable, plural Cargills)

Probably from Pictish [Term?]. The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort, ramparts”).

A community of Brockton municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Gore

From any of various places named Gore, from gore (“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).

A rural community of Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after Charles Stephen Gore.

A township municipality in Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, named after Francis Gore.


Foreman

Fraser-Fort George
Fraser-Fort George#English

A community near Prince George, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada.


Carmichael

Carmichael (countable and uncountable, plural Carmichaels)

→ Translingual: Carmichaelia

From Scottish Gaelic caer (“fort, stronghold”) + the personal name Michael.

der

A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Carmichael No. 109) and special service area therein, in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Tosh

From Yiddish טאהש (Tosh), from Hebrew טאהש (Tash).

Ellipsis of Kiryas Tosh.; A neighbourhood of Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada


Tosh

Ellipsis of Kiryas Tosh.; Tosh (a neighbourhood of Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada)


Burr

A community in Rural Municipality of Wolverine No. 340, central Saskatchewan, Canada.