Westminster

From the abbey of Westminster; from Middle English Westmestre; equivalent to west + minster.

City of Westminster
Westminster (disambiguation)

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

A neighbourhood, formerly a town, now within the City of London, Ontario.


Prince Albert

Doug Malloy
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Queen Victoria

The name for the genital piercing derives from an urban myth, published by Doug Malloy, associating it with Queen Victoria's consort Albert.

The Rural Municipality of Prince Albert No. 461, a rural municipality in north-central Saskatchewan, which includes the city.


Alvin

From Old English Ælfwine, made up of ælf (“elf”) + wine (“friend”).

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A locality in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.


Richmond

From Middle English Rychemund, from a name cognate to French Richemont (“town in Normandy”). Equivalent to rich + mound.

A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):

A city on Lulu Island, in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia.

A residential neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.

A former urban neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

A village and former municipality of Ottawa, Ontario.

A civil parish of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A rural community of Prince County, Prince Edward Island.


Herbert

→? Cebuano: Herbert

From Old French Herbert, from Frankish *Hari-bercht, from a Proto-Germanic source *Harjaberhtaz, from *harjaz (“army”) + *berhtaz (“bright”).

A town in the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Ludlow

en-proper noun

Ludlow (countable and uncountable, plural Ludlows)

Ludlow
Ludlow (disambiguation)
River Teme

From the Old English rivername Hlūde, now the River Teme, + hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A rural community of Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Sunderland

From sunder + -land (see Wikipedia article for further etymological information).

A community of Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Beckwith

From Old English bēċe ("beech") + Old Norse viðr (“wood”) 'Beechwood'

A township in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Колумбия

bg-proper noun

колумби́йски

Колу́мбия • (Kolúmbija) f (relational adjective колумби́йски)

Колу́мбия (canonical)
Kolúmbija (romanization)
колумби́йски (adjective relational)
Колу́мбия (indefinite singular)
Колу́мбийо (singular vocative)

Columbia (a river in the western United States and Canada)


Колумбия

head

Колумбия • (Kolumbiä)


Колумбия

ru-proper noun+

колумби́йский

Колу́мбия • (Kolúmbija) f inan (genitive Колу́мбии, relational adjective колумби́йский)

Колу́мбия (canonical)
Kolúmbija (romanization)
Колу́мбии (genitive)
колумби́йский (adjective relational)
Колу́мбия (nominative singular)
Колу́мбии (genitive singular)
Колу́мбии (dative singular)
Колу́мбию (accusative singular)
Колу́мбией (instrumental singular)
Колу́мбиею (instrumental singular)
Колу́мбии (prepositional singular)

[kɐˈɫum⁽ʲ⁾bʲɪjə]

Ru-Колумбия.ogg

Колу́мбія — Pre-reform orthography (1918)


Dennis

From Middle English Denis, from Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, "follower of (the wine god) Dionysus".

A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Allison

en-prop

Allison (countable and uncountable, plural Allisons)

From a Middle English diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or Alice + -son.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A community in Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Raymond

en-proper noun

Raymond (countable and uncountable, plural Raymonds)

From Old French, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”).

A town in the County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.

A community of Muskoka Lakes township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Arnold

From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, -ornis, and ornitho-.
Compare the Latin male given name and cognomen Aquila, and female given name Aquilīna (whence Russian Акули́на (Akulína)), related to aquila (whence eagle).

Shelburne County
Shelburne County#English

A community of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Stonewall

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

From stone + wall. The drink is so named because its effect is likened to running into a stone wall. The riots take their name from the Stonewall Inn where they began (in the 1840s, the property was called Bonnie's Stone Wall, later renamed to Bonnie's Stonewall Inn, then the Stonewall Inn Restaurant, and then the Stonewall Inn). The Confederate general acquired his nickname after a battle in which, while other troops were in motion, fellow general Barnard E. Bee observed "there stands Jackson like a stone wall" (either resolutely, or unhelpfully). The chess setup is so named because it is a solid formation which is hard to overrun by force, like a stone wall.

Any of several places:
A town in Manitoba, Canada.


Peterborough

From Peter + borough, referring to Saint Peter the Apostle. Doublet of Petersburg.

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

An independent city, the county seat of Peterborough County, Southern Ontario, Canada, named in honour of Peter Robinson.


Abbey

A village in the Rural Municipality of Miry Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after a farm in Ireland.


Acton

Acton (countable and uncountable, plural Actons)

From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“farm, town, homestead”); compare the doublet Aughton.

A community of the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario.

A regional county municipality in the Montérégie region, Quebec.


Acton

A regional county municipality of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.


Aspen

Guysborough County
Guysborough County#English

A small community of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.


Battle

Capitalization of battle. Doublet of Battaglia.

A place name:
A river in Saskatchewan, Canada


Bright

As an English surname, from the root of bright. As an Anglicized German surname, from Brecht and Breit.

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


Ajax

From Latin Aiāx, from Ancient Greek Αἴας (Aías).

In relative terms, the history of Ajax, Ontario, a town twenty-three miles east of Toronto, is short, spanning a little more than half a century. (Interestingly, to me at least, is the fact that the town is the same age as I am.).

1994, Mike Filey, Toronto Sketches 3: The Way We Were, Dundurn, →ISBN, page 135:


Canyon

An unincorporated community in Algoma district, in north-eastern Ontario, Canada.

An unincorporated community in Kenora district, in north-western Ontario, Canada.


Browning

From Old English Brūning, a patronymic for a person nicknamed Brūn (“brown”) (see Brown).
For the first half-century of their manufacturer, the majority of semi-automatic handguns in Europe were designed by John M. Browning.

A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Browning No. 34, in Saskatchewan, Canada.

A community within the municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, named after Robert Browning.


Cardigan

Anglicized from Welsh Ceredigion (“Ceredig's land”)

A community in the town of Three Rivers, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Butler

Butler (countable and uncountable, plural Butlers)

Butler (surname)
en:Butler (disambiguation)

* (English surname): From Middle English Butler.
* (Anglicized surname): From French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier.
* (placename): From the surname

der

An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.


Alma

Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia.

A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.

An unincorporated rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario.

Places in Canada:
A settlement in Prince Edward Island.


Chase

en-proper noun

Chase (countable and uncountable, plural Chases)

en:Chase
en:Chase (surname)
en:Chase#Places

A village and river in British Columbia, Canada.


Concord

A suburb and industrial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Channel

Named after the Channel Islands, from where settlers once came from, in the early 18th-century. The Channel Islands are located in the English Channel, a strait (channel) separating the island of Great Britain from the coast of mainland Europe.

Channel-Port aux Basques
Channel-Port aux Basques#English

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A former village and district of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


Castor

A town in Alberta, Canada. From French castor (“beaver”).


Benny

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny.


Dildo

Uncertain; see the Wikipedia article for some possible origins.

A small town on the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Bath

From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.


Dryden

A city in Ontario, Canada; named for Canadian farmer and politician John Dryden.


Dean

Dean (countable and uncountable, plural Deans)

The surname or given name is of multiple origins, depending on context:
* As an English surname, from Middle English dene (“valley”).
* Also as an English surname, from the noun dean. Cognate to Deacon.
* Also as an English surname, from the personal name Deyne, a rhyming form of Reynald (see Reginald).
* As an Irish surname, variant of Deane.
* As a Scottish surname, from Dean Castle in Kilmarnock, itself from the noun meaning valley.
* Old English Dene (“Dane, Norseman”)
* Hebrew דין (“law, judgment”) and Arabic دين (“way of life, creed”)

A small community in the Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Drake

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun drake meaning "male duck" and "dragon."
* As a German surname, from Low German drake (“dragon”), related to the above.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized/West Flemish variant of Draak, also related to the above.


Dollar

From Scottish Gaelic Dolair (in Scotland).

A former community in Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Markham.


Emerald

Emerald, Queensland
Peter Fitzallan MacDonald
Queensland Government
The Courier-Mail

The Queensland town takes its name from the emerald and other precious stone deposits in the area and from the pastoral run Emerald Downs, a name chosen circa 1860 by pastoralist Peter Fitzallan MacDonald. It is unclear if emeralds were found in or around Emerald.
The given name is a modern coinage from the name of the gemstone, representing a vernacular form of Esmeralda.

The Rural Municipality of Emerald No. 277, a rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.


Dale

A community of Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Faust

After Johann Georg Faust, German magician and alchemist.


Fletcher

Fletcher (countable and uncountable, plural Fletchers)

English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.

A farming community in Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada.


Erin

Anglicisation of Irish Éirinn (dative singular and dialectal nominative singular of Éire (“Ireland”)).

bor

dative singular and dialectal nominative singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ga">Éire</i> (“Ireland”)

Erin (disambiguation)
Thomas Buchanan Read

A locale in North America; named in honor of Ireland.


Foster

en-proper noun

Foster (countable and uncountable, plural Fosters)

English surname, reduced from Forster; also from the noun foster.

A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.


Congress

Congress (disambiguation)#Places
United States Congress

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Fowler

From fowler. The medical term is named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position.

A locality on the Stikine River, north-west British Columbia, Canada.

A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.


Drew

A rural community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, named after George Alexander Drew (Liberal-Conservative MP).


Delta

A municipality of British Columbia, Canada.


Griffin

A place name:
A community of Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Rural Municipality of Griffin No. 66, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, which includes the community.


Hardy

* As an English, Scottish, and French surname, from Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”).
* As an Irish surname, via mac giolla deacair (“son of the hard lad”) as a calque of the above.
* Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Hardie.

der

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.

A hamlet in Rural Municipality of The Gap No. 39, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Hale

* As an English surname, Old English dative form of halh (“hollow, nook”).
* Also as an English surname, from Old English hæle (“hero”). Compare Hain.
* As an Irish surname, from mac céile; see McHale.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Halle.

A locality on the Algoma Central Railway, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Hunter

en-proper noun

Hunter (countable and uncountable, plural Hunters)

A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.


East

East (countable and uncountable, plural Easts)

The civil parish is named for its geographical location. Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

coin

A civil parish of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Holt

en-proper noun

Holt (countable and uncountable, plural Holts)

English, Dutch, north German, Norwegian and Danish surname, all from the noun holt (“copse, woodland”).

East Gwillimbury
East Gwillimbury#English

A village in East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Grant

Grant (countable and uncountable, plural Grants)

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand.

The Rural Municipality of Grant No. 372, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Hope

Hope (usually uncountable, plural Hopes)

Nadine f (from Nadia (pet form from Надежда) + -ine)

A town and district municipality in British Columbia.

A community of the city of Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.

A township municipality in Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec.


Hull

Hull (countable and uncountable, plural Hulls)

French: Hull, Hullois, hullois

The town in England is Inherited from Middle English Hull, Hul, Hulle, traditionally derived from Proto-Brythonic *hʉl, from Proto-Celtic *soulos, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to press”); Breeze instead suggests derivation from hula, plural of hulu (“hut”). Chaucer's Hulle (for expected *Hul, *Hule) is presumably a hypersouthernism.
The surname is either from the English town or Middle English hulle, western variant of hylle (“hill”); many other place names are ultimately from the surname.

central business district
central business district

Hull, Quebec: The central business district and oldest neighborhood of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.


Hull

A district of Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Bergen

From Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“Bergen”), from bjarg (“rock, boulder, cliff”) + vin (“meadow, pasture”). The locations outside of Norway, are derived directly from the Norwegian city.

Mountain View County
Mountain View County#English

Bergen (an unincorporated community in Mountain View County, Canada)


Kirk

Kirk (countable and uncountable, plural Kirks)

From kirk (“church”). Doublet of Church.

A community of West Nipissing, Nipissing District, north-east Ontario, Canada.


Don

Don River (Ontario)
Dôn
River Don, Aberdeenshire
River Don, Tyne and Wear
River Don, Yorkshire
en:Don (disambiguation)
en:Don River (disambiguation)

Probably from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, found in many other river names such as Danube, and Dniester. Connected with the Welsh river goddess Dôn, whose name is from the same origin, though it could have been influenced by Welsh dawn (“gift”), Irish dán (“gift, offering”), Latin dōnum.

A river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named after the River Don in Yorkshire.


King

King (countable and uncountable, plural Kings)

→ Japanese: キング (Kingu)

A township in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Hamlet

François de Belleforest
Hamlet
Hamlet (disambiguation)#Places
Hamlet (name)
Saxo Grammaticus

From Latin Amlethus, as written by 13th-century Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus, and borrowed into English by way of François de Belleforest's French Hamlet, originally rendered as Hamblet in English. Ultimately from Old Danish Amlethæ, corresponding to Old Norse Amlóði (“fool”), claimed to be suggestive of the way that Hamlet acts in the play, from ama (“to annoy”).

A locality in Alberta, Canada, named after William Hamlet.


Guy

For places which could be from either etymology above.

A hamlet in the Municipal District of Smoky River, No. 130, Alberta, Canada.


Lang

en-prop

Lang (countable and uncountable, plural Langs)

A placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Granada

The name refers to the mining company Granada Gold Mines, which operated a gold mine in the territory of the neighbourhood between 1930 and 1937. The company was named in turn after Grenada in Andalusia in an effort to give the company name an exotic bent.

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


Monarch

en-proper noun

Monarch (countable and uncountable, plural Monarchs)

Lethbridge County
Lethbridge County#English

Locations in Canada:
A hamlet in Lethbridge County, Alberta.

The Monarch, a mountain in British Columbia.

Two other peaks with the affix "mountain": Monarch Mountain (Alberta) and Monarch Mountain (British Columbia).


Canton

The town in Oklahoma was named for a nearby cantonment.


Morris

Morris (countable and uncountable, plural Morrises)

* The surname has converged from several origins; see Morris.

A town in Manitoba, Canada; named for Canadian politician Alexander Morris.

The Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312, a rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada.


Mission

A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.


Mosquito

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador


North

North (countable and uncountable, plural Norths)

English surname, from the adjective north. This is also translated from other surnames of the same meaning, such as Irish Mac an Ultaigh (“son of the Ulsterman”), Ulster being the northern part of Ireland.

A civil parish of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, named for its location.


Lincoln

Lincoln (countable and uncountable, plural Lincolns)

From Old English Lindcoln, Lindcylene, from Latin Lindum Colonia, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford. In the United States, many of the places established since 1865 are named after Abraham Lincoln.

Athabasca County
Athabasca County#English

A community of Athabasca County, Alberta.

A suburban community and parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.

A town on Lake Ontario, in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario.


Marathon

/ˈmæɹə(ˌ)θɔn/

/ˈmɛɹə(ˌ)θɔn/

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn). Doublet of marathon.

Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay District#English

A town in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.


Morgan

en-prop

Morgan (countable and uncountable, plural Morgans)

An unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada.


Penny

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A place name, presumably all taken from the surname:

A small community on the Fraser River in central British Columbia, Canada.


Price

en-proper noun

Price (countable and uncountable, plural Prices)

A village municipality in La Mitis regional county municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada.


Mayo

Derived from Irish Maigh Eo
* (surname): Possibly instead derived from Old French, “Maiheu” from Hebrew, “Matthew”

A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Mayo

The municipality is named after County Mayo in Ireland (derived from Irish via English).

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Aurora

/ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾɐ/

Aurora (disambiguation)
Gérard de Lairesse
Manuel Quezon

Ultimately from Latin Aurōra. The Philippine placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

A town in Ontario, Canada; named for the goddess.


Johnson

Johnson (countable and uncountable, plural Johnsons)

⇒ Translingual: johnsoni, johnsonii

A patronymic surname from John + -son, literally “son of John”.
* In the U.S. the name Johnson has been adopted by numerous European immigrant families originally named Johansson, Johnsson, Johansen, Jonsson, etc.
* Doublet of Johansson, Johansen, Jansen, and Hansen.

doublet

A township in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Raven

A community in Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada, possibly named after the Raven River.


Paradise

From paradise.
The town in Newfoundland is named after Houmet Paradis near Guernsey.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Rouge

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Sage

en-proper-noun

Sage (countable and uncountable, plural Sages)

* As an English and French surname, from sage, a nickname for a wise person. The given name, in general use since the 1990s, is also associated with the sage plant. Compare Desage, Lesage.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Savage.
* As a German surname, from a placename derived from the noun sege (“sedge”) (see sedge).

A neighbourhood along Trout Lake Road, city of North Bay, Ontario, Canada.


Prince

en-proper noun

Prince (countable and uncountable, plural Princes)

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Phoenix

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînix).

A community of Clearwater County, Alberta.

Clearwater County
Clearwater County#English

A ghost town in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.

Kootenay Boundary
Kootenay Boundary#English


Regina

/ɹɪˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/

/ɹɪˈd͡ʒi.nə/

Derived from Latin rēgīna (“queen”). The given name originally referred to the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Heaven. The Canadian city was named for Queen Victoria, as suggested by Princess Louise. Doublet of rani.

The capital city of Saskatchewan, Canada, with a metropolitan population of about 250,000.


Tomahawk

A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.


Martin

Martin (countable and uncountable, plural Martins)

From Middle English Martin, from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”), Mārs, Mārtis + -īnus (diminutive suffix). See Mārs for further etymology.

af

The Rural Municipality of Martin No. 122, a rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.


Woods

en-proper noun

Woods (countable and uncountable, plural Woodses)

A community in Carling township, Ontario, Canada.


Tash

From Yiddish טאהש (Tosh), from Hebrew טאהש.

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


Tash

Borrowed from Yiddish טאהש (Tosh), from Hebrew טאהש.

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


Star

* As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”).
* Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”).
* As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff, rigid”).
* As a Slovene surname, from star (“old”).
* As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.

semantic loan

A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.


Wright

en-proper noun

Wright (countable and uncountable, plural Wrights)

Translingual: Wright Mons

English and Scottish occupational surname, from the archaic noun wright (“builder, maker”). Found as the second element of compounds such as Wainwright, Cartwright, etc.

A former municipality, now part of Gracefield, Quebec, Canada.


Walker

Walker (countable and uncountable, plural Walkers)

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


Young

Young (countable and uncountable, plural Youngs)

* As an English, Scottish, and northern Irish surname, from the adjective young, used to distinguish a younger brother or son. This sense is comparable to the surnames le Yunge, German Jong and Junk, Dutch Jong and de Jongh, French Lejeune and LaJeunesse, assimilated from Dion and Guyon.
* As a Chinese surname, from the following:
** Cantonese 楊／杨 (joeng⁴). Doublet of Yeung.
** Hokkien 楊／杨 (iông / iâng). Doublet of Yu, Yeo, Yeoh.
** Mandarin 楊／杨 (yáng). Doublet of Yang.

A placename:
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Violet

A 19th century flower name from violet, sometimes as an anglicisation of the earlier French Violette.

A community of Loyalist, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Smith

Smith (countable and uncountable, plural Smiths)

⇒ Translingual: smithi, smithii

From smith or Middle English Smith (“a surname”), alternative form of Smyth, itself from smyth (“smith”). Doublet of Schmidt, Smid, and Smit.

Nallbani

surnames derived from the equivalents of “smith”

Lesser Slave River
Lesser Slave River#English

A hamlet in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River, northern Alberta, Canada.

A river in Yukon and British Columbia, Canada, a tributary of the Liard River.

A river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Montmorency River.


Warren

en-prop

Warren (countable and uncountable, plural Warrens)

From the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin Warinna, a hydronym of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *var-, *ver- (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the Latin river Avara. Phonetic Germanic influence is shown by the [v] > [w].

der

A community of Manitoba; named for railroad executive A. E. Warren.

A community of Markstay-Warren municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario.


Winter

en-proper noun

Winter (countable and uncountable, plural Winters)

Senlac Rural Municipality No. 411#English

An unincorporated community in Senlac Rural Municipality No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Rose

* As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion.
* Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz. Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese.
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Ross.
* As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Italianized from Rože, from a short form of Erazem (from Latin Erasmus), compare Rozman.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Trinity

A small coastal town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Union

(locomotive): Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.

A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


York

Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *eburos
Proto-Brythonic *eβur
Proto-Celtic *-ākos
Proto-Brythonic *-ọg
Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọgbor.
Latin Eborācumder.
Old English Eoforwīċder.
Old Norse Jórvíkbor.
Middle English Ȝork
English York
From Middle English York, Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg (compare Welsh Efrog, from Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg), from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (positive suffix). Doublet of Évora.

suffix

A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A regional municipality of Ontario, Canada

A former municipality of Toronto, Canada.

Former name of Toronto. (used before 1834): A city in Ontario, Canada.

Haldimand County
Haldimand County#English

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Morse

A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after inventor Samuel Morse.

The Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165, a rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, which includes the town.


Arran

Derived from Scottish Gaelic Arainn, but the name is ultimately probably of non-Indo-European (substrate) or Pictish origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as Skye, Lewis, and Islay.
Possibly from a Brythonic/Pictish term ancestral or cognate to Middle Welsh aran (“"high place"”).


Clifford

From Old English clif (“cliff”) + ford (“ford”).

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community of the town of Minto, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Dalton

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

From Old English dæl (“valley”) + tun (“settlement”). Equivalent to dale + town.

An abandoned village in Unorganized North Algoma District, Ontario, Canada; some buildings are used as summer cottages.

A township within Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.


Britannia

Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Britain and Brittany.

A number of places in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.

A community of Lake of Bays township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.

A group of neighbourhoods in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario.

A former village in Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario.

The Rural Municipality of Britannia No. 502, a rural municipality in western Saskatchewan.


Swansea

From Middle English Sweynesse (c. 1165), Sueinesea (1190), Swanesey (1322), from Old Norse Sveins ey (literally “Sveinn’s island”).

der

Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:

A neighbourhood of the city of Toronto, Ontario.


Berkeley

From Old English beorc (“birch”) + leah (“meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).

A community of Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


West Coast

British Columbia Coast
West Coast of the United States
West Coast, New Zealand
West Coast, Tasmania

(chiefly Canada, uncommon) A region along the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia, Canada.


Asgard

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Ásgarðr.


Medina

* The province and city in Saudi Arabia is derived from Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “the city”). Doublet of Mdina.
* The river and former borough on the Isle of Wight are derived from Old English Meðune (“the middle one”).
* The river and county in Texas are derived from the Spanish surname Medina.

bor

اَلْمَدِينَة

A community of Zorra Township, Ontario, Canada.


Bagdad

A rural community of Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Scarlem

(derogatory, slang) An area in eastern Toronto, Canada, with certain poor neighbourhoods and youth gangs, loosely likened to Harlem in New York.


Dover

From Old English Dofras, from Latin Dubris, from Brythonic Dubras (“the waters”), from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“dark”), from *dʰewb- (“deep”). Compare Tauber.
The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the town in England.

A neighborhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Kyle

en-proper noun

Kyle (countable and uncountable, plural Kyles)

From several places in Scotland and Northern Ireland, derived from Gaelic caol (“narrows”).

A placename
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada


Otava

Otava (nominative singular)
Otavu (accusative singular)
Otavas (genitive singular)
Otavai (dative singular)
Otavu (instrumental singular)
Otavā (locative singular)
Otava (singular vocative)

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


Otava

Otava (nominative)
Otavos (genitive)
Otavai (dative)
Otavą (accusative)
Otava (instrumental)
Otavoje (locative)
Otava (vocative)


Otava

Borrowed from English Ottawa, from Ojibwe odaawaa (“traders”).


Rhineland

From the German Rheinland, equivalent to English Rhine + -land.

A rural municipality in southern Manitoba, Canada.

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Cheapside

From Middle English cheap (“market”). Cheapside, Chipping, and cheap all reflect ancestry from Old English ceapian, concerning trading in markets.

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.


Mackenzie

Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter yogh confused with Z. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).

compound

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

A river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.

Fraser-Fort George
Fraser-Fort George#English

A district municipality in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, central British Columbia, Canada.

A community of Shuniah, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.


Wheatley

en-proper noun

Wheatley (countable and uncountable, plural Wheatleys)

From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to wheat + -ley (“lea”). Identical to Whatley.

A community of Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada.


Burin

Likely derived from Basque buru (“head”), referring here to a headland or promontory.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Atlanta

Supposedly the feminine form of Atlantic.

A community of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Ethel

Short form of names of Old English [Term?] origin beginning with Ethel-, æþele (“noble”). First used in the 19th century. Cognate to the Germanic Adela and Adele.

A hamlet in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Edgar

From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.

A community of Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Verulam

Latin Verulamia, being the name of the Roman settlement on the same site.

County of Victoria
County of Victoria#English

A township in County of Victoria, Ontario, Canada.


Glasnevin

An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Key West No. 70, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Leslie

From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).

der

A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Elfros No. 307, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Thames

From Middle English Temese, from Old English Temes, Temese (compare Welsh Tafwys), from Latin Tamesis, Tamesas. Variant spellings with h arose in Middle English due to the mistaken assumption of a Greek etymology.
The Latin name is from Proto-Brythonic *Tamesis, from Proto-Celtic *tamesās (“river, waters”, literally “darkness”), a masculine ā-stem of *tames, Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hes-, zero-grade of *témHes-, *témHos- (“darkness”), an s-stem from the root *temH- (“dark”). Related to Proto-Celtic *temeslos (“darkness”), *temos (“dark”). A parallel in Proto-Celtic of "dark, darkness" taking on the figurative meaning of "water" can also be found in Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water, dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“dark”), yielding Welsh dŵr (“water”), Irish dobhar (“water, sea, dark, gloomy”). Hydronyms with their origin in this term also occur elsewhere in Europe, for example Portugal's Douro.
Alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tā-, *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”), or from unknown non-Indo-European root.
Possible cognates include the names of rivers and tributaries such as:
* Taff, Tamar (from Latin Tamarus), Tame, Tavy, Team, Teifi (from Welsh Teifi, from Old Welsh Tebi, Teibi), Teme, and Teviot (Latin Tefius, Teifius) in Great Britain
* Tambre (from Latin Tamaris), Támega (in Galician, Portuguese Tâmega, Latin Tamice), Támoga or Támboga (Latin Tamega), and Tamuxe, all of them flowing through Galicia (Spain) and northern Portugal
* Tamaran in France
* Tammaro (from Latin Tamarus) in Italy
* Demer in Belgium
* Tamyras in Phoenicia
* Tiberis (Tiber)
* Tons, Tamasa (from Sanskrit तमसा (tamasā)) in India
More at Thames.

cog

(with the) A river in Ontario, Canada, flowing 258 km (160 mi.) to Lake St. Clair.


Hirsch

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Coalfields, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Clyde

The name of a river in Scotland, from the Gaelic name Cluaidh, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).

A community of the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

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


Severn

From Middle English Severne, from Old English Sæfern, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā (compare Welsh Hafren), perhaps from *samaros (“summer fallow”). Doublet of Sabrina.

A long river in northern Ontario which flows into Hudson Bay.

A short river in central Ontario which flows into Lake Huron.

A township in Ontario, Canada, created in 1994 on the amalgamation of several smaller communities.


Hudson

en-proper noun

Hudson (countable and uncountable, plural Hudsons)

A city in Quebec, Canada, an off-island suburb of Montreal.

A placename
A township in Ontario, Canada.


Montague

Montague (countable and uncountable, plural Montagues)


Derby

From Old English Dēorby, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse Djúra-bý (“village of the deer”), from dýr (“deer”) + bǿr (“settlement”). Influenced by British Latin Derventio, the Roman site predating Derby, and possibly also the Celtic river name Derwent.

der

A locality in Langley district municipality, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

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


Vancouver Island

Named after English explorer George Vancouver.

named-after

The inlets and coves and little islands are on their starboard side, and just beyond them rises the immensity of Vancouver Island, its forests ascending into mountains whose summits are lost in low cloud.

2022, Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility, Picador, pages 22-23:

A large island off the southwest coast of British Columbia, Canada.


Wells

A town in the Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.


Kvibek

Kvibȅk (canonical masculine)
Квибе̏к (Cyrillic)

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


Квибек

Квибе̏к (canonical masculine)
Kvibȅk (romanization)


Raleigh

From Old English rā, rāha (“roe deer”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to roe + -ley (“lea”).

A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; named for Sir Walter Raleigh.


Bruno

en-proper noun

Bruno (countable and uncountable, plural Brunos or Brunoes)

From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (“brown”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno. Doublet of Brown.

A placename
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada


Preston

Preston (countable and uncountable, plural Prestons)

From Old English prēost (“priest”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Prestatyn.

An area in Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia.

A place in Canada:
A community of Cambridge, Ontario.


Fawcett

Fawcett (countable and uncountable, plural Fawcetts)


Winchester

From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”).
The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.

named-after

Any of the towns named after it, including:

A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Deloraine-Winchester.

A village in North Dundas township, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Fleming

From Middle English flameng, from late Old English Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.


Scarborough

en-proper noun

Scarborough (countable and uncountable, plural Scarboroughs)

/ˈskɑɹbəɹoʊ/

From the Old Norse personal name Skarði + borg (“fortress”).

A district and former municipality of Toronto, Canada.


Gibson

Gibson (countable and uncountable, plural Gibsons)

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


Virgil

From Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, from Etruscan and of unknown meaning.

A settlement in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.


Brock

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

A village in the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290, Saskatchewan, Canada.

A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Brock No. 64) in Saskatchewan.

A river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Chibougamau River.


Burdett

A hamlet in the County of Forty Mile, No. 8, Alberta, Canada.


Armstrong

The rural municipality in Manitoba is named after politician James William Armstrong (1860 - 1928).

A city in North Okanagan, British Columbia.

A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.

A township in Timiskaming District, Ontario.

A rural community and First Nation settlement in Thunder Bay District, Ontario.


Portland

A community of Ontario, Canada; named for the 3rd Duke of Portland.


Lund

Lund (countable and uncountable, plural Lunds)

Dithmarschen
en:Lund
en:Lund (surname)
en:Lund, East Riding of Yorkshire

* As an English, German, and North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lundr (“grove”).
* Also as a German surname, from Lunden in Dithmarschen, itself possibly borrowed from Danish lund (“little forest”) or lunn (“survey”).

An unincorporated village in the Regional District of qathet, British Columbia, Canada.


Swift Current

Swift Current (disambiguation)
Swift Current Creek

In Saskatchewan, apparently named after Swift Current Creek.

The Rural Municipality of Swift Current No. 137, a rural municipality surrounding the city in south-west Saskatchewan.

A community and designated place in eastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Medicine Hat

French: Medicine Hat

Calque of Blackfoot saamis (“eagle-feather headdress worn by medicine men”)

calque

en:Medicine Hat (disambiguation)
en:Medicine Hat, Alberta

Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat, Cypress County, Alberta, Canada


Medicine Hat

Borrowed from English Medicine Hat. From Blackfoot saamis.

Medicine Hat (a city in Cypress, Alberta, Canada)


Marshall

* As an English surname, from the noun marshal.
* As a French surname, variant of Mercier.
* As a German surname, variant of Marschall.


Byron

Habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).

inh

A neighbourhood of London, Ontario, Canada.


Burrows

A community in the Rural Municipality of Willowdale No. 153, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Delia

From the Ancient Greek Δήλῐᾰ (Dḗlia), epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos.


Brighton

(place): From Old English Beorthelmstone (“Beorthelm's farm”)
: (surname): From Breighton in Yorkshire.

der

A parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick.

(historical)

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A community of Digby municipality, Digby County, Nova Scotia.

A community of Shelburne municipality, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia.

Shelburne County
Shelburne County#English

A town in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.

A neighbourhood of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.


Bradford

* Various place names in England, from Old English brād (“broad”) + ford (“ford”).
* (shaken martini)

An urban area in the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.


Cody

A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.


Gloucester

Domesday Book
Gloucester
Gloucester (disambiguation)

Inherited from Middle English Glowchestre, from Old English Glēawċeaster, Glēaweċeaster, Glēawan ċeaster, from Latin Glēvum + Old English ċeaster. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Glowecestre.

inh+

A district and former municipality in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Weymouth

In England, from Wey + mouth, referring to that river's mouth. The village in Nova Scotia is named after the city in Massachusetts.


Wareham

en-proper noun

Wareham (countable and uncountable, plural Warehams)

From Old English wer (“weir”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A community in the town of Centreville-Wareham-Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A community of Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Caledonia

/kælɪˈdəʊnɪə/

A place named after the Latin name of Scotland.

A community of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

A neighborhood of Moncton, New Brunswick.

The Rural Municipality of Caledonia No. 99, a rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan.


Chichester

/ˈt͡ʃɪt͡ʃɪstə/

Chichester
Chichester (disambiguation)
Cissa of Sussex

Reputedly from Old English Cissa + ceaster (“fort, manor, town”).

A township municipality and village in Pontiac regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Chichester

The municipality is named after the English city of Chichester.

A township municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Dorchester

Dorchester
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester

Ultimately from Celtic *Durno-wārjā (Latin Durnovāria) + Old English ċeaster (“fort, Roman town”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick and Ontario town are named in honour of colonial administrator Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724 - 1808).

der

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A civil parish and shire town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Thames Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


Exeter

From Old English Ex (“the river Exe”) + ċeaster (“town”), 'the Roman city of Isca'.

A community of Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Southampton

A rural community and parish of York County, New Brunswick.

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

A place in Canada:
A community of Bruce County, Ontario.


Forbes

A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Montréal

English: Montreal

Inherited from Middle French Montreal, from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”), after the nearby mountain, Mont Royal, named by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian as Monte Real.

Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

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


Montréal

de-proper noun

Montréal n (proper noun, genitive Montréals or (optionally with an article) Montréal)

Montréals (genitive)
Montréal (genitive with-article)


Thompson

en-proper noun

Thompson (countable and uncountable, plural Thompsons)

Variant of Thomson, from Tom + -son, originally meaning "son of Thomas".
* Calque of Scottish Gaelic MacTamhais (“McTavish”); also an anglicisation of the Gaelic name MacTamhais, meaning "son of Thomas".

calque

A placename:
A city in Northern Manitoba, Canada.

The Rural Municipality of Thompson, a rural municipality in Pembina Valley Region, Manitoba.


Chippewa

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

From Ojibwe ojibwe (“Ojibwe”)/ᐅᒋᑉᐌ, specifically an eastern dialect with a reduced initial vowel. Compare earlier Ojibwa. Attested in English from the mid 18th century.

Any of four rivers, one each in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and a river in Ontario.


Cape Breton Island

Named after its easternmost point, Cape Breton, whose name has an uncertain etymology. One theory connects it to the Bretons of northwestern France which discovered Canada, and another connects it to the French commune Capbreton, where whalers and fishermen traded with the Miꞌkmaq of this island.

An island on the Atlantic coast of Canada, part of the province of Nova Scotia.

Île du Cap-Breton

an island on the Atlantic coast of Canada


Bennett

en-proper noun

Bennett (countable and uncountable, plural Bennetts)

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

An abandoned town next to Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada; it still has a railway station.


Cartwright

Cartwright (countable and uncountable, plural Cartwrights)

English surname, from the nouns cart + wright (“maker, crafter”). As a Dutch surname, variant of Courtwright.
The settlement in Labrador was named by British military officer, entrepreneur and author George Cartwright (1739/1740 – 1819), who established a fish and fur trading business at the location of the settlement.

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A placename, from the surname:
A village in Manitoba, Canada.

A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Wainwright

From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”).
The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.

A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada.


Harris

Harris (countable and uncountable, plural Harrises)

From Harry + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Harry, a male given name derived from a Middle English pronunciation of Old French Henri.

Lake Timiskaming
Lake Timiskaming#English

Northeastern Ontario
Northeastern Ontario#English

Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario#English

A township in Lake Timiskaming, Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada

A village in the Rural Municipality of Harris, Saskatchewan, Canada

A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada


Mitchell

Mitchell (countable and uncountable, plural Mitchells)

Translingual: markmitchelli

From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”).

A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world, named after persons with the surname:


Webb

The Rural Municipality of Webb No. 138, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.

A village in Saskatchewan within the rural municipality.


Simpson

Simpson (countable and uncountable, plural Simpsons)

From Middle English Sympson, equivalent to Sim, the short form of Simon, + -son.

A village in the Rural Municipality of Wood Creek, No. 281, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Calgary

From Scottish Gaelic cala (“harbor”) ghearraidh, genitive of gearraidh (“pasture”) (compare Old Norse garðr (“courtyard, enclosed space”)). The Canadian city was named after the village on Mull, Scotland.


Calgary

Unadapted borrowing from English Calgary.

ubor

Calgary (the largest city in Alberta, Canada)


Miller

en-proper noun

Miller (countable and uncountable, plural Millers)

French: Miller

Translingual: Mill.

English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Muenier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Mlynarczyk.

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


Anderson

Anderson (countable and uncountable, plural Andersons)

From Middle English Ander (“Andrew”) + -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or Swedish Andersson.

A river in British Columbia, Canada; flowing from near the Coquihalla Pass into the Fraser River near Boston Bar; named for fur trader James Anderson.

A river in the Northwest Territories, Canada; flowing 692 km from Colville Lake into the Beaufort Sea, probably named for fur trader Alexander Caulfield Anderson.


Clydesdale

Antigonish County
Antigonish County#English

A community of Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Clare

The anglicized spelling of Irish Clár, from Old Irish clár (“plank, board”), from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom (“table”).

A district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after County Clare.


Spalding

A rural municipality and village therein, in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Chandler

/ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/

A town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, Quebec.

A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Cymri No. 36, Saskatchewan.


Chandler

Unadapted borrowing from English Chandler.

ubor

A locale in Canada
A ghost town in Saskatchewan


Hudson Bay

From Henry Hudson, English sea explorer.

Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on this here rock like your Hudson Bay bush. Nor’Easterly wind’ll come soon a-blowin’ like Gabriel’s horn. Best board up them signal house winders.

2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe):

Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Canadian Arctic Archipelago#English

A gulf of Nunavut, Canada, a southern extension of the Arctic Ocean. A large arctic sea, surrounded on three sides, by Quebec on the east, Nunavut to the west, Manitoba to the southwest, Ontario on the south, and extending southeast becoming James Bay. To the north lies the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.


Snowdon

en-proper noun

Snowdon (countable and uncountable, plural Snowdons)

From Old English snaw+dun, Literally, “snow hill”.

m-g

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">snow hill</i>

A neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, named after James Snowdon.


Titusville

A community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, settled by the Titus family.


Palmer

en-proper noun

Palmer (countable and uncountable, plural Palmers)

From Middle English palmer (“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”), from Old French.

der

A hamlet in Rural Municipality of Sutton No. 103, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Maxwell

From an earlier form Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's well or spring", from Old English welle (“well”).

A hamlet in Grey Highlands municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Cameron

en-proper noun

Cameron (countable and uncountable, plural Camerons)

From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).

A rural municipality of Manitoba; named for lawyer, judge and politician John Donald Cameron.

An unincorporated village in Ontario; named for either early settler Duncan Cameron or politician Matthew Crooks Cameron.


Cardiff

From Middle Welsh Caerdyf, equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort”) + Taf (“(River) Taff”) = fortified city on the River Taff. Compare Welsh Caerdydd.

A community of the township of Highlands East, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.

A hamlet in Sturgeon County, in central Alberta, Canada.


Kathleen

Anglicization of Caitlín, an Irish equivalent of the English Catherine.

An unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada.


Brandon

From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of English Branton.


Amos

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

der

A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Amos

The city is named after Alice Gouin (né Amos; 1868–1940), the wife of prime minister of Québec Lomer Gouin (1861–1929).

A city in Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Vauxhall

→ Dutch: vauxhall

desctree

→ Russian: вокза́л (vokzál, “(transport) station, terminal”), вокза́лъ (vokzál) — Pre-reform orthography (1918), фокса́л (foksál), вокса́л (voksál), воксга́л (voksgál) — obsolete
→ Armenian: վոկզալ (vokzal), վակզալ (vakzal)
→ Azerbaijani: vağzal
→ Belarusian: вакза́л (vakzál)
→ Georgian: ვაგზალი (vagzali)
→ Ingrian: vokzala
→ Kazakh: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Kyrgyz: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Lithuanian: agzolas
→ Mongolian:
Cyrillic script: вокзал (vokzal)
Mongolian script: ᠸᠣᠻᠽᠠᠯ (wokzal)
→ Polish: woksal, wogzał
→ Tajik: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Tatar: вокзал (woqzal)
→ Turkmen: wokzal
→ Udmurt: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Ukrainian: вокза́л (vokzál)
→ Uyghur: ۋوگزال (wogzal)
→ Uzbek: vokzal

→ Polish: Foksal

Falkes de Breauté
Vauxhall (disambiguation)

Generally thought to have originated in the late 13th century, from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, known as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall.


Lancaster

From Middle English Lancaster, Loncastre, the name of the Roman fort on the River Lune, from Lune + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.

A small former city in New Brunswick, Canada, amalgamated into Saint John in 1967.

A ghost town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A community of the township of South Glengarry, in eastern Ontario, Canada.

A small community of the city of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.


Roland

From Old French, from Frankish *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. Doublet of Orlando.

der

Chanson de Roland
Roland (disambiguation)

A rural municipality and village therein, in southern Manitoba, Canada.


Chester

en-proper noun

Chester (countable and uncountable, plural Chesters)

From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ceaster, a borrowing from Latin castra (“camp”).
The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in Pennsylvania.

Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County#English

A district municipality and village therein, in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.


Cassidy

From the Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Caiside (“descendant of Caiside”), from cas (“curly-haired”).

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A community in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Dixon

Dixon (countable and uncountable, plural Dixons)

A community of South Stormont township, Ontario, Canada.


Fisher

Fisher (countable and uncountable, plural Fishers)

From fisher (“fisherman”). Doublet of Fisker.

Fisker

Equivalent surnames of "fisher" in other languages

A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.


Trent

Trent (countable and uncountable, plural Trents)

*From Welsh tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean "the trespasser"
*Another possibility: a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.

A river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Ontario and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.


Jefferson

Jefferson (countable and uncountable, plural Jeffersons)

/ˈd͡ʒɛfɚsən/

From Jeffrey + -son. The placenames in the United States are named for Thomas Jefferson.

A community of Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.


Saanich

A district municipality on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, named for the Saanich people.


Georgina

/dʒɔː(ɹ)ˈdʒiːnə/


St. George's

The town in Newfoundland is named for its close proximity to Cape St. George and St. George's Bay.
The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint George (died 303). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

coin

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A civil parish of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


St. John's

The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint John, with the name being a reference to a former name of the island (St. John's Island). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

Alternative form: Saint John's

The capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

سانت جونز

provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador

A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Bridgetown

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒˌtaʊn/

en:Bridgetown (disambiguation)
en:Tobias Bridge

From bridge + town or Bridge + town
* (Barbados): From being named after Tobias Bridge, and a former name, Indian Bridge, which in turn was named for a native bridge over the river Careenage in Bridgetown.


Kingston

In the case of settlements outside England, from king's + -ton (“town”), in reference to monarchs of the British Empire. In the case of settlements within England, a development from earlier Old English Cinges tūn or Cynges tūn (“king's town or manor”), in reference to various monarchs. Sometimes derived from other places already named Kingston or, particularly in America, from people with the surname King. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingstone, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Conisbrough, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Queenstown, Queenston, Princeton, Princetown, and Princes Town.
In particular, the community founded in New Brunswick in 1783 in the aftermath of the American Revolution may have been named as a sign of loyalty to George III; its parish was named for the community. The village in Nova Scotia was named for its district (Kings County) and the unrealized hope that it would become a town. The surname is derived from the various locations named Kingston.

doublet

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

A community of Kings County, New Brunswick.

Division No. 1, Subdivision G
Division No. 1, Subdivision G#English

An unincorporated community in Division No. 1, Subdivision G, Newfoundland and Labrador.

(historical)

Places in Canada:
A village in Nova Scotia.

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English

Places in Canada:
A city in Frontenac County, Ontario.

A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Baltic

From Latin Balticus, from Latin Balthae (“dwellers near the Baltic sea”), equivalent to Balt + -ic. The ultimate origin is uncertain, but possibilities could include:
* From North Germanic *baltaz (“strait”), in reference to the narrow entranceway of the sea
* Related to Lithuanian baltas (“white”) and Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp, bog, mud”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“white”)
* Related to Latin balteus (“belt”) (compare Proto-Germanic *baltijaz), referring to the Danish straits, "the Belts". This is suggested by Adam of Bremen, who in the 11th century first recorded the name (Balticus, eo quod in modum baltei longo tractu per Scithicas regiones tendatur usque in Greciam).

der

An unincorporated area of Kings County, in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Perry

en-proper noun

Perry (countable and uncountable, plural Perrys or Perries)

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada


the Rock

* (Gibraltar): From the Rock of Gibraltar

(Canada) Nickname of the Island of Newfoundland. An island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


ロンドン

London (a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada)


Underwood

The name is from England or Scotland, and from Middle English.
The surname is sometimes habitational, used by someone who lived in any of several places of the same name. Otherwise it is topographic, referring to someone who lived near a wood.
The common noun comes from the name of the manufacturer, after John T. Underwood, one of its founders.

A community of Markham, Rural Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.

A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario.


West End

A region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, composed of the cities and boroughs of Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Cote-Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Montreal West


Piccadilly

Audio (US)

From Pickadilly Hall, a house belonging to a tailor who specialized in a type of lace collar called a piccadill, possibly from conjectured Spanish *picadillo, from picado (“punctured, pierced”); compare 17th century Spanish picadura (“a similar lace collar”).
Piccadilly attested from 1743; previously the area was called Portugal, and the street Portugal Street (1692), after Catherine of Braganza.

A community of Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.

Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac#English

A community of Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove
Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove#English


Gerald

Gerald (countable and uncountable, plural Geralds)

From Old French, ultimately from Frankish *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *wald (“might, power”). The name was brought to England by the Normans. It survived in Ireland, and was revived in the 19th century.

Spy Hill No. 152
Spy Hill No. 152#English

A village in the Rural Municipality of Spy Hill No. 152, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Augusta

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

From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

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


Newport

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

the equivalent of Newport (new port: a new transport hub)

Porte-Neuve

the equivalent of Newport (new port: a new portal)

A placename
A locale in Canada.
A municipality of Quebec.

A community of Newfoundland and Labrador.


Broadway

From broad + way. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively.
Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Kennedy

Borrowed from Irish Ó Cinnéidigh (ceann (“head”) + éidigh (“ugly”)) or Scottish Gaelic Ceannaideach (ceann (“head”) + aideach (“ugly”). Compare Kenneth and Irish eitigh (“refuse, reject”).

A railway point and unincorporated place in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.

A village in the Rural Municipality of Wawken No. 93, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Allan

A town in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No.343, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Glastonbury

From Middle English Glastingaburghe, "the fortified place of the Glæstingas", from *Glæstinga (the people of Glastonia) + Old English byriġ (“fort”).

A neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Burton

Usually from Old English burhtun (fortified farmstead, farmstead near or belonging to a stronghold or manor), from burh + tun.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A settlement in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.

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

A settlement in western Prince Edward Island.


Great Lakes

A group of five lakes on the United States–Canada border, consisting of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (Lake Michigan–Huron), Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Groot Mere

a group of five lakes on the United States–Canada border


Woodstock

Woodstock (countable and uncountable, plural Woodstocks)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + stoc (“dwelling”).

A placename
A place in Canada
A town in New Brunswick.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

A placename
A place in Canada
A community of Nova Scotia.

A placename
A place in Canada
A city in Ontario.


Clarence

Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from Clārensis (“from the town of Clare”), (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea in Greece.

Annapolis County
Annapolis County#English

A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.

A community of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

A community and former township in the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario.


Norwich

From Old English norþ (“north”) + wīċ (“hamlet”).

A municipality in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Dudley

Translingual: Dudleya

From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

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


Canterbury

/ˈkæntəbəɹɪ/

From Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burg.

A village and parish of York County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Plymouth

From Plym + mouth, referring to the river's mouth.

A small rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A small rural community of Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Salisbury

Salisbury (countable and uncountable, plural Salisburys)

From Middle English Sarisberie, from Old English Searesbyriġ, Searobyriġ, Searoburh, from searu (“armor”) via folk etymology + byriġ, burh (“stronghold”), partial translation of British Latin Sorviodūnum, Sorbiodōnum, from *sorwjo-, *sorbjo- of unknown Celtic origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”) (compare Proto-Celtic *srutom (“a stream”)) + Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).
Dissimilation of -r- to -l- is the result of influence from Salesbury in Lancashire, from sealh (“willow”) + burh (“stronghold”).
The naming of the village in New Brunswick is not entirely certain. It may be named after explorer John Salusbury (1707 - 1762) or after Salisbury in England.
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after the village.
The former capital of Rhodesia was named after Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) who served three times as Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick.

A village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.


Albany

Albany River
Albany, New York
Fort Albany, Ontario

Named in honor of the crown prince James, Duke of Albany and York


Stratford

From Old English strǽt (“road”) + ford (“ford”). Doublet of Stretford.

The name of various cities, towns and boroughs in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. See the full list.

A city on the Avon River in Ontario, Canada.

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

A township municipality in Estrie, Quebec, Canada.


Carlyle

A town in Saskatchewan, Canada; named for a niece of Thomas Carlyle who lived in the area.


Chelsea

The name of the municipality is derived from the English toponym Chelsea, referring in this case to the town in Vermont (the former hometown of the first colonists).

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais#English

A municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Morton

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.

A community of Rideau Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Warwick

From Middle English Warwyk, from Old English Wǣringwīċ (literally “dwelling by the weir”), from wer (“weir”) + -ing (“of the”, used with masculine nouns) + wīċ (“dwelling place, village”).

affix

Any of various other towns and cities around the world taking their name from the English town or from someone with this surname.

A community in the County of Minburn, Alberta.

County of Minburn
County of Minburn#English

A rural township in Lambton County, Ontario.

A town in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec.


Bedford

Bedford (disambiguation)
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's + ford.
The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

Place names:
A community of Nova Scotia, Canada.

A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Place names:
A city and township in Quebec, Canada.


Jocelyn

/ˈd͡ʒɒsəlɪn/

From the Middle English male given name from Old French Joscelin, German Gautzelin, diminutive of names beginning with the tribal name Gaut (“a Geat, a Goth”), the root form of which probably comes from Proto-Germanic *Gautalinþiz (from *gautaz + *linþaz); also used as a diminutive form of the Breton name Josse (= Joyce). It survived as a surname and was revived as a given name in the nineteenth century.
* Jocelyn is currently popular among U.S. Hispanics, and in the Philippines, by folk etymology explained as a feminine diminutive form of José (Joseph).


Leipzig

de-proper noun

Leipzig n (proper noun, genitive Leipzigs or (optionally with an article) Leipzig)

Leipzigs (genitive)
Leipzig (genitive with-article)

English: Leipzig

Portuguese: Leipzig

From a Slavic name like Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian Lipsk (literally “place of linden trees”); compare Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian lipa, from Proto-Slavic *lìpa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ. Early spellings of the name in Latin include Libzi, Lipzk and the standard Lipsia.

cog

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Reford No. 379, Saskatchewan, Canada


Baldwin

en-proper noun

Baldwin (countable and uncountable, plural Baldwins)

From Proto-West Germanic *Balþawini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz (“bold friend”).

der

A placename
A township in Ontario, Canada.


Shelley

From Old English, meaning "clearing on a bank".

A community north-east of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.


Wallace

en-proper noun

Wallace (countable and uncountable, plural Wallaces)

An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Anglo-Norman waleis (“foreign”); see wielisc.

A community of Nova Scotia; named for William Wallace.

A placename:
A locale in Canada.
A community of Ontario.

The Rural Municipality of Wallace No. 243, a rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan.


Pembroke

Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ (literally “land's head, land's end”), whence Welsh Penfro.

der

A community in West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.

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

A place in Canada:
A city in Renfrew County, Ontario.


Carlisle

From Middle English Carlele, from Old English Carleol, Carleul, from Cumbric [Term?] (compare Caer Ligualid in the Historia Brittonum, Middle Welsh Caer Liwelydd, Welsh Caerliwelydd, all suffixed with -ydd), composed of Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort”) + Proto-Brythonic [Term?] (> Latin Luguvalium), from Proto-Celtic *Luguwalos (personal name, literally “strength of Lugus”), from *Lugus + *walos (“strength”).
The absence of a suffix comparable to Welsh -ydd in the underlying Cumbric form is unexplained; see w:Cumbric/Absence of -ydd.

A northern neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.

A community of Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario.

A community of North Middlesex municipality, Ontario.


Dundee

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Dè (“good fort”).

Restigouche County
Restigouche County#English

A community of Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A small community of Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A township municipality of Quebec, Canada.


Berwick

→ Welsh: Berwig

For places in England and Scotland (e.g North Berwick), from Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English wīc (“settlement”). For the Scottish name, there is the possibility that the second element instead derives from a different word, for which see -wick.
Places outside England and Scotland are generally named, possibly indirectly, after places in England, including Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Maine. The name was chosen by a local resident who had travelled through the community in Maine and was impressed by its neatness.

A rural community of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

(historical), Curries Corner (historical), Davisons Corner (historical)

Any of various places, including:
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.


Dartmouth

English port: from Dart + mouth, since it lies at the mouth of the River Dart.

An urban community on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Gladstone

An unincorporated urban commity in Manitoba.

A community of Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English


Mansfield

From Old English Mammesfeld, from a Brythonic word mamm, meaning "mother" or "breast" + feld (“field”).

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

A community of Mulmur township, Dufferin County, Ontario.

A community of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec.


Arundel

From Old English hārhūne (“horehound”) + dell (“small valley”).

A township municipality in Les Laurentides regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Arundel

The municipality is named after the English town of Arundel.

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


Northampton

From Old English Norþhāmtūn. The earliest reference to Northampton in writing occurred in 914 under the name Ham tune. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Northantone: the prefix “North” was added later to distinguish it from other towns called “Hampton”, most prominently Southampton.

A parish and community of Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Hanna

en-proper noun

Hanna (countable and uncountable, plural Hannas)

Variant spelling of Hannah or romanization of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oklahoman town, named for Hanna Bullett, one of the initial settlers. As a Polish village, named for the queen Anna Jagiellon.


Houston

Houston (countable and uncountable, plural Houstons)

Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton

A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.


Dallas

Dallas
Dallas (disambiguation)
George M. Dallas

# The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house.
# The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow, haugh”) + gwas (“abode”).

A neighbourhood of the city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.


Felix

From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”).

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community and railway point in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Elton

From Old English, meaning "Ella's town".

A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.


Glamorgan

From gwlad (“country”) + Morgan [Morgan's country] after Morgan Hen.

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


Trenton

⇒ Translingual: trentonensis

Originally named "Trent's town" in the 17th century, after a Quaker, William Trent.
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the capital of New Jersey.

A community of Quinte West, Ontario, Canada.


Waterloo

From Middle Dutch, composed of water (“water”) + loo (“sacred wood, forest”). More at water, lea. cf. German Loh. Most places in English-speaking countries are named for the battle.

compound

Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County#English

The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world.

A rural community of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

A regional municipality and city in Ontario, Canada.

La Haute-Yamaska
La Haute-Yamaska#English

A city in La Haute-Yamaska regional county municipality, Estrie, Quebec.


Dieppe

Borrowed from French Dieppe.
The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.

A city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Dieppe

The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.


Grimsby

From Old Norse Grim (“male given name”) (Grimr, Grimnir, Grim; masked one, mask; Odin) + -s + býr (“village”). Equivalent of Grim + 's + -by.

gloss

<i class="Latn mention" lang="non">Grimr, Grimnir, Grim; masked one, mask; Odin</i>

A town on Lake Ontario, in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada, named after the town in England.


Humber

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English


Mortimer

A habitational surname from Mortemer in France, from Old Northern French, literally meaning “dead pond”.

A community in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Randolph

From Old Norse rǫnd (“shield”) + úlfr (“wolf”).


Bangor

From Welsh bangor (“wattle”), from Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”) (sense 1), and from Irish Beannchar (sense 2).

Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.

A community of Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Montgomery

From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).

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


Yarmouth

en-proper noun

Yarmouth (countable and uncountable, plural Yarmouths)

* From the name of the River Yare + Old English mūþ (“mouth”).
* On the Isle of Wight, from the River Yar + mouth.
* The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Massachusetts.

A town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada.


Penzance

From Cornish Pennsans, meaning "holy headland".

A special service area in the Regional Municipality of Sarnia, No. 221, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Margate

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A community of Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Swindon

From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + denu (“valley”), similar to the name Swinden. The first element could instead be from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn, or its Old English equivalent swān.

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A community of Perry township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Guildford

The root of the first part may be gold rather than guild: the only known 10th-century (Saxon) record uses Guldeford and in the 11th century Geldeford, both equivalent to gold ford. Local historians suggest that this might refer to golden-coloured flowers or sand.

A neighbourhood of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.


Truro

Perhaps from Cornish try ("three" or "very") + berow ("a boiling"), meaning "(a place of) great water turbulence", where the two fast rivers of Allen and Kenwyn meet to form the Truro. Alternatively, from the Gaulish tribal name Treveri, from Celtic trē ("through") + uer ("water, wet"), meaning "water crossing", in reference to "the people of the river crossing".
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the city in England.

Colchester County
Colchester County#English

A town in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Hythe

A hamlet in the County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Alberta, Canada, named after Hythe , Kent.


Falmouth

In Cornwall, from Fal + mouth, at the mouth of the River Fal.

A village in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Torbay

In Devon, recorded as Torrebay in 1401, from Torre + bay "the bay near Torre", which later became Tor Bay.
The town in Newfoundland is named after the borough in Devon.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Dawson

Dawson (countable and uncountable, plural Dawsons)

desc

Translingual: dawsoni, dawsonii, Dawsonia

From Daw, a Middle English pet form of David + -son.

Rainy River District
Rainy River District#English

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


Doncaster

en-proper noun

Doncaster (countable and uncountable, plural Doncasters)

The Romano-British name was Latin Dānum, from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.

A Mohawk Native Reserve in the Laurentides region, Quebec, Canada.


Doncaster

The name of the reserve is derived from the English toponym Doncaster, a city in South Yorkshire.

A Native American reserve in Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Gosport

Possibly from goose or gorse, or from God's port.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community of the town of Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.


Colchester

From Old English Colneċeaster, equivalent to Colne (a Celtic-named river) + Old English ceaster (“a Roman town”).

City of Colchester
Colchester
Colchester (disambiguation)

A community in the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.


Shrewsbury

/ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/

From Old English Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”).

der

A small hamlet in Chatham-Kent municipality, south-western Ontario, Canada.

A ghost town in Gore township, Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Carthage

From Middle French Carthage, from Latin Carthāgō, from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), possibly via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”) as distinguished from the colonists' mother city of Tyre. More at Carthāgō.

A community of the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.


Lourdes

From French Lourdes, corruption of Medieval Latin Lorus (778), the baptismal name taken by a Moorish leader who converted to Christianity, though of unknown ultimate meaning.
The town in Newfoundland is named after the town in France.


Springfield

A parish of Kings County, New Brunswick; named after either the township in Burlington County, New Jersey or the city in Massachusetts.

The Rural Municipality of Springfield, a rural municipality in south-east Manitoba.

Annapolis County
Annapolis County#English

A community of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.


Windsor

Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.

gloss

"reel, winch"; > Middle English <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">windel</i> (“reel, spool”)

A former town on the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now part of the town of Grand Falls-Windsor.

A community of Hants County, Nova Scotia.

Windsor, Ontario, a city in Essex County, Ontario, famous for its auto industry.

A town in Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec.

Le Val-Saint-François
Le Val-Saint-François#English


Strasbourg

/ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/

/ˈstɹæsbɜːɡ/

/ˈstɹɑːsbɝːɡ/

From French Strasbourg, from Middle High German Strāzburc. Compare modern German Straßburg, equivalent to Straße (“street, road”) + Burg (“borough, fortified town, castle”).


Waterford

From water + ford. In the case of the city in Ireland, this is a modification through folk etymology of Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr (literally “wether ford”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Waterford, Ireland.

der

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

A community of Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Yukon

From Gwich'in ųųg han, contraction of chųų gąįį han (“white water river”). See Wikipedia's name section for details.

A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Whitehorse.

يُوكُون

territory in northern Canada which has Whitehorse as its capital

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A river in British Columbia, the Yukon Territory and Alaska, which gives its name to the territory.


Yukon

Borrowed from Gwich'in yukon (“great river”).

bor+

Yukon, Yukon Territory (a territory of Canada)


Yukon

From English Yukon, from Gwich'in yukon (“great river”).

Yukon, Yukon Territory (a territory in northern Canada)


Yukon

Yukon (nominative singular-only)
Yukonu (genitive singular-only)
Yukonu (dative singular-only)
Yukon (accusative singular-only)
Yukone (locative singular-only)
Yukonom (instrumental singular-only)


Riverside

Places in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.

A former rural municipality of Manitoba.

A community of Middlesex County, Ontario.

Places in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario.

A community in the township of Tay, Simcoe County, Ontario.

Places in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario.

The Rural Municipality of Riverside No. 168, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan.


Hungerford

en-proper noun

Hungerford (countable and uncountable, plural Hungerfords)

From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

A settlement in Tweed municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Harley

From Old English hær (“rock”) or hara (“hare”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hare + -ley (“lea”).

A township in Timiskaming District, north-east Ontario, Canada.

A community in Burford, Brant County, Ontario.


Davidson

Տաւիտյան

surname meaning "son of David" in other languages

A town in the Rural Municipality of Arm River No. 252, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Barnsley

Barnsley (countable and uncountable, plural Barnsleys)

From the Old English personal name Beorn + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A locality in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin, Manitoba, Canada.


Montpellier

From Medieval Latin mōns (“mountain”) Pessulanus, Pestellarius, pislerius, pistillarius, variant of pastellus (“woad, dye”).
The municipality of Québec is named after postmaster Louis Beaulieu, dit Montpellier.

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Nantes

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


Kilkenny

Other places named after Kilkenny, Ireland:

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


Newbury

From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh.

A village in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.


雪梨

/ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/

/ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/

Borrowed from English Sydney, via Cantonese.

(Cantonese) Sydney (a city in Nova Scotia, Canada)


Santa Cruz

From Spanish and Portuguese Santa Cruz (“Holy Cross”), various places named in honor of the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified. Doublet of Holy Cross and Saint Croix.

A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.


Boyle

* As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”).
* As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.

Athabasca County
Athabasca County#English

A village in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada, named after John Robert Boyle.


Québec

→ English: Quebec

→ Persian: کبک (kebek)

→ Portuguese: Quebeque, Quebec

Borrowed from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”), originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap.

bor+

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

Québec a annoncé de nouveaux investissements en santé.

Quebec City [i.e. the Quebec government] announced new funding for health.

(by metonymy) The government of the province of Quebec.


Québec

de-proper noun

Québec n (proper noun, genitive Québecs or (optionally with an article) Québec)

Québecs (genitive)
Québec (genitive with-article)


Québec

Québec (nominative singular-only)
Québecu (genitive singular-only)
Québecu (dative singular-only)
Québec (accusative singular-only)
Québecu (locative singular-only)
Québecom (instrumental singular-only)


Lansing

A neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Denver

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

Named after James W. Denver. The surname Denver ultimately derives from Old English Dene-fær ("crossing or passing of the Danes"), from Dene + fær; or alternatively from den-ōfer ("valley-bank"), from denu + ofer.


Ammon

From Hebrew עַמּוֹן (ammon), from the root ע־מ־ם.

A community of Moncton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada.


Օտտավա

head

Օտտավա • (Ōttava)

hy-proper noun

Օտտավա • (Ōttava)

Ōttava (romanization)
Օտտավա (nominative singular singular-only)
Օտտավայի (dative singular singular-only)
Օտտավայից (ablative singular singular-only)
Օտտավայով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Օտտավայում (locative singular singular-only)
Օտտավան (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Օտտավային (dative definite singular singular-only)
Օտտավաս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Օտտավայիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Օտտավայիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Օտտավայովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Օտտավայումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Օտտավադ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Օտտավայիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Օտտավայիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Օտտավայովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Օտտավայումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Օտտավաները/Օտտավաներն

Օտտավաներում

Օտտավաներիցս

Օտտավաներովս

Օտտավաներումս

Օտտավաներիցդ

Օտտավաներովդ

Օտտավաներումդ

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


Charleston

From Charles + -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below.


Jasper

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.

A placename:
A place in Canada
A town in Alberta, Canada.

Jasper National Park
w:en:Jasper National Park

Ellipsis of Jasper National Park.: A national park in Alberta, Canada


溫哥華

/wən⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

/wɐn⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ waː²¹/

/wɐn⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ waː²¹⁻³⁵/

/vun³³ kᵘɔ⁵⁵ va²²/

/wən⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

/wɐn⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ waː²¹/

/wɐn⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ waː²¹⁻³⁵/

/vun³³ kᵘɔ⁵⁵ va²²/

1904, Liang Qichao, 新大陸遊記 [Travel Notes of the New Continent], 廣智書局, published 1907, page 6:

Qí tiělù zhī chēzhàn, lúnchuán zhī mǎtóu, jiē yǐ Wēngēhuá wéi zhōngdiǎn, gù Wēngēhuá zhòu shèng. Gēlúnbǐyà shěng běn yǐ Yùduōlì wéi shǒufǔ, jīn zé shìlì quán qū yú Wēngēhuá yǐ.

其鐵路之車站，輪船之碼頭，皆以溫哥華為終點，故溫哥華驟盛。哥侖比亞省本以域多利為首府，今則勢力全趨於溫哥華矣。

其铁路之车站，轮船之码头，皆以温哥华为终点，故温哥华骤盛。哥仑比亚省本以域多利为首府，今则势力全趋于温哥华矣。

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


Inglis

A local urban district in Manitoba, Canada.


Sparta

From Latin Sparta, from Doric Greek Σπάρτᾱ (Spártā) (Attic Greek Σπᾰ́ρτη (Spártē)).

A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Davenport

* As an English surname, from Old English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.

der

Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:

A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


Ayr

A community of North Dumfries township, Waterloo Regional County Municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Clinton

Clinton
Clinton (disambiguation)
en:DeWitt Clinton
en:Glinton, Cambridgeshire
en:Glympton

* (English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton.
* (given name): Derived from the surnames.
* (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.

A village in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

A community of Central Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Dixie

1859. Unknown, but may come from the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between the northern states and the southern states, or from the slang term dixie for a Louisiana $10 bill that had the French word dix printed on it.

A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.


Beaumont

Inherited from Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from beau (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain”). Cognate with French Beaumont. Doublet of Belmont.

An English placename for any of various places, derived from the French placename or surname.

A city in Leduc County, Alberta, Canada.


Ophir

From Hebrew אוֹפִיר. Mentioned as a place in the Bible; modern scholars have been unable to determine where it was located.

bor

Hebrew אוֹפִיר

A sparsely populated farming community in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Hammond

en-proper noun

Hammond (countable and uncountable, plural Hammonds)

A patronymic surname from the Anglo-Norman given name Hamo, Hamon, from Germanic names beginning with a derivative of Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home”), such as descendants of *Haimarīks (“Henry”).
The river in New Brunswick is named after British politician and colonial governor Sir Andrew Hamond, 1st Baronet (1738 - 1828). The civil parish is named after a settlement, named in turn after the river.

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


Warner

Warner (countable and uncountable, plural Warners)

* English, Norman, and German surname, all corresponding to German Werner. Also see Warrener.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Murnáin; see Murnane.

The County of Warner No. 5, a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada.

A village in Alberta, within the above county.


Edison

A former unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada, near modern Westlock; named after Thomas Edison.


North Star

From Middle English north sterre, norþ sterre, equivalent to north + star.

Sterenn

star near the northern celestial pole — see also Polaris, Thuban

County of Northern Lights
County of Northern Lights#English

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