Guthrie

en-proper noun

Guthrie (countable and uncountable, plural Guthries)

Of various origins, including:
*An anglicization of Irish gaothair;
*An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic mag Uchtre; or
*An anglicization of Irish Ó Fhlaithimh.

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


Hilton

From many placenames in England and Scotland, including:
* Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”)
* From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)

A township on St. Joseph Island, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.


Golden

Golden (countable and uncountable, plural Goldens)

* As an English surname, from the adjective golden.
* As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


Horton

Horton (countable and uncountable, plural Hortons)

The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)

A township in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Newtown

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A community of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Massey

Massey (countable and uncountable, plural Masseys)

* As an English surname, from the personal name Massy, a pet form of Matthew. Compare Mace.
* Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in Normandy such as Macey in Manche, Massy in Seine-Maritime, Macé-sur-Orne in Orne, La Ferté Macé in Orne.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Marsay (see Marcey).
* As a French surname, variant of Massé (see Masse).
* As a southern French surname of Italian origin, from several places named Massa in Italy.

Sables-Spanish Rivers
Sables-Spanish Rivers#English

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community of Sables-Spanish Rivers township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Maynard

Maynard (countable and uncountable, plural Maynards)

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

A village in Augusta Township, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.


Mead

Two main origins:
* A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”).
* A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).

A rural community in Cochrane District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English


Farrow

Farrow (countable and uncountable, plural Farrows)

Hypercorrected form of Farrar, where the original ending -ar was regarded as an error and consequently changed to -ow.

A former community in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.


Beasley

Beasley (countable and uncountable, plural Beasleys)

A neighbourhood of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.


Hubbard

Ituna Bon Accord No. 246
Ituna Bon Accord No. 246#English

A village in the Rural Municipality of Ituna Bon Accord No. 246, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Clarkson

From Middle English clerc (“cleric”) + -son, equivalent to Clark + -son.

A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.


Chisholm

Chisholm (countable and uncountable, plural Chisholms)

Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).


Cummings

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, presumably from Anglo-Norman de Comyn, which was a surname of toponymic origin, either from Commin near Rouen or Comines near Lille. Variant of Cumings, Cumming.

bor+

A community in the Rural Municipality of Maple Creek No. 111, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Putnam

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

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


Temple

A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


Valley

en-proper noun

Valley (countable and uncountable, plural Valleys)

San Fernando Valley
Valley, Anglesey
en:Valley (disambiguation)

A community of Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Rayleigh

A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, named after the English town.


Альберта

ru-proper noun+

Альбе́рта • (Alʹbérta) f anim (genitive Альбе́рты, nominative plural Альбе́рты, genitive plural Альбе́рт)

Альбе́рта (canonical)
Alʹbérta (romanization)
Альбе́рты (genitive)
Альбе́рты (nominative plural)
Альбе́рт (genitive plural)
Альбе́рта (nominative singular)
Альбе́рты (nominative plural)
Альбе́рты (genitive singular)
Альбе́рт (genitive plural)
Альбе́рте (dative singular)
Альбе́ртам (dative plural)
Альбе́рту (accusative singular)
Альбе́рт (accusative plural)
Альбе́ртой (instrumental singular)
Альбе́ртою (instrumental singular)
Альбе́ртами (instrumental plural)
Альбе́рте (prepositional singular)
Альбе́ртах (plural prepositional)


ユーコン

ja-pos

ユーコン • (Yūkon)

Yukon (a territory in northern Canada; capital: Whitehorse)


Draper

en-prop

Draper (countable and uncountable, plural Drapers)

English occupational surname, from the noun draper.

A community of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada; named for businessman Thomas Draper.


Pierson

en-proper noun

Pierson (countable and uncountable, plural Piersons)

A placename
A village in Manitoba, Canada


Phippen

From a Middle English diminutive of Phipp, a pet form of Philip.

An unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Beaton

Beaton (countable and uncountable, plural Beatons)

Several origins:
* Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the town of Béthune in northern France
* Patronymic surname and pet name from a short form of Bartholomew or Beatrice
* Variant of McBeth

A locality and former settlement (now flooded) in West Kootenay region, British Columbia, Canada.


Frobisher

A village in the Rural Municipality of Coalfields, No. 4, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Grainger

A locality in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Bain

* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic bàn (“white, fair”), also found in McBain.
* As an English surname, from Old English ban (“bone”). Also from bayn (“hospitable”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight”).
* As a French surname, from Old French bain (“bath”), from Latin balneum.
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Behn.

A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Hedley

An unincorporated town in southern British Columbia, Canada.


Havelock

The parish in New Brunswick is named after British military officer Henry Havelock (1795 – 1857).

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

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

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


Entwistle

Entwistle (countable and uncountable, plural Entwistles)

From either Old English henn (“hen”) or ened (“duck”) + twisel (“fork; bifurcation”).

A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.


Bayfield

A rural community of New Brunswick, Canada.


Lister

English occupational surname from the archaic noun litster (“dyer”).

A small community in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, originally named Camp Lister.


Beresford

Beresford (countable and uncountable, plural Beresfords)

→ French: Beresford

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English befer (“beaver”) + ford (“ford”).
The town in New Brunswick is named after military officer and politician William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768 - 1854).

A settlement in British Columbia, Canada.

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English

A town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Beresford

Borrowed from English Beresford. The town is named after military officer and politician William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768 - 1854).


Rutter

* As an English surname, from rote (musical instrument), as well as from Old French routier (“robber”)
* As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch ruter (“freebooter”), itself cognate with the Old French term. Also see Reuter.

A community of French River municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Palmerston

Most places were named after Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, usually known as Lord Palmerston.

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

An unincorporated community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Collingwood

A neighbourhood in northern Calgary, Alberta.

A neighbourhood in eastern Vancouver, British Columbia.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

A place in Canada:
A town in Simcoe County, Ontario.


Langton

A small town in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Arden

Derived from the Brythonic ardu meaning "high"

Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac#English

Frontenac County
Frontenac County#English

A community of Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario.


Rawdon

Rawdon (countable and uncountable, plural Rawdons)

From Old Norse rauðr (“red”) + Old English dūn (“hill”).


Cowley

Cowley (countable and uncountable, plural Cowleys)

Various origins:
* The village in Gloucestershire is from Old English cū (“cow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to cow + -ley (“lea”).
* The hamlet in Derbyshire is from Old English col (“coal”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to coal + -ley (“lea”).
* The other places in England are from the Old English personal name Cufa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village in the Municipal District of Pincher Creek, No. 9, Alberta, Canada.


Marsden

Marsden (countable and uncountable, plural Marsdens)

From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).


Wrigley

A community in the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories, Canada, named after Joseph Wrigley of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English


Oxley

en-proper noun

Oxley (countable and uncountable, plural Oxleys)

From Old English oxa (“ox”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to ox + -ley (“lea”).

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


Bloomfield

Bloomfield (countable and uncountable, plural Bloomfields)

A locality in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A placename
A number of places in Canada
A community of Prince Edward Island.


Pemberton

Pemberton (countable and uncountable, plural Pembertons)

A placename:
A village in British Columbia, Canada.


Haywood

Haywood (countable and uncountable, plural Haywoods)

From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).

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


Leavitt

A hamlet in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.


Burnham

Burnham (countable and uncountable, plural Burnhams)

From Old English burna (“stream”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A community in the Rural Municipality of Coulee No. 136, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Eaton

Eaton (countable and uncountable, plural Eatons)

From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.

Former name of Eatonia. A town in Chesterfield, Saskatchewan; named in honour of Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and mail-order catalogue service.


Lawton

Lawton (countable and uncountable, plural Lawtons)

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English [Term?], from hlāw (“hill, ound”) + tūn (“homestead”) (-ton).

gloss

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-ton</i>

A community in the County of Barrhead No. 11, Alberta, Canada.


Greenwood

en-proper noun

Greenwood (countable and uncountable, plural Greenwoods)

* The village in Nova Scotia was named for the heavily forested location of the settlement.

A placename
A number of places in Canada
A city in British Columbia.

A placename
A number of places in Canada
A village in Nova Scotia.


Linwood

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).

Antigonish County
Antigonish County#English

A community of Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A community of Wellesley, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Hatton

Hatton (countable and uncountable, plural Hattons)

A community of the Rural Municipality of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Luoteisterritoriot

Luoteisterritoriot (nominative plural)
Luoteisterritoriot (accusative nominative plural)
Luoteisterritoriot (accusative genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioiden (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioitten (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioita (partitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioissa (inessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioista (elative plural)
Luoteisterritorioihin (illative plural)
Luoteisterritorioilla (adessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioilta (ablative plural)
Luoteisterritorioille (allative plural)
Luoteisterritorioina (essive plural)
Luoteisterritorioiksi (plural translative)
Luoteisterritorioitta (abessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Luoteisterritorioni (nominative plural)
Luoteisterritorioni (accusative nominative plural)
Luoteisterritorioni (accusative genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioideni (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioitteni (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioitani (partitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioissani (inessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioistani (elative plural)
Luoteisterritorioihini (illative plural)
Luoteisterritorioillani (adessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioiltani (ablative plural)
Luoteisterritorioilleni (allative plural)
Luoteisterritorioinani (essive plural)
Luoteisterritorioikseni (plural translative)
Luoteisterritorioittani (abessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioineni (comitative plural)
Luoteisterritoriosi (nominative plural)
Luoteisterritoriosi (accusative nominative plural)
Luoteisterritoriosi (accusative genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioidesi (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioittesi (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioitasi (partitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioissasi (inessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioistasi (elative plural)
Luoteisterritorioihisi (illative plural)
Luoteisterritorioillasi (adessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioiltasi (ablative plural)
Luoteisterritorioillesi (allative plural)
Luoteisterritorioinasi (essive plural)
Luoteisterritorioiksesi (plural translative)
Luoteisterritorioittasi (abessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioinesi (comitative plural)
Luoteisterritoriomme (nominative plural)
Luoteisterritoriomme (accusative nominative plural)
Luoteisterritoriomme (accusative genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioidemme (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioittemme (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioitamme (partitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioissamme (inessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioistamme (elative plural)
Luoteisterritorioihimme (illative plural)
Luoteisterritorioillamme (adessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioiltamme (ablative plural)
Luoteisterritorioillemme (allative plural)
Luoteisterritorioinamme (essive plural)
Luoteisterritorioiksemme (plural translative)
Luoteisterritorioittamme (abessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioinemme (comitative plural)
Luoteisterritorionne (nominative plural)
Luoteisterritorionne (accusative nominative plural)
Luoteisterritorionne (accusative genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioidenne (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioittenne (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioitanne (partitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioissanne (inessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioistanne (elative plural)
Luoteisterritorioihinne (illative plural)
Luoteisterritorioillanne (adessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioiltanne (ablative plural)
Luoteisterritorioillenne (allative plural)
Luoteisterritorioinanne (essive plural)
Luoteisterritorioiksenne (plural translative)
Luoteisterritorioittanne (abessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioinenne (comitative plural)
Luoteisterritorionsa (nominative plural)
Luoteisterritorionsa (accusative nominative plural)
Luoteisterritorionsa (accusative genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioidensa (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioittensa (genitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioitaan (partitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioitansa (partitive plural)
Luoteisterritorioissaan (inessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioissansa (inessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioistaan (elative plural)
Luoteisterritorioistansa (elative plural)
Luoteisterritorioihinsa (illative plural)
Luoteisterritorioillaan (adessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioillansa (adessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioiltaan (ablative plural)
Luoteisterritorioiltansa (ablative plural)
Luoteisterritorioilleen (allative plural)
Luoteisterritorioillensa (allative plural)
Luoteisterritorioinaan (essive plural)
Luoteisterritorioinansa (essive plural)
Luoteisterritorioikseen (plural translative)
Luoteisterritorioiksensa (plural translative)
Luoteisterritorioittaan (abessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioittansa (abessive plural)
Luoteisterritorioineen (comitative plural)
Luoteisterritorioinensa (comitative plural)

luoteis- (“northwestern”) + territoriot (“territories”)

compound

Northwest Territories (a territory in northern Canada)


Procter

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

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


Channing

en-proper noun

Channing (countable and uncountable, plural Channings)

A neighbourhood of Flin Flon, on the border between Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada.


McBride

McBride (countable and uncountable, plural McBrides)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”). Compare Kilbride, Bredin.

der

A village in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia, Canada.


Crichton

en-proper noun

Crichton (countable and uncountable, plural Crichtons)

From Welsh carreg (“rock”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), analysable as the modern -ton.

der

A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Wise Creek, No. 77, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after James Crichton.


Rosebud

Wheatland County
Wheatland County#English

A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada.


Queens County

→ French: Comté de Queens (calque)

The county of New Brunswick is so named as a show of loyalty to the British monarchy.
The county of Nova Scotia is so named as a show of loyalty to the British monarchy.
The county of Prince Edward Island is named after Queen Charlotte (1744 - 1818).

A county of Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Borden

A village in the Rural Municipality of Great Bend No. 405, Saskatchewan, Canada.

A Canadian Forces Base in Ontario, Canada.


Cap Bréton

Cape Breton (an island in Nova Scotia, eastern Canada)


Côte

Gaspé (a city and peninsula in Quebec, Canada)


Montangnes Rotcheuses

Les Montangnes Rotcheuses (canonical feminine plural)

(Jersey) Rocky Mountains (a major mountain range in the United States and Canada)


St. Vincent

A hamlet in the County of St. Paul No. 19, northern Alberta, Canada.


ヒューストン

ja:ヒューストン (曖昧さ回避)

Houston (a town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada)


マンチェスター

Manchester (a small community of Nova Scotia, Canada)


ハミルトン

Hamilton (a port city in Ontario, Canada)


Cheltenham

A community of the town of Caledon, Peel municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Boileau

en-proper-noun

Boileau (countable and uncountable, plural Boileaus)

Former name: Ponsonby (for the municipality until 1993)

A village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada.


Boileau

English: Boileau

desc

→ Chinese: → 布瓦洛 (Bùwǎluò) (transliteration)

From bois + l’ + eau, literally “drink water”; nickname of a teetotaler. The first component of the compound is an imperative form of boire.
The municipality in Québec is named after its first postmaster, one Pierre Boileau.

af

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Tèrre-Neuve

I' n' y a pas de cousins à Terre-Neuve.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 543:

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

Newfoundland (an island in Newfoundland and Labrador, eastern Canada)


Sandon

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


Lillooet

A district municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.


Botha

en-proper noun

Botha (countable and uncountable, plural Bothas)

From Afrikaans Botha. Doublet of Both.
* (Botha, Alberta): Named after Louis Botha.

(uncountable) A village in Alberta, Canada.


Three Rivers

/ˈθɹiː ˈɹɪv.ɚz/

From the fact that three rivers flow through the area (confluence of two rivers, one flowing into the other, resulting in three channels).

(informal) A nickname for Trois Rivieres. (Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada, North America); A city in Quebec, Canada.

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


Nepean

A suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; formerly a city until 2001


Glenelg

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A placename given to towns, rivers, etc., in several countries, and a location on Mars.

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

Guysborough County
Guysborough County#English

A community of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A community (Glenelg Centre) and former township in West Grey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Saint Lawrence River

From Saint Lawrence + river. Calque of French fleuve Saint-Laurent. From Middle French Fleuve sainct Laurens. Named after Roman martyr Saint Lawrence. Coined by French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1604. In turn named after the Saint Lawrence estuary, itself coined by another French explorer, Jacques Cartier, which lies at the mouth of the river. That bay was named for being discovered on the Feast Day of Saint Lawrence, 10 August 1535.

coin

Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Gulf of Saint Lawrence

A large river in Canada, connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.


Kenilworth

A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.

Wellington North
Wellington North#English

A community of Wellington North township, Wellington County, Ontario.


バンクーバー

ja-pos

バンクーバー • (Bankūbā)

[bã̠ŋkɯ̟ːba̠ː]

バンクーバー バンクーバー#Japanese

晩香坡, バンクーバー: Vancouver (a seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada)

Vancouver (a large island in British Columbia, Canada)

Vancouver (a river in southern British Columbia, Canada)


Ontário

Ontário (nominative singular-only)
Ontária (genitive singular-only)
Ontáriu (dative singular-only)
Ontário (accusative singular-only)
Ontáriu (locative singular-only)
Ontáriom (instrumental singular-only)


Nova Escócia

From nova (feminine of novo (“new”)) + Escócia (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

af

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


エドモントン

Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


Queenstown

From queen's + town, after various monarchs and consorts of the British Empire. Doublet of Quainton and Queenston. Cf. Queensville, Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, Coniston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton. Cobh was one of many places in Ireland that changed their names in the 1920s following the Irish Revolution.

A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.


Enfield

From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).

A suburban community of Nova Scotia, Canada; named for the town in Connecticut.


Canning

* The civil parish in New Brunswick is likely named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).
* The village in Nova Scotia is named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).

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


Rolla

en-proper noun

Rolla (countable and uncountable, plural Rollas)

A community of British Columbia, Canada.


Eureka

A community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Fosheim Peninsula
Fosheim Peninsula#English

Ellesmere Island
Ellesmere Island#English

Qikiqtaaluk Region
Qikiqtaaluk Region#English

A small research base in Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.


モントリオール

From English Montreal, from French Montréal. Doublet of モンレアル (Monrearu).

ja:モントリオール (曖昧さ回避)

Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

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

Montreal (a river in Algoma and Sudbury districts, Ontario, Canada)

Montreal (a river in Timiskaming district, Ontario, Canada)

Montreal (a river in No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada)


ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ

→ English: Iqaluit

→ French: Iqaluit

Iqaluit (the capital city of Nunavut, Canada)


Burlington

-ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

From Burling + -ton.
The town in Newfoundland derives from a variant of the name Bridlington in Yorkshire and may have been informed by the name of Burlington, Ontario.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

A city in Ontario; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire (formerly "Burlington").


Croque

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador


Cupids

Derived from a corruption of the surname Cooper.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Kippens

Etymology unknown. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from an archaic dialectal term meaning "bundle of hides" or an English surname.

unk

unknown


Durrell

Nickname from a diminutive of Old French dur (“hard”).


Burgeo

/ˈbɜːɹ.d͡ʒoʊ/

A corruption of Portuguese Mill Virgines (“thousand virgins”), a toponym originally applied to the Burgeo Islands.

der

A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Keels

Etymology unknown. Proposed etymologies include a corruption of the surname Keough, a derivation from the surname Keel, or a derivation from keel, referring here to the shape of the rocks near the town's harbour.

unk

unknown


Gander

* As an English surname, from the noun gander.
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ganter, itself related to French ganter (“to glove”).
* As a north German surname, from Gandern in Brandenburg.
* Also as a north German surname, from Ganter (“male goose”).
* As a south German and Alemannic German surname, from Gand (“scree”).
The town in Newfoundland is named after Gander Bay or Gander Lake, the names of which derive from the noun gander.


Lawn

(Canada): From French L’Âne (“The Donkey/Ass”).
(United States): From lawn.


Placentia

The town in Newfoundland is likely named after the Basque town of Placencia.


Morden

A city within the Rural Municipality of Stanley, Manitoba, Canada.

A community in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Souris

The etymology of the name of the town on Prince Edward Island is uncertain. According to one theory, the toponym derives from a calque of French souris (“mouse”), referring to an infestation of mice near the site of the current town. According to an opposing theory, the toponym derives from a corruption of French Havre à l’Échouerie, derived in turn from havre (“harbour”) and échouerie (“bar”), referring to the mouth of the Souris River.

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


Morell

* As an English surname, from the personal name Morel, a diminutive of Middle English and Old French more (“dark”), from Latin Maurus. Compare Moore.
* As a French surname, Americanized from Morel. Also compare Morell.
* The placename is named after Jean Francois Morel, a French settler from Saint-Malo who arrived near the current settlement around 1720.

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


Winkler

en-proper noun

Winkler (countable and uncountable, plural Winklers)


Minto

Refers to the Minto Hills near the Scottish village. A pleonastic compound of Old Welsh minid (“mountain”), from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”), and Old English hōh (“hill spur, promontory”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-, *kemǝk- (“joint, legbone”). The latter element was added after the meaning of the former had become obscure. Recorded as Munethov in 1166 and Mynetowe in 1296.

der

Any of various places named after an Earl of Minto, including:


Dauphin

A placename:
A city in Manitoba, Canada.

The Rural Municipality of Dauphin, a rural municipality in western Manitoba, which surrounds the city.


Dauphin

→ English: Dauphin

From dauphin
* (Dauphin, MB, CA): Named after the French monarchal title, the heir to the French throne.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Dauphin (a commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

Dauphin (a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States)


Legal

Named in honour of Bishop Émile-Joseph Legal.


Huron

From French Huron; Uncertain; possibly from French hure (“boar’s head”) or from a Wyandot word containing the Iroquoian root ronon (“nation”), from Proto-North Iroquoian *ɹonõɁ.

A former township, now part of Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, since 1999.


Terrace

A city in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada.


Barrington

en-proper noun

Barrington (countable and uncountable, plural Barringtons)

* As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably named after Barentin in Seine-Maritime, from Medieval Latin Barentinum, Barentini, of pre-Latin origin, perhaps of Celtic/Gaulish origin and identical with Barenton, both names from a Gaulish word related to water.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), see Barnes, Barron.

Shelburne County
Shelburne County#English

A rural community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A hamlet in the township of Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada.


Fillmore

From Old English full (“filled, fertile”) + mere (“lake”).

A village in the Regional Municipality of Fillmore No. 96, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Jansen

Through immigration from Dutch Jansen. Doublet of Johnson.


Marston

From Old English mersc (“marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

A township municipality in Le Granit regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada, named after Long Marston, North Yorkshire.


Bronte

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).

der

A community of the town of Oakville, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.


Reston

en-proper noun

Reston (countable and uncountable, plural Restons)

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


Ingersoll

A town in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Cochrane

The surname has multiple origins:
# From the placename "Lowlands of Cochrane", in Paisley, Renfrewshire.
# An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Maceachrain.
# An anglicization of Irish Ó Corcráin (“descendant of Corcrán”).

der

A town in Rocky View County, Calgary metropolitan region, Alberta, Canada.

Rocky View County
Rocky View County#English

A town in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English


Taché

A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada


Stephenville

The name of the town in Labrador is derived from Stephen + -ville. The community was named by Catholic missionary Thomas Sears after Stephen LeBlanc, the first child to be baptised in the community.

A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Midway

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


Barrie

en-proper noun

Barrie (countable and uncountable, plural Barries)

An independent city in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada


Brantville

A rural community of New Brunswick, Canada


Tignish

Derived from the Mi'kmaq toponym Tedeneche, originally referring to the Tignish River.

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


Deseronto

Named for Captain John Deseronto, a native Mohawk leader who was a captain in the British Military Forces during the American Revolutionary War.


Brant

English, German, Jewish and Dutch surname, variant of Brand.
The municipality in Ontario is named after Mohawk political leader Joseph Brant (1743 - 1807).


Ryley

A village in Alberta, Canada, which is the headquarters of Beaver County.


Clarington

In Ontario, a blend of Clarke + Darlington, introduced in 1994 as a portmanteau of the names of two former townships.

A municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada


South River

/ˈsʌʊθ ˈɹɪv.ɚ/

The town in Newfoundland is named after a nearby river.

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

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A village in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Camrose

A city in Camrose County, Alberta, Canada.


Timmins

A city in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Oshawa

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


Longview

A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.


Abee

Abee (countable and uncountable, plural Abees)


Ensign

A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.


Leduc

A city in Leduc County, Alberta, Canada.


Hays

Spelling variant of Hayes, which has multiple origins.


Belleville

Belleville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevilles)

From Belle + -ville.
* (French commune): From French Belleville, derived from belle vue (“beautiful view”).
* (neighbourhood of Paris): From French Belleville, literally “beautiful town”.
* (city in Ontario): Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.

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


Erickson

en-prop

Erickson (countable and uncountable, plural Ericksons)

An unincorporated community in British Columbia, Canada.

A community and former town in the Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson, Manitoba, Canada; named for postmaster E. Albert Erickson.


Banff

From Scottish Gaelic, possibly banbh (“piglet”) or bean (“woman”) + naomh (“holy”).


Hubbards

A rural community of Nova Scotia, Canada


Deloraine

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A community, formerly a town, in Deloraine-Winchester municipality, Manitoba, Canada, named after a remote place in the Scottish Borders.


Midland

From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Mattawa

My own grandfather, Eugene Bourgeault, a young man in grade eight, was threatened with a beating by Mattawa’s village priest for refusing to learn the Lord’s Prayer in English. The episode spelled the end of his education.

2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail:

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

A town in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


Riverton

An urban unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.

A rural unincorporated community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Flin Flon

From Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin, the lead character in the novel The Sunless City by J. E. Preston Muddock.

A city in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, mostly in Manitoba.


Warman

A city in the Rural Municipality of Corman Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Joliette

The municipality is named after the city of Joliette.

A regional county municipality of Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada.


Knutsford

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

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

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

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


Duff

en-proper noun

Duff (countable and uncountable, plural Duffs)

From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from dubh (“dark”).

A placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Kamloops

Borrowed from Shuswap tk'əmlúps (“meeting of the rivers”). A derivation from French Camp des Loups (“Camp of Wolves”) is probably a folk etymology.

der

A city in British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River.

Ellipsis of Kamloops Lake.; A lake in British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River.


Kamloops

Borrowed from English Kamloops. From French Camp des loups (“camp (“camp”)+loup (“wolf”)”). From Shuswap tk'əmlúps (“meeting of the rivers”).

Kamloops (a city in British Columbia, Canada)

Ellipsis of lac Kamloops.: Kamloops Lake (a lake in British Columbia, Canada)


Roxbury

From Old English hrōc (“rook”), in the genitive singular case hrōces + byriġ, from burg (“fortified place”).

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


Kuroki

Borrowed from Japanese 黒木(くろき) (Kuroki).
The hamlet is named for general Kuroki Tamemoto, and was founded during the Russo-Japanese war.


Miramichi

Etymology uncertain. The toponym may derive from Mi'kmaq Miꞌgmaꞌgi (“land of the Micmacs”).

cog

A city in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Edmundston

Derived from Edmund (a personal name) + -s- + -ton. The city in New Brunswick is named after politician and diplomat Edmund Walker Head (1805 - 1868).

Madawaska County
Madawaska County#English

A city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Edmundston

Borrowed from English Edmundston. The city is named after politician and diplomat Edmund Walker Head (1805 - 1868).


Avondale

The town in Newfoundland is named after Avondale in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

One of two communities in Nova Scotia, Canada.


Matagami

From the Cree word for "the confluence of waters".


Nemaska

From Cree ᓀᒥᔅᑳ (nemiskaa, “where the fish abound”).


Salluit

From Inuktitut ᓴᓪᓗᐃᑦ (salloit, “the thin ones”).


Waskaganish

From Cree ᐙᔅᑳᐦᐄᑲᓂᔥ (waaskaahiikanish, “little house”).


Stanstead

From Old English stan (“stone”) + stede (“place”), meaning "stony place".


Potton

en-proper noun

Potton (countable and uncountable, plural Pottons)

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

A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Lévis

A city and regional county municipality of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada.


Rimouski

A town in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada.


Chibougamau

From the Cree word for "gathering place".

A town and lake in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada


Chibougamau

Chibougamau (a town and lake in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada)


Schefferville

The longest haul is in Canada, from the vast deposits of ore at Schefferville, in Quebec, to Seven Islands—a distance of 357 miles; [...].

1963 June, B. Perren, “Colvilles iron ore traffic in the Glasgow area”, in Modern Railways, page 409:


Chisasibi

From Cree ᒋᓴᓯᐱ (cisasipi, “great river”).

an Indian reserve and village municipality in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada


Chisasibi

Chisasibi (an Indian reserve and village municipality in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada)


Saguenay

From Innu shakaikanipeiau, (river which widens to form a lake).

A city, river, and region of Quebec, Canada


Saguenay

A city and regional county municipality of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada.


Lloydminster

A city on the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada.


Sherbrooke

French: Sherbrooke

From the English surname Shirebrook, from the Manor of Shirebrook
* (surname): Corruption of the surname Shirebrook.
* (Nova Scotian municipality): From the surname of the governor general.
* (Prince Edward Island municipality):
* (Quebec municipality): From the surname of the governor general.

A rural community of Nova Scotia, Canada

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


Sherbrooke

Borrowed from English Sherbrooke, the surname of the British governor general.

A city and regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada.


Dorval

Dorval (countable and uncountable, plural Dorvals)

YUL (Montreal-Trudeau airport) Ellipsis of Dorval Airport.: An airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Dorval

English: Dorval

Island of Montreal
Island of Montreal#English

Dorval: A city in Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

YUL (Trudeau airport): An airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Gatineau

A city in Quebec, Canada, on the Quebec-Ontario border


Gatineau

English: Gatineau

Korean: 가티노 (Gatino)

A city and regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

rivière Gatineau
rivière Gatineau#French

Ellipsis of rivière Gatineau. A river in Quebec, Canada; tributary of the Ottawa River


Waswanipi

From Cree ᐙᔂᓂᐲ (waaswaanipii, “light over the water”), a traditional night-time fishing method.


Drummondville

From Drummond + -ville, after Sir Gordon Drummond, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada between 1813 and 1816.


New Denmark

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


Annan

A community of Meaford municipality, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Deline

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

A charter community in the Northwest Territories, Canada.


Fort Liard

A hamlet in the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories, Canada.


Tulita

A hamlet in the Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories, Canada.


Kimmirut

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ (kimmirot, literally “heel”).


Marsh Lake

Any of various lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada.


Γέλοουναϊφ

head

Γέλοουναϊφ • (Géloounaïf) n (indeclinable)


Alert

A community of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada; the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.


Lansdowne

en-proper noun

Lansdowne (countable and uncountable, plural Lansdownes)


Ross River

* (Queensland): Named in 1864 after William Alfred Ross (–1887), first publican of the settlement who later became a mayor of Townsville in 1868.
* (Yukon): Named in 1843 by Robert Campbell after Donald Ross, a chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

A tributary of the Eastmain River in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.

A tributary of the Pelly River, Yukon, Canada.


Ross River

An unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, located where the river of the same name meets the Pelly River.


Arviat

From Inuktitut ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ (arfiat) / Arviat, from ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ / arviat (“place of the bowhead whale”), from ᐊᕐᕕᒃ / arvik (“bowhead whale”).

A hamlet in Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada, on the west coast of Hudson Bay; the third largest community in Nunavut, the largest community near the geographic centre of Canada


Arviat

Arviat: A hamlet in Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada


Warfield

Warfield (countable and uncountable, plural Warfields)

From Old English wer (“weir”) + feld (“field”).


Kentville

Compound of Kent + -ville. The town is named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767 - 1820), who visited the area in 1794.


Pictou

→ Scottish Gaelic: Baile Phiogto

The name of the town is derived from Mi'kmaq piktook (“explosion, fire”). The toponym refers to highly explosive methane from coal seams located under the town's harbour.


Fruitvale

Kootenay Boundary
Kootenay Boundary#English

A village in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia, Canada


Whalley

Whalley (countable and uncountable, plural Whalleys)

The city centre of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, named after Arthur Whalley.


Ashcroft

Ashcroft (countable and uncountable, plural Ashcrofts)

Habitational surname from two minor places in England, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

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


Hazelton

Haslingden, Lancashire
Hazleton, Gloucestershire
Hesleden, County Durham

From multiple placenames in England: Hesleden, County Durham, Haselden, Sussex, Haslingden, Lancashire, Hazeldon, Wiltshire, and Hazleton, Gloucestershire. From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + denu (“valley”).


Lunenburg

French: Lunenburg

From German Lüneburg. Because the Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg became King of Great Britain in 1707, many places in former British colonies also carry this name.


Lunenburg

Borrowed from English Lunenburg, from German Lüneburg.

Lunenburg; A port town in Lunenburg county, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County#English

Comté de Lunenburg
Comté de Lunenburg#French

Lunenburg County; Ellipsis of Comté de Lunenburg.; A county of Nova Scotia, Canada


Oromocto

The town is derived from the river, which is thought to have originated in Malecite-Passamaquoddy welamukotuk (“deep water”).

bor

A town in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada, located at the mouth of the river of the same name.

A lake in New Brunswick, Canada, from which the North Oromocto River (a tributary of the Oromocto River) flows.


Grand Falls

/ˈɡɹænd ˈfɔːlz/

* (town in New Brunswick): Calque of French Grand-Sault, derived from grand (“big, great”) and sault (“waterfall”). The town is named after a large set of waterfalls in the Saint John River.
* (Churchill Falls): grand+waterfall (“falls”). From being a waterfall located on the Grand River. Coined by Hudson's Bay Company explorer John McLean 1820s. From the river's name in Innu, Mishta-shipu. From Montagnais mishta (“grand, great”).

coin

A town in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Former name of Churchill Falls.; Former name of McLean Falls.; A waterfall in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the former Grand River, now Churchill River


Stewiacke

Derived from a corruption of the Mi'kmaq toponym Esiktaweak, translated as "whimpering and whining as it goes" (referring to the Stewiacke River).


Aquaforte

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Ferryland

The name of the town derives from a reinterpretation of Portuguese farelho (“sharp rocks, reef”).


Englee

/ˌɛn.ɡəˈliː/

Derived from a corruption of French anglais (“English”), referring here to a settlement created by English settlers in an area officially controlled by the French as a result of the Treaty of Utrecht.


Rushoon

Unknown; possibly from French ruisseau (“brook”).


Ramea

The name of the town probably derives from the French toponym La Ramée, a locality near Saint Peter Port in Guernsey.


Forteau

Derived from French Forteau, derived in turn from a compound of fort (“strong”) and eau (“water”). The toponym refers to the powerful, unpredictable tides found near the village.

A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Hampden

en-proper noun

Hampden (countable and uncountable, plural Hampdens)

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + denu (“valley”).

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

A township municipality of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Norwood

From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.

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

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A village in Asphodel-Norwood township, Peterborough County, Ontario.


Trout River

/ˈtɹʌʊt ˈɹɪv.ɚ/

The town in Newfoundland is named after a nearby river.

A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


Craven

A village in the Rural Municipality of Longlaketon No. 219, Saskatchewan, Canada.


New Edinburgh

Named for Edinburgh, both then and now the capital city of Scotland.

A community founded in 1783, currently located in Clare district municipality, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A settlement in Ontario, Canada, established in 1829, incorporated as a village of that name in 1867, and annexed by the City of Ottawa in 1887, of which it now forms a neighbourhood in its Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward. (The affluent neighbourhood is notable as the location of the official residences of both the Governor General and the Prime Minister of Canada.)


Evansville

Burpee and Mills
Burpee and Mills#English

Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District#English

A community of Burpee and Mills, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada.

A community of West Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


Hemmingford

A village and township in Quebec, Canada


Lively

An urban area of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.


Clermont

From French Clermont, from Latin clarus (“clear, famed”) + mons (“mount, mountain”).

A town in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec; named for Clermont-Ferrand in honor of Blaise Pascal.

A town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec.


Clermont

The municipality is named after a French soldier, the sieur de Clermont (d. 1690).

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


Eatonia

A town in the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Springbrook

A community in the township of Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario, Canada.

A community in the township of Lot 21, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Wakaw

A town and lake in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Pembina

A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A river in Manitoba, Canada, and North Dakota, USA.


Danvers

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French d'Anvers (“from Antwerp”).

A community of Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Twin Falls

Yoho National Park
Yoho National Park#English

A waterfall in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

A waterfall in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Springton

A community of Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Aetna

From the Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Etna.

A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:

A hamlet in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.


otôskwanihk

Possibly a calque from Calque of Blackfoot [Term?] or Calque of Tsuut'ina [Term?], composed of o- (“his/her”) + tôskwan (“elbow, the bend in the Bow River after which the river is named”) + -ihk (“at”), or "at the elbow" / "at the river-bend" / "on the Bow".

affix

Calgary (the largest city in Alberta, Canada)


amiskowâciy-wâskahikanihk

head

ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒋᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ

ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒋᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Syllabics)

From amiskwâciy (“Beaver Hills”) + wâskahikanihk (“at the house [fur trade post]”) or "at the Beaver Hills House", in turn from amisk (“beaver”) + wâciy (“hill”) and wâskahikan (“house”) + -ihk (“at”). The Cree term wâskahikanihk (“at the house”) was also used in other regions as the names for Grouard, Alberta and Cumberland House, Saskatchewan. Compare Ojibwe waakaa'igan (“house, building”).

compound

Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


Wetaskiwin

From Cree ᐑᑕᐢᑮᐏᐣ ᐃᐢᐸᑎᓇᐤ (wiitaskiiwin ispatinaw, “hills where peace was made”).

uder

ᐑᑕᐢᑮᐏᐣ ᐃᐢᐸᑎᓇᐤ

A city in Alberta, Canada, located within the municipal district.

The County of Wetaskiwin No. 10, a municipal district in central Alberta.


Empress

Named in 1913 for Queen Victoria, who was Empress of India.


Galahad

From Old French Galahad, of obscure origin and meaning. Suggestions include Old Welsh, or biblical Gilead.

Flagstaff County
Flagstaff County#English

A hamlet in Flagstaff County, in east-central Alberta.


Hussar

From hussar, in honour of a group of German soldiers who had established a large farm near the village.


Harmony

Rocky View County
Rocky View County#English

A community of Rocky View County, Alberta.

Colchester County
Colchester County#English

A community of Colchester County, Nova Scotia.

A hamlet in Perth South, Perth County, Ontario.

United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry#English

A community of North Dundas, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario.


Mearns

en-proper noun

Mearns (countable and uncountable, plural Mearnses)

Scottish habitational surname for someone coming from The Mearns, an alternative name for Kincardineshire, which is named as An Mhaoirne in Scottish Gaelic, from maor (“bailiff, steward, beadle”).

A hamlet in Sturgeon County, Alberta, Canada.


토론토

[~시(市)] Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada, and largest city in Canada)


오타와

[~시(市)] Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)


Tavistock

From its location on the River Tavy + Old English stoc; recorded as Tauistoce in 981 and Tavestoc in 1086 (DB).

East Zorra-Tavistock
East Zorra-Tavistock#English

A community, formerly a village, in East Zorra-Tavistock township, Ontario, Canada.


Montrose

From Scottish Gaelic moine (“moor”) + rois (“peninsula”).

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A residential neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A community of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Stikine

A river in northwestern British Columbia and southeast Alaska.


Inside Passage

Insular Mountains
Insular Mountains#English

The straits between the islands of the Insular Mountains and the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada.


North Woods

The Laurentian Mixed Forest Province, a forested ecoregion in the United States and Canada.


Caplan

A municipality in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Quebec, Canada.


Ilha Prince Edward

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

Prince Edward Island (an island and province of Canada, in the Atlantic Ocean)


Guilford

Guilford (countable and uncountable, plural Guilfords)

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

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


Vankuvero

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


Quê-béc

[kwe˧˧ ʔɓɛk̚˧˦]

[kwej˧˧ ʔɓɛk̚˦˧˥]

[wej˧˧ ʔɓɛk̚˦˥]

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


Wedgewood

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

A neighbourhood in Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Craik

A town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Rural Municipality of Craik No. 222, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan which includes the town.


Frontier

The Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19, a rural municipality on the US border in south-west Saskatchewan, which includes the village.


Eston

Eston (countable and uncountable, plural Estons)

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

(uncountable) A placename:
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Beauval

→ English: Beauval


Landis

Landis (countable and uncountable, plural Landises)


Rouleau

Rouleau (countable and uncountable, plural Rouleaus)

A placename
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Ellipsis of Ile Rouleau.; An island in Mistassini, Baie-James, Jamesie, Nord-du-Quebec, Quebec, Canada


Rouleau

English: Rouleau

Rouleau (a town in Saskatchewan, Canada)

Ellipsis of Île Rouleau.; An island in Mistassini, Baie-James, Jamésie, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada


Neudorf

From German Neudorf, from neu- (new) + Dorf (village).


Neudorf

de-proper noun

Neudorf n (proper noun, genitive Neudorfs or (optionally with an article) Neudorf)

Neudorfs (genitive)
Neudorf (genitive with-article)
Neudorf (definite nominative singular)
Neudorfs (definite genitive singular)
Neudorf (definite genitive singular with-article)
Neudorf (dative definite singular)
Neudorf (accusative definite singular)

By surface analysis, neu (“new”) + Dorf (“village”).


Belcarra

From Irish baile na cora, meaning "town of the confluence".


Whistler

en-proper noun

Whistler (countable and uncountable, plural Whistlers)

Continuing the Middle English Wistler, Wyzelere, an occupational surname from the Old English hwistlere (“piper”).

A resort town in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

Whistler Mountain
Whistler Mountain#English

Ellipsis of Whistler Mountain. A mountain in British Columbia, Canada


São Lourenço

From são (“saint”) + Lourenço (“Laurence”).

Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River#English

Saint Lawrence River (a river in Canada)


Saint John

(nickname)

A port city in Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada; named for St. John the Baptist.

Saint John County
Saint John County#English

A river in the United States and Canada; flowing from northern Maine into the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick.


Altamont

A neighbourhood of West Vancouver district, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.


Maple

An urban community of Vaughan, York Region, Ontario, Canada.


Fort Smith

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

The former name of North West River, a small town in central Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

South Slave Region
South Slave Region#English

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

A town in the South Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada.


Dowling

Dowling (countable and uncountable, plural Dowlings)

A community of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.


Brampton

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + -tun (“enclosure”).


Territórios do Noroeste

Calque of English Northwest Territories.

Northwest Territories (a territory in northern Canada)


Rockingham

Rockingham (countable and uncountable, plural Rockinghams)

From the Old English personal name Hroca + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

A placename:
A community of Nova Scotia, Canada.


Ungava

A peninsula and district in northern Quebec, Canada.


Terra Nova e Labrador

[ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.vɐ i lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.vɐ i lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.βɐ i lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.vɐ i lɐ.βɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

Newfoundland and Labrador (a province in eastern Canada)


Bala

In Wales, from Welsh Bala, from bala (“effluent from a lake”).

A rural community of Muskoka Lakes municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Bala, Wales.


Clute

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English

A rural unincorporated community in the town of Cochrane, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Petawawa

/ˌpʰɛ.ɾəˈwɑːwɑː/


Kinuso

Big Lakes County
Big Lakes County#English

A former village and hamlet in Big Lakes County, in northern Alberta, Canada.


Taber

The Municipal District of Taber, a municipal district in Alberta that includes the town.


Ratho

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


Wendover

Alfred and Plantagenet
Alfred and Plantagenet#English

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


Athabasca

Translingual: athabascae

From Woods Cree [Term?]/Cree Athap-askaw. Compare to Plains Cree ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑯᐢᑳᐤ (“there are many reeds”) or Cree ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑳᐤ (aaniskowaskaaw, “it is full of reeds”), from ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑿ (aaniskowaskwa, “reeds, bullrushes”). Doublet of Arthabaska, Quebec, from Abenaki awabaska (“place of bushes and reeds”).
The Cree name originally applied to the lake, and the river delta (the world's largest inland freshwater delta) and was borrowed into French and English by fur traders. The river was named by extension, and the town's name is clipping of "Athabasca Landing". The Cree name for the town is ᑲᐹᐏᓂᕁ (kapaawinihk, “portage, landing, disembarkation”).

cog

A river in Alberta, Canada, which flows into Lake Athabasca

A town in Alberta, Canada, on the Athabasca River. Formerly "Athabasca Landing"


Renfrew

en-proper noun

Renfrew (countable and uncountable, plural Renfrews)

From Scottish Gaelic Rinn Friù. from Old British rhyn frwd meaning "point at the current".

A town in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.

A ghost town in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


Madden

Madden (countable and uncountable, plural Maddens)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Madadháin (“descendant of Madadhán”), a diminutive of madadh (“dog”).

der

A hamlet in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.

Rocky View County
Rocky View County#English


Meadows

en-proper noun

Meadows (countable and uncountable, plural Meadowses)

Variant of Meadow, with the patronymic suffix -s.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Haynes

A hamlet in Lacombe County, central Alberta, Canada, named after Haynes Creek.


Branch

Surname derived from the noun branch. In addition to being a native English surname, the noun has also been calqued from the word for "branch" in other languages, such as German Zweig, Swedish gren, etc.
The name of the town in Newfoundland is likely derived from French Branch (“a surname”) or Branche.


Sanford

From the placename Sandford, ultimately from Old English Sandford (literally “sand ford”).

inh

An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada.


Bowman

A municipality in Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais region, Quebec, Canada.


Bowman

The name of the municipality is derived from the English surname Bowman. The municipality is named after early inhabitant and landowner Baxter Bowman.

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Hinton

en-proper noun

Hinton (countable and uncountable, plural Hintons)

From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Chertsey

From Old English Old English Ċeortes īeġ, from the personal name Cerot + 's + īeġ (“island”).


Amisk

From the Cree ᐊᒥᐢᐠ (amisk) (Plains Cree amisk (“beaver”)).


Minburn

County of Minburn
County of Minburn#English

A hamlet in the County of Minburn, Alberta, Canada.


Dewberry

Dewberry (countable and uncountable, plural Dewberrys)


Morrin

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the personal name Morin, diminutive of More, from Old French Maur, from Latin Maurus; see Moore.
* Also as an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Morwin, from Old English Mōrwine, first element uncertain, second element from wine (“friend”).
* As a Scottish surname (Dumfriesshire), variant of McMorran, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Moghráin, Mughróin (“son of Mughrón, Mughròn”), personal name from mogh (“slave”) + ròn (“slave”).
* As a French surname, variant of Morin.


Acme

Acme
Acme Corporation
Looney Tunes
Warner Bros.
trademark
yellow pages

From acme (“highest, best”). As a threading, from the original 1894 manufacturer, the Acme Screw Machine Company of Hartford, Connecticut. In its use as a generic company for comedic effect or to avoid trademark issues, most popularized by the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes cartoons but already very commonly used by 20th century American companies as a way to lead the professional listings in yellow page phone books.

A village in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.


Donnelly

From the Irish surname, from Ó Donnghaile (“descendant of Donnghal”), from donn (“brown-haired”) + gal (“valor”).


Nipawin

From Cree ᓂᐸᐃᐧᐣ (nipaiyn)/nipawin (“sleep; resting-place”).


Wawota

From Dakota "wa ota" meaning "lots of snow".

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


Quinton

Quinton (countable and uncountable, plural Quintons)

Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning "queen's town".

A village in the Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Ponoka

A town, the headquarters of Ponoka County, Alberta, Canada.


Alderson

en-proper-noun

Alderson (countable and uncountable, plural Aldersons)

From Alder + -son, from being the son of a person named Alder.

A ghost town and locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Forgan

Monet Rural Municipality No. 257#English

An unincorporated hamlet and ghost town in Monet Rural Municipality No. 257, Saskatchewan, Canada.


North York

A suburban district within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, formerly a municipality.


Território de Yukon

Yukon Territory (a territory in northern Canada)


Harcourt

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


Egmont

The parish is named after John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont (1711 - 1770). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

coin

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


Varney

A community of Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Laird

A township and village in Algoma District, northern Ontario.

A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Laird No. 404, in central Saskatchewan.

A village within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan, named after David Laird.


Egerton

en-proper noun

Egerton (countable and uncountable, plural Egertons)

From the Old English personal name Ecgheard or Ecghere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A placename:
A community of Nova Scotia, Canada.


Kingsley

"The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (“king”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

The name of various geographical places:

A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Kingsley No. 124) in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.


Markham

A city in southern Ontario, a suburb of Toronto.


Clavering

A community in Georgian Bluffs township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Worthington

Worthington (countable and uncountable, plural Worthingtons)

From the Old English personal name Wurþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A former community in Walden, Ontario, Canada.


Grenville

The civil parish is named after British prime minister George Grenville (1712 - 1770). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

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


Bolingbroke

/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/

/ˈbɒlɪŋbɹəʊk/

/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/

A community of Tay Valley township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Braddock

An unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada.


McLean

McLean (countable and uncountable, plural McLeans)

MacLean

surname meaning "son of the servant of John"

A placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Cartier

The rural municipality is named after Canadian politician George-Étienne Cartier (1814 - 1873).

A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community of the Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.


Gifford

Gifford (countable and uncountable, plural Giffords)

Two main origins:
* Habitational surname for someone from Broughton Gifford, from the Old English personal name *Gydda + -ing (“belonging to”) + ford (“ford”).
* From Old French giffard (“chubby-cheeked, bloated”), perhaps a nickname for a big eater.

der

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A neighbourhood in the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.


Knoydart

A community of Nova Scotia, Canada named after the peninsula.


Martock

A community in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Linton

en-proper noun

Linton (countable and uncountable, plural Lintons)

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet in King township, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.

A hamlet in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec.


Cornwallis

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


Ripley

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, Hrype, genitive case Hrypa + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A town in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Stranraer

From Scottish Gaelic Sròn Reamhar (literally “fat promontory”).

bor

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Thurso

The city was named by Scottish settlers after the city of Thurso in Scotland.

A city in Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


빅토리아

[~시(市)] Victoria (the capital city of British Columbia, Canada)


Norland

en-proper noun

Norland (countable and uncountable, plural Norlands)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + land (“land”).

A community of the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Milner

* As an English surname, variant of Miller, retaining the -n- of Middle English mylnere (“miller”).
* As a German surname, variant of Müller, Mueller.

A village in the township of Langley, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada.


Welbeck

Welbeck (countable and uncountable, plural Welbecks)

A community of West Grey township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Southgate

A township in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Tamworth

Tamworth
Tamworth pig
Tamworth, Staffordshire

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

A community of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Pugwash

The toponym is derived from Mi'kmaq pagweak (“shallow water, shoal”).


Duffield

en-proper noun

Duffield (countable and uncountable, plural Duffields)

A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.


Narrows

Leeds and the Thousand Islands
Leeds and the Thousand Islands#English

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

An unincorporated community in the Leeds and the Thousand Islands, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.


Isla Príncipe Eduardo

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

Prince Edward Island (a province in eastern Canada)


Blucher

Named after Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), Prussian general.

The Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343, a rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada.

A community within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan.


Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

From French. The Louis mentioned in the name may be Louis Marquis (one of the first colonists of the region), Louis-Antoine Proulx (vicar of Rivière-du-Loup), or Louis-Nicolas Bernier (an abbot). Ha! Ha! (see ha-ha (“obstacle which suddenly interrupts a path”)) is said by the Commission de toponymie to refer to nearby Lake Témiscouata.

A small parish municipality in Témiscouata regional county municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada, founded in the 1800s.

another village with an exclamation mark in its name


Ansell

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A farming community of Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Cranberry

A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.


Arbuthnot

Arbuthnot (countable and uncountable, plural Arbuthnots)

/ˈɑːɹ.bʌθ.nɒt/

An unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Baring

Baring (countable and uncountable, plural Barings)


Dutton

Dutton (countable and uncountable, plural Duttons)

The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A community of Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Cupar

From Pictish *ᚉᚒᚚᚓᚏ (cuper, “confluence”), compare Welsh cymer.

The Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan that surrounds the town.


Mountain

Mountain (countable and uncountable, plural Mountains)

The Rural Municipality of Mountain, a rural municipality in western Manitoba, Canada.


Upham

Upham (countable and uncountable, plural Uphams)

From Old English upp (“upper”) + hām (“homestead”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after Loyalist military officer and politician Joshua Upham (1741 - 1808).

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


Palliser

A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.

A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


Frontenac

A municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada, named after Louis de Buade de Frontenac.


Hamlin

Hamlin (countable and uncountable, plural Hamlins)

From the Anglo-Norman personal name Hamlin, a double diminutive of Old French Haimon.

Smoky Lake County
Smoky Lake County#English

A community in Smoky Lake County, Alberta, Canada.


Villiers

Otonabee-South Monaghan
Otonabee-South Monaghan#English

Peterborough County
Peterborough County#English

A community of Otonabee-South Monaghan, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.


Bathurst

→ French: Bathurst

Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).

(historical), St. Peters (historical)

A city, the shire town of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English

A former township in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, since amalgamated into the township of Tay Valley.


Bathurst

Borrowed from English Bathurst. The city is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).

Bathurst (a city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada).


Fremont

Fremont (countable and uncountable, plural Fremonts)

Ellipsis of Lake Fremont.; A lake in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada

Township of Fremont
Township of Fremont#English

Ellipsis of Township of Fremont.; A township in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada


Lydgate

Shelburne County
Shelburne County#English

A community in the Municipality of the District of Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Fleetwood

From Old English flēot (“pool, stream”) + wood.

A town centre in the city of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.


Macleod

Macleod (countable and uncountable, plural Macleods)

Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries.
* (town in Alberta): see entry for Fort Macleod.

A town in Alberta, Canada; modern Fort Macleod.


Mather

Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries.

A community in Cartwright – Roblin Municipality, Manitoba, Canada.


Freeland

Any of a number of places in English-speaking countries:

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


Montcalm

A rural municipality in southern Manitoba, Canada.

A municipality of Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.

A regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region, Quebec, Canada.


Montcalm

The municipality in Laurentides is named after French general Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712 - 1759).

A regional county municipality of Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada.

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


Walden

From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).

A neighbourhood in south Calgary, Alberta.

Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County#English

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

A community of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

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

Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:

A community of Northampton parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick.

A rural community of Kings County, Nova Scotia.

A community of Alnwick/Haldimand township, Northumberland County, Ontario.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English


Ричмонд

ru-proper noun+

Ри́чмонд • (Ríčmond) m inan (genitive Ри́чмонда)

Ри́чмонд (canonical)
Ríčmond (romanization)
Ри́чмонда (genitive)
Ри́чмонд (nominative singular)
Ри́чмонда (genitive singular)
Ри́чмонду (dative singular)
Ри́чмонд (accusative singular)
Ри́чмондом (instrumental singular)
Ри́чмонде (prepositional singular)

census-designated places
census-designated place

Richmond (several cities, towns, unincorporated communities and census-designated places in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries)


Rainier

en-proper noun

Rainier (countable and uncountable, plural Rainiers)

Borrowed from French Rainier. The cherry was named after Mount Rainier.

County of Newell
County of Newell#English

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


Roussillon

English: Roussillon

desc

→ Chinese: → 魯西永／鲁西永 (Lǔxīyǒng) (transliteration)

From Latin Ruscinōnem. Compare Catalan Rosselló.
The municipality of Québec is named after the Régiment Royal-Roussillon infantry regiment. The regiment was stationed in the territory in the winter of 1758 - 1759.

A regional county municipality of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.


Sandringham

The town in Newfoundland is named after Sandringham House to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Litchfield

en-proper noun

Litchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Litchfields)

From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).

Annapolis County
Annapolis County#English

A community of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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


Litchfield

The municipality is named after one of two English locales: either the city of Lichfield in Staffordshire or the village of Litchfield in Hampshire.

A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Mirabel

A city and regional county municipality of Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


טאָראָנטאָ

head

טאָראָנטאָ • (toronto) ?

yi-proper noun

טאָראָנטאָ • (toronto) ?

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


Отава

mk-proper noun

Ота́ва • (Otáva) f (relational adjective отавјански)

Ота́ва (canonical)
Otáva (romanization)
отавјански (adjective relational)


Онтарио

bg-proper noun

Онта́рио • (Ontário)

Онта́рио (canonical)
Ontário (romanization)


Онтарио

mk-proper noun

Онта́рио • (Ontário) n


Онтарио

head

Онта́рио • (Ontário)

mn-proper noun

Онта́рио • (Ontário)


Онтарио

ru-proper noun

Онта́рио • (Ontário) m inan (indeclinable)

ru:Онтарио (озеро)

Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes located between the United States and Canada


Онтарио

ru:Онтарио
ru:Онтарио (озеро)

Онта́рио • (Ontário) f inan (indeclinable)


Онтарио

Онта̑рио (canonical neuter)
Ontȃrio (romanization)


Mountain View

Mountain View, Arkansas
Mountain View, California

A place in Canada:
A hamlet in Cardston County, Alberta.

Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County#English

A community of Prince Edward County, Ontario.

The Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318, a rural municipality in western Saskatchewan.


Charlevoix

The region is named after Jesuit historian Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682–1761).
The municipality is named after the region.

A regional county municipality of Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada.


Montérégie

administrative region
administrative region

An administrative region in southwestern Quebec.


Montérégie

An administrative region in southwestern Quebec


Outaouais

Borrowed from French Outaouais, from the same origin as English Ottawa.

A region in western Quebec, Canada, bordering the Ottawa river.


Outaouais

Derived from the hydronym Outaouais (“Ottawa River”).

Outaouais (a region in western Quebec, Canada, bordering the Ottawa river)


Picton

en-proper noun

Picton (countable and uncountable, plural Pictons)

From either the Old English personal name Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.


New Glasgow

→ Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu Ùr (calque)

Named after the city of Glasgow, Scotland.

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


Centralia

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


Kirkhill

Equivalent to kirk with hill. Compare Churchhill.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A community in North Glengarry township, Ontario, Canada.


Evergreen

A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A neighbourhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


MacGregor

MacGregor (countable and uncountable, plural MacGregors)

From Scottish Gaelic MacGriogair (“son of gregory”).


Berwyn

A village in the Municipal District of Peace, No. 135, in northwestern Alberta, Canada.


Langford

en-proper noun

Langford (countable and uncountable, plural Langfords)

Two main origins:
* From Old English lang (“long”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Nottinghamshire derives from the Old English personal name Landa + ford.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


Deadwood

County of Northern Lights
County of Northern Lights#English

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

A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.


Oakville

A town in southern Ontario, suburb of Toronto.


Gwynne

en-prop

Gwynne (countable and uncountable, plural Gwynnes)

A hamlet in the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10, central Alberta, Canada.


Oban

From Scottish Gaelic Òban, from òban (“little bay”), diminutive of òb (“bay”).

A locality in the Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Golden West

The Rural Municipality of Golden West No. 95, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.


विक्टोरिया

hi-proper noun

विक्टोरिया • (vikṭoriyā) ? (Urdu spelling وکٹوریہ)

hi:विक्टोरिया (ऑस्ट्रेलिया)
hi:विक्टोरिया झील
hi:विक्टोरिया, सेशाइल्स

Victoria (a city, the provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada)


Blenheim

Battle of Blenheim
Höchstädt an der Donau

The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.

An unincorporated community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.

A former township merged into Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario.


Squamish

A district municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.


Fortune

/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃən/

The name of the town in Newfoundland is derived from Portuguese fortuna (“luck, fortune”). The name may refer to a fortuitous event that occurred in the nearby bay.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


מאָנטרעאָל

head

מאָנטרעאָל • (montreol) ?

yi-proper noun

מאָנטרעאָל • (montreol) ?

Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

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


ブリティッシュコロンビア

ja-pos

ブリティッシュ コロンビア

[bɯ̟ɾʲitʲiɕːɨ̥ ko̞ɾõ̞mbʲia̠]

ja:ブリティッシュコロンビア州


ケベック・シティー

Quebec City (a city, the provincial capital of Quebec, Canada)

ja:ケベック・シティー


Tunstall

en-proper noun

Tunstall (countable and uncountable, plural Tunstalls)

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

der

A locality in the Rural Municipality of Enterprise, No. 142, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Loyalist

Named after the United Empire Loyalists.

A township municipality in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Hawkshaw

A community of York County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Elie

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


Sackville

en-proper noun

Sackville (countable and uncountable, plural Sackvilles)

George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
Sauqueville

From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Sauqueville, in Normandy.
The town in New Brunswick is named after British politician George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716 - 1785).
The civil parish is named after the town.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

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

A town in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.


Калгари

ru-proper noun

Ка́лгари • (Kálgari) m inan (indeclinable)

Ка́лгари (canonical)
Kálgari (romanization)


Эдмонтон

ru-proper noun+

Э́дмонтон • (Édmonton) m inan (genitive Э́дмонтона)

Э́дмонтон (canonical)
Édmonton (romanization)
Э́дмонтона (genitive)
Э́дмонтон (nominative singular)
Э́дмонтона (genitive singular)
Э́дмонтону (dative singular)
Э́дмонтон (accusative singular)
Э́дмонтоном (instrumental singular)
Э́дмонтоне (prepositional singular)

Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


Шарлоттаун

Ша́рлоттаун or Шарлотта́ун • (Šárlottaun or Šarlottáun) m inan (genitive Ша́рлоттауна or Шарлотта́уна)

Ша́рлоттаун (canonical)
Шарлотта́ун (canonical)
Šárlottaun (romanization)
Šarlottáun (romanization)
Ша́рлоттауна (genitive)
Шарлотта́уна (genitive)
Ша́рлоттаун (nominative singular)
Шарлотта́ун (nominative singular)
Ша́рлоттауна (genitive singular)
Шарлотта́уна (genitive singular)
Ша́рлоттауну (dative singular)
Шарлотта́уну (dative singular)
Ша́рлоттаун (accusative singular)
Шарлотта́ун (accusative singular)
Ша́рлоттауном (instrumental singular)
Шарлотта́уном (instrumental singular)
Ша́рлоттауне (prepositional singular)
Шарлотта́уне (prepositional singular)

[ˈʂarɫɐˌtːaʊn]

[ˌʂarɫɐˈtːaʊn]

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

Charlottetown (a city in Prince Edward Island)

ru:Шарлоттаун


Coniston

From Old Norse konungr (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“town, manor”), after the model of other settlements known as Cinges tūn or Cynges tūn (“king's town”). Doublet of Coniston Cold. Cf. also Conington, Conisbrough, Coningsby, Kingston, Kingstown, Kingstone, Kingsburg, and Kingsville.

A community of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; formerly in former town of Nickel Centre.


Bonaventure

en-proper noun

Bonaventure (countable and uncountable, plural Bonaventures)

A regional county municipality and city therein, in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Quebec, Canada.


Bonaventure

The municipality is named after the city of Bonaventure.

A regional county municipality of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada.


ノバスコシア

Borrowed from English Nova Scotia, from New Latin Nova Scotia (“New Scotland”).


Саммерсайд

ru-proper noun+

Са́ммерсайд//Sámmɛrsajd

Са́ммерсайд • (Sámmɛrsajd) m inan (genitive Са́ммерсайда)

Са́ммерсайд (canonical)
Sámmɛrsajd (romanization)
Са́ммерсайда (genitive)
Са́ммерсайд (nominative singular)
Са́ммерсайда (genitive singular)
Са́ммерсайду (dative singular)
Са́ммерсайд (accusative singular)
Са́ммерсайдом (instrumental singular)
Са́ммерсайде (prepositional singular)

Summerside (a city in Prince Edward Island)

ru:Саммерсайд


カーディフ

ja-pos

カーディフ • (Kādifu)

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

Cardiff (a community of the township of Highlands East, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada)

Cardiff (a hamlet in Sturgeon County, in central Alberta, Canada)


セントジョン

Saint John (a city in New Brunswick, Canada)

Saint John (a river in the United States and Canada)


セントジョンズ

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


Gagnon

en-proper noun

Gagnon (countable and uncountable, plural Gagnons)


Gagnon

→ English: Gagnon


Laporte

Laporte (countable and uncountable, plural Laportes)


Uxbridge

From Wixan + Old English brycg (“bridge”), meaning, "the bridge leading to the Wixan", a Saxon tribe which settled near the Lincolnshire fens.

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


Redbridge

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

A community in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


Bexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

A former township in the former Victoria County, now City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Abercrombie

Of Scottish Gaelic origin, said to be from the earlier Abarcrumbach.

A community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Saanichton

A village in Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.


Freshwater

A settlement on Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A designated place at Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.

A neighbourhood of Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador.


West Island

west+island; From its location.
* (New Zealand): by analogy with the North Island and South Island that make up New Zealand.

Island of Montreal
Island of Montreal#English

A region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a region of the Island of Montreal composed of the cities and boroughs on the western portion of the island, and some neighbouring islands of that region; generally lying to the west of Autoroute 13.


Lindbergh

Lindbergh (countable and uncountable, plural Lindberghs)

Any of several place, school, rail station names.

A hamlet in the Municipal District of County of St. Paul No. 19, Alberta, Canada (Lindbergh, Alberta).

County of St. Paul No. 19
w:County of St. Paul No. 19


McCallum

McCallum (countable and uncountable, plural McCallums)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Caluim (“son of Calum”).

der

A community on the south coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


McIntyre

en-proper noun

McIntyre (countable and uncountable, plural McIntyres)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).

der

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

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

A community of Grey Highlands municipality, Grey County, Ontario.


McKay

From Irish Mac Aodha and Scottish Gaelic MacAoidh (literally “son of Aodh”). Related to McCoy and McGee.

bor

Laurentian Hills
Laurentian Hills#English

A former township in eastern Ontario, Canada, merged into Laurentian Hills municipality in 2000.


लंदन

landan (romanization)
لندن (Urdu)
लंदन (direct singular)
लंदन (oblique singular)
लंदन (singular vocative)

Borrowed from English London, from Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, a borrowing from Latin Londīnium.


安大略

/ˀän⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly̯ɛ⁵¹/

/ɔːn⁵⁵ taːi̯²² lœːk̚²/

/ˀän⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly̯ɛ⁵¹/

/ɔːn⁵⁵ taːi̯²² lœːk̚²/


蒙特利爾

ㄇㄥˊ ㄊㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄦˇ

/mɤŋ³⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mʊŋ²¹ tɐk̚² lei̯²² jiː¹³/

/mɤŋ³⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mʊŋ²¹ tɐk̚² lei̯²² jiː¹³/

(chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong) Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)


滿地可

/män²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/muːn¹³ tei̯²² hɔː³⁵/

/ᵐbᵘɔn⁵⁵ ei³² hᵘɔ⁵⁵/

/män²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/muːn¹³ tei̯²² hɔː³⁵/

/ᵐbᵘɔn⁵⁵ ei³² hᵘɔ⁵⁵/

1904, Liang Qichao, 新大陸遊記 [Travel Notes of the New Continent], 廣智書局, published 1907, page 22:

Chū shí rì, dǐ Mǎndìkě. Mǎndìkě zhě, Jiānádà zhī zuìdà zhī dūhuì yě, rénkǒu yuē sìshí yú wàn, gōngshāngyè dà shèng.

初十日，抵滿地可。滿地可者，加拿大之最大之都會也，人口約四十餘萬，工商業大盛。

初十日，抵满地可。满地可者，加拿大之最大之都会也，人口约四十余万，工商业大盛。

(chiefly Cantonese, possibly dated in Taiwan) Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)


多市

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/tɔː⁵⁵ siː¹³/

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/tɔː⁵⁵ siː¹³/

Toronto's government and police have indicated that if the 24 recommendations in the report are implemented accordingly, it can help the city government save 100 million dollars in the next 3 years.

2016, 星島日報 (Sing Tao Daily), 多市警方招標 外判違泊抄牌

Duōshì zhèngfǔ jí jǐngfāng biǎoshì, rúguǒ ànzhào bàogào de 24 xiàng jiànyì quánbù luòshí, zài wèilái 3 nián kě wèi shìfǔ jiéxǐng 1 yì yuán.

多市政府及警方表示，如果按照報告的24項建議全部落實，在未來3年可為市府節省1億元。

多市政府及警方表示，如果按照报告的24项建议全部落实，在未来3年可为市府节省1亿元。

Short for 多倫多市／多伦多市 (Duōlúnduō shì, “Toronto”), the capital city of Ontario, Canada


Rennie

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


Antigonish

→ Scottish Gaelic: Antaiginis

/ˌæn.tɪ.ɡəˈnɪʃ/

Derived from the Mi'kmaq toponym N'alegihooneech, which translates to "place where branches are torn off". The toponym is thought to refer to a location where bears came to eat beechnuts or hazelnuts.

A town in Nova Scotia, Canada, known for the St. Francis Xavier University and the largest Highland Games outside of Scotland.


Stellarton

The toponym derives from stellarite + -ton. Named for stellarite (“a type of torbanite”), a form of oil coal (“a type of coal”) that gives off "stars" (Latin stella) of fire when ignited, which is mined in the area.

A town in Nova Scotia, Canada, just outside of the larger town of New Glasgow.


甘露

Phono-semantic matching of English Kamloops.

psm

/kam²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/

/kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

/kam²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/

/kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/kam⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

(Hong Kong, Taiwan) Kamloops (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


Вікторія

uk-proper noun

Вікто́рія<sg>

Вікто́рія • (Viktórija) f inan (genitive Вікто́рії, uncountable)

Вікто́рія (canonical)
Viktórija (romanization)
Вікто́рії (genitive)
Вікто́рія (nominative singular)
Вікто́рії (genitive singular)
Вікто́рії (dative singular)
Вікто́рію (accusative singular)
Вікто́рією (instrumental singular)
Вікто́рії (locative singular)
Вікто́ріє (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

Вікто́рія<sg>

Victoria (the capital city of British Columbia, Canada)


Beaverton

The name of several places
A town in Ontario, Canada

A hamlet in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


Kings County

→ French: Comté de Kings (calque)

The county of New Brunswick is so named as a show of loyalty to the British monarchy.
The county of Nova Scotia is so named as a show of loyalty to the British monarchy.
The county of Prince Edward Island is named after George III (1738 - 1820).

A county of Prince Edward Island, Canada.


伯明翰

ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄢˋ

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ xän⁵¹/

/paːk̚³ mɪŋ²¹ hɔːn²²/

/paʔ³³ min⁵⁵ ɦø²¹/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ xän⁵¹/

/paːk̚³ mɪŋ²¹ hɔːn²²/

/paʔ³³ min⁵⁵ ɦø²¹/

Birmingham (A community in the Rural Municipality of Stanley No. 215, Saskatchewan, Canada)


旺市

/wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/wɔːŋ²² siː¹³/

/wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/wɔːŋ²² siː¹³/

Phono-semantic matching of English Vaughan + 市 (shì, “city”).

psm

(Cantonese, local) Vaughan (a city in Ontario, Canada)


Τορόντο

head

Τορόντο • (Torónto) n

Torónto (romanization)
Τορόντο (nominative singular)
Τορόντου (genitive singular)
Τορόντο (accusative singular)
Τορόντο (singular vocative)

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


Hillier

A community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.


Chancellor

Wheatland County
Wheatland County#English

A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the Chancellor of Germany by settlers.


パリス

ja:パリス (曖昧さ回避)


Woolwich

A township in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Godbout

en-proper-noun

Godbout (countable and uncountable, plural Godbouts)

From French Godbout. The river and village are named after early local settler Nicolas Godeboust. The village and river were earlier spelled as "Godebout" before migrating to the current North American standard spelling of the surname "Godbout" for this term that is still "Godebout" in Europe.

A village in Manicouagan county, Côte-Nord region, Quebec province, Canada; on the in Godbout river

Ellipsis of Godbout River.; A river in Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada


Godbout

English: Godbout

From Middle English or Old French Godbald (male given name), from gōd (“good”) + bald (“bold”). The river and village are named after early local settler Nicolas Godeboust. The village and river were earlier spelled as "Godebout" before migrating to the current North American standard spelling "Godbout" of the surname for this term that is still "Godebout" in Europe.

Godbout: A village in Manicouagan, Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada; on the in Godbout river

Godbout River: Ellipsis of Rivière Godbout.; A river in Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada


Belcourt

The municipality is named after Franco-Ontarian parliamentarian Napoléon Belcourt (1860 - 1932).

La Vallée-de-l'Or
La Vallée-de-l'Or#English

A municipality of La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Vachon

Vachon (countable and uncountable, plural Vachons)

A placename
Ellipsis of Vachon River.
A river in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada

A placename
Ellipsis of Vachon River.
A river in Chaudiere, Quebec, Canada

An electoral district in Monteregie, Quebec, Canada


Vachon

English: Vachon

A river in Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

A river in Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

An electoral district in Montérégie, Québec, Canada


Lacombe

From French Lacombe. The city in Alberta is named after Albert Lacombe, a French Roman Catholic missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations.


Frémont

Frémont (countable and uncountable, plural Frémonts)


Frémont

→ English: Fremont

Ellipsis of Lac Frémont.; A lake in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada

Canton de Frémont
Canton de Frémont#French

Ellipsis of Canton de Frémont. (Township of Frémont); A canton of La Tuque, Quebec, Canada


Ogilvie

en-proper noun

Ogilvie (countable and uncountable, plural Ogilvies)

From the toponym Ogilvie Glen in Scotland, of Celtic origin: compare Proto-Celtic *ouxselos (“high”) and Scottish Gaelic beinn (“mountain, hill”).

cog

A community of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Battleford

en:Battle River
en:Battleford (disambiguation)
en:North Saskatchewan River

From Battle + ford. From the ford found on the Battle River near its confluence with the North Saskatchewan River in Saskatchewan.

The Battlefords

the town of Battleford and the city of North Battleford

A placename in Saskatchewan, Canada
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada


Aylesbury

A village in the Rural Municipality of Craik, No. 222, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Tilbury

en-proper noun

Tilbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tilburys)

From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A community, formerly a town, in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Diss

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Petersfield

A community of the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada.


Huntingdon

Huntingdon (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingdons)

From Old English Huntandūn, equivalent to hunta (“hunter”) + dūn (“hill, mountain”).

A community in the city of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, located on the US border and named after Collis Potter Huntington.

Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent#English

A town in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Montérégie region, Quebec, Canada, originally in Huntingdon County.


Matlock

A community of the village of Dunnottar, Manitoba, Canada.


Castleford

A community in Horton township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Leyland

Leyland (countable and uncountable, plural Leylands)


Uttoxeter

A small village in Plympton-Wyoming, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Tiverton

From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton.
The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.

A village in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.


Cromer

A village in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.


Warminster

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


Westbury

Westbury (countable and uncountable, plural Westburys)

From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.

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

A township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

A village in the town of Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada.


Southport

A community in Caplin Cove-Southport, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Caplin Cove-Southport
Caplin Cove-Southport#English

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English


Grantham

Grantham (countable and uncountable, plural Granthams)

From either the Old English personal name Granta or grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).

A locality in the municipal district of Taber, southern Alberta, Canada.

A neighbourhood of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.


Kent County

→ French: Comté de Kent (calque)

Several are named after Kent in England.

A county of New Brunswick, Canada, named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.

A former county of Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1998, with unknown etymology; now absorbed into Chatham-Kent.


Burnley

From Brun (a river name meaning "brown") + Old English lēah (“meadow, clearing”).

A community of Alnwick/Haldimand township, Ontario, Canada.