Milton

The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for nearby Milton Farm, itself for poet John Milton.


Virginia

en-prop

Virginia (countable and uncountable, plural Virginias)

→ Creek: wvcenv

From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin + -ia.

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

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Hamilton

en-proper noun

Hamilton (countable and uncountable, plural Hamiltons)

Translingual: ℍ

From Old English Hameldūne, from hamel (“blunt, flat-topped”) + dūne (“hill”). The Scottish surname is from the place in Leicestershire. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Alexander Hamilton featured on it.

咸美頓

name of various cities in English-speaking countries

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for two distinct Hamilton families, both early settlers.


Grange

Grange (countable and uncountable, plural Granges)


Brighton

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

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

der

A northern coastal suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.


Balmoral

A suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland.


Chandler

Candler (alternative)
Chander (alternative)

/ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for John Beals Chandler, 5th Lord Mayor of Brisbane.


Chandler

Unadapted borrowing from English Chandler.

ubor

a locale in Australia
a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland


Nathan

en-proper noun

Nathan (countable and uncountable, plural Nathans)

From Hebrew נָתָן (natán, “gave”). Also short for Jonathan.

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland.


Newport

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

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

A placename
A locale in Australia.
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.


Salisbury

Salisbury (countable and uncountable, plural Salisburys)

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

A placename:
A place in Australia:
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.


Hawthorne

An eastern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Mansfield

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

A suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Windsor

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

gloss

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

An inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Robertson

en-proper noun

Robertson (countable and uncountable, plural Robertsons)


Stafford

From Old English stæþ (“landing place”) + ford.

en:Stafford
en:Stafford (disambiguation)
en:Stafford (surname)

de Stafford (alternative archaic)
Strafford (alternative)


Sherwood

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


Burbank

"The bur-covered riverbank", from bur + bank.


Sumner

An outer suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Newmarket

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

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, north-west of the city centre.


Hendra

* In Queensland, the virus was named after the suburb of Hendra in Brisbane, Australia, where some of the first cases were reported. The name may have originated in Cornwall.


Parkinson

Parkinson (countable and uncountable, plural Parkinsons)

→ Russian: Паркинсо́н (Parkinsón)

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Peter + -son.

A suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Marsden

Marsden (countable and uncountable, plural Marsdens)

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

der

A suburb of Brisbane in Logan, Queensland, Australia.


Oxley

en-proper noun

Oxley (countable and uncountable, plural Oxleys)

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

A number of places in Australia, most of which are named after John Oxley:

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, south-west of the city centre.


Paddington

Paddington (countable and uncountable, plural Paddingtons)

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

An inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


ソールズベリー

ja-pos

ソールズベリー • (Sōruzuberī)

ja:ソールズベリー (曖昧さ回避)

Salisbury (a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland)


Mayne

en-proper noun

Mayne (countable and uncountable, plural Maynes)

A neighbourhood of Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Wishart

Wishart (countable and uncountable, plural Wisharts)

Scottish surname derived from Anglo-Norman Wischard, from the Old French personal name Guiscard. Compare Modern French Guiscard.

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after the Wishart early settler family.


Lytton

Lytton (countable and uncountable, plural Lyttons)

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Bardon

Bardon (countable and uncountable, plural Bardons)


Cornubia

A southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Moreton Bay

James Cook
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton

Named Morton's Bay by James Cook after James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton; the spelling change was due to a misprint.

A bay near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

City of Brisbane
City of Brisbane#English

A locality in the City of Brisbane and Redland City, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, partly surrounding the bay of the same name.

City of Moreton Bay
w:City of Moreton Bay

A local government area north of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia; in full, the City of Moreton Bay.


Stretton

From Old English strǣt + tūn (“settlement on a Roman road”).

der

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after a George Stretton.


Shorncliffe

A coastal suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Herston

An inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Chelmer

The river's name is a back-formation from Chelmsford.


Holland Park

In London, an area developed from the grounds of Holland House.


Blackwall

A neighbourhood in Ipswich, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


St Johns Wood

A neighbourhood of Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


South Bank

A precinct in South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Aspley

en-proper noun

Aspley (countable and uncountable, plural Aspleys)

From Old English æspe (“aspen”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to asp + -ley (“lea”).


Hillcrest

A suburb of Logan City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Richlands

From rich + land + -s and Rich + -land + -s.


Wakerley

A suburb of the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Normanby

"Village of the Norwegians", from Old Norse Norðmanna, genitive plural of Norðmaðr (“Norseman”) + býr (“village”).

Normanby Fiveways, a five-way intersection in north-east Brisbane, Queensland.


ウォーターフォード

ja-pos

ウォーターフォード • (Wōtāfōdo)

a suburb of Logan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia


Brookfield

en-proper noun

Brookfield (countable and uncountable, plural Brookfields)

From Old English brōc (“brook”) + feld (“field”).


South Brisbane

An inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on the south bank of the Brisbane River.


Red Hill

A northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.


Morningside

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Alderley

A northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after Alderley Edge.


Sandgate

A northern coastal suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after Sandgate in Kent.


Bowen Hills

An inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after George Bowen.


Newstead

A place in Australia:
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.


Rainworth

A neighbourhood of the suburb of Bardon, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Kenmore

* (Place in Scotland, and those named after it): Anglicised form of Scottish Gaelic A' Cheannmhor (“big head”).
* (Surname from a lost placename in England): From Old English Cynemǣr (“royal boundary”).

sense

Kenmare (alternative)
Kenmer (alternative)
Kenmir (alternative)

A western suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Redland City

A local government area of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.