New Zealand

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نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا

نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا

نِيُوزِيلَانْدَة

نِيُوزِيلَنْدَة

→ Arabic: نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا (niyūzīlāndā), نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا (niyūzīlandā), نِيُوزِيلَانْدَة (niyūzīlānda), نِيُوزِيلَنْدَة (niyūzīlanda)

নিউজিল্যান্ড

→ Bengali: নিউজিল্যান্ড (niujilênḍ)

→ Chinese: 紐西蘭 /纽西兰 (Niǔxīlán)

→ Danish: New Zealand

→ Fijian: Niusiladi

Νέα Ζηλανδία

→ Greek: Νέα Ζηλανδία (Néa Zilandía)

→ Hawaiian: Nukilani

נְיוּ זִילַנְדּ

→ Hebrew: נְיוּ זִילַנְדּ (nyú zíland)

→ Hebrew: נְיוּ זִילַנְדּ (nyú zíland)

→ Hindi: न्यू ज़ीलंड (nyū zīlaṇḍ), न्यूज़ीलैंड (nyūzīlaiṇḍ), न्यूज़ीलैण् (nyūzīlaiṇ)

→ Japanese: ニュージーランド (Nyū Jīrando)

→ Korean: 뉴질랜드 (nyujillaendeu)

→ Maori: Niu Tireni

→ Niuean: Niu Sila

→ Norwegian Bokmål: New Zealand

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: New Zealand

→ Pashto: نيوزيلنډ (nyuzelanḍ)

→ Persian: نِیوزیلَنْد (niyuziland)

→ Rarotongan: Nū Tireni

→ Samoan: Niu Sila

→ Swahili: Nyuzilandi

→ Thai: นิวซีแลนด์ (niu-sii-lɛɛn)

→ Tokelauan: Niu Hila

→ Tongan: Nuʻusila, Nuʻu Sila

نْیُوزی لَینْڈ

نْیُوزیلَینْڈ

→ Urdu: نْیُوزی لَینْڈ (nyūzī lainḍ), نْیُوزیلَینْڈ (nyūzī-lainḍ)

→ Yiddish: ניו־זילאַנד (nyu-ziland)

Calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“new Zeeland”), (nieuw calqued as new), Zeeland calqued as the respelling Zealand to parallel the historical exonym, after the Dutch settlement in Batavia, which in turn had been named after the Dutch province of Zeeland, from Middle Dutch Sêelant, equivalent to zee (“sea”) + land (“land”).

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A western suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3336).


Egypt

→ Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)

→ Chinese: 埃及 (Āijí)

→ Korean: 애굽 (Aegup)

→ Vietnamese: Ai Cập

→ Cornish: Ejyp

→ Gujarati: ઇજિપ્ત (ijipt)

→ Hindi: इजिप्ट (ijipṭ), इजिप्त (ijipt)

→ Iban: Ejip

→ Japanese: エジプト (Ejiputo)

→ Kannada: ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ (ījipṭ)

→ Korean: 이집트 (Ijipteu)

→ Malayalam: ഈജിപ്റ്റ് (ījipṟṟ)

→ Maori: Īhipa

→ Marathi: इजिप्त (ijipta)

→ Navajo: Ííjip

→ Nepali: इजिप्ट (ijipṭa)

→ Odia: ଇଜିପ୍ଟ (ijipṭa)

→ Paiwan: Idjiputu

→ Thai: อียิปต์ (ii-yìp)

From Middle English Egipt, from Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (see also the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (“Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis”, literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).

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Ægypt (alternative archaic)
Ægipt (alternative obsolete)
Aegipt (alternative obsolete)
Egipt (alternative obsolete)
Egipte (alternative obsolete)

A suburb of Nailsworth, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST8499).


Cyprus

From Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

A suburban area of Beckton, borough of Newham, Greater London, England, named after the Mediterranean island (OS grid ref TQ4380).


Jordan

en-proper noun

Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)

From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.

der

A small suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4092).


Victoria

en-proper noun

Victoria (countable and uncountable, plural Victorias or Victoriae)

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

A suburban area in Cwm community, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1706).


Edmonton

From Middle English Adelmetone, from Old English Ēadhelm + tūn (“town”). The Canadian city was named after the area of London.

Edmonton, Kentucky
Edmonton, London
en:Edmonton
en:Edmonton (disambiguation)

A former town and suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.


Toronto

[tʰəˈɹɑ̈ntʰo(ʊ)]

[tʰəˈɹɑ̈ɾ̃o(ʊ)]

[t͡ʃəˈɹɑno(ʊ)]

[t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷɑɾ̃ə]

Lake Couchiching
Lake Simcoe
The Globe and Mail
Toronto
Toronto (disambiguation)

From Mohawk tkaronto (“where trees stand in water”), originally referring to the strait between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. Compare karón:ta (“tree”) from Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹõt-.

bor

A lakeside suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Lake Macquarie.

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

A former unincorporated community in Woodside Township, now a suburb of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.


Toronto

Toronto (a lakeside suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Lake Macquarie)


Ottawa

→ French: Ottawa

→ Japanese: オタワ

desctree

→ Russian: Оттава (Ottava)
→ Armenian: Օտտավա (Ōttava)

[ˈɔɾ̥əwa(ː)]

From Ojibwe odaawaa/ᐅᑡᐙ (“an Ottawa; a trader”), from Proto-Algonquian *atawewa (“to trade”).

Odawa (alternative)
Odaawaa (alternative)
Ottowa (alternative)

A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Georgetown

/ˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒtaʊn/

A suburb of Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1408).

A suburb of Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales, alternative spelling George Town (OS grid ref SO0406).

A suburb of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9975).

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

Places in Australia and New Zealand (Australasia):

A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; named for landowner George Moate.

A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.


Milton

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

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

An eastern suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6574).

A suburb of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3462).

An eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9050).

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


Watson

⇒ Translingual: Watsonia

and narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Bentley

From Old English Beonetlēah. Originally a Sussex habitational name, the word lēah or lēag meaning field in Old English. Hence, equivalent to bent (“bent-grass”) + -leigh/lea (“meadow, field”); compare Bentham.

A place name, including:
A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

An outer suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5605).

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9899).


California

en-prop

California (countable and uncountable, plural Californias)

Etymology of California
Las sergas de Esplandián

Probably Spanish after California, a Utopian island of the Amazons described in Las sergas de Esplandián, a 16th-century Spanish novel. The name comes from the fictional island's Muslim-allied queen, Calafia, whose name is a play on Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”). For more information see: Etymology of California.

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A southern suburb of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8113).

An outer suburb of Dunstable, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0120).


Arcadia

From Latin Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

Arcadia
Arcadia (ancient region)
Arcadia (utopia)

A suburb of the city of Tshwane, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

A suburb of Sydney in Hornsby Shire, New South Wales.

A suburb on Magnetic Island, City of Townsville, Queensland.


Pennsylvania

Merriam-Webster
William Penn (Royal Navy officer)
en:William Penn

From Penn (“William Penn”) + sylvan (“woods”) + -ia (“land”). On March 4, 1681, Charles II of England granted a land tract to William Penn for the area that now includes Pennsylvania. Penn then founded a colony there as a place of religious freedom for Quakers, and named it for the Latin sylva, silva (“meaning "wood"”), thus "Pennsylvania" (Penn's woods). Some propose that the "Penn" is derived from William's more respected father, also named William Penn.

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Pensylvania (alternative)
Pensilvania (alternative)

A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9294).


Belfast

From Irish Béal Feirste (literally “mouth of the River Farset”).

der

A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Edinburgh

Edinburgh
Edinburgh (disambiguation)
Etymology of Edinburgh

From Middle English Edynburgh, from Old Welsh Eidyn, a Celtic/Brythonic region of uncertain origin (possibly a personal name; compare Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”)) + Old English burg (“castle, stronghold”). More at Eidyn and Etymology of Edinburgh.

An outer northern suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.


Florence

Florence (disambiguation)
Florence Nightingale

Borrowed from French Florence, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze.
The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.

A suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.


Florida

New York City, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland

From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers. The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US. The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

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A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa, perhaps named for the state.


Jerusalem

en-proper noun

Jerusalem (countable and uncountable, plural Jerusalems)

→ Maori: Hiruharama

/d͡ʒəˈɹuːsələm/

/d͡ʒəˈɹuːzələm/

From Old English Hierusalem or Old French Jherusalem or Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).

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יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:

A suburban area in Skellingthorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF9171).


Liverpool

From Old English Liferpōl, from lifer (“thick water”, literally “liver”) + pōl (“pool”). Compare Old English lifrig (“thick, clotted”, literally “livery”).

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Liverpool

Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Liverpool

cs-proper noun

Liverpool m inan (relational adjective liverpoolský)

liverpoolský (adjective relational)
Liverpool (nominative singular)
Liverpoolu (genitive singular)
Liverpoolu (dative singular)
Liverpool (accusative singular)
Liverpoole (singular vocative)
Liverpoolu (locative singular)
Liverpoolem (instrumental singular)


Liverpool

de-proper noun

Liverpool n (proper noun, strong, genitive Liverpools)


Liverpool

pl-prop

Liverpool m inan (related adjective liverpoolski)

liverpoolski (adjective)
Liverpool (nominative singular)
Liverpoolu (genitive singular)
Liverpoolowi (dative singular)
Liverpool (accusative singular)
Liverpoolem (instrumental singular)
Liverpoolu (locative singular)
Liverpoolu (singular vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English Liverpool.


New England

The name of the American region was coined by English explorer John Smith in 1616.

Nieu-Engeland

six states in the northeast of the United States

A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1801).


New York

James II of England
Province of New York

From New + York. The name was chosen in honor of James, Duke of York, the original proprietor of the Province of New York.

न्यू यॉर्क

village in Wildmore, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England

A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4292).

न्यू यॉर्क

suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England


Oxford

From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen's ford”), equivalent to ox + ford. Compare Old Norse Öxnafurða.

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An outer suburb of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8753).


Philadelphia

[fɪɫəˈdɜɫfi.ə]

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Attalus II Philadelphus
Kingdom of Pergamon
Philadelphia (disambiguation)
Ptolemaid Egypt
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
William Penn

From Latin Philadelphia, from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from φιλάδελφος (philádelphos, “brother/sibling-loving”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming placenames”), from the combining form of φῐλέειν (phĭléein, “to love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother, sibling”). In reference to the city in Turkey, named for the loyal Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamon. In reference to the city in Jordan, named for the incestuous Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt. In reference to the American city, named for the ancient towns as well as the Quaker William Penn's aim of fostering religious tolerance. Doublet of Filadelfia.


Rhodes

en-proper noun

Rhodes (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodeses)

Rhodeses (plural)
Rhoades (alternative)
Rhoads (alternative)
Rodes (alternative)
Roades (alternative)
Royds (alternative)
Rhode (alternative)

From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu.
The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.


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.

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

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

A town, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.


Wellington

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)

Wellingtons (plural)
wellington (alternative)

From earlier Weolingtun, from:
# For the place in Shropshire, England: Partly uncertain. The second element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come either from *wœling (“ridge, bank”), or else from *wēoling (“device, artefact”).
# For the place in Somerset, England: Partly obscure. The last element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come from either the personal name *Wēola + ing, or else *wēoling (“trap”).
# Many places with this name are named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky; a suburb of Louisville.


Como

A suburb of Sydney in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales.

A suburb of Perth, in the City of South Perth, Western Australia.


Como

Como (a suburb of Sydney in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales)

Como (a suburb of Perth, in the City of South Perth, Western Australia)


Bromley

en-proper noun

Bromley (countable and uncountable, plural Bromleys)

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + lēah (“wood”). Equivalent to broom + -ley and doublet of Brimley; compare Broom.

Bromley (disambiguation)
London Borough of Bromley

A suburb of Kingswinford, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9088).

An eastern suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Zetland

An inner southern suburb of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland.


Holland

From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”). A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from hol land (“hollow land”), inspired by the low-lying geography of both the Dutch and the English region (Holland, Lincolnshire).

A southern suburb of Oxted, Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ4050).


Bache

* As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach.
* As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus.
* Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke.

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4068).


Oxbridge

A suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4318).


Douglas

Douglas (countable and uncountable, plural Douglases)

Douglases (plural)
Douglass (alternative)

desc

→ Translingual: douglasi, douglasii (learned)

From a place name, Scottish Gaelic dubh (“black”) + glais (“stream”).

A place name or the name of a geographical feature, often given after a person, notably held by:

A village and suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.

A suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.


Anerley

A suburban area in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3469).


Bondi

"Bondi," originally "Boondi" is an Aboriginal word meaning "water breaking over rocks" or "noise of water breaking over rocks."

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Bondi

Bondi (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Bondi Junction

/ˈbɒndaɪ ˈdʒʌŋkʃən/


Abington

en-proper noun

Abington (countable and uncountable, plural Abingtons)

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

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A suburb of Northampton, West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7861).


Ryan

en-prop

Ryan (countable and uncountable, plural Ryans)

Ryans (plural)
O'Ryan (alternative)
Rian (alternative)
Ryann (alternative)
Ryanne (alternative)
Ryana (alternative)

Bryan

linguistically unrelated but often confused in spoken English

A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland; named for Dr. Joseph Ryan, medical superintendent of the local hospital during WWII.


Spence

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Newcastle

[ˈnjʉˌkʰɑːsɫ̩]

From new + castle. Doublet of Neuchâtel.

A city in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States; a suburb of Oklahoma City.


Newcastle

Unadapted borrowing from English Newcastle.

ubor

Newcastle (a city in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States; a suburb of Oklahoma City)


Murray

en-proper noun

Murray (countable and uncountable, plural Murrays)

Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in northeastern Scotland, from Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”).

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


Murray

Unadapted borrowing from English Murray.

a suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia

City of Townsville
City of Townsville#English


Higgins

Higgin (alternative)
O'Higgin (alternative)
Higgans (alternative)
Higgens (alternative)
O'Higgins (alternative)

An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”).

der

A place name, which could be of either etymology:


Aberdeen

Aberdeen
Aberdeen (disambiguation)
Old Aberdeen

The first element is either Scottish Gaelic aber (“river mouth”) or Pictish aber (“confluence”), both from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). The second element is Don (“river in Scotland”) (the site of Old Aberdeen). Written Aberdon circa 1187 and Aberden circa 1214.
The area and town in Hong Kong is named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.

named-after

A suburb of Devonport, in northern Tasmania, Australia.


Inverness

Inverness
Inverness (disambiguation)
River Ness

From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A number of places in the United States:

A former census-designated place and now a neighborhood in the city of Hoover, Shelby County, Alabama; a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.


Elizabeth

en-proper noun

Elizabeth (countable and uncountable, plural Elizabeths)

Elizabeths (plural)
Elisabeth (alternative)

From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה. Doublet of Elisheba and Isabel.

der

A suburb of Adelaide, Australia; named for Elizabeth II.


Whitby

en-proper noun

Whitby (countable and uncountable, plural Whitbys)

Whitbys (plural)
Whidbee (alternative)
Whidby (alternative)

From Old Norse hvítr býr (“white town”). Equivalent to white + -by.

A suburb of Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand.

A placename:
A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.


Wilson

Wilson (countable and uncountable, plural Wilsons)

From Will (short form of William) + -son.

affix

short form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">William</i>

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Canning, Western Australia.


Kirwan

en-proper noun

Kirwan (countable and uncountable, plural Kirwans)

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciardhubháin (“descendant of Ciardhubhán”), a personal name composed of ciar (“dark”) + dubh (“black”) + the suffix -an.


Maryland

/ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/

/ˈmɛəɹɪlænd/

/ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/

From Mary + -land. Named after Henrietta Maria of France, the wife of Charles I of England.

A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Vermont

From French ver(t) (“green”) + mont (“mountain”). In the case of the US state, the reference is to the Green Mountains.


Wyoming

The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”).
The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters' were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"

A number of other places in the United States:

A sizable city in Kent County, Michigan; a suburb of Grand Rapids.

A suburb of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.


Kent

Inherited from Middle English Kent, from Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Brythonic *Cantio (compare Old Irish céite (“gathering, folkmoot, hillock”)), from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”).

cog

A city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle.


Kent

a city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle


Wilton

en-prop

Wilton (countable and uncountable, plural Wiltons)

From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A suburb of Taunton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST2224).

A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Cleveland

Cleveland (countable and uncountable, plural Clevelands)

From place names in England (i.e. Cleveland, England), from Middle English Cleveland, Clyveland, from Middle English clive, cleve, cleove (“cliff”) + land, equivalent to cliff + land.

A suburb of Redland City, Queensland, Australia.


Croydon

From Old English Crogedene ("saffron valley"), from Old English croh (“saffron”) (< Latin crocus (“saffron”)) + Old English denu (“valley”).

A suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng province, South Africa.

A suburb of Sydney, in the Municipality of Burwood and Inner West council area, New South Wales.

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.

An eastern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Maroondah, Victoria.


Casey

en-proper noun

Casey (countable and uncountable, plural Caseys)

Anglicisation of an Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh (“descendant of (a person named) Watchful”).

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Richard Casey, Baron Casey.


Vincent

Vincent (countable and uncountable, plural Vincents)

→ Arabic: فينسنت (fīnsint)

→ Greek: Βίνσεντ (Vínsent)

desc

→ Japanese: ビンセント (Binsento), ヴィンセント (Vinsento)

Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.

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


Greenwich

/ˈɡɹinwɪt͡ʃ/

From Middle English Greenwich, from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ (literally “green harbour, green settlement”). Equivalent to green + -wich.
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Greenwich near London, after Greenwich Village, or after Greenwich Street in Hampstead, New York.

A southern suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1742).


Gordon

The main etymology, associated with Celtic names, is from the Scots surname Gordon, from a place name, but the origin is debated:
* If the English or Scots name is from a Brythonic language (such as Old Welsh or Old Breton), then possibly from a Proto-Brythonic compound such as *gor (“spacious”) + *din (“fort”);
* If the Scots name is itself from English, then possibly from French Gourdon, derived from Gallo-Roman Latin Gordus, from Gaulish *Gordos;
* Otherwise, possibly ultimately from Old English *gor-dūn (“mud hill”) whence a habitational name.

A suburb of Canberra; named for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.

A suburb of Sydney; probably named for British Army officer James Willoughby Gordon.


Gordon

Gordon (nominative singular)
Gordonowie (nominative plural)
Gordona (genitive singular)
Gordonów (genitive plural)
Gordonowi (dative singular)
Gordonom (dative plural)
Gordona (accusative singular)
Gordonów (accusative plural)
Gordonem (instrumental singular)
Gordonami (instrumental plural)
Gordonie (locative singular)
Gordonach (locative plural)
Gordonie (singular vocative)
Gordonowie (plural vocative)

From the personal name Gordian (from Latin Gordianus). Alternatively, from an East Slavic word meaning "proud", e.g. Ukrainian гордий (hordyj), Belarusian горды (hórdy), Russian гордый (gordyj).

Gordon (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Phillip

en-proper noun

Phillip (countable and uncountable, plural Phillips)

Philip#First name
Philip#Surname
Phillip, Australian Capital Territory

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Arthur Phillip


Russell

→ Translingual: russelianus

→ French: Russell

Inherited from Middle English Russel, from Anglo-Norman Russel. Doublet of Rousseau/Roussel. Equivalent to russel.

Roussel (alternative)
Rowsell (alternative)
Russel (alternative)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, containing government offices.


Franklin

en-prop

Franklin (countable and uncountable, plural Franklins)

From Middle English frankelein (“freeholder”), see franklin. The place names are mostly named after American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790).

named-after

Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; a suburb of Milwaukee.


Taylor

Tailor (alternative)
Tayler (alternative)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for architect Florence Mary Taylor.


Bruce

From a Norman place name, Brix, of disputed meaning.

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 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 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; named for Edward Terrick Hamilton, leader of the Australian Agricultural Company.

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

A suburb of Leicester, Leicestershire, England; named for the deserted mediaeval village.


Wesley

Several places in England, from Old English west (“west”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to west + -ley (“lea”).

A southern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.


Darlington

/ˈdɑːlɪŋtən/

-ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

From Middle English Dearnington, Derlinton, from Old English Dēornōþingtūn, supposedly “the settlement of Dēornōþ's people”, from an unclear root + -ing + tūn. Compare Old English dīerling. The transistor configuration is named for its inventor, Sidney Darlington.

A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia; named for the town in England.

A number of places in Australia:
A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

A suburb of Sydney in New South Wales; named for either Richard Darling or William Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington.


Stanley

From places in England, Old English stān (“stone”) + lēah (“meadow”). Equivalent to stone + -ley (“lea”).
* The given name has also been used as an anglicisation of Stanisław, Stanislav and related names.
The coastal town in Hong Kong is named after Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby.

named-after

Any of several places, outside England named for persons with the surname:

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A small suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3891).


Westminster

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

City of Westminster
Westminster (disambiguation)

A northern suburb of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4076).

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Stirling, Western Australia.


Richmond

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

A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):

An urban inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

A suburb and ward in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4085).

A minor suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Hughes

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Billy Hughes.


Shirley

English place name from Old English sċīr (“county”) + lēah (“meadow”). Equivalent to shire + -ley (“lea”). More at shire, leigh.

Sherley (alternative)
Shurley (alternative)

A suburb of the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3565).

A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4013).

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Etruria

/ɪˈtɹʊə.ɹɪ.ə/

A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8646).


Brooklyn

→⇒ Latin: brooklynensis

/ˈbɹʷʊk.ɫɪn/

[ˈbɹ̠ʷʊ̠kɫ̪ɪ̈n]

From Dutch Breukelen, from broek (“wetland, marsh”).

A small suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Abbey

A suburb of Busselton, Western Australia, named after landholder D. Abbey.


Aber

From Welsh aber (“river mouth, confluence”).

A suburb of Caerphilly, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales.


Acton

en-proper noun

Acton (countable and uncountable, plural Actons)

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

(uncountable) Any of a few places in England:.

A town and suburb in the borough of Ealing, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2080).

A suburb and community in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3451).


Adel

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. The female name is a rare variant of Adele. The surname is borrowed from German Adel.

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.


Aller

A suburban area in Kingskerswell parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8768).


Archer

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.


Aurora

/ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾɐ/

Aurora (disambiguation)
Gérard de Lairesse
Manuel Quezon

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


Butler

Butler (countable and uncountable, plural Butlers)

Butler (surname)
en:Butler (disambiguation)

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

der

An outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia.


Cardigan

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

A western suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.


Carr

en-prop

Carr (countable and uncountable, plural Carrs)

Carrs (plural)
Kerr (alternative)
Corr (alternative)
Corry (alternative)
Corrie (alternative)
Curry (alternative)
Corrie (alternative)
Carry (alternative)

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Kerr.
* As an Irish surname, from the root of the surname Keary, from ciar (“black”); compare Carey.
* Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest Cathair (compare cathair (“fort”))
* Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from corr (“pointed, projected point”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Car-Cd#Car

A suburb of Ramsbottom, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7817), and two other locations in Greater Manchester.


Concord

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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


Cook

en-proper noun

Cook (countable and uncountable, plural Cooks)

Cooks (plural)
Cooke (alternative)
Coke (alternative)

Audio (US)

Audio (AU)

some speakers from Northern England and Ireland

cuck (most accents without the foot-strut split)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for James Cook.


Fletcher

Fletcher (countable and uncountable, plural Fletchers)

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

An outer western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Ford

Ford (countable and uncountable, plural Fords)

Ford (disambiguation)#People
Ford (disambiguation)#Places

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A suburb of Plymouth, Devon (OS grid ref SX4656).

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3398).


Freo

From Fremantle + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

(Western Australia, informal) Fremantle (a suburb of Perth, Western Australia).


Grange

Grange (countable and uncountable, plural Granges)

A beachside suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

A suburb of West Kirby, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SK2286).


Griffin

A suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia; named for a family of early settlers.


Grove

* As an English surname, from the noun grove.
* As a French surname, Americanized from Le Groux, Le Greux, reduced from Gréoul, of Germanic origin, from *grēduz (“hunger”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).
* As a north German surname, from the Low German noun Graf (“ditch, grave”) (see grave). Also a Dutch and Low German form of Grub.
* As a German surname, variant of Graf.

A suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9800).


Ham

Ham (countable and uncountable, plural Hams)

* As an English and German surname, variant of Hamm.
* As a Dutch surname, from the noun ham (“bend in a river”). Compare Van Ham, Vanderham.
* As a French surname, from several placenames, from the Frankish source of the Dutch word above.
* As a Serbo-Croatian, Slovak and Hungarian surname (Hám), from the noun hám (“harness”), and sometimes from the German sense above.
* As a Slovene surname, possibly from the "harness" or German senses above, or from ham (“grab, bite”).
* As a Czech surname, shortened from Abraham.
* As a Korean surname, from the name 함 (ham) (more at Ham). Compare Hahm.
* As a Chinese surname, from several names such as 咸 (xián) (see Xian), 闞 /阚 (see Kan), 范 (fàn) (see fan), 譚 /谭 (tán) (see Tan), and possibly 涵 (hán, “contain”).
* In some English surnames, from Old English hām, probably reduced from a name using it as a suffix -ham.

A suburb and ward in Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4657).

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames#English

A suburban area in the borough of Richmond upon Thames and borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1771).


Hill

* As an English surname, from the noun hill, shortened from Hilary, and from Old English hild (“battle”).
* As a German surname, shortened from Hildebrand, related to the last sense above.
* As a Finnish surname, calque of Finnish Mäki (“hill”).

A suburb near Four Oaks, City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1199).


Holt

Holt (countable and uncountable, plural Holts)

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

A suburb of the town of Hook, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7354).

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after PM Harold Holt.


Lee

en-prop

Lee (countable and uncountable, plural Lees)

Lees (plural)
Lea (alternative)
Leigh (alternative)

From Old English lēa, the dative case of lēah (“meadow”), originally to denote someone who lived near a meadow.

A suburb in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3974).


Martin

en-proper noun

Martin (countable and uncountable, plural Martins)

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

af

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Gosnells, Western Australia.


Newton

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Newton.wav

Inherited from Middle English Neweton, from Old English nēowa tūn (“new town”). Compare same construction in Italian Napoli (“Naples”) and in Arabic نَابُلُس (nābulus, “Nablus”).
The unexpected Early Modern pronunciation with /ɛʊ̯/, as securely attested in Richard Hodges' 1644 English Primrose and confirmed by obsolete Welsh Newtwnn, is due to trisyllabic shortening in Old English nēowa tūn or Middle English Neweton.

Ньюто́н

Sir Isaac's surname is traditionally stressed on the last syllable

Vilanova

surnames derived from the equivalents of “new town”

The name of many English-speaking places, including:

A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4168). Not to be confused with Newtown, Chester.

A suburban area near Hyde, Tameside borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9596).

An eastern suburb of Porthcawl, Bridgend borough county borough (OS grid ref SS8377).

A suburb in Mumbles community, City and County of Swansea (OS grid ref SS6088).

An inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Campbelltown, South Australia.


Page

en-prop

Page (countable and uncountable, plural Pages)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Pan

A suburb of Newport, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5088).


Paradise

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

A suburb of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0506).

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

A small riverside suburb in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2163).

A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3481).


Ruse

* As an English surname, variant of Rouse, Rowse.
* As a German surname, variant of Reuss, Reusse.
* As a Czech surname, Americanized from Rus (“Russian”).

A suburb in the City of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Ruse.


Shaw

en-proper noun

Shaw (countable and uncountable, plural Shaws)

→ Translingual: shawii

A suburb and ward in west Swindon, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1185).


Stella

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1763).


Stoke

An eastern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England (there are a few places in Coventry with other affixes of Stoke) (OS grid ref SP3679).

An outer suburb of Nelson, New Zealand, not far from Richmond, named after Stoke-by-Nayland in England.


Triangle

From triangle; in North Carolina from being a triangular region.

A suburb of Burntwood in Hammerwich parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0507).


Turner

Turner (countable and uncountable, plural Turners)

From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.


Valentine

Valentine (countable and uncountable, plural Valentines)

From Latin Valentinus, from valeō (“I am strong, healthy”).

A suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.


Valentine

Valentine (a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)


Walker

en-prop

Walker (countable and uncountable, plural Walkers)

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2864).


Wright

en-proper noun

Wright (countable and uncountable, plural Wrights)

desc

Translingual: Wright Mons, wrightii, wrighti

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


Dalton

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

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

Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:

An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1617).


Britannia

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

A southern suburb of Bacup, Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8821).

Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf#English

A suburb in Cymmer community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0390).


Leamington

A suburb of Cambridge, Waipa district, Waikato region, New Zealand.


Medina

Al Madinah (alternative)
Madinah (alternative)


Swansea

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

der

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

A suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales.


Berkeley

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

Barclay (alternative)
Barclift (alternative)
Barkley (alternative)

A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.


Ashley

en-proper noun

Ashley (countable and uncountable, plural Ashleys)

Ashleys (plural)
Ashlee (alternative)
Ashleigh (alternative)
Ashlie (alternative)
Ashly (alternative)

From Old English *Æsċlēah, composed of æsċ (“ash tree”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to Ash + -ley.

A number of villages and hamlets in England:

A suburb in New Milton parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ2595).


Stuart

Stuart (countable and uncountable, plural Stuarts)

Stuarts (plural)
Stewart (alternative historical)

A coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.


Hout Bay

From Afrikaans Houtbaai (literally “Wood Bay”).

bor

A maritime suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.


Whitehall

en-proper noun

Whitehall (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehalls)

From Middle English whit (“white”) + halgh (“corner, nook; hall”).

An eastern suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6174).

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A suburb of Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6920).

A northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 1638).


Bohemia

Latinized translation of French Bohême, from Late Latin Boiohaemum, compound of Boio- (“the Boii”), the Celtic tribe previously inhabiting the area and Germanic *haimaz (“home”) (more at home). The endonym is from Proto-Celtic *boyos and could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”) (compare Proto-Celtic *bāus (“cattle”), genitive *bowos), a reference to cattle owners, or from *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit”), i.e. “warrior, strong hitter” (compare Proto-Celtic *binati (“to strike, hit”)).
Bohemia was abandoned by the Boii c. 60 BCE and settled by the Germanic Marcomanni shortly thereafter. Related to Bavaria.

An inner suburb of Hastings, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ8010).


Wheatley

Wheatley (countable and uncountable, plural Wheatleys)

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

A northern suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5804).

A suburb of Halifax, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0726).


Clyde

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

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Derby

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

der

A suburb of Barnstaple, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5633).


Preston

en-prop

Preston (countable and uncountable, plural Prestons)

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

A suburb of Paignton, Torbay borough, Devon (OS grid ref SX8962).

A suburb of Brighton, East Sussex, otherwise known as Preston Village (OS grid ref TQ3006)

A suburban area in the borough of Brent, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1887).

A suburb of North Shields, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3569).

A suburb of Prestonpans, East Lothian council area (OS grid ref NT3974).

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Darebin, Victoria.


Bellingham

en-proper noun

Bellingham (countable and uncountable, plural Bellinghams)

Two origins:
* The suburb of London is named with the Old English personal name Bera, a byname from bera (“bear”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).
* The village in Northumberland is named with Old English belle (“bell”), in reference to a bell-shaped hill, + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”)

Bellingham station is a short walk away, and you cut through the park en route.

2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 29:

A suburb in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3772).


Fleming

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

der

A number of places in the United States:

A tiny city in Ray County, Missouri; a suburb of Kansas City.


Lucas

From Latin Lucas, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

A suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.


Macassar

A suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.


Clive

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Cl-Cn#Cli

An eastern suburb of Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6766).


Oakley

From Old English Āclēa, from āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Akeley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.

An eastern suburb of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9722).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A suburb of Chinnor, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP7400).


Kenny

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Marshall

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

A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Former name: Marshalltown.


Mesquite

A city in Dallas County and Kaufman County, Texas; a suburb of Dallas.


Bradford

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

A suburb in the Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.


Brighton

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

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

A northern coastal suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.

A coastal suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Holdfast Bay, South Australia.

A coastal suburb of Melbourne, and former city, in the City of Bayside, Victoria.


Choctaw

/ˈt͡ʃɒk.tɔː/

/ˈt͡ʃɒk.ʈɒ(ː)/

A city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; a suburb of Oklahoma City.


Exeter

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


Southsea

A suburb of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ6499).


Thomson

en-proper noun

Thomson (countable and uncountable, plural Thomsons)

Thomsons (plural)
Tomson (alternative)
Thompson (alternative)
Tompson (alternative)
Thomason (alternative)
Thomasson (alternative)

From Tom + -son, originally meaning "son of Thomas". In some instances of people so named, a Calque of Scottish Gaelic MacTamhais (“MacTavish”). Also an anglicisation of the Gaelic name MacTamhais, meaning "son of Thomas". Many with the name MacTavish changed their name to Thomson and Thompson after Culloden. Being derived from Thomas ultimately gives this surname an Aramaic derivation - teoma 'twin'.

calque

A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, named after Alexander Thomson (pioneer).


Harrison

en-proper noun

Harrison (countable and uncountable, plural Harrisons)


Griffith

Griffith (countable and uncountable, plural Griffiths)


Cartwright

Cartwright (countable and uncountable, plural Cartwrights)

Cartwrights (plural)
Catrett (alternative)

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

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A suburb in south-west Sydney, in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.


Fremantle

Fremantle (countable and uncountable, plural Fremantles)

The surname is a variant of Freemantle. The Australian seaport is named after Captain (later Admiral) Charles Howe Fremantle, who pronounced British possession of Western Australia and established a camp at the site of the now port.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A major port city and suburb of Perth, Western Australia.


Richardson

Richardson (countable and uncountable, plural Richardsons)

/ˈɹɪt͡ʃɚdsən/

A city in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas; an affluent inner suburb of Dallas.


Richards

A suburb of Blacktown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Miller

en-prop

Miller (countable and uncountable, plural Millers)

French: Miller

Translingual: Mill.

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

A suburb in the City of Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Chapman

From Middle English chapman, chepman, meaning merchant or trader; equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Doublet of Kaufman and Koopman.


Balmoral

Castle name first appears in writing as Bouchmorale in 1451. Formed from a combination of Old Irish both (“hut, bothy, cot; cabin”) and an uncertain second element. The second element may be Pictish, equivalent to Welsh mawr (“large”) + Welsh iâl (“pastureland”).

der

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Bab-Bal#Bal

A suburb of Galashiels, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4836).


Balmoral

From Irish Baile Mhóireil, baile + mór, from Old Irish mór (“big, great”)).

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A suburban area in Belfast, Northern Ireland.


Balmoral

A suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales.

A suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland.

Other places elsewhere in the world:
A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.


Huntington

en-proper noun

Huntington (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingtons)

The name of many places around the world:

A suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.


Bryn

From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”) or, in the Greater Manchester place-name, Cumbric brinn (“hill”).

A suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5700).


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


Spalding

Greater Geraldton
Greater Geraldton#English

A suburb of Geraldton, in the City of Greater Geraldton, Western Australia.


Bolton

From Middle English Bodeltone (in the Domesday Book) etc., ultimately from Old English bolt, bold, botl, etc. (“home, hall, manor”) + -tun (“-ton: enclosure, town”).

A northern suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1635).


Holmes

A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4192).

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.


Charlton

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Carlton.

Any of many place names in England, Australia and the United States, including:

A suburban area in the borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England, and the home of Charlton Athletic F.C. (OS grid ref TQ4178)

An eastern suburb of Shepton Mallet, Mendip district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6343).


Cardiff

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

A suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.


Clifton

en-proper noun

Clifton (countable and uncountable, plural Cliftons)

Cliftons (plural)
Cliffton (alternative)

*Literally meaning "town by a cliff." From Old English clif (“cliff”) + tūn (“town”). Analyzable as cliff + -ton.
*In Oregon County, Missouri, from Cliff + -ton. From being named after a Cliff, or which may be clipped to Clif.

A suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5773).

A suburb partly within Clifton Without parish, City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5953).

An outer suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5534).

A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4392).

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.

A placename
A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.


Vauxhall

→ Dutch: vauxhall

desctree

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

→ Polish: Foksal

Falkes de Breauté
Vauxhall (disambiguation)

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

A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on the North Shore.

A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.


Penge

A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3570).


Lancaster

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

A town and village in Erie County, New York; a suburb of Buffalo.


Campbell

* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”).
* As an Irish surname, from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), see Caulfield, Cowell.
* As an English surname, variant of Camel, probably influenced by the above.
* (duck breed): Developed by Adele Campbell.

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Barnes

en-proper noun

Barnes (countable and uncountable, plural Barneses)

* As an English surname, from the place on the bank of the Thames, derived from the root of the noun barn.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Barne, from both a Middle English personal name from Old Norse Bjǫrn and Old English Beorn, and from the noun barn (“child”). Semantically compare Child.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a byname from bior (“spear”).
* As a French surname, variant of Bernes, from a short form of a Germanic name derived from Frankish *berō (“bear”), similar to Bernhard.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Parnes, from Yiddish פּרנס (prns), from Hebrew פַּרְנָס (“leader of a Jewish community, provider”).

der

A suburb of London, in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, originally a town in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2276).

An inner suburb and ward in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (approx OS grid ref NZ3856).


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.


Fisher

Fisher (countable and uncountable, plural Fishers)

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

漁 /渔

Equivalent surnames of "fisher" in other languages

A suburb of the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.


Kingston

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

doublet

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

Places in Australia:
A suburb of Logan, Queensland.

A town and suburb in Kingborough council area, near Hobart, Tasmania.

A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Lyons

From Old French Lyons (nominative of Lyon), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

bor

nominative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">Lyon</i>

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, named after Joseph Lyons.

A northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory.


St. John's

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


Bridgetown

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒˌtaʊn/

en:Bridgetown (disambiguation)
en:Tobias Bridge

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

A suburb of Totnes, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8160).


Perry

en-prop

Perry (countable and uncountable, plural Perrys or Perries)

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0792).


Marion

Marion (countable and uncountable, plural Marions)

From Middle English Marion, from Old French Marion, a diminutive of Marie, used in England since the Middle Ages.

A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, from the given name Marianne.


Underwood

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

A suburb of Plympton, City of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5356).

A suburb of the City of Logan, south-east Queensland, Australia.


Newport

en-proper noun

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

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

A suburb of Launceston, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3385).

A coastal suburb in Hemsby parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG5016).

A suburb of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ4819).

A placename
A locale in Australia.
A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.

A placename
A locale in Australia.
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.

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


Piccadilly

Audio (US)

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

A suburb of Swinton, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4598).

A suburb of Kalgoorlie, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.


Ashton

From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

A suburb of Gourock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2377).


Burton

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

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.


Woodstock

Woodstock (countable and uncountable, plural Woodstocks)

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

A placename:
A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A suburb of Kingswood and ward in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6573).


Spencer

Spencer (countable and uncountable, plural Spencers)

An occupational surname from Middle English Spenser, Spencer, Spensier, from the common noun spenser (“spencer”), denoting someone who works in a spense (“spence”), or as a butler or steward.

Speiser

surnames derived from the equivalent of “spencer”

A suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia; probably named for British politician George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer.


Canterbury

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

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.


Canterbury

Borrowed from English Canterbury, from Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burh.

Canterbury (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Canterbury

Unadapted borrowing from English Canterbury, from Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burh.


Plymouth

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

A number of places in the United States:

A sizable city in Hennepin County, Minnesota; a suburb of Minneapolis.


Salisbury

en-proper noun

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 northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

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


Albany

Named in honour of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and son of Queen Victoria of Britain

A northern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.


Albany

A suburb of Washington, City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2957).


Versailles

Borrowed from French Versailles, of uncertain Latin origin (see French entry below), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”).

der

A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.


Versailles

→ Persian: ورسای (versây)

Uncertain, but possibly from Latin versus (“slope”) or versor (“to dwell”), both from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”).

Versailles (a city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France)


Hawthorne

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


Stratford

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

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

A suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.


Warwick

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

affix

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

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.


Morton

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

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

A western suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3854).

A suburb of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6491).

A suburban area in Brading parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ6086).


Gateshead

From Middle English Gatesheved (c. 1190), from Old English *Gāteshēafod, from gāt (“goat”) + hēafod (“head”). First mentioned by Bede in Latin in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People as ad caput caprae (literally “at the goat's head”), meaning a headland or hill frequented by (wild) goats. Both Latin and English names may be calques of a Brythonic predecessor formed from Proto-Brythonic *gaβr, from Proto-Celtic *gabros (“goat”), and might have been the Romano-British fort of Gabrosentum.

A suburb of Newcastle, in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, named after the town in England.


Bedford

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

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

A suburb of Leigh, Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6799).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia, named after Frederick Bedford.


Carlisle

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

der

A suburb of Perth, in the Town of Victoria Park, Western Australia.


Shelley

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

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Canning, Western Australia.


Blackwood

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

An outer suburb west of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7274).

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.


Bassett

A northern suburb of the City of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4216). Related term: Bassett Green.


Berwick

→ Welsh: Berwig

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

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Casey, Victoria, Australia, named after Berwick upon Tweed.

Berwick upon Tweed
Berwick upon Tweed#English


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.


Gladstone

From Old English glæd (“shining”) + stān (“stone”).

Gledstanes (alternative)
Gledstone (alternative)

A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.


Dunkirk

From Dutch Duinkerke, from duin (“dune”) + kerk (“church”).

A western suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5538).


Arundel

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

A suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.


Dallas

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

Dallas (disambiguation)
George M. Dallas

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

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.


Waterloo

/ˌwɔːtəˈluː/

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

compound

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

A northern suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0094).

A small suburb in Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6625).

A suburb of Crosby, Sefton borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3198).

An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1716).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Wam-Way#Wat–Waz

A suburb of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9703).

An inner southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.

A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Elton

From a number of sources, including:
# For the places in Cheshire, County Durham, and Derbyshire, England: from Old English ēl (“eel”) + tūn (“farm, village”) since the village is situated above a small stream. Less likely, from Old English personal name Ella + tūn.
# For the place in Cambridgeshire, England: from Middle English Adelintune, from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“estate”).
# For the place in Gloucestershire, England: from Middle English Elwinton, from Old English personal name Ælfwine + tūn (“estate”).
# For the place in Herefordshire, England: from Middle English Elintona, from Old English *æling (“eel fishery”) + tūn (“estate”), in reference to nearby Wigmore Lake.
# For the place in Nottinghamshire, England, see Elton on the Hill.

A suburb of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7910).


Newark

Probably from Old English nīewe (“new”) + weorc (“work”). In this case, a perhaps more accurate sense of "work" would be that of a building, as an example of a work of labor. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Newerche.

A suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, formerly a hamlet in the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin in the Soke of Peterborough (OS grid ref TF2100).

Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough#English


Scottsdale

A town and suburb of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.


Bangor

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

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

A suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Crawley

From Old English crāwe (“crow”), genitive plural, crāwan + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

A western suburb of the City of Perth, Western Australia, taken from the surname.


Tooting

Disputed. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Totinges.

A suburban area in the borough of Wandsworth and borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2771).


Bradley

en-proper noun

Bradley (countable and uncountable, plural Bradleys)

Bradleys (plural)
Bradly (alternative)
Bradeley (alternative)
Bradly (alternative)
Bradlee (alternative)
Bradleigh (alternative)
Bradlie (alternative)
Bradly (alternative)
Broadley (alternative)

Ultimately from Old English brād (“broad”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.

A suburb in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9595).

A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1620).


Eastbourne

An eastern suburb of Darlington, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3014).

An isolated suburb of Lower Hutt and former borough in Wellington region, New Zealand.


Birkenhead

From Birkheued 1260, Bircheveth c1200; headland where birch trees grow; from Old English birce + heafod.

Port Adelaide Enfield
Port Adelaide Enfield#English

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.

A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on the city's North Shore.


Doncaster

Doncaster (countable and uncountable, plural Doncasters)

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

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Guildford

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

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Swan, Western Australia.


Margate

A suburb of the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.


Shrewsbury

/ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/

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

der

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish#English

A number of places in the United States:

A former unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; a suburb of New Orleans.

St. Louis County
St. Louis County#English

A city in St. Louis County, Missouri; an inner suburb of St. Louis.


Taunton

en-prop

Taunton (countable and uncountable, plural Tauntons)

From Old English Tantūn, from the name of the river Tone.

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Ta-Tha#Tan–Taz

A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200).


Torbay

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

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A small town, bay, and suburb of Albany, Western Australia.


Newhaven

A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2576).


Hythe

A suburban area in Colchester, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0124).


Eastleigh

Borough of Eastleigh
Eastleigh (disambiguation)


Ringwood

en-proper noun

Ringwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ringwoods)

Probably from Old English rimuc (“boundary”) + wudu (“wood”).

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Henderson

en-prop

Henderson (countable and uncountable, plural Hendersons)

A suburb in the west of Auckland, New Zealand.

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Cockburn, Western Australia.


Springfield

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Sow-Stao#Sp

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A suburb in Campbell Park parish, City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8638).

A civil parish and suburb in Chelmsford borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7208).

A suburb of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5706).

A southern suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0981).

A suburb of Rowley Regis, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9688).

A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9299).

A suburb of Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1895).

A suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales.

A number of places in Australia:
A suburb of Ipswich, Queensland.

A number of places in Australia:
A suburb of Adelaide, South 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.

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English


Malaga

en-proper noun

Malaga (countable and uncountable, plural Malagas)

From Spanish Málaga, from Arabic مَالَقَة (Mālaqa), from Latin Malaca, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (Málaka or Malake) of uncertain origin but possibly derived from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). The American places are from the Spanish city. The surname is also sometimes derived via Polish Malaga.

A suburb of Perth, in the City of Swan, Western Australia.


Islington

Islington (disambiguation)
London Borough of Islington

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.


Riverside

A residential suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

A suburban village in Cook County, Illinois; a suburb of Chicago.

A neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts; a suburb of Boston.

A small city in Platte County, Missouri; a suburb of Kansas City.

A neighborhood of East Providence, Rhode Island; a suburb of Providence.


Waterford

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

der

A suburb of Logan, Queensland, Australia.


Peckham

en-proper noun

Peckham (countable and uncountable, plural Peckhams)

Probably from Old English pēac (“peak”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3476).


Davidson

Տաւիտյան

surname meaning "son of David" in other languages

A suburb of the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Santa Cruz

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

A suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, also known as Santacruz.

A village and suburb of the town of Panaji, Goa, India.


Kilkenny

Other places named after Kilkenny, Ireland:

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.


Lansing

Leavenworth County
Leavenworth County#English

A city in Leavenworth County, Kansas; a suburb of Kansas City.


Charleston

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

A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3532).


Davenport

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

der

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

A suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8988).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of Port Augusta, South Australia.


Deans

en-prop

Deans (countable and uncountable, plural Deanses)

A suburb of Livingston, West Lothian council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NT0269).


Clinton

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

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

A town and suburb of Gladstone, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.


Robertson

en-proper noun

Robertson (countable and uncountable, plural Robertsons)

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Ophir

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

bor

Hebrew אוֹפִיר

A tiny town in Tooele County, Utah; a suburb of Salt Lake City.


Johnston

en-proper noun

Johnston (countable and uncountable, plural Johnstons)

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.


Warner

Warner (countable and uncountable, plural Warners)

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

A suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, named after James Warner (surveyor).


Bramley

From Old English brom (“broom”) + leah (“wood clearing, meadow”), like Bromley. Equivalent to broom + -ley (“lea”).

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2434).


Rochester

/ˈɹɒt͡ʃɪstə/

/ˈɹɑt͡ʃɛstɚ/

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

inh

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Oakland County, Michigan; a suburb of Detroit.


Hampton

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

Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames#English

Any of several places in England, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:

A suburb in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, originally in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ1369).

A western coastal suburb of Herne Bay, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1568).

A western suburb of Evesham, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0243).


Osborne

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

Ausburn (alternative)
Orsburn (alternative)
Osborn (alternative)
Osbourne (alternative)
Ozbun (alternative)
Ozburn (alternative)
Usborne (alternative)

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.


Sutherland

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

A suburb and local government area (Sutherland Shire) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Sutherland

a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia


Stafford

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

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

de Stafford (alternative archaic)
Strafford (alternative)

An industrial suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.


Clayton

en-proper noun

Clayton (countable and uncountable, plural Claytons)

⇒ Translingual: Claytonia

From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.

der

A suburb of the city of Manchester, Greater Manchester; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby (OS grid ref SJ8898).

A suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; named for proprietor John Hughes Clayton.


Weston

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

A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4410).

Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset#English

A suburb of Bath, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7266).

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.


Hyde

en-proper noun

Hyde (countable and uncountable, plural Hydes)

* As an English surname, from the root of hide (“measure of land”).
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ide.
* As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Haid.

A suburb of Winchester, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4830).


Oswald

Inherited from Old English Osweald, from ōs (“god, deity”) + weald (“power”). Cognate with German Answald, Faroese and Icelandic Ásvaldur, and Norwegian Nynorsk Åsvald.

A suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.


Churchill

/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃɪl/

/ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl/

Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.

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


Norton

Norton (countable and uncountable, plural Nortons)

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

Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.

A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).

A suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422).


Leopold

From Old French Leopold, from Old High German liut (“people”) + bald (“bold”). The first part is sometimes associated by folk etymology with Latin leo (“lion”), as in Leo and Leonard. More at lede, bold.

A suburb of Geelong, in the City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia.


Thornton

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

A suburb of the City of Maitland, New South Wales.


Middleton

Middleton (countable and uncountable, plural Middletons)

From Old English Middeltūn, equivalent to middle + -ton.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location midway between Annapolis Royal and Kentville.

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

A number of places in England, including:

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3028).

A western suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Hume

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Reid

en-prop

Reid (countable and uncountable, plural Reids)

Reids (plural)
Read (alternative)
Reed (alternative)
Reed (alternative)

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia.


Lawson

en-proper noun

Lawson (countable and uncountable, plural Lawsons)

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


Sherwood

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

A northern suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5432)

A northern suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5643).

A suburb of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3164)

A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.


Wentworth

Wentworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wentworths)

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

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.

A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Carlton

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

A suburb of Nottingham in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6141).

A suburb of southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Melville

Melville (countable and uncountable, plural Melvilles)

A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville.


Kensington

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

A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3690).

A suburb of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.

A suburb of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.

A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.


Steele

From Middle English stele (“steel”); either a metal worker or a person considered to be as hard as steel.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A suburb of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


Willoughby

Willoughby (countable and uncountable, plural Willoughbys)

From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:


Colton

Colton (countable and uncountable, plural Coltons)

From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).

An eastern suburb of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3632).


Brunswick

From the Germanic personal name Bruno, in the genitive case, something akin to *Brunos + Middle Low German wîk (“village, settlement”).

der

Brownswick (alternative)
Brunswic (alternative)


Fraser

en-proper noun

Fraser (countable and uncountable, plural Frasers)

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

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Muirhead

Moorehead (alternative)
Morehead (alternative)

A northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.


Gunn

A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.


Mayfair

Mayfair (countable and uncountable, plural Mayfairs)

A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa.

A suburb of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.


Waverley

From Old English wǣfre (“restless, wavering”) + lēah (“meadow”), thus "the woodland clearing with swaying trees".

cog

Any of several placenames in several countries:

An eastern suburb and local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.


Upton

en-proper noun

Upton (countable and uncountable, plural Uptons)

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

A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ2688).


Sheldon

From Old English scylf (“shelf”) + dūn (“hill”) or denu (“valley”).

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1584).


Stirling

Borrowed from Middle Scots Stirveling, from Early Scots Strivelin, Strivelyn, likely from Scottish Gaelic srib (“stream”) + Scottish Gaelic linn (“pool, lake”). Cognate with Old French Estrivelin, Middle Welsh Ystriflin.

A suburb within the city in Western Australia.


Heliopolis

Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλίου πόλις (Hēlíou pólis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal. Doublet of Surajpur.


Drummond

A southern suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland, divided into Lower and Upper Drummond (OS grid ref NH6643).


Laval

en-proper noun

Laval (countable and uncountable, plural Lavals)

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


Laval

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

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

Laval (a large city in southwestern Quebec, Canada; a suburb of Montreal)


Maitland

Maitland (countable and uncountable, plural Maitlands)

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

A place name:
A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.


Longford

From Old English lang (“long”), definite form langa + ford.

A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3583).


Cavan

A northern suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.


Appleton

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

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

Place names in England, named for an apple enclosure.

A northern suburb of Widnes, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5186).

A southern suburb and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6284).


Carmel

From Hebrew כַּרְמֶל (karmél, “vineyard of El/God”).


Compton

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

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

Any of several placenames in England and the United States.

A suburban area in Ashbourne parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1846).

A suburban area in Farnham parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8546).

A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8898).


Beverley

en-proper noun

Beverley (countable and uncountable, plural Beverleys)

Beverleys (plural)
Beverly (alternative)

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

A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.


Flynn

Anglicized from Irish Ó Floinn, "descendant of Flann (red)".

A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after John Flynn.

A suburb of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, also named after John Flynn.


Granville

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

A number of places in various countries:

A suburb of Sydney, in the Cumberland council area and City of Parramatta, New South Wales; named for British statesman Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.

A suburb of Maryborough in Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.


Nelson

Nelson (countable and uncountable, plural Nelsons)

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

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Nelson

From English Nelson, from Middle English.

Nelson (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Nelson

Unadapted borrowing from English Nelson.


Nelson

Borrowed from English Nelson, a given name transferred from the patronymic surname (usually after Lord Nelson).


Hillsborough

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

A number of places in English-speaking countries:

A suburb in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

A suburb in north-west Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3389). See also football-related senses below.


Blackburn

Blackburn (countable and uncountable, plural Blackburns)

Blackburns (plural)
Blackbourn (alternative)
Blackburne (alternative)

From Old English blæc (“dark”) + burna (“stream”).

A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia.