Hanover

From German Hanover, meaning "on the higher ridge", from Middle Low German hoch (“high”) (from Old Saxon hōh) + over (“edge, shore”).


Manchester

Manchester
Manchester (disambiguation)
Manchester Ship Canal

→ Finnish: Manse

From Old English Mameċeaster. The first element may be from a word related to Breton mamm (“mother; female animal; womb”), in reference to a breast-shaped hill.
The second part is known to be from Old English ceaster, from Latin castra (“camp”).


Saint George

Saint George
Saint George (disambiguation)

The parishes are named after Saint George (d. 303).

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

A parish in Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.


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

The capital and largest city of Jamaica; it is also the capital of its eponymous parish.

A parish of Jamaica; named for the city which it comprises the inner part of.


Clarendon

en-proper noun

Clarendon (countable and uncountable, plural Clarendons)

Earl of Clarendon
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon

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


Westmoreland

In Westmoreland, where the sensi come from / Me put it in a crocus barrel, upon the mini van

1985, Wayne Smith (lyrics and music), “Under Me Sleng Teng”:

Peggy and Cornet took one look at this woebegone place, packed up their cart, said their farewells, and rode off to Westmoreland.

2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 336:


Saint John

A place named after a St. John:
A parish of Barbados.

A place named after a St. John:
A parish of Dominica.

A place named after a St. John:
A parish of Grenada.


Santa Isabel

A place name:
A parish on Boa Vista, Cape Verde.


Lafayette Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other states.. Parish seat: Lafayette.


Vermilion Parish

Named after the Vermilion River and Bay.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other states.. Parish seat: Abbeville.

Vermilion Bay (Louisiana)
Vermilion Parish
Vermilion River (Louisiana)


Madison Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other states.. Parish seat: Tallulah.


Tangipahoa Parish

/ˌtændʒɪpəˈhoʊə/

Named after the Tangipahoa, a tribe who lived in Louisiana.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Amite City.


Franklin Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Winnsboro.


Webster Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Minden.


Jackson Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Jonesboro.


Natchitoches Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States. Parish seat: Natchitoches.


Jefferson Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Gretna.


Union Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Farmerville.


Grant Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Colfax.


Livingston Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Livingston.


Washington Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Franklinton.


St. Charles Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Hahnville.


Concordia Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the same as a county in other US states. Parish seat: Vidalia.


Vernon Parish

Named after Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Leesville.


East Baton Rouge Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Baton Rouge.


Ascension Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Donaldsonville.


Evangeline Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Ville Platte.


St. Mary Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Franklin.

Mary, mother of Jesus
St. Mary Parish, Louisiana


Ouachita Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Its parish seat is in Monroe.


Cameron Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Cameron.


Bossier Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Benton.


Calcasieu Parish

The name Calcasieu comes from the Atakapan word, "quelqueshue" in a French transliteration, meaning "crying eagle." It was the name of an Atakapa chief, which French colonists applied to the local river, the Calcasieu River.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Lake Charles.


Caldwell Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Columbia.


Plaquemines Parish

The name "plaquemines," in French Creole, was derived from the Atakapa word, piakimin, meaning the local fruit persimmon.

Pointe à la Hache
Pointe à la Hache#English

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. The parish seat is in Pointe à la Hache.


Allen Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Oberlin.


West Carroll Parish

Originally part of Carroll Parish before it was divided in 1877, which was named after Charles Carroll of Carrollton.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Oak Grove.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton
West Carroll Parish


East Carroll Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Lake Providence.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton
East Carroll Parish


St. Helena Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Greensburg


St. Landry Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Opelousas.


DeSoto Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Mansfield.


Caddo Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Shreveport.


Lafourche Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Thibodaux.


Rapides Parish

From French rapides (noun: rapids in a river).

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Its parish seat is in Alexandria.


Orleans Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. The parish seat is the City of New Orleans, which is coterminous with the parish.


Lincoln Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Ruston.


St. Tammany Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Covington.


Claiborne Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Homer.

Claiborne Parish
William C. C. Claiborne


Bienville Parish

Named after Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Arcadia


Catahoula Parish

From a Taensa word meaning "big, clear lake".

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, cUSA, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Harrisonburg.


Iberia Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: New Iberia.


St. James Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Convent.

James, brother of Jesus
St. James Parish, Louisiana


Pointe Coupee Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Its parish seat is in New Roads.


Iberville Parish

Named after Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Plaquemine.

Iberville Parish
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville


Sabine Parish

Named after the Sabine River and Sabine Free State.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Many.


Red River Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Its parish seat is in Coushatta.


LaSalle Parish

Named after René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Jena.


Jefferson Davis Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Jennings.


West Feliciana Parish

Formed from the original Feliciana Parish in 1824, which was apparently named after Marie Félicité de Gálvez.

St. Francisville
St. Francisville#English

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: St. Francisville.


Acadia Parish

Named after the Acadians who settled in the area.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Crowley.


Assumption Parish

Named after the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, named after the Assumption of Mary.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Napoleonville.


Morehouse Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Bastrop.


Avoyelles Parish

From the French name for the Avoyel people.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Marksville.


Beauregard Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: DeRidder.


St. Bernard Parish

Named after Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, patron saint of Bernardo de Gálvez.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Chalmette.


Richland Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Its parish seat is in Rayville.


East Feliciana Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Clinton.


St. John the Baptist Parish

Named after Saint John the Baptist Church in Edgard.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Edgard.


St. Martin Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: St. Martinville.


Tensas Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: St. Joseph.


Terrebonne Parish

From French terre f + bonne (“good earth”).

Meronym: Isle de Jean Charles

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Houma.


Winn Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Winnfield.


West Baton Rouge Parish

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Port Allen.


セントポール

From English Saint Paul. Doublet of サン゠ポール (San-Pōru), サンパウロ (San Pauro), and サン・パブロ (San Paburo).


Saint Ann

Ellipsis of Saint Ann Parish.. Named after Saint Ann's Bay, which was in turn named after Lady Anne Hyde, first wife of James II and VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and using the saintly terminology of the preceding Spanish name of the settlement and bay of Spanish Santa Gloria.

Saint Ann Parish
Saint Ann Parish#English

Short for Saint Ann Parish; a parish in Middlesex, Jamaica.


Saint Thomas

The island in the United States Virgin Islands is named after Saint Thomas the Apostle.


Saint James

en-prop

Saint James (countable and uncountable, plural Saint Jameses)

The parishes are named after Saint James. Piecewise doublet of Santiago.


Saint Andrew

From saint + Andrew. From being the apostle Andrew.


Saint Ann Parish

Blend of Saint Ann's Bay + parish. From being the parish-sized political division which contains Saint Ann's Bay. Which was in turn named after Lady Anne Hyde, first wife of James II and VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and using the saintly terminology of the preceding Spanish name of the bay of Spanish Santa Gloria.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English


Saint-Lambert

The municipality is named after Saint Lambert of Maastricht (c. 636 - c. 705).

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


Saint Michael

From saint + Michael, from a character named Michael proclaimed as saint, or from being named for a person named Michael who is not a religiously sainted character, with saint attached for a placename format.


Saint Thomas Lowland

Derived from the name of Saint Thomas and lowland, referring to the low elevation of the parish.

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#English

A parish of Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis.


Saint Paul Charlestown

Derived from the name of Saint Paul and the toponym Charlestown.


Saint George Gingerland

Derived from the name of Saint George and a compound of ginger and land, referring to the cultivation of ginger.


Saint James Windward

Derived from the name of Saint James and windward, referring to the location of the parish.


Saint John Figtree

Derived from the name of Saint John and a compound of fig and tree, referring to the presence of fig trees.


Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre

Derived from the name of Saint Edward and the surname of Catholic bishop Édouard-Charles Fabre (1827 - 1896).

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


Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Helena of Constantinople (c. 246/248 - c. 330) and a compound of Mance (“a surname”) + -bourg. The second element is a reference to co-founder of Montréal Jeanne Mance.

Jeanne Mance
Saint Helena of Constantinople


Saint-Marc-de-Figuery

The name of the municipality is derived from the name of Saint Mark and the name of French military officer Étienne-Guillaume Figuery.

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


Senneterre

Both the city and the municipality are likely named after a French military officer from the Languedoc regiment.

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

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


Brébeuf

The municipality is named after Jean de Brébeuf (1593 - 1649).

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


Saint Joseph

A parish in Barbados, on the east side of the island.


La Massana

Meronyms: Anyós, Arinsal, Erts