Seal

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Sale
* As an occupational English surname, related to seal
* As an occupational English surname, from Old French sele (“saddle”)
* As an English nickname-derived surname, from seal (the animal)
* As a Jewish surname, spelling variant or semantic loan of Siegel

A village in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England.


Bratton

en-proper noun

Bratton (countable and uncountable, plural Brattons)

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A suburban settlement in Wrockwardine parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6313).

Minehead Without
Minehead Without#English

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Minehead Without parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9446).

A village and civil parish east of Westbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9152).

A locality in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, No. 285, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Farrington

Farrington (countable and uncountable, plural Farringtons)

A hamlet in Iwerne Courtney parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8415).


Jang

A village in Eastern Rukum district, Lumbini, Nepal.


Belton

Belton (countable and uncountable, plural Beltons)

From an unexplained first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

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

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A small village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4420).

Belton and Manthorpe
Belton and Manthorpe#English

A village in Belton and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9338).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE7806).

Belton with Browston
Belton with Browston#English

A village in Belton with Browston civil parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4802).


Barnhill

en-proper noun

Barnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Barnhills)

From Old English bearn (“barn”) + hyll (“hill”).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A hamlet in Broxton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4854).

Tuscarawas County
Tuscarawas County#English

A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.


Halstead

Halstead (countable and uncountable, plural Halsteads)

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4861).

Tilton on the Hill and Halstead
Tilton on the Hill and Halstead#English

A hamlet in Tilton on the Hill and Halstead parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7405).


Lozada

a locality in Cordoba department, Argentina


Cranford

Cranford (countable and uncountable, plural Cranfords)

A hamlet in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS3421).

A small village in the north of County Donegal, Ireland.

A community in the Municipal District of Taber, Alberta, Canada.


Moy

Moy (countable and uncountable, plural Moys)

From Taishanese 梅 (moi3), or a habitational surname for someone from Moy, Aisne or Mouy, Oise in France.

A small village beside Loch Moy in the Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7634).

A hamlet beside the Loch Laggan Reservoir in the Highland council area (OS grid ref NN4282).

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.


Geer

* (De Ronde Venen) Attested as De Geer in 1839-1859. Derived from geer (“tapering piece of land”).
* (Vijfheerenlanden) Attested as Geer (De) in 1874. Derived from geer (“tapering piece of land”). Named after a nearby levee, named in turn after a nearby watercourse.

a hamlet in De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Netherlands

a hamlet in Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands


Kersey

Kersey (countable and uncountable, plural Kerseys)

From Old English cærse (“cress”) + īeġ (“island”).

The village itself, however, is invisible until you come to a corner with an archaic wooden pump high on the right bank, turn, and then suddenly, there it is - all of Kersey, running steeply down The Street to a water-splash through a tributary of the Brett, and up again, just as steeply, to the summit of Church Hill.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, pages 237, 240, about Kersey, Suffolk:

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL999904).

Rocky View County
Rocky View County#English

A locality in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.


Gorham

Gorham (countable and uncountable, plural Gorhams)

A number of places in the United States:

A town and hamlet therein, in Ontario County, New York.


Ballinger

Ballinger (countable and uncountable, plural Ballingers)

/ˈbælɪndʒəɹ/

A hamlet in Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire, England, shown as Ballinger Bottom and Ballinger Common on Ordnance Survey maps (OS grid ref SP9103).


Landa

Landa (countable and uncountable, plural Landas)

A village in Alava, Basque Country, Spain.


Landa

Both the village in Álava and the surname are of Basque origin, from landa (“meadow”)


Winfield

Winfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winfields)

A village in Milton Township and Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois.

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


Knowlton

Knowlton (countable and uncountable, plural Knowltons)

From Old English cnoll (“knoll, summit”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A hamlet in East Dorset district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU022103).

A hamlet in Dover district, Kent, England.

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


Tilton

Tilton (countable and uncountable, plural Tiltons)

Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Vermilion County
Vermilion County#English

A village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.


Milburn

Milburn (countable and uncountable, plural Milburns)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, brook”); compare the doublet Milbourne.

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY655293).

A rural settlement in Clutha district, Otago, New Zealand, named after Morris Milburn.


Buchholz

de-proper noun

Buchholz n (proper noun, genitive Buchholz' or (with an article) Buchholz)

Buchholz' (genitive)
Buchholz (genitive)

a hamlet in Büllingen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Pochi (a hamlet in Salorno, South Tyrol, Italy)


Pitman

en-proper noun

Pitman (countable and uncountable, plural Pitmans)

A hamlet in the rural municipality of Redburn No. 130, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Lilley

Lilley (countable and uncountable, plural Lilleys)

From Old English lind (“limetree”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

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A hamlet in Catmore parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4479).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, north-east of Luton, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1126).


Kling

First attested as Kling in 1835. Derived from kling (“hill, elevated place, rough heath”).

a hamlet in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands


Fontana

Fontana (countable and uncountable, plural Fontanas)

From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana.

A village and local council of the Gozo Region, Malta.


Fontana

Fontana (a village and local council of the Gozo Region, Malta)


Heflin

A village in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Matheson

Matheson (countable and uncountable, plural Mathesons)

Black River-Matheson
Black River-Matheson#English

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English

A community in Black River-Matheson township, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.


Newland

Newland (countable and uncountable, plural Newlands)

A locality on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Egton with Newland
Egton with Newland#English

A hamlet in Egton with Newland civil parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD3079).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A hamlet in Eastrington civil parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8029).

A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5509).

A hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6924).

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7948).


Newlands

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref (approx) NT1646).

A rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.


Posada

From posada, definite form of posadă (“sentry post”).

a locality in Comarnic, Prahova County, Romania


Whitehurst

Whitehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehursts)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hyrst (“hurst, hillock, wooded hill”).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A hamlet in Dilhorne parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9745).


Utley

Utley (countable and uncountable, plural Utleys)

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

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0542).


Pomeroy

Pomeroy (countable and uncountable, plural Pomeroys)

A village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

A village in Beckermet parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0108).

A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1983).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2518).

A hamlet in Broad Town parish, south of Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0878).

A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6699).

Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality
w:Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality

A village in Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A community near Terrace, British Columbia, Canada.

Regional Municipality of York
w:Regional Municipality of York

A suburban community in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.


Hildreth

Hildreth (countable and uncountable, plural Hildreths)

A village in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States.


Harwell

en-prop

Harwell (countable and uncountable, plural Harwells)

* (hamlet in Nottinghamshire): From the Old English personal name Hāra, a byname from hār (“grey; grey-haired”), + wella (“well, spring, stream”)
* (village in Oxfordshire): From Old English hēore (“pleasant”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A hamlet in Everton parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6891).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU4989).


Bosley

en-proper noun

Bosley (countable and uncountable, plural Bosleys)

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9165).


Treblinka

Treblinka (nominative singular)
Treblinki (genitive singular)
Treblince (dative singular)
Treblinkę (accusative singular)
Treblinką (instrumental singular)
Treblince (locative singular)
Treblinko (singular vocative)

Ostrów Mazowiecka
Ostrów Mazowiecka#English

Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship#English

Treblinka (a village in the Gmina of Małkinia Górna, Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)


Woodbury

Woodbury (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburys)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0187).

Southern Midlands
Southern Midlands#English

A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.

A small settlement near Geraldine, in southern Canterbury, New Zealand.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A number of places in the United States:

A hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York.

A town and village in Orange County, New York.


Hargrave

Hargrave (countable and uncountable, plural Hargraves)

Hargraves (plural)
Hardgrave (alternative)

Habitational surname, from Old English hār (“grey”) or hara (“hare”) + graf (“grove”) or grǣfe (“thicket”).

A village in Hargrave and Huxley parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4862).

Hargrave and Huxley
Hargrave and Huxley#English

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0370).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7759).

A settlement in the Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, Manitoba, Canada.


Hargraves

A village in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia.


Hartwell

Hartwell (countable and uncountable, plural Hartwells)


Boynton

Boynton (countable and uncountable, plural Boyntons)

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

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA136682).


Beardsley

Beardsley (countable and uncountable, plural Beardsleys)

A locality in Sun City West, Maricopa County, Arizona, named after William H. Beardsley.


Flagg

Flagg (countable and uncountable, plural Flaggs)

Both the surname and village are from Old English flag (“slab”), itself borrowed from Old Norse flaga, from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).


Bonham

A hamlet in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST7733).


Turney

en-proper noun

Turney (countable and uncountable, plural Turneys)

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Tournai, Tournay or Tourny.

A village in Clinton County, Missouri, United States.


Haile

Haile (countable and uncountable, plural Hailes)

A village and civil parish (served by Haile and Wilton Parish Council) in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0308).


Hailes

A small settlement in Stanway parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England, the location of Hailes Abbey (OS grid ref SO0430).


Roden

Roden (countable and uncountable, plural Rodens)

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A hamlet in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5716).

A community in Main-Spessart district, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.


Roden

First attested as rothen in 1139. Derived from the dative plural form of rode (“land cleared of trees”). Compare Het Raan, Raar, Raren, Rha, Rhaan and Rhoon.
See also Dutch Low Saxon Roon.

a village and former municipality of Noordenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands


Harrigan

Harrigan (countable and uncountable, plural Harrigans)

Harrigans (plural)
Horrigan (alternative)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hArragáin, a corruption of Ó hÁnradháin (“descendant of Ánradhán”), a diminutive of ánradh (“warrior”). Compare Hanrahan and Horgan.

A hamlet in the town of Ellenburg, Clinton County, New York, United States.


Wessel

a hamlet in Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands


Copley

Copley (countable and uncountable, plural Copleys)

From Old English copp (“hilltop”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A village west of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0825).

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0822).


Horsley

Horsley (countable and uncountable, plural Horsleys)

From Old English hors (“horse”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to horse + -ley (“lea”).

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK380444).

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST830980).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ095665).

A small settlement in Rochester parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY8496).


Barcia

From the older spelling of varcia (“floodplain”). Attested as Varzena in local Medieval Latin documents; ultimately from a substrate language.

the name of a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia


Brigham

Brigham (countable and uncountable, plural Brighams)

From bryċġ + hām, "homestead by the bridge".

A village and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0830).

Foston on the Wolds
Foston on the Wolds#English

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A small village in Foston on the Wolds parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0753).


Newhouse

Newhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Newhouses)

* From new + house.
* Calque of German Neuhaus. Derived from Neuhaus (cf. Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.), anglicization of German Neuhaus. From neu+Haus.
Cognate with, Catalan Casanova, French Maisonneuve, German Neuhaus, Italian Casanova, Occitan Casanova.

A hamlet in County Durham, England, United Kingdom.

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A hamlet in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NS7961).


Hatley

Hatley (countable and uncountable, plural Hatleys)

From the Old English hætt + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281510).

A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.


Stowell

Stowell (countable and uncountable, plural Stowells)

From Old English stān (“stone”) + wella (“spring, well, stream”).

A hamlet in Yanworth parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0813).

Charlton Horethorne
Charlton Horethorne#English

A village in Charlton Horethorne parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6822).


Holgate

Holgate (countable and uncountable, plural Holgates)

A community in Long Beach Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

A village in Henry County, Ohio, United States.


Southwood

Southwood (countable and uncountable, plural Southwoods)

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Ticknall parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3521).

Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood#English

A hamlet in Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3905).

A hamlet in Baltonsborough parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5533).

Shelsley Beauchamp
Shelsley Beauchamp#English

A hamlet in Shelsley Beauchamp parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7462).

A community in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.

A locality and former town in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.


Niles

Niles (countable and uncountable, plural Nileses)

A number of places in the United States:

A village and township in Cook County, Illinois.


Embleton

Embleton (countable and uncountable, plural Embletons)

A village and civil parish (served by Embleton and District Parish Council) in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY1730).

A hamlet and site of a medieval village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4229).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2322).


Pinkney

Pinkney (countable and uncountable, plural Pinkneys)

Pinkneys (plural)
Pinckney (alternative)

A hamlet in Sherston parish, north-west Wiltshire, England, also known as Sherston Parva (OS grid ref ST8686).


Wingfield

Wingfield (countable and uncountable, plural Wingfields)

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A hamlet in Chalgrave parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0026).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk; John de Wingfield was a resident (OS grid ref TM2376).

A village and civil parish west of Trowbridge, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8256).


Pender

Pender (countable and uncountable, plural Penders)

A village, the county seat of Thurston County, Nebraska, United States.


Kingsbury

Kingsbury (countable and uncountable, plural Kingsburys)

Kingsburys (plural)
Kingsberry (alternative)

Originally from Old English Cingesberia, Chinesburie, &c., from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort, manor, town”). Later derived from earlier places named Kingsbury and from people bearing the surname. Equivalent to king's -bury. Doublet of Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, and Conisbrough. Cf. Kingstown, Kingston, Kingsville, Coniston, Conington, and Queensbury.

doublet

A village municipality of Estrie, Quebec, Canada.

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2196).


Barham

en-proper noun

Barham (countable and uncountable, plural Barhams)

Barhams (plural)
Bareham (alternative)
Boram (alternative)

Two possible origins:
* The villages in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk are named with Old English beorg (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).
* The village in Kent is probably named with an unattested Old English personal name *Beora, a derivative of bera (“bear”), + hām (“homestead”).

Barham and Woolley
Barham and Woolley#English

A village in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1375).

A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2050).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1451).


Vandiver

Vandiver (countable and uncountable, plural Vandivers)

Americanized form of Dutch van Duiver, a habitational surname for someone from Duiven.

A village in Audrain County, Missouri, United States.


Whitehouse

en-prop

Whitehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehouses)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A locality east of Alford, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ6114).

A hamlet on the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR8161).


高車

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/

(～村) Gaoche (a village in Gaoche, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China)


Medellin

The municipality and city are both named after Medellín, Spain.

Medellín (a village in Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain)


Roa

en-proper noun

Roa (countable and uncountable, plural Roas)

A village in Comoé district, Ivory Coast.

A small settlement in Grey district, West Coast, New Zealand, from the Maori language.


Burwell

Burwell (countable and uncountable, plural Burwells)

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5866).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3579).


Parton

Parton (countable and uncountable, plural Partons)

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

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NX9820).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Par-Pay#Par

A hamlet in Thursby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2750).

A hamlet (also called Great Parton) in Eardisley parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3148).

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A hamlet in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX6970).


Tankersley

en-prop

Tankersley (countable and uncountable, plural Tankersleys)

A village and civil parish in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3400).


Markle

en-proper noun

Markle (countable and uncountable, plural Markles)

A hamlet in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5777).


Crossley

Crossley (countable and uncountable, plural Crossleys)

From Old English cross (“cross”) + leah (“woodland clearing”).

compound

A locality in the Shire of Moyne, south-west Victoria, Australia.


Treadwell

en-proper noun

Treadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Treadwells)

Treadwells (plural)
Tredwell (alternative)

Metonymic occupational surname for a fuller, from tread + well.

A hamlet in Delaware County, New York, United States.

Alfred and Plantagenet
Alfred and Plantagenet#English

United Counties of Prescott and Russell#English

A community in Alfred and Plantagenet township, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, eastern Ontario, Canada.


Seale

Seale (countable and uncountable, plural Seales)

A village in Seale and Sands parish, Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU8947).


Stackhouse

Stackhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stackhouses)

A hamlet in Giggleswick parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8165).


Elston

Elston (countable and uncountable, plural Elstons)


Claxton

Claxton (countable and uncountable, plural Claxtons)

From either the Old Norse personal name Klakkr or Old English clacc (“hill, peak”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3403).

A village and civil parish (served by Claxton and Sand Hutton Parish Council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6960).


Loveland

Loveland (countable and uncountable, plural Lovelands)

A hamlet in Orchard Park, Erie County, New York.


Pelton

Pelton (countable and uncountable, plural Peltons)

From the Old English personal name *Peola + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2553).


Worsham

Worsham (countable and uncountable, plural Worshams)

From the Old English personal name Wulfmǣr + -s- + hām (“homestead”).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in Asthal parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2910).


Priddy

Priddy (countable and uncountable, plural Priddys)

A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5250).


Lessard

Lessard (countable and uncountable, plural Lessards)

A village and former commune of Lessard-et-le-Chene, Lisieux borough, Calvados department, Normandy, France.


Lessard

English: Lessard

desc

→ Chinese: 萊薩爾 /莱萨尔 (Láisà'ěr) (transliteration)

a former commune and village in Lessard-et-le-Chêne, Lisieux, Calvados department, Normandy, France


Appleby

en-proper noun

Appleby (countable and uncountable, plural Applebys)

Applebys (plural)
Applebee (alternative)

From Old English æppel (“apple”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”).

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9514).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A locality in Tasman, South Island, New Zealand.

A community in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.


Marriott

Marriott (countable and uncountable, plural Marriotts)

Marriotts (plural)
Mariet (alternative)
Mariot (alternative)
Mariota (alternative)
Marritt (alternative)
Marryatt (alternative)
Meryet (alternative)

From Middle English Mariot, a female given name.

A hamlet in Saskatchewan, within the rural municipality.


Harker

Harker (countable and uncountable, plural Harkers)

A village in Rockcliffe parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3960).


Beckley

Beckley (countable and uncountable, plural Beckleys)

"Becca's wood or clearing", from Old English personal name Becca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8523).

A hamlet in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2296).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5611)


Ridgway

Ridgway (countable and uncountable, plural Ridgways)

A village and township in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.

A hamlet in Edgton parish, south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3986).


Hagerman

Hagerman (countable and uncountable, plural Hagermans)

A hamlet in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York.


Stillman

Stillman (countable and uncountable, plural Stillmans)

A locality in Au Train Township, Alger County, Michigan, United States.


Wortham

From Old English worþ (“enclosure”) + hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0877).


Skeen

a village in Annerstad parish, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden


Elwell

Elwell (countable and uncountable, plural Elwells)

From Old English hæl (“omen”) + wielle (“well, spring”), presumably in reference to a pagan river worship.

A hamlet in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS655315)


Naughton

Naughton (countable and uncountable, plural Naughtons)


Bushnell

Bushnell (countable and uncountable, plural Bushnells)

A village in Kimball County, Nebraska, United States.


Greenway

Greenway (countable and uncountable, plural Greenways)

A community in North Middlesex, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A hamlet in Dymock parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7033).

A hamlet in Rock parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7470).

A hamlet in Puncheston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0630).


Daggett

Menominee County
Menominee County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A township and village therein in Menominee County, Michigan.


沙田

→ English: Sha Tin

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan¹³/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³/

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan¹³/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn¹³/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²³/

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn¹³/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²³/

(～村) Shatian (a village in Rong County, Guangxi, China)


石門

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ mən³⁵/

/sɛːk̚² muːn²¹/

/t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ mŋ̍¹³/

/t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mŋ̍²³/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ mən³⁵/

/sɛːk̚² muːn²¹/

/t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ mŋ̍¹³/

/t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

/t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mŋ̍²³/

(～里) Shimen (an urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan)


Lewin

Lewin (countable and uncountable, plural Lewins)

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

A village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.

Lodz Voivodeship
Lodz Voivodeship#English

A village in Lodz Voivodeship, in central Poland.


Lewin

pl-proper noun

Lewin m inan (demonym lewinian, female demonym lewinianka)

lewinian (demonym)
lewinianka (demonym feminine)
Lewin (nominative singular)
Lewiny (nominative plural)
Lewina (genitive singular)
Lewinów (genitive plural)
Lewinowi (dative singular)
Lewinom (dative plural)
Lewin (accusative singular)
Lewiny (accusative plural)
Lewinem (instrumental singular)
Lewinami (instrumental plural)
Lewinie (locative singular)
Lewinach (locative plural)
Lewinie (singular vocative)
Lewiny (plural vocative)

Lewin – a village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland

Lewin – a village in Lodz Voivodeship, in central Poland

Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship#English

Lewin Kłodzki – a village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland


Brotherton

en-prop

Brotherton (countable and uncountable, plural Brothertons)

Brothertons (plural)
Brotherston (alternative)

From Old English brōþor (“brother”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). Compare Bretherton.

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE4825).


Forest

en-proper noun

Forest (countable and uncountable, plural Forests)

A hamlet in Ellerton-on-Swale parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ2700).


Arrieta

Arrieta (absolutive indefinite)
Arrietak (ergative indefinite)
Arrietari (dative indefinite)
Arrietaren (genitive indefinite)
Arrietarekin (comitative indefinite)
Arrietarengatik (causative indefinite)
Arrietarentzat (benefactive indefinite)
Arrietaz (indefinite instrumental)
Arrietarengan (indefinite inessive)
Arrietan (indefinite inessive)
Arrietako (indefinite locative)
Arrietarengana (allative indefinite)
Arrietara (allative indefinite)
Arrietarenganaino (indefinite terminative)
Arrietaraino (indefinite terminative)
Arrietarenganantz (directive indefinite)
Arrietarantz (directive indefinite)
Arrietarenganako (destinative indefinite)
Arrietarako (destinative indefinite)
Arrietarengandik (ablative indefinite)
Arrietatik (ablative indefinite)
Arrietarik (indefinite partitive)
Arrietatzat (indefinite prolative)

desctree

→ Spanish: Arrieta
→ English: Arrieta
→ Ilocano: Arrieta
→ Tagalog: Arrieta

a hamlet in Vitoria, Álava, Basque Country, Spain

Condado de Treviño
Condado de Treviño#English

Castile and León
Castile and León#English

a hamlet in Condado de Treviño, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain


Arrieta

→ English: Arrieta

→ Ilocano: Arrieta

→ Tagalog: Arrieta

Borrowed from Basque Arrieta (literally “rocky place”).

bor+

a hamlet in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Spain


Harriman

en-proper noun

Harriman (countable and uncountable, plural Harrimans)

A village in the town of Monroe, Orange County, New York, United States.


Dyke

Dyke (countable and uncountable, plural Dykes)

* As an English surname, from the noun dyke.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Dijk (also compare Dyck).


Haworth

Haworth (countable and uncountable, plural Haworths)

⇒ Translingual: Haworthia

From Old English haga (“enclosure, yard; hedge”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

der

Haworth and Stanbury
Haworth and Stanbury#English

A village in Haworth and Stanbury parish, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0337).


Elwood

en-prop

Elwood (countable and uncountable, plural Elwoods)

Elwoods (plural)
Allwood (alternative)
Ellwood (alternative)

From the Middle English personal name Elwald, Elwold, Alwold, which is composed of the Old English elements ælf (“elf”) and weald (“rule”).

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A number of places in the United States:

A village, the county seat of Gosper County, Nebraska.


Woodford

en-proper noun

Woodford (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfords)

Woodfords (plural)
Wadforth (alternative)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).

A hamlet in northeastern Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2113).

A community near Stone, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6995).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village in Stockport borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8982).

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A village in East Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP9677).

A hamlet in West Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0638).

A village in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.

A community in Meaford, Ontario, Canada.


Coston

Coston (countable and uncountable, plural Costons)

A hamlet in Garthorpe parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8422).

A hamlet in Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0606).


Harrod

Harrod (countable and uncountable, plural Harrods)

A village in Allen County, Ohio, United States.


Burford

Burford (countable and uncountable, plural Burfords)

From Old English Beorgford, equivalent to beorg (“mountain”) + ford (“ford”).

A rural community in Brant County, Ontario, Canada.


Gasper

Gasper (countable and uncountable, plural Gaspers)

Stourton with Gasper
Stourton with Gasper#English

A hamlet in Stourton with Gasper parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST7632).


Racine

Racine (countable and uncountable, plural Racines)

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

A village in Meigs County, Ohio, United States.


Whiteley

Whiteley (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteleys)

A community and civil parish with a town council in Winchester district and Fareham borough, Hampshire, England; the civil parish is in Winchester district only (OS grid ref SU5209).


Cockerham

Cockerham (countable and uncountable, plural Cockerhams)

Cockerhams (plural)
Cockrum (alternative)

From the name of the River Cocker + Old English hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4651).


Dull

Possibly from Pictish [Term?], cognate with Proto-Brythonic *dol (“meadow”).

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland.


Ewell

Ewell (countable and uncountable, plural Ewells)

From Old English ēa (“river”) + well (“spring, source”).

A large suburban village in Epsom and Ewell borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2262).


Whitford

Whitford (countable and uncountable, plural Whitfords)

Whitfords (plural)
Whiteford (alternative)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + ford (“ford”).

A village in Shute parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2595).

A village and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1478).

A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.

A settlement in Auckland region, New Zealand, south-east of the city of Auckland.


Barnwell

A village in the Municipal District of Taber, Alberta, Canada.

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0484).


Henshaw

Henshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Henshaws)

Henshaws (plural)
Henshall (alternative)
Hinshaw (alternative)

From the Old English personal name *Heþin + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY765645).


Endicott

Endicott (countable and uncountable, plural Endicotts)

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Jefferson County, Nebraska, named after William Crowninshield Endicott.

A village in the town of Union, Broome County, New York, named after Henry Bradford Endicott.


Welton

Welton (countable and uncountable, plural Weltons)

From Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9627).

A village and civil parish (served by Welton-by-Lincoln Parish Council) in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0179).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5866).


Berkley

en-proper noun

Berkley (countable and uncountable, plural Berkleys)

A village in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST8149).


Barley

Barley (countable and uncountable, plural Barleys)

* The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”).
* The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”).
* As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.


Cathcart

Cathcart (countable and uncountable, plural Cathcarts)

Cathcarts (plural)
Kithcart (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic cath (“battle”) + the name of the River Cart.

A village in southern New South Wales, Australia.


Bowler

Bowler (countable and uncountable, plural Bowlers)

English occupational surname for a maker or seller of bowls, dishes and cups, from Middle English bollere.

(uncountable) A placename in the United States, from the surname:


Bidwell

Bidwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bidwells)

Bidwells (plural)
Bedwell (alternative)
Bodwell (alternative)

From Old English byden (“tub, vat”) + wella (“spring, well”).

A hamlet in Houghton Regis parish, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0124).

Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District#English

A community in Assiginack township, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada.


Medel

Potentially attested as de medela in 1076-1081, attested with certainty as in medele in 1196. Perhaps a compound of Old Dutch mede (“middle, centrally located”) (see middel) and lo (“light forest”). Compare Meijel.

inh

a hamlet in Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands


Eldred

en-proper noun

Eldred (countable and uncountable, plural Eldreds)

census-designated place
census-designated place

A rural hamlet and census-designated place in Highland, Sullivan County, New York.


Rothwell

Rothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Rothwells)

From Old English *roþa, the genitive plural of *roþ (“forest clearing”) + wielle (“spring”).

A small village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1599).


Kells

A village in County Kilkenny, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 4943).

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.


Raby

Raby (countable and uncountable, plural Rabys)

Holme East Waver
Holme East Waver#English

A hamlet in Holme East Waver parish, Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY1851).

Raby with Keverstone
Raby with Keverstone#English

A locality around Raby Castle in Raby with Keverstone parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1222).

A hamlet in the south of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3179).


Findlay

Findlay (countable and uncountable, plural Findlays)

A place in the United States:
A village in Shelby County, Illinois.

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


Bonney

Bonney (countable and uncountable, plural Bonneys)

A village in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.


Williamsburg

* From Williams + -burg.
** (Brooklyn): Named after Jonathan Williams.
* From William + -s- + -burg.
** (Indiana): Named after its founder William Johnson.

The name of many places in the USA.
A village in Sierra County, New Mexico.

The name of many places in the USA.
A village in Clermont County, Ohio.


中大

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/

/t͡sɵŋ³³ ai³²/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tä⁵¹/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ taːi̯²²/

/t͡sɵŋ³³ ai³²/

; “Zhongda, Xingang, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China”
; “Zhongda, Manchun, Jianghan District, Wuhan, Hubei, China”

(～社區) Zhongda (a residential community in Xingang, Haizhu district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, where the South Campus of the Sun Yat-sen University is located)

(～社區) Zhongda (a residential community in Manchun, Jianghan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)


三元

/sän⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

/sän⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

(～村) Sanyuan (a village in Huilong, Hanchuan, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)


白馬

/paɪ̯³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² be⁵⁵⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɛ⁵³/

/paɪ̯³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² be⁵⁵⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bɛ⁵³/

(～村) Baima (a village in Chengbei, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)


St. George

St George (alternative)
Saint George (alternative)

A village in Brant County, Ontario, Canada.


Trempealeau

From French trempe à l'eau, shortened from La Montagne qui trempe à l'eau.

Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County#English

A village and town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States.


Blackford

Blackford (countable and uncountable, plural Blackfords)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A small village in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3962).

A village in Wedmore parish, Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4147).

Compton Pauncefoot
Compton Pauncefoot#English

A small village in Compton Pauncefoot parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6526).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Selworthy parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9245).

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8909).

A locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.


Drum

Drum (countable and uncountable, plural Drums)

* As an Irish surname, from Droma, a personal name from druim (“ridge”)
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from druim (“ridge”)
* As a German surname, from Middle High German trum and Middle Low German drum (“woodblock”), both probably from Proto-Germanic *trumaz.

Drum (disambiguation)#Places
Drum (surname)

A settlement (Mains of Drum) in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, near Drum Castle (OS grid ref NO8099).


Kilby

Kilby (countable and uncountable, plural Kilbys)

From Old English ċild (“child”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”). Compare Kelby, which shares the same etymology.

A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP618729).


Croom

Croom (countable and uncountable, plural Crooms)

A rural locality in the City of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia.


Rushton

Rushton (countable and uncountable, plural Rushtons)

From Old English risċ (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5863).

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8482).


Colston

Colston (countable and uncountable, plural Colstons)

From the Old Norse personal name Kolr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A hamlet in Puncheston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9828).


Birdwell

en-proper noun

Birdwell (countable and uncountable, plural Birdwells)

From Old English bridd (“chick, chickhen; bird”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

der

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3401).


Stickney

en-proper noun

Stickney (countable and uncountable, plural Stickneys)

From Old English sticca (“stick; long strip of land”) + īeġ (“island”).

der

A linear village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TL3456).

A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.


Bradfield

en-proper noun

Bradfield (countable and uncountable, plural Bradfields)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6072).

A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1430).

A village in Swafield parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2733).


Beckford

Beckford (countable and uncountable, plural Beckfords)

From the Old English personal name Becca + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO972360).


Woodland

A village in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0726).

A hamlet in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2489).

A hamlet in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7968).

A number of places in the United States:

Chickasaw County
Chickasaw County#English

A village in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.


Woodlands

A community within the Manitoba municipality.

Adwick le Street
Adwick le Street#English

A village near Adwick le Street, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5307).

A settlement between Invercargill and Edendale, Southland, New Zealand.


Strachan

Strachan (countable and uncountable, plural Strachans)

Strachans (plural)
Strahan (alternative)

The village is named with Scottish Gaelic srath (“river valley”) + eachan (“foal”). The surname could either derive from the placename or from an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sruitheáin (“descendant of Sruitheán”), a personal name from sruith (“sage elder”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

der

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922).


Kittle

en-proper noun

Kittle (countable and uncountable, plural Kittles)

A village in Pennard community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5789).


Dunlop

Dunlop (countable and uncountable, plural Dunlops)

A village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4149).


Hinckley

Hinckley (countable and uncountable, plural Hinckleys)

A village in Squaw Grove Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, named after Francis Hinckley.


Hayes Center

A village, the county seat of Hayes County, Nebraska, United States.


Welling

Welling (countable and uncountable, plural Wellings)

A hamlet in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.


Beech

Beech (countable and uncountable, plural Beeches)

A village and civil parish west of Alton, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6938).


Pinder

Pinder (countable and uncountable, plural Pinders)

A community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Killen

Killen (countable and uncountable, plural Killens)

From the Irish surname, from Coilín. See Colin.

A small village south-west of Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H2480).

A hamlet in the Black Isle, north-west of Fortrose, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6758).


Mount Gilead

A village, the county seat of Morrow County, Ohio, United States.


Isham

Isham (countable and uncountable, plural Ishams)

From the name of the River Ise + Old English hām (“homestead”).

A village and civil parish in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8874).

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


Lakin

Lakin (countable and uncountable, plural Lakins)


Fulford

Fulford (countable and uncountable, plural Fulfords)

From Old English fūl (“dirty, muddy”), in the definite form fūla + ford (“ford”).

A suburban village and civil parish in the city of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6148).

Kingston St Mary
Kingston St Mary#English

A hamlet in Kingston St Mary parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2029).

A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9538).

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


Kirkham

Kirkham (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkhams)

From a Scandinvianized form of Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + hām (“homestead”).

A small village in Westow parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7365).


Cowden

Cowden (countable and uncountable, plural Cowdens)

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4640).

A village in Shelby County, Illinois, United States.


Blakeney

Blakeney (countable and uncountable, plural Blakeneys)

From either Old English blæc (“black”) (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + īeġ (“island”).

A village in Awre parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6707).

A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0243).

Mississippi Mills
Mississippi Mills#English

A community in the town of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Murchison

Murchison (countable and uncountable, plural Murchisons)

/məːt͡ʃɪsən/

A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.


Weekley

Weekley (countable and uncountable, plural Weekleys)

From Old English wīċ (“village, settlement”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wick + -ley (“lea”).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8880).


Rhee

Rhee (countable and uncountable, plural Rhees)

For the surname, borrowed from Korean 이 (i). Doublet of Lee.

A hamlet in Assen municipality, Drenthe province, Netherlands.


Rhee

First attested as to rede in 1381-1383. Derived from Middle Dutch rede (“boundary line, building line”).


Brownfield

County of Paintearth
County of Paintearth#English

A hamlet in the County of Paintearth, No. 18, Alberta, Canada.


Armitage

en-prop

Armitage (countable and uncountable, plural Armitages)

Armitages (plural)
Hermitage (alternative)

/ˈɑɹmɪtɪd͡ʒ/

/ˈɑːmɪtɪd͡ʒ/

From Middle English ermitage (“hermitage”).

Armitage with Handsacre
Armitage with Handsacre#English

A village in Armitage with Handsacre parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0816).


Crafton

en-proper noun

Crafton (countable and uncountable, plural Craftons)

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

A hamlet in Mentmore civil parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8919).


Lowther

Lowther (countable and uncountable, plural Lowthers)

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5323).

A locality in the City of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia.


Risley

Risley (countable and uncountable, plural Risleys)

From Old English hrīs (“twig, branch; brushwood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to rice + -ley (“lea”). The circus term comes from the name of Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874), who developed this kind of act in the United States.

der

A village and civil parish (served by Risley with Hopwell Parish Council) in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4635).


Croy

en-proper noun

Croy (countable and uncountable, plural Croys)

A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7949).

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A village in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7275).


Croy

First attested as Croye and Croij in the 16th century. Likely named after Jacob of Croÿ-Chimay (around 1436-1516), who inherited a nearby castle in 1477.

a hamlet in Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands


Wadley

Wadley (countable and uncountable, plural Wadleys)

From either the Old English personal name Wada or wād (“woad”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A hamlet in Littleworth parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3096).


Frisby

Frisby (countable and uncountable, plural Frisbys)

From Old Norse frisir (“Frisians”) + býr (“settlement”).

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK707013).


Cann

Cann (countable and uncountable, plural Canns)

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann.
* As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley.
* Americanized from Kann, Kahn.

A small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8721).


Crowther

Crowther (countable and uncountable, plural Crowthers)

A locality in the Hilltops Council area of New South Wales, Australia.


Coddington

Coddington (countable and uncountable, plural Coddingtons)

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

A small settlement and civil parish (served by Coddington and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4555).

A locality in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3354).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Bosbury and Coddington Parish Council) in east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7142).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8354).


Wendling

Wendling (countable and uncountable, plural Wendlings)

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9312).


Barwick

Barwick (countable and uncountable, plural Barwicks)

From Old English bere (“barley”) + wīc (“village”).

A hamlet in Standon parish, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3819).

King's Lynn and West Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk#English

A hamlet and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8035).

A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5613).


Rockland

en-prop

Rockland (countable and uncountable, plural Rocklands)

A place in Canada:
A community in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

A community, the main centre of the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario.

La Crosse County
La Crosse County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A village in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.


Wheelock

en-proper noun

Wheelock (countable and uncountable, plural Wheelocks)

A village in Sandbach parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7459).


Shackleford

Shackleford (countable and uncountable, plural Shacklefords)

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9345).


Westerfield

Westerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westerfields)

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1747).

Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands#English

A coastal community on Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.


Tye

Tye (countable and uncountable, plural Tyes)

A hamlet on Hayling Island, Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7302).


Mount Vernon

United States of America
United States of America

The name of many places in the United States of America:


Leftwich

Leftwich (countable and uncountable, plural Leftwiches)

A suburban village in Northwich parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6572).


Dunston

Dunston (countable and uncountable, plural Dunstons)

From Old English personal name Dunn, genitive case *Dunnes + tūn (“farm”).

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0662).

Stoke Holy Cross
Stoke Holy Cross#English

A small village in Stoke Holy Cross parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2202).

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, south of Stafford (OS grid ref SJ9217).

A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2262).


Gailey

Gailey (countable and uncountable, plural Gaileys)

Brewood and Coven
Brewood and Coven#English

A small village in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, mostly in Penkridge parish, with a small part in Brewood and Coven parish (OS grid ref SJ9110).


Langham

Langham (countable and uncountable, plural Langhams)

From Old English lang (“long”) + hām (“homestead”).

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A hamlet in Gillingham parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST7725).

A village and civil parish in Colchester district, Essex (OS grid ref TM025315).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG000410).

A village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SK8411).

Combe St Nicholas
Combe St Nicholas#English

A hamlet in Combe St Nicholas parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3210).

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL977306).


Billington

Billington (countable and uncountable, plural Billingtons)

Billingtons (plural)
Billinton (alternative)

Two different origins:
* The place in Bedfordshire is recorded in 1196 as Billendon, from the Old English personal name Billa + -ing (“belonging to”) + dūn (“hill”).
* The village in Lancashire is probably named with *billing (“sword-shaped, ridge-shaped”) (see bill) + dūn (“hill”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England; the parish was previously named Great Billington (OS grid ref SP9422).

Billington and Langho
Billington and Langho#English

A village in Billington and Langho parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7335).

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A hamlet in Bradley parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8820).


Southwick

Southwick (countable and uncountable, plural Southwicks)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + wīċ (“village, specialized farm”).

Southwick and Widley
Southwick and Widley#English

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A village in Southwick and Widley parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6208).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref TL0192).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8355).


Broadwater

Broadwater (countable and uncountable, plural Broadwaters)

A village in Morrill County, Nebraska, United States.

A rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, southern Queensland, Australia.


Keele

From Old English cȳ, plural of cū (“cow”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”); "the hill where cows graze".

A village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8045).


Blackmore

Blackmore (countable and uncountable, plural Blackmores)

Blackmores (plural)
Blackmur (alternative)

From Old English blæc (“black”) + mōr (“moor”).

A village in Brentwood district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL603016).


Routh

Routh (countable and uncountable, plural Rouths)

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.


Mellor

Mellor (countable and uncountable, plural Mellors)

Mellors (plural)
Mealer (alternative)
Mellow (alternative)

Probably from two ancient British words akin to Welsh moel (“bare”) and bre (“hill”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9788).

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6530).


Loo

* (Duiven) First attested as loy in 1294-1295. Derived from Middle Dutch lo (“light forest”).
* (Bergeijk) First attested as Loo in 1794. Derived from lo (“light forest”).
* (Berkelland) First attested as t Loo in 1868. Derived from lo (“light forest”).
* (Limburg) First attested as Den Loo in 1803-1820. Derived from lo (“light forest”).
* (Bernheze) Derived from lo (“light forest”).
* (Maashorst) Derived from lo (“light forest”).
* (Overijssel) First attested as lo in 1272. Derived from lo (“light forest”).

a village in Duiven, Gelderland, Netherlands

a village in Bergeijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

a hamlet in Berkelland, Gelderland, Netherlands

a hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

a hamlet in Bernheze, North Brabant, Netherlands

a hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands

a hamlet in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands


Hirst

Hirst (countable and uncountable, plural Hirsts)

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A hamlet in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8663).


Privett

Privett (countable and uncountable, plural Privetts)

Apparently from the unattested Old English word *pryfet (“privet”). The location is recorded the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Pryfetes flōdan.

Froxfield and Privett
Froxfield and Privett#English

A village in Froxfield and Privett parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6726).


Haughton

Haughton (countable and uncountable, plural Haughtons)

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5756).

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6772).

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A hamlet in Morville parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO6795).

A hamlet in West Felton parish, north Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3727).

A hamlet in Upton Magna parish and Ercall Magna parish, east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5516).

A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8620).

A hamlet in Llandysilio community, Powys, Wales, close to the border with England (OS grid ref SJ3018).


Trull

Trull (countable and uncountable, plural Trulls)

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2122).


Caston

Caston (countable and uncountable, plural Castons)


Hearne

Hearne (countable and uncountable, plural Hearnes)

A hamlet in Rural Municipality of Redburn No. 130, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Bankhead

Bankhead (countable and uncountable, plural Bankheads)

Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.

A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NJ6608).

A locality in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada.


Portage

Cape Breton Regional Municipality#English

Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island#English

A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

A number of places in the United States:

Marlborough Sounds
Marlborough Sounds#English

A small settlement in the Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, New Zealand.


Huizen

First attested as husen in 1381-1382. Derived from the dative plural form of Middle Dutch huus (“house”).

Meronyms: Bikbergen, Crailo, Huizerhoogt, Valkeveen

a village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands


Esh

Esh (countable and uncountable, plural Eshes)

A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1944).


Kennett

Kennett (countable and uncountable, plural Kennetts)

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6968).


Elswick

Elswick (countable and uncountable, plural Elswicks)

A village and civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4238).


Pearl River

census-designated place
census-designated place

A hamlet and census-designated place in Rockland County, New York, United States.


Ingham

Ingham (countable and uncountable, plural Inghams)

From the Old English personal name Inga, which is related to Ing, + hām (“homestead”). Some authorities believe that the first element could also be from Ingaevones, a Germanic tribe.

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9483).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3926).

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL8570).


Sultana

a village in Mânăstirea, Călărași County, Romania


Kempton

Kempton (countable and uncountable, plural Kemptons)

From the Old English personal name *Cempa, a byname from cempa (“soldier, warrior”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village in Clunbury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO359829).

A village in Ford County, Illinois, United States.

Southern Midlands
Southern Midlands#English

A village in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Garton

Garton (countable and uncountable, plural Gartons)

From Old English gāra (“triangular plot of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village in East Garton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2635).


Stenson

en-proper noun

Stenson (countable and uncountable, plural Stensons)

Twyford and Stenson
Twyford and Stenson#English

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Twyford and Stenson parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3229).


Leader

Leader (countable and uncountable, plural Leaders)

English surname, both from the noun leader and an occupational use of lead (“heavy metal”).

A populated place in Adams County, Colorado, United States.


Hendon

Hendon (countable and uncountable, plural Hendons)

From Old English hēan, dative case of hēah (“high”), + dūn (“hill”).

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Lakeview, No. 337, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Hartfield

Hartfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hartfields)

From Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + feld (“field”).

A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4735).

(uncountable) A placename:
A community in New Brunswick, Canada.


Belmont

Belmont (countable and uncountable, plural Belmonts)

From either French bel (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain, mount”), or else Italian bel (a clipped form of bello (“beautiful”) + monte (“mountain”).

A number of places in the United States:

A village, the county seat of Allegany County, New York.

A town and village therein, in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.

Lafayette County
Lafayette County#English


Brough

Brough (countable and uncountable, plural Broughs)

From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7914).

Brough and Shatton
Brough and Shatton#English

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A hamlet in Brough and Shatton parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1882).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A hamlet in Collingham parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8358).

A small village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2273).

Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands#English

A settlement on Whalsay, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU5564).

A settlement next to Burravoe, Yell, Shetland Islands council area (OS grid ref HU5179).


Redfern

Redfern (countable and uncountable, plural Redferns)

The suburb is named after surgeon William Redfern (1774–1833).

named-after

Pennington County
Pennington County#English

A locality in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, named after George Redfern, a railroad builder.


Bainbridge

en-proper noun

Bainbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bainbridges)

From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A locality and ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9390).

A number of places in the United States:

A town and village therein, in Chenango County, New York.


Penton

Penton (countable and uncountable, plural Pentons)

A locality in Nicholforest parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4477).


Lewisburg

A village in Preble County, Ohio, United States.


Belknap

A village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States.

A village in Johnston, Rhode Island, United States.


Moorefield

In most cases, if not all, from Moore + field.

A village in Frontier County, Nebraska, United States.

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.


Hennepin

Hennepin (countable and uncountable, plural Hennepins)

A village, the county seat of Putnam County, Illinois, United States.


Mount Carmel

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


Whitton

en-proper noun

Whitton (countable and uncountable, plural Whittons)

Ultimately from the Old English personal name Hwīta, a byname from hwīt (“white”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Stillington and Whitton
Stillington and Whitton#English

(uncountable) A place in the United Kingdom:

A village in Stillington and Whitton parish, Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3822).

A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4174).

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9024).

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5772).

A small village and community south of Knighton, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2767).


Throckmorton

Throckmorton (countable and uncountable, plural Throckmortons)

Throckmortons (plural)
Throgmorton (alternative)

Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9849).


Boughton

Boughton (countable and uncountable, plural Boughtons)

From the Old English personal name Bucca, a byname from bucc (“buck, he-goat”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

King's Lynn and West Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk#English

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7002).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish to the north of Northampton in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7565).

Ollerton and Boughton
Ollerton and Boughton#English

A village in Ollerton and Boughton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6768).


Balk

First attested as balc in 1491. Borrowed from West Frisian Balk, derived in turn from Old Frisian balk (“fixed bridge, beam of wood used as a gangboard”).

der

De Fryske Marren
De Fryske Marren#English

a village and former municipality of De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands


Shoaf

en-proper noun

Shoaf (countable and uncountable, plural Shoafs)

A village and historic district in Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Pound

Pound (countable and uncountable, plural Pounds)

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound meaning "measure of weight" and "enclosure."
* As a German surname, variant of Pfund, or as a north/Low German surname, from the variants of it, Pund, Pundt, all meaning "pound," thus related to the above.

Marinette County
Marinette County#English

A village and town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, both named after Thaddeus C. Pound.


Richburg

Richburg (countable and uncountable, plural Richburgs)

Richburgs (plural)
Richbourg (alternative)

Probably an Americanized form of German Reichenberg.

A village in Allegany County, New York, United States.


Rowden

Rowden (countable and uncountable, plural Rowdens)

Sampford Courtenay
Sampford Courtenay#English

A hamlet in Sampford Courtenay parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6498).

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A hamlet in Hampsthwaite parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2557).


Chalk

Chalk (countable and uncountable, plural Chalks)

From early Middle English Celc, from Old English ċealc (“chalk”)

A suburban village attached to the east side of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6773).


Capobianco

Capobianco (countable and uncountable, plural Capobiancos)

Isola di Capo Rizzuto
Isola di Capo Rizzuto#English

A village in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Crotone, Calabria, Italy.


Capobianco

From capo + bianco.
* (surname): From the nickname for a white-haired person

Capobianco (a village in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Crotone, Calabria, Italy)


Esch

First attested as hesc in 773-774. Likely derived from Proto-West Germanic *aski (“ash forest”) (see *ask).

inh

a village and former municipality of Boxtel, North Brabant, Netherlands


Swinford

en-proper noun

Swinford (countable and uncountable, plural Swinfords)

From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + ford.

A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5679).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A hamlet in Cumnor parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4408).


Dunton

Dunton (countable and uncountable, plural Duntons)

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

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2344).

A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP822241).

A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF879303).


Wetmore

Wetmore (countable and uncountable, plural Wetmores)

A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England, on the Shropshire border (OS grid ref SO4477).


Montesquieu

Montesquieu (a village and commune of Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Lawrenceville

A village municipality of Quebec, Canada.


Monticello

/ˌmɑntɨˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/

Originally borrowed from Italian monticello (“little mount”). Many places in the United States are named after Thomas Jefferson's estate. Cognate to French monceau (“heap, pile”) and Spanish montecillo (“hill”).

The name of many places in the United States:

A village, the county seat of Lewis County, Missouri.

Not the famous Monticello in Virginia, the Monticello in upstate New York with the boarded-up main street, the giant Walmart, the army/navy/marine recruitment offices, the stores that sold prosthetic limbs, the racetrack.

2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 99:

A village, the county seat of Sullivan County, New York.


Lawrenceburg

Armstrong County
Armstrong County#English

A village in the city of Parker, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Owego

A village, the county seat of Tioga County, New York, United States.


Elson

Elson (countable and uncountable, plural Elsons)

Possibly from Middle English elson, alternative spelling of elsen, elsyn, alsene (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old Dutch *elisna, *alasna, from Proto-West Germanic *alisnu, *alasnu, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.

A small village in Ellesmere Rural parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3835).


Brisco

Brisco (countable and uncountable, plural Briscos)

From Old English birċe (“birch”) + sceaga (“thicket”), Scandinavianised with the Old Norse cognates birkja + skógr.

St Cuthbert Without
St Cuthbert Without#English

A hamlet in St Cuthbert Without parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4251).


Dahlgren

en-prop

Dahlgren (countable and uncountable, plural Dahlgrens)

Borrowed from Swedish Dahlgren, from dahl (“valley”) + gren (“branch”).

A village in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States.


Blackstock

en-proper noun

Blackstock (countable and uncountable, plural Blackstocks)

A community in Scugog township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Couto

a village in Mavegondo parish, Abegondo, A Coruña, Galicia

a village in Meangos parish, Abegondo, A Coruña, Galicia

San Pedro de Mor
San Pedro de Mor#English

a village in San Pedro de Mor parish, Alfoz, Lugo, Galicia

a village in Frexulfe parish, O Valadouro, Lugo, Galicia

a village in Mañente parish, Pantón, Lugo, Galicia

a village in O Pao parish, Gomesende, Ourense, Galicia

a village in Coruxo parish, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia


Chatfield

Chatfield (countable and uncountable, plural Chatfields)

Habitational surname from a place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Ceatta + feld (“field”).

A village in Crawford County, Ohio, United States.


Grindle

Grindle (countable and uncountable, plural Grindles)

A hamlet in Ryton parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7503).


Kujawa

Kujawa (nominative singular)
Kujawy (genitive singular)
Kujawie (dative singular)
Kujawę (accusative singular)
Kujawą (instrumental singular)
Kujawie (locative singular)
Kujawo (singular vocative)

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

Kujawa (a village in the Gmina of Osiek, Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Kujawa (a village in the Gmina of Golub-Dobrzyń, Golub-Dobrzyń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Lubusz Voivodeship
Lubusz Voivodeship#English

Kujawa (a village in the gmina of Gubin, Krosno County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)


Edenfield

en-prop

Edenfield (countable and uncountable, plural Edenfields)

Perhaps from Old Norse ey (“river”) + Old English tūn (“homestead”) + Old English feld (“field”). Derivation from Eden + field is unlikely.

A village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England, north of Ramsbottom, and south of Rawtenstall (OS grid ref SD7918).


Schermerhorn

First attested as den horn in the 14th century. Compound of the hydronym Schermer and Middle Dutch horn (“corner”). The village developed in the corner of a levee.

a village and former municipality of Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands


Cadwell

en-proper noun

Cadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Cadwells)

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A hamlet in Ickleford parish, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1832).


Peralada

a village in Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain


Barrier

* (Limburg) First attested as De Bovenste Barrier in 1899. Derived from dialectal barrier (“toll, tollpost”). See also Limburgish 't Breer.
* (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Tol in 1866. Derived from dialectal barrier (“toll, tollpost”).

a hamlet in Voerendaal, Limburg, Netherlands


Haring

First attested as de Harrenk in 1803-1820. Potentially derived from haar (“sandy ridge”) suffixed with -ing. Compare Op den Hering.

a hamlet in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands


Wardlow

Wardlow (countable and uncountable, plural Wardlows)

From Old English weard (“watchman, guard”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1874).


Shute

Shute (countable and uncountable, plural Shutes)

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2597).

A hamlet in Shobrooke parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS8900).


Farwell

Farwell (countable and uncountable, plural Farwells)

A village in Clare County, Michigan, United States.

A village in Howard County, Nebraska, United States.


Lumley

Lumley (countable and uncountable, plural Lumleys)

Habitational surname from the villages of Great Lumley and Lumley Thicks, in County Durham, from Old English lumm (“pool”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Lu-Ly#Lu

A hamlet near Hermitage, Southbourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7506).


Hinsdale

A village in Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois, United States.


Medicine Lodge

Yellowhead County
Yellowhead County#English

A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


San Patricio

A small community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States.

A community called San Patricio-Melaque in Jalisco, Mexico.


Huntsville

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

A community in Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

A village in Logan County, Ohio, United States.


重陽

Japanese: 重陽 (Chōyō)

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/

/t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/t͡sʰi̯uŋ¹¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/

/tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/

/tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ iɔŋ²³/

/tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ²⁴/

/tiɔŋ¹³⁻²² iaŋ¹³/

/tiaŋ²³⁻³³ iaŋ²³/

/zoŋ²² hiã⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɪʔ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³ i̯æn¹³/

/t͡sən¹³ i̯æn¹³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/

/t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/t͡sʰi̯uŋ¹¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/

/tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/

/tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ iɔŋ²³/

/tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ²⁴/

/tiɔŋ¹³⁻²² iaŋ¹³/

/tiaŋ²³⁻³³ iaŋ²³/

/zoŋ²² hiã⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɪʔ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³ i̯æn¹³/

/t͡sən¹³ i̯æn¹³/

(～里) an urban village in Nangang district, Taipei, Taiwan


五四

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/

/ŋ̍¹³ sei̯³³/

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/

/ŋ̍¹³ sei̯³³/

(～村) Wusi (a village in Xinshi, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)


Leesville

A village in Carroll County, Ohio, United States.


Batesville

A village in Noble County, Ohio, United States.


Grimsargh

A village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5834).


Stockville

A village, the county seat of Frontier County, Nebraska, United States.


Newbridge

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A village north-west of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9579).

A village in the west of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1272).

A small village in Ciliau Aeron community, Ceredigion (OS grid ref SN5059).

A hamlet in Llangyniew community, Powys, at the confluence of the rivers Banwy and Vyrnwy (OS grid ref SJ1411).

A village in Cefn community, Wrexham borough county borough (OS grid ref SJ2841).

A hamlet in Madron parish, Cornwall, between Penzance and St Just (OS grid ref SW4231).

A hamlet in Kenwyn parish, Cornwall, to the west of Truro (OS grid ref SW7944).

A hamlet in St Mellion parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3467).

A village in Copythorne parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2915).

A hamlet in Shalfleet parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ4187).

A hamlet in Pickering parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE8085).

A village west of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.


Bardwell

en-prop

Bardwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bardwells)

Bardwells (plural)
Bardell (alternative)
Bodwell (alternative)

From either the Old English personal name Bearda or breord (“brim, rim, edge”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A village in St Edmundsbury district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9473).


Collie

en-proper noun

Collie (countable and uncountable, plural Collies)

A village in Warren Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Woodham

Woodham (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhams)

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7018).

A suburban village west of New Haw, Runnymede borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0462).

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


Fauls

A village in Prees parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5832).


Blakeley

Blakeley (countable and uncountable, plural Blakeleys)

Blakeleys (plural)
Blackley (alternative)
Blakely (alternative)
Blakley (alternative)

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”).

A hamlet in Erie County, New York, United States.


Swallow

Swallow (countable and uncountable, plural Swallows)

* As an English surname, from the noun swallow (sense 2).
* Also as an English surname, from Swallow in Lincolnshire, named after its river. The placename itself could be related to the verb swell, or related to the name of the river Swale.

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1703).


Rockwood

Rockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Rockwoods)

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

The main community in Guelph/Eramosa township, Wellington County, Ontario.

A number of places in the United States:

A village and precinct in Randolph County, Illinois.


Hopwood

Hopwood (countable and uncountable, plural Hopwoods)

From Old English hop (“valley among hills”) + wudu (“wood”).

A village in Alvechurch parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP030749).


Rogersville

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Axtell

Axtell (countable and uncountable, plural Axtells)

Two possible origins:
* An Anglicized form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill, which is composed of the elements áss (“god”) + ketill (“kettle, cauldron”).
* Occupational surname for a salt merchant, from Middle English hacksalt (“salt-chopper”).

der

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A village in Kearney County, Nebraska, United States.


Helland

en-proper noun

Helland (countable and uncountable, plural Hellands)

A small village and civil parish (without a council) north of Bodmin, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0771).


Stead

Stead (countable and uncountable, plural Steads)

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Stap-St N#Ste

A locality in Burley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1446).


Wilford

Wilford (countable and uncountable, plural Wilfords)

Wilfords (plural)
Willford (alternative)

From Old English welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).

A village in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5636).


Dorton

Dorton (countable and uncountable, plural Dortons)

A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6814).


Crampton

Crampton (countable and uncountable, plural Cramptons)

Cramptons (plural)
Cramton (alternative)

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

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


Rigg

Rigg (countable and uncountable, plural Riggs)

A small settlement in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY2966).


Plum

Plum (countable and uncountable, plural Plums)

A village in Le Mont-Dore commune, New Caledonia.


Winsor

Winsor (countable and uncountable, plural Winsors)

A village in Copythorne parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3114).

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A settlement in New-Wes-Valley municipality, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, named after John Winsor..


Sturtevant

Sturtevant (countable and uncountable, plural Sturtevants)

A village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.


Summerfield

Summerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfields)

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Stu-Sz#Su

A hamlet in Woodnesborough parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid TR2755).

King's Lynn and West Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk#English

A hamlet in Docking parish, King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF7438).

A settlement in Hartlebury parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8473).

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

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

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A village in St. Clair County, Illinois.


Tweed

Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)

en:River Tweed
en:Tweed (disambiguation)

A municipality and community therein, in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.


Ripple

Ripple (countable and uncountable, plural Ripples)

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3450).

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8737).


Millington

Millington (countable and uncountable, plural Millingtons)

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

Millington and Rostherne
Millington and Rostherne#English

A locality and former civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, now mostly in Millington and Rostherne civil parish (OS grid ref SJ728847).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE830517).

A village in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.

A village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States.

A township and village therein, in Tuscola County, Michigan, United States.


Mandeville

Mandeville (countable and uncountable, plural Mandevilles)


Haigh

Haigh (countable and uncountable, plural Haighs)

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6009).

A small village in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire and Wakefield borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2912).


Ellisville

A village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.

A village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.


Westchester

New London County
New London County#English

A village in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, United States.

"There is clearly a systemic problem," said Richard L. Brodsky, a Westchester assemblyman, who is sponsoring a bill to require that mercury gauges be replaced with nonmercury alternatives.

2000 October 8, Robert Worth, “HEALTH; A Little-Known Threat”, in The New York Times:

A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.


Lowville

A village, the county seat of Lewis County, New York, United States, contained within the town of the same name.


Chehalis

From Halkomelem Stsʼaʼí:les (the name of a village, literally “beating heart”). Doublet of Sts'Ailes.

bor

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A small community in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.


Lupton

en-proper noun

Lupton (countable and uncountable, plural Luptons)

From the Old English personal name *Hluppa + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village and civil parish of South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5581).


Fifield

Fifield (countable and uncountable, plural Fifields)

From Old English fīf (“five”) + hīd (“hide, a unit of land”).

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A village in Bray parish, Windsor and Maidenhead district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9076).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2318).

A hamlet in Enford parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1450).


Silverton

A small village west of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

A locality in Yankalilla district council area, South Australia.

A village in the Slocan Valley, British Columbia, Canada.

A large village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9502).

A number of places in the United States:


Carberry

Carberry (countable and uncountable, plural Carberrys)

From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).

der

A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).


Witten

First attested as withen in 1294. Etymology unknown. Potentially derived from the dative plural form of wit (“white”), used here to designate a settlement built on white sand.

unk

unknown


Westlake

en-proper noun

Westlake (countable and uncountable, plural Westlakes)

Westlakes (plural)
West Lake (alternative)
West-Lake (alternative)
West-lake (alternative)
WestLake (alternative)

A hamlet in Ermington parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6253).


Bickley

Bickley (countable and uncountable, plural Bickleys)

No Man's Heath and District
No Man's Heath and District#English

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A small village in No Man's Heath and District parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, and former civil parish (OS grid ref SJ5349).

Knighton on Teme
Knighton on Teme#English

A hamlet in Knighton on Teme parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6371).


Moscoso

From Latin muscōsum, accusative singular of muscōsus, meaning mossy. Doublet of musgoso. Early forms of the surname came in the form "Mosscosso," which supports the aforementioned origin, given it is the voicing of late Latin 's' that gave rise to the g in 'sc' clusters in Spanish and Galician (such as in musgoso). Alternatively, from mosca (“fly”) + -oso (“place with”). However, there are few, if any examples, in which Latin word-final "a" becomes "o", making this latter etymology unlikely. The surname, from a Galician Medieval noble house.

a village in Rodeiro parish, Oza-Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia

a village in Ardemil parish, Ordes, A Coruña, Galicia


Cammarata

Borrowed from Sicilian Cammarata, from Byzantine Greek καμάρα (kamára, “span”) + -ata. Compare Sicilian Camerina.

a village in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy


Marquette

Marquette (countable and uncountable, plural Marquettes)

A village in Hamilton County, Nebraska, United States.

Green Lake County
Green Lake County#English

A town and village in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States.


Woodburn

Woodburn (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburns)

A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Wardle

en-prop

Wardle (countable and uncountable, plural Wardles)

From Old English weard (“fortified place”) + hyll (“hill”).

compound

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6157).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9116).


Fordyce

en-proper noun

Fordyce (countable and uncountable, plural Fordyces)

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.

A village in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States.


Lazenby

Lazenby (countable and uncountable, plural Lazenbys)

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A village in Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5719).


Lumsden

Lumsden (countable and uncountable, plural Lumsdens)

The town in Newfoundland is named after Methodist minister James Lumsden (1854 - 1915).

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ4722).