New Zealand

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نِيُوزِيلَانْدَا

نِيُوزِيلَنْدَا

نِيُوزِيلَانْدَة

نِيُوزِيلَنْدَة

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

নিউজিল্যান্ড

→ Bengali: নিউজিল্যান্ড (niujilênḍ)

→ Chinese: 紐西蘭 /纽西兰 (Niǔxīlán)

→ Danish: New Zealand

→ Fijian: Niusiladi

Νέα Ζηλανδία

→ Greek: Νέα Ζηλανδία (Néa Zilandía)

→ Hawaiian: Nukilani

נְיוּ זִילַנְדּ

→ Hebrew: נְיוּ זִילַנְדּ (nyú zíland)

→ Hebrew: נְיוּ זִילַנְדּ (nyú zíland)

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

→ Japanese: ニュージーランド (Nyū Jīrando)

→ Korean: 뉴질랜드 (nyujillaendeu)

→ Maori: Niu Tireni

→ Niuean: Niu Sila

→ Norwegian Bokmål: New Zealand

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: New Zealand

→ Pashto: نيوزيلنډ (nyuzelanḍ)

→ Persian: نِیوزیلَنْد (niyuziland)

→ Rarotongan: Nū Tireni

→ Samoan: Niu Sila

→ Swahili: Nyuzilandi

→ Thai: นิวซีแลนด์ (niu-sii-lɛɛn)

→ Tokelauan: Niu Hila

→ Tongan: Nuʻusila, Nuʻu Sila

نْیُوزی لَینْڈ

نْیُوزیلَینْڈ

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

→ Yiddish: ניו־זילאַנד (nyu-ziland)

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

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A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0177).


Egypt

→ Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)

→ Chinese: 埃及 (Āijí)

→ Korean: 애굽 (Aegup)

→ Vietnamese: Ai Cập

→ Cornish: Ejyp

→ Gujarati: ઇજિપ્ત (ijipt)

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

→ Iban: Ejip

→ Japanese: エジプト (Ejiputo)

→ Kannada: ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್ (ījipṭ)

→ Korean: 이집트 (Ijipteu)

→ Malayalam: ഈജിപ്റ്റ് (ījipṟṟ)

→ Maori: Īhipa

→ Marathi: इजिप्त (ijipta)

→ Navajo: Ííjip

→ Nepali: इजिप्ट (ijipṭa)

→ Odia: ଇଜିପ୍ଟ (ijipṭa)

→ Paiwan: Idjiputu

→ Thai: อียิปต์ (ii-yìp)

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

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

A tiny hamlet in Leckhampstead parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4476).

A suburban village in Farnham Royal parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref SU9685).

A hamlet in Wonston parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4640).

A hamlet near Thornton, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0933).


Ireland

en-proper noun

Ireland (usually uncountable, plural Irelands)

→ Japanese: アイルランド (Airurando)

From Middle English Ireland, Irelond, Irlond, Irland, from Old English Īrland. Perhaps also from Middle Irish Éire + -land. Ultimately from Old Irish Ériu (“Ireland”). See Irish.

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A hamlet in Southill parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1341).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English


Wales

en-prop

Wales (countable and uncountable, plural Waleses)

wails (whales in accents with wine-whine merger)

From Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh (“Celt, Welsh person”), from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”). Compare the second element in Cornwall, and also Gaul.

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).


Georgia

From George (male given name) + -ia (place-name suffix).

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/ˈd͡ʒɔː.d͡ʒə/

/ˈd͡ʒɔɹ.d͡ʒə/

/ˈd͡ʒɔʊ.d͡ʒə/

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American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

A hamlet in Towednack parish, Cornwall, England.


Quebec

en-proper noun

Quebec (usually uncountable, plural Quebecs)

Quebecs (plural)
Québec (alternative)
Kebec (alternative archaic)

Canada

Quebec
Quebec (disambiguation)
en:Quebec City
en:Saint Lawrence River

From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”). Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g (“plug”), and Mi'kmaq Kepinkek; compare Proto-Algonquian *kepahikani (“obstruction”). It originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. The name of the city preceded that of the province.

A small village in Esh parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1843).

A hamlet in Harting parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7821).


Victoria

Victoria (countable and uncountable, plural Victorias or Victoriae)

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

A hamlet in Roche parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9861).

A hamlet in Dunford parish, Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, on the West Yorkshire boundary and probably named after the Victoria Inn (OS grid ref SE1705)


Melbourne

Named after the 2nd Viscount of Melbourne, Derbyshire, itself deriving from the Old English mylen (“mill”) + burne (“stream”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.


Edmonton

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

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

A hamlet in St Breock civil parish, Cornwall, England.


Toronto

[tʰəˈɹɑ̈ntʰo(ʊ)]

[tʰəˈɹɑ̈ɾ̃o(ʊ)]

[t͡ʃəˈɹɑno(ʊ)]

[t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷɑɾ̃ə]

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

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


Milton

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

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4762).

A hamlet in Brampton parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5560).

A hamlet in Preston Richard parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD5383).

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Repton parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3226).

A village in West Markham parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7173).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4535).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4892).

A hamlet in Ash parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4621).

A hamlet in East Knoyle parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8731).


Palestine

→ Korean: 팔레스타인 (Palleseutain)

→ Malay: Palestin

Medinet Habu
Padiiset's Statue
Palestine

From Middle English Palestyne, from Old English Palestina, from Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē, “Philistia and the surrounding region”), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”). The term P-l-s-t or P-r-s-t, found in five Ancient Egyptian inscriptions (beginning with one at Medinet Habu from circa 1170 BCE and ending with Padiiset's Statue inscription from circa 900-850 BCE) as the name of a people near Egypt, is traditionally taken to be cognate. Seven Assyrian inscriptions contain the word "Palas(h)tu" or "Pilistu", which is usually also taken to be cognate.

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A village in Over Wallop parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2640).


Bentley

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

A hamlet in Rowley parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA0135).

A hamlet north-west of Brentwood, Brentwood borough, Essex (OS grid ref TQ5696).

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7844).

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1136).

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Bentley and Merevale Parish Council) in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2895).

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English


California

en-prop

California (countable and uncountable, plural Californias)

Etymology of California
Las sergas de Esplandián

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

A suburban village and park in Finchampstead parish, Wokingham borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7964).


Charles

en-proper noun

Charles (countable and uncountable, plural Charleses)

From French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Frankish and Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a clipping of the original name King Charles's Island, granted in honor of Charles II of England.

A hamlet in Brayford parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6832).


Pennsylvania

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

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

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Pensylvania (alternative)
Pensilvania (alternative)

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A hamlet in Cold Ashton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7473).


Barcelona

/ˌbɑːsəˈləʊnə/

/ˌbɑɹsəˈloʊnə/

/ˌbɑɹsɪˈloʊnə/

Ultimately borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

A hamlet in Pelynt parish, Cornwall, England.


New England

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

Nieu-Engeland

six states in the northeast of the United States

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A hamlet in Birdbrook parish, Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7042).

Wainfleet All Saints
Wainfleet All Saints#English

A settlement in Croft parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, next to Wainfleet All Saints (OS grid ref TF5059).

Combe St Nicholas
Combe St Nicholas#English

A hamlet in Combe St Nicholas parish, Somerset, near the town of Chard (OS grid ref ST3210).


New York

James II of England
Province of New York

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

न्यू यॉर्क

village in Wildmore, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England

A village in Wildmore parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2455).

Hartwith cum Winsley
Hartwith cum Winsley#English

A settlement in Hartwith cum Winsley parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1962).

न्यू यॉर्क

settlement in Hartwith cum Winsley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3270).

न्यू यॉर्क

suburban village in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England


Normandy

From Middle English Normandie, Normandye, from Old English Normandiġ, from Old French Normendie, from normant + -ie. Compare Old Norse Norðmanndi (“Normandy”). Normant refers to the Germanic words for 'north' and 'man', as the original Normans were of Scandinavian origin. More at Norman.

A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9251).

A small settlement on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SV9211)


Oxford

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

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A hamlet in Ancroft parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0046).


Philadelphia

[fɪɫəˈdɜɫfi.ə]

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

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

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A village in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England; named for the city in Pennsylvania (OS grid ref NZ3352).


Rhodes

en-proper noun

Rhodes (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodeses)

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

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

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village near Middleton, Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8505).


Wellington

en-prop

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)

Wellingtons (plural)
wellington (alternative)

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

A locality in Gosforth parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0704).

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948).


Bromley

en-proper noun

Bromley (countable and uncountable, plural Bromleys)

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

Bromley (disambiguation)
London Borough of Bromley

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A hamlet in Standon parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL4121).

A hamlet in Wortley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3298).


New Holland

(sense 1) Coined in 1644 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman as Nieuw Holland.
(sense 2) Uncertain, Parts of Holland was in the south of Lincolnshire.

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A village, civil parish, and port in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0823).


Oxbridge

A hamlet in Netherbury parish, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4797).


Cambridge

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From Middle English Cantebrigge, Grentebrige, from Old English Grante bryċġ, Granta-briċġ, Grantanbryċġ (“Granta-bridge”). Granta is probably of Celtic origin, identified as Brythonic settlement, Cair Grauth. Doublet of Cam.
By Middle English when the name of the settlement had changed to "Cantebrigge" and eventually "Cambridge", the lower stretches of the River Granta were renamed Cam by back-formation from Cambridge.

A village in Slimbridge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the local River Cam (OS grid ref SO7403).


Alton

From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire; Alton Towers is to the north (OS grid ref SK0742).

A hamlet in Figheldean parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1546).


Paul

From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo.

St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul

A village south of Newlyn in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4627). The civil parish of Paul (abolished 2021) did not include the village in latter years, and is now included in St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul.


Hannah

Hannah (countable and uncountable, plural Hannahs)

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⇒ Danish: Hannah

⇒ Norwegian: Hannah

→ Portuguese: Hanna

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⇒ Swedish: Hannah
→ Chinese: 漢娜 /汉娜 (Hànnà) (transliteration)

→ Tagalog: Hannah

From previous romanizations of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a Wren with the Royal Marines, after Hannah Snell (1723–1792) who disguised herself as a man to serve in the British military. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Ana.

Hannah cum Hagnaby
Hannah cum Hagnaby#English

A hamlet in Hannah cum Hagnaby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5079).


Saul

From Hebrew שָׁאוּל (sha'úl, “asked for”). Doublet of Silas, which derived from Aramaic.

Fretherne with Saul
Fretherne with Saul#English

A village in Fretherne with Saul parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7409).


Newcastle

[ˈnjʉˌkʰɑːsɫ̩]

From new + castle. Doublet of Neuchâtel.

Newcastle on Clun
Newcastle on Clun#English

A village in Newcastle on Clun parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2482).


Newcastle

Unadapted borrowing from English Newcastle.

ubor

Newcastle (a village in Shropshire, England)


Gibraltar

/d͡ʒɪˈbɹɔːltə(ɹ)/

/d͡ʒɪˈbɹɒltə(ɹ)/

Pillars of Hercules
Rock of Gibraltar
Tariq ibn Ziyad
Umayyad conquest of Hispania

From Spanish Gibraltar, from Arabic جَبَل طَارِق (jabal ṭāriq, “Mount Tariq”), named after Tariq ibn Ziyad, who led the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, starting in 711. Replaced earlier Latin Mons Calpe (“Mount Calpe”) for the land, and Columnae Herculis, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειαι στῆλαι (Hērákleiai stêlai, “Pillars of Hercules”), for the strait.
The barangay in Baguio, Philippines is named by a German national "Jonathan Speth" after the Rock of Gibraltar in Europe. He lived and died in the barangay.

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جَبَل طَارِق

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Ἡράκλειαι στῆλαι

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A hamlet in Kempston Rural parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0046).

Dinton with Ford and Upton
Dinton with Ford and Upton#English

A hamlet mostly in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7510).

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A hamlet in Hawkinge parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2039).

A locality in Bletchingdon parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4818).


Cheddar

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Ceodre, likely from the word ceodor (“cavity, pouch; ravine”), as there is a gorge near the town.

A large village and civil parish, previously in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England, famous for its cheese, and also for its gorge, caves and remains of early man found in them (OS grid ref ST4553).


Wilson

en-proper noun

Wilson (countable and uncountable, plural Wilsons)

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

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

Breedon on the Hill
Breedon on the Hill#English

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A small village in Breedon on the Hill parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4024).


Hollywood

en-prop

Hollywood (countable and uncountable, plural Hollywoods)

The name of the neighbourhood in Los Angeles (sense 1) was coined by real estate developer H. J. Whitley, from holly + wood. By metonymy, it became the name of the industry, and eventually also a name for decadence.

coin

A village in Wythall parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0877).


Maryland

/ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/

/ˈmɛəɹɪlænd/

/ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/

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

A deserted village on Brownsea Island in Dorset, England; named for the wife of the founder (OS grid ref SZ0188).


Washington

en-proper noun

Washington (countable and uncountable, plural Washingtons)

Washington (the town in Tyne and Wear, northeast England): probably from the Old English place name Hwæssingatūn (literally “a settlement of the household of *Hwæssa”), from *Hwæssa (a Saxon chieftain's name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead, settlement”). It was attested in 1096 as Wasindone. Hwæssa is of uncertain origin, said to possibly correspond to waþ (“hunt”) + sige (“victory”), or possibly related to hwæte (“wheat”). There are other theories; more on Wikipedia.
The surname derives from the town, and most places in the United States are named for George Washington.

DC

The federal district and city are coterminous and the city government administers the district, so are jurisdictionally equivalent

A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1212).


Kent

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

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Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley#English

A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).


Avon

From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon.

A hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, by the Hampshire/Dorset River Avon (OS grid ref SZ1498).

A hamlet in Bremhill parish, Wiltshire, by the Bristol River Avon (OS grid ref ST9576).


Stilton

en-proper noun

Stilton (countable and uncountable, plural Stiltons)

Recorded as Stichiltone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English stigel (“stile”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The cheese was named after the village where it was originally sold.

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689).


Wilton

en-prop

Wilton (countable and uncountable, plural Wiltons)

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

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0311).

A village in Bridstow parish, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5824).

A village and civil parish (served by Allerston and Wilton Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE8682).

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A small village (and castle) in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ5819).

A village in Grafton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2661).


Croydon

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

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3149).


Greenwich

/ˈɡɹinwɪt͡ʃ/

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

Fonthill Gifford
Fonthill Gifford#English

A hamlet in Fonthill Gifford parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9232).


Jodrell Bank

Lower Withington
Lower Withington#English

A hamlet in Goostrey parish and Lower Withington parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England; the observatory and radio telescope are located nearby (OS grid ref SJ7970).


Stanley

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

named-after

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

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village in Stanley and Stanley Common parish, Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4240).

Stanley and Stanley Common
Stanley and Stanley Common#English

A small village in Endon and Stanley parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9352).

Endon and Stanley
Endon and Stanley#English

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3424).

A hamlet in Bremhill parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9572).


Hastings

The placename in England is derived from the Old English tribal name Hæstingas (“Hæsta's people, the family/followers of Hæsta”), which was later transferred to their settlement.
The family name has two possible sources:
* from the place name
* a patronymic surname derived from the Anglo-Norman personal name Hasten(c), Hastang
The later place names in other countries are named either after people with that family name, or after the town of Hastings in England.

A hamlet in Ashill parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3116).

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Ness

en-proper noun

Ness (countable and uncountable, plural Nesses)

Named after the River Ness, of Celtic/Pictish origin, from a Proto-Celtic word *Nesta describing great currents, according to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the river Νέστος (Néstos), possibly *ned- (“water”).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A suburban village in Neston parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3076).


Shirley

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

Sherley (alternative)
Shurley (alternative)

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2141).

A hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ1798).


Moira

Moira
Moira, County Down
Moira, Leicestershire

A village in Ashby Woulds parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England, named after the earldom of Moira in Northern Ireland (OS grid ref SK3115).


Sunderland

From sunder + -land (see Wikipedia article for further etymological information).

A hamlet in Blindcrake parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY1735).

A small coastal village in Overton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4256).


Beckwith

From Old English bēċe ("beech") + Old Norse viðr (“wood”) 'Beechwood'

A small settlement in Beckwithshaw parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2852).


Kelly

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Kelly (countable and uncountable, plural Kellies)

Kellies (plural)
Kelley (alternative)
Kelli (alternative)
Kellie (alternative)

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Borrowed from Irish Ó Ceallaigh. Doublet of Kellogg and Callahan.

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3981).


Arnold

From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, ornis, and ornitho-.
Compare the Latin male given name and cognomen Aquila, and female given name Aquilīna (whence Russian Акули́на (Akulína)), related to aquila (whence eagle).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1241).


Downe

A village in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4361).


Abbey

A hamlet in Dunkeswell parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, probably named for the local abbey (OS grid ref ST1410).


Acton

en-proper noun

Acton (countable and uncountable, plural Actons)

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

Burland and Acton
Burland and Acton#English

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

A village in Burland and Acton parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6353).

Langton Matravers
Langton Matravers#English

A hamlet in Langton Matravers parish, Purbeck district, Dorset (OS grid ref SY9878).

A hamlet in Allendale parish, south-west Northumberland (OS grid ref NY8351).

A village in Lydbury North parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO3184).

A hamlet in Whitmore parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8241).

A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8944).

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A locality in Ombersley parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8467).


Aldgate

From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English geat (“gate”); equivalent to old + gate.

A settlement in Ketton parish, Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9804).


Aller

A hamlet in Kentisbeare parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST0506).

A small settlement in Hilton parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST7602).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4029).


Ash

Ash (countable and uncountable, plural Ashes)

Ash (deity)
Ash (disambiguation)#Places
Ash (name)

A hamlet in Stoke Fleming parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8349).

A hamlet in Stourpaine parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST8610).

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2858).

A small village in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6064).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4720).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Thornfalcon parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2822).


Ball

Multiple theories and origins.
* From a short form of the Middle English given name Baldwin.
* A toponymic surname for a person that lives near a knoll or rounded hill (i.e. somewhere shaped like a ball).
* From the Old Norse given name Balle.
* A habitational surname for a person from Ball, Cornwall, from Cornish Pelen.

A hamlet in Egloshayle parish, on the eastern outskirts of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0073).


Bank

From Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

der

Bank and Monument stations
Bank, Hampshire

A village in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.


Bean

Probably an occupational surname for a bean farmer, from bean.

A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5872).


Blackamoor

From Blakemor (first recorded use in 1210), from Old English blæc (“black”) + mór (“moor”).

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A village in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6925).


Boot

* As an English surname, from the noun boot.
* As a Dutch and German surname, from Bote (“messenger”), compare Bode. Also an occupational surname for a boatman, from boot.

A small village in Eskdale parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY1701).


Box

Box (surname)
Box, Gloucestershire
Box, Wiltshire

A village in Minchinhampton parish, south of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8600).

A village and civil parish near Corsham, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8268).


Bridge

A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1854). Recorded as Brige in 1086 (DB), from Old English brycg.


Brook

Audio (US)

* As an English surname, from the noun brook.
* As a north German surname, from Low German Brook (“swamp, marsh”), related to the above.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Broek, from broek, also related to the above.
* As a Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Bruck, Bruch (from Bruch (“wetland, marsh”)).

Brooke (alternative)
Brooks (alternative)

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A hamlet in Tedburn St Mary parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, divided into Higher and Lower Brook (OS grid ref SX8091).

A hamlet in Tavistock parish, West Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SX4772).

A hamlet in Bramshaw parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2714).

A hamlet in King's Somborne parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3428).

A village in Brighstone parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3983).

A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR0644).

A hamlet in Albury parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0646).

A hamlet in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9338).


Cam

From Old English Granta, Grantebrycge, the former name of the modern Cambridge, ultimately from a Celtic word for "crooked," Proto-Celtic *kambos, from late Proto-Indo-European *(s)kambo- (“crooked”), shared with Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós).

A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7400).


Carr

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Carr (countable and uncountable, plural Carrs)

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

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

Laughton en le Morthen
Laughton en le Morthen#English

A hamlet in Laughton en le Morthen parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5190).


Carr

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
An. DCCCXXXIII Hēr ġefeaht Eċġbriht cing wið XXXV sċiphlæsta æt Carrum ⁊ þǣr wearð myċel wæl ġesleġen, ⁊ þā Denisċan ahton wælstōwe ġeweald. ⁊ Hereferð ⁊ Wiġþeġn, tweġen bisċeopas, forðferdan, ⁊ Duda ⁊ Ōsmōd, tweġen ealdormenn, forðferdon.

Year 833 In this year King Edgebright fought against thirty-five shiploads of men at Charmouth, and many were slain, and the Danes took control of the battlefield. And two bishops, Herefrith and Wigthegn, and two aldermen, Duda and Osmod, died.

Charmouth (a village in Dorset, England)


Castor

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

A village and civil parish in city of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1298).


Cliff

The given name is from shortenings of the diminutives. The surname is from the noun cliff.

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A hamlet in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2198).


Cole

Cole (countable and uncountable, plural Coles)

The surname is variously from:
# A nickname from Old English col (“coal, coal-black”),
# A patronymic from Nicholas (see also Coles, Colson, Colle).
# A variation of Cowell (which itself has several origins).
# As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McCool.
# As a German surname, Americanized from Kohl.
# As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Kool.
# As a French surname, Americanized/calqued from Charbonneau, influenced by the first sense.

A hamlet in Pitcombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6633).


Concord

A village in the town of Washington, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3057).


Corse

A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7828).


Cross

* As an English surname, from the noun cross, as in crossroads. Also a calque of this word in various European languages, such as French Lacroix, German Kreutz, Serbo-Croatian Križ. Compare Crouch, Crozier, Kriz.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McCrossen.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kross, from Middle Low German krus (“pitcher, vessel”), which is possibly an old Germanic borrowing of Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher, pail, urn”). Also a variant of Kress.

der

A number of places with the name "Cross":

A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067)

A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539).

A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034).

A hamlet north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936).

A village in Compton Bishop parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4154).


Dale

A hamlet in Ainstable parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5444).


Dean

en-proper noun

Dean (countable and uncountable, plural Deans)

The surname or given name is of multiple origins, depending on context:
* As an English surname, from Middle English dene (“valley”).
* Also as an English surname, from the noun dean. Cognate to Deacon.
* Also as an English surname, from the personal name Deyne, a rhyming form of Reynald (see Reginald).
* As an Irish surname, variant of Deane.
* As a Scottish surname, from Dean Castle in Kilmarnock, itself from the noun meaning valley.
* Old English Dene (“Dane, Norseman”)
* Hebrew דין (“law, judgment”) and Arabic دين (“way of life, creed”)

Any of various villages and hamlets in England:

A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0725).

Lynton and Lynmouth
Lynton and Lynmouth#English

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A hamlet in Lynton and Lynmouth parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS7048).

A hamlet in Trentishoe parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6245).

A hamlet in West Down parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5042).

Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge#English

A hamlet in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, east Dorset (OS grid ref ST9715).

Bishop's Waltham
Bishop's Waltham#English

A hamlet in Bishop's Waltham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5619).

A hamlet in Sparsholt parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4431).

A locality between Water and Weir, Rossendale borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8525).

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A hamlet in Spelsbury parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3422).

A hamlet in Cranmore parish, Mendip district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6744).


Eagle

* As an English surname, from the noun eagle.
* As an English surname of Norman origin, from L'Aigle in Orne, first attested in 1055 and from Latin aquila, itself meaning "eagle."
* Also translated from names in other languages meaning "eagle," such as German Adler, Polish Orzeł, Orzel, Slovene Orel, Lakota waŋbli (compare Eagleman, Redeagle, Whiteeagle).
* The name of the English village is believed to be from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah: compare with Acle.

Eagle and Swinethorpe
Eagle and Swinethorpe#English

A village in Eagle and Swinethorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8767).


Elm

A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4706).


Eye

A large village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF2202).


Fleet

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3823).


Flore

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Daventry district.


Ford

Ford (countable and uncountable, plural Fords)

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

Dinton with Ford and Upton
Dinton with Ford and Upton#English

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7709).

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

A hamlet in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4080).

A hamlet in Holbeton parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6150).

A hamlet in Temple Guiting parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0829).

Ford and Stoke Prior
Ford and Stoke Prior#English

A hamlet in Ford and Stoke Prior parish, south of Leominster, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5155)

A small village and civil parish in northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NT9437).

A village and civil parish west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4113).

A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0003).

A small village in North Wraxall parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8375).

A village in Laverstock parish, near Salisbury, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1533).


Grange

Grange (countable and uncountable, plural Granges)

A village in Borrowdale parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2517).


Grove

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

A hamlet in Slapton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9192).

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A village in Portland parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6972).

A hamlet in Yarkhill parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6144).

A hamlet in Wickhambreaux parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2361).

A small village and civil parish (served by Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7379).

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A large village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4090).


Hale

* As an English surname, Old English dative form of halh (“hollow, nook”).
* Also as an English surname, from Old English hæle (“hero”). Compare Hain.
* As an Irish surname, from mac céile; see McHale.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Halle.

A village and civil parish in Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4682).

A hamlet in Beetham parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD5078).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ7786).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A small village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1818).

A hamlet south of Gillingham, Medway borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7765).

A hamlet in Cucklington parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7527).

A suburban village north of Farnham, Waverley district, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8448).


Ham

Ham (countable and uncountable, plural Hams)

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

A small village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6898).

A hamlet in Northbourne parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3254).

A small village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3363).


Hamlet

François de Belleforest
Hamlet
Hamlet (disambiguation)#Places
Hamlet (name)
Saxo Grammaticus

From Latin Amlethus, as written by 13th-century Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus, and borrowed into English by way of François de Belleforest's French Hamlet, originally rendered as Hamblet in English. Ultimately from Old Danish Amlethæ, corresponding to Old Norse Amlóði (“fool”), claimed to be suggestive of the way that Hamlet acts in the play, from ama (“to annoy”).

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A settlement in Gittisham parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, just outside Honiton (OS grid ref SY1499).

A hamlet in Yetminster parish and Chetnole parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5908).


Hart

* As an English and north/Low German surname, from the noun hart (“stag”).
* As a German surname, variant of Hardt.
* As a Jewish/Yiddish and Dutch surname, from derivatives of *hertā (“heart”), *hard(ī) (“hard”), or *herut (“stag”), or converged senses of them. These senses are also translated from other languages such as French Francoeur, Jolicoeur, Vadeboncoeur, and Native American (Cheyenne) Homa'ehesta, from homa'e (“beaver”) + hesta (“heart”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó hairt (“descendant of Art”), from the noun art (“bear”). Compare Hartin.

A village and civil parish in Hartlepool borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4735).


Hill

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

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6495).

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A hamlet in Leamington Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4567).

Leamington Hastings
Leamington Hastings#English


Holt

Holt (countable and uncountable, plural Holts)

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

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in East Dorset district (OS grid ref SU0203).

A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8662).

A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8262).


Hope

en-prop

Hope (usually uncountable, plural Hopes)

Nadine f (from Nadia (pet form from Надежда) + -ine)

A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1783).

Worthen with Shelve
Worthen with Shelve#English

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A hamlet in Worthen with Shelve parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3401).

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A hamlet in Alstonefield parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1255).


Hose

Clawson, Hose and Harby
Clawson, Hose and Harby#English

A village in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7329).


Jay

Jay (countable and uncountable, plural Jays)

Jays (plural)
Jaye (alternative surname)

A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England; named in the c. 13th century for the Jay family, prominent in that area (OS grid ref SO3974).


Kea

A village and civil parish south of Truro, west Cornwall, England, named after Saint Kea (OS grid ref SW8142).


Lade

* As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse hlaða (“to stack, pile”).
* As a north German surname, variant of Ladwig, Ludwig.
* Also as a German surname, from the archaic noun Lade (“chest”).
* As an English surname, from Old English lad (“waterway”).

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A coastal hamlet in Lydd parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0820).


Lane

As an English surname, from lane; as an Irish surname, from several origins, including Laighin. See Lane.

A hamlet in Colan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260).

A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005).


Lea

Dethick, Lea and Holloway
Dethick, Lea and Holloway#English

A village in Dethick, Lea and Holloway parish, Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3257).

A village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4930).

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8286).

Lea and Cleverton
Lea and Cleverton#English

A village in Lea and Cleverton parish, north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9586).


Lee

Lee (countable and uncountable, plural Lees)

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

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

A hamlet in Berrynarbor parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5546).

A small village in Ilfracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4846).

A hamlet in Romsey parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, previously in Romsey Extra parish (OS grid ref SU3617).

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A hamlet in Hexhamshire parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9459).

A hamlet in Ellesmere Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4032).

A village in Buckinghamshire, commonly known as The Lee.


Martin

en-proper noun

Martin (countable and uncountable, plural Martins)

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

af

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU0619).

A village in Langdon parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3347).

A small village in Roughton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2366).

A village and civil parish (served by Martin and Martin Dales Parish Council) in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF1259).


More

en-proper noun

More (countable and uncountable, plural Mores)

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

* As a Scottish and English surname, variant of Moore.
* As a French surname, from Old French more (“Moor”), respelled from Latin Maurus. Compare Mauro.
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mór (“big”).
* As an Indian (Maharashtra) surname, from Marathi मोर (mor, “peacock”), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).

A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3491).


Moss

A village and civil parish (served by Moss and District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5914).


Mount

Mount (countable and uncountable, plural Mounts)

A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7856).

A hamlet in Warleggan parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1468).


Newton

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

Ньюто́н

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

Vilanova

surnames derived from the equivalents of “new town”

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

The name of many English-speaking places, including:

A small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4349).

Dalton Town with Newton
Dalton Town with Newton#English

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A village in Dalton Town with Newton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Barrow-in-Furness borough (OS grid ref SD2371).

A village in Blackwell parish, Bolsover district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4459).

Sturminster Newton
Sturminster Newton#English

A village in Sturminster Newton parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST7813; Sturminster Newton was originally Sturminster).

A hamlet and civil parish in north Herefordshire, served by Hope under Dinmore and Newton Parish Council (OS grid ref SO5053).

Walford, Letton and Newton
Walford, Letton and Newton#English

A hamlet in Walford, Letton and Newton parish, north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3769).

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A hamlet and civil parish (served by Vowchurch and District Parish Council) in south-west Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3432).

A village and civil parish (served by Newton-in-Bowland Parish Council) in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6950).

Newton and Little Oakley
Newton and Little Oakley#English

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A small village in Newton and Little Oakley parish, North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Kettering district (OS grid ref SP8883).

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK6841).

A village in Bywell parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0364).

A small village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL9140).

Newton and Biggin
Newton and Biggin#English

A village in Newton and Biggin parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP5378).


Par

Tywardreath and Par
Tywardreath and Par#English

A village and beach in Tywardreath and Par parish, east of St Austell, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0753).


Paradise

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

Askam and Ireleth
Askam and Ireleth#English

A hamlet in Askam and Ireleth parish, Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2278).

A hamlet in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8611).


Pool

A village in Carn Brea parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6641).


Rand

From Afrikaans, from English rand; compare English rand.

A number of places, other than in South Africa:

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1078).


Read

English and Scottish surname, variant of Reed.

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7634).


Reed

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the adjective red.
* Also as an English surname, from Old English rēodan (“to clear out”), from Proto-West Germanic *reudan.
* Also as an English surname, from several places in England, such as Reed, Lancashire (from Old English ra (“roe deer”) or Rede, Suffolk (see Rede).
Compare Rider, Reader.

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3636).


Ridley

Place names in England, Old English hrēad (“reeds”) or rydde (“cleared land”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Thus, equivalent to reed or rid + -ley (“lea”).

A small settlement in Bulkeley and Ridley parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5554).

Bulkeley and Ridley
Bulkeley and Ridley#English

A hamlet in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6163).

A hamlet in Bardon Mill parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY7963).


Rock

* As an English surname, from the noun rock. Compare Roach.
* Also as an English surname, misdivision of Middle English atter oke (“at the oak”). Compare Nock.
* As an English occupational surname, from Old Norse rokkr (“distaff”). Compare Rocker.
* As an Irish surname, translated from names like Mac Conchairge (“son of the hound of the rock”), from cú + carraig, see also McHarg.
* As a German surname Röck, variant of the personal name Rocco, see Roche.
* Also as a German surname, from the noun Rock (“skirt gown”).
* As a French surname, shortened from Roquebrune, Rocquebrune (see Rocque) or Larock.
Compare Roch.

St Minver Lowlands
St Minver Lowlands#English

A coastal village in St Minver Lowlands parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9375).

A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2702).

A village in Rennington parish, northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NU2020).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Curry Mallet parish, South Somerset district and North Curry parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3222).

A hamlet in Washington parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1214).

A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7371).


Rose

* As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion.
* Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz. Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese.
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Ross.
* As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Italianized from Rože, from a short form of Erazem (from Latin Erasmus), compare Rozman.

A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7754).


Shaw

Shaw (countable and uncountable, plural Shaws)

→ Translingual: shawii

Shaw cum Donnington
Shaw cum Donnington#English

A village in Shaw cum Donnington parish and Newbury parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS red ref SU4868).

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A hamlet in Oxenhope parish, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0234).

Melksham Without
Melksham Without#English

A village in Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8865).


Star

* As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”).
* Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”).
* As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff, rigid”).
* As a Slovene surname, from star (“old”).
* As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.

semantic loan

A hamlet in Shipham civil parish, Somerset, England.


Stock

en-proper noun

Stock (countable and uncountable, plural Stocks)

A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TQ6998).


Stoke

A village on Hayling Island, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7102).

A village and civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England; the parish includes Lower Stoke and Middle Stoke (OS grid ref TQ8275).


Thorn

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A hamlet in Houghton Regis parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0024).


Thorpe

Thorpe (usually uncountable, plural Thorpes)

Various places in England, from Old English þorp. See also thorpe.

Sockbridge and Tirril
Sockbridge and Tirril#English

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A settlement in Sockbridge and Tirril parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district. (OS grid ref NY4926).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1550).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A hamlet in Lockington parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE9946).

Mablethorpe and Sutton
Mablethorpe and Sutton#English

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A hamlet in Mablethorpe and Sutton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF4982).

A small village in Haddiscoe parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM4398).

A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0161).

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A small village and civil parish (served by East Stoke with Thorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7649).

A village in Runnymede borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0268).


Triangle

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

Hewelsfield and Brockweir
Hewelsfield and Brockweir#English

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A hamlet in Hewelsfield and Brockweir parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5401).

A small village south-west of Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0422).


Wall

Wall (disambiguation)#Places
Wall (surname)

en-prop

Wall (countable and uncountable, plural Walls)

Of various origins, principally from Old English wælisc etc. ("non-Germanic speaker, stranger") from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner, stranger”), the source of numerous other surnames such as Walsh and Wales and from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, rampart”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz or *wallą (“wall, rampart”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Also from transcribed foreign surnames such as German Wahl and Swedish Wahlberg.

der

A village in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6036).

A village and civil parish in south Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9169); part of Hadrian's Wall is in the parish.

A village and civil parish in the City of Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0906).


Ware

en-proper noun

Ware (countable and uncountable, plural Wares)

A hamlet in Uplyme parish, East Devon district, Devon, next to Lyme Regis in Dorset (OS grid ref SY3291)

A hamlet in Ash parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2860).


Whetstone

The benchmark is named after the Whetstone compiler built at a English Electric Company division in Whetstone, Leicestershire.

A large village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5597).


Wool

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY8486).


York

Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *eburos
Proto-Brythonic *eβur
Proto-Celtic *-ākos
Proto-Brythonic *-ọg
Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọgbor.
Latin Eborācumder.
Old English Eoforwīċder.
Old Norse Jórvíkbor.
Middle English Ȝork
English York
From Middle English York, Ȝork, from Old Norse Jórk, Jórvík, from Old English Eoforwīċ, from Latin Eborācum, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg (“yew”) (compare Welsh Efrog, from Old Welsh Caer Ebrauc, from Proto-Brythonic *Eβrọg), from *eburos (“yew”) + *-ākom (positive suffix). Displaced Middle English Everwik, from the Old English.

suffix

Billington and Langho
Billington and Langho#English

A hamlet in Billington and Langho parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7033).


Badminton

The place name is from Old English Badimyncgtun (“estate of (a man called) Baduhelm”), from the personal name *Bad (possibly also found in Frankish Badon) + helm + -ing + -tun.

der

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082).


Clifford

"Dweller at the ford by the steep bank", from Old English clif (“cliff”) + ford (“ford”).

A village and civil parish in west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2445).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4244).


Dalton

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

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

A hamlet in Burton-in-Kendal parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5476).

A hamlet and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England, north of Skelmersdale (OS grid ref SD4908).

A hamlet in Hexhamshire parish, south of Hexham, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9158).

A hamlet in Stamfordham parish, west of Ponteland, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ1172)

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4376).

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ1108).

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4594).


Moore

The surname has converged from several different meanings; see Moore on Wikipedia.

Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.

A village in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5784).


Ashley

en-proper noun

Ashley (countable and uncountable, plural Ashleys)

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

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

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A number of villages and hamlets in England:

A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL6961).

A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ7784).

St Leonards and St Ives
St Leonards and St Ives#English

A settlement in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset (OS grid ref SU1304).

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST9394).

A hamlet in Bentworth parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6440).

A village and civil parish (without a council) in Test Valley district, Hampshire. (OS grid ref SU3831).

A hamlet in Sutton parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3048).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, previously in Kettering district (OS grid ref SP7990).

A village in Loggerheads parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7636).

A village in Box parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8168).


Whitehall

Whitehall (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehalls)

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

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A hamlet in Hemyock parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1214).

A hamlet in Marwood parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5337).

A hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7452).

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

A hamlet in Sandon parish, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3331).

A hamlet in Shipley parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1321).


Aust

A small village in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, by the Severn Estuary.


Bohemia

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

A hamlet in Redlynch parish, south-east Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2019).


Cheapside

From Old English Ċēapsīde, i.e. “district beside the market”. See ċēap and sīde.

Sunninghill and Ascot
Sunninghill and Ascot#English

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A village mostly in Sunninghill and Ascot parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9469).

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A hamlet in Anstey parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4033).


Wheatley

Wheatley (countable and uncountable, plural Wheatleys)

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

A hamlet in Binsted parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7840).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5905).


Quorn

Shortened from earlier Quorndon, from Old English cweorndun, from cweorn (“millstone; quern”) + dun (“hill”). The fox hunt, the meat substitute and the town in Australia are named after the village in Leicestershire.

af

A village and civil parish (formerly Quorndon) in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5616).


Constantine

From Latin Cōnstantīnus, the name of Roman emperors, notably that of Constantine the Great, Latin cōnstāns (“constant, steadfast”). Doublet of Konstadinos.

A village and civil parish south-west of Falmouth, Cornwall, England, named after Saint Constantine (OS grid ref SW7329).


Norden

A loanword from Scandinavian languages, referring to the Nordic countries or to northern Europe.

A hamlet in Corfe Castle parish, Dorset, England, formerly in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9483).

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8514).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English


Preston

en-prop

Preston (countable and uncountable, plural Prestons)

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

A hamlet in Kingsteignton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8574).

Weymouth and Portland
Weymouth and Portland#English

A suburban village north-east of Weymouth, Dorset, previously in Weymouth and Portland district (OS grid ref SY7083).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, east of Hull (OS grid ref TA1830).

A hamlet in Dymock parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6734).

A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, west of Stevenage (OS grid ref TL1824).

A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2561).

A hamlet in Ellingham parish, northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1825).

A village and civil parish (without a council) north of Uppingham, Rutland (OS grid ref SK8702).

A hamlet in Upton Magna parish, east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5211).

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A hamlet in Stogumber parish, Somerset, previously in West Somerset and Somerset West and Taunton districts (OS grid ref ST0935).

A hamlet in Aldbourne parish and Ramsbury parish, east Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2774).

Lyneham and Bradenstoke
Lyneham and Bradenstoke#English

A hamlet in Lyneham and Bradenstoke parish, north-central Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0378).


Bellingham

en-proper noun

Bellingham (countable and uncountable, plural Bellinghams)

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

A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY8383).


Brock

Myerscough and Bilsborrow
Myerscough and Bilsborrow#English

A small village in Myerscough and Bilsborrow parish, Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5140).


Lund

Lund (countable and uncountable, plural Lunds)

Dithmarschen
en:Lund
en:Lund (surname)
en:Lund, East Riding of Yorkshire

* As an English, German, and North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lundr (“grove”).
* Also as a German surname, from Lunden in Dithmarschen, itself possibly borrowed from Danish lund (“little forest”) or lunn (“survey”).

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9748).

A hamlet in Cliffe parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6532).


Clive

A village and civil parish in north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5124).


Oakley

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

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0153).

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6312).

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

A village in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ0198).

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A village and civil parish (served by Oakley and Deane Parish Council) in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5750).

A hamlet in Loggerheads parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7036).

Brome and Oakley
Brome and Oakley#English

A village in Brome and Oakley parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1678).


Ellingham

Ellingham (countable and uncountable, plural Ellinghams)

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

Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley#English

A small village in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1408).

A village and civil parish (served by Kirby Cane and Ellingham Parish Council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3792).

A village and civil parish in north Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1725).


Winston

From Old English personal name Wine, in the genitive singular case Wines + tūn (“farm, village”).


Blackpool

A hamlet in Brixton parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5654).

A hamlet in Ilsington parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8174)


Bradford

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

A hamlet in Blisland parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1175).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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A settlement in Youlgreave parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2164).

A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4207).

Adderstone with Lucker
Adderstone with Lucker#English

A small village in Adderstone with Lucker parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1532).


Brighton

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

der

A hamlet in St Enoder parish and Ladock parish, south-east of Newquay, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9054).


Holton

en-proper noun

Holton (countable and uncountable, plural Holtons)

The first element has a wide variety of possible origins, among which Old English hōh (“promontory, hill-spur”), healh (“corner, nook”), holh (“hollow, depression”) or holt (“small wood”). The second element is tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

der

A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP6006).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST686268).

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM4077).


Belvoir

The name is of Old French origin, from bel (“beautiful”) + voir (“view”).

A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England, 13 kilometres west of Grantham, famous for the Belvoir Hunt (OS grid ref SK8233).


Robin Hood

/ˌɹɒbɪn ˈhʊd/

From Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of Robert.

Baslow and Bubnell
Baslow and Bubnell#English

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Ri-Ror#Roa-Ror

A hamlet in Baslow and Bubnell parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2772).

A settlement in Wrightington parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire (OS grif ref SD5211).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3227).


Portsmouth

Portuguese: Portsmouth

From Middle English Portesmuða, from Old English Portesmuða.

A village in Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England, on the border with Lancashire (OS grid ref SD9026).


Dorchester

Dorchester
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester

Ultimately from Celtic *Durno-wāriā (Latin Durnovāria) + Old English ċeaster (“fort, Roman town”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick and Ontario town are named in honour of colonial administrator Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724 - 1808).

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A village and civil parish (served by Dorchester-on-Thames Parish Council) in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU5794).


Thompson

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Thompson (countable and uncountable, plural Thompsons)

Thompsons (plural)
Tompson (alternative)
Tomson (alternative)
Thomson (alternative)
Thomason (alternative)
Thomasson (alternative)

Variant of Thomson, from Tom + -son, originally meaning "son of Thomas". In some instances of people so named, a calque of Scottish Gaelic MacTamhais (“McTavish”); also an anglicisation of the Gaelic name MacTamhais, meaning "son of Thomas".

calque

A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL9296).


Ingram

From a Middle English given name, from Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz (“a Germanic god”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”). The places are named after persons with the surname.

der

Inghram (alternative)
Ingrum (alternative)

A small village and large civil parish west of Alnwick, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0116).


Ravenscar

Recorded as Rauenesere 1312, from Old Norse hrafn + sker, so Peak must have been a later renaming.
The computing term was derived from the name of the village, the location of the 8th International Real-Time Ada Workshop (IRTAW 8).

A coastal village in Staintondale parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district, renamed from Peak in the early 20th century (OS grid ref NZ9801).


Simpson

en-proper noun

Simpson (countable and uncountable, plural Simpsons)

From Middle English Sympson, equivalent to Sim, the short form of Simon, + -son.

Simpson and Ashland
Simpson and Ashland#English

A suburban village in Simpson and Ashland parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8836).


Anderson

From earlier Anderston, from Middle English Andreuston, equivalent to Andrew + -s- + -ton.

A small village and civil parish (served by Lower Winterborne Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY8797).


Stanford

Leland Stanford
Stanford (disambiguation)
Stanford University

Various placenames from Old English stān (“stone”) + ford (“ford”).
* (The university): Named after the son of railroad magnate Leland Stanford.

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A hamlet in Southill parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1641).

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1238).

A deserted village and civil parish (without a council) in Breckland district, Norfolk (now in a military area) (OS grid ref TL8594).

Alberbury with Cardeston
Alberbury with Cardeston#English

A hamlet in Alberbury with Cardeston parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3312).


Clare

Medieval English vernacular form of Clara, from the Latin clara, feminine of clarus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara of Assisi.
In Oxfordshire, from Clarora, a clay slope.

A hamlet in Pyrton parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6798).


St Helens

A village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight in England (OS grid ref SZ6289).


Huntington

Huntington (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingtons)

The name of many places around the world:

A village and civil parish near Chester, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4264).

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, on the Welsh border (OS grid ref SO2553).

A hamlet in Hereford parish, Herefordshire, north-west of the city centre (OS grid ref SO4841).

A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire (OS grid SE6156).

A hamlet in Ashford Carbonell parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5371).

Ashford Carbonell
Ashford Carbonell#English

A hamlet in Little Wenlock parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6507).

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9713).

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire#English


Bolton

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

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 NY6323).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A small village in Fangfoss parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7752).

A small village in Hedgeley parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1013).


Holmes

A hamlet in Tarleton parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4319).


Charlton

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

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

A village and civil parish north-west of Andover, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3547).

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A village in Newbottle parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5236).

A hamlet in Kilmersdon parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6852).

A village between Shepperton and Ashford, Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0869).

A village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9688).

A small village in Donhead St Mary parish, south Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9021).


Brandon

From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of English Branton.

Brandon and Byshottles
Brandon and Byshottles#English

Any of some towns and villages in England:

A village in Brandon and Byshottles parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2339).

A small village in Hough-on-the-Hill parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9048).

A hamlet in Ingram parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0417).

Brandon and Bretford
Brandon and Bretford#English

A small village in Brandon and Bretford parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4076).


Clifton

Clifton (countable and uncountable, plural Cliftons)

Cliftons (plural)
Cliffton (alternative)

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

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1638).

A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5326).

Clifton and Compton
Clifton and Compton#English

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village in Clifton and Compton parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1644).

A village in Newton-with-Clifton parish, Fylde district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4630).

Newall with Clifton
Newall with Clifton#English

A small village in Newall with Clifton parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1948).

A hamlet in Stannington parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2082).

A hamlet in Deddington parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4831).

Conisbrough Parks
Conisbrough Parks#English

A village in Conisbrough Parks parish, Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5196).

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1522).

A small village in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8446).


Barney

Barney (countable and uncountable, plural Barneys)

From either the Old English personal name Bera (genitive singular Beran) or from Old English beren (“growing with barley”) + īeġ (“island”).

inh

A village in Fulmodeston parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9932).


Gotham

Salmagundi (periodical)
Washington Irving

“Homestead where goats are kept”, from Old English gāt (“goat”) + hām (“home”).
* (New York City nickname): First used 1807 by Washington Irving in his Salmagundi Papers.

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, associated in folklore with insanity (OS grid ref SK5330).


Kingston

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

doublet

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire#English

A small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3455).

A civil parish and small village in South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6347).

A hamlet in Hazelbury Bryan parish, Dorset, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST7509).

A small village in Corfe Castle parish, on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset (OS grid ref SY9579).

A small settlement in Shorwell parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ4781).

A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1951).


Bridgetown

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒˌtaʊn/

en:Bridgetown (disambiguation)
en:Tobias Bridge

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

A hamlet in Werrington parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3489).

A hamlet in Exton parish, Somerset (OS grid ref SS9233).


Perry

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Perry (countable and uncountable, plural Perrys or Perries)

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1467).

A hamlet in Preston parish and Wingham parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2559).


Leeds

* The large city in West Yorkshire is from Old English Loidis, from Latin *Lādenses, most likely based on an early river-name derived from Proto-Celtic *lāto (“rut, heat”) (cf. Welsh llawd (“heat, ardour”)).
* The village in Kent is from Old English Hledes, probably from a stream-name.

City of Leeds
Leeds
Leeds (disambiguation)
Leeds, Kent

A village and civil parish of Maidstone borough, Kent, England, the site of Leeds Castle.


Underwood

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

A village in Selston parish, Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4750).


Newport

en-proper noun

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

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

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE8530).

A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL5234).

A village in Alkington parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6997).


Piccadilly

Audio (US)

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

A village in Kingsbury parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England, named after Piccadilly in London (OS grid ref SP2298).

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

A hamlet in Beechingstoke parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0959).


West End

Waltham St Lawrence
Waltham St Lawrence#English

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A small village in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8275).

A village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4714).

A small settlement in Benington parish, Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3846).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Wd-West End#West End

A hamlet (and another named Wrentham West End) in Wrentham parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4683)


Ashton

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

A hamlet in Bainton parish, City of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1005).

A village in Breage parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6028).

A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3868).

A settlement in Bishop's Waltham parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5419).

Bishop's Waltham
Bishop's Waltham#English

A village in Eye, Moreton and Ashton parish, north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5164).

Eye, Moreton and Ashton
Eye, Moreton and Ashton#English

A small village and civil parish near Oundle, North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0588).

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP7649).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A hamlet in Chapel Allerton parish, Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4149).


Broadway

From broad + way. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively.
Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0937).

A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3215).


Ross

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Ross (countable and uncountable, plural Rosses)

* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Roose in Cumbria or Roos in Yorkshire, both from Scottish Gaelic ros (“promontory”) or a Brythonic parallel of its source such as Welsh rhos (“moor, heath”). There were also several Norman families in Scotland who took their name from Rots in Calvados. Compare Rose, Rhodes.
* As an English surname, from Wrose in Shipley, with loss of initial w.
* As an English and German surname, from derivatives of the old Germanic root common in names *hrōþi (“fame”). Compare Rossell.
* As a Cornish surname, from several places in Cornwall deriving from ros (“heathland”), related to the above Celtic word meaning "heath" or "promontory." See Rouse.
* As a Jewish and German occupational surname for a breeder of horses, from the regional/poetic noun Ross (“horse”). Doublet of horse.
* Also as a Jewish surname, Americanized from Rose.

A hamlet in Middleton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1336).


Burton

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

Duddon and Burton
Duddon and Burton#English

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A number of places in England and Wales:

A small village in Duddon and Burton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5163).

A village on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3174).

Burton and Winkton
Burton and Winkton#English

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

A village in Burton and Winkton parish, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1694).

A hamlet in Bamburgh parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1733).

A village in Nettleton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8179).

A hamlet in Mere parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8232).


Woodstock

en-proper noun

Woodstock (countable and uncountable, plural Woodstocks)

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

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Wir-Wood#Woodi – Woody

A settlement in Tunstall parish, Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9060).


Antony

A civil parish in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4054).

A village in the civil parish, east Cornwall, England.


Milton Keynes

From an earlier "Middleton Caynes" when the village was in the manor of the "de Cahaines" family.

A Milton Keynes is up against a long-term cost disadvantage.

Now a Milton Keynes resident knows a concrete cow when he sees one but . . .

1990, Nick Meers, Sue Seddon, Enigmatic England:

They are now displayed in a Milton Keynes park near the railway line.

1998, Ruth H. Finnegan, Tales of the city: a study of narrative and urban life:

Without official recognition Gatwick has become the Milton Keynes of the south side of London, and Stansted looks set to be the same for the north-east.

2005, Brian Edwards, The modern airport terminal: new approaches to airport architecture:

Nearby was the tidier town of Tychy, a faceless Milton Keynes type of place without the roundabouts.

2008, Dave Spencer, A smudge on my lens:

Originally a village in Buckinghamshire, now a purpose-built city in central England, United Kingdom, containing the towns of Bletchley, Wolverton, Stony Stratford, and many smaller villages.


Messing

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

A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).


Cromwell

From Old English crump (“crooked, bent”) + wella (“spring”), equivalent to crump + well.

com

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7961).


Noah's Ark

A hamlet in Kemsing parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5557).


Stratford

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

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Str-Stt#Str

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

A hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1847).

A hamlet in Ripple parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, on the border with Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8838).