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 number of places in the United States:


Cornish

From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.

A town in Utah, at the border with Idaho.


Naples

From French Naples, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”) after the relocation of the original Greek settlement in the area. Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Neapoli, and Neapolis. Compare Newton.


Syracuse

en-proper noun

Syracuse (countable and uncountable, plural Syracuses)

From French Syracuse, from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai) attested from 8th century BC, from a Pre-Greek name, possibly Phoenician 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇 (šhrʾḥ, “to feel ill”) in reference to the ancient port's proximity to a swamp. As a surname, an anglicized form of Italian Siracusa. Compare Sicilian Saragusa.


Daniel

From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél, literally “God is my judge”), name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.


Manila

From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

A small town, the county seat of Daggett County, Utah, United States.


Wellington

en-proper noun

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)

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.


Alton

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


Joseph

Joseph (countable and uncountable, plural Josephs)

→ Maori: Hohepa

From Middle English Ioseph, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”); a son of Jacob.

der

A town in Utah; named for Mormon apostle Joseph Angell Young.


Peter

en-proper noun

Peter (countable and uncountable, plural Peters)

From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Pedro, Piers, and Boutros.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah, United States, named after Peter Maughan.


Newcastle

[ˈnjʉˌkʰɑːsɫ̩]

From new + castle. Doublet of Neuchâtel.

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Iron County, Utah, United States.


Newcastle

Unadapted borrowing from English Newcastle.

ubor

Newcastle (an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Iron County, Utah, United States)


Murray

en-proper noun

Murray (countable and uncountable, plural Murrays)

Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in NE Scotland, probably from old Celtic "sea + settlement".

Salt Lake County
Salt Lake County#English

An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Utah.


Murray

Unadapted borrowing from English Murray.

A city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Utah, United States


Wilson

Wilson (countable and uncountable, plural Wilsons)

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

affix

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

An unincorporated community in West Haven, Weber County, Utah.


Avon

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


Croydon

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

An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Utah.


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

Washington County
Washington County#English

Several other locations in the United States, most of which are named for George Washington:


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.

An unincorporated community in Piute County, Utah.


Provo

* The city in Utah is named after the mountain man and trapper Étienne Provost.
* The city in South Dakota is named after Bill Provost, Sr., an early resident.

A city, the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States.


Vernon

From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).

A town in Utah; named for early settler Joseph Vernon.


Francis

From Medieval Latin Franciscus (“French(man)”) (from Francia (“France”), originally a nickname of Saint Francis of Assisi. Doublet of Francisco and Franz.

bor

(used only as equivalent to French François) Francés

A town in Summit County, Utah, United States.


Lynn

Box Elder County
Box Elder County#English

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah; named for founder John Lind.


Taylor

An unincorporated community in Weber County, Utah.


Lawrence

en-proper noun

Lawrence (countable and uncountable, plural Lawrences)

An unincorporated community in Emery County, Utah.


Roy

Roy (countable and uncountable, plural Roys)

→ French: Roy

→ Norwegian: Roy

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Roy

→ Norwegian Bokmål: Roy

→ Swedish: Roy

From various sources:
* Anglo-Norman roy (“king”) a variant of Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rey.
* Scottish Gaelic ruadh (“red, red-haired”) from Old Irish rúad, from Proto-Celtic *roudos from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
* Anglicisation of Bengali রায় (raẏ, surname).

der

A placename
A city in Utah, United States.


Richmond

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

A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):


Ajax

Seldom was the missionary more agreeably surprised than when the mail stage which had picked him up from the train at Ajax, Utah, drew up at an old ranch.


Beaver

en-proper noun

Beaver (countable and uncountable, plural Beavers)

* As an English surname, capitalization of beaver. This sense is also translated from several Native American names such as Cheyenne homa'e and Creek Echaswvlke of the same meaning. Doublet of Bieber and Bever.
* Also as an English surname, from the placename Belvoir in Leicestershire.

A city, the county seat of Beaver County, Utah.


Alpine

A city in Utah County, Utah, United States.


Hurricane

Hawker Hurricane
Hurricane (disambiguation)#Places
Hurricane, Utah
Hurricane, West Virginia

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


Garland

Garland (countable and uncountable, plural Garlands)

English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (“triangular piece of land”) + land.

A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:


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.


Logan

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).

A city, the county seat of Cache County, Utah; named for the river rising in the Bear River Mts.


Mills

From mills, in reference to mill owners and workers.

A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Utah.


Mona

Anglicized from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Muadhnait, from Middle Irish múad (“noble”). In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monica or, rarely, of Ramona, and sometimes associated with the title of da Vinci's painting Mona (=madonna) Lisa.
The Arabic and Persian name مُنىٰ (munā) is sometimes Romanised as Mona.


Aurora

/ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾɐ/

Aurora (disambiguation)
Gérard de Lairesse
Manuel Quezon

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

A city in Utah; named for the aurora borealis seen in the area.


Morgan

en-prop

Morgan (countable and uncountable, plural Morgans)

A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Jedediah Morgan Grant.


Johnson

en-proper noun

Johnson (countable and uncountable, plural Johnsons)

⇒ Translingual: johnsoni, johnsonii

A patronymic surname from John + -son, literally “son of John”.
* In the U.S. the name Johnson has been adopted by numerous European immigrant families originally named Johansson, Johnsson, Johansen, Jonsson, etc.
* Doublet of Johansson, Johansen, Jansen, and Hansen.

doublet

A number of places in the United States founded by people with the surname:


Price

en-proper noun

Price (countable and uncountable, plural Prices)

A city, the county seat of Carbon County, Utah.

A placename:
A place in the United States:
A river in Utah, United States.


Paradise

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


Tucker

Tucker (countable and uncountable, plural Tuckers)


Virgin

From virgin, q.v. The sense of Mary, mother of Jesus, comes from the Christian belief in Jesus's virgin birth and Mary's freedom from sin. The river sense derives from the name of Thomas Virgin, a member of the first American party to see the river, led by Jedediah Smith in 1826. The town sense derives from the name of the river, along which it is located.

A tributary of the Colorado River in the states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona in the United States.


Weber

A river in Utah, United States; running 201 km from the Uinta Mountains into the Great Salt Lake; named for fur trader and explorer John Henry Weber.


Warren

en-prop

Warren (countable and uncountable, plural Warrens)

From the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin Warinna, a hydronym of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *var-, *ver- (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the Latin river Avara. Phonetic Germanic influence is shown by the [v] > [w].

der

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Utah; named for Utah politician and Mormon leader Lewis Warren Shurtliff.


Moore

UK, non-rhotic, without the pour–poor merger

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

A number of places with their names taken from the surname:

An unincorporated community in Emery County, Utah.


Duchesne

From Old French du + chesne (“oak (tree)”); French du chêne (“oak (tree)”).

A small city, the county seat of Duchesne County, Utah, United States.


Dover

From Old English Dofras, from Latin Dubris, from Brythonic Dubras (“the waters”), from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“dark”), from *dʰewb- (“deep”). Compare Tauber.
The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the town in England.


Providence

en:any of many places named after Divine Providence

A number of places named after Divine Providence:


Tooele

A city, the county seat of Tooele County, Utah, United States.


Eden

From Hebrew עֵדֶן (eden), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).

Any of various towns and other place names.

A census-designated place in Weber County, Utah.


Kamas

From Russian Камасинцы (Kamasincy), Камашинцы (Kamašincy), from Kamassian кхаӈмажә (kʰaŋmažə).


Lund

en-proper noun

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”).

An unincorporated village in Iron County, Utah, United States.


Oakley

From Old English 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.

Several places in the United States:
A small city in Summit County, Utah.


Brighton

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

der

A small town and ski resort in Salt Lake County, Utah.


Huntington

The name of many places around the world:

United States of America
United States of America


Kimberly

en-proper noun

Kimberly (countable and uncountable, plural Kimberlys)

Any of several places in the US named for persons with the surname:


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

Places in the United States:
A town in Piute County, Utah.


Moroni

Possibly equivalent to Etymology 1 through Joseph Smith hearing of the Comorian city and transferring the name to the angel.


Perry

en-prop

Perry (countable and uncountable, plural Perrys or Perries)


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 small town in Washington County, Utah.


Marion

Marion (countable and uncountable, plural Marions)

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

A census-designated place in Summit County, Utah.


Plymouth

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

A number of places in the United States:


Giles

Medieval English form of Old French saints' name Giles, modern Gilles, an altered form of Latin Aegīdius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγίδιος (Aigídios), derivative of αἰγίδιον (aigídion, “kid, young goat”).

A ghost town in Wayne County, Utah, United States.


Hanna

From anglicization of Irish Ó hAnnaigh (“descendant of Annadh”) under influence from Hanna and Hannah. As a ghost town in Missouri and unincorporated community in South Dakota, named for Ohio senator Mark Hanna. As an unincorporated community on Ute land in Utah, named for postmaster William P. Hanna.

der

An unincorporated community on Ute land in Utah.


Trenton

⇒ Translingual: trentonensis

Originally named "Trent's town" in the 17th century, after a Quaker, William Trent.
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the capital of New Jersey.


Randolph

From Old Norse rǫnd (“shield”) + úlfr (“wolf”).

A town, the county seat of Rich County, Utah.


Riverside

A census-designated place in Box Elder County, Utah.


Charleston

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

A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler.


Clinton

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

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


Ophir

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

bor

Hebrew אוֹפִיר

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


Salt Lake City

desc

→ Dutch: Sweet Lake City (partial borrowing)

The capital city of Utah, United States, and the county seat of Salt Lake County.

سولت ليك سيتي

capital city of Utah, United States of America


Sutherland

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

A census-designated place in Millard County, Utah.


Sutherland

A census-designated place in Millard County, Utah, United States


Benson

A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah.


Roosevelt

From Dutch roos (“rose”) + veld (“field”).

A city in Duchesne County, Utah, named after Theodore Roosevelt.


Monroe

From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".

inh

Any of a number of places in the United States, including:


Colton

en-proper noun

Colton (countable and uncountable, plural Coltons)

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


San Juan

A river in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.


Corinne

From the French equivalent of Corinna, from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden, daughter”).


Elsinore

From Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsinki and Helsingborg.

A town in Sevier County, Utah, United States.


Grover

An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Utah.


Dewey

Possibly from a place name in Northern France, Douai. Welsh origin from Dewi (David) has also been suggested.


Willard

From Old English wil (“will”) + heard (“brave, strong”).

A place in the United States
A small city in Box Elder County, Utah.


Moab

From Ancient Greek Μωάβ (Mōáb), from Biblical Hebrew מוֹאָב (môʾāḇ). Attested to as Moabite 𐤌𐤀𐤁 (mʾb) and Ancient Egyptian mwjbw N35A-M17-D58-G43-N25

A city, the county seat of Grand County, Utah, United States.

Moab Grand Canyon
Moab Grand Canyon#English

Ellipsis of Moab Valley.; A valley in Moab Grand Canyon, Utah, United States

Moab Valley

Ellipsis of Moab Grand Canyon.; A canyonland in Utah, United States


Saline

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, close to the Great Salt Lake.


Rowley

From Old English components ruh (rough, overgrown) + leah (wood, clearing)

An unincorporated community in Tooele County, Utah.


Glenwood

From glen + wood. The town in Newfoundland is named after the Glenwood Lumber Company, which is named in turn after the community in Nova Scotia.

A town in Utah; named for early pioneer Robert Wilson Glenn.


Clarion

A ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah, United States.


Nibley

en-proper noun

Nibley (countable and uncountable, plural Nibleys)

From Old English hnybbe (“peak, top, summit”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

der

A city in Cache County, Utah, United States.


West Point

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

A city in Davis County, Utah, United States.


Emery

From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).


Ogden

Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).

A city, the county seat of Weber County, Utah.


Lewiston

Place names:
A small city in Cache County, Utah.


Elmo

From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar.
* By folk etymology seen as a short form of Elmer.


Peterson

en-proper noun

Peterson (countable and uncountable, plural Petersons)

English, Scottish, and German surname, from Peter + -son. Found parallel in many other languages, such as Norwegian and Danish Pedersen, Pettersen, Polish Piotrowicz, Slovene Petrič, Petrovčič, Petrovič, Petric, Petrovic, etc. Also Americanized from Swedish Petersson, Pettersson.

An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Utah.


Harper

A ghost town in Carbon County and Duchesne County, Utah.


Fayette

Fayette
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

After Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette


Milford

Milford (countable and uncountable, plural Milfords)

A common place name, primarily within the British Isles and New England, often used for settlements with watermills built near fords, including:


Hebron

Borrowed from Latin Hebrōn, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן (Ḥeḇrōn), possibly via Ancient Greek Χεβρών (Khebrṓn).

A ghost town in Utah; named for the city in Palestine.


Chesterfield

A neighbourhood of West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

West Valley City
West Valley City#English


Ard-Valley y Logh Sailjey

Salt Lake City (the capital and largest city of Utah, United States)


Layton

Layton (countable and uncountable, plural Laytons)

* (perseonal names): Derived from various place names in England.


Elgin

Elgin (countable and uncountable, plural Elgins)

US, Houston avenue; other places outside Texas

The village in New Brunswick is probably named in honour of colonial administrator James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811 - 1863). The civil parish is named after the village.

A neighborhood of Green River, Emery County, Utah.


Howell

Howell (countable and uncountable, plural Howells)

From Welsh Hywel. Doublet of Huell and Powell.

A small town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.


Glendale

From glen (“narrow valley”) + dale (“valley”).

af

A number of places in the United States:

A neighbourhood on the west side of Salt Lake City, Utah.


Golden

en-proper noun

Golden (countable and uncountable, plural Goldens)

* As an English surname, from the adjective golden.
* As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.


Redmond

A town in Utah; apparently named for red mounds near the town.


Draper

en-prop

Draper (countable and uncountable, plural Drapers)

English occupational surname, from the noun draper.

A city in Salt Lake County and Utah County, Utah; named for Mormon elder William Draper.


Lindon

Habitational surname from many places in England, from Old English lind (“lime”) or lin (“flax”) + dun (“hill”).


Linwood

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).

A ghost town, now flooded, in Daggett County, Utah.


Sallaga Urbo

eo-proper noun

Sallaga Urbo (accusative Sallagan Urbon)

Calque of English Salt Lake City, from salo (“salt”) + lago (“lake”) + urbo (“city”).

af

Holonym: Utaho (“Utah”)


Hyrum

A city in Cache County, Utah, United States.


Kenilworth

From Old English feminine personal name Cynehild (“royal battle”), genitive singular Cynehilde + worþ (“enclosure”).

A census-designated place in Carbon County, Utah.


Nephi

A city, the county seat of Juab County, Utah, United States.


Terrace

A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.


Cove

en-proper noun

Cove (countable and uncountable, plural Coves)

From Old English cofa (“cave, cove, hollow, cavern”).

der

A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah.


Fillmore

From Old English full (“filled, fertile”) + mere (“lake”).

A city, the county seat of Millard County, Utah, United States.


Midway

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


Riverton

A city in Salt Lake County, Utah; suburb of Salt Lake City.


Garrison

en-proper noun

Garrison (countable and uncountable, plural Garrisons)

An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah.


Rockville

The Rio Virgen, between Long Valley and the Mormon town of Rockville, runs through Parunuweap Canyon, which is often not more than 20 or 30 feet in width and is from 600 to 1,500 feet deep.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 30:


Alta California

/ˈɑːltə ˌkælɪˈfɔː(ɹ)ni.ə/

Borrowed from Spanish Alta California (“upper California”).

bor

A historical geographic region of New Spain, later Mexico, which today roughly comprises the U.S. states of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

Alta Califórnia

historic region of New Spain and Mexico, now part of the US


Four Corners

The quadripoint at the borders of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, and the region surrounding it.


Vernal

A city, the county seat of Uintah County, Utah, United States.


Kanab

A city, the county seat of Kane County, Utah, United States.


Wendover

A city in Tooele County, Utah, United States.


Orangeville

A locale in the United States
A city in Utah, United States.


Hooper

A number of places in the United States:


Manti

A city, the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah.


Meadow

A town in Millard County, Utah, originally named Meadow Creek.


Lyman

en-proper noun

Lyman (countable and uncountable, plural Lymans)

A placename.
A town in Utah, United States.


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

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

Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:

A ghost town in Washington County, Utah.


Independence

An unincorporated community in Uintah County, Utah.


Great Salt Lake

These plateaus are drained by the Colorado River and its tributaries ; the eastern and southern margin by the Rio Grande and its tributaries, and the western by streams that flow into the Great Basin and are lost in the Great Salt Lake and other bodies of water that have no drainage to the sea.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28:

A large saltwater lake in Utah, United States.


Tʼáá Bííchʼį́įdii

head

Tʼáá Bííchʼį́įdii

Aneth (a census-designated place in Utah, United States)


Stockton

en-proper noun

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

der

A number of places in Australia, New Zealand, England and United States.


Wayne County

All were named after General Anthony Wayne, except in Utah, which was named after the county in Tennessee.

A county of Utah, United States. County seat: Loa.


Summit County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Coalville. Named for the many mountain peaks there.


Prattville

A former settlement in Sevier County, Utah, founded in 1873 and largely abandoned in 1878.


Box Elder County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Brigham City. Named after the box elder trees that grow there.


Washington County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: St. George.


Kane County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Kanab. Named after Thomas L. Kane.


Sevier

An unincorporated community in Sevier County, Utah, United States.


Sevier County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Richfield. Named after the Sevier River.


Clawson

en-proper noun

Clawson (countable and uncountable, plural Clawsons)

A minor town in Emery County, Utah, United States.


Gandy

Gandy (countable and uncountable, plural Gandys)

An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah, United States. Former name: Smithville.


Milburn

Milburn (countable and uncountable, plural Milburns)

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

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Sanpete County, Utah.


Newhouse

Newhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Newhouses)

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

A ghost town in Beaver County, Utah, United States.


Marriott

Marriott (countable and uncountable, plural Marriotts)

Probably from Old English Mœ̄rgēat, a diminutive of Marīa (“Mary”), via Latin.

A former unincorporated community in Utah, United States, now part of Marriott-Slaterville.


Holladay

Holladay (countable and uncountable, plural Holladays)

A city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.


Elwood

en-prop

Elwood (countable and uncountable, plural Elwoods)

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

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A number of places in the United States:


St. George

A city, the county seat of Washington County, Utah, United States.


Hinckley

en-proper noun

Hinckley (countable and uncountable, plural Hinckleys)

A town in Millard County, Utah, named after Ira Hinckley.


Woodland

A census-designated place in Summit County, Utah.


Portage

A small town in Box Elder County, Utah, named after Portage County in Ohio.


Bicknell

Bicknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bicknells)

A town in Wayne County, Utah, United States, named after Thomas W. Bicknell.


Blanding

Blanding (countable and uncountable, plural Blandings)

A city in San Juan County, Utah, United States.


Mount Carmel

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

der

An unincorporated community in Kane County, Utah.


Sanpete County

Named after the Ute chief Sanpitch, with a change in spelling.

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Manti.


Monticello

/ˌmɑntɨˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/

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

The name of many places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of San Juan County, Utah.


Huntsville

A town in Weber County, Utah, United States.


Morgan County

Named after Daniel Morgan, except where noted.

A county of Utah, United States. County seat: Morgan. Named after Jebediah Morgan Grant.


Axtell

en-proper noun

Axtell (countable and uncountable, plural Axtells)

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

der

An unincorporated community in Sanpete County, Utah, United States.


San Juan County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Monticello.


Panguitch

A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Utah, United States.


Garfield County

Most counties, if not all, are named after President James A. Garfield

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Panguitch.


Weber County

Named after the Weber River, which was named after John Henry Weber.

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Ogden.

John Henry Weber
Weber County
Weber River


Bothwell

en-proper noun

Bothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bothwells)

From Middle English bothe (“booth”) + welle (“well, spring”).

An unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.


Centerville

A city in Davis County, Utah; named for its central location relative Farmington and Bountiful.


Parowan

A city, the county seat of Iron County, Utah, United States.


Iron County

All counties are named for the presence of iron ore.

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Parowan.


Garden City

A number of places in the United States:


Davis County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Farmington. Named after Daniel C. Davis.


Farmington

A city, the county seat of Davis County, Utah.


鹽湖城

/jɛn³⁵ xu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/jiːm²¹ wuː²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

/jɛn³⁵ xu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/jiːm²¹ wuː²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

Salt Lake City (a city, the state capital of Utah, United States)


Rich County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Randolph.


Boulder

A small town in Garfield County, Utah, United States.


Grand County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Moab. Named after the Grand River (now the Colorado River).


Gunnison

A city in Sanpete County, Utah, United States.


Uintah

A small city in Weber County, Utah, United States.


Uintah County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Vernal.


Castle Dale

A small city, the county seat of Emery County, Utah, United States.


Emery County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Castle Dale.


Carbon County

All counties were named for deposits of coal.

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Price.


Wasatch County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Heber City.


Duchesne County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Duchesne.


Heber City

A city, the county seat of Wasatch County, Utah, United States.


Daggett County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Manila.


Goshen

A number of places in the United States:


Utah County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Provo. It is situated in the middle of the state.


Forest City

A ghost town in Utah County, Utah, United States.


Juab

A locality in Juab County, Utah, United States.


Juab County

From a Colorado River Numic (Ute-Southern Paiute) word meaning "valley" or "thirsty valley".

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Nephi.


Tooele County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Tooele.


Salt Lake County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Salt Lake City.


Loa

Loa (countable and uncountable, plural Loas)

A town, the county seat of Wayne County, Utah, United States.


Junction

A small town, the county seat of Piute County, Utah, United States.


Piute County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Junction.


Bloomington

From blooming (“flowering”) + -ton (“placename suffix”).

A community of Washington County, Utah, United States.


La Plata

A ghost town in Cache County, Utah, United States.


Coalville

A small city, the county seat of Summit County, Utah, United States.


Cache County

Named after the caches of furs once found in the area.

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Logan.


Herriman

A city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.


Indianola

An unincorporated community in Sanpete County, Utah, United States.


Aneth

A census-designated place in San Juan County, Utah, United States.


Smithfield

A number of places in the United States:


Millard County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Fillmore.


Beaver County

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Beaver. Named for the presence of beavers in the area.


Green River

The Green River heads near Fremont’s Peak, in the Wind River Mountains.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 17:

If we keep going we will reach the Green River, about ten miles away according to our map, just above its confluence with the Colorado.

1968, Edward Abbey, “Terra Incognita: Into the Maze”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 259:

The Green River has cut down through the Uinta Mountains in the last few million years, the Wind River through the Owl Creek Mountains, the Laramie River through the Laramie Range.

1986, John McPhee, Rising from the Plains; reprinted in Annals of the Former World, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, page 298:

The name of many rivers, mostly in the United States, but also in Canada and South Africa.

A tributary of the Colorado River which flows through the U.S. states of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.

A small city in Emery County, Utah, United States.


Ouray

An unincorporated community in Uintah County, Utah, United States.


Mountain Home

An unincorporated community in Duchesne County, Utah, United States.


Clearfield

A city in Davis County, Utah, United States.


Enterprise

A census-designated place in Morgan County, Utah.


所叻

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/

/sɔː³⁵ lɛːk̚⁵/

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/

/sɔː³⁵ lɛːk̚⁵/

(dated) Salt Lake City (a city in Utah, United States)


Mount Pleasant

Places in the United States of America:
A city in Sanpete County, Utah.


White River

A tributary of the Green River in Colorado and Utah, United States; it is 195 miles long.

A tributary of the Price River in Utah, United States.


Hillsdale

A ghost town in Garfield County, Utah, United States.


Helper

A city in Carbon County, Utah, United States, which got its name from the practice of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad of attaching helper engines to trains there.


ソルトレイクシティ

Salt Lake City (a city, the state capital of Utah, United States)

ja:ソルトレイクシティ


惡頓

/ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/ɔːk̚³ tɵn²²/

/ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/ɔːk̚³ tɵn²²/

(dated) Ogden (a city in Utah, United States)


塩湖市

ja-pos

塩(えん)湖(こ)市(し) • (Enkoshi) ^(←えんこし (Enkosi)?)

塩湖市 (canonical)
Enkoshi (romanization)
Enkosi (romanization)
えんこし (hiragana historical)

(obsolete) Salt Lake City (a city, the state capital of Utah, United States)


塩湖市

塩湖市 (canonical)
Sōto Rēki-shi (romanization)

ソートレーキ市 ソートレーキ市#Japanese

Obsolete spelling of ソートレーキ市 (“Salt Lake City (a city, the state capital of Utah, United States)”).


Freedom

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Sanpete County, Utah.


Castleton

A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Grand County, Utah.


Riverdale

A city in Weber County, Utah, United States.


Richfield

A city, the county seat of Sevier County, Utah, United States.


Clarkston

en-proper noun

Clarkston (countable and uncountable, plural Clarkstons)

A town in Cache County, Utah, United States.


Lucin

Lucin (countable and uncountable, plural Lucins)

A ghost town, a former railroad community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, which gave its name to the Lucin Cutoff and was named after the Lucina (bivalve).


Eskdale

An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah, United States. Alternative form: EskDale.


Bullfrog

An unincorporated community in Kane County, Utah, United States.


Beaver Dam

An unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah.


Monument Valley

Monument Valley is full of Europeans, busloads from Italy and Germany and France, trying to experience our Eiffel Tower, our Colosseum.

2006 April 2, Timothy Egan, “Monument Valley: Endless Earth, Infinite Sky”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A region of the Colorado Plateau on the Arizona–Utah state line, famous for its vast sandstone buttes.


Westwater

An unincorporated community owned by the Navajo Nation, near Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United States.


Summit

Summit (countable and uncountable, plural Summits)

Unknown origin for the surname. In place names, it usually represents a point of high elevation, perhaps the highest in the area.

A census-designated place in Iron County, Utah, situated on a divide.


奥殿

Obsolete spelling of オグデン (Oguden, “Ogden (a city in Utah, United States)”).


Salt Lake

(only in compounds, attributive) Salt Lake City (a city in Utah, United States).


ソートレーキ市

ソートレーキ市 (canonical)
Sōto Rēki-shi (romanization)

Salt Lake City (a city, the state capital of Utah, United States)


ソートレーキ

ja-pos

ソートレーキ • (Sōto Rēki)

(obsolete, only in compounds, attributive) Salt Lake: Salt Lake City (a city in Utah, United States)


奧格登

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ kɤ³⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ kɤ³⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/


Springdale

The name of the Newfoundland town was apparently coined as a description of its immediate surroundings.

A number of places in the United States:


Bridgeland

en-proper-noun

Bridgeland (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgelands)

An unincorporated community in Duchesne County, Utah, United States.


大鹽湖

/tä⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ xu³⁵/

/tä⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ xu³⁵/


Большое Солёное озеро

ru-proper noun+

Большо́е Солёное о́зеро • (Bolʹšóje Soljónoje ózero) n inan (genitive Большо́го Солёного о́зера)

Большо́е Солёное о́зеро (canonical)
Bolʹšóje Soljónoje ózero (romanization)
Большо́го Солёного о́зера (genitive)
Большо́е Солёное о́зеро (nominative singular)
Большо́го Солёного о́зера (genitive singular)
Большо́му Солёному о́зеру (dative singular)
Большо́е Солёное о́зеро (accusative singular)
Больши́м Солёным о́зером (instrumental singular)
Большо́м Солёном о́зере (prepositional singular)

[bɐlʲˈʂojə sɐˈlʲɵnəjə ˈozʲɪrə]

From большо́е (bolʹšóje) + солёный (soljónyj) + о́зеро (ózero).

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Altonah

An unincorporated community in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. Alternative spelling: Altona. Former name: Alexander.


Grantsville

A city in Tooele County, Utah, named after Mormon leader Col. George D. Grant.


Brigham City

A city, the county seat of Box Elder County, Utah, United States, named after Brigham Young.


Black Mountains

A number of mountain ranges in the United States: in north-west Arizona, California, Nevada, North Carolina and Utah.


Promontory Point

A headland and ghost town nearby, in Box Elder County, Utah, United States; the headland (or cape) juts into the Great Salt Lake.


Bear River

A number of rivers in the United States, including California, Colorado, Georgia, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Utah, and Washington.


Spring Lake

A number of communities in the United States:

A census-designated place in Utah County, Utah.


Connellsville

A ghost town in Emery County, Utah, United States, named after Connellsville, PA, and now flooded by a reservoir.


Mount Baldy

A mountain in Beaver County, Utah, United States.


Orderville

From Order + -ville, after the United Order, the Mormon communal arrangement that initially governed the town.

A town in Kane County, Utah, United States.


West Valley City

A large city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, a suburb of Salt Lake City.


Oljato Wash

A left tributary of the San Juan River in Arizona and Utah, United States.


Virgin River

Of the parks, Zion is carved in the southwestern flank of the Markágunt by one fork of the Virgin River, and Zion National Monument is carved by the other.

1954, Wallace Stegner, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 163:

A tributary of the Colorado River in Utah, Nevada and Arizona, United States.


Pine Valley Mountains

[ Bill Williams River ] heads in the Markagunt Plateau and the Pine Valley Mountains of Utah.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20:


Rio Virgen

Farther to the southward, the rivers which are affluent to the Colorado, such as the Rio Virgen, and Gila river, near their mouths, are impregnated with salt by the cliffs of rock salt between which they pass.

1845, J[ohn] C[harles] Frémont, Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44, Washington: Gales and Seaton, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 158:

Two hundred miles above this the Rio Virgen joins the Colorado. This river heads in the Markagunt Plateau and the Pine Valley Mountains of Utah.


Colorado River

Between us and the Colorado river we were aware that the country was extremely poor in grass, and scarce for water, there being many jornadas, (days’ journey,) or long stretches of 40 to 60 miles, without water, where the road was marked by bones of animals.

1845, J[ohn] C[harles] Frémont, Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44, Washington: Gales and Seaton, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 259:

Where the Colorado River forms the boundary between California and Arizona it cuts through a number of volcanic rocks by black, yawning canyons.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter 1, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20:

Along the Colorado River there is no town from Moab in Utah to Needles in California, a distance of over a thousand miles (if we except the two small, improvised, completely artificial company towns connected with the building and operation of Glen Canyon Dam and Boulder Dam).

1968, Edward Abbey, “Down the River”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 171:

A major river in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California, United States and Baja California and Sonora, Mexico


Coal City

A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Carbon County, Utah.


Wellsville

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Cache County, Utah, named after Daniel H. Wells.


Laketown

A town in Rich County, Utah, named after Bear Lake (Idaho-Utah).


Skull Valley

A valley and Indian reservation in Tooele County, Utah, United States.


Oquirrh

A census-designated place in Salt Lake County, Utah.


Crater Lake

Several lakes in Duchesne County and Garfield County, Utah.


Crater Lakes

A group of lakes in Sevier County, Utah.


Hayden Peak

Several mountains in the United States, named for American geologist Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden.

A mountain in the Uinta Mountains in Summit County, Utah.