Exeter

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

A city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England.

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A town in Washington County, Rhode Island.

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Green County, Wisconsin.


Southampton

From Old English Sūþhāmtūn. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Hantone and Hantune.

Hampshire County
Hampshire County#English

A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

A town and village in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.


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).

der

A town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, southern England, which is the county town (OS grid ref SY6990).

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

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

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.


Swanage

From Middle English Swanwiche, from Old English swan (“swan”) or swān (“herdsman, swain”) + wīċ (“village”).

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0378).


Yeovil

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5516).


Poole

en-proper noun

Poole (countable and uncountable, plural Pooles)

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole#English

A town in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England.


Chichester

/ˈt͡ʃɪt͡ʃɪstə/

Chichester
Chichester (disambiguation)
Cissa of Sussex

Reputedly from Old English personal name Cissa + ceaster (“fort, manor, town”). Otherwise the first element could come from Old English *ċisse (“a gravelly place”).

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.


Bognor Regis

From Old English. In a document of 680 AD, it is referred to as Bucgan ora, "Bucge's shore". The Regis (from Latin rex (“king”)) was added after King George V stayed there to convalesce.
Bucgan can be derived from 'Bucca' which means a 'male goat' hence the 'goat shore', as most Saxon village names describe what the place did or produced.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ9399).


Newquay

From new + quay, for a quay built here in the 15th century.

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the north coast of Cornwall, south west England (OS grid ref SW8161).


Wareham

Wareham (countable and uncountable, plural Warehams)

From Old English Werhām, from Old English wer (“weir”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A market town in Wareham Town parish, Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9287).

A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.


Tabo

Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh#English

A small town in Himachal Pradesh, India, the site of an ancient monastery.


Tiberias

From Latin Tiberias, from Ancient Greek Τιβεριάς (Tiberiás), after the Emperor Tiberius.

Northern District
Northern District#English

A town in the Northern District, on the Sea of Galilee in Israel.


Forbes

Fawbush (alternative)
Fobbs (alternative)
Forbus (alternative)
Forbush (alternative)
Furbush (alternative)

A town and local government area (Forbes Shire) in central-west New South Wales, Australia.


Thompson

en-prop

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 number of places in the United States:


Портленд

ru-proper noun+

По́ртленд • (Pórtlend) m inan (genitive По́ртленда, nominative plural По́ртленды, genitive plural По́ртлендов)

По́ртленд (canonical)
Pórtlend (romanization)
По́ртленда (genitive)
По́ртленды (nominative plural)
По́ртлендов (genitive plural)
По́ртленд (nominative singular)
По́ртленды (nominative plural)
По́ртленда (genitive singular)
По́ртлендов (genitive plural)
По́ртленду (dative singular)
По́ртлендам (dative plural)
По́ртленд (accusative singular)
По́ртленды (accusative plural)
По́ртлендом (instrumental singular)
По́ртлендами (instrumental plural)
По́ртленде (prepositional singular)
По́ртлендах (plural prepositional)

unincorporated communities
unincorporated community

census-designated places
census-designated place

Portland (several cities, towns, unincorporated communities and census-designated places in the United States and elsewhere)


Garrett

A medieval English and Irish form of the Germanic given names Gerard and Gerald. Of Old High German origin.


Jacobs

A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, named after William H. Jacobs.


Evans

en-proper noun

Evans (countable and uncountable, plural Evanses or Evans)

Evanses (plural)
Evans (plural)
Avans (alternative)


Sherman

/ˈʃɜː(ɹ)mən/

Sense 1: From Middle English schereman, scherman; equivalent to shear + -man.

United States of America
United States of America

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

Any of a number of places in the United States of America:

A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

A town in Lee County, Pontotoc County and Union County, Mississippi.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.

Minnehaha County
Minnehaha County#English

A minor town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

Sheboygan County
Sheboygan County#English


Edwards

en-prop

Edwards (countable and uncountable, plural Edwardses)

Edwardses (plural)
Edward (alternative)
Edwardes (alternative)

St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County#English

A town and hamlet therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for Edward McCormack, brother of the founder.

A town in Hinds County, Mississippi; named for landowner Dick Edwards.


Harris

Harris (countable and uncountable, plural Harrises)

From Harry + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Harry, a male given name derived from a Middle English pronunciation of Old French Henri.

Marquette County
Marquette County#English


Harrison

en-proper noun

Harrison (countable and uncountable, plural Harrisons)

Washington County
Washington County#English

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

A coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York.


Phillips

en-prop

Phillips (countable and uncountable, plural Phillipses)

Phillipses (plural)
Philips (alternative)
Philipps (alternative)


Parker

en-proper noun

Parker (countable and uncountable, plural Parkers)

A town, the county seat of La Paz County, Arizona.


Bennett

en-prop

Bennett (countable and uncountable, plural Bennetts)

Bennetts (plural)
Benett (alternative)
Bennet (alternative)

A statutory town in Adams County and Arapahoe County, Colorado.

A town in Chatham County, North Carolina.

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.


Griffith

en-proper noun

Griffith (countable and uncountable, plural Griffiths)

A town in Calumet Township and St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States.


Wainwright

From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”).
The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.

A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada.

A number of places in the United States:


Cartwright

Cartwright (countable and uncountable, plural Cartwrights)

Cartwrights (plural)
Catrett (alternative)

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

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Mitchell

en-prop

Mitchell (countable and uncountable, plural Mitchells)

Mitchells (plural)
Mitchel (alternative)
Matsell (alternative)

Translingual: markmitchelli

From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”).

A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world, named after persons with the surname:


Carter

Carter (countable and uncountable, plural Carters)

As an English name, from the occupation carter. As an Irish name, from Irish Mac Artúir (literally “son of Arthur”).


Collins

en-prop

Collins (countable and uncountable, plural Collinses)

Collinses (plural)
Collin (alternative)
Colin (alternative)
Collings (alternative)
Colling (alternative)
Collis (alternative)
Colins (alternative)
Collen (alternative)
Cullan (alternative)

* As an English surname, variant of Colin.
* As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Coileáin, see Cullen, McQuillan, and McCallion.
* As a French surname, Americanized from Collin and Colette.
* As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kolenc, from koleno (“knee”) and the obsolete kolenc (“nipplewort”).

A town in New York; named for a local dairy farming family.


Murphy

From Irish Ó Murchadha (“descendant of Murrough”), Mac Murchaidh (“Son of Murrough”), etc. See Muircath.

der

A town, the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina.

A town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.


Simpson

en-proper noun

Simpson (countable and uncountable, plural Simpsons)

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

A town mostly in Corangamite Shire, in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.


Anderson

en-prop

Anderson (countable and uncountable, plural Andersons)

Andersons (plural)
Andison (alternative)

From Middle English Ander (“Andrew”) + -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or Swedish Andersson.

Lauderdale County
Lauderdale County#English

A town in Lauderdale County, Alabama; named for local gristmill operator Samuel Anderson.

A town, the county seat of Grimes County, Texas; named for Kenneth Lewis Anderson, 4th Vice President of the Republic of Texas.

A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.

A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Iron County, Wisconsin.


Wilkinson

en-proper noun

Wilkinson (countable and uncountable, plural Wilkinsons)

A town in Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana.


Forster

* As an English surname, from the noun forester.
* Also as an English surname, borrowed from French fustrier (“blockmaker”), from fustre (“baulk of timber”).
* As a French and Norman surname, from Old French forcetier (“cutter”), from forcettes (“scissors”).
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Förster and Först (both related to Forst (“forest”)).

A coastal town in MidCoast council area, Mid North Coast region, New South Wales, Australia.


Powell

Powell (countable and uncountable, plural Powells)

The anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel (“son of Hywel”). Related to Howell and Huell. Sometimes also associated with Paul by folk etymology.


Chapman

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

A number of places in the United States.


Webb

Tallahatchie County
Tallahatchie County#English

A town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.


Rogers

Rogers (countable and uncountable, plural Rogerses)

From Roger + -'s, equivalent to Rogerson. Doublet of Rutgers.


Spello

A town and comune in the province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy.


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.

Judith Basin County
Judith Basin County#English

A town, the county seat of Judith Basin County, Montana.

A number of places in the United States:


Paola

Paola (countable and uncountable, plural Paolas)

A town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.

A town in the South Eastern Region of Malta.


Paola

a town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy


Clare

The anglicized spelling of Irish Clár, from Old Irish clár (“plank, board”), from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom (“table”).

A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:

A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.

A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

Clare and Gilbert Valleys
Clare and Gilbert Valleys#English

A town in Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area, Mid North region, South Australia.


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 small town and civil parish with a town council in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7745).


St Helens

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A town and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, in northwestern England.


Clydesdale

A town in Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.


Huntington

Huntington (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingtons)

The name of many places around the world:

A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

United States of America
United States of America

Hampshire County
Hampshire County#English

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

census-designated place
census-designated place

Chittenden County
Chittenden County#English


Blankenberge

Meronym: Uitkerke

a municipality and town on the coast of Belgium


和平

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (和平):
* → Japanese: 和(わ)平(へい) (wahei)
* → Korean: 화평(和平) (hwapyeong)
* → Vietnamese: hoà bình (和平)

/xɤ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/xə²⁴ pʰiŋ²⁴/

/wɔː²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/

/vᵘɔ²² pʰen²²/

/huo⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βiŋ⁵³/

/ho²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/

/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ piɪŋ²⁴/

/ho¹³⁻²² piɪŋ¹³/

/hɤ²³⁻³³ piɪŋ²³/

/hɔ²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/

/hua⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰeŋ⁵⁵/

/xɤ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/xə²⁴ pʰiŋ²⁴/

/wɔː²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/

/vᵘɔ²² pʰen²²/

/huo⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βiŋ⁵³/

/ho²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/

/ho²⁴⁻¹¹ piɪŋ²⁴/

/ho¹³⁻²² piɪŋ¹³/

/hɤ²³⁻³³ piɪŋ²³/

/hɔ²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/

/hua⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰeŋ⁵⁵/

(～鎮) Heping Town (several towns in China)

(～鎮) Heping (a town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China), originally named 蚝坪 (o5 pian5)


Chandler

Candler (alternative)
Chander (alternative)

/ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/

A town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality, Quebec.

A town in Ohio Township and Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana; named for railroad official O. E. Chandler.

A town in Murray County, Minnesota; named for railroad official John Alonzo Chandler.


Chandler

Unadapted borrowing from English Chandler.

ubor

a locale in the United States
a town in Warrick County, Indiana


Mut

Mut (nominative singular)
Mutlar (nominative plural)
Mut'lar (nominative plural)
Mut'u (accusative singular)
Mutları (accusative plural)
Mut'ları (accusative plural)
Mut'a (dative singular)
Mutlara (dative plural)
Mut'lara (dative plural)
Mut'ta (locative singular)
Mutlarda (locative plural)
Mut'larda (locative plural)
Mut'tan (ablative singular)
Mutlardan (ablative plural)
Mut'lardan (ablative plural)
Mut'un (genitive singular)
Mutların (genitive plural)
Mut'ların (genitive plural)
Mut'um (first-person singular)
Mutlarım (first-person singular)
Mut'larım (first-person singular)
Mut'un (second-person singular)
Mutların (second-person singular)
Mut'ların (second-person singular)
Mut'u (singular third-person)
Mutları (singular third-person)
Mut'ları (singular third-person)
Mut'umuz (first-person plural)
Mutlarımız (first-person plural)
Mut'larımız (first-person plural)
Mut'unuz (plural second-person)
Mutlarınız (plural second-person)
Mut'larınız (plural second-person)
Mut'u (plural third-person)
Mutları (plural third-person)
Mut'ları (plural third-person)

a town and district of Mersin Province, Turkey


Spaulding

en-proper noun

Spaulding (countable and uncountable, plural Spauldings)

A small town in Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States.


Spalding

A market town in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2422).

A town north of the Clare Valley in South Australia.


Macedon

From Middle English Macedone, from Middle French Macédoine.

A town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia.

A town, and hamlet, and census-designated place therein, in Wayne County, New York, United States.


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”).

But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion.

2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.

A number of places in the United States:

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

A town in Columbus County, North Carolina.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont.


Glis

A town in Brig-Glis municipality, Valais canton, Switzerland.


Aarau

A municipality and town, the capital of Aargau canton, in northern Switzerland; capital of the Helvetic Republic between 1798 and 1803.


Aarau

Aarau (a town and municipality, the capital of Aargau canton, in northern Switzerland)


Aarau

de-proper noun

Aarau n (proper noun, genitive Aaraus or (optionally with an article) Aarau)

Aaraus (genitive)
Aarau (genitive with-article)

Aarau (a municipality and town, the capital of Aargau canton, in northern Switzerland)


Southern Cross

Crux
Southern Cross (disambiguation)#Places

/ˌsʌðə(ɹ)n ˈkɹɒs/

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town in the Shire of Yilgarn, Western Australia.


Matthews

en-proper noun

Matthews (countable and uncountable, plural Matthewses)

A town in Jefferson Township, Grant County, Indiana.

Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg County#English

A town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.


Palmer

Palmer (countable and uncountable, plural Palmers)

From Middle English palmer (“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”), from Old French.

der

A town east of the Adelaide Hills in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.


Cameron

en-proper noun

Cameron (countable and uncountable, plural Camerons)

Camerons (plural)
Kameron (alternative)
Camron (alternative)
Camryn (alternative)
Kamryn (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).

A town in New York; named for early settler Dugald Cameron.

A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A town in North Carolina.

A town in Oklahoma; named for either mine inspector William Cameron or railroad official James Cameron.

A town in South Carolina; named for the Scottish Highland Clan Cameron.

A town in Wood County, Wisconsin; named for lumber businessman James W. Cameron.

A town in Barron County, Wisconsin; named for lawyer, banker and politician Angus Cameron.


Amos

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

der

A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Cardiff

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

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A tiny town in Jefferson County, Alabama.


Brandon

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

Any of some towns and villages in England:

A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, on the border with Norfolk (OS grid ref TL7886).

A number of places in the United States:

A town and census-designated place therein, in Rutland County, Vermont.

A rural town in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.


Clifton

en-proper noun

Clifton (countable and uncountable, plural Cliftons)

Cliftons (plural)
Cliffton (alternative)

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

A small town in Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7802).

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

A town on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

A town, the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona.

A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Maine.

St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County#English

A town in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for nearby Clifton Iron Mine.

A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Virginia.

A town in Grant County, Wisconsin; named for early resident and benefactor Bosman Clifton.

A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.

A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.


Riley

en-prop

Riley (countable and uncountable, plural Rileys)

* From Ryley in Lancashire, from Old English ryge (“rye”) + leah (“clearing, meadow”). Equivalent to rye + -ley (“lea”).
* A variant of Reilly, from Irish Ó Raghallaigh (see O'Reilly).

A town in Riley Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.

A town in Center Township, Hancock County, Indiana, United States.


Morrison

From the given name Maurice or Morris + -son.

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Brown County, Wisconsin.


Douvres

Dover (a town and port in Kent, in southeast England)


Locke

* As an English, Dutch and German surname, variant of Lock.
* As a Norwegian surname, Americanized from Løkke, from a farm name derived from Old Norse lykkja (“enclosure”).
* As a Chinese surname, variant of Lok.

A town in Cayuga County, New York, named after John Locke.


Crawford

Crawford (countable and uncountable, plural Crawfords)

Crawfords (plural)
Craufurd (alternative)

From Old English crāwe (“crow”) + ford (“ford”).

A number of places in the United States:

Washington County
Washington County#English


Vauxhall

→ Dutch: vauxhall

desctree

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

→ Polish: Foksal

Falkes de Breauté
Vauxhall (disambiguation)

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


Roland

From Old French, from Frankish *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. Doublet of Orlando.

der

Chanson de Roland
Roland (disambiguation)


Lancaster

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

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

A town, the county seat of Coos County, New Hampshire.

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


Campbell

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

A town with hamlet and census-designated place therein, in Steuben County, New York.

La Crosse County
La Crosse County#English

A town on a Mississippi island in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

A town in the Northern Cape province, South Africa.


Barnes

en-proper noun

Barnes (countable and uncountable, plural Barneses)

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

der

A small town in the far south of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.


Chester

en-proper noun

Chester (countable and uncountable, plural Chesters)

From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ceaster, a borrowing from Latin castra (“camp”).
The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in Pennsylvania.

A city, the county town of Cheshire, in northwest England.

A placename.
A locale in the United States:
A town in Crawford County, Arkansas.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.

A placename.
A locale in the United States:
A town in Dodge County, Georgia.

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A placename.
A locale in the United States:
A town in Penobscot County, Maine.

A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.

A town, the county seat of Liberty County, Montana.

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

A town and village in Orange County, New York.

A placename.
A locale in the United States:
A town in Warren County, New York.

A placename.
A locale in the United States:
A town in Tyler County, Texas.

A placename.
A locale in the United States:
A town in Windsor County, Vermont.

A placename.
A locale in the United States:
A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.


Wyandotte

Wendat (alternative)
Wyandot (alternative)
Wyandott (alternative)
Guyandotte (alternative)

A town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States.


Bacharach

A town in the Rhine Gorge, Mainz-Bingen Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Bacharach

de-proper noun

Bacharach n (proper noun, genitive Bacharachs or (optionally with an article) Bacharach)

Bacharachs (genitive)
Bacharach (genitive with-article)
Bacharach (definite nominative singular)
Bacharachs (definite genitive singular)
Bacharach (definite genitive singular with-article)
Bacharach (dative definite singular)
Bacharach (accusative definite singular)

Bacharach (a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Quinn

en-prop

Quinn (countable and uncountable, plural Quinns)

The surname is borrowed from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).

bor+

Pennington County
Pennington County#English

A tiny town in Pennington County, South Dakota.


Dixon

en-proper noun

Dixon (countable and uncountable, plural Dixons)

A number of places in the United States:


Fisher

Fisher (countable and uncountable, plural Fishers)

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

漁 /渔

Equivalent surnames of "fisher" in other languages


Jefferson

Jefferson (countable and uncountable, plural Jeffersons)

/ˈd͡ʒɛfɚsən/

From Jeffrey + -son. The placenames in the United States are named for Thomas Jefferson.

A place in the United States:
A town in Lincoln County, Maine.

A place in the United States:
A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.

Schoharie County
Schoharie County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Schoharie County, New York.

A town, the county seat of Ashe County, North Carolina.

A place in the United States:
A small town in Grant County, Oklahoma.

Chesterfield County
Chesterfield County#English

A town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

A place in the United States:
A town in Green County, Wisconsin.

A town in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, the city is partially within it.

A place in the United States:
A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.

A place in the United States:
A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.


Albi

A town and commune, the prefecture of Tarn department, Occitania, in southern France.


Albi

Albi (a town and commune, the prefecture of Tarn department, Occitania, in southern France)


Kimberly

Kimberly (countable and uncountable, plural Kimberlys)

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

A sparsely populated incorporated town in Pike County, Arkansas.


Wetter

de-proper noun

Wetter n (proper noun, genitive Wetters or (optionally with an article) Wetter)

Wetters (genitive)
Wetter (genitive with-article)
Wetter (definite nominative singular)
Wetters (definite genitive singular)
Wetter (definite genitive singular with-article)
Wetter (dative definite singular)
Wetter (accusative definite singular)


Ignacio

en-proper noun

Ignacio (countable and uncountable, plural Ignacios)

Borrowed from Spanish Ignacio. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

A town in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.


Santiago

/sæntiˈɑːɡəʊ/

Chinese Filipino
Guan Yu
James, brother of Jesus
Jose Rizal
Santiago
Santiago (disambiguation)

From Spanish Santiago, ellision of earlier Sant'Iago and Sant Iago, from Latin Sanctus Iācōbus (“Saint James or holy James”), the latter word deriving from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Piecewise doublet of Saint James.
The Guan Yu sense among Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines is due to a syncretic association of the deified Chinese general with St. James, who are both known for their assertiveness and heroism, which non-Chinese and people in the Philippines like Jose Rizal during the 19th century first associated with and/or surmised the Chinese folk deities venerated by Chinese Filipinos on Chinese altars and prints with popular Christian or Muslim figures.

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Norte de Santander
Norte de Santander#English

A municipality and town in Norte de Santander department, Colombia.

A municipality and town in Putumayo department, Colombia.

Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur#English

A small town in Los Cabos Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico.


Kingston

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

doublet

The former name of a town in South Australia, now Kingston SE.

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

Shire of Hepburn
Shire of Hepburn#English

A small town in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria.

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames#English

A town in the borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, formally Kingston upon Thames.

A small town at the south end of Lake Wakatipu, Otago, in the South Island, New Zealand.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A coastal town and census-designated place in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

An unincorporated town and census-designated place in Lander County, Nevada.

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

A town in Ulster County, New York, north of the city.

Places in the United States:
A town in Marshall County, Oklahoma.

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

Green Lake County
Green Lake County#English

Places in the United States:
A town in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.

Places in the United States:
A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.


Santo Domingo

/ˌsæn.tə dəˈmɪŋ.ɡəʊ/

/ˌsæn.təʊ dəˈmɪŋ.ɡəʊ/

A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador.


Santo Domingo

a town in San Vicente department, El Salvador


San José

A town in La Unión department, El Salvador.


San José

a town in La Unión department, El Salvador


Livonia

From Latin Livonia, from Estonian liiv (“sand”).

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Madison Township, Washington County, Indiana.

Pointe Coupee Parish
Pointe Coupee Parish#English

A town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

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


Mora

a town and municipality of Dalarna County, in central Sweden


Georgina

/dʒɔː(ɹ)ˈdʒiːnə/


Lyons

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

bor

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

A town in Washington Township, Greene County, Indiana.

A town, the county seat of Wayne County, New York.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Walworth County, Wisconsin.


Lyon

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

Lions (alternative obsolete)
Lyons (alternative)

A town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, named after the French city.


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.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town in the South West region, Western Australia.


St. George's

The town in Newfoundland is named for its close proximity to Cape St. George and St. George's Bay.
The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint George (died 303). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

coin

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Yaren

A district, the largest town and de facto capital of Nauru. Nauru has no official capital but Yaren houses the government offices.

Yaren

largest town and de-facto capital of Nauru


Yaren

Yaren (a district, the largest town and de facto capital of Nauru)


Feucht

A market town and municipality of Bavaria, Germany.


Feucht

de-proper noun

Feucht n (proper noun, genitive Feuchts or (optionally with an article) Feucht)

Feuchts (genitive)
Feucht (genitive with-article)
Feucht (definite nominative singular)
Feuchts (definite genitive singular)
Feucht (definite genitive singular with-article)
Feucht (dative definite singular)
Feucht (accusative definite singular)

The name means "marshy place," from the adjective feucht (“damp, marshy, wet”). One of its former names was Ὑδρόπολις (Hudrópolis), of the same meaning. The Dutch name is Voichtig.

Feucht (a market town and municipality of Bavaria, Germany)


Perry

en-prop

Perry (countable and uncountable, plural Perrys or Perries)

Washington County
Washington County#English


Nora

a town in Västmanland, in central Sweden


Boggabri

From Gamilaraay bagaaybaraay (“having creeks”), from bagaay (“creek”) + -baraay (“having”).


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

Androscoggin County
Androscoggin County#English

A small town in Washington County, Utah.

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

A number of places in the United States:

A small town and unincorporated community therein, in Columbia County, Wisconsin.


Cary

A town in Wake County, Chatham County and Durham County, North Carolina.


Stephenson

en-proper noun

Stephenson (countable and uncountable, plural Stephensons)

Marinette County
Marinette County#English

A town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.


Marion

en-prop

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 town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Lauderdale County
Lauderdale County#English

A town in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

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

A town, the county seat of Smyth County, Virginia.


Sawyer

en-proper noun

Sawyer (countable and uncountable, plural Sawyers)

* As an English occupational surname, from sawyer (“one who saws”). Senses loaned from various languages include Jewish/German Seger and Sager, Slovene Žagar.
* As a French surname, variant of Seguin.


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.

Pottawattamie County
Pottawattamie County#English

A town in Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.


Newport

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

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

A town and civil parish (served by Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council) in the Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5089).

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A town and civil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7419).

A town and community in north Pembrokeshire (OS grid ref SN0539).

A town in County Mayo (Irish grid ref L 9894).

A placename
A locale in Ireland.
A town in County Tipperary.

New Castle County
New Castle County#English

A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in New Castle County, Delaware.

Vermillion County
Vermillion County#English

A town, the county seat of Vermillion County, Indiana.

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine.

A town, the county seat of Sullivan County, New Hampshire.

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

A town in Carteret County, North Carolina.

A town in Orleans County, Vermont, next to the city.

A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.


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 small town in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.


Ambrose

From Latin saints' name Ambrosius, from Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios, “immortal, divine”). Compare Athanasius.


Augusta

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

From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.

A number of places in the United States:

Augusta-Margaret River
Augusta-Margaret River#English

A town in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River, Western Australia.


Gerald

en-proper noun

Gerald (countable and uncountable, plural Geralds)

From Old French, ultimately from Frankish *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *wald (“might, power”). The name was brought to England by the Normans. It survived in Ireland, and was revived in the 19th century.

The former name of Ponder, a town in Texas.


Helena

A Latinate form of Helen, from Latin Helena.


Leicester

Leicester
Leicester (disambiguation)
Leicester, Massachusetts
River Soar

From Middle English Ledecestre, from Old English Ligoraċeaster, from Old English Ligore (“the name of a people living by the River Soar”) + ċeaster (“settlement”). The river name is thought to be of Brythonic/Celtic origin and possibly from the same source as the river Loire.

der

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

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

A place in the United States:
A town in Addison County, Vermont.

A coastal town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.


日の出

From 日(ひ) (hi, “sun”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 出(で) (de, “coming out”).

ja-com

Hinode (a town in Nishitama district, Tokyo prefecture, Japan)


Ashton

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


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 settlement in the United States:
A town in Lee County, North Carolina.

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A settlement in the United States:
A town in Rockingham County, Virginia.


Kennedy

Kennedys (plural)
Kennedies (plural)
Cannedy (alternative)
Kennady (alternative)

Borrowed from Irish Ó Cinnéidigh (ceann (“head”) + éidigh (“ugly”)) or Scottish Gaelic Ceannaideach (ceann (“head”) + aideach (“ugly”). Compare Kenneth and Irish eitigh (“refuse, reject”).


Allan

Alan (alternative)
Allen (alternative)
Alen (alternative)

A town in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No.343, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Bena

Various place names, etymology shown individually if known.

A small town in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia; from an Aboriginal name for the lyrebird.


Brecon

From Welsh Brychan, name of a legendary king of Brycheiniog.

Brecon or Aberhonddu, a typical Welsh town of 5,350 inhabitants, stands in a grand amphitheatre of hills and mountains at the confluence of the rivers Usk, Honddu, and Tarell.

1939 September, A. F. N. Barnsdale, “The Neath & Brecon Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 188:

A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0428).


Beverly

en-proper noun

Beverly (countable and uncountable, plural Beverlys)

(uncountable) A common place name from the surname or the given name:

A town in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.


Bethlehem

→ Maori: Peterehema

Inherited from Middle English Bethleem, from Old French Bethleem and Old English Bethleem, from Latin Bēthlehēmum, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bēṯ lɛ́ḥɛm, literally “house of bread”). Doublet of bedlam and Belém.

der

A number of other places around the world:

A town in the Free State province, South Africa.

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

census-designated place
census-designated place


Ross

en-prop

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 small town in the West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand.


Burton

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

Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent#English

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A number of places in England and Wales:

Ellipsis of Burton upon Trent: a civil parish and market town in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire.


Woodstock

en-proper noun

Woodstock (countable and uncountable, plural Woodstocks)

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

A town and parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4416).

Tuscaloosa County
Tuscaloosa County#English

A town in Bibb County and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

A placename:
A place in the United States:
A town in Windham County, Connecticut.

A placename:
A place in the United States:
A town in Oxford County, Maine.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Ulster County, New York.

A town, the shire town of Windsor County, Vermont.

Shenandoah County
Shenandoah County#English

A town, the county seat of Shenandoah County, Virginia.


Glastonbury

From Middle English Glastingaburghe, from Old English Glæstingaburg, "the fortified place of the Glæstingas", from *Glæstinga (the people of Glastonia) + Old English byrg (“fort”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5039).

A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

A rural town in Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.


Spencer

Spencer (countable and uncountable, plural Spencers)

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

Speiser

surnames derived from the equivalent of “spencer”

A town in Massachusetts; named for Massachusetts governor Spencer Phips.

A town in North Carolina; named for railroad executive Samuel Spencer.

A town and village in New York; named for New York statesman Ambrose Spencer.

A town, the county seat of Owen County, Indiana; named for Indiana militia officer Spier Spencer.

A town and village in Wisconsin; named for the town in Massachusetts.

Van Buren County
Van Buren County#English

A town, the county seat of Van Buren County, Tennessee; named for longhunter Thomas Sharp Spencer.


雨竜

Uryū (a town in Uryū district, Sorachi, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)


Canute

Inherited from Middle English Canut, from Anglo-Norman *Canut, Kenut (compare Medieval Latin Canūtus), from Old Norse Knútr, possibly originally a byname meaning "knot".


Rio

A town and former municipality of Achaea regional unit, West Greece region, Greece.


Clarence

Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from Clārensis (“from the town of Clare”), (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea in Greece.

A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.

A number of places in the United States:

A town and census-designated place therein, in Erie County, New York.


St Andrews

A town in Fife council area, Scotland, named after St. Andrew the Apostle. It is the home of golf.


Ipswich

From the Old English personal name Gip, genitive case Gipes + Old English wīċ (“port, bay”).

A port town and borough in and the county town of Suffolk, England.

A coastal town and census-designated place therein, in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.


Canterbury

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

A town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.


Norwich

From Old English norþ (“north”) + wīċ (“hamlet”).

A town in New York which surrounds the city of Norwich.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Windsor County, Vermont.


Bude

A coastal town in Bude-Stratton parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2106).


Dudley

Translingual: Dudleya

From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A market town and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.


Plymouth

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

A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

A large town, one of the two county seats of Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

A town, the county seat of Washington County, North Carolina.

Washington County
Washington County#English

Box Elder County
Box Elder County#English

A small town in Windsor County, Vermont.

A town and city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.

Sheboygan County
Sheboygan County#English


Forst

A town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg, Germany. Official name: Forst (Lausitz).


Forst

de-proper noun

Forst n (proper noun, genitive Forsts or (optionally with an article) Forst)

Forsts (genitive)
Forst (genitive with-article)
Forst (definite nominative singular)
Forsts (definite genitive singular)
Forst (definite genitive singular with-article)
Forst (dative definite singular)
Forst (accusative definite singular)

From Middle High German forst~vorst, from Old High German forst, likely from Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi. Cognate with English forest.

a town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg; official name: Forst (Lausitz)


Salisbury

en-proper noun

Salisbury (countable and uncountable, plural Salisburys)

From Middle English Saresbury, from Old English *Searesbyriġ, Searobyriġ, Searoburh, from searu (“armor”) via folk etymology + byriġ, burh (“stronghold”), partial translation of British Latin Sorviodūnum, Sorbiodōnum, from *sorwjo-, *sorbjo- of unknown Celtic origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”) (compare Proto-Celtic *srutom (“a stream”)) + Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”).
Dissimilation of -r- to -l- is the result of influence from Salesbury in Lancashire, from sealh (“willow”) + burh (“stronghold”).
The naming of the village in New Brunswick is not entirely certain. It may be named after explorer John Salusbury (1707 - 1762) or after Salisbury in England.
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after the village.
The former capital of Rhodesia was named after Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) who served three times as Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A town and civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick.

A placename:
A town on the west coast of Dominica.

A coastal town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.

A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

A placename:
A place in the United States:
A town in Herkimer County, New York.

A placename:
A place in the United States:
A town in Addison County, Vermont.


Versailles

A town and county seat of Ripley County, Indiana, United States.


Vichy

From French Vichy, from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement."

A town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II.

(historical, figurative, metonymic) Vichy France; the Vichy French government.


Vichy

a town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, the capital of Vichy France during World War II


Vichy

Borrowed from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement.".

a town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, the capital of Vichy France during World War II


Louisa

A town, the county seat of Louisa County, Virginia, United States.


Hawthorne

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

A number of places in the United States:

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.


Capri

Ultimately from Latin Capreae, said to be from either.
* Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌀 (capra)
* Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “wild boar”), who populated the island
* Latin capreae (“goats”), a doublet of the Greek word, with the Romans calling it "Goat Island."

der

Capri (an island and town in the region of Campania, Italy)


Speicher

A town in Bitburg-Prüm district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Speicher

de-proper noun

Speicher n (proper noun, genitive Speichers or (optionally with an article) Speicher)

Speichers (genitive)
Speicher (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German spīcher, from Old High German spīhhāri, from Proto-West Germanic *spīkārī, borrowed from Late Latin spīcārium.


Strang

en-proper noun

Strang (countable and uncountable, plural Strangs)

A town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States.


Wimbledon

From an Old English name (probably *Wynnmann, or alternatively *Wynebeald) + dūn (“hill”).

A suburban town and the principal business area in the borough of Merton, Greater London.


Salem

From Biblical Hebrew שָׁלֵם (šālēm) (Genesis 14:18).

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

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Montserrat, which was evacuated and later resettled.


Salem

A town and district in Tamil Nadu, India.


Salem

de-proper noun

Salem n (proper noun, genitive Salems or (optionally with an article) Salem)

Salems (genitive)
Salem (genitive with-article)

Salem (a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Salem (a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Thatcher

/ˈθat͡ʃə(ɹ)/


Cromwell

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

com

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.

A town in Noble County, Indiana, United States.

A town in Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States.


Wausau

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

Wausau (town), Wisconsin
Wausau, Wisconsin

A town in Marathon County, in north-central Wisconsin.


Madison

en-prop

Madison (countable and uncountable, plural Madisons)

Madisons (plural)
Maddison (alternative)
Maddison (alternative)
Madisyn (alternative)
Madyson (alternative)

From Middle English Madde (“Maud”) + -son.

A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.

A town in New York and a village within that town.

A town, the county seat of Madison County, Virginia; named for the landowning Madison family, of which James Madison is a descendant.

A town in Wisconsin, adjacent to the city of Madison (listed above).


Stratford

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

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

A town on the Avon in Victoria, Australia.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A town in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

A town in the borough of Newham, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3884).

A market town in Stratford-upon-Avon parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, properly Stratford-upon-Avon.

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

A small town in Coos County, New Hampshire.

A small town in Fulton County, New York.

A tiny town in Brown County, South Dakota.


Petersburg

From Peter + -s- or Peters (surname) + -burg. Doublet of Peterborough.

Various other towns and cities, including:

A town in Lincoln County and Marshall County, Tennessee.


Carlyle

A town in Saskatchewan, Canada; named for a niece of Thomas Carlyle who lived in the area.


Dougherty

en-proper noun

Dougherty (countable and uncountable, plural Doughertys)

A town in Murray County, Oklahoma, United States.


Warwick

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

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A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865).

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

A town in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec.

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.

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

A town and locality in Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia, south-west of Brisbane.


Frankfort

/ˈfɹæŋkfɔːɹt/

A number of places in the United States, including:


Chelsea

From Old English Ċealchȳþ, from cealc (“chalk”) + hȳþ (“landing place”).

Any of several places (mostly in the US):

A town, the county seat of Orange County, Vermont.


Gateshead

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

Of this number, 64 belonged to the above district, including Newcastle, with the addition of Gateshead, which lies on the opposite bank of the Tyne, in the county of Durham; and these afforded 2.13 cases per annum, which, as the population was 213,000, gave one case for every 100,000 inhabitants.

1830, John Yelloly, Sequel to a Paper on the Tendency to Calculous Diseases, and on the Concretions to Which Such Diseases Give Rise, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 120

A town in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England, found upon the southern bank of the Tyne (OS grid ref NZ2562).


Monmouth

From Monnow + mouth, Monnow coming from Welsh Mynwy.

A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO5012).


Nashville

A town, the county seat of Brown County, Indiana.


Herman

en-proper noun

Herman (countable and uncountable, plural Hermans)

From Old English here (“army”) + man (“man”) It was revived in the 19th century, partly due to American immigrants from continental Europe where the name has been more popular. Compare the German equivalent Hermann.


Bedford

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

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

coin

A market town, the county town of Bedfordshire, England.

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

A town, the county seat of Bedford County, Virginia.

A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.


Calais

Calais (a town in Hauts-de-France, France)


Crewe

en-proper noun

Crewe (countable and uncountable, plural Crewes)

Recorded as Creu in the Domesday Book, the town's name is derived from Old Welsh criu (“weir; crossing”) (compare modern Welsh cryw).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7055).

A town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States.


Baldwin

Baldwin (countable and uncountable, plural Baldwins)

From Proto-West Germanic *Balþawini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz (“bold friend”).

der

A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A town in Duval County, Florida.

A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A town in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A town in Cumberland County, Maine.

A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A town in Chemung County, New York.

St. Croix County
St. Croix County#English

A town and village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.


Homberg

A town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Efze).

A town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Ohm).


Homberg

de-proper noun

Homberg n (proper noun, genitive Hombergs or (optionally with an article) Homberg)

Hombergs (genitive)
Homberg (genitive with-article)
Homberg (definite nominative singular)
Hombergs (definite genitive singular)
Homberg (definite genitive singular with-article)
Homberg (dative definite singular)
Homberg (accusative definite singular)

From Middle High German, equivalent to hohem Berg (dative, literally “high mountain”).

a town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse; official name: Homberg (Efze)

a town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse; official name: Homberg (Ohm)


Amatrice

Use of the name dates back to the late 15ᵗʰ century, from earlier Matrice, likely through a rebracketing of la Matrice.

Vſcεndω fuor per un secrεtω bucω, / Che cωn la scorta della buona Euloga / Vi cωndurrá vicinω a l’Amatrice, / Ωve la voﬆra cωmpagnia v’aspεtta

1548 May, Gian Giorgio Trissino, “Vigesimoquarto libro [Twenty-fourth book]”, in L'Italia liberata da' Gothi [Italy freed from the Goths], Rome: Valerio e Luigi Dorici, page 124:

Coming out of a secret hole, which, with the escort of the good Euloga, will lead you nearby Amatrice, where your company awaits

Poſcia dalla Valle Caﬅellana […] ſi arriua al nobile caﬅello Amatrice poﬅo ſotto la fontana del Tronto

1550, Leandro Alberti, “Abruzzo - duodecima regione [Abruzzo - twelfth region]”, in Descrittione di tutta Italia [Description of all of Italy], Venice: Pietro dei Nicolini da Sabbio, published 1551, page 219:

Afterwards, from Valle Castellana, one arrives to the noble borough of Amatrice, located below the source of the Tronto

aggiunto di colpo, e preſo per traslato dalla robuﬅezza di que’ dell’Amatrice, luogo del noﬅro Abruzzo, donde vengono a noi, ed altrove de’ validi tagliatori di boſchi, che dan colpi di accettate formidali, onde andarono in prov. i colpi amatriciani

1789, “Matresciano”, in Vocabolario delle parole del dialetto napoletano [Vocabulary of the words of the Neapolitan dialect], volume 1, Naples: Giuseppe Maria Porcelli, page 220:

Said of a strike, and taken as a transferred sense from the strength of those of Amatrice, a place in our Abruzzo, whence—here and elsewhere—come skilled lumberjacks, who deliver formidable blows with the axe, whence the strikes of Amatrice became proverbial

a small town in Rieti, Lazio, also used absolutely as l'Amatrice


North Shields

/ˌnɔːθ ˈʃiːldz/

A town in Tyne and Wear, England, on the north bank of the Tyne.


Carlisle

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

der

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Haddon Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Schoharie County
Schoharie County#English


Norris

An Anglo-Norman surname, from Old French norreis (“a northerner, a migrant from the north”). More at French norois.

A town in Pickens County, South Carolina.


Wallace

en-proper noun

Wallace (countable and uncountable, plural Wallaces)

An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Anglo-Norman waleis (“foreign”); see wielisc.

A placename:
A town in Victoria, Australia.

A town in Indiana; named for Indiana governor David Wallace.

A placename:
A locale in the United States.
A town in North Carolina.

A town in South Dakota; named for the original owner of the town site.


Eton

Eton (countable and uncountable, plural Etons)

From Old English *Ēatūn, from ea (“river”) + tun (“town”). See also the doublet Eaton.

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

A town and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965775).

A town in Murray County, Georgia, United States.


Blackwood

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A town and community in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1797).


Highlands

Specific application of highlands, equivalent to high + lands.

Highland (disambiguation)
Scottish Highlands

A town in Orange County, New York, United States.


Bassett

Mississippi County
Mississippi County#English


Pembroke

Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ (literally “land's head, land's end”), whence Welsh Penfro.

der

A town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9801).

A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.

A number of places in the United States:


Penelope

From Ancient Greek Πηνελόπη (Pēnelópē), possibly from πηνέλοψ (pēnélops, “duck”).


Lexington

Boston, MA
Lexington
Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton
William Henry Whitmore

From personal name Leaxa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”). The town in Massachusetts may have been named after the town of Laxton (formerly spelled Lexington) in Nottinghamshire, or after Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton (whose title refers to the same place). The other US towns are named after the town in Massachusetts, the site of an important Revolutionary War battle.

A town, the county seat of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Lexington County
Lexington County#English

A town, the county seat of Lexington County, South Carolina.


Boyd

From Scottish Gaelic, either buidhe (“blond, yellow, fair”), or a habitational surname from the Isle of Bute in Scotland.


Vance

en-prop

Vance (countable and uncountable, plural Vances)

From a Southern English dialectal form of Old English fenn (“marsh, bog”).

Tuscaloosa County
Tuscaloosa County#English

A town in Tuscaloosa County and Bibb County, Alabama.

Orangeburg County
Orangeburg County#English

A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.


Monterey

/ˌmɒntəˈɹeɪ/

Borrowed from Spanish Monterrey, from Galician Monterrei, from monte (“mountain”) + rei (“king”).

various cities and counties
w:Monterey (disambiguation)

The place name of various cities and counties

A town, the county seat of Highland County, Virginia, United States.


Dundee

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Dè (“good fort”).

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A town in the Northern Territory, Australia.

A coal mining town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Middlesbrough

/ˈmɪdəlzˌbʌɹə/

From Old English middel (“middle”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Middleburg and Middlebury. Cf. also Middelburg.

A town, unitary authority, and borough of North Yorkshire, England, situated on the River Tees.


Lille

From French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”). Compare also isle and Lyle.

A town and municipality of the province of Antwerp, Belgium.


Berwick

→ Welsh: Berwig

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Berwick.

Ellipsis of Berwick-upon-Tweed: a town in Northumberland, England.

A town and census-designated place in York County, Maine.

census-designated place
census-designated place

(historical), Curries Corner (historical), Davisons Corner (historical)

Any of various places, including:
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.


Munster

Borrowed from French Munster or German Münster, ultimately from Alemannic German.

A town in Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France.


Munster

→ English: Munster

Borrowed from German Münster, ultimately from Alemannic German.

Munster (a town in Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)


Kikuyu

A large town in Kiambu County, Kenya, named after the Kikuyu people.


South Shields

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, in the Northeast of England (OS grid ref NZ3667).


Teesside

A conurbation in North East England encompassing the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar and surrounding settlements.


Mansfield

From Old English Mammesfeld, from a Brythonic word mamm, meaning "mother" or "breast" + feld (“field”).

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County#English


Sheffield

en-proper noun

Sheffield (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffields)

Sheffields (plural)
Sheff. (alternative abbreviation)

From the name of the River Sheaf, which is from Old English scēaþ (“boundary”), + Old English feld (“field, open land”).

A town in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia.

Berkshire County
Berkshire County#English

A common placename in the United States:

A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Caledonia County
Caledonia County#English


Hanna

Hanna (countable and uncountable, plural Hannas)

Variant spelling of Hannah or romanization of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oklahoman town, named for Hanna Bullett, one of the initial settlers. As a Polish village, named for the queen Anna Jagiellon.

A locale in the United States:
A town in Oklahoma.

A locale in the United States:
A town in Wyoming.


Gladstone

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

Gledstanes (alternative)
Gledstone (alternative)

Any of places of the same name.
A small rural town in South Australia.


Dunkirk

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

Dunkerque, a town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A city and town in Chautauqua County, New York.

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


Kendal

From Old English Cent + dæl = "valley of the river Kent".

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5192).


Dartmouth

English port: from Dart + mouth, since it lies at the mouth of the River Dart.

A town, civil parish, and port in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8751).


Arundel

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

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0107).

A town in York County, Maine, United States.


Houston

Houston (countable and uncountable, plural Houstons)

Houstons (plural)
Hoston (alternative)
Houstoun (alternative)
Hughesdon (alternative)

Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.

A placename:
Other places in the United States:
A small town in Perry County, Arkansas.

A placename:
Other places in the United States:
A small town in Kent County, Delaware.


Carnac

A seaside resort town and commune of Morbihan department, in South Brittany, France.


Dallas

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

Dallas (disambiguation)
George M. Dallas

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

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Gaston County, North Carolina.

A small town in Gregory County, South Dakota, named after Dallas, Texas.

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


Northampton

From Old English Norþhāmtūn. The earliest reference to Northampton in writing occurred in 914 under the name Ham tune. The Domesday Book (1086) records the town as Northantone: the prefix “North” was added later to distinguish it from other towns called “Hampton”, most prominently Southampton.

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

A large town, the county town of Northamptonshire, now in West Northamptonshire district, England.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town, the seat of the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia, named after John Hampton.


Dupont

Dupont (countable and uncountable, plural Duponts)

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, named after the Du Pont family.


Waterloo

/ˌwɔːtəˈluː/

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

compound

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

A town in Grant Township and Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.

A village and town, the county seat of Seneca County, New York.

A town and city therein, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.

A small town in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia.


Elton

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

A town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.

Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish#English


Merthyr Tydfil

/ˌmɜːθə ˈtɪdvɪl/

A large town in Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0506).


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.

A town, the county seat of Jones County, North Carolina.

A town in Williams County, North Dakota.

Washington County
Washington County#English


Dieppe

Inherited from Middle English Depe, from Middle French Diepe; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Dieppe.
The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.

A coastal town in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.


Dieppe

Inherited from Middle French Diepe, from Old French Diepe, (originally a hydronym) from Old Norse djúpr (“deep”) or a West Germanic cognate. Compare Medieval Latin Dieppa, Deupa.
The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.

a coastal town in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France


Newark

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

A civil parish and town with a town council in Nottinghamshire, England.

A number of places in the United States:

A small town in Caledonia County, Vermont.


Scottsdale

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

A town in northeastern Tasmania, Australia.


Hoffman

en-prop

Hoffman (countable and uncountable, plural Hoffmans)

Anglicised from German Hoffmann, an occupational surname referring to the owner or manager of a piece of land.

A town in Richmond County, North Carolina.


Caerphilly

From Welsh Caerffili (literally “Ffili’s fort”).

der

A town in Caerphilly borough county borough, in the old county of Glamorgan, South Wales.


Reynolds

en-prop

Reynolds (countable and uncountable, plural Reynoldses)


Vaughn

en-proper noun

Vaughn (countable and uncountable, plural Vaughns)

A variant of Vaughan, from Welsh bychan (“small”).

Guadalupe County
Guadalupe County#English

A town in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, named after civil engineer George W. Vaughn.


Aberystwyth

/ˌæb.əˈɹɪst.wɪθ/

From the Welsh aber (“mouth”) + Ystwyth (“Ystwyth”).

A coastal town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN5881).


Aberystwyth

aber (“river mouth”) + Ystwyth (river name)

compound

Aberystwyth (a coastal town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN5881))


Ulm

A town in Prairie County, Arkansas, United States.


Ulm

de-proper noun

Ulm n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ulms)

Ulm (a town in Prairie County, Arkansas, United States)


Bangor

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

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

La Crosse County
La Crosse County#English


Grimsby

From Old Norse Grim (“male given name”) (Grimr, Grimnir, Grim; masked one, mask; Odin) + -s + býr (“village”). Equivalent of Grim + 's + -by.

gloss

<i class="Latn mention" lang="non">Grimr, Grimnir, Grim; masked one, mask; Odin</i>

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

A large town and seaport on the Humber in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England.

A town on Lake Ontario, in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada, named after the town in England.


Rupert

A German name, brought to England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the seventeenth century. Doublet of Robert.


Randolph

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

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


Carthage

From Middle French Carthage, from Latin Carthāgō, from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), possibly via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”) as distinguished from the colonists' mother city of Tyre. More at Carthāgō.

A small town in Dallas County, Arkansas.

A small town in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana.

Several places in the United States:
A small town in Franklin County, Maine.

A town, the county seat of Moore County, North Carolina.

A town, the county seat of Smith County, Tennessee.


Montgomery

From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.

A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.

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

A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).


Crawley

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

A large town and borough in West Sussex.


Yarmouth

en-proper noun

Yarmouth (countable and uncountable, plural Yarmouths)

* From the name of the River Yare + Old English mūþ (“mouth”).
* On the Isle of Wight, from the River Yar + mouth.
* The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Massachusetts.

A town and civil parish with a town council on the northwest coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3589).

A town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.

Barnstable County
Barnstable County#English

A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.


Telford

Telford (countable and uncountable, plural Telfords)

Telfords (plural)
Talford (alternative)
Telfort (alternative)

Telford
Telford (disambiguation)
en:Thomas Telford

From Old French taille fer, meaning "(he who) cuts iron" or "iron-cleaver"; used as a nickname for a man who could cleave clean through the armour of his foe. The second syllable was eventually reanalysed as native English 'ford'.
* (road): Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A new town in Telford and Wrekin borough and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, named after Thomas Telford (OS grid ref SJ7008).


Frannie

From Fran + -ie. The town was named after Frannie Morris, daughter of the town's first postmaster.


Memphis

From Latin Memphis, from Ancient Greek Μέμφις (Mémphis), from Egyptian mn-nfr.

The name of several towns or cities in the US.


Bradley

Bradley (countable and uncountable, plural Bradleys)

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

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

census-designated place
census-designated place

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine; named for early settler Bradley Blackman.

A placename:
A locale in the United States:
A small town in Grady County, Oklahoma.

A small town in Clark County, South Dakota; named for townsperson E. R. Bradley.

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.


Worcester

Inherited from Middle English Wirchestre, Wirechestre, from Old English Weogornaċeaster (“fort of the Weogoran”).

inh

A town and census-designated place therein, in Otsego County, New York.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Washington County, Vermont.

A place in the United States:
A town in Price County, Wisconsin.

A town in Limpopo province, South Africa.

A town in the Western Cape province, South Africa.


Huddersfield

A large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.


Great Yarmouth

desc

→ Japanese: グレート・ヤーマス

→ Japanese: グレート・ヤーマス

A coastal town and borough of Norfolk, England.

Borough of Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth


Harwich

In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.

1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:

The port of Harwich is where England bares her rump to the continent.

2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books:

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2632).

A town on Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.


Folkestone

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2235).


Falmouth

In Cornwall, from Fal + mouth, at the mouth of the River Fal.

A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132).

A number of places in the United States:

A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

A port town in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.

My son says that this telephone can even allow you to chat with someone in another district—that you may be in Falmouth, yet your talk may be raising the eyebrows of someone in Kingston.

2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 102:

A town, the parish capital of Trelawny parish, Jamaica; named for the harbour town in Cornwall, England.


Eastbourne

A coastal town and local government district with borough status of East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV6098).


Penzance

From Cornish Pennsans, meaning "holy headland".

A coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4730).


Truro

Perhaps from Cornish try (“three, very”) + berow (“a boiling”), meaning "(a place of) great water turbulence", where the two fast rivers of Allen and Kenwyn meet to form the Truro. Alternatively, from the Gaulish tribal name Treveri, from Celtic trē ("through") + uer ("water, wet"), meaning "water crossing", in reference to "the people of the river crossing".
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the city in England.

A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Colchester County
Colchester County#English

A town in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A town in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.


Colchester

From Old English Colneċeaster, equivalent to Colne (a Celtic-named river) + Old English ceaster (“a Roman town”).

City of Colchester
Colchester
Colchester (disambiguation)

New London County
New London County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in New London County, Connecticut.

A place in the United States:
A town in Delaware County, New York.

Chittenden County
Chittenden County#English

A town in Chittenden County, Vermont, named after the Earl of Colchester.

A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.


Chelmsford

Ultimately from Old English Ċēolmǣres (“Ceolmær's”) + ford, after an early landowner.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.


Barnstaple

Formerly Barnstable; the name is first recorded in the 10th century and is believed to derive from the Old English bearde (“battle-axe”) and stapol (“pillar”). Not related to staple in the sense of a market, which arose later.

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5633).


Basildon

Basildon (disambiguation)
Borough of Basildon

A new town in Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7088).


Birkenhead

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

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3288).


Bridlington

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

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1866).


Gosport

Possibly from goose or gorse, or from God's port.

A town and borough in Hampshire, England, next to Portsmouth (OS grid ref SZ6199).

A town in Wayne Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States.


Guildford

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

A large town, the county town of Surrey, England.


Harrogate

/ˈ(h)æɹəɡət/

She was from Harrogate, a beautiful town in North Yorkshire with quaint shops, spas and tea rooms aplenty. Itʼs where you go when you want to show people the nice parts of Yorkshire – the kind of place you would take your mother for Motherʼs Day.

2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), page 117:

A town in North Yorkshire, England. It should now be a civil parish, with a town council elected on 1 May 2025.


Lowestoft

From Old Norse Hloðvér (“a personal name”) + toft (“homestead”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM5493).


Luton

From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Leyton.

der

A town, unitary authority, and borough of Bedfordshire, England.


Maidstone

From Old English medestan, meddestane from earlier mægdan stane (“the maidens' stone, the people's stone”). Ultimately from Old English mægden + stan or mæġþ + stan which are equivalent to maid(en) + stone. Compare Folkestone and Chiddingstone.

A town in and the county town of Kent, England; located on the River Medway.


Margate

Alderman Johnson condemns the Reform Act, and is for going backward, in all things, to the good times. Punch humbly suggests that every man who votes for the Crab Alderman should be punished as follows:— The said voter never to be permitted to travel by rail, but to journey to York or elsewhere by the very slowest coach. Never to go to Margate by steamboat, but to take three days to the voyage, per hoy. Never to send a letter by penny-post, but to pay 10d. or 13d., as the case may be—the good old price of the good old times.

1847, “Vote for Alderman Johnson”, in Punch, volume XIII, page 40:

A coastal town in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3570).

A town mostly in Kingborough council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Morecambe

A resort town and civil parish with a town council in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4364).


Shrewsbury

/ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/

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

A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England.

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.


Swindon

From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + denu (“valley”), similar to the name Swinden. The first element could instead be from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn, or its Old English equivalent swān.

A town, unitary authority, and borough in Wiltshire, England.


Taunton

en-prop

Taunton (countable and uncountable, plural Tauntons)

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

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225).

A place in the United States:
A town in Adams County, Washington.


Torbay

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

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

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


Warrington

From Middle English Wardintone, from personal name, Wearda, from Old English weard (“guard”) + ing + tūn, meaning either "Wearda's estate" or "the lookout place".

A town, borough, and unitary authority in Cheshire, England.


Stratford-on-Avon

Stratford-on-Avon District
Stratford-upon-Avon
en:Clopton Bridge

From being the location of a river ford for a roadway. From Old Welsh avon (“river”) + Old English ford (“ford”) + Old English strǣt (“street”); from Latin strata (“road”). From being a ford for a British Roman road. The ford itself has subsequently been built over, becoming Clopton Bridge. The river itself has subsequently become named River Avon.

Stratford-upon-Avon (alternative)
Stratford (alternative)

Nuneaton was not a Stratford on Avon, nor had it a salubrious air.

1957, The Foundry Trade Journal, page 454:

If America is not privileged enough to have a Stratford-on-Avon, it still has a Concord

1979, Steven Kagle, America: Exploration and Travel, page 82:

A town in Warwickshire, England, birthplace of William Shakespeare. Often used as a byword for a particularly idyllic or historic town.


Haslemere

A town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9032).


Felixstowe

First attested as Filchestou in 1254. Derived from a compound of the name of Saint Felix of Burgundy and Middle English stowe (“place, stead”).

A coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3034).


Bridport

A town and civil parish with a town council in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4693).


Newhaven

A town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4401).

A town on Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.


Fareham

en-proper noun

Fareham (countable and uncountable, plural Farehams)

Recorded as Ferneham in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town and borough in Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU578048).


Waterlooville

From Waterloo + -ville; it was originally named Waterloo.

A town in Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6809).


Hythe

Hythe and Dibden
Hythe and Dibden#English

A town in Hythe and Dibden parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4207).

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1634).


Havant

From Middle English Haveunte from Old English Haman (“Hama's”, personal name) + *funta (“Spring”)


Eastleigh

Borough of Eastleigh
Eastleigh (disambiguation)

A town and local government district with borough status of Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4519).


Bordon

Variant of the place name Old English Barden (“barley valley”), from bere + dun (“hill, valley”).

A town in Whitehill parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7935).


Basingstoke

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A town in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England.


Fordingbridge

/ˈfɔː(ɹ)dɪŋˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/

See ford, bridge. First recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name Forde.

A town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1414).


Ringwood

en-proper noun

Ringwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ringwoods)

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1505).

A town in Major County, Oklahoma, United States.


Tadley

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6061).


Andrews

Huntington County
Huntington County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Dallas Township, Huntington County, Indiana.

A town in Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Georgetown County
Georgetown County#English

Williamsburg County
Williamsburg County#English

A town in Georgetown County and Williamsburg County, South Carolina.


Henderson

en-prop

Henderson (countable and uncountable, plural Hendersons)

St. Martin Parish
St. Martin Parish#English

census-designated place
census-designated place

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Jefferson County, New York.

A town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.


Dawson

en-proper noun

Dawson (countable and uncountable, plural Dawsons)

desc

Translingual: dawsoni, dawsonii, Dawsonia

From Daw, a Middle English pet form of David + -son.

A town in Navarro County, Texas, United States.