Didcot

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, formerly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5290).


High Wycombe

Distinguishing this place from the other Wycombe.

A large town in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8693).


Blyth

From Old English blīþe. The surname derives partly from the place names, partly from a nickname.

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3181).


Maryport

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0336).


Saffron Walden

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5338).


Thetford

Recorded as Theodford late 9th century, and Tedfort in 1086 (DB), from Old English þēod + ford, "people's or public ford".

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL8783).

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


Wisbech

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4609).


Wellingborough

Borough of Wellingborough
Wellingborough

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A market town with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8967).


Stamford

An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.

Shire of Flinders
Shire of Flinders#English

A town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, in northern Queensland, Australia.

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0207).

A town and village in Delaware County, New York, United States.

Bennington County
Bennington County#English

A town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.


Sutton Coldfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire.


Stockton-on-Tees

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees

A market town in County Durham, England, known as Stockton for short. Formerly a Metropolitan Borough, and merged into the County Borough of Teesside between 1968 and 1974.


Stockton

en-proper noun

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

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

der

A town and hamlet therein, in Chautauqua County, New York, named after Richard Stockton.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A placename:
A place in the United States:
A town in Tooele County, Utah.

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

unincorporated community
unincorporated community


Tiverton

From *Tiver (a Brythonic element also found in Welsh Teifi) + -ton.
The village in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Devon.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9512).

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and census-designated place therein, in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.


Hexham

From Middle English Hexham, a contraction of Middle English Hestaldesham, Exseldesham, Extoldesham, Hestalasham, Hestoldesham, all variants of Old English Hagustaldeshām (“Hexham”), from Old English Hagustaldes (“Hagustald's”, personal name), from Old English hagosteald (“owner of a fenced-in plot of land, one living in his lord's house, an unmarried man, bachelor, young warrior”) + hām (“home, village, farmstead”). Compare also Hagustaldesēa (“Hexham”, literally “Hagustald's Island”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England; historically the county town of Hexhamshire (OS grid ref NY9363).

A town in the Shire of Moyne, western Victoria, Australia.


Rugeley

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0417).


Castleford

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


Dewsbury

From the Welsh personal name Dewi, adapted into the Old English genitive case Dewes + byriġ, the dative case of Old English burh (“fort”).

Duesbury (alternative)
Jewesbury (alternative)
Jewsbury (alternative)
Joesbury (alternative)

A minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2421).


Bishop Auckland

/ˈbɪʃəp ˈɔːklənd/

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2028).


Southport

A coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England; formerly Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3317).

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

A coastal town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland.


Wallasey

From Old English wealh (“Celt; Welsh”) + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3092).


Eccles

From Middle English Eccles, from Old English *Eccles, borrowed from pre-Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), whence Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being borrowed into Old English; Jackson (1953) dates this change to the late 7th century. *g > *k is regular assuming borrowing into Old English, which did not have intervocalic /g/ except after a nasal. A number of toponyms in northern Britain are composed of Eccles plus a term of English origin, e.g. Eccleston (+ -ton), Eccleshill (+ hill). Doublet of ecclesia.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.


Leyland

en-proper noun

Leyland (countable and uncountable, plural Leylands)

A town in South Ribble district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5421).


Clitheroe

Clitheroe (countable and uncountable, plural Clitheroes)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Ribble Valley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7442).


Nantwich

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6552).


Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom (countable and uncountable, plural Ramsbottoms)

Ramsbottoms (plural)
Ramsbotham (alternative)
Ransbottom (alternative)

From either Old English ramm (“ram”) or hramsa (“ramsons”) + botm (“bottom, ground”).

A market town in Bury borough, Greater Manchester, England, formerly in Lancashire.


Bromsgrove

A town in Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9670).


Retford

A market town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, alternatively known as East Retford (OS grid ref SK7080).


Goole

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7423).


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6132).


Burnley

From Brun (a river name meaning "brown") + Old English lēah (“meadow, clearing”).


Ulverston

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district, and historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD2878).


Barrow-in-Furness

A town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, historically in Lancashire and commonly known as Barrow (OS grid ref SD1969).


Bridgnorth

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7193).


Uttoxeter

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England. (OS grid ref SK0933).


Redcar

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A coastal town in Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6025).


Ashby-de-la-Zouch

/ˌæʃbɪ dələ ˈzuːʃ/

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England, often shortened to Ashby (OS grid ref SK3516).


Padstow

A corruption of Saint Petroc + Old English stōw.

A small town, civil parish, and fishing port in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9175).


Paddock Wood

A town and civil parish with a town council in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6745).


Borehamwood

Respelling of Boreham Wood, from Boreham + wood. "Boreham" is from Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).

der

Elstree and Borehamwood
Elstree and Borehamwood#English

A town in Elstree and Borehamwood parish, Hertsmere district, southern Hertfordshire, England, the original spelling was Boreham Wood (OS grid ref TQ1996).


Pershore

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9446).


Keynsham

Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6568).


Avonmouth

An urban area and port in the city and county of Bristol, England, at the mouth of the river Avon.


Chester-le-Street

A market town in County Durham, England.


Brixham

A town, fishing port, and civil parish with a town council in Torbay borough, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9256).


Lytham St Annes

St Anne's on the Sea
St Anne's on the Sea#English

A conurbation of two neighbouring seaside towns, Lytham and St Anne's on the Sea, in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England.


Poulton-le-Fylde

A market town in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3439).


St Ives

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint.
* Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here.
* Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives.
* New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.

St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives, Dorset
St Ives, New South Wales

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the County of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL3172).


Launceston

Launceston, Cornwall
Launceston, Tasmania

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3384).


Grantham

en-proper noun

Grantham (countable and uncountable, plural Granthams)

From either the Old English personal name Granta or grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).

A market town in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9136).

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

A rural town in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.


Strood

Apparently from Middle English strothe, strode (“marshy land overgrown with brush”), from Old English strōd (“marshy land”). Compare Strother.

inh

A town in Medway district, Kent, England.


Faversham

en-proper noun

Faversham (countable and uncountable, plural Favershams)

From Old English Fefreshām, of which the second element is hām (“homestead”) and the first element is of uncertain origin; it may come from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0161).


Amersham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SU9698).


Wickford

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7493).


Walton-on-the-Naze

Frinton and Walton
Frinton and Walton#English

A small coastal town in Frinton and Walton parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2521).


Walton-on-Thames

A town in Elmbridge borough, northern Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1066).


Cannock

A town in and the administrative centre of Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9810).


Market Rasen

A small market town and civil parish with a well-known racecourse, in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1089).


Market Harborough

A market town in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP7387).


West Drayton

A suburban town in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ0679).


Swanley

From Old English sweġen (“swain”) + lēah (“clearing”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5168).


Greenhithe

When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; […]

1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, page 45:

Swanscombe and Greenhithe
Swanscombe and Greenhithe#English

A small town in Swanscombe and Greenhithe parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England.


Swanscombe

A small town in Swanscombe and Greenhithe parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6074).


Northfleet

A town within Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6274).


Purfleet

A town beside the Thames in Thurrock borough, Essex, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ5578).


Aveley

a small town in Thurrock, Essex, England.


Stanford-le-Hope

Situated on a small river named the Hope.

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6882).


Needham Market

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0855).


Needham

Needham (countable and uncountable, plural Needhams)

Needhams (plural)
Neadham (alternative archaic)

From Old English nīed (“need, necessity”) + hām (“homestead”), i.e. a place that provided a poor living.

A town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.

A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Needham Market.


Woodbridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2749).

New Haven County
New Haven County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in New Haven County, Connecticut.


Halesowen

From Old English halas, plural of halh (“nook”) + Welsh personal name Owain (Owen).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England; previously in Worcestershire and historically an exclave of Shropshire (OS grid ref SO9683).


Oldbury

From old + -bury. Doublet of Aldborough, Aldbrough, and Aldeburgh. Compare Oldenburg.

doublet

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9889).


Leominster

Inherited from Middle English Lemynster, Lemyster, from Old English Lēomynster, from Lēon (a region name) + mynster (“monastery”).

af

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4958).


Redditch

A town and local government district with borough status in Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0467).


Droitwich

/ˈdɹɔɪtwɪt͡ʃ/

A town in Droitwich Spa parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8963).


Downham Market

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

A market town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6103).


Filton

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council just to the north of Bristol, in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6079).


Downham

The train carrying the body of King George VI from Wolferton to London approaching Downham, Norfolk, on February 11, headed by the standard class "7" 4-6-2 engine No. 70000, "Britannia"

1952 April, “The Passing of King George VI”, in Railway Magazine, page 234, image caption:

Ellipsis of Downham Market: a market town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.


Malvern

From Old English Malferna, from an Old Welsh form equivalent to Modern Welsh moelfryn (“bald hill”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England. See also Great Malvern.

A place in the United States:
A town in Geneva County, Alabama.


Brownhills

A town in Walsall borough, West Midlands, England, and formerly in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0405).


Bloxwich

Evidence suggests that it was a small Mercian settlement named after the family of Bloc (earlier Blochescwic, meaning "Bloc's village").

A town in Walsall borough, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9902).


Consett

A town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1051).


Waltham

en-proper noun

Waltham (countable and uncountable, plural Walthams)

From Old English weald (“forest”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosed land”).

A small town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

A small town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.


樂業

/lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/

/lɔːk̚² jiːp̚²/

/ŋaːu̯²² jiːp̚²/

/lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴/

/lɔk̚²⁴⁻² ɡiap̚²⁴/

/lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡiap̚¹²¹/

/lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴/

/lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴/

/lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/

/lɔːk̚² jiːp̚²/

/ŋaːu̯²² jiːp̚²/

/lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴/

/lɔk̚²⁴⁻² ɡiap̚²⁴/

/lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡiap̚¹²¹/

/lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴/

/lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴/

(～鎮) Leye (a town in Songbei district, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)


Kingswood

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).

A suburban town in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, to the northeast of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6573).


Patchway

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council to the northwest of Bristol in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, next to Filton (OS grid ref ST6081).


Whitchurch

Whitchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Whitchurches)

From Old English hwit + cirice (“white church”), presumably built from whitish stone.

der

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4648).

We lived then in Whitchurch, the Shropshire Whitchurch, which unlike all the half dozen other Whitchurches of England, is a place of no little railway interest.

1948 September and October, Canon Roger Lloyd, “The Art and Mystery of the Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 327:

Whitchurch Urban
Whitchurch Urban#English

A market town in Whitchurch Urban parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5441).


Yate

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7182).


Rickmansworth

A town, the administrative centre of Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0594).


Sawbridgeworth

From Middle English Sabrigeworth, Sabriccheworth, Sabrichewurth, from Old English Sabrixteworde.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, which borders on Essex (OS grid ref TL4814).


Henley-on-Thames

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7682).


Henley-in-Arden

A small town and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1566).


Chipping Sodbury

A market town in Sodbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England.


Thornbury

en-proper noun

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

Thornburys (plural)
Thornberry (alternative)

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

A market town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6390).


Chorley

A market town and borough of Lancashire, England.


Chiltern

Chiltern (usually uncountable, plural Chilterns)

Unknown, but thought to derive from a Celtic toponym, presumably related to height. The other placenames derive from the English hills.


Wimborne Minster

A market town in Dorset, England, often known as just Wimborne.


Ashton-under-Lyne

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A market town in Tameside borough, Greater Manchester, England.


Grange-over-Sands

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, and historically in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4077).


West Kirby

A coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2186).


Heswall

Noted in the Domesday Book as Middle English Eswelle, from es (his) + welle (well).

A town in Wirral borough, Merseyside, England, formerly in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ2781).


Carnforth

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4970).


Bootle

A town in Sefton borough, Merseyside, England, formerly in Lancashire.


Sefton

A small town in Waimakariri district, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Formby

A coastal town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD2907). Formerly in Lancashire.


Lyme Regis

Regis (from Latin regis) was added to the town's name in 1284.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY3492).


Seaton

Seaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)

From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A coastal town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY2490).


Crewkerne

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4409).


Somerton

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4828).


Honiton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1600).


Ilminster

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3514).


Langport

A small town and civil parish with a town council in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4226).


Beaminster

A small town and civil parish with a town council in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST4701).


Sidmouth

At the mouth of the River Sid: Sid + mouth.

A coastal town and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY1287).


Cullompton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0107).


Dawlish

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9676).


Newton Abbot

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8671).


Totnes

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8060).


Ivybridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6356).


Long Eaton

A town in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England.


New Mills

A town and civil parish with a town council in High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9985).


New Milton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2495).


Ferndown

A town and civil parish in East Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0700).


Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6922).


Bacup

From Old English fūl (“muddy”) + bæchop (“ridge valley”).

A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8623).


Rawtenstall

A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8123).


Haslingden

A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England.


Rishton

A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7230).


Padiham

A town and civil parish with a town council within Burnley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7933).


Todmorden

From Old English Totta (“Totta's”) + dene (“valley”); folk etymologies have related it to German Tod (“death”) +
French Mort (“death”) + Old English dene (“valley”); or otherwise deriving from Old English tod (“fox”) + mor (“moor”) + dene (“valley”).

compound

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1889 it was in both Lancashire and Yorkshire.


Hebden Bridge

A market town in Hebden Royd parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9927).


Colne

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8940).


Northwich

/ˈnɔːθwɪt͡ʃ/

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6573).


Middlewich

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England. (OS grid ref SJ7066).


Sandbach

From sand (“sand”) + bæce (“valley-stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7560).


Winsford

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6566).


Newcastle-under-Lyme

From Newcastle + Proto-Celtic *limos (“elm”).

A market town and borough of Staffordshire, England.

Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme


Burton upon Trent

East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire#English

A town in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England.


Swadlincote

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire#English

A town in an unparished area of South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2919).


Cheadle

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0143).


Poynton

Poynton with Worth
Poynton with Worth#English

A town in Poynton with Worth parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, just outside Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9283).


Marple

A town in Stockport borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Cheshire.


Stalybridge

A town in Tameside borough, Greater Manchester, England, historically divided between Lancashire and Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9698).


Thame

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, by the above river (OS grid ref SP7006).


Princes Risborough

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8003).


Berkhamsted

A town and civil parish with a town council in Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9907).


Leighton Buzzard

Buzzard is from the surname de Busar (see Wikipedia), not from the bird of the same name.

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A town in Leighton-Linslade parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9225).


Barnard Castle

A market town and civil parish with a town council, as well as a medieval castle, in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0516).


Melksham

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9063).


Chadderton

A town in Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.


Royton

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.


Prestwich

en-proper noun

Prestwich (countable and uncountable, plural Prestwiches)

Prestwiches (plural)
Prestedge (alternative)
Prestidge (alternative)

From Old English prēost (“priest”) + wīċ (“settlement”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8103).


Saltash

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4258).


Liskeard

A market town and civil parish with a town council in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2564).


Bodmin

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0667).


St Austell

A town and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0152).


Calne

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9970).


Malmesbury

A market town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9387).


Bradford-on-Avon

A town and civil parish with a town council in west Wiltshire, England, on the Wiltshire/Somerset/Bristol River Avon (OS grid ref ST8260).


Corsham

A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8670).


Tetbury

A small town in Gloucestershire, England.


Knighton

Knighton (countable and uncountable, plural Knightons)

A town and community in Powys, Wales, on the border with England; its railway station is across the River Teme in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO2872).


Wantage

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3988).


Bishop's Castle

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3288).


Church Stretton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4593).


Craven Arms

Named after a hotel; "arms" refers to a coat of arms.

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO4382).


Tenbury Wells

A market town in Tenbury parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5968).


Bewdley

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7875).


Stourport-on-Severn

A town and civil parish with a town council on the River Severn in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8171).


Skelmersdale

A town in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England.


Ilkley

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1147).


Holmfirth

A town in Holme Valley parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1408).


Mirfield

From Old English myrige (“pleasant, agreeable”) + feld (“pasture, open country”).

compound

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2020).


Brightlingsea

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0817).


Market Deeping

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1310).


Whittlesey

en-proper noun

Whittlesey (countable and uncountable, plural Whittleseys)

Whittleseys (plural)
Whittlesea (alternative)
Whitsey (alternative)

From the Old English personal name *Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).


Chatteris

/ˈt͡ʃætɛɹɪs/

Recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) in the Middle English forms Cetriz and Cateriz. Theories of its derivation include:
* a borrowing from an unattested Old Welsh intermediary of Middle Welsh cadeir (“hill-fort”) and Medieval Latin cathedra, akin to Catterick
* a derivation from Old English Ceatta (a personal name, as in St Ceatta) + rīc (kingdom, authority)
* a derivation from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“wood, forest”) + *rrɨd (“ford”)

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Chateriz (alternative obsolete)
Cheaterizt (alternative obsolete)

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3986).


Sheringham

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1543).


North Walsham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2830).


Aylsham

Attested in the 1086 Domesday Book under various names, including Helesham and Ailesham. From Old English *Æġleshām, a compound of *Æġel (“a personal name”) + hām (“home, farm”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1926).


Reepham

The east of the market place is dominated by the tall tower of St Michael's Church, which strangely is not the parish church of Reepham but of neighbouring Whitwell. At one time three churches stood in the churchyard; Reepham's Church of St Mary is joined by its choir vestry to St Michael's, and the third church belonged to Hackford, but has been a ruin since 1543.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 331, about Reepham, Norfolk:

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1023).


Broadland

A minor town in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States.


Purley

A town in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3161).


Ans

A small town in Silkeborg municipality, Jutland, Denmark.


Mexborough

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4700).


Κιλκίς

unk

Etymology unknown.


Λιβαδειά

head

Λιβαδειά • (Livadeiá) f

el-noun-proper

Λιβαδειά • (Livadeiá) f

Livadeiá (romanization)
Λιβαδειά (nominative singular)
Λιβαδειάς (genitive singular)
Λιβαδειά (accusative singular)
Λιβαδειά (singular vocative)
Λειβαδιά (alternative)
Λεβαδειά (alternative)

El-Λιβαδειά.ogg

Lebadea, Livadeia (a large town in Boeotia, Greece)


Αίγιο

head

Αίγιο • (Aígio) n

el-noun-proper

Αίγιο • (Aígio) n

Aígio (romanization)
Αίγιο (nominative singular)
Αιγίου (genitive singular)
Αίγιο (accusative singular)
Αίγιο (singular vocative)


Pyrrha

la-proper noun

Pyrrha f sg (genitive Pyrrhae); first declension

Pyrrhae (genitive)
Pyrrha (nominative singular)
Pyrrhae (genitive singular)
Pyrrhae (dative singular)
Pyrrham (accusative singular)
Pyrrhā (ablative singular)
Pyrrha (singular vocative)
Pyrrhae (locative singular)

a town in the island of Lesbos, in modern Greece


Val-d'Or

From French Val-d'Or (literally Gold Vale).


Châtelperron

Châtelperron (a small town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Maltby

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5292).


Mablethorpe

From Old English personal name Malbert + þorp (“village, farm”).

Mablethorpe and Sutton
Mablethorpe and Sutton#English

A coastal town in Mablethorpe and Sutton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5085).


Cleethorpes

North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire#English

A seaside town in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA3008).


Immingham

A town and civil parish with a town council in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England. A port at Immingham Dock on the River Humber is nearby (OS grid ref TA1814).


Billingham

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4623).


Crook

* The English surname is derived from the noun crook (“bend, hook”).
* The places in Durham and Cumbria are of Brythonic origin, from crug (“hill, mound”).

A town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1635).

A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado, United States, named after George Crook.


Middleton-in-Teesdale

A small market town and civil parish (served by Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin Parish Council) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9425).


Nailsea

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4770).


Chepstow

From Old English ċīepa (“merchant, tradesman”) + stōw (“place”), to denote a marketplace or trading center.

inh

A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the border with England but separated by the River Wye (OS grid ref ST5393).


Wincanton

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7128).


Sherborne

From Old English Sċīraburna, equivalent to scīr (“bright, clear”) + burna (“stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northwestern Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6316).


Shepton Mallet

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6143).


Midsomer Norton

/ˈmɪdsʌməɹ ˈnɔːɹtən/

Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6654).


Radstock

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6854).


Castle Cary

/ˌkɑːsəl ˈkɛəɹi/

Situated at the source of the River Cary.

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6432).


Bruton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, on the River Brue, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6834).


Ashburton

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).

A large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.


Dart

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of darts, from Middle English dart.


Kingsbridge

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7344).


Buckfastleigh

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7366).


Plympton

en-proper noun

Plympton (countable and uncountable, plural Plymptons)

Plymptons (plural)
Plimpton (alternative)

From Middle English, from Old English Plȳmentūn (c. 900), from *plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plūme (“plum tree”). Doublet of Plumpton.

A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.


Torpoint

A town and civil parish with a town council in eastern Cornwall, England, opposite Plymouth and Devonport in Devon, to which it is linked by ferry (OS grid ref SX4355).


Lobethal

A town in South Australia, Australia, in the Adelaide Hills.


Camborne

From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill".

A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440).


Redruth

From Old Cornish Rhyd-ruth, meaning "red ford". Compare Cornish Resrudh.

A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7042).


Penryn

From Cornish Pennrynn, meaning "promontory".

A town and civil parish with a town council in southern Cornwall, England, to the north of Falmouth (OS grid ref SW7834).


Fowey

A small town and port on the south coast of Cornwall, England.


Wadebridge

From wade + bridge. Originally named Wade, as the River Camel had to be waded here until a bridge was built in 1468.

A town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).


Camelford

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1083).


Marazion

A small seaside town and civil parish with a town council to the east of Penzance, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5130).


Dereham

From Old English Dēorhām, equivalent to dēor (“wild animal”) + hām (“home”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England. Also called East Dereham (OS grid ref TF9913).


Wells-next-the-Sea

A small coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9143).


Fakenham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9230).


Hunstanton

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

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6740).


Holbeach

A market town and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3625).


Sleaford

From Old English Sliowaford, from sliow (uncertain definition) + ford (ford).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0645).


Bourne

The placename and English surname are derived from Old English burna (“stream”), whence also the common noun bourne (“stream”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0920).

Barnstable County
Barnstable County#English

A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Jonathan Bourne Sr.


Newark-on-Trent

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A market town in Newark parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7953).


East Retford

alternative and official name for the town of Retford.


Southwell

A town (with a racecourse) and civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6953).


Alfreton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4155).


Sutton-in-Ashfield

A market town in Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4959).


Ashfield

A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.


Romsey

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3521).


New Alresford

New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village Old Alresford.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 144:

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5832).


Pulaski

Pulaski (countable and uncountable, plural Pulaskis)

Americanised or Anglicised form of Polish Pułaski.

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


Lauderdale

A town and suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.


Walworth

Walworth (countable and uncountable, plural Walworths)

From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walsworth.

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

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


Ilfracombe

A seaside town and civil parish with a town council in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5147).


Lynton

Lynton and Lynmouth
Lynton and Lynmouth#English

A small clifftop town in Lynton and Lynmouth parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7149).


Okehampton

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5995).


Crediton

From Old English, recorded as Cridiantune in 930, Chritetona in 1086 (DB), farmstead or estate on the River Creedy, equivalent to Creedy + -ton.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8300).


Kingsteignton

A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8773).


Bampton

Bampton (countable and uncountable, plural Bamptons)

From Old English bēam (“beam, tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A small town and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9522)


Ambleside

A small town in Lakes parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England, originally in Westmorland (OS grid ref NY3704).


Amesbury

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1541).


Ross-on-Wye

A market town and civil parish with a town council in southeastern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6024).


Little River

The name of many rivers and other places in several countries, including:

A number of places in the United States:

A town and river in the City of Greater Geelong and City of Wyndham, Victoria, Australia.


Morlaix

A town and commune in the north of Finistère department, Brittany, France.


Morlaix

Morlaix (a town and commune in the north of Finistère department, Brittany, France)


Tidworth

A garrison town and civil parish with a town council in east Wiltshire, England. It was partly in Hampshire until 1992 (OS grid ref SU2349).


Barton upon Humber

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the Humber estuary in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0322).


Hornsea

From Old English hornes (“horn's”) + ēa (“river”).

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 TA2047).


Withernsea

A coastal town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.


Market Weighton

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8741).


Latham

Latham (countable and uncountable, plural Lathams)

Habitational surname from any of various places in northern England, from the dative plural form of Old Norse hlaða (“storehouse, barn”).

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A small town in the Mid West Region, Western Australia, Australia.


Ethridge

A town in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States.


Gurley

A small town in Moree Plains Shire, northern New South Wales, Australia.

A town in Madison County, Alabama, United States.


Ronda

Ronda (countable and uncountable, plural Rondas)

A town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.


Monson

Monson (countable and uncountable, plural Monsons)

Piscataquis County
Piscataquis County#English

A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.

A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.


Stinnett

A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.


Bow

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

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


Pocklington

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8048).


Haverhill

From either Old English *hæfera (“oats”) or hæfer (“billy (goat)”) + hyll (“hill”).

A market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district, on the border with Essex (OS grid ref TL6745).

Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County#English

A place in the United States:
A town in Palm Beach County, Florida.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.


Palm Beach

An incorporated town in Florida, United States.


Loughton

Loughton (countable and uncountable, plural Loughtons)

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

A town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4396).


Zandvoort

A village, municipality, and beach resort in North Holland, The Netherlands.

Zandvoort

Zandvoort, Haarlem, Randstad, North Holland, Netherlands


Zandvoort

→ English: Zandvoort

Compound of zand (“sand”) + voort, by-form of voorde (“ford, crossing”). Compare Sandford. Doublet of Santfort and Zandfort.
* (North Holland): First attested as Middle Dutch santfort in 1105-1120; also attested in Middle Dutch as Sandevoerde.
* (Utrecht): Named after a former hamlet.

Meronym: Bentveld

Zandvoort (a village, municipality, and beach resort in North Holland, Netherlands)


Surry

A spelling variant of Surrey found in some place names.

A town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

A small town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States, named after the Earl of Surrey.

A small incorporated town, the county seat of Surry County, Virginia, United States. Former names include: Smithville.


解州

/ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/xaɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/xaɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

(～鎮) Xiezhou, Haizhou (a town in Yanhu district, Yuncheng, Shanxi, China)


Lauder

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5347).


Holsworthy

A small market town in Torridge district, Devon, England.


Melrose

Melrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5434).

A number of places in the United States:

A village and town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.


Alameda

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

From Spanish alameda (“avenue lined with poplars”).


Alameda

Alameda (a town and municipality of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain)


Templeton

A small town on the outskirts of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.


Pritchett

A statutory town in Baca County, Colorado, United States.


Headrick

en-proper noun

Headrick (countable and uncountable, plural Headricks)

Headricks (plural)
Hettrick (alternative)

Scottish habitational or topographic surname, from Old English headrig (“ridge at the end of a field”).

der

A town in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States.


McKinley

McKinleys (plural)
McKinlay (alternative)

Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, "son of Fionnlaoch (=Fair Warrior)". The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of William McKinley featured on it.

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

A town and unincorporated community in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States.

A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States.


Ridgeway

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A town in Fairfield County, South Carolina.

A village and town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.


Seabrook

en-proper noun

Seabrook (countable and uncountable, plural Seabrooks)

From either the Old English personal name Sǣga or sǣge (“slowly moving”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

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


Skelton

Skelton (countable and uncountable, plural Skeltons)

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Shelton. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.

Skelton and Brotton
Skelton and Brotton#English

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A town, otherwise known as Skelton-in-Cleveland, in Skelton and Brotton parish, Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ6619).


Westfield

en-prop

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to west + field. Doublet of Westerveld.
The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

A small town in Aroostook County, Maine.

A large town in Union County, New Jersey.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.

A small town in Orleans County, Vermont.

Marquette County
Marquette County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A small town and village in Marquette County, Wisconsin.


Ingalls

A town in Green Township, Madison County, Indiana, named after Melville E. Ingalls.


Medley

en-proper noun

Medley (countable and uncountable, plural Medleys)

Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County#English

A town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.


Stuckey

Stuckey (countable and uncountable, plural Stuckeys)

Habitational surname from the village of Stiffkey, in Norfolk, from Old English *styfic (“clearing in a wood”) + īeġ (“island”).

der

Williamsburg County
Williamsburg County#English

A town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States.


Peebles

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō.
* The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.

A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).


Fond du Lac

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Fond du Lac.wav

From French fond du lac (bottom of the lake), referring to its location at the south end of Lake Winnebago.

Fond du Lac County
Fond du Lac County#English

A city and town, the county seat of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.


Stow-on-the-Wold

A market town in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England.


Roxburgh

en-proper noun

Roxburgh (countable and uncountable, plural Roxburghs)

Roxburghs (plural)
Rosborough (alternative)
Roseberry (alternative)
Rosebery (alternative)
Roseboro (alternative)
Roseburrow (alternative)
Roxborough (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook, kind of crow”), + -s- + burg (“fortified place”).

A town in Central Otago district, Otago, New Zealand.


Witney

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3510).


Stratton

Stratton (countable and uncountable, plural Strattons)

From Old English strǣt (“street, paved high-way”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A market town in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2306).

Kit Carson County
Kit Carson County#English

A town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States.

A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.


Teachey

en-proper noun

Teachey (countable and uncountable, plural Teacheys)

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Dietschi.

A town in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States.


Weir

Weir (countable and uncountable, plural Weirs)

A town and municipality in Bharatpur District, Rajasthan, India.


Wickliffe

Rural City of Ararat
Rural City of Ararat#English

A small town in the Rural City of Ararat, Victoria, Australia.


Winton

Winton (usually uncountable, plural Wintons)

From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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

(uncountable) A common placename:
A town in Southland, New Zealand.

A town in the Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia.

A town in the Rural City of Benalla, Victoria, Australia.


Shepperton

From Old English Scepertūn (“shepherd's town”), equivalent to shepherd + -ton.

inh

A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England, historically in the county of Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0867).


Castleberry

A town in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.


Featherstone

en-proper noun

Featherstone (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstones)

From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4220).


Gretna

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A small town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, to the south of the more famous village of Gretna Green.

Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania County#English

A town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.


Gadsden

A small town in Crockett County, Tennessee.


Edson

From Ed + -son; originally given to the son of a man named Ed.

A town in Alberta, Canada; the centre of Yellowhead County.


Moree

A town in Moree Plains Shire, northern New South Wales, Australia.

A coastal town in the Central Region of Ghana.


Etowah

From a Cherokee version of a Muskogee word.

Mississippi County
Mississippi County#English

A small town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.

Cleveland County
Cleveland County#English

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


Richland

A number of places in the United States:


Nava

From Spanish, Catalan and Asturian-Leonese surname, from several placenames derived from nava (“plain, treeless plateau”), from Paleo-Hispanic, probably Basque naba (“plain, valley”). See Navarra.

A town in central Asturias, in northern Spain.


Portadown

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.


Colfax

From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.

A town in Perry Township, Clinton County, Indiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.

A town, the parish seat of Grant Parish, Louisiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.

A town and village in Dunn County, Wisconsin; named for Schuyler Colfax.


Oswego

From a Mohawk name meaning "flowing out", referring to the river.

A city and town, the county seat of Oswego County, New York, United States.


Belk

A town in Fayette County, Alabama, United States.


Gilmer

A town, the county seat of Upshur County, Texas, United States.


McNeil

McNeil (countable and uncountable, plural McNeils)

McNeils (plural)
McNeal (alternative)
McNeile (alternative)
McNeill (alternative)
McNiel (alternative)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill (“son of Níall”).

der

A town in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States.


Woodside

en-proper noun

Woodside (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsides)

San Mateo County
San Mateo County#English

A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.


New London

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

A town in Stanly County, North Carolina.


Waupaca

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

A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States, mostly surrounding the city of the same name.


Oakham

A town and civil parish (with a town council) in and the county town of Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8508).

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.


دیدیم

Turkish: Didim

Didim (a town and districtp, an Aydın in Turkey)


Merrimack

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County#English

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


Bowling Green

A number of places in the United States:

An incorporated town, the county seat of Caroline County, Virginia.


Steuben

At least in Maine and New York, named after Prussian army officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), who participated in the American Revolution. The name is also of German origin.

named-after

Washington County
Washington County#English

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

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


上饒

→ English: Shang-jao, Shangrao

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐɑʊ̯³⁵/

/sœːŋ²² jiːu̯²¹/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʐɑʊ̯³⁵/

/sœːŋ²² jiːu̯²¹/

(～鎮) Shangrao (a town in Raoping, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China)


黃岡

desc

→ English: Huanggang, Huang-kang, Hwangkang

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɦuɑ̃²² kɑ̃⁴⁴/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɦuɑ̃²² kɑ̃⁴⁴/

(～鎮) Huanggang (a town in Raoping, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China)


Ashland

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + land. Many places in the United States are named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.

A town, the county seat of Clay County, Alabama.

census-designated place
census-designated place

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

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

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

A town, the county seat of Benton County, Mississippi.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

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

Places in the United States:
A town in Greene County, New York.

Pittsburg County
Pittsburg County#English

A small town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.

Places in the United States:
A town in Hanover County, Virginia.

A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, 15 miles south-east of the city.


Allegany

Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County#English

A town and village in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.


Blountsville

A town in Blount County, Alabama, United States.

A town in Henry County, Indiana, United States.


St. Charles

Saint Charles (alternative)
Saint-Charles (alternative)
St-Charles (alternative)
St.-Charles (alternative)
St Charles (alternative)

A small town in Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States.

A small town in Lee County, Virginia, United States.


黃龍

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

(～鎮) Huanglong (a town in Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

(～鎮) Huanglong (a town in Zhangwan district, Shiyan, Hubei, China)


Chemung

From a Lenape word meaning “at the horn” or “big horn”.

A town in Chemung County, New York; named for the river.


長灘

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰän⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰän⁵⁵/

(～鎮) Changtan (a town in Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)


愛麗斯泉

ㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

ㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

Айлисы Цюань

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

(Hong Kong, Taiwan) Alice Springs (a town in the Northern Territory, Australia)


連江

→ English: Lianjiang, Lienchiang, Lien-chiang, Lienkiang, Lienkong

/li̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/liːn²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/l̃ieŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋouŋ⁵⁵/

/liɛn²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/liɛn²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/

/liɛn¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/liɛn²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/li̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/liːn²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/l̃ieŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋouŋ⁵⁵/

/liɛn²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/liɛn²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/

/liɛn¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/liɛn²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

(～鎮) Lianjiang (a town in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China)


那曲

/nä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/nä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/naː¹³ kʰʊk̚⁵/

/nä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/nä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/naː¹³ kʰʊk̚⁵/

Borrowed from Tibetan ནག་ཆུ (nag chu, “black river”).

(～鎮) Nagqu (a town in Seni district, Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)


Chilton

en-proper noun

Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)

Chilton
Chilton, Oxfordshire
Domesday Book
Medieval Latin

From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.

A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829).

A town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is.


Blandford Forum

From Old English blǣġena (“gudgeon”, gen. pl.) + ford. The addition of Latin forum dates to the 18th century.

inh

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST8806).


Sturminster Newton

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7814).


Clarksville

A town in Clark County, Indiana; named for explorer William Clark.

A town in Virginia; named for founder Clarke Royster.

Allegheny County
Allegheny County#English

A town in Allegheny County, New York; named for Holland Land Company agent S. N. Clark.

A town in New Hampshire; named for the Clark family, who cleared the land for settlement.


Corone

From Latin Corōnē, from Ancient Greek Κορώνη (Korṓnē).


法蘭克福

ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄢˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄈㄨˊ

ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄢˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄈㄨˊ

/fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ fu³⁵/

/fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ fu³⁵/

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)


里爾

/li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Rhyl (a seaside resort town and community in Denbighshire, Wales)


伯恩茅斯

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀən⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀən⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/


伯恩利

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀən⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀən⁵⁵ li⁵¹/


米德爾斯堡

ㄇㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ

ㄇㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɐi̯¹³ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³ siː⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/

/mɐi̯¹³ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³ siː⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/


西布羅米奇

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄑㄧˊ

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˇ ㄑㄧˊ

/ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ pou̯³³ lɔː²¹ mɐi̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ pou̯³³ lɔː²¹ mɐi̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹/


西布羅姆維奇

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧˊ

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧˊ

Сибуломувэйци

/ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ pou̯³³ lɔː²¹ mou̯¹³ wɐi̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/


紐卡素

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄙㄨˋ

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄙㄨˋ

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/

/nɐu̯¹³ kʰaː⁵⁵ sou̯³³/

/nɐu̯³⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ sou̯³³/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/

/nɐu̯¹³ kʰaː⁵⁵ sou̯³³/

/nɐu̯³⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ sou̯³³/

Newcastle (a large market town in Staffordshire, England)


Ripon

Fond du Lac County
Fond du Lac County#English

A city and town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.


阿馬

/ˀä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³³ maː¹³/

/ˀä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³³ maː¹³/


玉山

/ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² san⁴⁴/

/ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² san³³/

/ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ san⁴⁴/

/ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² san⁴⁴/

/ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² san⁴⁴/

/ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² san⁴⁴/

/ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² san³³/

/ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ san⁴⁴/

/ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² san⁴⁴/

/ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² san⁴⁴/

(～鎮) Yushan (a town in Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)


紐卡斯爾

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄙ ㄦˇ

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄙ ㄦˇ

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/nɐu̯¹³ kʰaː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ jiː¹³/

/nɐu̯¹³ kʰaː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ jiː¹³/


高陽

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/kou̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

(～鎮) Gaoyang (a town in Shayang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)


馬山

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

(～鎮) Mashan (a town in Jingzhou district, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)


廟街

/mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

/mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

Calque of Manchu ᠮᡳᡟᠣᠣ
ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ (miyoo gašan), literally “temple village”.

calque

廟街事件／庙街事件

Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, on the Amur River)

尼古拉耶夫斯克

Nígǔlāyēfūsīkè


香格里拉

ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄚ

ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄚ

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ kaːk̚³ lei̯¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ kaːk̚³ lei̯¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Borrowed from English Shangri-La; compare 香巴拉 (Xiāngbālā, “Shambala”).

(～鎮) Xianggelila (a town in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China)


Hollis

English topographical surname from the noun holly. Compare Hollen, Holley.

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.


Covington

en-prop

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

A town in New York; named for Leonard Covington.

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


Harden

en-proper noun

Harden (countable and uncountable, plural Hardens)

A town in Hilltops council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.


Curran

Curran (countable and uncountable, plural Currans)

Currans (plural)
Corran (alternative)
Corrin (alternative)
Currams (alternative)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín (“descendant of Corraidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of corradh (“spear”).

der

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States.


Bullard

en-proper noun

Bullard (countable and uncountable, plural Bullards)

A town in Smith County and Cherokee County, Texas, United States.


Forum Trajani

la-proper noun

Forum Trājānī n sg (genitive Forī Trājānī); second declension

Forum Trājānī (canonical neuter singular)
Forī Trājānī (genitive)
Forum Trājānī (nominative singular)
Forī Trājānī (genitive singular)
Forō Trājānī (dative singular)
Forum Trājānī (accusative singular)
Forō Trājānī (ablative singular)
Forum Trājānī (singular vocative)
Forī Trājānī (locative singular)

From forum (“market”) and the name Trājānus.

a town in Sardinia situated in the valley of the Thyrsus, now Fordongianus


Hilliard

en-proper noun

Hilliard (countable and uncountable, plural Hilliards)

A town in Nassau County, Florida, United States.


Ledesma

Inherited from Latin Bletisama, from a local Celtic language. A superlative in *-isamos from either Proto-Celtic *ɸletisamā (“the broadest one”), from *ɸletos (“breadth”); or from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitisamā (“the greyest one”), from *ɸleitos (“grey”).

der

a town and municipality, a in Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain


Washburn

en-proper noun

Washburn (countable and uncountable, plural Washburns)

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

A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.


Arriaga

Borrowed from Basque Arriaga (literally “stony place”), from harri (“stone”) + -aga (“place, abundance”).


Levin

en-prop

Levin (countable and uncountable, plural Levins)

Levins (plural)
Leven (alternative)
Levene (alternative)
Lewin (alternative)

From Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levine.

The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it.

1939 November 4, “Overseas Railways: Locomotive Performance in New Zealand”, in Railway Magazine, page 351:

A town in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. Named after William Levin.


Waite

en-proper noun

Waite (countable and uncountable, plural Waites)

Waites (plural)
Waight (alternative)
Waitt (alternative)

English surname for a watchman of Norman origin, from the verb wait. Sometimes confused with White or Wheat.

A town in Washington County, Maine, United States, named after a lumberman.


Hawley

en-prop

Hawley (countable and uncountable, plural Hawleys)

Two main origins:
* The village in Hampshire is from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hall + -ley (“lea”).
* The village in Kent is from Old English hāliġ (“holy, sacred”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to holy + -ley (“lea”).

der

A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.

A town in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.


Cerda

a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


Woodson

en-proper noun

Woodson (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsons)

Throckmorton County
Throckmorton County#English

A number of places in the United States:


Zambrano

Of Basque origin. A common surname in Ecuador.

Zambrano (a town, a municipality of Bolívar department, Colombia)


Arellano

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Borrowed from Basque. Ultimately from a metathesized form of Latin Valeriānus.


Nunn

Nunn (countable and uncountable, plural Nunns)

A statutory town in Weld County, Colorado, United States, named after Tom Nunn.


Arnett

A town, the county seat of Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States.


Rincon

Rincon (countable and uncountable, plural Rincons)

A town in Bonaire, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.


Whiting

Whiting (countable and uncountable, plural Whitings)


Felton

en-prop

Felton (countable and uncountable, plural Feltons)

From Old English feld (“field”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in Kent County, Delaware, United States.


Parham

en-proper noun

Parham (countable and uncountable, plural Parhams)

A coastal town on Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

A coastal town on Gulf St Vincent, South Australia.


Vergara

Bergara (a town and municipality of the province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain)


Hinds

Hinds (countable and uncountable, plural Hindses)

A small town and river (the Hinds River) in south Canterbury, New Zealand.


Falcon

Falcon (countable and uncountable, plural Falcons)

* From Spanish Falcón
* Calque from Amerindian languages, for the bird falcon.

Falcon (disambiguation)#Places
Falcon (surname)

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A town in Cumberland County and Sampson County, North Carolina.


Parish

Parish (countable and uncountable, plural Parishes)

A town and village therein, in Oswego County, New York, United States.


Newcomb

Newcomb (countable and uncountable, plural Newcombs)

Nickname for a new arrival in a place, from Middle English neowecomen (“just arrived; newcomer”). The intrusive -b is the result of placenames ending in -combe, which is from combe (“wooded valley”).

der

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


Ellsworth

A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States.


Newberry

From Old English nīewe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“stronghold”).

A place in the United States:
A small town in Greene County, Indiana.


Marlow

en-proper noun

Marlow (countable and uncountable, plural Marlows)

From Old English mere (“lake, pool”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill”).

A town and civil parish with a town council on the River Thames in southern Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8586).

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


Sukhothai

Borrowed from Thai สุโขทัย (sù-kǒo-tai).

A town, the capital of Sukhothai Province, Thailand, also known as Sukhothai Thani.


Edithburgh

/ˈiːdɪθbɜːɹɡ/

From Edith + burgh, named by Governor Sir James Fergusson after his wife Edith.

A small coastal town in South Australia.


Leggett

Leggett (countable and uncountable, plural Leggetts)

Edgecombe County
Edgecombe County#English

A town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.


Lipscomb

A small town, the county seat of Lipscomb County, Texas, United States.


Lusk

Lusk (countable and uncountable, plural Lusks)

A town in Fingal, formerly in County Dublin, Ireland.

A town, the county seat of Niobrara County, Wyoming, United States.


Denney

Territoire de Belfort
Territoire de Belfort#English

A town in Territoire de Belfort department, France.


Ralston

Ralston (countable and uncountable, plural Ralstons)

⇒ Translingual: Ralstonia

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

A town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.


Altamirano

Altamirano (countable and uncountable, plural Altamiranos)

A town in Brandsen Partido, Buenos Aires province, Argentina.


Birch

Birch (countable and uncountable, plural Birches)

A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States.


Moulton

en-prop

Moulton (countable and uncountable, plural Moultons)

Moultons (plural)
Muleton (alternative)
Multon (alternative)

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

A town in Lavaca County, Texas, United States.


Billingsley

A town in Autauga County, Alabama, United States.


Moffett

en-proper noun

Moffett (countable and uncountable, plural Moffetts)

A town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States.


Ponder

Ponder (countable and uncountable, plural Ponders)

A town in Denton County, Texas, United States.


Patten

Patten (countable and uncountable, plural Pattens)

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

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


Ellington

Ellington (countable and uncountable, plural Ellingtons)

From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A number of places in the United States:

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

Outagamie County
Outagamie County#English


Carman

Carman (countable and uncountable, plural Carmans)

A town in Pembina Valley Region, southern Manitoba, Canada.


Martell

Martell (countable and uncountable, plural Martells)

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States.


Hamel

Hamel (countable and uncountable, plural Hamels)

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

Western Australia
Western Australia#English


Hardwick

Hardwick (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwicks)

From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīċ (“village”). Compare Hardwicke, which shares the same etymology.

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

census-designated place
census-designated place

Caledonia County
Caledonia County#English

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


Clawson

Clawson (countable and uncountable, plural Clawsons)

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


Snead

Snead (countable and uncountable, plural Sneads)

A town in Blount County, Alabama, United States.


Griswold

Griswolds (plural)
Griswood (alternative)
Griswald (alternative)

A town in Connecticut; named for Roger Griswold, 22nd Governor of Connecticut.


Windham

Windham (countable and uncountable, plural Windhams)

Windhams (plural)
Windon (alternative)
Wyndham (alternative)

From Wymondham, from personal name Wigmund's + hām (“home”).

A town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.

A town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

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

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

A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.


Lindley

Lindley (countable and uncountable, plural Lindleys)

Two possible origins:
* The places in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are named with Old English līn (“flax”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), with epenthetic -d-. Equivalent to line + -ley (“lea”).
* The deserted medieval village in Leicestershire is named with Old English lind (“lime tree”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to lind + -ley (“lea”).

A town in the Free State province, South Africa, named after Daniel Lindley.

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


Earley

Earley (countable and uncountable, plural Earleys)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England, near Reading (OS grid SU7571).


Broome

Broome (countable and uncountable, plural Broomes)

Schoharie County
Schoharie County#English

A town in Schoharie County, New York, United States, named after John Broome.

A town in the Shire of Broome, Kimberley region, Western Australia, named after Sir Frederick Broome.


Sanborn

Sanborn (countable and uncountable, plural Sanborns)

A number of places in the United States:


Colburn

Colburn (countable and uncountable, plural Colburns)

From Old English cōl (“cool”) + burna (“stream”).

(uncountable) A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2098).

(uncountable) A number of places in the United States:

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


Littleton

Littleton (countable and uncountable, plural Littletons)

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

United States of America
United States of America

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

Places in the United States of America:
A town in Aroostook County, Maine.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.


Handley

Handley (countable and uncountable, plural Handleys)

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


Manzano

Praedial toponym, from Latin (A)mantius (“a personal name”) + -ānus.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

a town in the province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy


Cable

Cable (countable and uncountable, plural Cables)

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


Cosgrove

en-prop

Cosgrove (countable and uncountable, plural Cosgroves)

Cosgroves (plural)
Cosgrave (alternative)
Cosgray (alternative)
Cosgriff (alternative)
Crossgrove (alternative)

Two main origins:
* English habitational surname from the village in Northamptonshire, which is named with the Old English personal name *Cōf + -s- + grāf (“grove, thicket”); recorded as Covesgrave in 1086 (DB).
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coscraigh (“descendant of Coscrach”), a byname from coscrach (“victorious, triumphant”).

der

Greater Shepparton
Greater Shepparton#English

A small town in the City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.


Cady

en-proper noun

Cady (countable and uncountable, plural Cadys)

St. Croix County
St. Croix County#English

A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Jacob Cady.


Gallants

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Halstead

Halstead (countable and uncountable, plural Halsteads)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8130).


Durand

Durand (countable and uncountable, plural Durands)

A town in Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the city of the same name.


Shorter

Shorter (countable and uncountable, plural Shorters)

A town in Macon County, Alabama, United States.


Kersey

Kersey (countable and uncountable, plural Kerseys)

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

A town in Weld County, Colorado, United States, derived from a maiden name.


Gorham

Gorham (countable and uncountable, plural Gorhams)

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A number of places in the United States:

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

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

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


True

True (countable and uncountable, plural Trues)

A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States.


Winfield

Winfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winfields)

A township and town therein, in Lake County, Indiana.

A town in Herkimer County, New York, named after Winfield Scott.

A town in Scott County, Tennessee, named after Winfield Scott.

A town, the county seat of Putnam County, West Virginia, named after Winfield Scott.

A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin, named after Winfield Scott.


Leiva

Leiva (a town, a municipality of Nariño department, Colombia)


Knowlton

Knowlton (countable and uncountable, plural Knowltons)

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

A town and census-designated place therein, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.


Tilton

Tilton (countable and uncountable, plural Tiltons)

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

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


Denning

Denning (countable and uncountable, plural Dennings)

Two main origins:
* English patronymic surname from the Old English personal name Dynna.
* Borrowed from German Denning, a habitational surname from a place in Bavaria.

A town in Franklin County, Arkansas, United States.

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


Sumpter

Sumpter (countable and uncountable, plural Sumpters)

From Middle English sumpter (“carrier, or driver of pack animals”).


Milburn

en-proper noun

Milburn (countable and uncountable, plural Milburns)

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


Buchholz

de-proper noun

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

Buchholz' (genitive)
Buchholz (genitive)

Buchholz in der Nordheide
Buchholz in der Nordheide#English

a town in Harburg district, Lower Saxony; official name: Buchholz in der Nordheide


Jackman

en-proper noun

Jackman (countable and uncountable, plural Jackmans)

A town in Somerset County, Maine, United States.


Fenner

Fenner (countable and uncountable, plural Fenners)

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


Stidham

Stidham (countable and uncountable, plural Stidhams)

Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.

A town in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States.


Newland

Newland (countable and uncountable, plural Newlands)

A town, the county seat of Avery County, North Carolina, United States.


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

A small town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY8795).

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

Kouga Local Municipality
w:Kouga Local Municipality

A town in Kouga Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.


Randazzo

a town in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy


Acrillae

la-proper noun

Acrillae f pl (genitive Acrillārum); first declension

Acrillārum (genitive)
Acrillae (nominative plural)
Acrillārum (genitive plural)
Acrillīs (dative plural)
Acrillās (accusative plural)
Acrillīs (ablative plural)
Acrillae (plural vocative)
Acrillīs (locative plural)

a town in Sicily, situated on the road from Agrigentum to Syracuse


長龍

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

(～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Changlong (a town in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township)


Woodbury

en-proper noun

Woodbury (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburys)

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

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

A number of places in the United States:

Meriwether County
Meriwether County#English

A town and village in Orange County, New York.

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

Washington County
Washington County#English


Ackley

Ackley (countable and uncountable, plural Ackleys)

English habitational surname, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Oakley, which has the same origin.

A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.


Boynton

Boynton (countable and uncountable, plural Boyntons)

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

A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States.


Lamont

Lamont (countable and uncountable, plural Lamonts)

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

Lafayette County
Lafayette County#English

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

A town in Lamont County, central Alberta, Canada, named after John Henderson Lamont.


Porterfield

Porterfield (countable and uncountable, plural Porterfields)

From porter + field, a Scottish topographic surname from the hereditary lands owned by a porter.

census-designated place
census-designated place

Marinette County
Marinette County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.


Roden

Roden (countable and uncountable, plural Rodens)

A town in Drenthe province, Netherlands.


Copley

Copley (countable and uncountable, plural Copleys)

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

A placename
A small town in South Australia.


Brigham

Brigham (countable and uncountable, plural Brighams)

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

A town in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.


Campo

Campo (countable and uncountable, plural Campos)

A statutory town in Baca County, Colorado, United States.


Hatley

Hatley (countable and uncountable, plural Hatleys)

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

A town in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States.


Niles

Niles (countable and uncountable, plural Nileses)


Kingsbury

Kingsbury (countable and uncountable, plural Kingsburys)

Kingsburys (plural)
Kingsberry (alternative)

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

doublet

A place in the United States of America:


Morehouse

en-proper noun

Morehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Morehouses)

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


Barham

Barham (countable and uncountable, plural Barhams)

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

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

A town in Riverina district, New South Wales, Australia.


回車

/xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤɻ⁵⁵/

/wuːi̯²¹ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

/xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤɻ⁵⁵/

/wuːi̯²¹ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

(～鎮) Huiche (a town in Xixia, Henan, China)


Brake

de-proper noun

Brake n (proper noun, genitive Brakes or (optionally with an article) Brake)

Brakes (genitive)
Brake (genitive with-article)
Brake (definite nominative singular)
Brakes (definite genitive singular)
Brake (definite genitive singular with-article)
Brake (dative definite singular)
Brake (accusative definite singular)

Brake in Wesermarsch: From Middle Low German Broak, from broak (“pond caused by a dam failure”), from the root of Old Saxon brekan (“to break”).
Brake in Eastern Westphalia and Lippe: From Middle Low German brak (“brackish, brack”, adjective).

der

Brake (Unterweser)
Brake (Unterweser)#English

a town, the administrative seat of Wesermarsch district, Lower Saxony; official name: Brake (Unterweser)


Rule

en-proper noun

Rule (countable and uncountable, plural Rules)

A town in Haskell County, Texas, United States.


Denman

Denman (countable and uncountable, plural Denmans)

A town in Muswellbrook Shire, New South Wales, Australia, formerly in Denman Shire.


Boardman

Boardman (countable and uncountable, plural Boardmans)

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Columbus County, North Carolina.


Thurmond

Thurmond (countable and uncountable, plural Thurmonds)

A small town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, named after settler W. D. Thurmond.


Tull

Tull (countable and uncountable, plural Tulls)

A town in Grant County, Arkansas, United States.


Markle

Markle (countable and uncountable, plural Markles)

Huntington County
Huntington County#English

A town in Huntington County and Wells County, Indiana, United States.


Milliken

Milliken (countable and uncountable, plural Millikens)

A town in Weld County, Colorado, United States.


Marble

A statutory town in Gunnison County, Colorado.


Loveland

Loveland (countable and uncountable, plural Lovelands)

(historical) A town in Pierce County, Washington.


Scheer

de-proper noun

Scheer n (proper noun, genitive Scheers or (optionally with an article) Scheer)

Scheers (genitive)
Scheer (genitive with-article)


Coria

A town and municipality of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.


Coria

Coria (a town and municipality of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain)


Franzen

en-proper noun

Franzen (countable and uncountable, plural Franzens)

A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.


羅布泊

ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ

ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄛˋ

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/lɔː²¹ pou̯³³ pɔːk̚²/

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/lɔː²¹ pou̯³³ pɔːk̚²/

Partial calque of Written Oirat ᠯᠣ᠊ᠫ
ᠨᡇᡇᠷ (Lob nuur), from ᠯᠣ᠊ᠫ (Lob) + ᠨᡇᡇᠷ (nuur, “lake”), where the former is itself of unknown origin from older times.
A detailed discussion on the etymology of this word can be found in Notes on Marco Polo, by French Sinologist Paul Pelliot. Compare English Lop Nur.

partial calque

(～鎮) Luobupo (a town in Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)


Bushey

en-proper noun

Bushey (countable and uncountable, plural Busheys)

From Old English bysċe (“bush, thicket”), with possible influence from Old French boisseie (“woodland”).

A town in Hertsmere district, Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Greater London.


Ridgway

Ridgway (countable and uncountable, plural Ridgways)

A town in Ouray County, Colorado, United States, alternatively spelt Ridgeway.


Hagerman

Hagerman (countable and uncountable, plural Hagermans)

A place in the United States:
A town in Chaves County, New Mexico.


Wortham

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

Freestone County
Freestone County#English

A town in Freestone County, Texas, United States.


外南夢

/waɪ̯⁵¹ nän³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹/

/waɪ̯⁵¹ nän³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹/

Borrowed from Malay Blambangan, the city's former name.

Banyuwangi (a town, the administrative capital of Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia)


居鑾

/t͡ɕy⁵⁵ lu̯än³⁵/

/kɵy̯⁵⁵ lyːn²¹/

/t͡ɕy⁵⁵ lu̯än³⁵/

/kɵy̯⁵⁵ lyːn²¹/

Kluang (a town in Kluang district, Johor, Malaysia)


豐盛港

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²² kɔːŋ³⁵/

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²² kɔːŋ³⁵/

Changed from the former name 茂盛港 (“Mersing”), which is a phono-semantic matching of Malay Mersing (using 茂盛) + 港 (“port”).


Bushnell

en-proper noun

Bushnell (countable and uncountable, plural Bushnells)

Brookings County
Brookings County#English

A small town in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States.


寶清

/pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/pou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

/pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/pou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Took its name from the Baoqing River to the south of the town, which was a loanword from Mongolian ᠪᠡᠴᠢᠨ (bečin, “monkey”) or Manchu ᠪᠣᠴᡳᡥᡝ (bocihe, “ugly”).

(～鎮) Baoqing Town (a town in Baoqing County, Heilongjiang, China)


集賢

/t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

(～鎮) Jixian Town (a town in Shaanxi, China)


江孜

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/

/kɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/

/kɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Borrowed from Tibetan རྒྱལ་རྩེ (rgyal rtse).

(～鎮) Gyantse (a town in Gyantse County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)


豐沙里

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Borrowed from Lao ຜົ້ງສາລີ (phong sā lī).

Phongsali (a town, the capital of Phongsali province, Laos)


春蓬

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵/


洛浦

→ English: Lo-p'u, Luopu

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～鎮) Lop, Luopu (a town in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)


Groom

Groom (countable and uncountable, plural Grooms)

A town in Carson County, Texas, United States.


畹町

/wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵⁵/

/jyːn³⁵ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

/wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵⁵/

/jyːn³⁵ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

Borrowed from Tai Nüa ᥝᥢᥰ ᥖᥥᥒ (wän teng, “the sun shining overhead”).

bor

(～鎮) Wanding (a town in Ruili, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan, China)


雷丁

/leɪ̯³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/

/leɪ̯³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/


樅陽

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

(～鎮) Zongyang (a town in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China)


東涌

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

(～鎮) Dongchong (a town in Nansha district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)

(～鎮) Dongchong (a town in Chengqu district, Shanwei, Guangdong, China)


沙田

→ English: Sha Tin

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan¹³/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³/

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan¹³/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn¹³/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²³/

/ʂä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn¹³/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²⁴/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn²³/

(～鎮) Shatian Town (various towns in China)

(～鎮) Shatian (a town in Dongguan, Guangdong, China)


杏林

/ɕiŋ⁵¹ lin³⁵/

/hɐŋ²² lɐm²¹/

/ɕiŋ⁵¹ lin³⁵/

/hɐŋ²² lɐm²¹/

From the story of the famed physician Dong Feng [3ʳᵈ c. CE], who refused to accept payments from his patients, and instead asked patients successfully cured of ailments to plant apricot trees. A forest of apricot trees came to surround his home as a testament to his skill.

defdate

3ʳᵈ c. <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>

(～鎮) Xinglin (a town in Fufeng, Baoji, Shaanxi, China)


太和

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ wɔː²¹/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ wɔː²¹/

(～鎮) Taihe Town (one of several towns in China)

(～鎮) Taihe (a town in Liangzihu district, Ezhou, Hubei, China)


Lewin

pl-proper noun

Lewin m inan (demonym lewinian, female demonym lewinianka)

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

Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship#English

Lewin Brzeski – a town in Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland


Haworth

en-proper noun

Haworth (countable and uncountable, plural Haworths)

⇒ Translingual: Haworthia

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

der

McCurtain County
McCurtain County#English

A town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States.


Elwood

en-prop

Elwood (countable and uncountable, plural Elwoods)

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

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

Box Elder County
Box Elder County#English

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A number of places in the United States:


Woodford

en-proper noun

Woodford (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfords)

Woodfords (plural)
Wadforth (alternative)

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

A small town in Moreton Bay, Queensland.

United States of America
United States of America

Orangeburg County
Orangeburg County#English

Various places in the United States of America:

A small town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.

Bennington County
Bennington County#English