Mexico

→ Assamese: মেক্সিকো (meksikü)

→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܟܣܝܩܘ (mksiqw)

→ Burmese: မက္ကဆီကို (makka.hcikui)

→ Chinese: 墨西哥 (Mòxīgē)

→ Dhivehi: މެކްސިކޯ (mek̊sikō)

→ Finnish: Meksiko

→ Hebrew: מֶקְסִיקוֹ (méksiko)

→ Hindi: मेक्सिको (meksiko)

→ Irish: Meicsiceo

→ Japanese: メキシコ (Mekishiko)

→ Korean: 멕시코 (Meksiko)

→ Thai: เม็กซิโก (mék-sí-goo)

→ Yoruba: Mẹ́síkò

Borrowed from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco, a place-name referring to the Mēxihcah (Mexica/Aztecs).

Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas

Meronyms: Acli, Anao, Balas, Buenavista, Camuning, Cawayan, Concepcion, Culubasa, Divisoria, Dolores, Eden, Gandus, Lagundi, Laput, Laug, Masamat, Masangsang, Nueva Victoria, Pandacaqui, Pangatlan, Panipuan, Parian, Sabanilla, San Antonio, San Carlos, San Jose Malino, San Jose Matulid, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Miguel, San Nicolas, San Pablo, San Patricio, San Rafael, San Roque, San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Santo Domingo, Santo Rosario, Sapang Maisac, Suclaban, Tangle — barangays of Mexico

A municipality of the province of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines.


China

en-proper noun

China (usually uncountable, plural Chinas)

→ Amharic: ቻይና (čayna)

→ Chinese: 猜拿 (Cāiná)

→ Hindi: चाइना (cāinā)

→ Maori: Haina

→ Telugu: చైనా (cainā)

→ Tigre: ቻይና (čayna)

→ Tigrinya: ቻይና (čayna)

→ Tokelauan: Haina

→ Welsh: Tsieina

→ Yoruba: Ṣáínà

[ˈt͡ʃ(ʰ)aɪ̯nə]

China (disambiguation)
Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India
Duarte Barbosa
Garcia de Orta
Marco Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo
states of ancient China

From Portuguese China, probably under influence from Old French Chin, from Classical Persian چین (čīn), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “the Chinese; China”) of uncertain etymology. It is usually thought to be derived from Chinese 秦 (Qín) (sm Qín, mc d͡ziɪn, oc *zin, "Qin"), the westernmost ancient Chinese state, but other theories have been proposed, including derivation from 晉 /晋 (jìn) (sm Jìn, mc t͡siɪn, oc *ʔsins, "Jin"), another important ancient state; 荊 /荆 (jīng) (sm Jīng, mc kˠiæŋ, oc *keŋ, "Chu"), the southernmost ancient Chinese state; or Zina, the endonym of the people of the Yelang kingdom. See "Names of China" and "Chinas" at Wikipedia. As a female name, usually derived via china (“porcelain”) and china doll, ultimately from the same source.

der

A municipality and town in Nuevo León, Mexico.


Jordan

en-proper noun

Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)

From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.

der

A municipality, the capital of Guimaras province, Western Visayas, Philippines.


Saxon

Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), and Saxoun, from Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxonem, accusative of Saxo (“a Saxon”), both from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Cognates:
Cognate with Middle Low German sasse (“someone speaking Saxon, i.e. (Middle) Low German”), Old English Seaxa (“a Saxon”), Old High German Sahso (“a Saxon”), Icelandic Saxi (“a Saxon”), Estonian saks (“lord; German”), Finnish Saksa (“Germany”). Also cognate to Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”); more at sax.

cog

A municipality in Martigny district, Valais canton, Switzerland.


Abdera

A modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece.


São Paulo

Saint Paul
São Paulo
São Paulo (state)
Tietê River

From Portuguese, named after Saint Paul. Doublet of Saint Paul. The city was originally named "São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga" meaning "Saint Paul of the fields of Piratininga". "Piratininga" comes from Old Tupi pirá (“fish”) and Old Tupi tininga (“to dry”) meaning "dried fish", after the fish that would be stranded on the shore of the Tietê River after a flood and left to dry out.

A municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil.


Paraná

/ˌpæ.ɹəˈnɑː/

From Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul#English

A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.


Victoria

en-proper noun

Victoria (countable and uncountable, plural Victorias or Victoriae)

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

A placename:
A locale in the Philippines
A municipality of Laguna.

A placename:
A locale in the Philippines
A municipality of Northern Samar.

A placename:
A locale in the Philippines
A municipality of Tarlac.


Rio de Janeiro

/ˈɹiːoʊ dɪ ʒəˈnɪəɹoʊ/

/ˈɹiːoʊ dɪ ʒəˈnɛəɹoʊ/

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From Brazilian Portuguese Rio de Janeiro (literally “River of January”).

bor

A municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former capital of Brazil.


Maceió

A municipality, the state capital of Alagoas, Brazil


Cuiabá

A municipality, the state capital of Mato Grosso, Brazil


Rio Branco

A municipality, the state capital of Acre, Brazil


Fortaleza

A municipality, the state capital of Ceará, Brazil.


Campo Grande

Mato Grosso do Sul
Mato Grosso do Sul#English

A municipality, the state capital of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil


Goiânia

A municipality, the state capital of Goiás, Brazil.


Macapá

A municipality, the state capital of Amapá, Brazil


Palmas

A municipality, the state capital of Tocantins, Brazil


Teresina

A municipality, the state capital of Piauí, Brazil


Manaus

Borrowed from Portuguese Manaus, after the Manáo, a native Lokono tribe of the Amazon. Manáo is said to mean mother of the gods.

A municipality, the state capital of Amazonas, Brazil.


Aracaju

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Aracaju, from Old Tupi Arákaîu, from ará (“macaw”) + akaîu (“cashew”), literally “cashew of the macaw(s)”.

af

A municipality, the state capital of Sergipe, Brazil


Vitória

A municipality, the state capital of Espírito Santo, Brazil

व्हिटोरिया

Brazilian state capital of Espírito Santo


Belém

A municipality, the state capital of Pará, Brazil.


Recife

The veranda was shaded by the roof, and from the shade you could see [...] the skyscrapers and the tower blocks of the city of Recife.

2022, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, there are more things, Abacus (2023), pages 229-230:

A municipality, the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil.


João Pessoa

A municipality, the state capital of Paraíba, Brazil


Melbourne

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

Le Val-Saint-François
Le Val-Saint-François#English

A township municipality of Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Boa Vista

From Portuguese boa vista. Doublet of Buena Vista.

A municipality, the state capital of Roraima, Brazil


Porto Velho

A municipality, the state capital of Rondônia, Brazil


Florianópolis

From Brazilian Portuguese Florianópolis.

A municipality, the state capital of Santa Catarina, Brazil

फ्लोरियानॉपोलिस

Brazilian state capital of Santa Catarina


Belo Horizonte

From Portuguese Belo Horizonte (“Beautiful Horizon”).

bor

A municipality, the state capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil.


Porto Alegre

A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

पोर्तू आलेग्री

Brazilian state capital of Rio Grande do Sul


Curitiba

A municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil.


Darwin

From Middle English Darwin, Derwin, from Old English Dēorwine (“a given name”), composed of dēore (“dear”) + wine (“friend”).
The city in Australia is named after Charles Darwin.

A municipality of Río Negro province, Argentina.


Salvador

From Spanish and Portuguese Salvador, chiefly various placenames honoring Jesus Christ, from Spanish and Portuguese salvador (“savior”), from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to save”) + -tor (forming agent nouns). In Spanish placenames, frequently a clipping of Spanish San Salvador (“Holy Savior”). Doublet of savior, Salvator, and Salvatore.

doublet

A municipality, the state capital of Bahia, Brazil.


Georgetown

/ˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒtaʊn/

A territorial charter municipality, the county seat of Clear Creek County, Colorado; named for founder George Griffith.

Clear Creek County
Clear Creek County#English


Amsterdam

The Dutch seat of government is not the metropolis of Amsterdam but The Hague.

While Amsterdam is the largest city in the province of Noord-Holland, Haarlem is the province capital.

A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.


Stockholm

From Swedish Stockholm, compound of stock (“log”) + holme (“islet”), due to the logs which were put outside of the Stockholm shores to prevent ships from invading.

A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.


Madrid

A town and municipality of Western Savanna Province, Cundinamarca department, Colombia.

Meronyms: Bagsac, Bayogo, Linibonan, Magsaysay, Manga, Panayogon, Patong Patong, Quirino, San Antonio, San Juan, San Roque, San Vicente, Songkit, Union — barangays of Madrid

Madrid, Surigao del Sur
w:Madrid, Surigao del Sur

A municipality of Surigao del Sur, Philippines.


The Hague

From the French translation (confused with La Hague) of Dutch Den Haag, short form of 's-Gravenhage, from Middle Dutch des Graven hage (1400s), literally, "the Count's hedge[-enclosed hunting grounds]",

A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.


Copenhagen

Norwegian Bokmål: Copenhagen

/ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən/

/ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːɡən/

From Low German Kopenhagen, a calque (perhaps modified by folk etymology) of Danish København.

Copenhagen
Copenhagen (disambiguation)
Copenhagen County
Copenhagen, Louisiana

A municipality (Copenhagen Municipality) in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark.


Lagos

From Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”).

A city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal.


Nicosia

/ˌnɪkəˈsiːə/

From Medieval Latin and Old French Nicosia, from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), variant of Λευκουσία (Leukousía), equivalent to λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) + οὐσία (ousía, “property, estate”), but deriving from various Ancient Greek forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc. Doublet of Lefkosia.

A comune in Enna province, Sicily, Italy.


Trinidad

Borrowed from Spanish trinidad (“trinity”), named after the Holy Trinity by Columbus to fulfill a religious vow.

bor+

Las Animas County
Las Animas County#English

A home rule municipality, the county seat of Las Animas County, Colorado.

A town and municipality in Casanare department, Colombia.

A municipality in Bohol province, Philippines.


Tarragona

/tɑːɹəˈɡəʊnə/

/tæɹəˈɡəʊnə/

Borrowed from Catalan Tarragona, ultimately from Latin Tarracō.

Province of Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona, Davao Oriental

Meronyms: Cabagayan, Central, Dadong, Jovellar, Limot, Lucatan, Maganda, Ompao, Tomoaong, Tubaon — barangays of Tarragona

A municipality of Davao Oriental, Philippines.


Barcelona

/ˌbɑːsəˈləʊnə/

/ˌbɑɹsəˈloʊnə/

/ˌbɑɹsɪˈloʊnə/

Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte#English

A municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Meronyms: Alegria, Bagacay, Bangate, Bugtong, Cagang, Fabrica, Jibong, Lago, Layog, Luneta, Macabari, Mapapac, Olandia, Paghaluban, Poblacion Central, Poblacion Norte, Poblacion Sur, Putiao, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Ramon, San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Santa Lourdes, Tagdon — barangays of Barcelona

Barcelona, Sorsogon
w:Barcelona, Sorsogon

A municipality of Sorsogon, Philippines.


Florida

New York City, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland

From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers. The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US. The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming

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

Several places in South and Central America:

A municipality of the Copán department, Honduras.

Several places in the Caribbean:
A town and municipality of Puerto Rico.


Valencia

From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigor”). Doublet of Valence.

Valencia
Valencia (autonomous community)
Valencia orange

A town and municipality of the Córdoba department, in northern Colombia.

Several places in the Philippines:
A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.

A municipality of Negros Oriental, Philippines.


Tirana

A municipality, the capital and largest city of Albania, located in the center of the country west of the mountain of Dajti on the plain of Tirana; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.


Pistoia

A comune, the capital city of the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.


Virginia

en-proper noun

Virginia (countable and uncountable, plural Virginias)

→ Creek: wvcenv

50 Virginia
Elizabeth I
Virginia
Virginia (disambiguation)

From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin + -ia.

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

A municipality of the Lempira department, Honduras.


Udine

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

A city and comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.


Pavia

A municipality in Iloilo province, Philippines.


Oslo

From Norwegian Oslo, from Old Norse Ósló, Ásló f or n. The first element is disputed, but is likely from ǫ́ss, áss (“god; one of the Æsir”), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz. Another theory is that it comes from áss (“hill, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *ansaz, but this is unlikely. The second element is ló f or n (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhō f, *lauhaz m (compare the suffix -ley in English place-names).

A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.

Oslo

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

أوسلو

ʔōslū, ʔōslō


Dimitrovgrad

A town and municipality in Pirot district, south-easterm Serbia, near the border with Bulgaria.


Mechelen

A city and municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.


Espoo

A city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland.


Piraeus

From Ancient Greek Πειραιεύς (Peiraieús).

A municipality and port in Greece, part of Athens agglomeration, the chief port of Athens, located on the Saronic Gulf.


Vaduz

Via Rhaeto-Romance auadutg from latin aquaeductus.

A town and municipality, the capital of Liechtenstein.


Groningen

A municipality of Groningen, Netherlands.


Utrecht

From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (“out, outside”) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (“Crossing-on-the-Rhine”), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (“to cross, to send across”), from trāns- (“trans-: through, across”) + iacere (“to throw”).


Boden

* As a north/Low German surname, derived from the personal name Bode, from the noun meaning "messenger" (Old Saxon bodo).
* As a German surname, from the noun Boden (“bottom”). Compare Bottom.
* As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”). Compare Bodin.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Buadáin (“descendant of Buadán”), see Bowden.
* As an English surname, variant of Bawden.

A town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


Gotland

A municipality and county on the island of Gotland, Sweden; the only municipality there, so it, the county and island all have the same area.


Santa

Meronyms: Ampandula, Banaoang, Basug, Bucalag, Cabangaran, Calungboyan, Casiber, Dammay, Labut Norte, Labut Sur, Mabilbila Norte, Mabilbila Sur, Magsaysay District, Manueva, Marcos, Nagpanaoan, Namalangan, Oribi, Pasungol, Quezon, Quirino, Rancho, Rizal, Sacuyya Norte, Sacuyya Sur, Tabucolan — barangays of Santa

A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines


Teresa

First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.


Malay

Etymology tree
Malay Melayuder.
English Malay
From Malay Melayu, from Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties as 木剌由, 麻里予兒, 巫來由 and 無來由. First attested in English as 1598.
The oldest known inscriptions in the Malay language were found at Kedukan Bukit (dated 673) and Talang Tuo (dated 684), both in the vicinity of Palembang in southern Sumatra, and at Kota Kapur (dated 686) on Bangka island west of Sumatra. Exonymous derivation from Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”) has not been demonstrated.

etymon

Meronyms: Argao, Balabag, Balusbus, Cabulihan, Caticlan, Cogon, Cubay Norte, Cubay Sur, Dumlog, Manoc-Manoc, Motag, Naasug, Nabaoy, Napaan, Poblacion, San Viray, Yapak — barangays of Malay


Rauma

A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Purmerend

A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.


Paul

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

A municipality on Santo Antão, Cape Verde.


Pamplona

From the Roman name, Latin Pompeiopolis, named for Pompey, Roman general who founded it in 68 BC.

Meronyms: Abanqueruan, Allasitan, Bagu, Balingit, Bidduang, Cabaggan, Capalalian, Casitan, Centro, Curva, Gattu, Masi, Nagattatan, Nagtupacan, San Juan, Santa Cruz, Tabba, Tupanna — barangays of Pamplona

Meronyms: Batang, Burabod, Cagbibi, Cagbunga, Calawat, Del Rosario, Patong, Poblacion, Salvacion, San Gabriel, San Isidro, San Rafael, San Ramon, San Vicente, Tambo, Tampadong, Veneracion — barangays of Pamplona

Pamplona, Camarines Sur
w:Pamplona, Camarines Sur

A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.

Meronyms: Abante, Balayong, Banawe, Calicanan, Datagon, Fatima, Inawasan, Magsusunog, Malalangsi, Mamburao, Mangoto, Poblacion, San Isidro, Santa Agueda, Simborio, Yupisan — barangays of Pamplona

Pamplona, Negros Oriental
w:Pamplona, Negros Oriental

A municipality of Negros Oriental, Philippines.


Jones

en-prop

Jones (countable and uncountable, plural Joneses or Jonesses)

瓊斯 /琼斯

transliterations of the English name "Jones"

A municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines.


Ferguson

Ferguson (countable and uncountable, plural Fergusons)

From Fergus + -son, translation of Gaelic MacFhearguis, "son of Fergus".

Remember that so many of us click on links to CashApps, Venmos, PayPals, etc. to donate to bail funds, Flint Water reliefs, the next Ferguson, and the like without any thought of integrating ourselves into collective action?

2024, Too Black, Rasul A. Mowatt, “Conclusion”, in Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN:

St. Louis County
St. Louis County#English

A municipality of St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.


Orion

From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), speculatively from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”), though without any firm evidence.

der

Meronyms: Arellano, Bagumbayan, Balagtas, Balut, Bantan, Bilolo, Calungusan, Camachile, Daang Bago, Daang Bilolo, Daang Pare, General Lim, Kapunitan, Lati, Lusungan, Puting Buhangin, Sabatan, San Vicente, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo, Villa Angeles, Wakas, Wawa — barangays of Orion

Place names:
A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.


Bristol

Latin bristoliensis

From Middle English Brigstow, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ + -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more.
The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.

inh

A municipality of the Ouataouais region, Quebec, Canada.


Inverness

Inverness
Inverness (disambiguation)
River Ness

From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness.

A municipality in Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada.


Arizona

zh-l

亞利桑那／亚利桑那 (Yàlìsāngnà)

亞里桑那 (Yàlǐsāngnà)

Chinese: 亞利桑那／亚利桑那 (Yàlìsāngnà), 亞里桑那 (Yàlǐsāngnà)

/ˌæɹɪˈzoʊnə/

/ˌɛɹɪˈzoʊnə/

/ˌæɹɪˈzəʊnə/

Uncertain. Possibly from O'odham alĭ ṣonak (literally “small spring”) (traditionally through the Spanish intermediary form Arizonac; compare modern Arizona), a name initially applied to an area around a silver-mining camp in Sonora.
Alternatively, perhaps from Basque haritz ona (literally “good oak”), as the area many Basque herders, and a descendant of them established the ranchería of Arizona (circa 1735) in Sonora.
Suggestions of derivation from arizuma, supposedly a Nahuatl word meaning "silver-bearing", are considered implausible, and derivation from Spanish árida zona (literally “dry zone”) is considered a folk etymology.

cog

Several places named for the state or territory.


Kent

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

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.


Indiana

en-proper noun

Indiana (countable and uncountable, plural Indianas)

From indian + -a. From “Indiana Territory” dating from 1800, noting the territory's large Native American Indian population. From indian territory.

A placename
A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.


Bačka Topola

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Bačka Topola.

A town and municipality of Vojvodina, Serbia.


Nevada

A municipality of Granada, Spain, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain.


Colorado

/kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/

/kɑləˈɹædoʊ/

/kɒləˈɹɑːdəʊ/

From Spanish colorado (“red, ruddy, colored”), usually from the reddish appearance of some silt-laden rivers, or from Portuguese colorado in the case of Brazilian locations.

der

Colorado (disambiguation)
Colorado River

Places in South America:
A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.

A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.


Mercedes

en-proper noun

Mercedes (countable and uncountable, plural Mercedes)

From Spanish Mercedes (Mary, Our Lady of Mercy). The car was named for Mercédès Jellinek, the daughter of Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek who ordered 36 cars from Gottlieb Daimler.

A municipality in Camarines Norte province, Philippines.

A municipality in Eastern Samar province, Philippines.


Boston

→ Abenaki: Pastonki, pastoni

→ Klamath-Modoc: basdin

→ Lushootseed: pastəd

→ Mohawk: Wáhston

The US city is named after the English town (from which several prominent colonists had come), which itself is sometimes said to be named as a contraction of Botolph's town or Botolph's stone (the name Botolph itself coming from Old English Botwulf, from boda + wulf). However, this is uncertain.


Carolina

Carolina (countable and uncountable, plural Carolinas)

Latin: carolinianus (New Latin)

Latin: carolinensis (New Latin)

From Latin Carolus (“Charles”) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix).
The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.

af

(uncountable) A placename:
A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.

A municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.

A municipality of Para district, Suriname.


Scott

en-proper noun

Scott (countable and uncountable, plural Scotts)

La Nouvelle-Beauce
La Nouvelle-Beauce#English

A municipality of La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Austin

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, a contraction of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustīnus, from Augustus (literally “majestic”). Doublet of Augustine.

A municipality of Quebec; named for Canadian Quaker Nicholas Austin.


Beijing

Beijing
Encyclopædia Britannica
Hongwu Emperor
Ming Dynasty
Peking University
The Chicago Manual of Style
University of Chicago Press
Xinhuamen
Yongle Emperor

/ˌbeɪˈd͡ʒɪŋ/

c. 1958, the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 北京 (Běijīng) was established, composed of 北 (“north, northern”) and 京 (jīng, “capital”), distinguishing it from Nanjing to the south, and first applied informally during the reign of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who preferred to rule from Beijing but was obliged to treat Nanjing as a secondary capital by the dynastic injunctions of his father the Hongwu Emperor. The name continued a practice of several preceding dynasties—especially those of nomadic conquerers from the north such as the Jin and Liao—of maintaining a number of separate capitals designated by their cardinal directions.

Liu Lao-zheng sidled right up to Zao-hua and said: “That’s right. I went to Beijing [Peking] to visit with my daughter. Zao-hua, I hear that you have become the workpoint recorder.”[…]
Liu Lao-zheng pulled out an abacus from a sack he was carrying over his shoulder. “Huala, huala,” he shook it several times and said: “I bought one in Beijing. I’ll lend it to you to use.”

1976 [1966], Hao Ran, “Debut”, in Wong Kam-ming, transl., Revolutionary Literature in China: An Anthology, White Plains, New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 92:

Backhoes moved house by house, laying waste to a community called Xitai that was built in a plush green valley on the northern edge of Beijing, only a short walk from the Great Wall of China.

2020 August 7, Steven Lee Myers, Keith Bradsher, “Beijing Launches Another Demolition Drive, This Time in Its Bucolic Suburbs”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-07, Asia Pacific:

A protester unfurled two banners on a highway overpass in central Beijing on Oct. 13, denouncing Xi Jinping as a “despotic traitor.” China’s censors went to great lengths to scrub the internet of any reference to the act of dissent, prohibiting all discussion and shutting down many offending social media accounts.

2022 October 24, Yuan Li, “A Lonely Protest in Beijing Inspires Young Chinese to Find Their Voice”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-24, Business:

Beijing regularly faces dust storms in March and April due to its proximity to the Gobi desert as well as deforestation throughout northern China.

2023 March 22, “China: Sandstorms blanket Beijing as air pollution spikes”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2023-03-22:

A direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China.

Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang

Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing


Franklin

en-prop

Franklin (countable and uncountable, plural Franklins)

From Middle English frankelein (“freeholder”), see franklin. The place names are mostly named after American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790).


Taylor

A district municipality in Peace River Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; named for trapper Herbert Taylor.


Allen

en-proper noun

Allen (countable and uncountable, plural Allens)

A municipality in Northern Samar, Philippines.


Louise

From French Louise, the feminine form of Louis.


Stewart

Stewart (countable and uncountable, plural Stewarts)

A district municipality in north-western British Columbia, Canada.


Peking

Abraham Ortelius
Atlas Maior
Chinese Imperial Post
De Bello Tartarico Historia
Francis Xavier
Joan Blaeu
Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca)
Martino Martini
Novus Atlas Sinensis
Peter Heylyn
Postal Romanization
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

c. 1655 romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 北京 (Běijīng), reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. The early Portuguese and Jesuits such as Francis Xavier used the spelling Paquim; Abraham Ortelius used C. Paquin for his 1572 Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas; Italian Jesuit Martino Martini used Peking in his 1654 Latin De Bello Tartarico Historia and 1655 Novus Atlas Sinensis, which were quickly translated into English and later used by Joan Blaeu for his 1665 Atlas Maior. Peter Heylyn's Cosmographie changed its spelling from Paquin in the 1652 edition to Peking in the 1658 edition, but both Pekin and Peking were used interchangeably in English until the Chinese Imperial Post adopted Peking as its official transcription in the 1890s.

The Emperour hearing of the ill ſucceſſe of this Affairs, began to think of leaving the Northern parts, where his Royal City of Peking is ſituated, and to paſſe to Nankuing which is far more Southward; but he was diſſwaded from this intended courſe as well by his loyal, as diſloyal ſubjec͡ts : by theſe, that they might give him up more ſpeedily into the enemies hands, before their treachery was diſcovered; and by the others, leſt his flight might trouble the Kingdome more, and diſcourage all his Subjec͡ts from giving their beſt aſſiſtance; for they thought the City impregnable, being fortified with ſo ſtrong a Garriſon; nor did they doubt that the Kings preſence would draw the ſources of the whole Kingdom to him.

1655, The History of That Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, page 273:

This is not a time for a long speech but, I would not want this opportunity to pass without saying just a word with regard to the significance of this moment. Some of you may recall that it was two and a half years ago that right here in Guam, I announced a new direction for American foreign policy based on the principles of self-reliance, self-respect- equal dignity for all nations, large and small throughout the world. And tomorrow, I will take off from Guam for Shanghai and Peking, the first President of the United States ever to visit China. Guam, I know it is said, is where the American day begins. And I would hope that all of you today would join me in this prayer, that with this trip to China, a new day may begin for the whole world. Thank you very much.

1972 February 20, President Richard Nixon, 15:48 from the start, in Nixon in China (The Film), Agana, Guam: Richard Nixon Presidential Library:

The noise of gunfire rose from all over the center of Peking. It was unremitting.

1989 June 4, Kate Adie, 0:02 from the start, in Archive: Chinese troops fire on protesters in Tiananmen Square - BBC News, Peking: BBC News, published 2014:

Third, after Ukraine wins its war with Russia, we must aim to split the Russia-China axis. Moscow’s defeat could unseat Mr. Putin’s regime. What comes next is a government of unknowable composition. New Russian leaders may or may not look to the West rather than Beijing, and might be so weak that the Russian Federation’s fragmentation, especially east of the Urals, isn’t inconceivable. Beijing is undoubtedly eyeing this vast territory, which potentially contains incalculable mineral wealth. Significant portions of this region were under Chinese sovereignty until the 1860 Treaty of Peking transferred “outer Manchuria,” including extensive Pacific coast lands, to Moscow. Russia’s uncontrolled dissolution could provide China direct access to the Arctic, including even the Bering Strait, facing Alaska.

2023 April 12, John Bolton, “A New American Grand Strategy to Counter Russia and China”, in The Wall Street Journal, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-29, Opinion:

Dated form of Beijing, a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China.


Alta

A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway.


Aller

A municipality in Asturias, northern Spain.


Asti

A comune, the capital of Asti province, Piedmont, Italy.


Bell

Bell (countable and uncountable, plural Bells)

A municipality of Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

A municipality of Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate.


Court

* As an English and French surname, from the noun court. Also from the French adjective court (“short”).
* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCourt.

A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.


Cox

Cox (countable and uncountable, plural Coxes)

The surname has converged from several different origins; see Cox.

A municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, Spain.


Conner

A municipality in Apayao province, Philippines named after American Norman Conner.


Drama

East Macedonia and Thrace
East Macedonia and Thrace#English

A city, a municipality, a regional unit of East Macedonia and Thrace, in north-eastern Greece.


Delft

A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.


Brand

Brand (countable and uncountable, plural Brands)

* As an English, Scottish, north German, Dutch, French, and North Germanic surname, from a Germanic personal name derived from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“sword, firebrand, torch”), as in the second element of Hildebrand.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Brandt.
* As a Swedish and Danish surname, from brand (“fire”).
* As a Jewish surname, from German Brand (“fire”).

der

A municipality in Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria.

A municipality in Tirschenreuth district, Bavaria, Germany.


Berg

From German Berg or Swedish berg, either term meaning "hill/mountain".

A place name, notably of:
A municipality of Troms, Norway.


Bergen

From Dutch Bergen, from Middle Dutch bergen.

A municipality and village in Limburg province, Netherlands.

A municipality and town in North Holland province, Netherlands.


Fier

Borrowed from Albanian Fier, from fier (“fern”). Alternatively borrowed from Italian fiera (“trade fair”) due to the arrival of Venetian merchants during the Renaissance.

A city and municipality in southwestern Albania, located east of the Adriatic Sea on the river Gjanica, just south of its confluence with the river Seman; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.


Grande

en-proper noun

Grande (countable and uncountable, plural Grandes)

Borrowed from Romance (either Spanish Grande or Italian Grande).

gloss

A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


Delta

Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia#English

A municipality in Central Macedonia, Greece.

A municipality of British Columbia, Canada.

A number of places in the United States:

A city and home rule municipality, the county seat of Delta County, Colorado.


Grove

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

A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


Landen

A city and municipality of the province of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium.


Holt

en-proper noun

Holt (countable and uncountable, plural Holts)

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

A municipality in Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


Hope

Hope (usually uncountable, plural Hopes)

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

A town and district municipality in British Columbia.

A township municipality in Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec.


Lier

A municipality of Buskerud county, Norway.


Lahti

Lahti (countable and uncountable, plural Lahtis)

Päijänne Tavastia
Päijänne Tavastia#English

A city and municipality, the capital of Päijänne Tavastia, Finland.


Magenta

Magenta (disambiguation)
Magenta, Lombardy

A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.


Flora

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

From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).


Laurel

A municipality of the Philippines; named for Miguel Laurel.


Mission

A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.


Moss

A coastal town and municipality in Viken county, Norway.


Anna

From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah.


Aurora

/ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾɐ/

Aurora (disambiguation)
Gérard de Lairesse
Manuel Quezon

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

A locale in Brazil.
A municipality of Ceará.

A locale in Brazil.
A municipality of Santa Catarina.


Ponce

A city and municipality in the south of Puerto Rico, United States.


Pacific

From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.

A municipality of Franklin County, Missouri, United States.


Price

Price (countable and uncountable, plural Prices)

A village municipality in La Mitis regional county municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada.


Mayo

Derived from Irish Maigh Eo
* (surname): Possibly instead derived from Old French, “Maiheu” from Hebrew, “Matthew”

A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Rho

A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.


Rana

en-proper-noun

Rana (countable and uncountable, plural Ranas)

Various origins of surname:
* Borrowed from Hindi राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”).
* Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Rana, a nickname for someone with bulging eyes or a croaky voice, from rana (“frog”).
* Borrowed from Galician Raña, a habitational surname from a village in the province of A Coruña.

Rana, Norway, a large municipality in Nordland county, Norway.


Sande

A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Natal

From Portuguese Natal (“Christmas”), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497. Doublet of natal.

A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil


Spa

The town name is from Walloon espa (“fountain, spring”), which could be from Latin spargere (“to spread, scatter”) or spatium (“free space”).

A town and municipality in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, famous for its springs.


Stan

en-proper noun

Stan (countable and uncountable, plural Stans)


Porto

Borrowed from Portuguese Porto.
* (wine): the name of the city whence it was exported.

A city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal


Schwarz

A municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.


Petra

From Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”).

Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands#English

A modern town and municipality on the island of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands, Spain.


Strand

Strand (countable and uncountable, plural Strands)

So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.


Ål

A municipality in Viken, Norway, previously in Buskerud.


March

March (usually uncountable, plural Marches)

Bislama: maj

→ Bengali: মার্চ (marco)

→ Burmese: မတ် (mat)

→ Chichewa: Malichi

→ Dari: مارچ (mârč)

→ Hausa: Maris

→ Hawaiian: Malaki

→ Hindi: मार्च (mārc)

→ Malay: Mac

→ Maori: Māehe

→ Marshallese: M̧aaj

→ Tokelauan: Māti

→ Tongan: Maʻasi

From Middle English March, Marche, borrowed from Anglo-Norman marche, from Old French marz, from Latin mensis Mārtius (“the Martian month”), from earlier Mavors.

der

Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau#English

A municipality near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Wright

en-proper noun

Wright (countable and uncountable, plural Wrights)

desc

Translingual: Wright Mons, wrightii, wrighti

English and Scottish occupational surname, from the archaic noun wright (“builder, maker”). Found as the second element of compounds such as Wainwright, Cartwright, etc.

Places in the Philippines, named after Luke Edward Wright:

Former name of Paranas (a municipality of Samar, Philippines).


Shanghai

Shanghai
The Chicago Manual of Style
University of Chicago Press

c. 1840, likely from an English-derived romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of Chinese 上海 (Shànghǎi), reinforced by Wade–Giles, Postal Romanization, and Hanyu Pinyin.

SHANGHAI (the emporium of Nanking) is the first town of any importance on the coast of Kiangnan province.[…]If, however, these difficulties were surmounted, and suitable precautions taken against existing dangers, the embouchure of this river would be one of the most eligible points for the establishment of British commerce in the whole empire. Be this as it may, however, certain it is that even now Shanghai carries on the greatest native trade of any port on the coast.[…]
The city of Shanghai is built on the left bank, some distance from the mouth. It is laid out with sufficient elegance, and numerous temples.

1840 September 12, “IX.—From Shanghai to Pekin.”, in The Penny Magazine, number 542, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, →OCLC, page 358, column 2:

In January 1901, we reached Japan where Mrs. Hoover remained for the winter while I went to Shanghai in search of a method of reaching North China. The Port of Taku being frozen and there being then no railway connection between Shanghai and the north, all communication had been suspended for the winter.

1951, Herbert Hoover, “Engineering in China—1899–1902”, in The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874-1920, New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 55:

By the year 2000, Shanghai is scheduled to become an international center of commerce and finance; economic strategists predict that by 2010 the city will have become the world's largest trading center. This "secret capital" of China has set some ambitious goals for itself. The population is proudly celebrating their collective "coming out," and business is booming.

1999, “Shanghai”, in The Book of the World, 2nd United States edition (Atlas), Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 411, column 1:

Victor Li is determined to get married soon, but like many other young Chinese grappling with an uncertain economic outlook, the well-heeled Shanghai entrepreneur isn't sure he can afford to.
"It's very expensive for us to get married, especially in a big city like Shanghai," the 32-year-old said, as he took a break from a ticketed networking event for wealthier, top university-educated singles at an upmarket Shanghai jazz bar.

2024 January 17, Nicoco Chan, “Some Shanghai singles struggle to get married as economy slows”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-01-21, China:

A major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China.


Tuba

Derived from Ibaloi tuva (“a method of fishing”). An old man who was living in the area used a saligo fruit to make fishes dizzy and making fishing easier. People then started calling his place "Tuva".

der+

Meronyms: Ansagan, Camp Four, Camp One, Camp Three, Nangalisan, Poblacion, San Pascual, Tabaan Norte, Tadiangan, Taloy Norte, Taloy Sur, Twin Peaks — barangays of Tuba

A municipality of Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines


Viola

A comune in Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy.


Nokia

A town and municipality of Finland near Tampere.


Medina

* The province and city in Saudi Arabia is derived from Arabic اَلْمَدِينَة (al-madīna, “the city”). Doublet of Mdina.
* The river and former borough on the Isle of Wight are derived from Old English Meðune (“the middle one”).
* The river and county in Texas are derived from the Spanish surname Medina.

bor

اَلْمَدِينَة

A municipality and town in the Cundinamarca department, Colombia.

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

A municipal district of San Cristóbal province, Dominican Republic.

Misamis Oriental
Misamis Oriental#English

A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.


Gutenberg

/ˈɡutn̩ˌbɝɡ/

/ˈɡuːtn̩ˌbɜːɡ/

A municipality of Germany, named after the castle and village


Luleå

A city and municipality, the capital of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.


Kiruna

A town and municipality of Lapland, in northern Sweden.


Bulle

A municipality, the capital of Gruyère district, Fribourg canton, Switzerland.


Mackenzie

Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter yogh confused with Z. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).

compound

Fraser-Fort George
Fraser-Fort George#English

A district municipality in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, central British Columbia, Canada.


Adams

en-proper noun

Adams (countable and uncountable, plural Adamses)

→ Translingual: Adams

⇒ Translingual: adamsii

(fishing fly): Named after Charles Adams, who asked his friend Leonard Halladay to design the fly.

A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines


Isabel

From Spanish Isabel, from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). Doublet of Elizabeth.

der

A municipality in Leyte province, Philippines.


Bruno

en-proper noun

Bruno (countable and uncountable, plural Brunos or Brunoes)

From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (“brown”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno. Doublet of Brown.

A placename
A municipality of Piedmont, Italy


Bærum

A municipality in Viken county, Norway, previously in Akershus.


Tynset

A village and municipality in Innlandet, Norway, previously in Hedmark.


Kautokeino

From Norwegian Kautokeino, from Northern Sami Guovdageaidnu.


Karasjok

A village and municipality of Finnmark, in northern Norway.


Vaksdal

A municipality and village therein, in Vestland, Norway, previously in Hordaland.


Hammerfest

A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway


Kongsvinger

A town and municipality in Innlandet county, Norway, previously in Hedmark.


Namsos

A coastal town and municipality in Trøndelag, Norway.


Fauske

A town and municipality in Nordland, Norway.


Drammen

From Norwegian Drammen, from Old Norse Drafn, from drǫfn (“wave”).

A municipality and city in Buskerud, Norway


Volda

A village and municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.


Voss

A municipality in Vestland, Norway, previously in the county of Hordaland.


Hamar

Borrowed from Norwegian Hamar, from Old Norse Hamarr, identical to hamarr (“rocky hill”).

A town and municipality in Innlandet, Norway, previously in Hedmark (until 1 January 2020).


Ålesund

A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

أوليسوند

Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal


Narvik

In the early spring the war took on a new aspect with the German invasions of Denmark and Norway on April 9, hinging largely on the export of iron ore from the Norwegian Atlantic port of Narvik, at the western end of the Swedish Lapland iron ore railway.

1940 December, “Railways and the War—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 629:

A town and municipality in Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway.


Lunner

A municipality in Oppland, or Viken, Norway.


Fjaler

Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane#English

A municipality in Vestland, Norway, previously in Sogn og Fjordane.


Gjøvik

A town and municipality in Innlandet, Norway.


Drangedal

Vestfold og Telemark
w:Vestfold og Telemark

A municipality in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway.


Dovre

A municipality in Innlandet, Norway, previously in Oppland.


Karmøy

A municipality and island in Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway.


Flekkefjord

A town and municipality in Agder county, Norway.


Kristiansand

A city and municipality in Agder county, Norway.


Stavanger

A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is also the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.


Larvik

A town with bystatus and municipality of Vestfold, Norway.


Lund

Lund (countable and uncountable, plural Lunds)

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

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

A municipality of Rogaland county, Norway.

A city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden.


Tromsø

Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark#English

A city and municipality of Troms og Finnmark, Norway. The eighth-largest city in Norway.


Trondheim

From Norwegian Trondheim, from Old Norse Þróndheimr. Doublet of Throndham and Throwendham. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trew(H)- (“to nourish, to grow”), thus referring to the unusual warm-summer climate of this inland fjord. Compare Old English þryþ.

der

A city and municipality in Trøndelag county (formerly Sør-Trøndelag), Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.


Delia

From the Ancient Greek Δήλῐᾰ (Dḗlĭă), epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos.


Chichester

/ˈt͡ʃɪt͡ʃɪstə/

Chichester
Chichester (disambiguation)
Cissa of Sussex

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

A township municipality and village in Pontiac regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Garcia

en-proper noun

Garcia (countable and uncountable, plural Garcias)

A municipality in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

García, a municipality in Nuevo León, Mexico.


Parker

Parker (countable and uncountable, plural Parkers)

A number of places in the United States:

A home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado.


Spello

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


Clare

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

A district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after County Clare.


Turnhout

A city and municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.


Aarau

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


Chester

Chester (countable and uncountable, plural Chesters)

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

Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County#English

A district municipality and village therein, in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Saanich

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A district municipality on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, named for the Saanich people.


San Jose

From Spanish San José (“Saint Joseph”) (Anglicized with removal of accent).

A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines

A municipality, the capital of the Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines


Bangui

Meronyms: Abaca, Bacsil, Banban, Baruyen, Dadaor, Lanao, Malasin, Manayon, Masikil, Nagbalagan, Payac, San Lorenzo, Taguiporo, Utol — barangays of Bangui

A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.


Feucht

A market town and municipality of Bavaria, Germany.


Praia

From Portuguese praia (“beach”).
Named after Praia de Santa Maria which is now Praia da Gamboa


Brasília

Distrito Federal
Distrito Federal#English

A municipality, the capital city of Brazil; state capital of Distrito Federal, Brazil.


Santiago

/sæntiˈɑːɡəʊ/

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

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

der

Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul#English

A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Norte de Santander
Norte de Santander#English

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

A municipality and town in the Putumayo department, Colombia.

Places in Mexico:
A municipality of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Norte#English

A municipality of Agusan del Norte, Philippines.

A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.


Thal

A village and municipality in St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.


Newport

en-proper noun

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

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

Porte-Neuve

the equivalent of Newport (new port: a new portal)

A placename
A locale in Canada.
A municipality of Quebec.


Grube

A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


Brunnen

A municipality of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany.


Norwich

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

A municipality in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Salem

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

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


Graben

A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.


Stratford

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

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

A township municipality in Estrie, Quebec, Canada.


Homberg

A municipality of Thun district, Bern canton, Switzerland

A municipality of Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate

A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate


Rotterdam

/ˈɹɒtə(ɹ)ˌdæm/

A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.


Dundee

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

A township municipality of Quebec, Canada.


Lille

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

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


Kotka

A city and municipality of the Kymenlaakso region, in southern Finland.


Arundel

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

A township municipality in Les Laurentides regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Inari

A municipality of Lapland, Finland, and its central village.


Felix

From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”).

A municipality in Almería province, Andalusia, Spain.


Curtis

From Old French corteis and curteis (Modern French courtois (“polite, courteous”). Doublet of courteous.

A municipality in A Coruña province, Galicia, Spain.


Maastricht

From Dutch Maastricht, ultimately from Latin Mosae Trāiectum.


Lausanne

A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.


Windsor

Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.

gloss

"reel, winch"; > Middle English <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">windel</i> (“reel, spool”)

A home rule municipality of Larimer County and Weld County, Colorado.


Valladolid

Meronyms: Alijis, Ayungon, Bagumbayan, Batuan, Bayabas, Central Tabao, Doldol, Guintorilan, Lacaron, Mabini, Pacol, Palaka, Paloma, Poblacion, Sagua Banua, Tabao Proper — barangays of Valladolid

Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental#English

Valladolid, Negros Occidental
w:Valladolid, Negros Occidental

A municipality of Negros Occidental, Philippines.


Sevilla

Meronyms: Bayawahan, Cabancalan, Calinga-an, Calinginan Norte, Calinginan Sur, Cambagui, Ewon, Guinob-an, Lagtangan, Licolico, Lobgob, Magsaysay, Poblacion — barangays of Sevilla


Nantes

A municipality in Le Granit regional county municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.

A municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.


Breda

A municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.

A municipality of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Breda

municipality in the province of Girona, Catalonia


Tianjin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 天津 (Tiānjīn, literally “heavenly ford; heavenly crossing”).

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The vast majority of factories are state owned. We visited state-owned factories ranging in size from the one thousand six hundred-worker Dong Feng (“East Wind”) Watch Factory in Tianjin to the huge one hundred fifty thousand-worker Anshan Iron and Steel Company in the Northeast.

1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, “Of Chivas Regal and Mao Tse-tung”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:

Watch or run in the fourth annual 42-kilometer Tianjin race on a 15-day tour starting October 23 in Beijing.

1985 July, “For travel planners, a July 1985 check list”, in Sunset, volume 175, number 1, page 8:

As of March this year, pipelines accommodating 17 MW were already installed between Donghai and a pilot wind project in Bohai Bay near Tianjin.

2010 September 7, Manuela Zoninsein, “Chinese Offshore Development Blows Past U.S.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-04-17, ClimateWire:

Fears that the death toll from the explosion disaster in Tianjin, northeast China, could top 200 were stoked today as state media declared that 112 people had died as a result of Wednesday’s accident, with 95 more missing.

2015 August 16, Jamie Fullerton, “Tianjin disaster death toll may top 200”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-03:

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Thursday to begin her three-day tour of the country.[…]
On Thursday, Baerbock is set to visit a school in Tianjin that teaches German as part of the German Foreign Office's PASCH initiative.

2023 April 13, “Germany: EU 'cannot be indifferent' to China-Taiwan tensions”, in DW News, archived from the original on 2023-04-14, Politics:

A direct-administered municipality and major city in northern China, between Beijing and the Bohai Bay.

Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan · Yunnan · Zhejiang


Santa Cruz

From Spanish and Portuguese Santa Cruz (“Holy Cross”), various places named in honor of the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified. Doublet of Holy Cross and Saint Croix.

A village and municipality of Catamarca province, Argentina.

A village and municipality of La Rioja province, Argentina.

A municipality and settlement on Santiago island, Cape Verde.

Places in Brazil:
A municipality of Paraíba, Brazil.

Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte#English

A municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

A municipality of the Lempira department, Honduras.

A municipality of Davao del Sur, Philippines; suburb of Metro Davao.

A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.

A municipality, the capital of Laguna, Calabarzon, Philippines.

A municipality of Marinduque, Philippines.

Occidental Mindoro
Occidental Mindoro#English

A municipality of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines.

A municipality of Zambales, Philippines.

A municipality, parish, and city in Madeira, Portugal.


Sparta

From Latin Sparta, from Doric Greek Σπάρτᾱ (Spártā) (Attic Greek Σπᾰ́ρτη (Spắrtē)).

A municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese region, modern Greece.


Zaragoza

/ˌsɑɹ.ɘˈɡoʊ.sɘ/

/ˌzɑɹ.ɘˈɡoʊ.zɘ/

Borrowed from Spanish Zaragoza, from Navarro-Aragonese Zaragoza, from Mozarabic, from Latin Caesaraugusta, named after Roman Emperor Augustus. Doublet of Caesaraugusta.

Meronyms: Batitang, Carmen, Concepcion, Del Pilar, General Luna, H. Romero, Macarse, Manaul, Mayamot, Pantoc, San Isidro, San Rafael, San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Santa Lucia Old, Santa Lucia Young, Santo Rosario Old, Santo Rosario Young, Valeriana — barangays of Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija
w:Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija

A municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.


Lafayette

en-proper noun

Lafayette (countable and uncountable, plural Lafayettes)

/ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt/

French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".

A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:

A city and home rule municipality of Boulder County, Colorado.


Chihuahua

/t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Chihuahua. The dog is named after the state.


Ophir

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

bor

Hebrew אוֹפִיר

San Miguel County
San Miguel County#English

A town and home rule municipality of San Miguel County, Colorado.


Karlovac

A city and municipality, the administrative center of Karlovac County, in central Croatia.


Comanche

Probably from Spanish comanche, a corruption of Old Ute kɨmantsi *[kɨˈman.tʃi] (“enemy”, “foreigner”) (compare Modern Southern Ute [kɨˈmaːtʃi̥] (“enemy”, “stranger”)). The Comanches’ autonym is Nʉmʉnʉʉ (“the people”).

A locality and municipality in Pacajes province, La Paz department, Bolivia.


Santa Fe

Borrowed from Spanish Santa Fe (“Holy Faith”).

A municipality of the Colón department, Honduras.

A municipality of the Ocotepeque department, Honduras.

Places in the Philippines:
A municipality of Cebu, Philippines.

Places in the Philippines:
A municipality of Leyte, Philippines.

A municipality of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.

Places in the Philippines:
A municipality of Romblon, Philippines.

A municipality of Granada, Andalusia, Spain.


Champlain

en-proper noun

Champlain (countable and uncountable, plural Champlains)

A municipality in Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, Mauricie region, Quebec, Canada.


Argyle

A district municipality and community therein, in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.


Wentworth

Wentworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wentworths)

From either the Old English byname Wintra, or Old English winter (“winter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.

A township municipality in the Laurentides, Quebec.


Lena

The female name is from the Scandinavian, German and Russian pet form of Helena, Magdalena and Yelena (also spelled Elena).
The river in Yakutia is from Russian Лена (Lena), from Evenki Елюенэ (Jeljujenə, “the Large River”). Compare to Yakut Өлүөнэ (Ölüöne).
(Norwegian river): Probably related to Old Norse leir (“clay”) (see the references).
(Town in Toten): From Old Norse lein.


Dodoni

A village and municipality of Ioannina, Epirus, Greece


Épila

A municipality in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.


Lappeenranta

A city and municipality of South Karelia, in southeastern Finland.


Hämeenlinna

A city and municipality of Tavastia Proper, in southern Finland.


Kuopio

Northern Savonia
Northern Savonia#English

A city and municipality of the Northern Savonia region, in eastern Finland.


Joensuu

A city and municipality, the capital of the North Karelia region, in eastern Finland.


Elbasan

Borrowed from Albanian Elbasan, itself likely from Ottoman Turkish ايلبصان.

The fourth largest city in Albania, located in the center of the country on the river Shkumbin; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.


Tepelenë

Borrowed from Albanian Tepelenë, which is probably ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تپه دلن (Tepedelen), the name of the city during Ottoman era. Alternatively from Albanian Tepe e Lenes or Illyrian *Antibylyne.

A municipality of the county of Gjirokastër, Albania.


Gjirokastër

Borrowed from Albanian Gjirokastër, from Greek Αργυρόκαστρον (Argyrókastron, literally “silver castle”), from άργυρος (árgyros, “silver”) and κάστρον (kástron, “castle”) (from Latin castrum (“fort”)).

Αργυρόκαστρον

A city in southern Albania, located in the Drino valley east of the mountain of Gjerë; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.


Sarandë

Borrowed from Albanian Sarandë, from Greek Άγιοι Σαράντα (Ágioi Saránta, “forty saints”), which refers to the ruined Forty Saints Monastery (named after the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) which overlooked the town.

Άγιοι Σαράντα

A coastal town in extreme southern Albania that is an important tourist attraction due to its coastal access and Mediterranean climate, located at the southern end of the Albanian Riviera on a slope by a gulf of the Ionian Sea 14 km east of the island of Corfu's northern end; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and municipal unit.

Saranda

A municipality in the county of Vlorë, Albania.


Pogradec

Borrowed from Albanian Pogradec, probably from an Eastern South Slavic language. See Macedonian Подградец (Podgradec), an old name of the city, from под (pod, “under, below”) + град (grad, “city, town”) + -ец (-ec), which refers to the ancient Illyrian settlement located on a hill northwest of the city.

A city in southeastern Albania, located on a narrow plain along the southwestern shore of Lake Ohrid; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and municipal unit.

A municipality in the county of Korçë, Albania.


Princeton

Battle of Princeton
Thomas Prince
William Prince (politician)

From prince + -ton (“town”), originally in honor of crown princes or princes of the British Empire but later chiefly in honor of others with the name Prince or locations named Princeton. Doublet of Princetown. Cf. Princes Town, Princeville, Kingston, Kingstone, Coniston, Kingstown, Queenston, and Queenstown.
In particular, the British Columbian town is named for Edward VII, who was known as Albert, Prince of Wales, during the reign of his mother Queen Victoria. The New Jersey borough is named for William III—who became king of England through marriage to Mary II—in honor of his own separate Dutch title of Prince of Orange. The North Carolina town and Nebraska and Ontario communities are named for the New Jersey borough; the Missouri city is named for the Battle of Princeton which occurred there in the American Revolution; and the Illinois city and Florida CDP are named for the university named for its location in the borough. The given name derives from the prestigious university.
The Massachusetts town is named for clergyman Thomas Prince, and the Wisconsin city and town are named for the Massachusetts town. The Minnesota city is named for its founder John S. Prince, and the Idaho CDP is named after the Minnosota city. The Indiana city is named for politician William Prince, and the Kansas city is named for the Indiana city. The Texas city is named for landowner Prince Dowlin. The Kentucky city is named for landowner William Prince.

A number of places in the United States:

A municipality in Mercer County, New Jersey.


Puebla

Puebla
Puebla (municipality)
Puebla City

A municipality of Mexico, whose municipal seat is the city of the same name.


Albertville

A municipality in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, named after Andrė-Albert Blais.


Bornholm

An island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea.


Upton

en-proper noun

Upton (countable and uncountable, plural Uptons)

From Old English upp (“up”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A municipality in Acton Regional County Municipality, Montérégie region, Quebec, Canada.


Leeuwarden

A municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.


Anton

Anton (countable and uncountable, plural Antons)

Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. Doublet of Anthony.

A village and municipality in Sofia province, Bulgaria.


Harrington

A township municipality in the Laurentides region, Quebec, Canada.


Kohtla-Järve

A city and municipality in northeastern Estonia.


Chongqing

/t͡ʃɒŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/

/t͡ʃɑŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 重慶 /重庆 (Chóngqìng).

The latest proposed relocation would affect residents along hundreds of miles of twisting lakeshore from Jiangjin, in the Chongqing municipality, to the dam’s location at Yichang, in Hubei Province.

2012 April 18, Michael Wines, “Landslide Risk At Reservoir Cited in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-04-19, Asia Pacific:

Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.

2014 January 20, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “‘She. Herself. Naked.': The Art of He Chengyao”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-16, Sinosphere:

For nearly four years, he worked in one of the three cavernous Ford Motor assembly plants in Chongqing, a sprawling metropolis in southwestern China with almost 20 million people. Every day, he spent long hours putting brake fluid into the Ford Focus compact cars that glided past on the assembly line.

2019 April 11, Keith Bradsher, “For Chinese Raised in Prosperity, Shrugs in the Face of Layoffs”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-04-12, China Dispatch:

A canteen in China's southwest municipality of Chongqing collapsed on Friday following an explosion suspected to be caused by a gas leak, leaving many trapped, according to reports from state media.

2022 January 7, Gabriel Crossley, “Multiple people trapped after explosion in China's Chongqing - state media”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-01-07, China:

A direct-administered municipality and city in western China.


Chilpancingo

Borrowed from Spanish Chilpancingo, from a Nahuan language.


San Juan

A municipality of Siquijor, Central Visayas, Philippines


Compton

From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”).

Any of several placenames in England and the United States.

A municipality in Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.


Madera

A town and municipality (Madera Municipality) in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.


Dillon

From the Irish surname, from Breton Leon and Norman Léon, named after Sir Henry de Leon of the Viscounty of Léon. Related to the surname Lyon. Unrelated to the name Dylan, although the homophony may result in the two being considered variant spellings of the same name.

A municipality of Colorado, United States


Bryson

A village and municipality on the Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada.


Hanko

A port town and municipality on the southern coast of Finland.


Prizren

The second largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous district and municipality; historical capital of Kosovo.


Tiraspol

A city and municipality of Transnistria, Moldova.


Rolle

A municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland.


Platten

A municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Adria

From Latin Adria, Hadria. Compare Adriatic.

A town and comune of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name.


Kapelle

A village and municipality of Zeeland, Netherlands.


Magdalena

/mæɡdəˈlɛnə/


Arlington

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

From the Old English personal name Ælfrēd + Old English ing (“called after”) + Old English tūn (“estate”), "estate named after Alfred". Many of the place names in the United States derive from Arlington House, formerly the plantation of Robert E. Lee.

A number of places in Canada:
A municipality of Saskatchewan.


Gouda

A city and municipality in South Holland province, Netherlands.


Sion

From French Sion, from Latin Sedunum, from the name of the Seduni tribe.

A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.


Landstuhl

A town and municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Mol

A municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.


Dorotea

A town and municipality of Västerbotten County, Lapland Region, in northern Sweden


San Marcos

From Spanish San Marcos (“Saint Mark”), various places usually named in honor of Mark the Evangelist.

A village and rural municipality of Salta Province, Argentina.

A municipality and suburb of San Salvador, El Salvador.

A city and municipality, the capital of the San Marcos department, Guatemala.

A municipality of the Ocotepeque department, Honduras.

A municipality of the Santa Bárbara department, Honduras.

A town and municipality of Jalisco, Mexico.

A municipality of the Carazo department, Nicaragua.


Greve

A municipality in the Copenhagen metropolitan area, Denmark, south-west of the city.


Ames

Ames (countable and uncountable, plural Ameses)

Translingual: Ames

A municipality in A Coruña province, Galicia, Spain.


Eljas

A city and municipality of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.


Haripur

A rural municipality of Sarlahi district, Province No. 2, Nepal.

A rural municipality of Sunsari district, Province No. 1, Nepal.

A rural municipality of Saptari district, Province No. 2, Nepal.


Santa Lucia

A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.


Marcos

Marcos family
Marcos, Ilocos Norte
Mark the Evangelist

Either named after various members of the Marcos family, or derived from Spanish Marcos, referring to Saint Mark.

Meronyms: Cacafean, Daquioag, Elizabeth, Escoda, Ferdinand, Fortuna, Imelda, Lydia, Mabuti, Pacifico, Santiago, Tabucbuc, Valdez — barangays of Marcos

A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines (named after Mariano Marcos)


Zaporizhia

/ˌzɑːpəˈɹiːʒi.ə/

/ˌzɑːpəˈɹiːʒə/

/ˌzæpəˈɹiːʒə/

From the historical region of the same name, Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja, “place beyond the rapids”), from за (za, “beyond”) + поро́ги (poróhy, “rapids”), plural of порі́г (poríh, “river rapid, threshold”). Compare Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje).

bor

A municipality of Zaporizhia Raion, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. Seat: Zaporizhia.


Texel

An island in the Netherlands, the most westerly of the Frisian Islands.


Eichen

A municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Stefani

en-proper noun

Stefani (countable and uncountable, plural Stefanis)


Sumy

Transliterations of Ukrainian Су́ми f inan pl (Súmy, “Sumy”, literally “Sumas”) and Russian Су́мы f inan pl (Súmy, “Sumy”, literally “Sumas”).

translit

A city and municipality, the administrative centre of Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, on the Psel river.


Soini

South Ostrobothnia
South Ostrobothnia#English

A municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland


Fatih

A municipality and district in Istanbul province, Turkey.


Quinto

A municipality in Leventina district, Ticino canton, Switzerland.


Aroania

A village and municipality in southern Achaia prefecture, in southwestern Greece.


Fresno

A town and municipality in Tolima department, Colombia.


Buchs

A municipality in Aargau canton, Switzerland.

A municipality in St. Gallen canton, Switzerland, on the border with Liechtenstein.

A municipality in Zurich canton, Switzerland.


Ogden

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


San Pablo

A village and municipality of Catamarca Province, Argentina.

A village and municipality of San Luis Province, Argentina.

A town and municipality of the Bolívar department, Colombia.

A town and municipality of the Nariño department, Colombia.

A town and municipality of the San Marcos department, Guatemala.

A municipality of the province of Isabela, Philippines.

Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga del Sur#English

A municipality of the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.


Asturias

Meronyms: Agbanga, Agtugop, Bago, Bairan, Banban, Baye, Bog-o, Kaluangan, Lanao, Langub, Looc Norte, Lunas, Magcalape, Manguiao, New Bago, Owak, Poblacion, Saksak, San Isidro, San Roque, Santa Lucia, Santa Rita, Tag-amakan, Tagbubonga, Tubigagmanok, Tubod, Ubogon — barangays of Asturias


Morales

Izbal Department
Izbal Department#English

A municipality of the Izbal Department, Guatemala.


Laren

A municipality and town in the Netherlands.


Glyfada

A city and municipality, a suburb 13 km south of Athens city centre in Attica, Greece.


Taino

From Taíno taino (“lord, noble, foremost”).

He was accepted as a Taino now and must adapt to their ways.

2015, Donald H Sullivan, Turnbull's Slaves: A Minorcan Story - Plus Taino, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

Following the birth of a baby, Tainos would perform a naming ritual where the child would be pronounced as a Taino and a human being (Keegan, 1997).

2016, Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Cultural Foundations and Interventions in Latino/a Mental Health: History, Theory and within Group Differences, Routledge, →ISBN, page 24:

A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.


Bucaramanga

A city and municipality, the capital of the Santander department, in northern Colombia.


Basalt

A home rule municipality of Eagle County and Pitkin County, Colorado.


Zhuhai

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 珠海 (Zhūhǎi).

In 1992, at the age of eighty-eight, Deng visited the Shenzhen and Zhuhai Special Economic Zones in order to defend his policies against Party critics.

2002, Margaret Thatcher, Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166:

Super typhoon Saola made landfall in southeast China’s Guangdong province early Saturday, leaving a trail of destruction and flooding in Shenzhen city and the neighboring Hong Kong and Macao.
The typhoon made landfall around 3:30 am south of the city of Zhuhai, located along the coast of Guangdong, the National Meteorological Center said.

2023 September 2, “Super typhoon Saola leaves trail of destruction in southern China”, in EFE, sourced from Hong Kong (EFE), archived from the original on 2023-12-05:

A prefecture-level city in Guangdong, in southeastern China.


Rosario

From Spanish rosario (“rosary”). Doublet of rosarium and rosary.

The name of several municipalities in the Philippines named after the rosary or Our Lady of the Rosary

A municipality of Batangas, Philippines.

A municipality of La Union, Philippines.

A municipality of Agusan del Sur, Philippines.


Santa Rosa

A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Araceli

Meronyms: Balogo, Dagman, Dalayawon, Lumacad, Madoldolon, Mauringuen, Osmeña, Poblacion, San Jose De Oro, Santo Niño, Taloto, Tinintinan, Tudela — barangays of Araceli


Zeist

A town and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.


Randers

A city and municipality in Central Denmark Region, Jutland, Denmark.


Kolding

Southern Denmark
Southern Denmark#English

A port town and municipality of the Southern Denmark region, Denmark.


Horsens

A city and municipality in eastern Jutland, Denmark.


Roskilde

A city and municipality in central Zealand, Denmark; former capital of Denmark.


Saint-Louis

Alternative spelling of St. Louis, used by various places in French-speaking countries.

A municipality in Les Maskoutains regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Esbjerg

A municipality of the Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark.


Kabayan

Derived from Ibaloi kaba-ayan (“place where root crop vines grow”).

der+

Meronyms: Adaoay, Anchukey, Ballay, Bashoy, Batan, Duacan, Eddet, Gusaran, Kabayan Barrio, Lusod, Pacso, Poblacion, Tawangan — barangays of Kabayan


Demir Kapija

A town and municipality in southeastern North Macedonia.


Demir Hisar

A town and municipality in southwestern North Macedonia.


Saanen

A municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland.


Virrat

A town and municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland


Coleman

Timiskaming District
Timiskaming District#English

A township municipality in Timiskaming District, Ontario.


Lachen

A municipality in Schwyz canton, Switzerland.

A municipality in Unterallgäu district, Bavaria, Germany.


Stornoway

From Scottish Gaelic Steòrnabhagh, itself from Old Norse Stjórnavágr (literally “rudder bay”).

der

A village and municipality in Le Granit regional county municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.


Klos

A town in north-central Albania, located in the Mat river valley with mountains to the east and west; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality.

A municipality in north-central Albania.


Tyrnavos

Larissa Prefecture of the Thessaly#English

A municipality of Larissa Prefecture of the Thessaly, Greece.


Erlen

A municipality in Weinfelden district, Thurgau canton, Switzerland.


Eda

From Old English ead (“riches”), also short for compound given names beginning thus, particularly Edith.

A municipality in Värmland County, Sweden.


Dronten

A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.


Wenden

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A municipality in Olpe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


Greenstone

Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay District#English

A municipality in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.


Rosenfeld

A municipality of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Faxe

A town and municipality of the Region of Zealand, Denmark


Haarlem

A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.


Lens

A municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland.


Messines

La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau#English

A municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Buren

A municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.


Eindhoven

A municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.


Thorne

A municipality in Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Luisiana

Meronyms: De La Paz, San Antonio, San Buenaventura, San Diego, San Isidro, San Jose, San Juan, San Luis, San Pablo, San Pedro, San Rafael, San Roque, San Salvador, Santo Domingo, Santo Tomas — barangays of Luisiana (excluding barangay zones I to VIII)


Arena

A comune in Vibo Valentia province, Calabria, Italy.


Denholm

en-proper noun

Denholm (countable and uncountable, plural Denholms)

From Old English dene (“valley”) + holm (“islet”).


Srebrenica

/ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/

/ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/

Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska#English

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

A town and municipality in the easternmost part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was the site of an ethnic cleansing massacre in July 1995.


Kristinehamn

A town and municipality in Värmland county, Sweden.


TMR

Town of Mount Royal
w:Mount Royal, Quebec

Initialism of Town of Mount Royal: a municipality of Quebec, Canada.


Kalmar

A small city and municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden.


Trollhättan

A city and municipality in Västergötland, western Sweden.


Falköping

A town and municipality in Västergötland, Sweden.


Sandviken

A town and municipality in Gävleborg, Sweden.


Borlänge

A large town and municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden.


Skellefteå

A city and municipality in Västerbotten county, northern Sweden.


Växjö

A city and municipality in Kronoberg County, Småland, Sweden.


Orsa

A town and municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden.


Piteå

A town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


Skövde

A city and municipality in Västra Götaland county, Västergötland, Sweden.


Gävle

A town and municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden.


Flen

A town and municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden.


Motala

A city and municipality in Östergötland County, Östergötland, Sweden.


Mjölby

A town and municipality in Östergötland county, southern Sweden.


Trelleborg

A town, municipality, and ferry port in Skåne County, Sweden; the southernmost municipality in Sweden.


Filadelfia

A town and municipality of the Caldas department, Colombia.

A town and municipality of the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy.


Nijmegen

A municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.


San Antonio

Borrowed from Spanish San Antonio, named after St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231), Franciscan friar.

A municipality and village in the Arauco department, La Rioja Province, Argentina.

General Juan Facundo Quiroga
General Juan Facundo Quiroga#English

A municipality and village in the General Juan Facundo Quiroga department, La Rioja Province, Argentina.

Fray Mamerto Esquiú
Fray Mamerto Esquiú#English

A municipality of the Fray Mamerto Esquiú department, Catamarca Province, Argentina.

A village and municipality of the Paclín department, Catamarca Province, Argentina.

A town and municipality of Jujuy Province, Argentina.

A municipality of the Tolima department, Colombia.

A municipality of the San Miguel department, El Salvador.

A municipality of the Copán department, Honduras.

A municipality of the Intibucá department, Honduras.

A town and municipality of San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Meronyms: Buliran, Cama Juan, Julo, Lawang Kupang, Luyos, Maugat, Panabingan, Papaya, Poblacion, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mariano, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Santo Cristo, Tikiw — barangays of San Antonio

San Antonio, Nueva Ecija
w:San Antonio, Nueva Ecija

A municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.

Meronyms: Angeles, Antipolo, Burgos, East Dirita, Luna, Pundaquit, Rizal, San Esteban, San Gregorio, San Juan, San Miguel, San Nicolas, Santiago, West Dirita — barangays of San Antonio

San Antonio, Zambales
w:San Antonio, Zambales

A municipality of Zambales, Philippines.

Meronyms: Arawan; Bagong Niing; Balat Atis; Briones; Bulihan; Buliran; Callejon; Corazon; Loob; Magsaysay; Manuel del Valle, Sr.; Matipunso; Niing; Poblacion; Pulo; Pury; Sampaga; Sampaguita; San Jose; Sinturisan — barangays of San Antonio

San Antonio, Quezon
w:San Antonio, Quezon

Places in the Philippines:
A municipality of Quezon, Philippines.

Meronyms: Burabod, Dalupirit, Manraya, Pilar, Rizal, San Nicolas, Vinisitahan, Ward I, Ward II, Ward III — barangays of San Antonio

San Antonio, Northern Samar
w:San Antonio, Northern Samar

A municipality of Northern Samar, Philippines.


Alvarado

A city and municipality in Tolima department, Colombia.

A city and municipality in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.


Langley

Langley (countable and uncountable, plural Langleys)

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

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A district municipality and city therein, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.


Auer

Auer (countable and uncountable, plural Auers)

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

A municipality in the autonomous province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Italian spelling: Ora.


Damp

A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


Bawku

A city, town, and municipality in northern Ghana.


Lipari

Lipari (countable and uncountable, plural Liparis)

A municipality in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy and the largest settlement of the homonymous island.


Bury

Bury (countable and uncountable, plural Burys)

The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.

Bury
Bury (surname)
Bury, Greater Manchester

Le Haut-Saint-François
Le Haut-Saint-François#English

A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.


Brenner

Alternative form: Brennero (Italian)

A municipality in South Tyrol, Italy, near the Brenner Pass.


Rialto

A comune in Savona province, Liguria, Italy.


Järvenpää

A town and municipality of Uusimaa, in southern Finland.


Riviera

From Italian riviera, from Old French riviere, from Latin riparius.

A district and municipality therein in Ticino canton, Switzerland.


Genk

Genk (a city and municipality of Belgium).


Elgin

Elgin (countable and uncountable, plural Elgins)

US, Houston avenue; other places outside Texas

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

A placename
A number of places in Canada:
A rural municipality in Quebec.


's-Hertogenbosch

/ˌsɜɹtoʊɡənˈbɔs/

/ˌsɜːtəʊɡənˈbɒs/

A city, capital, and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.


Eersel

A town and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.


Chișinău

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Chișinău.

ubor

A municipality, the capital city of Moldova.

Kisjinau

capital city and a municipality of Moldova


Alfonsine

A municipality of the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.


Coles

en-proper noun

Coles (countable and uncountable, plural Coleses)

en:Coles (given name)
en:Coles (surname)

A municipality in Ourense province, Galicia, Spain.


Berry

Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.

A municipality in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Amphipolis

From Ancient Greek Ἀμφίπολις (Amphípolis), modern Greek Αμφίπολη (Amfípoli).

Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia#English

A municipality in Central Macedonia, northern Greece.


Penha

A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil


Coatzacoalcos

From Spanish, from Classical Nahuatl; see below.


Khammam

A district and town in Telangana, India.


Iden

A municipality of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.


Brummen

A municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.


Tel Aviv-Yafo

A municipality in Israel, formed by the merger of Tel Aviv and Jaffa.


Évora

Borrowed from Portuguese Évora, from Latin Ebora, a feminine noun derived from Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew”). Doublet of York.

A city and municipality of Évora district, Portugal.


Estremoz

A city and municipality of Évora district, Alentejo region, Portugal.


Santarém

A city and municipality, the district capital of the district of Santarém, Portugal.

A city and municipality of Pará, Brazil.


Silves

From Portuguese Silves, from Old Galician-Portuguese Silve, from Latin Cilpe.

A city and municipality of Faro District, Portugal.


Elvas

Borrowed from Portuguese Elvas, from Old Galician-Portuguese Elvas.

A city and municipality of Portalegre district, Alentejo region, Portugal.


Leiria

A city, municipality, and district of Portugal.


Angra do Heroísmo

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Angra do Heroísmo (“Bay of Heroism”).

ubor

A municipality and city on the island Terceira, Azores, Portugal.


Aveiro

A city and municipality in Aveiro district, Portugal.


Braga

en-proper-noun

Braga (countable and uncountable, plural Bragas)

From Portuguese Braga, Old Galician-Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari, whose name is thought to be from Proto-Celtic *Bracara.

Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul#English

A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Bragança

Borrowed from Portuguese Bragança, from Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of Brigantia.

بْرَاغَانْزَا

city in the homonymous district of Portugal

A city and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal.


Ouro Preto

From Portuguese Ouro Preto (literally “Black Gold”).


Castelo Branco

A city, municipality, and district in central Portugal.


Ağrı

A municipality, the capital city of Ağrı Province, Turkey; formerly known as Karaköse (1919-1946) and before that Karakilise.


Chaves

From Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish Chaves, a city and castle in Portugal. Doublet of Chavez.


Entroncamento

From Portuguese entroncamento, via Entroncamento.

A city and municipality in Santarém district, Portugal.


Gondomar

A town and municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.

A city and municipality of Porto district, Portugal.


Horta

A municipality and city on Faial island, Azores, Portugal.


Coimbra

Borrowed from Portuguese Coimbra, from Old Galician-Portuguese Coimbra.

A city and municipality of Coimbra district, Portugal.

قلمرية

city and municipality in Coimbra, Portugal


Gore

From any of various places named Gore, from gore (“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).

A township municipality in Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, named after Francis Gore.


Cave

A place name:
A town and comune in Lazio, Italy.


Taft

en-proper noun

Taft (countable and uncountable, plural Tafts)

Meronyms: Batiawan, Beto, Binaloan, Bongdo, Dacul, Danao, Del Remedios, Gayam, Lomatud, Mabuhay, Malinao, Mantang, Nato, Pangabutan, Poblacion Barangay 1, Poblacion Barangay 2, Poblacion Barangay 3, Poblacion Barangay 4, Poblacion Barangay 5, Poblacion Barangay 6, Polangi, San Luis, San Pablo, San Rafael — barangays of Taft

Taft, Eastern Samar
w:Taft, Eastern Samar

Places in the Philippines, named after William Howard Taft (a former Governor General of the Philippines).

A municipality of Eastern Samar, Philippines.


Golden

Golden (countable and uncountable, plural Goldens)

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

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A home rule municipality, the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.


Srikalahasti

From Sanskrit श्री (śrī) + Telugu కాళహస్తి (kāḷahasti).

A holy town and municipality of Andhra Pradesh, India.


Monchique

A municipality and town in southern Portugal, in Faro District


Davos

First attested as Tavaus, from Romansch tavau (“behind”), referring to the valley in which it lies, from Latin de- (“from, of”) + post (“behind”).

forum de Davos

annual meeting hosted by the World Economic Forum

A mountain resort and municipality in Grisons, Switzerland, host of the World Economic Forum.


Portalegre

A municipality and district of Protugal.


Ribeira Grande

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Ribeira Grande big or large river

ubor

A city and municipality of the Azores, Portugal.


Pombal

A city and municipality in Leiria district, Portugal.


Vila Real

A city and municipality of Vila Real district, Portugal.


Viana do Castelo

A city, municipality, and district in northwestern Portugal.


Vila Nova de Gaia

A city and municipality in Porto district, Portugal.


Tilburg

A municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.


Almere

A city and municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.


Kouvola

A city and municipality of the Kymenlaakso region, in southern Finland.


Hazelwood

St. Louis County
St. Louis County#English

A municipality of St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.


Rawdon

en-proper noun

Rawdon (countable and uncountable, plural Rawdons)

From Old Norse rauðr (“red”) + Old English dūn (“hill”).


Bato

Derived from Philippine bato ("rock, stone"), from Proto-Philippine *batu.

Meronyms: Agos, Bacolod, Buluang, Caricot, Cawacagan, Cotmon, Cristo Rey, Del Rosario, Divina Pastora, Goyudan, Lobong, Lubigan, Mainit, Manga, Masoli, Neighborhood, Niño Jesus, Pagatpatan, Palo, Payak, Sagrada, Salvacion, San Isidro, San Juan, San Miguel, San Rafael, San Roque, San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Sooc, Tagpolo, Tres Reyes — barangays of Bato

Bato, Camarines Sur
w:Bato, Camarines Sur

A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.

Meronyms: Aroyao Pequeño, Bagumbayan, Banawang, Batalay, Binanuahan, Bote, Buenavista, Cabugao, Cagraray, Carorian, Guinobatan, Ilawod, Libjo, Libod Poblacion, Marinawa, Mintay, Oguis, Pananaogan, San Andres, San Pedro, San Roque, Santa Isabel, Sibacungan, Sipi, Talisay, Tamburan, Tilis — barangays of Bato

A municipality of Catanduanes, Philippines.

Meronyms: Alegria, Alejos, Amagos, Anahawan, Bago, Bagong Bayan District, Buli, Cebuana, Daan Lungsod, Dawahon, Dolho, Domagocdoc, Guerrero District, Himamaa, Imelda, Iniguihan District, Kalanggaman District, Katipunan, Liberty, Mabini, Marcelo, Naga, Osmeña, Plaridel, Ponong, Rivilla, San Agustin, Santo Niño, Tabunok, Tagaytay, Tinago District, Tugas — barangays of Bato


Cuenca

From Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“valley; watershed”).

Meronyms: Balagbag, Bungahan, Calumayin, Dalipit East, Dalipit West, Dita, Don Juan, Emmanuel, Ibabao, Labac, Pinagkaisahan, San Felipe, San Isidro — barangays of Cuenca (excluding barangays 1 to 8)

A municipality of Batangas, Philippines.


Anzio

A coastal town and comune in Lazio region, Italy.


Boileau

en-proper-noun

Boileau (countable and uncountable, plural Boileaus)

Former name: Ponsonby (for the municipality until 1993)

A village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada.


Cervantes

Borrowed from Spanish Cervantes; see there for more.

A municipality of Os Ancares, Lugo, Galicia, Spain


Bellinzona

/ˌbɛlɪnˈzəʊnə/

From Italian Bellinzona, from Latin Bilitiō, Bilitiōnem, from a Lepontic term meaning “juniper bushes”.

A municipality and town, the capital of Ticino canton, Switzerland.


Chiasso

A municipality in Mendrisio district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Giornico

A municipality in Ticino canton, Switzerland.


Locarno

A town and municipality of Ticino canton, Switzerland.


Marino

en-prop

Marino (countable and uncountable, plural Marinos)

A place name:
A city and comune in Lazio, Italy.


Portogruaro

A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.


Pontresina

A municipality in Grisons canton, Switzerland.


Gorinchem

A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.


Lillooet

A district municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.


Canna

A town and comune in Cosenza province, Calabria, Italy.


Matzikama

A municipality of Western Cape, South Africa


Alytus

A city and municipality, the administrative centre of Alytus County, Lithuania.


Assen

A city, municipality, and capital of Drenthe, Netherlands.


Oisterwijk

A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.


Rovaniemi

/ˈɹəʊvənɪəmɪ/

From Finnish Rovaniemi (literally “cape of forested eskers”).

bor

A city and municipality of Lapland, Finland.


Lieksa

A town and municipality of North Karelia, Finland


Tann

From the German surname, from a rare literary word meaning "forest" (see below).