Baltimore

/ˈbɔːltɪmɔː/

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

Named after Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, the first Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. "Baltimore" itself is an anglicization of Irish baile an tí mhóir, "settlement of the big house."

A coastal village in western County Cork, Ireland.


Hamilton

en-proper noun

Hamilton (countable and uncountable, plural Hamiltons)

Translingual: ℍ

From Old English Hameldūne, from hamel (“blunt, flat-topped”) + dūne (“hill”). The Scottish surname is from the place in Leicestershire.

咸美頓

name of various cities in English-speaking countries

A town and village in New York; named for Alexander Hamilton.


Wesley

Several places in England, from Old English west (“west”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to west + -ley (“lea”).

Lennox and Addington County
Lennox and Addington County#English

A hamlet in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Darlington

/ˈdɑːlɪŋtən/

-ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

From Middle English Dearnington, Derlinton, from Old English Dearthingtun, supposedly “the settlement of Deornoth’s people”, from an unclear root + -ing + tūn. Compare Old English dīerling. The transistor configuration is named for its inventor, Sidney Darlington.

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Missouri; named for a railroad employee.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A community and rural municipality in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Jerome

From the Old French vernacular form of the saint's name Hieronymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos). Doublet of Hieronymus.


Donald

Donald (countable and uncountable, plural Donalds)

⇒ Translingual: donaldtrumpi

Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall and reinforced by Medieval Latin Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince / chief of the world”). Doublet of Domhnall.

der

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A community regarded as a ghost town west of Golden, British Columbia, Canada.


Stanley

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

named-after

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

A village in York County, New Brunswick.

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

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

Stanley and Stanley Common
Stanley and Stanley Common#English

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

Endon and Stanley
Endon and Stanley#English

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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

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

A village north of Perth in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1033).

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A hamlet in the town of Seneca, Ontario County, New York.


Adrian

From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). Doublet of Hadrian. See Adria.

der

Satu Mare County
Satu Mare County#English

A village in Livada, Satu Mare County, Romania.

A village in Gurghiu, Mureș County, Romania.


Hastings

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

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

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Has-Hd#Has

A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

Annapolis County
Annapolis County#English

A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community in Trent Hills municipality, Northumberland County, Ontario.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A village and beach resort in Christ Church parish, Barbados.

A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania.


Alvin

From Old English Ælfwine, made up of ælf (“elf”) + wine (“friend”).

A number of places in the United States:

Vermilion County
Vermilion County#English

A village in South Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

A locality in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.


Westminster

From the abbey of Westminster; from Middle English Westmestre; equivalent to west + minster.

City of Westminster
Westminster (disambiguation)

A town and village in Windham County, Vermont.

Alfred and Plantagenet
Alfred and Plantagenet#English

A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, eastern Ontario, Canada.

A village in Free State province, South Africa, founded by the Duke of Westminster.


Prince Albert

Doug Malloy
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Queen Victoria

The name for the genital piercing derives from an urban myth, published by Doug Malloy, associating it with Queen Victoria's consort Albert.


Richmond

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

A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):

A town and locality in the Shire of Richmond, Queensland.

Shire of Richmond
Shire of Richmond#English

A village and former municipality of Ottawa, Ontario.

A rural community of Prince County, Prince Edward Island.

A small settlement in North Otago district, Otago, New Zealand.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English


Hughes

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English

A rural locality in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.


Herbert

→? Cebuano: Herbert

From Old French Herbert, from Frankish *Hari-bercht, from a Proto-Germanic source *Harjaberhtaz, from *harjaz (“army”) + *berhtaz (“bright”).


Messene

From Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀼𐀙 (me-za-na). Doublet of Messina.

An ancient Greek city in the southwest Peloponnesus and new capital of the region of Messenia.


Ludlow

en-proper noun

Ludlow (countable and uncountable, plural Ludlows)

Ludlow
Ludlow (disambiguation)
River Teme

From the Old English rivername Hlūde, now the River Teme, + hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A locality in the Shire of Capel, Western Australia, Australia.

A rural community of Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Champaign County
Champaign County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Champaign County, Illinois.

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

A village in Livingston County, Missouri.


Shirley

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

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

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

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

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

census-designated place
census-designated place

Various places in the United States:
A hamlet in Erie County, New York.


Moira

Moira
Moira, County Down
Moira, Leicestershire

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A village in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 1460).

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

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


Irving

Variant of the Scottish habitational surname Irvine, probably from a Celtic word cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“fresh”) + afon (“river”).

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A township and village in Montgomery County, Illinois.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A hamlet in Chautauqua County, New York.


Sunderland

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

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

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

A community in Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Neal

A hamlet in Boyd County, Kentucky, opposite Neal, West Virginia.


Beckwith

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

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


Kelly

Kelly (countable and uncountable, plural Kellies)

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

A locality on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.


Napoleon

From French Napoléon, from Italian Napoleone, name of an early saint, of uncertain origin; possibly from the Germanic clan name Nibelung. By folk etymology explained as Napoli (“Naples”) + leone (“lion”).


Arnold

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

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

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

Shelburne County
Shelburne County#English

A community of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Dennis

From Middle English Denis, from Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, "follower of (the wine god) Dionysus".

A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.


Raymond

Raymond (countable and uncountable, plural Raymonds)

From Old French, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”).

A village and township in Montgomery County, Illinois.

Lancaster County
Lancaster County#English

A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

A locality in the town of Lockport, Niagara County, New York.

A village and unincorporated community therein, in Racine County, Wisconsin.

A community of Muskoka Lakes township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario, Canada.

A number of places elsewhere:
A village in the Sud department, Haiti.


Allison

en-prop

Allison (countable and uncountable, plural Allisons)

From a Middle English diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or Alice + -son.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A community in Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Downe

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


Brooklyn

→⇒ Latin: brooklynensis

/ˈbɹʷʊk.ɫɪn/

[ˈbɹ̠ʷʊ̠kɫ̪ɪ̈n]

From Dutch Breukelen, from broek (“wetland, marsh”).

A village in Dane County and Green County, Wisconsin.


Abbey

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

A small village south-east of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland (Irish grid ref M 5043).

A village west of Portumna, County Galway (Irish grid ref M 7305).

A village in the Rural Municipality of Miry Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after a farm in Ireland.


Aber

From Welsh aber (“river mouth, confluence”).

A hamlet in Llanwenog, Ceredigion, Wales

A hamlet in Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, Wales


Acton

en-proper noun

Acton (countable and uncountable, plural Actons)

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

Burland and Acton
Burland and Acton#English

(uncountable) Any of a few places in England:

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

Langton Matravers
Langton Matravers#English

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

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

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

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

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

A community of the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario.


Agenda

A city and village in Kansas, United States.


Aldgate

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

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

A village in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.


Aller

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

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

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


Alma

Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia.

Places in the United States:
A village in Marion County, Illinois.

A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.

An unincorporated rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

Places in Canada:
A settlement in Prince Edward Island.


Alpha

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

A placename.
A village in Illinois, United States.

A placename.
A village in Michigan, United States.

A city and village in Minnesota, United States


Alpine

A village in New South Wales, Australia.


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.

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad#English

A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran.

A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler.


Are

A village in Saaremaa, Saare County, Estonia


Ash

Ash (countable and uncountable, plural Ashes)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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


Aspen

Guysborough County
Guysborough County#English

A small community of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.


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 the United States:
A village in Cayuga County, New York.


Ball

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

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


Bank

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

der

Bank and Monument stations
Bank, Hampshire

A village in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.


Bath

From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.

A number of places in the United States:

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

A locality in Saint John parish, Barbados.


Battle

Capitalization of battle. Doublet of Battaglia.

A hamlet in Yscir community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0131).


Bean

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

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


Beaver

en-proper noun

Beaver (countable and uncountable, plural Beavers)

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


Bell

Bell (countable and uncountable, plural Bells)

A village in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

A village in the City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.


Benedict

Benedict (countable and uncountable, plural Benedicts)

From Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, from Late Latin benedictus (“blessed, well spoken of”), from Latin benedīcō (“I bless, I speak well of”). Doublet of Bennett, Benoit, and Benito.

der

A placename:
A village in Nebraska, United States.

A city and village in North Dakota, United States.


Benny

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny.


Bergen

From Norwegian Bergen, from Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”).


Bergen

From Dutch Bergen, from Middle Dutch bergen.

A municipality and village in Limburg province, Netherlands.

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


Blackamoor

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

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

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


Boo

A community of Nacka, Stockholm, central Sweden.


Boot

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

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


Box

Box (surname)
Box, Gloucestershire
Box, Wiltshire

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

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


Brand

en-proper noun

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 hamlet in Beekdaelen municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.


Bridge

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


Brook

Audio (US)

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

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

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

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

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

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

A hamlet in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2609)


Browning

From Old English Brūning, a patronymic for a person nicknamed Brūn (“brown”) (see Brown).
For the first half-century of their manufacturer, the majority of semi-automatic handguns in Europe were designed by John M. Browning.

A number of places in the United States:

A community within the municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, named after Robert Browning.


Burke

en-proper noun

Burke (countable and uncountable, plural Burkes)

From an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of burg.

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


Butler

Butler (countable and uncountable, plural Butlers)

Butler (surname)
en:Butler (disambiguation)

* (English surname): From Middle English Butler.
* (Anglicized surname): From French Boutilier, Boutillier, Bouthillier.
* (placename): From the surname

der

United States of America
United States of America

A location in the United States of America:

A small village in Montgomery County, Illinois.

A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

A placename:
A location in Australia:
A locality in South Australia.


Cam

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

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


Canton

The town in Oklahoma was named for a nearby cantonment.

St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County#English

A town and village in St. Lawrence County, New York; the village is the county seat.


Cardigan

Anglicized from Welsh Ceredigion (“Ceredig's land”)

A community in the town of Three Rivers, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Carr

en-prop

Carr (countable and uncountable, plural Carrs)

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

Laughton en le Morthen
Laughton en le Morthen#English

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


Castor

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

Bienville Parish
Bienville Parish#English

A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. From French castor (“beaver”).


Chase

en-proper noun

Chase (countable and uncountable, plural Chases)

en:Chase
en:Chase (surname)
en:Chase#Places

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A village and river in British Columbia, Canada.


Cliff

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

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire#English

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

A small settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland, appearing on OS maps as Cliobh (OS grid ref NB0835).


Cole

en-prop

Cole (countable and uncountable, plural Coles)

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

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


Concord

A number of places in the United States:

A town and hamlet in Erie County, New York.

A village in the town of Washington, Tyne and Wear, England.


Congress

Congress (disambiguation)#Places
United States Congress

A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Cook

en-proper noun

Cook (countable and uncountable, plural Cooks)

Audio (US)

Audio (AU)

some speakers from Northern England and Ireland

cuck (most accents without the foot-strut split)

A village in Nebraska; named for landowner Andrew Cook.


Corrie

Corrie (countable and uncountable, plural Corries)

From Scottish Gaelic coire (“cauldron, boiler; corrie”), which denotes a bowl-shaped geographical feature similar to a cirque.

der

A village in the isle of Arran, in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS0242).


Corse

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


Cross

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

A number of places with the name "Cross":

A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062).

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

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

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

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

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

A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.

A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.


Dale

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

A village and community in west Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8005).

A village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A community of Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.

A number of places in the United States:


Dean

en-proper noun

Dean (countable and uncountable, plural Deans)

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

Any of various villages and hamlets in England:

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

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

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

Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge#English

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

Bishop's Waltham
Bishop's Waltham#English

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

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

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

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

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

A small community in the Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A township and village therein, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.


Diamond

Diamond (disambiguation)#Places
Diamond (surname)

A village in Grundy County and Will County, Illinois.

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.


Dodge

Dodge (countable and uncountable, plural Dodges)

From a Middle English diminutive form of Roger.

A placename
A city and village in North Dakota.


Doll

* As a south German surname, from toll (“mad, foolish”).
* Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Thiel.
* As an English surname, from the adjective dull, cognate with the first German derivation. Also compare Dill.

A township and rural village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland.


Drake

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun drake meaning "male duck" and "dragon."
* As a German surname, from Low German drake (“dragon”), related to the above.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized/West Flemish variant of Draak, also related to the above.


Drew

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A rural community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, named after George Alexander Drew (Liberal-Conservative MP).


Dryden

A village in Michigan; named for poet John Dryden.


Eagle

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

A number of places in the United States:

A town and hamlet in Wyoming County, New York.

Eagle and Swinethorpe
Eagle and Swinethorpe#English

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


Elm

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

A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland.


Eye

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


Faust

After Johann Georg Faust, German magician and alchemist.


Fleet

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


Fletcher

Fletcher (countable and uncountable, plural Fletchers)

English occupational surname from the noun fletcher (“arrow-maker”). Sometimes confused with Flesher.

A farming community in Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada.


Flora

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

From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).


Flore

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

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


Ford

Ford (countable and uncountable, plural Fords)

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

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

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

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

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire#English

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

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

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

Ford and Stoke Prior
Ford and Stoke Prior#English

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

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

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

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

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

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

A small village at the south-west end of Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8603).

A hamlet next to Wolf's Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9526).


Forth

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9453).


Foster

Foster (countable and uncountable, plural Fosters)

English surname, reduced from Forster; also from the noun foster.

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Bates County, Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.

A village in Pierce County, Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.

A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.


Fowler

From fowler. The medical term is named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position.

A locality on the Stikine River, north-west British Columbia, Canada.

A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.


Fucking

Borrowed from Austrian German Fucking. The association with the unrelated vulgar term fucking led to a name change in 2020.

A village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, now called Fugging.


Garland

Garland (countable and uncountable, plural Garlands)

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

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


Glen

A village in northern County Donegal, Ireland; in Irish An Gleann from gleann (“glen”).


Grange

Grange (countable and uncountable, plural Granges)

A place name, including:
A place in Ireland
A village in County Sligo, Ireland.

A place name, including:
A place in Ireland
A village in County Tipperary, Ireland.

A place name, including:
A place in Ireland
A village in County Waterford, Ireland.

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

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2725).


Grant

Grant (countable and uncountable, plural Grants)

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand.

A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia.

A placename
A village in Tolmin, Slovenia


Gray

Gray (surname)
Gray, Haute-Saône
Graye-sur-Mer
Grey (disambiguation)

* As an English, Irish, Scottish, and Norman surname, from the placename Graye-sur-Mer in Calvados, from Late Latin Graecus (“Greek”).
* Also as an English surname, from the adjective gray. Compare the Irish calque McGreevy.
* As a French surname, from Gray, Haute-Saône in France, from the personal name Gradus, a Gallo-Roman/Celtic pronunciation of Gratus, from the name Gratius.

A rural locality in north-east Tasmania, Australia.


Griffin

A place name:
A community of Saskatchewan, Canada.


Gross

* As a Jewish and German surname, from groß (“great, large”). The Jewish surname was influenced by Hebrew גדול (“big, large”), hence the Hebraicization Gadol.
* As an English surname, from the noun and adjective gross, a doublet of above.
The village is named after Ben Gross, who kept a general store there.

A village in Nebraska, having a population of two as of 2010.


Grove

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

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

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Gree-Gz#Gro

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

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

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

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

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

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

A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Guy

For places which could be from either etymology above.

A hamlet in the Municipal District of Smoky River, No. 130, Alberta, Canada.


Hale

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

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

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

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

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

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

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

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

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

A locality on the Algoma Central Railway, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.

A locality in the south of the Northern Territory, Australia, named after the Hale River.

Northern Territory
Northern Territory#English


Hall

Hall (countable and uncountable, plural Halls)

* As an English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish surname: all from the noun hall. The name was likely reinforced by similar sounding words such as Swedish häll (“rock slab”).
* As a Chinese surname, variant Romanization of 何, 賀 /贺 (hè), see He.
** (locomotive): The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles.
** (British and Scandinavian surnames): From the buildings, halls

Hall (disambiguation)#Places
Hall (surname)

census-designated place
census-designated place

A number of places in the United States:

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

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

A village in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.


Ham

Ham (countable and uncountable, plural Hams)

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

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

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

A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2373)


Hamlet

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

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

A village in Hayes County, Nebraska, so-named as it was regarded as a hamlet.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A hamlet in Chautauqua County, New York.

A locality in Alberta, Canada, named after William Hamlet.

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Ha-Ham#Ham

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

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


Hardy

* As an English, Scottish, and French surname, from Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”).
* As an Irish surname, via mac giolla deacair (“son of the hard lad”) as a calque of the above.
* Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Hardie.

der

A hamlet in Rural Municipality of The Gap No. 39, Saskatchewan, Canada.

A locality east of Peterborough, South Australia.


Hart

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

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


Heck

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY0980).


Hector

From Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”).

A settlement in the West Coast region, New Zealand.


Henry

From Middle English Henry, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Frankish *Haimrik, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognate with German Heinrich, Dutch Hendrik, Estonian Hendrik, and Old Norse Heimríkr (Danish Henrik).

A village in Nebraska; named for Henry Nichols, late son of the original owner of the town site.


Hill

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

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

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

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

Leamington Hastings
Leamington Hastings#English

A village in Saundersfoot community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1206).


Holly

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Holly (disambiguation)
Holly (name)

* As an Irish surname, calque of mac cuilinn (“holly”) (see McCullen) and sometimes McQuillan.
* As an English surname, variant of Holley.
* As a Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Holý, Holy.
* Also as a locational English surname, from Old English hol leah (“wood, clearing, meadow”), compare Hollywood.
* Also as an English surname, short form of Holiday.
* Also as an English surname, after the holly tree.
* As a feminine given name popularized by Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's (especially the 1961 film adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn).

A township and village therein, in Oakland County, Michigan.


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 number of places in the United Kingdom:

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

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

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

A village and community in Wrexham county borough, Wales, on the River Dee, the border with England (OS grid SJ4153).

East Gwillimbury
East Gwillimbury#English

A village in East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.

A hamlet in Overijssel, Netherlands; see Dutch Holt.

A village in Tvedestrand municipality, Agder, Norway.

A village in Letea Veche, Bacău county, Romania.


Hope

Hope (usually uncountable, plural Hopes)

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

A community of the city of Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.

A settlement near Richmond, Tasman district, New Zealand.

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

Worthen with Shelve
Worthen with Shelve#English

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Hop-Ht#Hop-Hos

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

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands#English

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

A village and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3058).

A number of places in the United States:

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.


Hose

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

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


House

House (countable and uncountable, plural Houses)

* As an English surname, from the noun house.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Howes.
* Also as a topographic English surname, from a derivative of Old English hyse (“place overgrown with water plants”), from hos (“bramble, thorn, sprout”). This may have also made its way into Hose, Huss.
* As a German surname, calqued from the surname Haus.

der

A village in Quay County, New Mexico, United States.


Hull

en-proper noun

Hull (countable and uncountable, plural Hulls)

French: Hull, Hullois, hullois

The town in England is Inherited from Middle English Hull, Hul, Hulle, traditionally derived from Proto-Brythonic *hʉl, from Proto-Celtic *soulos, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to press”); Breeze instead suggests derivation from hula, plural of hulu (“hut”). Chaucer's Hulle (for expected *Hul, *Hule) is presumably a hypersouthernism.
The surname is either from the English town or Middle English hulle, western variant of hylle (“hill”); many other place names are ultimately from the surname.

Any of various places in the United States:


Hunter

Hunter (countable and uncountable, plural Hunters)

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


Hurricane

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

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

A locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.


Index

A small hamlet in Otsego County, New York.


Jay

en-prop

Jay (countable and uncountable, plural Jays)

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


Johnson

en-proper noun

Johnson (countable and uncountable, plural Johnsons)

⇒ Translingual: johnsoni, johnsonii

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

doublet

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

A town and village therein, in Lamoille County, Vermont.


Kea

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


King

en-proper noun

King (countable and uncountable, plural Kings)

→ Japanese: キング (Kingu)

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

A village on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.


Kirk

Kirk (countable and uncountable, plural Kirks)

From kirk (“church”). Doublet of Church.

A small settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref ND2859).

A community of West Nipissing, Nipissing District, north-east Ontario, Canada.

A village in Ismayilli District, Azerbaijan.


Knight

From Middle English knyghte, from Old English cniht (“youth; servant”).


Koala

en-proper-noun

Koala (countable and uncountable, plural Koalas)

A village and commune of the Saaba department, Kadiogo, Centre, Burkina Faso

A village and commune of the Sourgoubila department, Kourwéogo, Plateau-Central, Burkina Faso


Koko

A village in Korhogo department, Poro, Ivory Coast.


Lade

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

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

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


Lane

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

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

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


Lang

en-prop

Lang (countable and uncountable, plural Langs)

A settlement in New South Wales, Australia.

A placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

A village in Gilan, Iran. From Persian لنگ (lang).


Laurel

A number of places in the United States:


Lea

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

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

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

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

Lea and Cleverton
Lea and Cleverton#English

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


Lee

en-proper noun

Lee (countable and uncountable, plural Lees)

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

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

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

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

A village in Buckinghamshire, commonly known as The Lee.

A village in DeKalb County and Lee County, Illinois.

A town and village in Oneida County, New York.


Leer

From Norwegian Bokmål Lier, a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway, from Old Norse Líðir, plural of (h)líð (“slope”).

A small hamlet in Long Rapids Township, Alpena County, Michigan


Lima

Borrowed from Spanish Lima, in turn, borrowed from Classical Quechua Limaq (“the one who speaks”), cognate with modern Quechua rimaq, from the name of a sanctuary identified as the Huaca de Santa Ana. The variation of /r/ > /l/ is product of the former "coastal" variety of Quechua spoken around modern-day Lima. The drop of final /q/ could be attributed either to another characteristic of Coastal Quechua or to Spanish adaptation. Ultimately, a derviation from rimay (“to speak”).

bor

A township and village therein, in Adams County, Illinois.

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

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


Lincoln

en-proper noun

Lincoln (countable and uncountable, plural Lincolns)

Inherited from Middle English Lincolne, from Old English Lindcoln, Lindcylene, from Latin Lindum Colōnia (“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”), from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford. In the United States, many of the places established since 1865 are named after Abraham Lincoln.

der

A village in Gustin township and Hawes Township, Alcona County, Michigan.

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English

A hamlet and unincorporated community in South Harrison Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.

Athabasca County
Athabasca County#English

A community of Athabasca County, Alberta.

A suburban community and parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.

Northern Midlands
Northern Midlands#English

A village in Northern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Logan

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).

A number of places in the United States:


Lupus

A city and village in Missouri, United States.


Magenta

Magenta (disambiguation)
Magenta, Lombardy

A coastal locality in Central Coast council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Manhattan

[mn̩ˈhæʔɪ̃n̩]

From the earlier form Manna-hata recorded by Dutch travelers and settlers, from its name in Unami, the local Algonquian language. That name is usually taken to be a compound of Unami mënatay (“island”) or Munsee munahan (compare Abenaki manahan) and another element.
Based on a report by Anthony Heckewelder that the name Manhattan derives from the wooded area whose trees were suitable for making bows, Goddard explains the early forms Manna-hatta(n) and Mannahachtink as spellings of manaháhtaan "place for gathering the wood to make bows" and a related locative form manaháhteenk. compound of Munsee manah- (gather) + -aht (bow) + -aan (place).

A village in Will County, Illinois, United States.


Marathon

/ˈmæɹə(ˌ)θɔn/

/ˈmɛɹə(ˌ)θɔn/

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn). Doublet of marathon.

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


Marcel

Borrowed from French Marcel, from Latin Marcellus, diminutive of Marcus. Doublet of Marcellus.

A village in North Goa district, Goa, India.


Mars

A village in Semenivka urban hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

Марс

village in Semenivka, Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv, Ukraine


Martin

en-proper noun

Martin (countable and uncountable, plural Martins)

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

af

Red River Parish
Red River Parish#English

A village in Red River Parish, Louisiana.

A village in Saint-Jean-du-Sud commune, Sud department, Haiti.

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

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

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

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

A village in Našice municipality, Osijek-Baranja, Croatia.


Mason

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


Matt

A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland.


Mayo

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


Media

From Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία (Mēdía), from Μῆδος (Mêdos), from *Mada (vocalization uncertain), the Old Median language self-designator signifying speakers of the Median language. Compare Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”) i.e. central kingdom, cognate with Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya).

Henderson County
Henderson County#English

A township and village therein, in Henderson County, Illinois.


Mill

A village in North Brabant, Netherlands.


Monarch

en-proper noun

Monarch (countable and uncountable, plural Monarchs)

Lethbridge County
Lethbridge County#English

Locations in Canada:
A hamlet in Lethbridge County, Alberta.


More

More (countable and uncountable, plural Mores)

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

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


Morris

Morris (countable and uncountable, plural Morrises)

* The surname has converged from several origins; see Morris.

A number of places in the United States:

A town and village in Otsego County, New York; named for Gen. Jacob Morris, son of Declaration of Independence signatory Lewis Morris.


Mosquito

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador


Moss

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


Mount

Mount (countable and uncountable, plural Mounts)

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

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


Newton

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

Vilanova

surnames derived from the equivalents of “new town”

The name of many English-speaking places, including:

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

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

Sturminster Newton
Sturminster Newton#English

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

Hope under Dinmore
Hope under Dinmore#English

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

A hamlet and civil parish (served by Vowchurch and District Parish Council) in south-west Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3433).

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

Newton and Little Oakley
Newton and Little Oakley#English

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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

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

Newton and Biggin
Newton and Biggin#English

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

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A village in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, otherwise known as Newton Wamphray (OS grid ref NY1194).


Olive

Medieval form of the Latin saint's name Oliva "olive"; revived in the 19th century when flower and plant names became fashionable. The surname is topographical, often representing an Anglicization of continental European surnames such as Spanish Oliva.

A number of places in the United States:

A community in the city of Orange, Orange County, California.


Orange

Some senses from French Orange, from Latin Aurasiō, from Gaulish. Other senses from the common noun orange, ultimately from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).


Orient

/ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt/

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place and hamlet in New York.


Page

en-proper noun

Page (countable and uncountable, plural Pages)

A placename in the United States:
A village in Nebraska.


Par

Tywardreath and Par
Tywardreath and Par#English

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


Paradise

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

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.

A rural locality north of Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand.

Askam and Ireleth
Askam and Ireleth#English

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

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


Park

Park (disambiguation)
Park River (Connecticut)

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.


Parma

Borrowed from Italian Parma, from Latin Parma, from Etruscan.

A township and village in Jackson County, Michigan.


Penny

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A place name, presumably all taken from the surname:

A small community on the Fraser River in central British Columbia, Canada.


Petra

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

A modern village and community of Aliartos municipality in Boeotia, Greece.

A modern village and former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean administrative region, Greece.

A modern village in Preveza, Epirus administrative region, Greece.

A modern village in Bâcleș Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania.


Phoenix

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînĭx).

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.

A community of Clearwater County, Alberta.

Clearwater County
Clearwater County#English


Pike

The surname is of multiple origins, including Middle English pike.

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


Pool

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


Pope

From pope; also used in Ireland/Scotland as a surname meaning "papa, father."

A village in Panola County, Mississippi.


Post

Post (countable and uncountable, plural Posts)


Price

Price (countable and uncountable, plural Prices)

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


Prince

Prince (countable and uncountable, plural Princes)

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Rand

From Afrikaans, from English rand; compare English rand.

A number of places, other than in South Africa:

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


Raven

A community in Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada, possibly named after the Raven River.

A village in Kardzhali province, Bulgaria.

A village in Gostivar municipality, North Macedonia.


Read

English and Scottish surname, variant of Reed.

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


Reed

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

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

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


Reserve

A village, the county seat of Catron County, New Mexico.


Ridley

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

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

Bulkeley and Ridley
Bulkeley and Ridley#English

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

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


Rock

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

St Minver Lowlands
St Minver Lowlands#English

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

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

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

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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

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

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

A hamlet in Blackwood community, Caerphilly county borough (OS grid ref ST1898).

Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot#English

A hamlet north-east of Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot county borough (OS grid ref SS7993).

The Rock, a village south-west of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.


Rose

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

A number of places in the United States:

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

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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


Rugby

From earlier Rokeby (rook + -by), from Middle English Rokebi, an alteration (using the Middle English bi (“village, town”), from Old Norse býr (“town, settlement”)) of Old English Rocheberie, possibly from earlier Old English *Hrōceburh (literally “rook-fort, Rookbury”).

der

A village in Hilltops council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Sandy

Domesday Book
Sandy (given name)
Sandy, Bedfordshire
Sandy, Carmarthenshire

* (Bedfordshire) Recorded as Sandeie in the Domesday Book, the town is named with Old English sand (“sand”) + īeġ (“island”).
* (Carmarthenshire) From Welsh sant + dŷ (“house of the saint”)

A settlement in Llanelli Rural community, Carmarthenshire, Wales, just west of Llanelli town (OS grid ref SN4900).


Savannah

The cities are named after the Savannah River, possibly derived from Shawnee or Algonquian.

Shire of Carpentaria
Shire of Carpentaria#English

A locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.

The name of a river and several cities in the United States:

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


Scone

Possibly of Teutonic/West Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī (“fine, beautiful”), the source of modern German schön. Or, alternatively from Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“block, lump, hunk”); in either case, it would probably be related to English scone (“small biscuit”).

ROSS: Will you to Scone?
MACDUFF: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.

c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], line 992:

A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651


Sela

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew סֶּלַע (Sela‛, “rock”); compare Arabic السَّلَع (as-salaʕ).

A village in modern-day Jordan near the location of historical Sela.


Shaw

en-proper noun

Shaw (countable and uncountable, plural Shaws)

→ Translingual: shawii

Shaw cum Donnington
Shaw cum Donnington#English

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

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Sg-Sh#Sha

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

Melksham Without
Melksham Without#English

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


Siren

The name was intended to be Syren, from Swedish syren (“lilac”), but this was "corrected" by the US Post Office to Siren, who thought the name applied for was a misspelling.

A village, the county seat of Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States.


Smith

Smith (countable and uncountable, plural Smiths)

⇒ Translingual: smithi, smithii

From smith or Middle English Smith (“a surname”), alternative form of Smyth, itself from smyth (“smith”). Doublet of Schmidt, Smid, and Smit.

Nallbani

surnames derived from the equivalents of “smith”

Lesser Slave River
Lesser Slave River#English

A hamlet in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River, northern Alberta, Canada.


Star

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

semantic loan

A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.

A hamlet in Shipham civil parish, Somerset, England.

Maryovsky District
Maryovsky District#English

A village in the Maryovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, also known as Star of Markinch.

Isle of Anglesey
Isle of Anglesey#English

A small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.


Stare

From Polish Stare and Ukrainian Старе́ (Staré), both neuter substantives of adjectives — Polish stary and Ukrainian стари́й (starýj) — meaning “old”, both of which ultimately descend from Proto-Slavic *stàrъ. Compare Staroye.

Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship#English

A village in the Gmina of Rogoźno, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Stare

village in Rogoźno, Oborniki, Greater Poland

A village in the Gmina of Wysoka, Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

A hamlet in the Gmina of Kaźmierz, Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Stare

hamlet in Kaźmierz, Szamotuły, Greater Poland

A village in Voronkiv rural hromada, Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1455

Ста́рое

village in Voronkiv, Boryspil, Kyiv, Ukraine

A village in Zghurivka settlement hromada, Brovary Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1910

Ста́рое

village in Zghurivka, Brovary, Kyiv, Ukraine

A rural settlement in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1930, controlled by the Luhansk People’s Republic since 2014

Stare

rural settlement in Kadiivka, Alchevsk, Luhansk, Ukraine


Steward

en-proper noun

Steward (countable and uncountable, plural Stewards)

A village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.


Stock

Stock (countable and uncountable, plural Stocks)

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


Stoke

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

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


Tanner

Washington County
Washington County#English

A locality in Washington County, Georgia.


Tash

From Yiddish טאהש (Tosh), from Hebrew טאהש.

Synonym of Nyírtass (Nyírtass); A village in Hungary


Thorn

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

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

A village in Maasgouw municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.


Thorpe

Thorpe (usually uncountable, plural Thorpes)

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

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A village in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire

A village in Craven district, North Yorkshire

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A village in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire

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


Tomahawk

A rural locality in Dorset council area, north-east Tasmania, Australia.

A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.


Turner

Turner (countable and uncountable, plural Turners)

From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.

A number of places in the United States:

A township and village therein, in Arenac County, Michigan.


Union

(locomotive): Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.

A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

A village on the south cast of the island of Siargao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Norte#English

A village and census-designated place in the town of Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire.

census-designated place
census-designated place


Valence

Borrowed from French Valence. Doublet of Valencia.

A village and commune in the department of Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.


Viola

A village in Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois.

A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York.

A village in Richland County and Vernon County, Wisconsin.


Violet

A 19th century flower name from violet, sometimes as an anglicisation of the earlier French Violette.

A community of Loyalist, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.


Walker

en-prop

Walker (countable and uncountable, plural Walkers)

A settlement in Yavapai County, Arizona.


Wall

Wall (disambiguation)#Places
Wall (surname)

en-proper noun

Wall (countable and uncountable, plural Walls)

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

der

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

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

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


Ware

en-proper noun

Ware (countable and uncountable, plural Wares)

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

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


Warren

en-prop

Warren (countable and uncountable, plural Warrens)

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

der

A community of Manitoba; named for railroad executive A. E. Warren.

A community of Markstay-Warren municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario.

Sudbury District
Sudbury District#English

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Illinois; named for Warren Burnett, the first white child born in the area.

A hamlet in Stackpole and Castlemartin community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SR9397).

Stackpole and Castlemartin
Stackpole and Castlemartin#English


Warren

A village in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.


Weber

A hamlet in the North Island, New Zealand; named for surveyor Charles H. Weber.


Western

A village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States.


Whetstone

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

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


Winter

en-proper noun

Winter (countable and uncountable, plural Winters)

A small town and village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.


Woods

Woods (countable and uncountable, plural Woodses)

A community in Carling township, Ontario, Canada.

A number of places:
A locality near Owen, South Australia.


Wool

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


York

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

suffix

Billington and Langho
Billington and Langho#English

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

Haldimand County
Haldimand County#English

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.


Young

en-proper noun

Young (countable and uncountable, plural Youngs)

* As an English, Scottish, and northern Irish surname, from the adjective young, used to distinguish a younger brother or son. This sense is comparable to the surnames le Yunge, German Jong and Junk, Dutch Jong and de Jongh, French Lejeune and LaJeunesse, assimilated from Dion and Guyon.
* As a Chinese surname, from the following:
** Cantonese 楊 /杨 (joeng⁴). Doublet of Yeung.
** Hokkien 楊 /杨 (iông / iâng). Doublet of Yu, Yeo, Yeoh.
** Mandarin 楊 /杨 (yáng). Doublet of Yang.

A placename:
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Sharon

Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).

der

Any of a number of places in the US and Canada named after the biblical place.

A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin.


Morse

A number of places in the United States:


Arran

Derived from Scottish Gaelic Arainn, but the name is ultimately probably of non-Indo-European (substrate) or Pictish origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as Skye, Lewis, and Islay.
Possibly from a Brythonic/Pictish term ancestral or cognate to Middle Welsh aran (“"high place"”).


Dunbar

en-proper noun

Dunbar (countable and uncountable, plural Dunbars)

Historically Dynbaer. From Cumbric *din (“fort”) + *barr (“hill-crest, summit, top”).


Badminton

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

der

South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire#English

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


Aas

* The place in France is from Occitan Aas, from Basque/Aquitanian aitz (“ridge, rocky point”).
* As a Norwegian and Swedish surname, from the noun ås (“ridge”).

A village in southwest France, in the Ossau valley of the Pyrenees.


Clifford

From Old English clif (“cliff”) + ford (“ford”).

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

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

Wellington County
Wellington County#English

A community of the town of Minto, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.

A village in Burlington Township, Lapeer County, Michigan.

A rural locality in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.


Dalton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A hamlet in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY1174).

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A hamlet near Flemington, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6658).

A number of places in the United States:

A small village in Chariton County, Missouri.

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

A hamlet and census-designated place in Nunda and Portage, Livingston County, New York.

A village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

A settlement (moshav) in northern Israel.


Wills

A locality in the Shire of Boulia, western Queensland, Australia.


Britannia

Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Britain and Brittany.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.

A community of Lake of Bays township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.


Moore

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

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

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

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

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

A locality in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.


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 community of Zorra Township, Ontario, Canada.

A rural locality in Hurunui district, Canterbury, New Zealand; a short river named the Medina River is nearby.


Swansea

From Middle English Sweynesse (c. 1165), Sueinesea (1190), Swanesey (1322), from Old Norse Sveins ey (literally “Sveinn’s island”).

der

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

Various other places in the United States, Canada and Australia:

A village in St. Clair County, Illinois.


Berkeley

From Old English beorc (“birch”) + leah (“meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).

A village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Providence County
Providence County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island.

A community of Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Ashley

en-proper noun

Ashley (countable and uncountable, plural Ashleys)

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

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A number of villages and hamlets in England:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

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

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

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

A village in Elba Township, Gratiot County, Michigan.

A village in Oxford Township, Delaware County, Ohio; named for Col. L. W. Ashley.

A locality in Moree Plains Shire, New South Wales, Australia; named for one of the settlements in England.

A small settlement and river north of Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Cooper

en-prop

Cooper (countable and uncountable, plural Coopers)

A locality in West Milford township, Passaic County, New Jersey.

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.


Stuart

en-proper noun

Stuart (countable and uncountable, plural Stuarts)

A township and village therein, in Holt County, Nebraska.

A locality in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.


Aust

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


Gutenberg

/ˈɡutn̩ˌbɝɡ/

/ˈɡuːtn̩ˌbɜːɡ/

A village in Germany, renamed after the castle


Bohemia

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

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

census-designated place
census-designated place

A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Islip, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.


Bagdad

A number of places in the United States:

A hamlet in the town of Collins, Erie County, New York.

A rural community of Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship#English

A village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.


Dover

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

Lafayette County
Lafayette County#English

A village in Lafayette County, Missouri.


Ari

Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir#English


Rhineland

From the German Rheinland, equivalent to English Rhine + -land.

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A village in Montgomery County, Missouri, United States.

A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Ceres

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Learned borrowing from Latin Cerēs, goddess of the bounty, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow, to nourish”). More at create.

der

A village south-east of Cupar, eastern Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4011).


Cheapside

From Middle English cheap (“market”). Cheapside, Chipping, and cheap all reflect ancestry from Old English ceapian, concerning trading in markets.

Sunninghill and Ascot
Sunninghill and Ascot#English

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

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

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

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

Haldimand County
Haldimand County#English

A community of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.


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

A community of Shuniah, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.


Wheatley

en-proper noun

Wheatley (countable and uncountable, plural Wheatleys)

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

A community of Chatham-Kent, south-western Ontario, Canada.

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

South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire#English

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


Salmo

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


Quorn

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

af

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


Atlanta

Supposedly the feminine form of Atlantic.

A community of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

South Caribbean Coast
South Caribbean Coast#English

A community of the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua.

A hamlet in the town of Cohocton, Steuben County, New York.


Ethel

Short form of names of Old English [Term?] origin beginning with Ethel-, æþele (“noble”). First used in the 19th century. Cognate to the Germanic Adela and Adele.

A hamlet in Huron County, Ontario, 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 number of places in the United States:

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

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


Providence

en:any of many places named after Divine Providence

A number of places named after Divine Providence:

A village in Apatou commune, French Guiana department.

A community in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.


Edgar

From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.

A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

A community of Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.


Leslie

From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).

der

A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, south-west of Insch (OS grid ref NJ5924).

A large village in Fife council area, Scotland, west of Glenrothes (OS grid ref NO2401).


Glasnevin

A rural locality in North Canterbury, New Zealand.


Constantine

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

A village and former municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland.

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

St. Joseph County
St. Joseph County#English

A township and village therein, in St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States.


Norden

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

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

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

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A village in Nevada County, California, United States.


Hirsch

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Coalfields, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Clyde

The name of a river in Scotland, from the Gaelic name Cluaidh, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).

A community of the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

A number of places in the United States:


Hudson

en-proper noun

Hudson (countable and uncountable, plural Hudsons)

A village in Illinois, United States; named for the river.


Derby

From Old English Dēorby, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse Djúra-bý (“village of the deer”), from dýr (“deer”) + bǿr (“settlement”). Influenced by British Latin Derventio, the Roman site predating Derby, and possibly also the Celtic river name Derwent.

der

A locality in Langley district municipality, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

A parish and community therein, in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Luxemburg

→ Japanese: ラクセンバーグ (Rakusenbāgu)


Montague

en-proper noun

Montague (countable and uncountable, plural Montagues)

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English


Percy

From the Norman baronial surname from a place in Normandy (Percy-en-Auge), Old French Perci, Late Latin Persiacum, from the Gallo-Roman personal name Persius.

A village in the Manche department, Normandy, France.

A village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States.


Julia

From Latin Iūlia, feminine form of the Roman gens name Iūlius. Further popularized by early Christian saints. Doublet of Julie.

89 Julia
Julia
Julia (programming language)


Gilbert

Gilbert (countable and uncountable, plural Gilberts)

From Old French Gislebert, from Proto-Germanic *Gīslaberhtaz, from *gīslaz (“pledge”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), from Proto-Celtic *Gēstloberxtos.

compound

A village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.


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 village in Nebraska, United States


Raleigh

From Old English rā, rāha (“roe deer”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to roe + -ley (“lea”).

Multiple smaller locales in the United States:

A village in Illinois; named for the city in North Carolina.


Preston

Preston (countable and uncountable, plural Prestons)

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

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

Weymouth and Portland
Weymouth and Portland#English

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

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

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

A village and civil parish east of Cirencester, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0400).

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

North Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire#English

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

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

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

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

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

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

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

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

Lyneham and Bradenstoke
Lyneham and Bradenstoke#English

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

A hamlet next to East Linton, East Lothian council area (OS grid ref NT5977).

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A village north of Duns, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area (OS grid ref NT7957).

A place in Canada:
A community of Cambridge, Ontario.

A rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, north Queensland.

A rural locality in Toowoomba Region and Lockyer Valley Region, south Queensland.

A village in Central Coast council area, Tasmania.

A number of places in the United States:

Richardson County
Richardson County#English

A village in Richardson County, Nebraska


Buda

A commune and village in Călărași district, Moldova.

Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship#English

A village in the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.

A commune and village in Buzău County, Romania.

A village in Novoselytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine.

A village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.