Castle Dale

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


Rawlins

A city, the county seat of Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. Named after John Aaron Rawlins.


Red Lodge

A city, the county seat of Carbon County, Montana, United States.


Tribune

A small city, the county seat of Greeley County, Kansas, United States.


Johnson City

Andrew Johnson
Endicott Johnson Corporation
George F. Johnson
Johnson City

The Kansas city is named in honor of railroad official A.S. Johnson; the Missouri unincorporated community after then-incumbent president Andrew Johnson; the New York village after George F. Johnson, who led Endicott Johnson Corporation; the Oregon city after founder Delbert Johnson, the Tennessee city after founder Henry Johnson, and the Texas city came from the founder James P. Johnson.

A small city, the county seat of Stanton County, Kansas, United States.

Clackamas County
Clackamas County#English

A small city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A city in Washington County, Tennessee, United States.

A small city, the county seat of Blanco County, Texas, United States.


Boise City

A small city, the county seat of Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States.


Las Cruces

From Spanish las cruces (“plural of cruz”).

A city, the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.


Nahavand

Nahawand (alternative)
Nihavand (alternative)
Nihawand (alternative)
Nahavend (alternative)
Nahaavand (alternative)
Nehavand (alternative)
Nihavand (alternative)
Nehavend (alternative)


Kinross

A minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States, which is now virtually a ghost town.


Genesee

/ˌd͡ʒɛnɪˈsiː/

From Seneca Gen-nis'-hee-yo (“pleasant valley, beautiful valley”).

der

The name of various places in North America:

A number of places in the United States:


Dunfermline

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phàrlain, the first element being from dùn (“fortification”), and the rest of uncertain origin, possibly from an alteration of the river Lyne Burn, from linne (“waterfall, pool”) + bùrn (“water”).

A city and former royal burgh of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0987); The former capital of Scotland.


Hopewell

en-proper noun

Hopewell (countable and uncountable, plural Hopewells)

Ultimately from hope + well.
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

A large number of places in the United States:

The former name of Paris, a home rule-class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky.


Elsberry

Elsberry (countable and uncountable, plural Elsberrys)

A city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.


Brea

Brea (countable and uncountable, plural Breas)

A city in Orange County, California, United States.


Brainerd

Brainerd (countable and uncountable, plural Brainerds)

Crow Wing County
Crow Wing County#English

A city, the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States.


Dubuque

Dubuque (countable and uncountable, plural Dubuques)

So I walked into the Dubuque convent with several gallons of ice cream and immediately began to worry we hadn’t brought enough.

2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7:

A city, the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States.


Tabora

Tabora (countable and uncountable, plural Taboras)

*(surname) From Spanish, a Hispanic and Filipino surname.

A city and region in mid-western Tanzania.


Lanark

From Cumbric *lanerc (“a glade”), compare Welsh llannerch (“glade, clearing”).

A small city in Carroll County, Illinois.


Mattoon

Mattoon (countable and uncountable, plural Mattoons)

A city in Coles County, Illinois, United States.


Eastland

Eastland (countable and uncountable, plural Eastlands)

A city, the county seat of Eastland County, Texas, United States.


Lucena

A city, the provincial capital of Quezon, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines


Hempstead

Hempstead (countable and uncountable, plural Hempsteads)

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hampstead.

A city, the county seat of Waller County, Texas, United States.


Hannaford

Hannaford (countable and uncountable, plural Hannafords)

A minor city in Griggs County, North Dakota, United States.


Bevington

Bevington (countable and uncountable, plural Bevingtons)

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

A city in Madison County, Iowa, United States.


Payette

Payette (countable and uncountable, plural Payettes)

A city, the county seat of Payette County, Idaho, United States.


Neves

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English

A city in northwestern São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe.


Ludington

Ludington (countable and uncountable, plural Ludingtons)

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A city, the county seat of Mason County, Michigan, United States.


Lytton

Lytton (countable and uncountable, plural Lyttons)

A placename
A place in the United States:
A minor city in Sac County, Iowa.


Oregon City

A city, the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.


Binghamton

A city, the county seat of Broome County, New York, United States, named after William Bingham.


Pine City

A city, the county seat of Pine County, Minnesota, United States.


New Martinsville

A city, the county seat of Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.


Martinsville

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Indiana.

An independent city, the county seat of Henry County, Virginia.


Elberton

A city, the county seat of Elbert County, Georgia, United States. Named after Samuel Elbert.


Kootenai

A small city in Bonner County, Idaho, United States.


Mayville

Mayville (countable and uncountable, plural Mayvilles)

A small city in Traill County, North Dakota, United States.

A city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.


Llano

Llano (countable and uncountable, plural Llanos)

A city, the county seat of Llano County, Texas, United States.


Revere

Revere (countable and uncountable, plural Reveres)

A city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, named after Paul Revere.

A minor city in Redwood County, Minnesota.


Evanston

A place in the United States:
A city in Cook County, Illinois.

A city, the county seat of Uinta County, Wyoming.


Heber City

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


Grants Pass

Named in honour of Ulysses S. Grant's victory in the Vicksburg Campaign.

Josephine County
Josephine County#English

A city, the county seat of Josephine County, Oregon, United States.

Grants Pass
Ulysses S. Grant
Vicksburg Campaign


Dimmitt

A city, the county seat of Castro County, Texas, United States.


Kinston

A city, the county seat of Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States.


Torrington

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

A city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

A city, the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States.


Goshen

A number of places in the United States:

A small city in Washington County, Arkansas.

A city, the county seat of Elkhart County, Indiana.

A small city in Oldham County, Kentucky.


Ilagan

A city, the provincial capital of Isabela, Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines


Lynchburg

A city, the county seat of Moore County, Tennessee, United States.

An independent city in Virginia, United States.


Aspinwall

en-proper noun

Aspinwall (countable and uncountable, plural Aspinwalls)

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Ormskirk, Lancashire, from Old English æspen (“aspen”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

A city in Crawford County, Iowa, United States.


Point Pleasant

A city, the county seat of Mason County, West Virginia, United States.


Maysville

A small city in Scott County, Iowa, United States.

A home rule city, the county seat of Mason County, Kentucky, United States.

A small city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Missouri, United States.


Wymore

A city in Gage County, Nebraska, United States, named after Sam Wymore.


Whiteville

A city, the county seat of Columbus County, North Carolina, United States.


New Rockford

A small city, the county seat of Eddy County, North Dakota, United States.


Rockford

From Old English hrōca, the genitive plural form of hroc, meaning rook (the bird) + ford.

Winnebago County
Winnebago County#English

A city, the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois.

A city in Wright County and Hennepin County, Minnesota.

A number of places in the United States:

A small city in Blount County, Tennessee.


Muleshoe

Presumably from mule + shoe (“type of horseshoe”). It was named after Muleshoe Ranch, where a mule shoe was apparently found.

A city, the county seat of Bailey County, Texas, United States.


Visalia

A city, the county seat of Tulare County, California, United States.


Youngstown

A city, the county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.


Bridgeport

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A large port city, the county seat of Fairfield County, Connecticut.

A number of other places in the United States:

A small city in Jackson County, Alabama.

A small city and township in Lawrence County, Illinois.

A small city, the county seat of Morrill County, Nebraska.

A small city in Douglas County, Washington.

A city in Harrison County, West Virginia.


Port Vila

The capital and largest city of Vanuatu.


Morgantown

A home rule city, the county seat of Butler County, Kentucky, United States.

Monongalia County
Monongalia County#English

A city, the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.


Brundidge

A city in Pike County, Alabama, United States.


Lyford

Lyford (countable and uncountable, plural Lyfords)

From Old English līn (“flax”) + ford (“ford”).

A city in Willacy County, Texas, United States.


Russellville

A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Alabama, United States.

A city, the county seat of Pope County, Arkansas, United States.

A home rule city, the county seat of Logan County, Kentucky, United States.

A small city in Cole County, Missouri, United States.


Sagar

Sagor (alternative)
Saugor (alternative)


Platte City

A city, the county seat of Platte County, Missouri, United States.


Gering

North German surname, variant of Gehring.

Scotts Bluff County
Scotts Bluff County#English

A city, the county seat of Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. Named after Martin Gering.


Columbiana

A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Alabama, United States.

Columbiana County
Columbiana County#English

A city in Columbiana County and Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. It was named after Columbiana County.


DeSoto

A city in Dallas County, Texas, United States.


Buckhannon

A city, the county seat of Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.


New Philadelphia

Tuscarawas County
Tuscarawas County#English

A city, the county seat of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.


Cape May

Cape May
Cape May, New Jersey
Cornelius Jacobsen Mey

A city in Cape May County, New Jersey, on the island at Cape May.


New Madrid

New Madrid County
New Madrid County#English

A city, the county seat of New Madrid County, Missouri, United States.


Opelousas

He was a wiry youth from Opelousas.

2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 55:

St. Landry Parish
St. Landry Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.


San Angelo

Originally named Santa Angela, see Wikipedia.

Tom Green County
Tom Green County#English

A city, the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States.


Oshkosh

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

A small city, the county seat of Garden County, Nebraska, United States.

A city, the county seat of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.


Forest City

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Winnebago County, Iowa, located in Hancock County and Winnebago County.


Chariton

A city, the county seat of Lucas County, Iowa, United States. Named after a French trader.


Keytesville

From Keyte + -ville, named after James Keyte.

A small city, the county seat of Chariton County, Missouri, United States.


Arauco

A city and commune in Arauco province, Chile.


Lockport

From lock + port. Most places are named after locks used for navigation on canals or rivers.

A city and township in Will County, Illinois.

A city, the county seat of Niagara County, New York.


Anadarko

A city, the county seat of Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States.


Starkville

Oktibbeha County
Oktibbeha County#English

A city, the county seat of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, named after John Stark.


Morristown

A small city in Rice County, Minnesota, United States.

A city, the county seat of Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States.


Pikeville

A city, the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States.

A small city, the county seat of Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States.


Pineville

A home rule city, the county seat of Bell County, Kentucky, United States.

A city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

A small city, the county seat of McDonald County, Missouri, United States.


Centreville

A city, the county seat of Bibb County, Alabama, United States.

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States.


Big Lake

Sherburne County
Sherburne County#English

A city in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States.

A city, the county seat of Reagan County, Texas, United States.


Mertzon

A small city, the county seat of Irion County, Texas, United States.


Robert Lee

A small city, the county seat of Coke County, Texas, United States.


Sterling City

A small city, the county seat of Sterling County, Texas, United States.


Donalsonville

A city, the county seat of Seminole County, Georgia, United States.


Wewoka

A city, the county seat of Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States.


Murfreesboro

A small city, the county seat of Pike County, Arkansas, United States

Rutherford County
Rutherford County#English

A city, the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States.


Muncie

Muncie (countable and uncountable, plural Muncies)

A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Indiana; originally Munsee Town and Muncietown.


Gonda

A city and district of Devipatan division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Levelland

From level + land, for the flat land there.

A city, the county seat of Hockley County, Texas, United States.


Faulkton

From Faulk + -ton; named after Andrew Jackson Faulk.

A small city, the county seat of Faulk County, South Dakota, United States.


Alliance

Box Butte County
Box Butte County#English

A city, the county seat of Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States.

A city situated mostly in Stark County, Ohio, United States.


St. Francis

Saint Francis (alternative)
Saint-Francis (alternative)
St-Francis (alternative)
St.-Francis (alternative)
St Francis (alternative)

A small city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States.

A small city, the county seat of Cheyenne County, Kansas, United States.

A city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.

Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County#English

A city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.


Sioux City

A city, the county seat of Woodbury County, Iowa, United States, located in Woodbury County and Plymouth County.


Fort Benton

A small city, the county seat of Chouteau County, Montana, United States.

Fort Benton
Thomas Hart Benton (politician)


Hill City

Named after a hill or hills, except in Kansas.

A small city, the county seat of Graham County, Kansas. It was named after W.R. Hill, the founder.

A small city in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.

Pennington County
Pennington County#English

A small city in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States.


Daingerfield

A city, the county seat of Morris County, Texas, United States.


Council Grove

A city, the county seat of Morris County, Kansas, United States.


Amite

The short name for Amite City, a city in Louisiana, United States.


Irwinton

From Irwin + -ton; named after Jared Irwin.

Wilkinson County
Wilkinson County#English

A small city, the county seat of Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States.


Woodville

United States of America
United States of America

Various places in the United States of America:


Elk River

Clearwater County
Clearwater County#English

A small city in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States.

A city, the county seat of Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. Named after the local Elk River.


Sweetwater

Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Monroe County and McMinn County, Tennessee.

A city, the county seat of Nolan County, Texas.


Lufkin

Lufkin (countable and uncountable, plural Lufkins)

A city, the county seat of Angelina County, Texas, United States.


El Reno

Although el reno is Spanish for reindeer or caribou, it was named after Fort Reno, which was named after Jesse L. Reno.

A city, the county seat of Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States.

El Reno
Fort Reno (Oklahoma)
Jesse L. Reno


Junction

A city, the county seat of Kimble County, Texas, United States.


Macomb

McDonough County
McDonough County#English

A city, the county seat of McDonough County, Illinois, United States.


Mount Clemens

A city, the county seat of Macomb County, Michigan, United States.


Sebree

Sebree (countable and uncountable, plural Sebrees)

A home rule city in Webster County, Kentucky, United States. Former name: McBride.


Clear Lake

Cerro Gordo County
Cerro Gordo County#English

A city and lake in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.

A small city in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States.

A small city, the county seat of Deuel County, South Dakota, United States.


Milroy

Milroy (countable and uncountable, plural Milroys)

A minor city in Redwood County, Minnesota, named after Robert H. Milroy.


Luzerne

A tiny city in Benton County, Iowa, United States.


Wilkes-Barre

Named after John Wilkes and Isaac Barré.

A city, the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Beggs

A city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States.


Hems

From Ottoman Turkish حمص (Hıms) and Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”).


Rapid City

Named after Rapid Creek, which has many rapids.

A city, the county seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States.


Thief River Falls

Named after the Thief River and the falls at its confluence with the Red Lake River.

A city, the county seat of Pennington County, Minnesota, United States.

Red Lake River
Thief River
Thief River Falls


Pryor Creek

A city, the county seat of Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States.


Elizabeth City

Pasquotank County
Pasquotank County#English

A city, the county seat of Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States.


Orofino

A city, the county seat of Clearwater County, Idaho, United States.


Clearwater

A city, the county seat of Pinellas County, Florida, United States.

A city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.

A city in Stearns County and Wright County, Minnesota, United States, mostly in Wright County.


Knierim

en-proper noun

Knierim (countable and uncountable, plural Knierims)

A city in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States.


Crookston

Crookston (countable and uncountable, plural Crookstons)

A city, the county seat of Polk County, Minnesota, United States.


Burgdorf

Burgdorf (countable and uncountable, plural Burgdorfs)

A city in Emmental, Bern canton, Switzerland.


McDonough

McDonough (countable and uncountable, plural McDonoughs)

McDonoughs (plural)
Mc Donough (alternative)
Mcdonough (alternative)
MacDonough (alternative)
Mac Donough (alternative)
Macdonough (alternative)
MaDonough (alternative)
Madonough (alternative)
M'Donough (alternative)
M'donough (alternative)
MDonough (alternative)
Mdonough (alternative)
Donough (alternative)

en:McDonough
en:McDonough, Georgia
en:McDonough, New York

A city, the county seat of Henry County, Georgia, United States.


Cumby

Cumby (countable and uncountable, plural Cumbys)

Cumbys (plural)
Combee (alternative)
Cumbee (alternative)

Reduced form of McCombie. Alternatively, a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.

A city in Hopkins County, Texas, United States


Guthrie Center

Named after Captain Edwin B. Guthrie, as was the county.

A small city, the county seat of Guthrie County, Iowa, United States.


Oconto

A city, the county seat of Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States, named after the Oconto River.


Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve County
Ste. Genevieve County#English

A city, the county seat of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.


Neligh

A small city, the county seat of Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. It was named after John D. Neligh.


Spirit Lake

A small city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States.

Dickinson County
Dickinson County#English

A city, the county seat of Dickinson County, Iowa, United States.


Iron Mountain

A city, the county seat of Dickinson County, Michigan, United States, in the Upper Peninsula.


Green Bay

A city, the county seat of Brown County, Wisconsin, United States.


Bradenton

From Braden + -ton, named after Dr. Joseph Braden. The original name was Bradentown.

A city, the county seat of Manatee County, Florida, United States.


Booneville

A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Logan County.

A small city, the county seat of Owsley County, Kentucky, United States.

A city, the county seat of Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States.


Gove City

A tiny city, the county seat of Gove County, Kansas, United States. Also known as Gove.


Star City

A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States.


Lincolnton

From Lincoln + -ton, both cities were named after Benjamin Lincoln.

A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Georgia, United States.

A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States.


Lincoln Center

A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. It is commonly known as just Lincoln.


North Platte

A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It was named after the river.


Eddyville

A small city in Mahaska County, Monroe County and Wapello County, Iowa, United States.

A home rule city, the county seat of Lyon County, Kentucky, United States.


Emporia

A city, the county seat of Lyon County, Kansas, United States.

Greensville County
Greensville County#English

An independent city, the county seat of Greensville County, Virginia, United States.


Rock Rapids

Named after the rapids in the Rock River.

A city, the county seat of Lyon County, Iowa, United States.

Rock Rapids
Rock River (Big Sioux River)


Glendive

A city, the county seat of Dawson County, Montana, United States.


Dawsonville

A city, the county seat of Dawson County, Georgia, United States.


Vico

A city and commune of Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France.


Mahaska

Washington County
Washington County#English

A small city in Washington County, Kansas, United States.

Mahaska
Mahaska (Native American leader)


Oskaloosa

Thought to be from the name of a Creek princess.

A city, the county seat of Mahaska County, Iowa, United States.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A small city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Kansas, United States.


Wapello

A city, the county seat of Louisa County, Iowa, United States.


Ottumwa

A city, the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States.


Maryville

A city, the county seat of Nodaway County, Missouri, United States.

A city, the county seat of Blount County, Tennessee, United States.


Kingsland

Kingsland (countable and uncountable, plural Kingslands)

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Camden County, Georgia, from the surname King.


Douma

A city in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria.


Belfield

Belfield (countable and uncountable, plural Belfields)

From the name of the River Beal + Old English feld (“field”); the river name possibly derives from Old English bēogol (“winding”).

A city in Stark County, North Dakota, United States.


Great Bend

A city, the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, named after a bend in the Arkansas River.

A minor city in Richland County, North Dakota.


Ajmer

Borrowed from Hindi अजमेर (ajmer). Named for either Ajayaraja I or Ajayaraja II.


Dudelange

A municipality with city status of Esch-sur-Alzette canton, in southern Luxembourg.


Diekirch

One of the twelve cantons of Luxembourg, located in the north-east of the country.


Differdange

A municipality with city status of Esch-sur-Alzette canton, in southwestern Luxembourg.


Esch-sur-Alzette

One of the twelve cantons of Luxembourg, located in the south of the country.


Ettelbruck

From German Ettelbrück, perhaps through French Ettelbruck. Compare Luxembourgish Ettelbréck.

A municipality with city status of Diekirch canton, in central Luxembourg.


Grevenmacher

One of the twelve cantons of Luxembourg, located in the east of the country.


Echternach

Borrowed from German Echternach (compare Luxembourgish Iechternach), from Old High German *Efternah, from Late Latin Epternacum.


Remich

One of the twelve cantons of Luxembourg, located in the south-east of the country.


Redange

A municipality, the capital of Redange canton, Luxembourg.


Spofford

Spofford (countable and uncountable, plural Spoffords)

A city in Kinney County, Texas, United States.


Sherburn

From Old English scīr (“bright”) in the definite form, scīra + burna (“stream”).

A small city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States.


Tustin

Tustin (countable and uncountable, plural Tustins)

A city in Orange County, California, United States.


Estherville

From Esther + -ville, named after Esther A. Ridley.

A city, the county seat of Emmet County, Iowa, United States.


Petoskey

From Ottawa biidaasige (“light that is coming”), from Chief Ignatius Petoskey.

bor

A city and coastal resort, the county seat of Emmet County, Michigan, United States.


Sault Ste. Marie

en:Sault Ste. Marie
en:St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario)

From French Sault Ste. Marie (“rapids of the St. Mary (River)”), from Middle French. The two cities were originally one until the US-Canadian border was defined as the St. Marys River (“St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario)”).

Sault Sainte Marie (alternative)
Sault Saint Marie (alternative)
Sault Sainte-Marie (alternative)
Sault Saint-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Sainte-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Saint-Marie (alternative)
Sault Ste Marie (alternative)
Sault St Marie (alternative)
Sault St. Marie (alternative)
Sault Ste-Marie (alternative)
Sault St-Marie (alternative)
Sault Ste.-Marie (alternative)
Sault St.-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Ste-Marie (alternative)
Sault-St-Marie (alternative)
Sault-Ste.-Marie (alternative)
Sault-St.-Marie (alternative)

A city, the seat of the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.

A city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Michigan, United States.


Chippewa Falls

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

A city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States, located on the Chippewa River.


Macclenny

A city, the county seat of Baker County, Florida, United States.


Baker City

A city, the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States.


Ladysmith

The South African town was named after Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith, as the wife of Sir Harry Smith she was known as Lady Smith.

Uthukela District
Uthukela District#English

A city in Uthukela District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

A city, the county seat of Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. Named after the bride of Charles R. Smith.


West Palm Beach

Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County#English

A city, the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.


Elizabethtown

The name of various places in the United States of America:

A home rule city, the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky.


Dandridge

en-proper noun

Dandridge (countable and uncountable, plural Dandridges)

English habitational surname, from an unexplained first element + Old English hryċġ (“ridge”).

A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Tennessee


Brawley

A city in Imperial County, California, United States.


Safi

From French Safi, from Arabic آسَفِي (ʔāsafī).


Broxton

Broxton (countable and uncountable, plural Broxtons)

From Old English burgæsn (“burial place”); the suffix -ton is not historical and it's the product of a the development of the original ending -son.

A small city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States.


Shevlin

Shevlin (countable and uncountable, plural Shevlins)

Shevlins (plural)
Shelvin (alternative)
Shovlin (alternative)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Seibhleáin (“descendant of Seibhleán”).

der

A city in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States.


Minden

Pottawattamie County
Pottawattamie County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city and township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.

A city, the parish seat of Webster Parish, Louisiana.

A city, the county seat of Kearney County, Nebraska.


Council Bluffs

A city, the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States.


De Kalb

American Revolutionary War
Continental Army
Johann de Kalb

Named for Johann de Kalb, a Franconian-French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.


White Sulphur Springs

A small city, the county seat of Meagher County, Montana, United States.

Greenbrier County
Greenbrier County#English

A city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.


Jerseyville

A city, the county seat of Jersey County, Illinois, United States.


New Boston

The name of several places in the United States of America:

A small city in Mercer County, Illinois.

A city in Bowie County, Texas. The county courthouse is located here, but the county seat is in nearby Boston.


Ellijay

A small city, the county seat of Gilmer County, Georgia, United States.


Glenville

A small city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States.


Rochefort

A city and commune of Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Carbon

en-proper noun

Carbon (countable and uncountable, plural Carbons)

A minor city and coal town in Douglas Township, Adams County, Iowa.


Bandera

Named after Bandera Pass, from Spanish bandera or Polish bandera (first settled by Poles).

A small city, the county seat of Bandera County, Texas, United States.


Manton

Manton (countable and uncountable, plural Mantons)

Various origins:
* In general, from Old English ġemǣne (“common, shared”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
* In the case of the village in Lincolnshire, from Old English mealm (“sand, chalk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
* The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Manntáin (“descendant of Manntán”), a nickname derived from a diminutive of mantach (“toothless”).

der

A city in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.


Tiffin

en-proper noun

Tiffin (countable and uncountable, plural Tiffins)

A small city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.

A city, the county seat of Seneca County, Ohio, United States.


Greenup

Greenup (countable and uncountable, plural Greenups)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumberland, from Old English grēne (“green”) + hop (“small enclosure”).

A small city, the county seat of Greenup County, Kentucky, United States.


Albert Lea

Named after American surveyor Albert Lea.

named-after

A city, the county seat of Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States.


Worland

en-proper noun

Worland (countable and uncountable, plural Worlands)

A city, the county seat of Washakie County, Wyoming, United States.


Firebaugh

A city in Fresno County, California, United States.


Olney

Olney (countable and uncountable, plural Olneys)

From the dative form of the Old English personal name *Olla + īeġ (“island”).

A city, the county seat of Richland County, Illinois.

(uncountable) A placename:
A place in the United States:
A city in Young County, Texas.


Kalispell

A city, the county seat of Flathead County, Montana, United States.


Astoria

From Astor + -ia. From the name of John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), first used for Fort Astor, built at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1811.

A city, the county seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States.


Caruthersville

A city, the county seat of Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.


Randleman

A city in North Carolina, Randolph County, United States


Dadeville

From Dade + -ville, named after Francis L. Dade.

Tallapoosa County
Tallapoosa County#English

A city, the county seat of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States.


Walford

Walford (countable and uncountable, plural Walfords)

Various origins:
* The village in Shropshire is named with Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Herefordshire is named with Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton”) + ford (“ford”).

der

A city in Benton County, Iowa, United States.


Tallapoosa

A city in Haralson County, Georgia, United States, named after the river.

New Madrid County
New Madrid County#English

A small city in New Madrid County, Missouri, United States, named after the county in Alabama.


Newnan

A city, the county seat of Coweta County, Georgia, United States. Named after Daniel Newnan.


Coweta

Named after a Lower Creek town on the Chattahoochee River in south-western Georgia.

A city in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States.


Flemington

A small city in Liberty County, Georgia, United States.


Defiance

A small city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States.

A city, the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. Named after Fort Defiance.


Grant City

All places were named after Ulysses S. Grant.

A small city, the county seat of Worth County, Missouri, United States.


Williston

en-proper noun

Williston (countable and uncountable, plural Willistons)

A city in Levy County, Florida, United States.

A city, the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States.

A small city in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States.


Northwood

A number of places in the United States:

A small city, the county seat of Worth County, Iowa.

Grand Forks County
Grand Forks County#English

A small city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota.


Harrisonburg

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

An independent city, the county seat of Rockingham County, Virginia, United States.


Grand Forks

Grand Forks (disambiguation)
Red Lake River
Red River of the North

The area of the city in North Dakota was known as "Les Grandes Fourches" (The Grand Forks) by French fur traders, referring to the confluence of the Red River of the North and Red Lake River.

A city, the county seat of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A city in Boundary Country district, West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Granby and Kettle Rivers.


Wisconsin Rapids

A city, the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States, on the Wisconsin River. It was formerly named Grand Rapids until 1920.


Itasca

Henry Schoolcraft
Itasca
Lake Itasca
Mississippi River

A pseudo-Indian word coined by Henry Schoolcraft for Lake Itasca, the true source of the Mississippi River, from Latin veritas (“truth”) and Latin caput (“head”).

A place in the United States:
A small city in Hill County, Texas.


LaMoure

A small city, the county seat of LaMoure County, North Dakota, United States.


Falls City

Richardson County
Richardson County#English

A city, the county seat of Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. Named after a former waterfall on the Big Nemaha River.

A small city in Polk County, Oregon. Named after a waterfall on the Little Luckiamute River.


Chillicothe

/tʃɪlɪˈkɒθiː/

From a Shawnee language word meaning "principal place" or "big town".

A city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States.

A small city in Wapello County, Iowa, United States.

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

A city, the county seat of Livingston County, Missouri, United States.

A city, the county seat of Ross County, Ohio, United States.

A small city in Hardeman County, Texas, United States.


Tallulah

Borrowed from Cherokee Tallulah, name of a river in Georgia. See etymology section of Wikipedia article Tallulah River.

A city, the parish seat of Madison Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Karnes City

A city, the county seat of Karnes County, Texas, United States.


Menomonie

A city, the county seat of Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States.


Yorkville

A city, the county seat of Kendall County, Illinois, United States, located in Kendall County and Kane County.

A small city in Gibson County, Tennessee, United States.


Boerne

A city, the county seat of Kendall County, Texas, United States.


Ukiah

From Pomoan yo kaia ("deep or south valley").

Mendocino County
Mendocino County#English

A city, the county seat of Mendocino County, California, United States.

A small city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.


Laodicea

From Latin Lāodicēa, from Ancient Greek Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia), from Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), chiefly after Laodice I and other Seleucid empresses. Equivalent to Laodice + -a.

Laodiceia (alternative)
Laodikeia (alternative)

(historical) Various former cities in Southwest Asia, including

Former name of Nahavand, a city in Iran.


Malad City

From French malade, named after the Malad River.

A small city, the county seat of Oneida County, Idaho, United States.


Pottsville

A city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.

Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County#English

A city, the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Umatilla

A city in Lake County, Florida, United States.

A city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, named after the river.


Phillipsburg

A city, the county seat of Phillips County, Kansas, United States.


Holyoke

A city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Elizur Holyoke.


Helena-West Helena

A city, the county seat of Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. It was created in 2006 with the merger of Helena and West Helena.


Kennewick

A city in Benton County, in southeastern Washington, United States, along the southwest bank of the Columbia River.


Papillion

Named after Papillion Creek, derived from French papillon. See also a quotation at opposit.

A city, the county seat of Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States.


Tifton

From Tift + -ton, named after Henry Harding Tift.

A city, the county seat of Tift County, Georgia, United States.


West Chester

A small city in Washington County, Iowa, United States.


Blytheville

From Blythe + -ville, after founder Henry T. Blythe.

Mississippi County
Mississippi County#English

A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Mississippi County.


Osceola

Anglicized form of Creek Asi-yahola, name of an influential Seminole leader.

A city, the county seat of Clarke County, Iowa, United States.

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A small city, the county seat of St. Clair County, Missouri, United States.

A small city, the county seat of Polk County, Nebraska, United States.


Rison

Cleveland County
Cleveland County#English

A small city, the county seat of Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States.


Port Huron

A city, the county seat of St. Clair County, Michigan, United States, located at the south end of Lake Huron.


Ashville

A city, the county seat (one of two) of St. Clair County, Alabama, United States.


Pell City

A city in Alabama, United States and one of the two county seats of St. Clair County.


Smith Center

A small city, the county seat of Smith County, Kansas, United States.


McCook

Red Willow County
Red Willow County#English

A city, the county seat of Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States.


Floresville

From Flores + -ville, named after the Flores de Abrego family.

A city, the county seat of Wilson County, Texas, United States.


Mantorville

A small city, the county seat of Dodge County, Minnesota, United States.


Baraboo

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

In part this had to do with the fact that Marta lived in Baraboo and was only in Madison a few times a week, and in part it had to do with their roommates.

2021, Brandon Taylor, “Anne of Cleves”, in Filthy Animals, Daunt Books Originals, page 178:

A city, the county seat of Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.


Anahuac

A city, the county seat of Chambers County, Texas, United States.


Madisonville

A home rule city, the county seat of Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.

A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.

A city, the county seat of Madison County, Texas, United States.


Sulphur Springs

A small city in Benton County, Arkansas.

A city, the county seat of Hopkins County, Texas, United States.


La Plata

The capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina.

A small city in Macon County, Missouri, United States.


Neosho

From a Native American word relating to water.

A city, the county seat of Newton County, Missouri, United States.


Brockton

A city in Massachusetts, United States and one of the two county seats of Plymouth County.


Le Mars

According to legend, an acronym of six women's names, Lucy, Elizabeth, Mary, Anna, Rebecca and Sarah.

A city, the county seat of Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.


Bloomington

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

Bear Lake County
Bear Lake County#English

A small city in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States.

A city, the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States.

A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana, United States.

A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.


Greensboro

A city, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina; named for American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene.

A city, the county seat of Greene County, Georgia; named for Nathanael Greene.

A city, the county seat of Hale County, Alabama; named for Nathanael Greene.


Berryville

A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Carroll County.


Sedan

From French, from Medieval Latin Sedensi.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A small city, the county seat of Chautauqua County, Kansas. Named after the Battle of Sedan.


Lordsburg

A city, the county seat of Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States.

County of Los Angeles
County of Los Angeles#English

(historical) A city in County of Los Angeles, California, United States; Former name of La Verne.


Edinburg

After Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland.

A city, the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas.


Shawneetown

A small city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. The town was established in 1937 after the Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated what is now Old Shawneetown, Illinois.


De Smet

Kingsbury County
Kingsbury County#English

A small city, the county seat of Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. Also named after Pierre-Jean De Smet.


Mauston

Derived from the original name of Maughs Town, named after Milton M. Maughs.

A city, the county seat of Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States.


Plainview

A small city in Yell County, Arkansas, United States.

A city in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States.

A small city in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States.

A city in Union County, Tennessee, United States.

A city, the county seat of Hale County, Texas, United States.


Coalville

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


Taylorville

Christian County
Christian County#English

A city, the county seat of Christian County, Illinois, United States.


Hopkinsville

A home rule city, the county seat of Christian County, Kentucky, United States.


Dardanelle

A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Yell County.


Danville

Most likely from various people named Dan + -ville.

Vermilion County
Vermilion County#English

A city, the county seat of Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.

Des Moines County
Des Moines County#English

A small city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States.

A tiny city in Harper County, Kansas, United States.

A home rule city, the county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky, United States.

An independent city in Virginia, United States.


Storm Lake

Buena Vista County
Buena Vista County#English

A city, the county seat of Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. It is named after the nearby lake.


Buena Vista

From Spanish buena vista. Doublet of Boa Vista. Many of the American place names are named for the battle.

United States of America
United States of America#English

The name of many places, especially in the United States of America

A city, the county seat of Marion County, Georgia, United States.


Bardstown

From Bard + town, named after the Bard brothers.

A home rule city, the county seat of Nelson County, Kentucky, United States.


Laurinburg

A city, the county seat of Scotland County, North Carolina, United States.


Shenandoah

/ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ.ə/

/ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ/

From Skenandoa, a 19th-century Oneida chief, from Oneida oskanu·tú (“deer”) or kanʌʔtú:saʔ (“hemlock”).

A city in Fremont County and Page County, Iowa, United States.

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A city in Montgomery County, Texas, United States.


St. Maries

A city, the county seat of Benewah County, Idaho, United States.


Missoula

From Montana Salish nmesuletkw (“place of frozen water”).

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MacDonald says most people stay with her two nights in Missoula “because it’s really a nice biking town and Adventure Cycling is located there.”

2017 February 10, Maureen O'Hare, “Great-grandmother cycles 10,000 miles – and she’s not stopping”, in CNN:

A city, the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, United States.


Lelystad

A city and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands.


Tahlequah

A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States.


Carlinville

From Carlin + -ville, named after Thomas Carlin.

A city, the county seat of Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.


Jeffersontown

“Our hearts break for the families of the those we lost to the tragedy at the Jeffersontown Kroger. The murders are not being taken lightly by the United States government,” said Coleman.

2018 October 26, Didi Martinez and Melanie Kucera, “Kentucky Kroger killings being investigated as possible hate crime, feds say”, in NBC News:

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, which is a major suburb of Louisville.


Sturgis

en-proper noun

Sturgis (countable and uncountable, plural Sturgises)

Sturgises (plural)
Sturges (alternative)
Sturgess (alternative)

From the Old Norse personal name Þorgils, composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) + gils (“hostage, pledge”). The initial s- is not explained.

A home rule city in Union County, Kentucky, United States.

St. Joseph County
St. Joseph County#English

A city in St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States.

A city, the county seat of Meade County, South Dakota, United States.


Tuscola

A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Illinois, United States.

A small city in Taylor County, Texas, United States.


Jeffersonville

A small city, the county seat of Twiggs County, Georgia, United States.

A city, the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, United States.

A home rule city in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States.


Doniphan

A small city, the county seat of Ripley County, Missouri, United States.


Charlottesville

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
King George III

From Charlotte + -s- + -ville. Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), the consort of George III.

Rather, we have to refocus our political debates and conversation around a different kind of discussion of ethics, one that can look at a Civil War battlefield or the streets of Charlottesville or the floor of the US Senate and see that there are fights that are righteous and there are fights that are not – and begin to build from there.

2021 January 8, Nicole Hemmer, “The striking parallels between the assaults on Charlottesville and the Capitol”, in CNN:

Nick Fuentes, an attendee of the Unite the Right demonstration in Charlottesville and host of the podcast America First, is also one of the leaders of the Groypers, or the Groyper Army, a White nationalist group named after the meme […]

2022, Sara Kamali, Homegrown Hate, page 24:

Albemarle County
Albemarle County#English

An independent city, the county seat of Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Named after Queen Charlotte.


Arco

A small city, the county seat of Butte County, Idaho, United States.

A tiny city in Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States.


Belle Fourche

A city, the county seat of Butte County, South Dakota, United States.


Luray

A small city in Russell County, Kansas, United States.


Poughkeepsie

From a word in Wappinger Munsee, roughly U-puku-ipi-sing (“the reed-covered lodge by the little-water place”).

A city, the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, United States.


Fort Scott

Named after the local fort, which was named after Winfield Scott.

A city, the county seat of Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.


Bellefonte

A small city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States.


Tuscumbia

A city, the county seat of Colbert County, Alabama, United States.


San Saba

A city, the county seat of San Saba County, Texas, United States, named after the San Saba River.


Donaldsonville

Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Mankato

A small city, the county seat of Jewell County, Kansas, United States.

Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County#English

A city, the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.


Champaign

Champaign County
Champaign County#English

A city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.


St. Marys

A city in Camden County, Georgia, United States.

Pottawatomie County
Pottawatomie County#English

Wabaunsee County
Wabaunsee County#English

A city in Pottawatomie County and Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States.

A city in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.

A city in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Pleasants County
Pleasants County#English

A city, the county seat of Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States.


New Iberia

/ˌnuː aɪˈbɪɹiə/

A city, the parish seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Montello

Marquette County
Marquette County#English

A small city, the county seat of Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States.


Grand Island

A city, the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States.


Yreka

From Shasta wáik'a, which means "north mountain" or "white mountain".

A city, the county seat of Siskiyou County, in northern California, United States.


Tehama

Likely from a Wintu term meaning "high water".

A small city in Tehama County, California, which was the original county seat.


Red Bluff

A city, the county seat of Tehama County, California, United States.


Bay City

A city, the county seat of Bay County, Michigan, United States.

Tillamook County
Tillamook County#English

A small city in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.

Matagorda County
Matagorda County#English

A city, the county seat of Matagorda County, Texas, United States.


Asheville

From Ashe + -ville, named after Samuel Ashe.

A city, the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.


Nicollet

A small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States.


St. Peter

A city, the county seat of Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States.


Le Sueur

A city in Le Sueur County and Sibley County, Minnesota, United States.


Le Center

Possibly pseudo-French, from its position in the centre of the county.

A city, the county seat of Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States.


Camdenton

From Camden + -ton, named after Camden County.

A city, the county seat of Camden County, Missouri, United States.


Wapakoneta

From earlier Waughpaughkonnetta, possibly from Shawnee [Term?] (“place of the white bones”), or Shawnee [Term?] (“white jacket”).

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A city, the county seat of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.


Green Lake

Green Lake County
Green Lake County#English

A small city and town, the county seat of Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States, on either side of Green Lake (Wisconsin).


Burnie

A port city and local government area (City of Burnie) in northern Tasmania, Australia. It was named after William Burnie.


Isanti

Borrowed from Dakota isáŋathi ("knife").

A city in Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.


Americus

A city, the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States.

A small city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States.


Otsego

A city in Allegan County, Michigan, United States.

A city in Wright County, Minnesota, United States.


Kirksville

A city, the county seat of Adair County, Missouri, United States.


Dighton

A small city, the county seat of Lane County, Kansas, United States.


Gold Beach

Named after a beach where gold was found.

A coastal city, the county seat of Curry County, Oregon, United States, located near the mouth of the Rogue River.


Urdaneta

Borrowed from Spanish Urdaneta, from Basque urdaneta (“pigsty”).

Urdaneta, Pangasinan
w:Urdaneta, Pangasinan


Pawhuska

A city, the county seat of Osage County, Oklahoma, United States.


Quesnel

en-proper noun

Quesnel (countable and uncountable, plural Quesnels)

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A city in the Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, named after Jules-Maurice Quesnel.


Hartington

A small city, the county seat of Cedar County, Nebraska, United States.


De Witt

A tiny city in Carroll County, Missouri, United States.


Lewisville

A small city in Jefferson County, Idaho, United States.

A small city in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States.

A city in Denton County, Texas, United States.


St. James

St. James (countable and uncountable, plural St. Jameses)

St. Jameses (plural)
Saint James (alternative)
Saint-James (alternative)
St James (alternative)
St-James (alternative)
St.-James (alternative)

A city, the county seat of Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States.

A city in Phelps County, Missouri, United States.


Winston-Salem

After the name of two separate towns, Winston and Salem, which were merged in 1913.

A large city, the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States.


Holdrege

A city, the county seat of Phelps County, Nebraska, United States. It was named after George W. Holdrege.


Danbury

"The stronghold of the people called after Dene", from Old English Dene + -ingas + byriġ, dative case of burh (“fort, castle”).

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

A small city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.

A small city, the county seat of Stokes County, North Carolina, United States.

A small city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.


Elkton

A home rule city, the county seat of Todd County, Kentucky, United States.

A small city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States.

A small city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.

Brookings County
Brookings County#English

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

A small city in Giles County, Tennessee, United States.


Long Prairie

Named after the Long Prairie River, derived from an Ojibwe language word transliterated as "long narrow prairie river".

A city, the county seat of Todd County, Minnesota.

Long Prairie
Long Prairie River
Ojibwe language


Brazoria

A city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.


Cripple Creek

A statutory city in Colorado, United States, and the county seat of Teller County.


St. Augustine

It turned out St. Augustine was smack-dab in the middle of the rights movement.

2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 266:

St. Johns County
St. Johns County#English

A city, the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States.


Sully

Sully (countable and uncountable, plural Sullys or Sullies)

A minor city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.


Hermitage

A small city in Bradley County, Arkansas.

A small city, the county seat of Hickory County, Missouri.

A place in the United States:
A city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.


Crofton

Crofton (countable and uncountable, plural Croftons)

From Old English croft (“enclosure”) + tūn (“farmstead”).

Christian County
Christian County#English

A small city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.

A small city in Knox County, Nebraska, United States.


Dort

* As a German surname, from Dorten, a metronymic from Dorothea (see Dorothy).
* As a Dutch surname, shortened form of a placename Dordrecht.

Synonym of Dordrecht, a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands


Herriman

Salt Lake County
Salt Lake County#English

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


Fennimore

Fennimore (countable and uncountable, plural Fennimores)

A city and town in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.


Bellville

Bellville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellvilles)

Most of the place names are from the surname Bell + -ville.

A small city in Evans County, Georgia, United States.

A city, the county seat of Austin County, Texas, United States, named after Thomas B. Bell and his brother James.

A city in the Western Cape province, South Africa.


New Roads

Named after a new road built between the Mississippi River and False River (an oxbow lake).

Pointe Coupee Parish
Pointe Coupee Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Strassburg

Alternative spelling of Strasbourg, the capital city of Alsace, region of Grand Est, France.


Alachua

A city in Alachua County, Florida, United States.


Towanda

A small city in Butler County, Kansas, United States.


Wauchula

A city, the county seat of Hardee County, Florida, United States.


DeFuniak Springs

A city, the county seat of Walton County, Florida, United States.


Sandpoint

A city, the county seat of Bonner County, Idaho, United States.


Bonners Ferry

A city on the Kootenai River in Idaho, United States, which is the county seat of Boundary County.


Kankakee

A city, the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.


Goldthwaite

Goldthwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Goldthwaites)

Perhaps a habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, named with Old Norse gil (“ravine, gully”) + þveit (“paddock, meadow”), even though the modern surname is more associated with Essex than Yorkshire.

Goldthwaite (surname)
Goldthwaite, Texas

A small city, the county seat of Mills County, Texas, United States, named after George (Joe) Goldthwaite. Understood to be the geographical centre of Texas.


Cimarron

From Spanish cimarrón (“feral; maroon”).

Cimarron#Populated places in the United States

A city, the county seat of Gray County, Kansas, United States.


Fairburn

Fairburn (countable and uncountable, plural Fairburns)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + burna (“stream”).

A city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States.


Dedham

A small city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.


Cohasset

A city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.


Devils Lake

A city, the county seat of Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States, named after a nearby lake.


Rosedale

From either Old Norse personal name Rossi, genitive case Rossa, or from Old Norse hross (“horse”), genitive plural hrossa + dalr (“valley, dale”).

United States of America
United States of America

Various places in the United States of America:

A small city in Mississippi, United States and one of the two county seats of Bolivar County.


Indianola

A city, the county seat of Warren County, Iowa, United States.

Sunflower County
Sunflower County#English

A city, the county seat of Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.

Red Willow County
Red Willow County#English

A small city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States.


McAlester

McAlester (countable and uncountable, plural McAlesters)

Pittsburg County
Pittsburg County#English

A city, the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States.


Plaquemine

Iberville Parish
Iberville Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Leavenworth

Leavenworth (countable and uncountable, plural Leavenworths)

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.

Leavenworth County
Leavenworth County#English

A city, the county seat of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States.

A city in Chelan County, Washington, United States.


Wenatchee

/wɛˈnæt͡ʃiː/

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


Minnewaukan

A small city, the county seat of Benson County, North Dakota, United States.


Ismailia

A city and governorate in northeastern Egypt.


Prineville

A city, the county seat of Crook County, Oregon, United States.


Williamsport

A city, the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Manistee

A city, the county seat of Manistee County, Michigan, United States.


Bellaire

A city in Harris County, Texas, United States.


Crosbyton

A small city, the county seat of Crosby County, Texas, United States.


Green Spring

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.


Puno

A city in Peru, in the southeast of the country on the shores of Lake Titicaca.


Arequipa

A city and district in Arequipa province, Peru, in the south of the country.


Iquitos

A city in Peru, in the northeast of the country


Onitsha

He tells them […] that they must leave before noon so that they’ll arrive in Onitsha by tomorrow morning.

2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 288:

A city in Anambra State, Nigeria, located on the eastern bank of the Niger river.


Katsina

The largest city and state capital of Katsina State, Nigeria.


Verdun

A small city in Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.


Monroeville

A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Alabama, United States.

Allegheny County
Allegheny County#English

A city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.


Batangas

From Spanish Batangas, from Tagalog batangan (“timberland; place of wooden rafts”).

der

The capital city of Batangas, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines; a former municipality


Cabanatuan

/kɑːbæˈnɑːtuːɑːn/

/kɐːbæˈnɐːtuːɐːn/

The largest city, the former provincial capital of Nueva Ecija, Central Luzon, Philippines


Palayan

A city serving as the capital of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.


Tagaytay

/tɐ.ɡaɪ̯ˈtaɪ̯/

From Tagalog Tagaytay, from tagaytay (“mountain ridge”), referring to the mountain ridge near Mount Sungay overlooking Taal Lake. By folk etymology, from "taga, itay!", referring to the yells of a boy (with his father, hunting in the forest) that echoed on the mountains on the present location of the city.


Mielec

Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship#English

A city in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.


Legazpi

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi.
Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

named-after

A city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines


Chiclayo

A city in northwestern Peru in Lambayeque


Shanwei

He had reached the retirement age of fifty-five in 1957, after being first employed by the Government as a young man. Born in Kowloon about 1903, he was taken back to Shan Wei in eastern Kwangtung (Fig. 3.1) at age eight for his primary education comprising four or five years in a private school with over a hundred students.

[1975, Cornelius Osgood, “The Man Who Retired”, in The Chinese: A Study of a Hong Kong Community, volume 1, Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 370:

Residents reached by telephone said Dongzhou, a farming and fishing village 14 miles southeast of Shanwei city, in Guangdong province near Hong Kong, was quiet Friday for the second night in a row. But checkpoints were reinforced on roads leading in and out of the village, leaving its 10,000 residents blocked in unless they traveled by sea or walked circuitous routes.

2005 December 9, Edward Cody, “Chinese Police Intensify Lockdown of Villagers”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-10-13:

The government of Shanwei, the prefecture-level city that includes Wukan, later blamed news media outlets from outside the Chinese mainland, including Apple Daily and Initium Media from Hong Kong, of “instigation, planning and direction” in Wukan.

2016 June 21, Austin Ramzy, “Chinese Official Whose Arrest Stirred Protests Confesses to Taking Bribes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-06-21, Asia Pacific:

A prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong, China.


Surigao

/sʊˈɾi.ɣaʊ̯/

From Spanish Surigao, previously spelled as Suligao, from Kamayo Suligaw (“the Surigao River”), from suligao (“springwater”).

provincial capital
provincial capital#English

Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Norte#English

Short for Surigao City (A city, the provincial capital of Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)


Lehigh

en-proper noun

Lehigh (countable and uncountable, plural Lehighs)

(uncountable) A placename from the surname:

A city in Webster County, Iowa, United States.

A city in Marion County, Kansas, United States.

A city in Coal County, Oklahoma, United States.


Karanja

Karanja (countable and uncountable, plural Karanjas)

A city in Washim district, Maharashtra, India.


Simpsonville

A small home rule city in Shelby County, Kentucky.

Greenville County
Greenville County#English

A city in Greenville County, South Carolina.


Fountain Inn

A city in Greenville County and Laurens County, South Carolina.


Patrimonio

A city and commune of the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France


Johnsonville

A small city in Florence County, South Carolina, United States.


Sheboygan

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

Sheboygan County
Sheboygan County#English

A city, the county seat of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States.


Gusau

A city, the state capital of Zamfara State, Nigeria


Calamba

Borrowed from Tagalog Calamba and Cebuano Calamba, from kalamba.


Kairouan

Borrowed from French Kairouan, from Arabic الْقَيْرَوَان (al-qayrawān), definite form of قَيْرَوَان (qayrawān, “caravan”), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān); see there for more. Doublet of caravan.

der

الْقَيْرَوَان

Cairouan (alternative dated)
Cairoan (alternative obsolete)


Ashdod

Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea#English

A city and seaport in Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea.

أَشْدُود

a city and seaport in Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea


San Pedro

Any of a number of place names from Spanish named after St. Peter:

A city and former municipality of Laguna, Philippines.


Opa-locka

From Creek opa-lofa-tisha-loka (big hummock (“swamp hillock”)) original placename, coined in the 1920s by civic founder Glenn Curtiss by way of shortening to make it sound vaguely Arabic, and establishing the original architectural style of Moorish revival for the city.

Opa Locka (alternative)
Opa-Locka (alternative)

Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County#English


Mandaue

From Cebuano Mandaue, from earlier Mandawe.

An independent city in Metro Cebu, Cebu, Philippines.


Cebu City

Meronyms: Adlaon, Agsungot, Apas, Babag, Bacayan, Banilad, Basak Pardo, Basak San Nicolas, Binaliw, Bonbon, Budla-an, Buhisan, Bulacao, Buot-Taup Pardo, Busay, Calamba, Cambinocot, Camputhaw, Capitol Site, Carreta, Central, Cogon Pardo, Cogon Ramos, Day-as, Duljo, Ermita, Guadalupe, Guba, Hippodromo, Inayawan, Kalubihan, Kalunasan, Kamagayan, Kasambagan, Kinasang-an Pardo, Labangon, Lahug, Lorega, Lusaran, Luz, Mabini, Mabolo, Malubog, Mambaling, Pahina Central, Pahina San Nicolas, Pamutan, Pardo, Pari-an, Paril, Pasil, Pit-os, Pulangbato, Pung-ol-Sibugay, Punta Princesa, Quiot Pardo, Sambag I, Sambag II, San Antonio, San Jose, San Nicolas Central, San Roque, Santa Cruz, Sapangdaku, Sawang Calero, Sinsin, Sirao, Suba Poblacion, Sudlon I, Sudlon II, T. Padilla, Tabunan, Tagbao, Talamban, Taptap, Tejero, Tinago, Tisa, To-ong Pardo, Zapatera — barangays of Cebu City

A city, the provincial capital of Cebu, Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines


Amnat Charoen

The capital city of Amnat Charoen Province, Thailand.


Bueng Kan

The capital city of Bueng Kan Province, Thailand.


Buriram

The capital city of Buriram Province, Thailand.


Chachoengsao

A city, the provincial capital of Chachoengsao Province, Thailand.


Chainat

The capital city of Chai Nat Province, Thailand.


Chaiyaphum

The capital city of Chaiyaphum Province, Thailand.


Chanthaburi

The capital city of Chanthaburi Province, Thailand.


Chonburi

The capital of Chonburi Province, Thailand.


Chiang Rai

The capital city of Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.


Chumphon

A town, the provincial capital of Chumphon Province, Thailand.


Khon Kaen

bor

Thai ขอนแก่น (kɔ̌ɔn-gɛ̀n)

The capital of Khon Kaen Province, Thailand.


Lamphun

The capital of Lamphun Province, Thailand.


Lopburi

The capital of Lopburi Province, Thailand.


Maha Sarakham

From Thai มหาสารคาม (má-hǎa-sǎa-rá-kaam).

The capital of Maha Sarakham Province, Thailand.


Nakhon Nayok

The capital of Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand.


Mukdahan

The capital of Mukdahan Province, Thailand.


Nakhon Phanom

The capital of Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand.


Nakhon Sawan

The capital city of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand.


Nakhon Si Thammarat

From Thai นครศรีธรรมราช (ná-kɔɔn-sǐi-tam-má-râat).

นครศรีธรรมราช

Nakhon Si Thammarat
Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

Nakhon Si Thammarat
Nakhon Si Thammarat#English

The capital of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand.


Narathiwat

The capital of Narathiwat Province, Thailand.


Nong Khai

The capital city of Nong Khai Province, Thailand.


Pattani

The capital of Pattani Province, Thailand.


Phatthalung

The capital of Phatthalung Province, Thailand.


Phetchaburi

The capital of Phetchaburi Province, Thailand.


Phichit

The capital of Phichit Province, Thailand.


Phitsanulok

The capital city of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.


Phrae

The capital of Phrae Province, Thailand.


Prachuap Khiri Khan

From Thai ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ (bprà-jùuap-kii-rii-kǎn).

ประจวบคีรีขันธ์

Prachuap Khiri Khan
Prachuap Khiri Khan Province

Prachuap Khiri Khan
Prachuap Khiri Khan#English

The capital of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand.


Ratchaburi

The capital of Ratchaburi Province, Thailand.


Roi Et

Thai ร้อยเอ็ด (rɔ́ɔi-èt)

The capital of Roi Et Province, Thailand.


Sakon Nakhon

The capital of Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand.


Samut Prakan

From Thai สมุทรปราการ (sà-mùt-bpraa-gaan).

The capital of Samut Prakan Province, Thailand.


Samut Sakhon

The capital of Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand.


Samut Songkhram

From Thai สมุทรสงคราม (sà-mùt-sǒng-kraam).

Samut Songkhram
Samut Songkhram Province

The capital of Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand.


Saraburi

The capital of Saraburi Province, Thailand.


Satun

From Thai สตูล (sà-dtuun), from Pattani Malay ستول (“santol”).

The capital of Satun Province, Thailand.


Sing Buri

From Thai สิงห์บุรี (sǐng-bù-rii), cognate with English Singapore.

The capital of Sing Buri Province, Thailand.


Sisaket

The capital of Sisaket Province, Thailand.


Songkhla

The capital of Songkhla Province, Thailand.


Surat Thani

From Thai สุราษฎร์ธานี (sù-râat-taa-nii).

สุราษฎร์ธานี

The capital of Surat Thani Province, Thailand.


Surin

The capital of Surin Province, Thailand.


Lampang

The capital of Lampang Province, Thailand.


Phayao

The capital of Phayao Province, Thailand.


Phetchabun

The capital of Phetchabun Province, Thailand.


Prachinburi

From Thai ปราจีนบุรี (bpraa-jiin-bù-rii).

The capital of Prachinburi Province, Thailand.


Ranong

The capital of Ranong Province, Thailand.


Rayong

The capital of Rayong Province, Thailand.


Suphan Buri

A city in Suphan Buri Province, Thailand.


Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya

From Thai พระนครศรีอยุธยา (prá-ná-kɔɔn-sǐi-à-yút-tá-yaa).

พระนครศรีอยุธยา

Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (city)
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province

Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya#English

The capital of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand.


Nakhon Pathom

The capital of Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand.


Phang Nga

The capital of Phang Nga Province, Thailand.


Nong Bua Lamphu

From Thai หนองบัวลำภู (nɔ̌ɔng-buua-lam-puu).

Nong Bua Lamphu
Nong Bua Lamphu Province

The capital of Nong Bua Lamphu Province, Thailand.


Zittau

A city in Germany, close to Polish and Czech border.


Baguio

Meronyms: Abanao - Zandueta - Chugum - Kayang - Otek, Alfonso Tabora, Ambiong, Andres Bonifacio, Andres Bonifacio - Caguioa - Rimando, Asin, Atok Trail, Aurora Hill Proper, BGH Compound, Bakakeng Central, Bakakeng Norte, Bal Marcoville, Bayan Park Village, Brookside, Brookspoint, Cabinet Hill - Teachers Camp, Camdas, Camp 7, Camp 8, Camp Allen, Campo Filipino, Campo Sioco, City Camp Central, City Camp Proper, Country Club Village, Cresencia Village, DPS Compound, Dizon - Manzanillo, Dominican - Mirador, Dontogan, East Bayan Park, East Modern Site, East Quirino Hill, Engineers Hill, Fairview, Ferdinand, Gabriela Silang, General Emilio F. Aguinaldo - Lower Quirino Magsaysay, Gibraltar, Greenwater Village, Guisad Central, Guisad Surong, Happy Hallow, Happy Homes - Old Lucban, Harrison Claudio Carantes, Hillside, Holy Ghost Extension, Holy Ghost Hill Proper, Honeymoon-Holyghost, Imelda Marcos, Imelda Village, Irisan, Kabayanihan, Kagitingan, Kayang Extension, Kayang Hilltop, Kias, Legarda-Burnham-Kisad, Leonila Hill, Liwanag Loakan, Loakan Apugan, Loakan Proper, Lopez Jaena, Lourdes Extension, Lourdes Proper Subdivision, Lower Dagsian, Lower General Luna, Lower Lourdes, Lower Magsaysay, Lower Quirino Hill, Lower Rock Quarry, Lualhati, Lucnab, MRR - Queen of Peace, MRR Queen of Peace, Magsaysay Private Road, Malcolm Square-Perfecto, Manuel Roxas, Middle Quezon Hill Subdivision, Middle Quirino Hill, Middle Rock Quarry, Military Cut-Off, Mines View Park, New Lucban, North Central Aurora Hill, North Sanitary Camp, Outlook Drive, PMA Fort Del Pilar, Pacdal, Padre Burgos, Padre Zamora, Palma-Urbano, Phil-am, Pinget, Pinsao Pilot Project, Pinsao Proper, Poliwes, Pucsusan, Quezon Hill Proper, Rizal Monument Area, SLU-SVP Housing Village, Saint Joseph Village, Salud Mitra, San Antonio Village, San Luis - Balsigan, San Luis Village, San Roque Village, San Vicente, Santa Escolastica Village, Santo Niño - Slaughter, Santo Rosario, Santo Tomas Proper, Santo Tomas School Area, Scout Barrio, Session Road, South Central Aurora Hill, South Drive, South Sanitary Camp, Teodora Alonzo, Trancoville, Upper Dagsian, Upper General Luna, Upper Magsaysay, Upper Market Subdivision, Upper Quezon Hill, Upper Quirino Magsaysay, Upper Rock Quarry, Victoria Village, West Modern Site, West Quirino Hill — barangays of Baguio

When our airplanes first took off that morning, the Japs did come in. They hit the city of Baguio in the northern part of Luzon, and then went back to Formosa.

1984, Anton Bilek, “Anton Bilek”, in Studs Terkel, editor, "The Good War": An Oral History of World War Two, New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84:

An independent city within Benguet in Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines


Shkodër

A city in northwestern Albania (the country's fifth largest), located on a plain between the marshlands of Lake Shkodër and the foothills of the Albanian Alps, surrounded on three sides by the rivers Kir, Drin and Buna; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and administrative unit.


Sibiu

A city in Transylvania, Romania, near the Cibin River.


Del Mar

San Diego County
San Diego County#English

A city in San Diego County, California, United States.


Ellensburg

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


Ica

A city, the provincial capital of Ica, Peru.


Harlingen

/ˈhɑɹlɪnd͡ʒɪn/

A city and municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.


Arnhem

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


Wageningen

A city in Gelderland province, Netherlands.


Middelburg

From Middle English Middelburgh (attested in Chaucer), which was borrowed from Middle Dutch Middelburgh. Compare Middlesbrough, Middleburg and Middlebury.

A city and capital of Zeeland, Netherlands.


Silvan

Diyarbakır Province
Diyarbakır Province#English

مَيَّافَارِقِين

city in the Diyarbakır Province of Turkey


Chinchew

/t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃuː/

Uncertain. Either:
* Borrowed from Spanish Chincheo directly or indirectly via Portuguese Chincheo, ultimately from Hokkien 漳州 (Cheng-chiu, “Chiangchew/Zhangzhou”, IPA: /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ t͡ɕiu³³/) specifically of the Quanzhou Hokkien dialect pronunciation, according to Van der Loon (1967), Boxer (1953) and the 1902 Encyclopedia from older late 1800s records, due to European sailors initially denoting on maps the Bay of Amoy and surrounding areas as "漳州" with various transcriptions such as "Chiochiu", "Chanchiu", "Chincheo", etc. as per Van der Loon (1967).
* From a supposed previous "Tsuien-chow" romanization, from Mandarin 泉州 (Quánzhōu, IPA: /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/) according to Duncan (1902)
Compare Chiangchew. See also Hokkien 晉江 /晋江 (Chìn-kang), 泉州 (Choân-chiu), 漳州 (Chiang-chiu / Cheng-chiu), 漳江.

cog

IPA: /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

The Lamyet (or Nanjeih) islands are situated to the northeastward of Chinchew bay, the nearest distant about forty miles. The mainland, leaving its usual northeastern direction, runs out due east for above thirty miles, and the first of the Lamyet islands lies off the easternmost point of it. From hence there is an almost uninterrupted series of islands and islets, up to the mouth of the Yangtsze keäng. The Lamyet islands are opposite to the entrance of a deep bay, at the bottom of which is the city of Hinghwa foo, the capital of the most fertile portion of Fuhkeën. This bay, however, has not yet been visited by foreigners. The outermost of the Lamyet islands, named by Ross Ocksou, was found, when passed by the ships of Lord Amherst’s embassy, to be in lat .24° 59' 15" north, lon. 119° 34' 30" east. About thirty miles further to the northward, we pass between an island of peculiar form and the main. This island is named Haetan, the altar of the sea ; in shape it is semicircular, and of nearly equal breadth throughout. A few miles above this island we reach the mouth of the river Min.

1837 May, “Coast of China: the division of it into four portions ; brief description of the principal places on the southeastern, eastern, and northeastern portions.”, in The Chinese Repository, volume VI, number 1, Canton, →OCLC, pages 12–13:

It was then suggested that if two more men were ready perhaps it would be well to appoint them for the region north of us, to carry the Gospel to the villages and towns between Amoy and Chinchew and see whether the way might not be open to begin operations in that city. Chinchew is an important city near the seacoast, about one-third of the way from Amoy to Foochovv. The suggestion concerning the appointment of men for Chinchew was new to us.

1894, John Gerardus Fagg, Forty Years in South China, New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 135:

They holed easily; once, off Chinchew, when Dent’s Lord Amherst chose to send a few warning rounds over the heads of several anchored rather too close, a gun happened to hang fire until the ship rolled, and she accidentally put a ball smack into one and saw her fill and go down.

1975, Peter Ward Fay, The Opium War 1840-1842, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, published 1997, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 124:

Worcester (1972, 22) indicates that the whitewash used on ships around Chinchew, China, contains wood oil extracted from the poisonous seeds of Dryandra cordifolia which prevents attack by sea worms.

1989, Gunnar Thompson, Nu Sun, Fresno, CA: Pioneer Publishing Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 214:

Sailing under Spanish colours with his cousin William McKay at the helm, Matheson left the safe haven of Canton and headed north to Chinchew (Quanzhou), in Fujian. There, Matheson managed to offload $80,000- (over £17,000)- worth of the drug — enough to persuade him to return in the autumn - when storms forced his ship to take shelter 30 miles short of Chinchew in what turned out to be the region’s principal opium port.

2016, Liam Byrne, “William Jardine”, in Dragons: Ten Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain, Head of Zeus, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 227:

Rizal’s great, great grandfather named Domingo Lamco (also called Lam-co, Cua Yi Lam in Hokkien or Ke Yi-nan in Mandarin) was a native of Sionque, in the Chinchew district of the province of Fookien. He migrated to the Philippines due to political unrest in China and settled in Calamba in 1697.

2019 April 21, Jojie Alcantara, “The Jose Rizal Square in Jinjiang, China”, in SunStar, archived from the original on 2023-04-01:

(dated) Quanzhou (a city in southern Fujian, China)


Dorylaeum

From Latin Dorylaeum, from Ancient Greek Δορύλαιον (Dorúlaion).

A former city in central Anatolia, near the city of Eskisehir in present-day Turkey.


Alexandretta

From Latin Alexandretta and Byzantine Greek Ἀλεξανδρέττα (Alexandrétta), from Alexandria + -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -ειᾰ (-eiă, “-ia: forming place names”). Equivalent to Alexandria + -etta. Doublet of Alexandria, Iskenderun, Kandahar, and Scandaroon.

bor

Ἀλεξανδρέττα

doublet

(historical) Former name of Iskenderun, a city in southern Turkey.


Iskenderun

From Turkish İskenderun and Ottoman Turkish إسكندرون (İskenderun), from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون (al-ʔIskandarūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in reference to Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Doublet of Alexandria, Alexandretta, Kandahar, and Scandaroon.

der

الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون

doublet

A port city in Hatay Province, southeastern Turkey


Tartus

From Arabic طَرْطُوس (ṭarṭūs), from Ancient Greek Αντιαράδος (Antiarádos).

bor

Arabic طَرْطُوس (ṭarṭūs)

Tartous (alternative)
Tortosa (alternative)

a city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria


Birecik

a town of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, on the River Euphrates


Apamea

Borrowed from Latin Ăpămēa, from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).

(historical) The name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see


Baalbek

Borrowed from Arabic بَعْلَبَكّ (baʕlabakk).

bor+

Ba'labakk (alternative)
Baʻlabakk (alternative)
Balbec (alternative)
Baalbec (alternative)
Baalbeck (alternative)

Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate#English

The capital city of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.


Famagusta

/ˌfæməˈɡʊstə/

/ˌfɑːməˈɡuːstə/

‘Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the walled city of Gazimagusa, as we say in Turkish, or Famagusta, as we say in English.’

2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 314:


Lào Cai

Cần Thơ · Da Nang · Haiphong · Hanoi · Ho Chi Minh City

Hokou County in Yunnan Province and Lao Kay in Vietnam are separated by a river. The two banks of the river are full of wandering Overseas Chinese refugees.

[1978 May 24 [1978 May 21], “57,000 Persecuted Overseas Chinese Residing in Vietnam Have Returned to China”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 101, sourced from Hong Kong TA KUNG PAO, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, page N 5:


Cần Thơ

Cantho (alternative)
Can Tho (alternative)

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Nampo

On 28 February, for example, a US Navy ship docked in Nampo, the port for Pyongyang, with equipment for joint searches for remains of US soldiers missing from the 1950-1953 Korean War.

2012 February 29, Aidan Foster-Carter, “North Korea: The de-nuclearisation dance resumes”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 2012-02-29, Asia:

For decades, the Chinese oil giant has sent small cargoes of jet fuel, diesel and gasoline from two large refineries in the northeastern city of Dalian and other nearby plants across the Yellow Sea to North Korea's western port of Nampo, five sources familiar with the business told Reuters. Nampo serves North Korea's capital, Pyongyang.

2017 April 28, Chen Aizhu, Gavin Maguire, Florence Tan, Josephine Mason, “How North Korea gets its oil from China: lifeline in question at U.N. meeting”, in Josephine Mason, Raju Gopalakrishnan, Martin Howell, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-09-03, World:

One returned ship, the Tian Tong, suspected of transporting North Korean coal to China in October 2019, had been spotted near China’s Zhoushan Island, 600 miles south of Nampo, on Jan. 31 using a falsified transponder signal to disguise its North Korean origin, a tactic used to conduct illicit trade. It returned to North Korea in early February, and has been anchored outside Nampo since at least Feb. 14, according to ship tracking data and satellite imagery reviewed by The Times.

2020 March 26, Christoph Koettl, “Coronavirus Is Idling North Korea’s Ships, Achieving What Sanctions Did Not”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-03-26:

The latest launch comes after the North said early on Friday that Kim had inspected a shipyard in the port city of Nampho on the west coast and stressed the importance of a strong naval force in "war preparations", according to state media.

2024 February 2, Ju-min Park, Joyce Lee, Jack Kim, “North Korea fires cruise missiles off west coast -Seoul”, in Ed Davies, Kim Coghill, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-02-02, Asia Pacific:


Wonsan

After graduating from a Seoul university, Park's brother settled in the North Korean coastal town of Wonsan as a dentist in 1946. After the war broke out, Park was told by a co-worker that his brother refused to flee to the South because he had a family in the North and was a surgeon in the North Korean army.
Park fought for the South as a student soldier and was among the allied troops who took over Wonsan in October 1950. The U.S.-led forces advanced farther north in the following weeks before being driven back by a mass of Chinese forces after Beijing intervened in the conflict.

2018 August 20, “After decades apart, South Koreans head to North for family reunions”, in France 24, sourced from NEWS WIRES, archived from the original on 2018-08-20, Asia / Pacific:

The boat's 15 Russian and two South Korean crew members were detained in the port of Wonsan and faced accusations of entering North Korean territorial waters without permission.[…]
"At 19:30, the vessel left the Wonsan port's pier and headed to Sokcho (South Korea), where two South Korean crewmembers will come ashore," it said.

2019 July 28, “North Korea frees Russian fishing boat: Moscow”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2019-07-28, News:

On Wednesday, the South Korean military announced the detection of the launch of several unidentified cruise projectiles from the port city of Wonsan, in the east of the neighboring country, the fifth such North Korean test so far this year.

2024 February 15, “North Korea’s Kim supervises test launch of new surface-to-sea missile: state media”, in EFE, sourced from Seoul, Feb 15 (EFE), archived from the original on 2024-02-15, Other news:

A city in Kangwon Province, North Korea.


Story City

A city in Story County, Iowa, United States.


Craigmont

A city in Lewis County, Idaho, United States.


Moncton

The city is named after military officer and colonial administrator Robert Monckton (1726 - 1782).
The civil parish is named after the city.

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

A city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Compostela

From Spanish Compostela, from Galician Compostela, from Latin compositella (“the little well-organized one”), from composita (“put together, arranged”) + -ella (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from compōnere (“to put together”), from con- (“with, together”) + pōnere (“to put, to place”), q.v.

der

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela#English

Synonym of Santiago de Compostela, a city in Galicia, Spain, a major Christian pilgrimage site.


Igualada

The capital city of Anoia comarca, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain.


Satu Mare

From Romanian Satu Mare. Doublet of Satmar.

The capital and largest city of Satu Mare County, Romania.

Satu Mare

the capital and largest city of Satu Mare, Romania


Masbate

Masbate City (a city, the provincial capital of Masbate, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines)


Choma

Southern Province
Southern Province#English

A town, the capital of Southern Province, Zambia.


Owen Sound

From Owen + sound. From being a sound (inlet) named after Admiral Owen.

A city in Ontario, Canada, located on the shores of the eponymous inlet


Rocky River

A city on the shore of Lake Erie in Ohio.


Sihanoukville

From Sihanouk + -ville. From Khmer សីហនុ (səyhnuʼ, “Seih-nou”), a Khmer given name. Named after Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk (1922–2012).

named-after

A city, the capital of Sihanoukville, Cambodia


Amboy

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Lee County, Illinois, named from Amboy, NJ.

Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County#English

A minor city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.


Calabar

Calabari (alternative)
Calbari (alternative)
Callabar (alternative)
Kalabar (alternative)
Kalabari (alternative)

The largest city and state capital of Cross River State, Nigeria.


Rotorua

Lake Rotorua
Lake Rotorua (Canterbury)
Rotorua Lakes

New Zealanders call Rotorua Roto Vegas but that's pushing it a bit - Roto Blackpool maybe.

2002 May 27, Lynn Barber, “Just the spot... for jumping off a cliff”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2014-09-09:

Not everyone in Rotorua is happy with the name Rotovegas (sometimes Roto-Vegas).

2009 August 17, Peter Calder, “Fat Dog Cafe, Rotorua”, in NZ Herald, archived from the original on 2025-01-23:

A city, the capital of Rotorua Lakes district, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua.


Vũng Tàu

A city in Vietnam; the former capital of the Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.


Trois-Rivières

/ˌt(ɹ)wɑ ɹɪˈvjɛɹ/

From French Trois-Rivières (“Three Rivers”).

Trois-Rivieres (alternative)
Trois Rivieres (alternative)
Trois Rivières (alternative)


New Plymouth

A city in Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.


Tauranga

/ˈtæʊ.ɹɒŋ.a/

A city in the northwest corner of the Bay of Plenty region, on the north coast of the North Island, New Zealand.


Rạch Giá

The capital city of Kiên Giang Province, Vietnam.


Kishinev

"In Kyiv we stayed overnight at a hotel before boarding a Ukrainian Railways train to Kishinev (Chisinau). When we arrived at Kyiv station, an air raid siren went off and the police started rushing people to the shelter. I said to an officer that we would miss our train if we went to the shelter, and he allowed us to go to the platform. The train was there. It departed on time. Our Sleeper car and compartment were what I expected. There were two beds with a table in between. The train arrived in Kishinev as scheduled.

2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, pages 48-49:

The capital city of Moldova, also known as Chisinau.


Oea

(historical) A city in Libya, one of the three cities of historical Tripoli, the one that would survive and take Tripoli as its modern name.


Pyeongchang

PyeongChang (alternative)
Pyeong Chang (alternative)
Pyeong-Chang (alternative)
Pyeong-chang (alternative)

/pjɒŋˈt͡ʃæŋ/

/pjʌŋˈt͡ʃæŋ/

/pjʌŋˈt͡ʃɑːŋ/

The town of Pyeongchang eventually won the rights to host the Games — a $20 billion boon for the economy, according to one research institute’s forecast.

2012 December 9, Chico Harlan, “In S. Korea, the Republic of Samsung”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-12-12, World:

Pyeongchang sits nearly half a mile above sea level in the northeastern corner of South Korea, not too far from the border with the North. It is one of the coldest parts of the country — wind chill in February is often in single digits (Fahrenheit) — and notorious for a powerful, biting wind that gathers force as it barrels down out of Siberia and the Manchurian Plain and then across the jagged granite peaks of North Korea.

2017 December 21, Foster Klug, Kim Tong-hyung, Yong Jun Chang, “The cold returns for Winter Games in mountainous Pyeongchang”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2024-02-18:

The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang in South Korea have come to an end with a closing ceremony that ran for about two hours.

2018 February 25, Chuck Penfold, “The 2018 Winter Olympic Games wrap up with colorful closing ceremony”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2018-02-25:

In the year after the Olympics, Pyeongchang did experience a 22 percent spike in visitors, according to South Korean news organizations. But foreigners accounted for less than 0.1 percent of the 6.1 million people who visited paid tourist attractions in the region in 2019, a Pyeongchang county government report stated.

2022 February 27, Kelly Kasulis Cho, “Pyeongchang Still Awaits Its Olympic Payoff”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-02-27, Asia Pacific:

Pyeongchang county
Pyeongchang county#English

A city, the county seat of Pyeongchang county, South Korea.


Port Said

A large city and governorate in north-eastern Egypt.


Tanga

A city and port, the capital of the Tanga Region, Tanzania.


Svay Rieng

Borrowed from Khmer ស្វាយរៀង (svaayriəng).


Pleiku

There was strong evidence that the strategists in Hanoi hoped to cut South Vietnam in half along a line roughly from Pleiku, in the Central Highlands, eastward to the coast.

1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 232:

A city in the central highland region of Vietnam.


Barce

From Italian and Latin Barce, from Ancient Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from the local tribe of the Barraci.

(historical) Alternative form of Barca, former name of Marj, a city in Libya.


Richmond Hill

A city in Bryan County, Georgia, United States.


Deerfield

Several places in the United States:
A city in Kearny County, Kansas.


Deerfield Beach

Settled in 1890, it was named Deerfield in 1898 because of the numerous deer that roamed the area.

A city in Broward County, Florida, United States.


Villach

From German Villach, probably from Gaulish.


Menlo Park

Name of a ranch purchased by Irish settlers in honor of their home village in Ireland. The place in New Jersey is named after the one in California.

San Mateo County
San Mateo County#English

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


Eisenstadt

en-proper-noun

Eisenstadt (countable and uncountable, plural Eisenstadts)


Bregenz

Borrowed from German Bregenz, from Latin Brigantium or Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (from *brigantī), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”) + *-onts (Caland adjective suffix).
The Latin terms may be derived from the Proto-Celtic terms via Gaulish brigā (“hill; fortress”), though this is uncertain.

布雷根茨縣 /布雷根茨县

administrative district in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria

Bregenzer Festspiele
Bregenzer Festspiele

The capital of and third largest city in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria, located on the eastern shore of Lake Constance on a plateau at the foot of the Pfänder; it is best known for hosting numerous festivals throughout the summer months, most notably the Bregenzer Festspiele; the city is the administrative centre of its eponymous district.


Mindelo

A city on the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde and the nation's second largest city


Espargos

From Portuguese espargos pl (“asparagus”), for the wild asparagus (Asparagus squarrosus) grown in the area.

A city on the island of Sal, Cape Verde.


Assomada

A city in interior Santiago island, Cape Verde, the island's second largest city.


Ziguinchor

A city in (and the capital of) the above region of Senegal; the largest populated place in the Casamance area of the country.


São Filipe

A city on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde


Rufisque

Corrupted form of the Portuguese name rio fresco meaning freshwater


Tarrafal

/tɑːɹəˈfɑːl/

From Portuguese tarrafes (“dominant on the sandy shores”).

der

A city in northern Santiago, Cape Verde; the seat of the municipality of Tarrafal.


Cidade Velha

From Portuguese cidade and velha, meaning the old city, that is the oldest city in Cape Verde.

A city in southern Santiago island, Cape Verde.


Crocodilopolis

(historical) Former name of Fayum, a city in Egypt.


Paju

A satellite city 22 miles northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Paju is small, with a population of around half a million. The streets are quieter than those of the bustling capital, the air cleaner and the pace of life half a beat slower.

2023 November 25, Jin Yu Young, “South Korea’s City of Books”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-25:

A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.


Warrenville

A city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.


Emesa

From Latin Emesa, from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσα (Émesa), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”). Doublet of Homs.

(historical) Former name of Homs, a city in Syria.


Sal Rei

Unknown The "king of salt", of its nearby saltpans and was the area which had the largest salt production in the island during the 19th century and the early 20th century

A city being the largest populated area in the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde