Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Borrowed from Spanish Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

bor+

Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife

The largest city and co-capital of the Canary Islands, along with Santa Cruz de Tenerife; the capital and largest city of the island of Gran Canaria; the capital and largest city of the province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands.


Badalona

/ˌbɑːdəˈloʊnə/

A city in Catalonia, Spain situated on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea.


Jerez de la Frontera

A city in Andalusia, Spain; short form Jerez.


Jaén

The Spanish city name likely derives from Arabic جَيَّان (jayyān), from Latin Villa Gaiena.


Corunna

From Spanish La Coruña, of uncertain origin.

Shiawassee County
Shiawassee County#English

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


The Groyne

From Spanish La Coruña, of uncertain origin, possibly through an Old French form.


Lebo

A minor city in Coffey County, Kansas, named after settler Joe Lebo.


Zanesville

Muskingum County
Muskingum County#English

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


Terrassa

A city in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is located at the feet of the Prelitoral mountain range.


Leganés

A city in central Spain, about 11 km southwest of central Madrid


Algeciras

From Spanish Algeciras, from Arabic الجزيرة الخضراء (al-Jazīrah al-Khaḍrāʾ, “Green Island”) in reference to nearby Isla Verde. Doublet of Algiers and Algeria.

der

الجزيرة الخضراء

A city on the Bay of Gibraltar, in Andalusia, Spain.


Santiago de Compostela

Santiago (alternative)
Compostela (alternative)

A city in A Coruña province, Galicia, Spain, a major Christian pilgrimage site.


Vernal

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


Alcalá de Henares

/ˌalkaˈlɑː deɪ ɛˈnɑːɹɛs/

/ˌɑlkəˈlɑ deɪ həˈnɑɹeɪs/

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Alcalá de Henares.

unadapted borrowing

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

A city in the Community of Madrid, Spain.


Fuenlabrada

autonomous community
autonomous community

A city of Spain, in the autonomous community of Madrid, southwest of Madrid.


Castellón de la Plana

The capital city of the province of Castellón, in the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.


Getafe

A city in Spain, in the south of the autonomous community of Madrid.


Marbella

A city in Andalusia, in southern Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.


Lleida

The capital city of the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.


Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife#English

The largest city on the Spanish island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain; the co-capital of the Canary Islands, along with Las Palmas; the capital of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.


Dos Hermanas

From Spanish, meaning "two sisters". The name dates from its founding in 1248 by Ferdinand III of Castile and honours the sisters of Gonzalo Nazareno, one of the king's principal military commanders.

A city in Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia about fifteen kilometres south of Seville.


Torrejón de Ardoz

A city in Spain, in the autonomous community of Madrid, 20 kilometres from the centre.


Parla

A city in Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Madrid.


Mataró

A city in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, 30 kilometres north-east of Barcelona.


Lumberton

Pearl River County
Pearl River County#English

A city in Lamar County and Pearl River County, Mississippi.

A city, the county seat of Robeson County, North Carolina.


Ogema

A tiny city in Becker County, Minnesota.


Atoka

A city, the county seat of Atoka County, Oklahoma.


Bengaluru

/ˌbɛŋ.ɡəˈlʊ.ɹuː/

From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). The source of the name Bengaluru is usually attributed to [script needed] (benda-kāl-ūru, “town of boiled beans”) from Kannada folklore.

A megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.


Saint John

(nickname)

A port city in Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada; named for St. John the Baptist.

Saint John County
Saint John County#English


Altamont

Effingham County
Effingham County#English


Bunbury

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A port city and local government area in the South West region, Western Australia.


Sammamish

A city in King County, Washington, United States.


Kenova

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


Fort Smith

Sebastian County
Sebastian County#English

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


Wilamowice

From earlier Antiquo-Willamowicz, from Medieval Latin Vilamovice Nova, ultimately of Germanic, possibly Old Dutch or West Flemish origin, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz.


Hamtramck

Named for the French-Canadian soldier Jean François Hamtramck, the first American commander of Fort Shelby, the fortification at Detroit.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Hamtramck.

A city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.


Joliet

The city in Illinois was probably named after 17th-century explorer Louis Jolliet.

A city, the county seat of Will County, also in Kendall County, Illinois.


Brampton

From Old English brōm (“broom plant”) + -tun (“enclosure”).


East London

A city on the southeast coast of Eastern Cape, South Africa.


Rockingham

en-proper noun

Rockingham (countable and uncountable, plural Rockinghams)

From the Old English personal name Hroc or *Hrōca + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

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


Ciudad Real

From Spanish Ciudad Real (“Royal City, Kingstown”), a common title of major settlements of the Spanish Empire.

bor

The capital city of the province of the same name, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Castilla-La Mancha
Castilla-La Mancha#English

A province of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.


Lugo

A city of the province of the same name in Galicia, Spain, and its capital.


Pontevedra

A city in Galicia, Spain, and the capital of its province.


Franeker

From the Dutch Franeker, thought to derive from reconstructed Old Frisian *Frāneker, from frāna (“royal, noble”) + ekker (“acre, field”).


McGrath

en-proper noun

McGrath (countable and uncountable, plural McGraths)

McGraths (plural)
McGraw (alternative)
McCraw (alternative)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Craith, perhaps a variant of Mac Raith (“son of Rath”), a byname from rath (“abundance, prosperity”).

A minor city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States.

A city in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.


Gyumri

The second largest city in Armenia and the capital of the Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country.


Goris

A town in the southern Syunik Province of Armenia.


Dilijan

A spa town in the Tavush Province of Armenia.


Artashat

Borrowed from Armenian Արտաշատ (Artašat).

A town and capital of Ararat, Armenia, located on Araks River in the Ararat plain


Armavir

Borrowed from Armenian Արմավիր (Armavir).


Alaverdi

a town in the Lori region at the northeastern part of Armenia, not far from the border with Georgia


Wautoma

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


McLaughlin

Anglicized from Irish Mac Lochlainn (“son of Lochlan”).

McClaflin (alternative)
McGlaughlin (alternative)
McGlothin (alternative)
McGlothlin (alternative)
Mc Laughlin (alternative)
Mclauglin (alternative)
Maclauglin (alternative)
MacLauglin (alternative)
Mac Lauglin (alternative)
M'Lauglin (alternative)
M'lauglin (alternative)
MLauglin (alternative)
Mlauglin (alternative)
Lauglin (alternative)
McLaughlan (alternative)
McLachlan (alternative)
McLauchlin (alternative)
McLauchlan (alternative)

A minor city in Corson County, South Dakota, United States.


Driscoll

Driscoll (countable and uncountable, plural Driscolls)

From Irish Ó hEidirsceoil and Ó Drisceoil.

A minor city in Nueces County, Texas, United States.


Kemp

Kemp (countable and uncountable, plural Kemps)

* As an English, Scottish, Dutch, and north/Low German surname, from the noun kemp (“champion, warrior”), similar to Kampf.
* As a Dutch and West Flemish occupational surname, from Middle Dutch canep (“hemp”) (see modern hennep).
* Also as a Dutch surname Van der Kemp, Brabantine variant of Van der Kamp, from van (“of”) + der (“the”) + kamp (“camp”), related to the first sense above.
The place names are from the surname.

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


Ispahan

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِسْپَهَان (ispahān).

bor+

A city in Iran, the seat of Isfahan County's Central District, and the capital of Isfahan Province, the third largest city of Iran; the former capital of Iran, from 1598–1736


Fullerton

en-proper noun

Fullerton (countable and uncountable, plural Fullertons)

From Old English fuglere (“fowler, birdcatcher”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A place in the United States:
A city in Orange County, California.

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

A minor city in Dickey County, North Dakota.


Cushing

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Payne County, Oklahoma, named after Marshall Cushing.

Nacogdoches County
Nacogdoches County#English

A minor city in Nacogdoches County, Texas.


Wendover

A city in Tooele County, Utah, United States.


Kanab

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


Orangeville

A locale in the United States
A city in Utah, United States.


Barron

* As a Scottish surname, from Scots baron, sometimes found as McBarron; see Baron.
* As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a personal name from bior (“spear”). See Barnes, Barrington.
* As a Spanish surname, augmentative of Barro.
* As a French and Spanish surname, variant of Baron.

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


Beach

en-proper noun

Beach (countable and uncountable, plural Beachs or Beaches)

English surname reflecting multiple origins, including the nouns beach and beech, and Americanized from the German surname Bisch.

Beach (disambiguation)#People
Beach (disambiguation)#Places

Golden Valley County
Golden Valley County#English

A small city, the county seat of Golden Valley County, North Dakota.


Bender

A city and municipality of Moldova, under de-facto control of Transnistria.


Bland

Gasconade County
Gasconade County#English

A small city in Gasconade County and Osage County, Missouri, United States.


Blevins

Blevins (countable and uncountable, plural Blevinses)

Blevinses (plural)
Blevens (alternative)

Anglicized form of Welsh Bleddyn, with the addition of the suffix -s.

Hempstead County
Hempstead County#English

A minor city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States.


Bowman

A city, the county seat of Bowman County, North Dakota.


Branch

Surname derived from the noun branch. In addition to being a native English surname, the noun has also been calqued from the word for "branch" in other languages, such as German Zweig, Swedish gren, etc.
The name of the town in Newfoundland is likely derived from French Branch (“a surname”) or Branche.

A tiny city in Franklin County, Arkansas.


Byers

A place in the United States:
A minor city in Pratt County, Kansas.

A place in the United States:
A minor city in Clay County, Texas.


Clements

A minor city in Redwood County, Minnesota.


Cochran

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


Coffey

Coffey (countable and uncountable, plural Coffeys)

Coffeys (plural)
Coffie (alternative)
Cohee (alternative)

Various origins:
* Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cobhthaigh (“descendant of Cobhthach”), a byname meaning "victorious".
* Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathbhadha (“descendant of Cathbhadh”), a byname meaning "battle tent".
* Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathmhogha (“descendant of Cathmhugh”), a byname meaning "battle slave".

der

A city in Daviess County, Missouri, United States.


Cortez

en-proper noun

Cortez (countable and uncountable, plural Cortezs or Cortezes)

Montezuma County
Montezuma County#English

A city, the county seat of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.


Dunlap

A small city in Harrison County and Crawford County, Iowa, United States.

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

Sequatchie County
Sequatchie County#English

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


Garner

A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Iowa.


Gentry

A place in the United States:
A city in Benton County, Arkansas.


Gilmore

Gilmore (countable and uncountable, plural Gilmores)

Gilmores (plural)
Gilmer (alternative)
Gillmor (alternative)
Gillmore (alternative)
Gilmour (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).

Crittenden County
Crittenden County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Crittenden County, Arkansas.


Goff

* As a Welsh surname, related to Gough.
* As an English surname of Cornish and Breton origin, from gov (“smith”).
* As an Irish surname, reduced from McGoff, from McGough.

A minor city in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States.


Greer

Greer (countable and uncountable, plural Greers)

A city in Greenville and Spartanburg counties, South Carolina; named for early settler James Manning Greer.


Hardin

→ Crow: Chichúchi (calque)

A minor city in Marshall County, Kentucky.

A city, the county seat of Big Horn County, Montana.


Haynes

A minor city in Adams County, North Dakota.


Hickman

Higman (alternative)
Hitchman (alternative)

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


Hinton

Hinton (countable and uncountable, plural Hintons)

From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A city, the county seat of Summers County, West Virginia.


Holloway

Holloway (countable and uncountable, plural Holloways)

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + weġ (“way”); compare the doublet Holway.

A minor city in Swift County, Minnesota, United States.


Hooper

A township and minor city therein, in Dodge County, Nebraska.


Kaufman

Anglicised from German Kauffmann, an occupational surname referring to a merchant (German Kaufmann). Doublet of Chapman and Koopman.

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


Kinney

Kinney (countable and uncountable, plural Kinneys)

Kinneys (plural)
Kenna (alternative)
Kinna (alternative)
Kenny (alternative)
Kenney (alternative)
Kinnie (alternative)

A city in Minnesota, United States; named for landowner O. D. Kinney.


Martinez

Contra Costa County
Contra Costa County#English

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


Mayfield

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


Merrill

A city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.

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


Morrow

* As an Irish surname, variant of McMorrow.
* As a French and Walloon surname, Americanized from Moreau, Morin.

A place in the United States:
A city in Clayton County, Georgia.


Newell

Newell (countable and uncountable, plural Newells)

Two main origins:
* A variant of Neville or Noel.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tnúthghail (“descendant of Tnúthgal”), a personal name composed by the elements tnúth (“desire; envy”) + gal (“valor”).

der

Buena Vista County
Buena Vista County#English

A city and town in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States.

A city and town in Butte County, South Dakota, United States.


Sanford

A number of places in the United States:

A sizable city, the county seat of Seminole County, Florida.

A city, the county seat of Lee County, North Carolina.


Sargent

A minor city and township in Custer County, Nebraska.


Savage

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the adjective savage. Compare Sauvage.
* As an Irish surname, from ó Sabháin, also Anglicized as O'Savin; see Savin.
* As a Jewish and Slavic surname, Americanized from Savich, Serbo-Croatian Savić. See Savic.

A suburban city in Scott County, Minnesota; a suburb of Minneapolis.


Terrell

A city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.


Valenzuela

From Spanish Valenzuela. As a surname, originated in Castile and León in Spain. The city in the Philippines is named after Filipino revolutionary Pio Valenzuela.

named-after

An independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines.


Villarreal

A city in Castellón, Spain, in the community of Valencia.


Wilder

en-proper noun

Wilder (countable and uncountable, plural Wilders)

A minor city in Jackson County, Minnesota.


Lyman

Լիման

city in Lyman, Kramatorsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

A city, the administrative centre of the urban hromada of the same name, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1667 or 1678

A former raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, abolished in 2016

An urban hromada of Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine


Manti

A city, the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah.


Dalhart

After Dallam County and Hartley County and their border.

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


Sinton

San Patricio County
San Patricio County#English

A city, the county seat of San Patricio County, Texas.


Rusk

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


Gridley

A place in the United States:
A city in Butte County, California.

A place in the United States:
A minor city in Coffey County, Kansas.


Corsicana

After the island of Corsica, the birthplace of the name-giver's father.

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


Gustine

A city in Merced County, California, United States.


Segou

From French Ségou, which is transcription of Bambara Segu.

A city in south-central Mali, lying 235 kilometres (146 mi) northeast of Bamako on the River Niger


Segu

A city in south-central Mali, lying 235 kilometres (146 mi) northeast of Bamako on the River Niger.


Minburn

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


Donnelly

From the Irish surname, from Ó Donnghaile (“descendant of Donnghal”), from donn (“brown-haired”) + gal (“valor”).

A place in the United States:
A minor city in Valley County, Idaho.

A minor city and township in Stevens County, Minnesota.


Al Ain

Borrowed from Arabic العَيْن (al-ʕayn), literally "the spring".

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English


Umm al-Quwain

The capital city of Umm al-Quwain emirate, United Arab Emirates.


Velva

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


Mandan

A city, the county seat of Morton County, North Dakota.


Winner

A city, the county seat of Tripp County, South Dakota.


Utica

From Latin Utica, from Phoenician 𐤏𐤕𐤒 (ʿtq, “old”).

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Kansas; named for the city in New York.

A city in Michigan; named for the city in New York.

A city in Minnesota; named for the city in New York.

A city, the county seat of Oneida County, New York; named for the Phoenician colony.


Rangpur

A large city in northern Bangladesh, capital of the division of the same name.


Chur

A town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland.


Filer

Uncertain. Possibly an occupational surname from filer (one who files).
The city in Idaho was named after Walter G. Filer.


Adapazarı

A city in Sakarya Province, in northwestern Turkey


Artesia

Back-formation from artesian. From having artesian wells in the area.

Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County#English

A city in Los Angeles County, California.

A place in the United States:
A city in Eddy County, New Mexico.


Pecos

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


Folsom

Folsom (countable and uncountable, plural Folsoms)

Folsom, another well-known institution, opened in 1880. Between 1880 and 1933, when a facility for women was opened in Tehachapi, there was not a single new prison constructed. In 1952, the California Institution for Women opened and Tehachapi became a new prison for men. In all, between 1852 and 1955, nine prisons were constructed in California.

2003, Angela Y. Davis, chapter 1, in Are Prisons Obsolete?, archived from the original on 2023-05-19, page 12:

Sacramento County
Sacramento County#English

A city in Sacramento County, California, United States.


Niort

A commune, the capital of Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in western France.


Oroville

The town in California was originally called Ophir City, but the name was changed to Oroville when the first post office opened in 1854, from Spanish oro (“gold”) + -ville.

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

A city in Okanogan County, in north-central Washington, United States.


Puyallup

A city in Washington, United States, named after the aforementioned tribe.


Candelaria

A ranchería in Tasquillo municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico.

A town in Cuscatlán department, El Salvador


Houghton

Houghton (countable and uncountable, plural Houghtons)

From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, on the Upper Peninsula.


Vicksburg

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


Othello

A city in Adams County, Washington, United States.


Seward

Seward (countable and uncountable, plural Sewards)

Originally two distinct names:
* Middle English Seward, Siward, from Old English Siġeweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Sigiwardu, from Proto-Germanic *Sigiwarduz, from *segaz (“victory”) + *warduz (“guard”).
* Middle English Seward, from Old English Sǣweard, from sǣ (“sea”) + weard (“guard”).

Kenai Peninsula Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough#English

A city in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.

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

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


Worthington

Worthington (countable and uncountable, plural Worthingtons)

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

A city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States.

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


Kingsley

"The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (“king”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

The name of various geographical places:

A minor city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English


Kenyon

A city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.


Winslow

Winslow (countable and uncountable, plural Winslows)

From Middle English Wynselowe, from Old English Wineshlauu, from Wines (“Wine's”, personal name) + hlāw (“mound”).

compound

"Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see. It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me".

Washington County
Washington County#English

A minor city in Washington County, Arkansas.


Fenton

en-proper noun

Fenton (countable and uncountable, plural Fentons)

From Middle English Fenton, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A place in the United States:
A city in Kossuth County, Iowa.

A city and township in Genesee County, Michigan.

St. Louis County
St. Louis County#English

A small city in St. Louis County, Missouri.


Markham

A city in southern Ontario, a suburb of Toronto.

A number of places in the United States:

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


Colville

Colville (countable and uncountable, plural Colvilles)

Colvilles (plural)
Colvile (alternative)

Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Colleville, in Normandy, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse kol (“coal”) + the French habitational suffix -ville.

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


Saratoga

/ˌsærəˈtoʊɡə/

Corruption of a Mohawk word se-rach-ta-gue, sa-ra-ta-ke (“the hillside country of the quiet river”), which the early Dutch settlers interpreted as Sarachtoge. More at Saratoga.

Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County#English

A city in Santa Clara County, California.


Schofield

Schofield (countable and uncountable, plural Schofields)

A city in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States, previously Scholfield after William Scholfield.


Kenton

Kenton (countable and uncountable, plural Kentons)

From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Hardin County, Ohio.


Balfour

Balfour (countable and uncountable, plural Balfours)

From Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) + pùir, genitive form of pór (“pasture, grass”).

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


Albemarle

/ˈælbəˌmɑːɹl/

From New Latin, from the French city Aumale, from Latin alba marla "white marl."

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


Pittsburg

A city in Contra Costa County, California.

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


McPherson

McPherson (countable and uncountable, plural McPhersons)

McPhersons (plural)
Ferson (alternative)
MacPherson (alternative)
McPhearson (alternative)
Pherson (alternative)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Phearsain (“son of the parson”), from pearsan (“parson”).

der

McPherson County
McPherson County#English

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


Wilmington

Meaning "Wilhelm's estate", from Wilhelm + Old English ing (“belonging to”) + Old English tūn (“homestead, settlement”)

New Castle County
New Castle County#English

A city, the county seat of New Castle County, and the largest city in Delaware.

New Hanover County
New Hanover County#English

A city, the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina.

A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Ohio.


Lockhart

en-proper noun

Lockhart (countable and uncountable, plural Lockharts)

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


Leith

From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).


Pendleton

'The settlement beside Pendle', from Pendle + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

A city, the county seat of Umatilla County, Oregon.


Ripley

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, Hrype, genitive case Hrypa + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A city, the county seat of Tippah County, Mississippi.

Lauderdale County
Lauderdale County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Lauderdale County, Tennessee.

A city, the county seat of Jackson County, West Virginia.


Braddock

A tiny city and village in Emmons County, North Dakota.


Linton

Linton (countable and uncountable, plural Lintons)

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A small city, the county seat of Emmons County, North Dakota.


Conde

A city and town in South Dakota, United States.


Sterling Heights

A suburban city of Detroit, Michigan with a population of nearly 130,000.


Arusha

The capital city of the Arusha Region, in northeastern Tanzania.


Tarsus

From Latin Tarsus, from Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós), ultimately from Hittite Tarsa.

A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.


Yavne

Hebrew יַבְנֶה

uder

Hebrew יַבְנֶה

Yavneh (alternative)
Javne (alternative)
Javneh (alternative)
Jamnia (alternative)
Iamnia (alternative)
Yibna (alternative)

Central District
Central District#English


Parnell

Matronymic from a medieval spoken form of Petronella.

A minor city in Nodaway County, Missouri.


Milner

* As an English surname, variant of Miller, retaining the -n- of Middle English mylnere (“miller”).
* As a German surname, variant of Müller, Mueller.

A minor city in Lamar County, Georgia, United States.


Eibar

A city and municipality of the province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain.


Tamworth

Tamworth
Tamworth pig
Tamworth, Staffordshire

A city and administrative centre of Tamworth Regional Council in New South Wales, Australia.


Vinton

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


Cooperstown

A city, the county seat of Griggs County, North Dakota.


Eau Claire

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

Eau Claire River (Chippewa River)
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

He lived […] with a guy named Mike who was from near Eau Claire.

2021, Brandon Taylor, “Mass”, in Filthy Animals, Daunt Books Originals, page 157:

Eau Claire County
Eau Claire County#English

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


Bergen op Zoom

/ˌbɜɹɡən ɑp ˈzoʊm/

/ˌbɜːɡən ɒp ˈzəʊm/

Bercizoma

city in the North Brabant province of the Netherlands


Nonthaburi

The capital of Nonthaburi Province, Thailand.


Nakhon Ratchasima

From Thai นครราชสีมา (ná-kɔɔn-râat-chá-sǐi-maa).

Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima#English

The capital of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.


Chiang Mai

/t͡ʃi.ɑːŋ ˈmaɪ/

Borrowed from Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai), from เชียง (chiiang, “walled city”) + ใหม่ (mài, “new”). In reference to the kingdoms, from their capital.

The capital city of Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.


Texarkana

Texarkana metropolitan area
Texarkana, Arkansas
Texarkana, Texas

A city, the county seat of Miller County, Arkansas, adjoining Texarkana, Texas.

A city in Bowie County, Texas, adjoining Texarkana, Arkansas.


Tonkawa

From Wichita tonkaweya (“those who stay together”), compare Tonkawa Tickanwa•tic (“(a) genuine people”).

cog

A city in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States.


Sóc Trăng

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


Stans

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


Vinh

A city, the provincial capital of Nghệ An Province, Vietnam


Yerba Buena

A city and department of Tucumán, in northern Argentina.


Gilman

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Benton County, Minnesota.


Truth or Consequences

Originally named Hot Springs, the city changed its name to Truth or Consequences, the title of a popular NBC Radio quiz show, in 1950, after its host Ralph Edwards announced that he would air the program from the first town that renamed itself after the show.

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


Frunze

From 1926-91, the city was named after the Bolshevik military leader Mikhail Frunze, who was born here.

(historical) Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan.


Weiser

en-proper noun

Weiser (countable and uncountable, plural Weisers)

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


Mpanda

The capital city of the Katavi Region, Tanzania


Standish

A city, the county seat of Arenac County, Michigan.


Bimbo

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English


Sugar Creek

At least the Indiana and Tennessee creeks are named for the sugar maples which grow along their banks.

A city in Clay County and Jackson County, Missouri.


Almeria

/ˌælməˈɹi.ə/

/ˌɑːlməˈɹi.ə/

From Spanish Almería, from Arabic المرية (al-Mariyya), from مَرَايَا (marāyā, “mirrors”) in reference to the settlement's initial role in the 9th century as a watchtower for Bajjana, now Pechina.


Culver City

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.


Joice

English surname, spelling variant of Joyce.


Hit

From Ottoman Turkish هیت (Hit) and Arabic هيت (Hit).


Luxor

A city in Egypt, located on the site of the ancient Thebes.


Jasin

Jasin District, a district of Malacca, Malaysia.


Spearman

Spearman (countable and uncountable, plural Spearmans)

From spear + man, an occupational surname for a soldier armed with a spear.

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


Baring

Baring (countable and uncountable, plural Barings)

A minor city in Knox County, Missouri, United States.


Pease

Mille Lacs County
Mille Lacs County#English

A minor city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.


Hallock

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


Ironton

A city, the county seat of Iron County, Missouri.

A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Ohio.


Nisswa

From Ojibwe for "in the middle" or "three".


Aswan

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic أسوان (Aswān), itself borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw, s-wn:n-nw:W-T11:niwt.

Assouan (alternative)
Assuan (alternative)
Essouan (alternative)


Needles

San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County#English

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


Aversa

Aversa (countable and uncountable, plural Aversas)

A city and comune in Caserta province, Campania, Italy.


Udaipur

A city and district in Rajasthan, India.


Secunderabad

From Urdu سِکَنْدَر آباد (sikandar ābād) / Hindi सिकंदराबाद (sikandrābād), named after Sikander Jah. The spelling was likely influenced by Latin secundus.

bor

سِکَنْدَر آباد

It was my fate to commence my career in the medical service forty years ago in the presanitary days, long before the introduction of modern methods of diagnosis, at two of the most unhealthy stations in the whole of India — Bellary and Secunderabad.

1881, International Congress of Medicine, Transactions of the 1st, 2nd, 4th-17th Congress, page 541:

The twin city of Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana.


Republic

Republic (disambiguation)#Places in the United States

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

Christian County
Christian County#English

A city in Christian County and Greene County, Missouri, United States.

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


Anju

The Japanese are now holding An-ju and the line of the Ching-chong River.

[1904 March 18 [1904 March 16], “Russian Driven Back from An-ju”, in The New York Times, volume LIII, number 16,912, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 7:

The Russian and Japanese scouts are separated only by the Ching-chong River, just north of An-ju.

[1904 March 18 [1904 March 17], The New York Times, volume LIII, number 16,912, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1:

NOTE.—Anju is on the great highroad which runs the length of Corea, chiefly near the west coast, and is 50 miles north of Ping-Yang and southeast of Wiju, on the Yalu river. The Ching-Chong river is the northernmost large stream in Corea at the west side of the peninsula, flowing parallel with the Yalu and about 70 miles from it. Just south of the river and parallel with it runs a high mountain range from the west coast to the center of the peninsula, with only one good pass through it, at Souk-Chyon, by which passage is made between Anju and Ping-Yang. These conditions make the line of the Ching-Chong a particularly strong one strategically, and may serve as the first great line of Japanese operations in Corea.

1904 March 22, “Russia's Lines Falling Back to the Yalu”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 56, number 214, St. Louis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:

The following dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alexieff, dated Mukden, March 22:
“Gen. Mitchenkow reports that on March 17 our scouts approached Anju and observed on the left bank of the Ching Chong river, opposite Anju, retrenchments made by the enemy.

1904 March 23 [1904 March 22], Viceroy Alexieff, quotee, “Waiting for the First Collision in the Yalu Region”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 56, number 215, St. Louis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:

Kim Yo Jong in her column said the weapons were actually fired from a bridge in the inland city of Anju, and ridiculed South Korean and U.S. military capacities to monitor North Korean missile activity.

2022 August 18, KIM TONG-HYUNG, “North Korea dismisses Seoul’s aid-for-disarmament offer”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:

A city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.


Nabeul

From French Nabeul, from Arabic نَابِل (Nābil), from Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from Ancient Greek νέᾱ́ (néā́, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Nablus, Naples, Napoli, Neapoli, and Neapolis.

doublet

A city on the Cap Bon Peninsula in Tunisia.


Iconium

From Latin Iconium, from Ancient Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Unrelated to icon. Doublet of Konya.

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


Constantinopolis

From Middle English Constantinopolis, from Latin Cōnstantīnopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς (Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs).

der

Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς

About 541 he removed to Constantinopolis, where he received every mark of imperial favour both from Justinianus and Justinus the Second.

1938, H. P. Lovecraft, “Ibid”, in The O-Wash-Ta-Nong: An Amateur Journal, volume 3, number 1, page 11:

Thus the Roman emperor Severus had destroyed the Hellenistic city; as to the emperor Constantine, he tore down pagan monuments to rebuild Byzantium as Constantinopolis, the capital of a Christian empire.

1999, Suraiya Faroqhi, Approaching Ottoman History: An Introduction to the Sources, page 124:

Like the monuments culled from the cities and sanctuaries of the Roman world, the relics of Constantinopolis created a history for the city both through individual identity and their status as appropriated objects.

2014, Sarah Bassett, “Collecting and the Creation of History”, in Museum Archetypes and Collecting in the Ancient World, page 154:

Nonetheless, in the fourth century, Roma began to appear in a new guise, in a whole series of official images from coins to consular diptychs, more or less twinned with her upstart “sister”, Constantinopolis.

2015, Lucy Grig, “Competing Capitals”, in Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity, page 43:

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

Alternative form of Constantinople: (historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that


Fountain

en-proper noun

Fountain (countable and uncountable, plural Fountains)

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a fountain, spring or well.

A city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, named after Fountain Creek (Arkansas River tributary).

A city in Fountain County, Indiana, United States, USA formerly known as Portland.

A city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States.


Custer

Custer (countable and uncountable, plural Custers)

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


Oakes

Oakes (countable and uncountable, plural Oakeses)

From the plural of oak. The surname could also derived from a partial translation of the Irish surname Mac Dubhdara (“son of Dubhdara”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).

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


Kindred

Named after local businessman William S. Kindred.


Antler

Named for nearby Antler Creek, whose branches resemble deer antlers when viewed on a map.


Upham

Upham (countable and uncountable, plural Uphams)

From Old English upp (“upper”) + hām (“homestead”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after Loyalist military officer and politician Joshua Upham (1741 - 1808).

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


Lowry

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Labhradha. See Lavery and compare McClory.
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Laury, Lawrie.
Also compare Lowery.


Olivet

A locale in the United States.
A city in Michigan.

A locale in the United States.
A city in Kansas.


Kennard

Kennard (countable and uncountable, plural Kennards)

A number of places in the United States:


Frontenac

A place in the United States:
A city in Crawford County, Kansas.

A city in St. Louis County, Missouri, named after Louis de Buade de Frontenac.


Blois

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English

A city and commune, the prefecture of Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Hamlin

Hamlin (countable and uncountable, plural Hamlins)

Hamlins (plural)
Hambling (alternative)
Hamling (alternative)

From the Anglo-Norman personal name Hamlin, a double diminutive of Old French Haimon.

A minor city and township in Brown County, Kansas.


Pueblo

Pueblo (countable and uncountable, plural Pueblos)

Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.

A city, the county seat of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.


Lamar

From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).

A city, the county seat of Prowers County, Colorado.

A city, the county seat of Barton County, Missouri.


Santa Monica

Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County#English

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.


Whittier

Whittier (countable and uncountable, plural Whittiers)

From whityer (“a whiter, whitester”, occupational name).

Chugach Census Area
Chugach Census Area#English

The name of several cities, communities, and neighborhoods in the United States.

A city in Los Angeles County, California, named for poet John Greenleaf Whittier


Effingham

From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

Effingham County
Effingham County#English

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


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

From Old English grāf (“grove”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:

A minor city in Jersey County, Illinois.

A city, the county seat of Walsh County, North Dakota.

A city, the county seat of Taylor County, West Virginia.

A city in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.


Bathurst

→ French: Bathurst

Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).

A city in the Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.

Central Tablelands
Central Tablelands#English

(historical), St. Peters (historical)

A city, the shire town of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English


Fremont

Fremont (countable and uncountable, plural Fremonts)

A city in Alameda County, California, United States.

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

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


Sumter

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


Greeley

Greeley (countable and uncountable, plural Greeleys)

Nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old French greslé (“pitted, scarred”).

A city, the county seat of Weld County, Colorado, United States.

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

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


Montcalm

The former name of Tamlouka, a city in Aïn Makhlouf district, Guelma Province, Algeria.


Mackay

A city and local government area (Mackay Region) in northern Queensland, Australia.


Denham

"Dweller at the farm in the valley", from Old English dene (“valley”) + hām (“farm”).

A minor city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. From the surname.


Gallatin

Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries, including:

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

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


Thayer

A number of places in the United States:


Fairfield

Fairfield (countable and uncountable, plural Fairfields)

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”).

A city, the county seat of Solano County, California.

A small city, the county seat of Camas County, Idaho.

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

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Iowa.

Freestone County
Freestone County#English

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


Gettysburg

Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Sickles
Daniel Sickles's leg
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Samuel Gettys

From Gettys + -burg; named for Samuel Gettys, settler.

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


Lathrop

Lathrop (countable and uncountable, plural Lathrops)

San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County#English

A city in San Joaquin County, California.

A city in Clinton County, Missouri, named after John L. Lathrop.


Hiawatha

/ˌhaɪəˈwɑːθə/

Any of a number of towns or other places in English-speaking countries:

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


Beira

A city and port in Sofala Province, Mozambique.


Mikkeli

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Mikkeli.

ubor

Southern Savonia
Southern Savonia#English

A city and municipality of Southern Savonia, in eastern Finland.


Porvoo

A city and municipality of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, east of Helsinki.


Racibórz

Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship#English

A city in Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.


Santa Isabel

A city in Mexicali municipality, Baja California, Mexico.


Socorro

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

A city in El Paso County, Texas, United States.


Dumont

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Traverse County, Minnesota.


São Luís

Borrowed from Portuguese São Luís, from são (saint) + Luís (Louis).

A municipality, the state capital of Maranhão, Brazil


Santa Maria

Jesus
Mary, mother of Jesus
Santa Maria, California

From Portuguese Santa Maria and Spanish Santa María (“Holy Mary”), various places named in honor of Mary the mother of Jesus, from Portuguese Maria and Spanish María, both from Latin Maria, q.v.

Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County#English

A city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.


Tavares

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


Brusque

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Brusque.


Itajaí

The 45 samples collected from leg two, running from Cabo Verde to South Africa, showed microplastic concentrations from 92-1,884, while in leg three – between Cape Town and Itajaí, Brazil – the concentrations ranged from 160-1,492 per cubic metre.

2023 June 5, Yvonne Gordon, “Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race”, in The Guardian:

A city and municipality of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.


Uman

A city and raion of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.


Rye

* As an English surname, variant of Rea.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun rye.
* As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”).
* As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord.
* The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”).

River Rye, Yorkshire
Rye (disambiguation)
Rye, East Sussex
Rye, New York

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

A coastal suburban city in Westchester County, New York.


Rainier

en-proper noun

Rainier (countable and uncountable, plural Rainiers)

Borrowed from French Rainier. The cherry was named after Mount Rainier.

A city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.

A city in Thurston County, Washington, United States.


Montauban

A commune, the capital of Tarn-et-Garonne department, Occitania, France.


Poplar

Poplar (countable and uncountable, plural Poplars)

From poplar, also as a topographic surname for a person who lived by this tree.

Roosevelt County
Roosevelt County#English

A city in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States.


Rizhao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 日照 (Rìzhào).

Jih-chao (alternative)
Jihchao (alternative)

A video of tanks in China went viral on Monday 18 July, 2022, with social media users claiming it shows the Chinese government suppressing protesters in Henan over the ongoing banking scandals. However, the video was actually filmed in Rizhao City in Shandong Province and according to our sources, the tanks were deployed as part of military drills.

2022 July 21, Yu-Hsiang Wang, “Did the Chinese government really deploy military tanks to suppress protesters in Henan province?”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2022-07-21:

In China, authorities said they might soon shoot down an unidentified flying object over waters near the northern city of Rizhao, The South China Morning Post reported.

2023 February 12, Daniel E. Slotnik, Amelia Nierenberg, “Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Destroys U.F.O.s”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-13, Briefing:


Tourcoing

A city and commune of Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.


Fayetteville

Fayetteville
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

From Fayette + -ville. Named for Lafayette, a French officer who fought under George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A number of places in the United States, including:

A city, the county seat of Washington County, Arkansas.

A city, the county seat of Fayette County, Georgia.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A city, the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina.

A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Tennessee.


Wadowice

A city in southern Poland, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills.


Lemmon

A city in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.


McLouth

From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, possibly a variant of McLeod.


Admire

Named for one of its founders, Jacob Admire.


Hauser

Hauser (countable and uncountable, plural Hausers)

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


Melba

Coined by Nellie Melba as a pseudonym; derived from Melbourne.


Lapwai

From a Nez Perce word, said to be onomatopoeic for the flapping of a butterfly's wings.


Kamiah

Borrowed from Nez Perce [Term?] (“many rope litters”).


Placerville

El Dorado County
El Dorado County#English

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

A small city and former mining town in Boise County, Idaho, United States.


Rhame

en-proper noun

Rhame (countable and uncountable, plural Rhames)

A city in Bowman County, South Dakota, United States.


Lansford

Lansford (countable and uncountable, plural Lansfords)

Habitational surname from Old English landscearu (“boundary”) + ford.

Bottineau County
Bottineau County#English

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


Bottineau

A city, the county seat of Bottineau County, North Dakota.


Medora

The given name was first used by Lord Byron in The Corsair (1814).

A city, the county seat of Billings County, North Dakota; named for Medora von Hoffmann, wife of the Marquis de Morès, who founded the city.


Bucyrus

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


Hettinger

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


Gilby

Grand Forks County
Grand Forks County#English

A minor city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States.


Tappen

Tappen (countable and uncountable, plural Tappens)

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


Fredonia

A place in the United States:
A city and town in Iowa.

A city, the county seat of Wilson County, Kansas.

A place in the United States:
A city and town in Kentucky.

A place in the United States:
A village and city in New York.

A place in the United States:
A city and village in North Dakota.


Deering

Deering (countable and uncountable, plural Deerings)

Northwest Arctic Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough#English

A city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States.

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


Anamoose

A corruption of Ojibwe animosh (“female dog”)/ᐅᓀᒲᔥ


Cavalier

Named after Charles Cavileer, an early settler.

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


Grano

Borrowed from Spanish Grano, Italian Grano.


Forman

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


Goodrich

From Old English Godrīc (“good or godly ruler”).

inh

Godrich (alternative)
Godridge (alternative)
Gooderick (alternative)
Gooderidge (alternative)
Goodrick (alternative)
Goodricke (alternative)
Goodridge (alternative)
Goodwright (alternative)
Gutridge (alternative)

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Sheridan County, North Dakota.


Amidon

A small city, the county seat of Slope County, North Dakota, with a population of only 20 in 2010.


Streeter

A minor city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.


Bisbee

A city, the county seat of Cochise County, Arizona.

A small city in Towner County, North Dakota.


Gorgan

From Iranian Persian گرگان (gorgân), from Classical Persian گرگان (gurgān); see it for more. Related to Hyrcania.

A city in Iran, the seat of Gorgan County's Central District, and the capital of Golestan Province; formerly called Astrabad.


Cando

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


Epping

en-proper noun

Epping (countable and uncountable, plural Eppings)

From Old English yppe (“upland”) + ing (“meadow”).

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


Aix-en-Provence

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

A city and commune of Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Sharm el-Sheikh

/ˌʃɑː(ɹ)m ɛlˈʃeɪk/

/ˌʃɑː(ɹ)m ɛʃˈʃeɪk/

From Egyptian Arabic شرم الشيخ (šarm eš-šēḵ, “bay of the wise”).

der

A city in Egypt, at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula.


Mau

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


Grapevine

From grapevine, referring to the wild grapes that grew in the area.


Pompeji

Borrowed from Latin Pompeji, from Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, “five”), a reference to its five districts. Doublet of cinque, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, and punch (“beverage”).

doublet

Alternative form of Pompeii, a city in Italy.


Litchfield

en-proper noun

Litchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Litchfields)

From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

Hillsdale County
Hillsdale County#English

A city and township in Hillsdale County, Michigan.

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


South Bend

St. Joseph County
St. Joseph County#English

A city, the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, named after the southern bend of the St. Joseph River.

A city, the county seat of Pacific County, Washington.


Beauvais

A cathedral city, the capital of Oise department, Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France.


Bourges

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English

A cathedral city, the capital of Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


The Bottom

→ Dutch: The Bottom

A village and capital of the Caribbean island of Saba, Netherlands.


Figueres

The administrative capital of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain


Biarritz

A coastal city in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Pinsk

From Polish Pińsk, Russian Пинск (Pinsk) and/or Belarusian Пінск (Pinsk).


Ahvaz

From Persian اهواز (ahvâz), from Arabic أَهْوَاز (ʔahwāz) and اَلْأَهْوَاز (al-ʔahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز (sūq al-ʔahwāz), a partial-calque of Middle Persian Hūǰestān-vāčār (literally “the market of Khuzestan”), name of a major town in Sassanian-era Khuzestan; see Khuzestan for more.

der

A city in Iran, the seat of Ahvaz County's Central District, and the capital of Khuzestan Province.


Lubbock

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


Melo

From Portuguese melro (“blackbird”), similar to Spanish mirlo.

A city in Uruguay, capital of the department of Cerro Largo


Porto Novo

A city on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde


La Roche-sur-Yon

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

A commune, the capital of Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.


Okazaki

/ˌəʊkəˈzɑːkɪ/

/ˌɒkəˈzɑːkɪ/

Borrowed from Japanese 岡崎 (おかざき, Okazaki).


Fukuyama

en-proper noun

Fukuyama (countable and uncountable, plural Fukuyamas)

Borrowed from Japanese 福山 (ふくやま, Fukuyama, literally “blessing mountain”).


Salé

Salli (alternative)
Sallee (alternative)

A coastal city near Rabat in the region of Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, Morocco.


Sunnyvale

Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County#English

A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.


Mountain View

Mountain View, Arkansas
Mountain View, California

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Stone County, Arkansas.

A city in Santa Clara County, California.


Palo Alto

From Spanish palo alto (literally “tall stick”), named after El Palo Alto, a more than 1000-year-old coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree near the city.


Gilroy

en-proper noun

Gilroy (countable and uncountable, plural Gilroys)

From Middle English Gilry, from Irish Giolla rua (“servant of the red-haired lad”).


Galveston

→ Spanish: Galveston

From Galvez + -ton. From Galvez' Town, from Spanish Gálvez. Named after Spanish Vice-Roy of New Spain Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez. The island and bay were renamed Gálvez in 1783 by Spanish navigator José Antonio de Evia, for Bernardo de Gálvez, who supported American Independence. The bay and island were subsequently renamed after the port town that itself took on the name of the island on which it sits.

named-after

en:Galveston (disambiguation)
en:Galveston, Texas

Galveston County
Galveston County#English

Galveston Island
Galveston Island#English

A coastal city, the county seat of Galveston County, Texas, United States, located on Galveston Island and Pelican Island.


Sergiyev Posad

/ˈsɜː(ɹ)ɡiɛv pəˈsɑːd/

From Russian Се́ргиев Поса́д (Sérgijev Posád), suburb of Sergius (after the famous monastery).

uder

Се́ргиев Поса́д

A pilgrimage town of 110,000 people in Moscow oblast

Sergiyev Posad
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius


Karaganda

/kæɹəˈɡændə/

/kɑɹəˈɡɑndə/

Borrowed from Russian Караганда́ (Karagandá); derived from caragana bushes (Caragana arborescens, Caragana frutex), which are abundant in the area.


Petropavl

/ˈpɛtɹəˌpɑːvəl/

North Kazakhstan
North Kazakhstan#English

A city (population 200,000) on the Ishim River; the capital city of North Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan.


Shymkent

From Kazakh Шымкент (Şymkent), from шым (şym, “turf”) and кент (kent, “city”).


Ferghana

From Classical Persian فرغانه (Farġāna).

Fergana (alternative)
Farg'ona (alternative)


Charlevoix

Charlevoix County
Charlevoix County#English

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


Treves

From French Trèves,
from Latin Treverorum, from Augusta Treverorum,
from Gaulish.

(obsolete) Obsolete form of Trier. (a city in Germany)


Sétif

A city, the capital of Sétif province, north-east Algeria.


Bitonto

A city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, Italy.


Bristow

Habitational surname for someone who lived in Bristol.


Nashua

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County#English

A city in New Hampshire, United States and one of the two county seats of Hillsborough County.


Lawler

en-proper noun

Lawler (countable and uncountable, plural Lawlers)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leathlobhair (“descendant of Leathlobhar”), a personal name composed of the elements leath (“half”) + lobar (“leprous; sick”), a nickname for a man of unhealthy constitution.

der

Chickasaw County
Chickasaw County#English

A city in Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States.


Centralia

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

Washington County
Washington County#English

A city in Clinton County, Jefferson County, Marion County and Washington County, Illinois, named after the Illinois Central Railroad.

A city and township in Boone County, Missouri.


Thanh Hoá

The capital city of Thanh Hoá Province, Vietnam.

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Norco

Riverside County
Riverside County#English

A city in Riverside County, California, United States.


Napa

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


Isabela

Borrowed from Spanish Isabela. The province is named after Isabella II of Spain. Doublet of Isabelle.

A city in Basilan, Mindanao, Philippines


Tiksi

From Yakut Тиксии (Tiksii), literally "moorage place".

A town of 5,000 people on the Laptev Sea in the Sakha Republic, Russia, southeast of the delta of the Lena River.


Ashkelon

Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (′ašqəlōn).

bor

Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (′ašqəlōn)

Ashqelon (alternative)
Ascalon (alternative)

A coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast.


Latimer

en-proper noun

Latimer (countable and uncountable, plural Latimers)

From latimer (“interpreter, speaker of Latin”), q.v. The village was named after a landowner with this name.

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

A minor city in Morris County, Kansas, United States.


Corning

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

A city in Tehama County, California, United States.

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

A city and town in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States.

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


Evergreen

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


Bellflower

Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County#English

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

A city and town in Missouri, United States.


McKittrick

en-prop

McKittrick (countable and uncountable, plural McKittricks)

McKittricks (plural)
McKitrick (alternative)
McKitterick (alternative)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Shitrig, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Sigtryggr, which is composed of the elements sigr (“victory”) and tryggr (“true”).

A city and village in Montgomery County, Missouri, United States.


Cowgill

A small city in Caldwell County, Missouri.


Narka

A city and village in Kansas, United States.


Aqaba

Borrowed from Arabic العَقَبَة (al-ʕaqaba, literally “the obstacle”).


Hernando

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


Cape Canaveral

From Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, from cañaveral (“reed bed”). It is the third oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US after Florida, and Dry Tortugas.

A city in Florida, United States, named after the cape it is located at.


Independence

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Buchanan County, Iowa.

A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Kansas.

A city in Kentucky, and one of the two county seats of Kenton County.

I was in Kansas City on November 6; it was the day before election, and as usual I planned to cast my ballot in Independence.

1956, Harry S. Truman, chapter 24, in Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial And Hope, volume II, Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, pages 373–374:

A city in Missouri, United States and one of the two county seats of Jackson County.

A city in Polk County, Oregon; named for the city in Missouri.

Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County#English

A city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.


Berwyn

A city and township in Cook County, Illinois, United States.


Langford

en-proper noun

Langford (countable and uncountable, plural Langfords)

Two main origins:
* From Old English lang (“long”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Nottinghamshire derives from the Old English personal name Landa + ford.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


Yankton

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


Corona

All ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”).
* (Corona, California): From Spanish corona (“crown, wreath”), chosen to play upon a unique feature of the city, the one-mile diameter drive that circled the center of the town.
* (Corona, New Mexico):
* (Corona, South Dakota): May be a transfer from Corona, Queens.
* (Corona, Queens): One theory is that it was renamed by music producer Benjamin W. Hitchcock, a developer who renamed the area in 1872 and sold off land for residential development. Another theory is that real estate developer Thomas Waite Howard, who became the first postmaster in 1872, petitioned to have the post office name changed to Corona in 1870, suggesting that it was the “crown of Queens County”. A third theory is that it is derived from the crown used as an emblem by the Crown Building Company, which is said to have developed the area. The Italian immigrants who moved into the new housing stock referred to the neighborhood by Italian corona or Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (surname): 1. From Spanish corona and Italian corona (“crown”), perhaps applied as a habitational name for someone who lived in a house with this sign, or as a nickname for someone who had a tonsure in fulfillment of a religious vow or who had influence and power. 2. From Italian Corona, a female given name, of the same derivation.
* (given name): From Late Latin Corōna, meaning “crown”.
* (beer): From Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (coronavirus): Clipping of coronavirus, from corona + virus.
* (cigar): From Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), the name of a brand.

bor

LuLaRoe is laying off 167 employees at a warehouse in Corona, California, on December 20, according to a company filing. […] LuLaRoe confirmed the closing to Business Insider and said it will maintain separate offices in Corona that serve as its headquarters.

2019 October 28, Hayley Peterson, “LuLaRoe plans to lay off 167 warehouse workers amid legal battle”, in Business Insider:

A place in the United States:
A city in Riverside County, California.


Delmont

A city and town in South Dakota, United States.


Doland

en-proper noun

Doland (countable and uncountable, plural Dolands)

A city in Spink County, South Dakota, United States.


Deadwood

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


Egan

Egan (countable and uncountable, plural Egans)

Egans (plural)
Eagan (alternative)
Eakin (alternative)
Heekin (alternative)

From Irish Ó hAodhagáin, literally, “descendant of Aodhagán”, from Old Irish Áedacán, from Áed + -acán, from áed (“fire”).


Redfield

A city in Arkansas; named for Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway president Jared E. Redfield.

A city in Iowa; named for American politician and Civil War officer James Redfield.

A city in Kansas; named for an early settler.

A city, the county seat of Spink County, South Dakota; named for railroad official J. B. Redfield.


Mellette

The city was laid out in 1881, and named in honor of Governor Arthur C. Mellette.


Superior

Dickinson County
Dickinson County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A small city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.

A city, village, and civil town in Wisconsin. The city is the county seat of Douglas County.


Mergui

(dated, historical) A city in southern Burma; modern Myeik.


Moulmein

Borrowed from Burmese မော်လမြိုင် (maula.mruing).

Mawlamyine (alternative)
Mawlamyaing (alternative)


Oakville

Grays Harbor County
Grays Harbor County#English

A minor city in Grays Harbor County, Washington.


Tavoy

(historical) Former name of Dawei (“city in southern Burma”).


Pegu

The road was flooded in some places and in others the rains had filled potholes with mud, and the horses – ponies rather, stout little Pegus from Burmah – stumbled into them and lost their footing.

(historical) A pony from the Burmese city of Bago.


Laayoune

The capital and largest city of Western Sahara.


Plzen

Anglicised form of Czech Plzeň. Doublet of Pilsen.


Hecatompylus

From Latin Hecatompylus, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than the traditional four gates.

der

(historical) A city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-e Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire.


Coates

en-prop

Coates (countable and uncountable, plural Coates or Coateses)

A minor city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.


Eagan

en-proper noun

Eagan (countable and uncountable, plural Eagans)

A city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.


Rolfe

English surname, spelling variant of Rolf.

Pocahontas County
Pocahontas County#English

A minor city in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States, named after John Rolfe.


Westland

West Coast, New Zealand
Westland District

A place in the United States:
A city in Wayne County, Michigan.


Angeles

An independent city, the largest city in Pampanga, Philippines


Reus

A city in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain.


Jonesboro

The name of several towns and cities, including:

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

Craighead County
Craighead County#English

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

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


Bellefontaine

Borrowed from French Bellefontaine (literally “beautiful fountain”).

bor

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


Portoferraio

/ˌpɔː(ɹ)təʊfəˈɹaɪəʊ/

Borrowed from Italian Portoferraio (literally “iron-working harbour”), from porto (“harbour”) + ferraio (“that works iron”), after the numerous ironworks historically present in its territory.

Porto Ferraio (alternative obsolete)
Porto Ferrajo (alternative obsolete)

A city and comune in the province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, in the north of Elba, featuring a prominent harbour.

Պորտոֆերաիո

city and harbour in the north of Elba, Italy


Grady

From the Irish surname, from Ó Grádaigh (see O'Grady) or Mag Bhrádaigh (see McGrady).

A city in Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States.


Hydruntum

From Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Doublet of Otranto and hydrous.

(historical) Former name of Otranto, a city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy.


Cyzicus

From Latin Cȳzicus, from Ancient Greek Κύζικος (Kúzikos).

(historical) A former city in Balikesir Province, Turkey, formerly part of the ancient region of Mysia.


Mar del Plata

A coastal city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.


Iguvium

Learned borrowing from Latin Īguvium, itself from Umbrian 𐌉𐌊𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌖𐌌 (ikuvium).


Holliday

English surname from the noun holiday. Compare Christmas, and by extension the French surname Noël, Noel.

A city in Archer County, Texas, United States.


Vale

A city, the county seat of Malheur County, Oregon.


Bonaventure

en-proper noun

Bonaventure (countable and uncountable, plural Bonaventures)

A regional county municipality and city therein, in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Quebec, Canada.


Douaouda

Our first stage was Cheragas; and, after passing the Trappist establishment at Staouëli, where the French fought their first battle, and Sidi-Ferruch, where they landed, we again changed horses at Douaouda. Here we deposited our fellow-coupist.

1859, Edward Vernon Harcourt, Sporting in Algeria:

An invitation to tender has been launched for the supply of equipment, assembly, and start-up of an installation for the manufacture of concrete tubing in Douaouda.

1977, Arab Oil & Gas, numbers 139-150, page 31:

In the November massacre in Douaouda, in Tipaza, men were castrated before their throats were slashed.

2011, Brent D. Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine:


Carlsbad

Borrowed from German Carlsbad, the historical name of Karlovy Vary.

Carlsbad police filed the application for a gun violence emergency protective order against Alexander Charles Paffendorf in San Diego County Superior Court on Tuesday.

2024 December 19, Jack Date, Like Barr, Alex Stone, “Protective order issued for man accused of plotting attack with Madison school shooter”, in ABC News:

San Diego County
San Diego County#English

A city and beach resort in San Diego County, California, United States.

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

Karlovy Vary, a statutory city and spa city in western Bohemia, Czech Republic.


Ratahan

Southeast Minahasa
Southeast Minahasa#English

A district, a town, the capital of Southeast Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia


Kinloch

Of Scottish origin, from Scottish Gaelic ceann + loch (“head of the loch”).

der

St. Louis County
St. Louis County#English

A city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.


Laporte

en-proper noun

Laporte (countable and uncountable, plural Laportes)

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Hubbard County, Minnesota.


Tornio

A city and municipality of Lapland, Finland.


Ikaalinen

A city and municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland.


Catlettsburg

The name of two communities in the United States:

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


Dordrecht

A city, municipality, and island in South Holland, Netherlands.


Bexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

A city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Columbus.


City of Westminster

A city and London borough in central Greater London.


MIN

(sports) Abbreviation of Minneapolis, a city in Minnesota, United States.


Sherrill

A city in New York; the smallest in the state.


Abercrombie

Of Scottish Gaelic origin, said to be from the earlier Abarcrumbach.

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


Haridwar

Transliteration of Hindi हरिद्वार (haridvār).

translit

A city and municipality of Haridwar district, India.


Orland

A city in Glenn County, California, United States.


Trogir

From Serbo-Croatian Trogir, possibly from Illyrian. A connection with Albanian tre gurë (“three stones”) has been hypothesized.


Opatija

From Serbo-Croatian Opàtija, from Italian Abbazia (“Opatija”), from abbazia (“abbey”), from Late Latin abbātia (“abbey”). Doublet of abbey and abbacy.


Labin

From Serbo-Croatian Labin, ultimately from Latin Alvona.


Visoko

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English


McGregor

en-prop

McGregor (countable and uncountable, plural McGregors)

McGregors (plural)
Mcgregor (alternative)
Mc Gregor (alternative)
Magregor (alternative)
MaGregor (alternative)
Ma'Gregor (alternative)
Ma'gregor (alternative)
M'Gregor (alternative)
M'gregor (alternative)
MacGregor (alternative)
Macgregor (alternative)
Mac Gregor (alternative)
Gregor (alternative)
McGregory (alternative)

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

A placename:
A place in the United States:
A city in Aitkin County, Minnesota.

A city in McLennan County and Coryell County, Texas.


Furano

A city in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, located in the southern reaches of Kamikawa Subprefecture.


Rosenberg

en-proper noun

Rosenberg (countable and uncountable, plural Rosenbergs)

Fort Bend County
Fort Bend County#English

A city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, named after Henry Rosenberg.


Berdichev

Borrowed from Russian Берди́чев (Berdíčev).

Berdychiv (alternative)
Berditchev (alternative)
Berdytchiv (alternative)

A city and raion of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine


Spearfish

A city in South Dakota, united States of America.


Harlan

American contraction of Harland, from Old English har (“grey”) / hara (“hare”) + land (“land”).

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Iowa.

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


Aydin

From Turkish Aydın, from Ottoman Turkish آیدین (Aydın) named for Aydin Mehmet Bey, from آیدین (aydın, “light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated, intelligent”).


Bronson

From Middle English Brun (“a man named Brown's”) + son.

inh

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

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

A city in Branch County, Michigan, United States.


Liberty

en-proper noun

Liberty (countable and uncountable, plural Libertys)

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A number of places in the United States, including:

A minor city in Montgomery County, Kansas

A city, the county seat of Casey County, Kentucky.

A city, the county seat of Clay County, Missouri.

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


Leland

Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".

Winnebago County
Winnebago County#English

A city in Washington County, Mississippi.


Blakely

Blakely (countable and uncountable, plural Blakelys)

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


Haven

A place in the United States:
A city in Reno County, Kansas.


Paxton

Paxton (countable and uncountable, plural Paxtons)

From Old English *Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”).

A city, the county seat of Ford County, Illinois; named for English gardener and architect Joseph Paxton.


Everly

Everly (countable and uncountable, plural Everlys)

Habitational surname, from a variant of Everleigh.

A city in Clay County, Iowa, United States.


Kinsley

Kinsley (countable and uncountable, plural Kinsleys)

From Old English Cyne (“Royal (a man's name)”) + -s (“'s”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

inh

A city, the county seat of Edwards County, Kansas, United States, named after E. W. Kinsley.


Easton

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.

Northampton County
Northampton County#English

A city, the county seat of Northampton County, Pennsylvania.


Anniston

The city in Alabama, originally Woodstock, was renamed by town officials in 1873 (after realizing there was another village named Woodstock in central Alabama) in honor of Annie Eliza Scott Tyler (1838–1914), daughter-in-law of Daniel Tyler, one of the two organizers of the Woodstock Iron Company, which started the then planned community. Equivalent to Annie + -s- + -ton (“Annie’s town”).
The name of the city in Missouri was changed in 1894—a transfer from the city in Alabama.

A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Alabama.

Mississippi County
Mississippi County#English


Ennis

A city in Ellis County, Texas, named after Cornelius Ennis.


Rethymno

From Greek Ρέθυμνο (Réthymno), from Ancient Greek Ρίθυμνα (Ríthumna).

The third-largest city in Crete, Greece.


Forsyth

A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Georgia.

A city, the county seat of Taney County, Missouri.

A city, the county seat of Rosebud County, Montana.


Berga

A city in central Catalonia, capital of Berguedà


Stow

A city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.


Neo Faliro

A city southeast of Athens in the Attica prefecture Greece.


Cartersville

The name of a few towns in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Bartow County, Georgia.


Beaverton

The name of several places
A city in Oregon, United States


Kanchipuram

Borrowed from Tamil காஞ்சிபுரம் (kāñcipuram), from Sanskrit [Term?], compound of काञ्ची (kāñcī) + पुरम् (puram).

compound

काञ्ची (kāñcī) + पुरम् (puram)

Congeveram (alternative)
Conjeevaram (alternative)
Conjeeveram (alternative)
Conjevaram (alternative)
Kanjeevaram (alternative)
Kanchi (alternative)


Wynne

A city, the county seat of Cross County, Arkansas, United States. Derived from the surname.


Callipolis

From Latin Callipolis, from Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis, “City of Beauty”). Doublet of Kallipolis, Gallipoli, and Gelibolu.

doublet

Synonym of Kallipolis in its various senses.


Hormuz

Borrowed from Persian هرمز (hormoz). Doublet of Ahura Mazda.

A city in Iran; capital of the district of the same name.

होरमुज्द

city in Iran, capital of Hormuz District


Coalgate

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


KL

[T]he Sultan and the Mentri Besar, the British Adviser, the crowd from K.L., God knows how much royalty from all over the Federation.

1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 159:

Initialism of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.


Tilsit

From German Tilsit, from the name of the Tilse River, from Old Prussian tilzi (“soggy”).

The former name of Sovetsk, a city in Kaliningrad Oblast


Partridge

A minor city in Reno County, Kansas, United States, named after the bird.


Wusu

Pending the completion of the Sinkiang railroad, the region is served by a number of major land routes that have been transportation links since ancient times. They are the North Road (north of the Tien Shan) passing from Kansu through Urumchi and Wusu, where it bifurcates into two routes going to the Soviet Union.

1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of The Chinese People's Republic, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 257:

And on Sunday, a Public Security Bureau chief in northwest China was relieved of duty for “allegedly keeping a pair of twin sisters as mistresses,” according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency.
Qi Fang, the police chief in Wusu, has been accused of renting “a high-end apartment unit for the sisters in downtown Wusu” and charging the rent as an official expense.

2012 December 10, Mark McDonald, “A World of Corruption”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-01, View from Asia:

The site of the Grand Mosque in Wusu, Xinjiang, in 2017 and 2019.

2019 November 3, Fred Hiatt, “In China, every day is Kristallnacht”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-05, Opinions:

A city in the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Alexandria Eschate

From Latin Alexandria Eschate, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτη (Alexándreia Eskhátē, “farthest Alexandria”) in reference to its position relative to the other settlements established during the conquests of Alexander the Great.

der

Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτη

(historical) Former name of Khujand, a city in Sughd, Tajikistan.


Ajman

From Arabic عَجْمان (ʕajmān), related to عَجَم (ʕajam, “foreigner”), because the area was at one time inhabited by Persians.

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

The capital city of Ajman emirate, United Arab Emirates.


Fujairah

The capital city of Fujairah emirate, United Arab Emirates.


Ras al-Khaimah

From Arabic رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة (raʔs l-ḵayma, “headland of the tent”).

bor

رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة

The capital city of Ras al-Khaimah emirate, United Arab Emirates.


Samarra

Borrowed from Arabic سَامَرَّاء (sāmarrāʔ).

Arabic سَامَرَّاء (sāmarrāʔ)

A city in Iraq, on the east bank of the Tigris. In medieval times, it was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.


Wolverton

A minor city and township in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States.


Ypsilanti

Named after Demetrios Ypsilantis, a hero in the Greek War of Independence.

Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County#English

A city in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States.

Demetrios Ypsilantis
Greek War of Independence
Ypsilanti


Spielberg

en-proper noun

Spielberg (countable and uncountable, plural Spielbergs)

(uncountable) A city in Murtal district, Styria, Austria


Hollister

Hollister (countable and uncountable, plural Hollisters)

The surname is a feminine derivative of Hollier, itself from Old French holier (“adulterer, lecher”), in this case extended to refer to a female brothel-keeper, (i.e. a madam). The originally feminine occupational suffix -ster has given rise to many such personal names which today might instead be either masculine or ungendered altogether. For example, from masculine dyer, came both formerly feminine variants Dyster and Dexter; from masculine weaver/webber, came the formerly feminine Webster, among others.

San Benito County
San Benito County#English

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

A city and town in Idaho, United States.

A placename:
A city in Missouri, United States.


Vanadzor

the third-largest city in Armenia and the capital of the Lori Province in the northern part of the country


Guantanamo

/ˌɡwɑnˈtɑːnɑmoʊ/

From Spanish Guantánamo, from Taíno, literally "land between rivers."


Fargo

Named for Northern Pacific Railway director and Wells Fargo Express Company founder William Fargo.

The largest city in North Dakota, United States, and county seat of Cass County.


Ijevan

a town in Armenia and the administrative centre of the Tavush Province


Yeghegnadzor

a town in Armenia and the administrative centre of the Vayots Dzor Province


Saint-Étienne

A city, the capital of Loire department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, in eastern central France.


Sulphur

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


Vila

When it became obvious that Vila would be the capital of the New Hebrides, Dr H. Bolton from Edinburgh was appointed to the mission and, in 1911, Paton Memorial Hospital was built.

2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 27:

(informal) The capital and largest city of Vanuatu; in full, Port Vila.


Viana

A city and municipality in Luanda Province, Angola.

A municipality, the state capital of Espírito Santo, Brazil.

A municipality, the state capital of Maranhão, Brazil.


Kalaburagi

Borrowed from Kannada ಕಲಬುರಗಿ (kalaburagi).

bor+

An Indian city and district located in the southern state of Karnataka.


Lacombe

From French Lacombe. The city in Alberta is named after Albert Lacombe, a French Roman Catholic missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations.


Golaghat

/ˌɡoːlɑːˈɡʱɑːt/

/ˈɡoʊləˌɡɑːt/

Borrowed from Assamese গোলাঘাট (gülaghat).

A city in Assam, India, situated near the Dhansiri River in Upper – Assam, and one of the oldest urban agglomerations, raised to the status of a subdivision way back in 1839, and later elevated to a district in 1987.


Al-Raqqah

Transliteration of Arabic اَلرَّقَّة (ar-raqqa).

translit

Raqqa (alternative)
Raqqah (alternative)
Rakka (alternative)
Rakkah (alternative)
al-Raqqa (alternative)
al-Raqqah (alternative)
ar-Raqqa (alternative)
ar-Raqqah (alternative)
Ar-Raqqah (alternative)

A city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.


Zwolle

A city and capital of Overijssel province, Netherlands.


Setouchi

Region of Japan's inland sea and coastal areas roundabout

Setouchi, Kagoshima, a town on Amami Islands, Japan

Setouchi, Okayama, a city on Honshū, Japan


Crescent City

Del Norte County
Del Norte County#English

A harbor city in northern California, United States, and the county seat of Del Norte County.

A city in Putnam County, Florida, United States.


Ogilvie

en-proper noun

Ogilvie (countable and uncountable, plural Ogilvies)

From the toponym Ogilvie Glen in Scotland, of Celtic origin: compare Proto-Celtic *ouxselos (“high”) and Scottish Gaelic beinn (“mountain, hill”).

cog

A minor city in Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States.


Bristole

(obsolete) Bristol, a city, county, and unitary authority in southwest England.


Flushing

A township and city in Genesee County, Michigan, United States.


Taunggyi

Borrowed from Burmese တောင်ကြီး (taungkri:).


Spickard

en-proper noun

Spickard (countable and uncountable, plural Spickards)

Probably an Americanized form of German Spickert, Speckardt or Speckhardt.

A city in Grundy County, Missouri, United States.


Ventura

From Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from a medieval form of Bonaventura, Buenaventura, meaning "good fortune."

City of San Buenaventura
City of San Buenaventura#English

A city, the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. Official name: City of San Buenaventura.

Cerro Gordo County
Cerro Gordo County#English

A small city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.


Council

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


Sunbury

Northumberland County
Northumberland County#English

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

A satellite city in the City of Hume, north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Lichfield

en-prop

Lichfield (countable and uncountable, plural Lichfields)

From Old English Old English Liċetfeld, from Latin Letocetum, from a Proto-Brythonic place-name meaning "greywood" (c.f. Welsh llwyd + coed), with feld (“field”) added later.

A cathedral city in Staffordshire, England.


Kettering

en-proper noun

Kettering (countable and uncountable, plural Ketterings)

A city in Montgomery County and Greene County, Ohio, United States.


Horsham

A city and local government area (Rural City of Horsham) in western Victoria, Australia.


Matlock

Old English mæthel or mæðel "assembly, speech" and āc "oak."

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


Brentwood

From Middle English brende (“burnt”) + wode (“wood”).

Contra Costa County
Contra Costa County#English

A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.


Trimble

Trimble (countable and uncountable, plural Trimbles)

A number of places in the United States:


Stamford

An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.

Authorities in Connecticut are investigating after swastikas were found drawn on a high school campus in Stamford for the second time since Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel earlier this month, the school district said.

2023 October 30, Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Swastikas found drawn on Connecticut high school campus for second time since Israel-Hamas war ignited, district says”, in CNN:

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

A city in Jones County and Haskell County, Texas, United States.


Stockton

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

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

der

A city, the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, named after Robert F. Stockton.

San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County#English

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

Muscatine County
Muscatine County#English

A city, the county seat of Rooks County, Kansas.

A city, the county seat of Cedar County, Missouri.


Castleford

Twin Falls County
Twin Falls County#English

A minor city in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States.


Southport

A placename:
A place in the United States:
A city in Marion County, Indiana.

A city in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Former name: Smithville.

Brunswick County
Brunswick County#English


Selby

en-proper noun

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

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

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


Launceston

Launceston, Cornwall
Launceston, Tasmania


Leominster

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

af

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.


Malvern

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

Hot Spring County
Hot Spring County#English

A city, the county seat of Hot Spring County, Arkansas.

A place in the United States:
A city in Mills County, Iowa.


Waltham

en-proper noun

Waltham (countable and uncountable, plural Walthams)

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

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A sizable city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

Waltham Township
Waltham Township#English

A tiny city in Waltham Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States, named after Waltham, Massachusetts.


Stapleton

Stapleton (countable and uncountable, plural Stapletons)

Stapletons (plural)
Stapledon (alternative)

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + tūn (“enclsoure; settlement, town”).

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A city in Jefferson County, Georgia, United States.


Somerton

A number of places in the United States:


Ballarat

From Wathaurong Ballaarat, meaning "resting place".

A city and old gold mining town in Victoria, Australia.


Nevada City

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


Devonport

A city and local government area (City of Devonport) in northern Tasmania, Australia.


Welland

Welland (countable and uncountable, plural Wellands)

No definite suggestion can be made about the origin of the placename in Worcestershire; perhaps from the Old English unattested personal name *Wēna + land (“land”).

A city on the Welland River in Niagara regional municipality, Ontario.


Manitowoc

/ˈmænɪtəˌwɔːk/

Manitowoc County
Manitowoc County#English

A city, the county seat of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Michigan.


Barnstable

Barnstable County
Barnstable County#English

A city, the county seat of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Barnstaple in England.


Pulaski

Pulaski (countable and uncountable, plural Pulaskis)

Americanised or Anglicised form of Polish Pułaski.

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


Lauderdale

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


Fort Lauderdale

/ˌfɔəɹt ˈlɔːdəɹdeɪl/

The original forts were named after Major William Lauderdale.

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


Amesbury

census-designated place
census-designated place

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


Little River

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


Muscatine

Possibly from Mascouten, a tribe of Native Americans.

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


Beltrami

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


Waseca

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


Larnaca

A city on the south coast of Cyprus, capital of the district of the same name


Latham

Latham (countable and uncountable, plural Lathams)

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

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A city in Butler County, Kansas, United States.


McCracken

McCracken (countable and uncountable, plural McCrackens)

McCrackens (plural)
MacCracken (alternative)
McCrackin (alternative)

Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Reachtain, a variant of Mac Neachtain (see McNaughton).

A city in Rush County, Kansas, United States.


Doolittle

Doolittle (countable and uncountable, plural Doolittles)

From do + little (nickname for an idler).

A city in Phelps County, Missouri, United States.


Gosnell

From earlier Gosnold, possibly from a former place called Gosenwold, a compound of Old English gōs (“goose”) + Middle English wold (“plain”), from Old English weald, Anglian Old English wald.

Mississippi County
Mississippi County#English

A city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States, named after Lemael Gosnell.


Stinnett

Hutchinson County
Hutchinson County#English

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


Brevard

Transylvania County
Transylvania County#English

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


Pickens

A city, the county seat of Pickens County, South Carolina, United States.


Wylie

A city mostly in Collin County, Texas, named after railroad agent William D. Wylie.


Haverhill

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

A place in the United States:
A small city in Marshall County, Iowa.

A place in the United States:
A city in Essex County, Massachusetts.


Melrose

Melrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

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

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.


Natchitoches

Natchitoches Parish
Natchitoches Parish#English

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


Rensselaer

/ɹɛnsəˈlɪəɹ/

A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Indiana, United States, named after James Van Rensselaer.

Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County#English

A city in Rensselaer County, New York, United States, named after Kiliaen van Rensselaer and family, as was the county.


Alameda

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

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

bor

A place in the United States:
A city in Alameda County, California.


Ralls

A city in Crosby County, Texas, United States.


Magee

en-proper noun

Magee (countable and uncountable, plural Magees)

A city in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States.


Templeton

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


Camarillo

A city in Ventura County, California, United States.


Chappell

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


Cheney

en-prop

Cheney (countable and uncountable, plural Cheneys)


Groves

A city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States.


McKinley

Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, "son of Fionnlaoch (=Fair Warrior)".

St. Louis County
St. Louis County#English

A tiny city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.


McRae

en-proper noun

McRae (countable and uncountable, plural McRaes)

McRaes (plural)
McCrae (alternative)
McCree (alternative)
McRay (alternative)
McRee (alternative)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raith (“son of grace”), from mac + rath. Compare the Irish form McGrath.

der

A city in White County, Arkansas, United States.


Pendergrass

en-proper noun

Pendergrass (countable and uncountable, plural Pendergrasses)

/ˈpɛn.dɚˌɡɹæs/

/ˈpɛn.dəˌɡɹɑːs/

A city in Jackson County, Georgia, United States.


Ridgeway

Winneshiek County
Winneshiek County#English

A small city in Winneshiek County, Iowa.

A small city in Harrison County, Missouri.


Seabrook

Seabrook (countable and uncountable, plural Seabrooks)

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

A city in Harris County, Texas, United States.