Temuco

Borrowed from Chilean Spanish Temuco, from Mapudungun.

A city and commune, the capital of Cautín province and Araucanía region in Chile.


Paterson

From a Middle English short form of Patrick + -son.

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


Chelyabinsk

A city, the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.


Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai#English

A city, the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia, Russia.


Kursk

Borrowed from Russian Курск (Kursk), referring to the Kur River.

Ку́рский кра́тер

impact crater in Kursk Oblast, Central Russia

Курск

settlement in Bolshevrudskoye, Volosovsky, Leningrad, Northwestern Russia

Central Federal District
Central Federal District#English

A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.

A magnetic anomaly in Chernozemye, Russia, first discovered in 1773, the largest magnetic anomaly on Earth.

An oblast of the Central Federal District, Russia, established in 1934 from the bipartition of the Central Black Earth Oblast.

An impact crater in Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, six kilometres in diameter, formed 330 to 170 million years ago.


Bucaramanga

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


Khabarovsk

Borrowed from Russian Хаба́ровск (Xabárovsk).

The Governor-General of Amur resides at Khabarovka (哈巴羅甫喀，即，伯利), in the Primorsk Province (東海濱省).

[1904, C. D. Tenney, “俄屬 [RUSSIA IN ASIA]”, in Geography of Asia, New York: MacMillan and Co, →OCLC, page 36:

The distance between China's Heihe harbor and the Soviet city of Hailanpao is only 1.5 km and the distance between Tongjiang harbor and the largest city in the Soviet Far East, Khabarovsk, is only 270 km.

1986 October 6, Zhu Guang, “Use of Overall Compensation in Sino-Soviet Border Trade”, in China Report: Economic Affairs, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 28:

The major obstacle to a border settlement is the status of Heixiazi, a 330-square kilometer island at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers. The island is claimed by the Chinese but controlled by the USSR. Because Heixiazi overlooks Khabarovsk as well as the point where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Amur River, the Soviets are reluctant to give it up.

1991, Donald S. Zagoria, “The Changing Role of the Soviet Union in the Pacific”, in Frederic J. Fleron, Jr., Erik P. Hoffmann, Robbin F. Laird, editors, Contemporary Issues in Soviet Foreign Policy: From Brezhnev to Gorbachev, New York: Aldine de Gruyter, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 678:

Heihsiatzu Island, the most strategically important of the Amur islands, is situated at the juncture of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers and screens Khabarovsk from Manchuria. Here too, the main channel had shifted from south to north of the island.³² Khabarovsk was the second largest city in the Soviet Far East and the administrative center of the Far Eastern Army. If the channel north and east of Heihsiatzu Island were recognized as the boundary, Japanese naval vessels would be within their rights to steam right up to the city’s docks and Japanese artillery on the island would have the ability to fire at point-blank range into the city.

2012, Stuart D. Goldman, “The Global Context”, in Nomonhan, 1939: The Red Army's Victory That Shaped World War II, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:

People’s anger over their depleted fish stock is so widespread that it has been a driving force behind the anti-Kremlin protests that have been shaking the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, on the Amur, since early July.

2020 August 15, Anton Troianovski, “'The Fish Rots From the Head': How a Salmon Crisis Stoked Russian Protests”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-15:

A city, the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.


Tver

A city, the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia, northwest of Moscow.


Smolensk

Borrowed from Russian Смоле́нск (Smolénsk).

A city, the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia.


Murmansk

Borrowed from Russian Му́рманск (Múrmansk).

A city, the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, on the Arctic Ocean.


Irkutsk

Borrowed from Russian Ирку́тск (Irkútsk).

A city, the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.


Kemerovo

Borrowed from Russian Ке́мерово (Kémerovo).

A city, the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.


Ōsaka

Alternative spelling of Osaka, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.


Kōbe

A city and capital of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan


Saratov

Borrowed from Russian Сара́тов (Sarátov).

Volga Federal District
Volga Federal District#English

A city, the administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Volga Region, Volga Federal District, European Russia, Russia.


Voronezh

Residents of the city of Voronezh insisted today that lanky, three-eyed extraterrestrial creatures had indeed landed in a local park and gone for a stroll and that a seemingly fantastic report about the event carried Monday by the official press agency Tass was absolutely true.

1989 October 11, Esther B. Fein, “U.F.O. Landing Is Fact, Not Fantasy, the Russians Insist”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-10-12, Section A, page 6:

A city, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast, Russia.


Ulyanovsk

Borrowed from Russian Улья́новск (Ulʹjánovsk), named (1924) after Vladimir Ulyanov, better known as Lenin.

A city, the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, on the Volga river. Birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov).

Ulyanov

Vladimir Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin


Barnaul

A city, the administrative center of Altai Krai, Russia.


Gorno-Altaysk

The capital city of the Altai Republic, Russia.

غُورْنُو-أَلْتَايْسْك

town, centre of the Altai Republic, Russia


Peterson

en-proper noun

Peterson (countable and uncountable, plural Petersons)

English, Scottish, and German surname, from Peter + -son. Found parallel in many other languages, such as Norwegian and Danish Pedersen, Pettersen, Polish Piotrowicz, Slovene Petrič, Petrovčič, Petrovič, Petric, Petrovic, etc. Also Americanized from Swedish Petersson, Pettersson.

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Fillmore County, Minnesota.


Hansen

Hansen (countable and uncountable, plural Hansens)

From Danish Hansen and Norwegian Hansen.

A placename
A city in Idaho, United States


Orenburg

Borrowed from Russian Оренбу́рг (Orenbúrg).

A city, the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia, on the Ural River.


Ryazan

A city, the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia, 196 kilometres south of Moscow.


Penza

A city, the administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia.


Tyumen

Borrowed from Russian Тюме́нь (Tjuménʹ).

A city, the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia.


Lipetsk

A city, the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia.


Tomsk

A city, the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast, Russia.


Kirov

Borrowed from Russian Ки́ров (Kírov). Renamed in 1934, after Sergey Kirov (1886–1934), a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet communist assassinated in 1934.

A city, the administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.


Ivanovo

Borrowed from Russian Ива́ново (Ivánovo).

A city, the administrative center of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.


Aleppo

From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (Haleb, vulg. Halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of uncertain origin. Theorized to be from Arabic حَلَبَ (ḥalaba, “gave out milk”), coming from the ancient tradition that Abraham gave milk to travelers as they moved throughout the region. Attested in Akkadian as 𒌷𒄩𒆷𒀊𒆠 (ᵁᴿᵁḫa-la-abᴷᴵ, “Ḫalab/Ḫalap”), Hittite 𒄬𒉺 (Ḥalpa), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎁 (ḥlb), Aramaic חלב (Ḥlb), Old Armenian Խաղաբ (Xałab), Ancient Greek Χαλιβών (Khalibṓn), and Classical Syriac ܚܰܠܰܒ (Ḥalpa).

der

The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria


Bryansk

A city, the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia.


Stavropol

A city, the administrative center of Stavropol Krai, Russia.


Clarinda

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


Kurgan

From Russian Курга́н (Kurgán), from Russian курга́н (kurgán, “kurgan, burial mound”), from Turkic (compare Turkish kurgan (“fortress”)).

Tsaryovo Gorodishche
Tsaryovo Gorodishche

Царёво Городи́ще
Царёво Городище#Russian

A city, the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast, Russia. Originally called Tsaryovo Gorodishche (Russian Царёво Городи́ще n (Carjóvo Gorodíšče)) (1662-1782).


Kaluga

A city, the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia.


Oryol

Borrowed from Russian Орёл (Orjól, literally “eagle”).

A city, the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia.


Orel

Alternative spelling of Oryol, a city, the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia


Queen City

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

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

This Community is located in the central part of Adams County, but in the south-west part of the State of Iowa, and its post office address is Queen City, Adams County, Iowa. It was established in that place thirteen years ago[…]

In 1869 he located in Iowa and from that time to the date of his death, practiced his profession in Adams and Union counties. He was married to Mrs. Catharine Trippett at Queen City, Adams county, Iowa, June 21, 1870.

1900, Iowa State Medical Society, Transactions:

Well developed in vicinity of Queen City, Cass County, Tex., in which area it was described by Kennedy (1892).

1966, Geological Survey Bulletin, page 3174:

The proposed improvement consists of the reconstruction of U.S. Highway 59 from F.M. 2791 in Queen City, Cass County, Texas , North to 2.4 miles North of the Sulphur River in Bowie County, Texas.

1970, US-59 Reconstruction, Queen City to Sulphur River: Environmental Impact Statement, page 2:

A former city in Adams County, Iowa, United States.


Sukhumi

From Russian Суху́ми (Suxúmi), from Georgian სოხუმი (soxumi).

Sokhum (alternative)
Sokhumi (alternative)
Sukhum (alternative)
Abkhazia (alternative)

The capital city of Abkhazia, a de-facto independent country internationally recognized as part of the country of Georgia.


Otranto

From Italian Otranto, from Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs). Doublet of Hydruntum and hydrous.


Chita

Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai#English

A city, the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Siberia, Russia.


New Amsterdam

Calque of Dutch Nieuw-Amsterdam; From nieuw (“new”) + Amsterdam (a city in the Netherlands).

(historical) The capital city of New Netherland, a colony of the Netherlands; the Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York City.

Nieuw-Amsterdam

former name of New York City, when it was a Dutch colony

East Berbice-Corentyne
East Berbice-Corentyne#English

The capital city of East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana.


Harper

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Harper County, Kansas, named after Sgt. Marion Harper.


Vladikavkaz

From Russian Владикавка́з (Vladikavkáz).

uder

Владикавка́з

North Ossetia-Alania
North Ossetia-Alania#English

The capital city of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.

Ordzhonikidze

official name 1931–1944 and from 1954 to 1990


Isfahan

Ultimately derived from Classical Persian اِصْفَهَان (isfahān), from Old Persian *spādānah (“army, adj.”) or *spādānām (“of the armies”), from 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spādaʰ, “army”), from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH (“army”), q.v.

der+

Esfahan (alternative)
Ispahan (alternative)

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.


Servia

A city in West Macedonia, in northern Greece.


Tskhinvali

From Georgian ცხინვალი (cxinvali), from Old Georgian ქრცხინვალი (krcxinvali, “land of hornbeams”), from earlier ქრცხილვანი (krcxilvani). Possibly via Russian Цхинва́ли (Cxinváli).

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The capital city of South Ossetia, a de-facto independent country internationally recognized as part of the country of Georgia.

Tskhinval

i; Modern Ossetians call the city this, leaving off the final which is a nominative case ending in Georgian


Tambov

Borrowed from Russian Тамбо́в (Tambóv), from a Moksha language word meaning wetland, although it sounds like a Russian surname.

A city, the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, Russia.


Vologda

Borrowed from Russian Во́логда (Vólogda), from the Vologda River which flows through the city; likely of Finno-Ugric origin.

A city, the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on this river.


Kostroma

Borrowed from Russian Кострома́ (Kostromá).

A city, the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. Located on the mouth of this river.


Nalchik

In Kabardian, Circassian and Karachay-Balkar languages "Nalchik" means "a small horseshoe"

The capital of Kabardino-Balkariya, Russia.


Petrozavodsk

Transliteration of Russian Петрозаво́дск (Petrozavódsk), from Пётр (Pjotr, “Peter the Great”) + завод (zavod, “plant, factory”) + -ск (-sk).

translit

Петрозаво́дск

affix

The capital city of the republic of Karelia, Russia.


Ürümqi

Defense Mapping Agency
SASM/GNC romanization
Ürümqi

Borrowed from Uyghur ئۈرۈمچى (ürümchi) via its official SASM/GNC/SRC romanization. See there for more.

Urumchi (alternative)
Ürümchi (alternative)
Urumqi (alternative)
Urumtsi (alternative dated)
Orumtsi (alternative)

As also proved from statistical figures, different wind conditions are established over some marginal parts of China. Harbin/15, which records 50% of all directions from SE, S and SW, underlines atypical wind conditions which exist over northeastern China. The same is true for Lhasa/239 which experiences 44% of all directions from NE, E and SE, and Ürümqi/269 which records 38% of all winds with a southern component. These three stations demonstrate rare wind conditions which do not coincide with the typical northern winds in winter.

1988, Manfred Domrös, Peng Gongbing, “Circulation”, in The Climate of China, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36:

Fanfou, Jiwai and Digu were some of the first Twitter clones to become successful in China. However all three - plus Twitter itself - were blocked by the Chinese government in July 2009, due to their usage during the uprisings in Ürümqi.

2010 March 4, Richard MacManus, “China's Twitter Clones”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-04, Technology:

Before the Wednesday’s suspension, there were 24 flights a week from Kazakhstan to China, including a daily flight to Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang.

2020 January 29, Adam Schreck, Elaine Kurtenbach, David Koenig, “More airlines drop flights to China as virus spreads”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2021-04-15:

A prefecture-level city, the capital of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Besançon

Borrowed from French Besançon, from Latin Vesontiō.

A commune, the capital city of Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Béziers

A city in Hérault department, Occitania, France.


Yoshkar-Ola

/jɒʃˈkɑː(ɹ)oʊˈlɑː/

Transliteration of Eastern Mari Йошкар-Ола (Joškar-Ola, “Yoshkar-Ola”), from йошкар (joškar, “red”) and ола (ola, “city”).

translit

The capital and largest city of Mari El, Russia.


Basalt

A city and town in Bingham County, Idaho.


Fayette

Fayette
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

After Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

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

A number of places in the United States:

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A small city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Mississippi.

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


Cádiz

Alternative form of Cadiz: a city and province in southern Andalusia, Spain.


Blagoveshchensk

/ˌblɑɡəˈvɛʃt͡ʃɛnsk/

Transliteration of Russian Благове́щенск (Blagovéščensk), from Благове́щение (Blagovéščenije, “Annunciation”), named after the Church of Annunciation.

Благове́щенск

Foreign trade goes not to Aigun, but to the Chinese town of Taheiho, which is situated about 30 miles distant from Aigun and is directly opposite the Siberian city of Blagovestchensk, on the other side of the Amur River.

[1915 August 24, Charles K. Moser, “Harbin”, in Supplement to Commerce Reports, number 52h, →OCLC, page 1:

The Heilungkiang River which the Russians call the Amur is rather narrower than I had expected it to be, and the old Chinese town of Hailanpao, now the Russian one of Blagoveshchensk, is dominated by a television tower.

1977 November, Rewi Alley, “To Heiho on the Heilungkiang”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVI, number 11, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:

The Siberian city of Blagoveshchensk is located over 8,000 kilometres from Moscow, but barely 800 metres from China. The two countries are only separated by the Amur river.

2012 September 28, Ksenia Bolchakova, “Is Siberia becoming Chinese?”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2012-10-04:

A city, the administrative center of Amur Oblast in Siberia, Russia, on the border with China.


Pskov

A city, the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia.


Hangzhou

/ˌhɑŋˈd͡ʒoʊ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 杭州 (Hángzhōu), from its former role as the seat of Hang Prefecture (also 杭州 (Hángzhōu)), folk etymologized as a reference to King Yu's ferry over the Qiantang on his way to Shaoxing but more likely a transliteration of an earlier Baiyue placename.

Hangchow (alternative)
Hangchou (alternative)
Hang-chou (alternative)
Hang-chau (alternative)

In the Province of Chekiang, near the chief City of Hangcheu, runs a River, which in regard of its courſe, is called ſometimes Che, at other times Cientang, and in ſome places Cingan.

[1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 238:

Tibetan colors and gilding are frequently mentioned in Chinese texts, and several monuments survive northwest of Beijing and in Hangzhou in southeast China that were designed by Tibetan monks and were very likely built and carved by both Tibetan and Chinese artists.

1983, Pratapaditya Pal, Art of Tibet, →ISBN, page 30:

A former imperial capital famed for its West Lake and surrounding temples, Hangzhou has lately grown famous as the hometown of internet commerce giant Alibaba.

2021 August 22, “Top official in eastern China’s Hangzhou under investigation”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2021-08-22:

China’s outbreaks and the ensuing restrictions have led to a number of events being canceled or postponed, most recently the Asian Games originally scheduled for September in the city of Hangzhou, 177 kilometers (110 miles) west of Shanghai.

2022 May 13, “Shanghai will try to ease 7-week virus lockdown in few days”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-05-13:

A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Zhejiang, in eastern China; a former imperial capital.


Fukuoka

Borrowed from Japanese 福(ふく)岡(おか) (Fukuoka).

The capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.


Saitama

Borrowed from Japanese 埼玉(さいたま) (Saitama).

The capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan.


Sendai

Borrowed from Japanese 仙台(せんだい) (Sendai).

The capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, in northern Honshu, Japan.


Chiba

Borrowed from Japanese 千(ち)葉(ば) (Chiba).

The capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan.


Niigata

Borrowed from Japanese 新潟(にいがた) (Nīgata).

The capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan.


Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

A city in the far East of Russia, administrative centre of Kamchatka kray, also called Petropavlovsk

Petropavlovsk

also the name of other places, notably a city in Kazakhstan


Okayama

Borrowed from Japanese 岡山(おかやま) (Okayama).

The capital city of Okayama Prefecture, Japan.


Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

A city, the administrative centre of Sakhalin Oblast, on Sakhalin Island, in the Far East of Russia.

Vladimirovka

Владимировка

Karafuto-chō

historical Japanese prefecture occupying south of Sakhalin island, an alternative Japanese name for Sakhalin


Cherkessk

The capital city of Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia.

Karachay-Cherkessia

Карачаево-Черкессия


Magadan

Borrowed from Russian Магада́н (Magadán).

A port city, the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia, on the Sea of Okhotsk.

Kolyma

Колыма́ (Kolymá)


Birobidzhan

Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Jewish Autonomous Oblast#English

A city, the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia.


Khanty-Mansiysk

Borrowed from Russian Ха́нты-Манси́йск (Xánty-Mansíjsk).

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Ха́нты-Манси́йск

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug#English

A city, the administrative center of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia


Utsunomiya

Borrowed from Japanese 宇都宮 (うつのみや, Utsunomiya).

The capital city of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.


Kaohsiung

Translingual: Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis

/ˈkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/

/ˈɡaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/

Late 1945, from Mandarin 高雄 (Gāoxióng) Wade–Giles romanization: Kao¹-hsiung², from 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao) (Takao), from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Kao Hsiung (alternative also)
Kao-hsiung (alternative also)
Kaohiung (alternative)
Kaosiung (alternative)
Gaosyong (alternative)
Gaoxiong (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

Although many factors in the industrial picture remain unfavorable, the Government reportedly is taking steps toward rehabilitation of industry. Repairs to the oil refinery at Kaohsiung (Takao) in Taiwan (Formosa) are being made, reportedly under the direction of engineers of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, under the auspices of the China Petroleum Corporation, a subsidiary of the National Resources Commission. This plant, formerly owned by the Japanese, was damaged during the war.

1946 December 14, John Stenhouse, “China's Economy Since the Japanese Surrender”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume XXV, number 11, Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:

The existing steel industry is centered at Kaohsiung and is based mainly on local and imported scrap. An integrated steelworks being built by CI&S, also at Kaohsiung, will have an annual ingot capacity of 1.5 million tons by 1977 and, it is hoped 6 million tons by 1983; the bulk of the raw materials needed will be from foreign sources. Meanwhile, large tonnages of finished steel produced are imported.

1978, Kung-Ping Wang, E. Chin, Mineral Economics and Basic Industries in Asia, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 309:

Kaohsiung is the second largest city in Taiwan and has the biggest seaport.

1998, Robert Storey, Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition (Travel), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 260:

The mayor of Kaohsiung, Chen Chi-mai, said the southern port city on Saturday also implemented new rules requiring face masks and social distancing.

2021 May 15, Lily Kuo, “Taiwan raises coronavirus alert level as residents stockpile toilet paper and food”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 2021-08-08:

On Friday, three months after she moved in, Ms. Huang was feeling grateful not to be among the dead after a fire tore through the partly abandoned 13-story mixed-used building on Thursday night in the southern port city of Kaohsiung.

2021 October 15, Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien, “A Last-Chance ‘Ghost’ Building in Taiwan Becomes a Deathtrap for Many”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-15:

Speaking to reporters in the southern city of Kaohsiung, Su said the "new Taiwan model" in combating COVID-19 was a "normal life, active epidemic prevention and steady opening".

2022 April 3, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan says new COVID cases won't affect re-opening plans”, in Simon Cameron-Moore, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-04-03:

Kaohsiung, a city on Taiwan's southern coast, is the 15th-busiest container port in the world. There would be global repercussions and immediate consequences for the Philippines should the port again be blocked by Chinese forces, as occurred temporarily in August following the visit of US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.

2023 March 18, Alexander Görlach, “Opinion: Facing China, Manila cozies up to US”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2023-03-18, CONFLICTS:

A city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan.


Matsuyama

Borrowed from Japanese 松山(まつやま) (Matsuyama).

The capital city of Ehime Prefecture, Japan.


Oita

Borrowed from Japanese 大(おおい)分(た) (Ōita).

The capital city of Ōita Prefecture, Japan.


Nanning

Translingual: Nanningosaurus

zh-l

南寧／南宁 (Nánníng)

Our Authors ſay there are no Elephants in China, which muſt be underſtood of the Provinces they knew, where, in truth, there are none. Father Martini writes, that they begin to be met with at Nanning, in the Province of Quangli, where the Inhabitants uſe them for War and for Carriage. Some there are alſo in the Province of Junnan ; nor is it a wonder that theſe Creatures, who ſo ſwarm in the Indies, and in Tungkin or Tonquin, ſhould ſtraggle hither.

1733, Eusebius Renaudot, transl., Ancient Accounts of India and China, London, →OCLC, page 61:

The French were once so sure of getting a railway concession from their Langson branch into Lungchow that they built a big stone station—now the French consulate—and a stone slide not unlike the steeper levees along the Mississippi, down which French goods were to be slid into the boats that were to take them down the river to Nanning.

1925, Harry A. Franck, Roving Through Southern China, The Century Company, page 354:

The story was told him by an old servant of his family who was from Yungchow [modern Nanning] in Kwangsi, and who came from the cave people [aborigines] of that district.[...]There are well-known Siamese versions of the Cinderella story, and Nanning is very close to Indo-China.

1942, Lin Yutang, editor, The Wisdom of China and India, Random House, →OCLC, page 941:

Since an earlier Maoist military mission's visit to Hanoi in October 1974, the Chinese Communists have been providing massive military supplies for North Vietnamese. A so-called "Headquarters of the Chinese People's Support for Vietnam," headed by Wei Kuo-ching, was also established in Nanning in southern Kwangsi Province.[...]
A training center has been operating in suburban Nanning to provide guerrilla and sabotage training for 500 persons at a time.

1975 April 13, “Expose Peiping involvement in Indo-China”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 14, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:

In 2020 in the city of Nanning, the police bought software that could look for “more than three key people checking into the same or nearby hotels” and “a drug user calling a new out-of-town number frequently,” according to a bidding document.

2022 June 25, Paul Mozur, Muyi Xiao, John Liu, “‘An Invisible Cage’: How China Is Policing the Future”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-26:

A prefecture-level city, the capital of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.


Taichung

/ˈtaɪˈd͡ʒʊŋ/

/ˌtaɪˈt͡ʃʊŋ/

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 臺中 /台中 (Tʻai²-chung¹).

T'ai-chung (alternative also)
Taijhong (alternative)
Taizhong (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

The Jen Min Tao Pao, (consistently anti-American of recent months) on December 4 carried the following item, in full:
"According to information released by the American Consulate, a large section of the United States Air Force will be stationed in the province and the airfield near Taichung has been chosen as its base. The USAAF is also intending to build a B-29 factory at Taichung and is positively making all preparations, it is said."
A contract has been let to a Formosan firm to enlarge and repair an airfield and a factory near Taichung. It is, of course, assumed locally that in as much as China cannot produce airplanes, the United States government is behind the contract. Two Taichung persons called at the Consulate December 28 to confirm this, in order to plan "business" in connection with the expected influx of Americans.

1947 January 10, Ralph J. Blake, REPORTS ON THE SITUATION IN FORMOSA (TAIWAN), PARTICULARLY RESPECTING FORMOSAN DISSATISFACTION WITH ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT (Foreign Relations of the United States 1947), volume 7, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 424:

On Formosa the Maryknoll Fathers have charge of the Prefecture of Taichung, ocated^([sic – meaning located]) in the central part of the island. Some 1,500,000 people, mostly farmers, live there. The main crops in the area are rice, potatoes, vegetables, tobacco, sugar cane, tea, and fruit, while the chief industry is sugar refining.

1952 January 31, “West Newton Missioner In Formosa”, in The Newton Graphic, volume 80, Newton, Mass., page 1:

Robert I. Schroder (second from right), speaker of the Contra Costa County Council and Chen Keng-chin (third from left), Taichung County magistrate show the documents signed to set up sister relations at a ceremony held in Taichung in central Taiwan. Schroader^([sic – meaning Schroder]) headed a 40-member cultural and arts mission from California to attend the ceremony, the first of its kind held in Taichung County.

1983 April 10, “Sisterhood ties”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIV, number 14, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

A week earlier Tom and I had worn the same happy, uncomprehending faces as we stood in their home in Taichung for the Buddhist ceremony.

2002 September, Nancy Brenner, “Changing Places”, in House Beautiful, volume 144, number 9, page 77:

WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT ONE MILLION, TAICHUNG is Taiwan's third largest city.

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 210:

A businessman from Taiwan has been fined more than $35,000 after he was caught on camera repeatedly breaking rules requiring him to quarantine at home. The man, who returned to Taiwan last week from mainland China, left his home seven times when he was supposed to be in isolation, according to officials in the city of Taichung, where he lives. Taiwan has some of the strictest quarantine rules in the world, a critical part of its success in fighting the virus, and the government routinely punishes and shames people found to be violating regulations. “This misbehavior was serious and must be punished heavily,” Lu Shiow-yen, the mayor of Taichung, said at a news conference this week.

2021 January 28, Melissa Eddy, Richard C. Paddock, Javier C. Hernández, Mike Ives, Amy Chang Chien, “Germany says vaccine shortages are likely to last another 10 weeks, and other news from around the world”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 2021-01-29:

The industry’s vulnerability was on display in July last year, when Taiwan mobilized thousands of troops to fight off a simulated Chinese attack on the west coast industrial city of Taichung, home to TSMC’s Gigafab 15, one of the foundries that make cutting-edge chips.[...]In the counter-invasion exercise, “enemy” paratroopers dropped on Ching Chuan Kang air base and captured the control tower, just nine minutes’ drive from Gigafab 15. Off the coast, a virtual Chinese invasion flotilla steamed towards the city’s beaches. Fighting enveloped Taichung as Taiwanese troops and tanks counterattacked to regain control of the air base; commanders called in airstrikes, missiles and artillery, using live ammunition to pound the “invasion fleet.” The invasion was repulsed.

2021 December 27, Yimou Lee, Norihiko Shirouzu, David Lague, “Taiwan chip industry emerges as battlefront in U.S.-China showdown”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-12-27:


Krung Thep

From Thai กรุงเทพฯ (grung-têep) - กรุง (grung, “city”) + เทพ (têep, “deity”) + ฯ (“an abbreviation marker”), which is a short form of the full ceremonial name of the city, กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์ (grung-têep-má-hǎa-ná-kɔɔn à-mɔɔn-rát-dtà-ná-goo-sǐn má-hǐn-tá-raa-yút-tá-yaa má-hǎa-dì-lòk-póp nóp-pá-rát-râat-chá-taa-nii-buu-rii-rom ù-dom-râat-chá-ní-wêet-má-hǎa-sà-tǎan à-mɔɔn-pí-maan-à-wá-dtaan-sà-tìt sàk-gà-tát-dtì-yá-wít-sà-nú-gam-bprà-sìt, “the city of gods; the great city, [where] the gem of Kosindra [resides] in perpetuity [/where the immortal gem of Kosindra is]; the Ayutthaya of the Great Indra [/of the great ruler(s)]; the great, excellent world; the royal town of the nine gems; the town of delight, full of royal abodes; the great place; the celestial vimāna [where] avatāra dwell, [of which the erection was] accomplished by Viśvakarman on the consent of Śakra [/the (city which is the) Śakra-permitted accomplishment of Viśvakarman]”).

(endonym) Native name of Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand.


Shijiazhuang

/ˌʃiːd͡ʒjɑːˈd͡ʒwɑŋ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin for 石家莊／石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng).

Shi-jia-zhuang (alternative also rare)
Shihchiachuang (alternative)
Shih-chia-chuang (alternative)
Shihkiachwang (alternative)

The Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, in the northern province of Hebei, said the defendants had intentionally produced or sold dairy products laced with a toxic chemical called melamine, which was used to give falsely high protein readings but which caused kidney stones and other ailments in about 300,000 children last year.

2009 February 2, David Barboza, “Death sentences given in Chinese milk scandal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-10, Asia Pacific:

China is racing to build a quarantine center to house 4,000 people in the northern city of Shijiazhuang, the epicenter of the country’s latest outbreak of the coronavirus, which Beijing has largely contained at an enormous cost to its 1.3 billion people.

2021 January 19, Miriam Berger, “China rushes to build coronavirus quarantine center for 4,000 as it battles local outbreaks”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-01-20:

A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hebei, in northeastern China.


Xining

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西寧 /西宁 (Xīníng).

Hsining (alternative)
Hsi-ning (alternative)
Sining (alternative)

Tibetan is found predominantly in Tibet; Tibetan-speaking communities are also found in Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu. In Tibet, all official documents are issued in both Tibetan and Chinese, and also in certain regions of Sichuan and Qinghai. Moreover, the radio stations in Tibet broadcast in Tibetan and Putonghua. Similarly, the Chengdu radio station in Sichuan and the Xining radio station in Qinghai also have regular Tibetan broadcasts.

1975, “The National Minority Languages of China”, in Winfred P. Lehmann, editor, Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 119:

Traditionally, Qinghai's Han Chinese have been concentrated around Xining and the Yellow River valley. […] The climate in this region is harsh, with temperatures at Xining, east of Qinghai, ranging from −6° to 18° C. […] Xining and the Yellow River valley are Qinghai's most important agricultural areas.

1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Stephen Andors, Encyclopedia of China Today, Eurasia Press, →ISBN, page 29:

Though tourists rarely do so, it is perfectly possible to visit an area on the outskirts of Qinghai’s Xining that abounds in prisons and prison enterprises.

1998, James D. Seymour, Richard Anderson, “Prologue”, in New Ghosts Old Ghosts Prisons and Labor Reform Camps in China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1:

Barren, sparsely populated Qinghai ranks 22nd among China’s 31 provinces, regions and municipalities measured by income per capita, which averaged $3,343 in 2009.
Property prices in Xining, the unprepossessing capital, are less than a fifth of those in Beijing.

2010 June 21, Alan Wheatley, “A China Far Removed From Glitz and Industry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-06-25, Inside Asia:

A city in northwestern China, capital of Qinghai Province.


Iraan

A city in Pecos County, Texas, United States.


Hohhot

From Mongolian Хөх хот (Xöx xot), modern form of ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ (kökeqota), from ᠬᠥᠬᠡ (köke, “dark blue; (hist.) green, grue”) + ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (qota, “town, city”), given to the settlement by Altan Khan in the 1580s. His previous palace and monastery established outside modern Baotou in 1572 bore the same name, although it is now frequently connected to the nearby Daqing Mountains instead, whose name is similarly ambiguous between blue and green.

Huhehot (alternative)
Huhhot (alternative)
Kuku Khoto (alternative)
Kökeqota (alternative)
Kokeqota (alternative)

The assemblage of stone artifacts at Dingcun represents a very important link in the evolution of China's primitive cultures. It succeeded the Gehe culture and ushered in the Dayao culture of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia and the Emaokou culture in Huairen County, Shanxi Province.

1980, Jia Lanpo, 中国大陆上的远古居民 [Early Man in China], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 45:

Then again, Sima Qian says that, after crossing the river, the Wall wound northward to touch a mountain north-west of Hohhot. But no wall winds northward here.

2008, John Man, The Great Wall, Bantam Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 35:

Mengniu can tap high-quality Aussie milk. And it is one in the eye for Yili, its bigger cross-town dairy rival in Hohhot, the regional capital of Inner Mongolia.

2019 December 7, “Cow cash”, in The Economist, volume 433, number 9172, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 61–62:

On National Security Education Day in April, students in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, were instructed on how to report suspicious activity.

2022 August 6, Chris Buckley, Steven Lee Myers, “In Turbulent Times, Xi Builds a Security Fortress for China, and Himself”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-06, Asia Pacific:

The capital city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in north-central China.


Yinchuan

Likely c. 1940s, from Mandarin 銀川 /银川 (Yínchuān), Wade–Giles romanization: Yin²-chʻuan¹, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.

Yinchwan (alternative)
Yin-ch'uan (alternative also)
Yin Chuan (alternative also)

Peiping radio claimed tonight that Communists occupied Yinchuan, capital of Ninghsia Province in Central China two days ago.

1949 September 26 [1949 September 25], “NATIONALISTS REVOLT”, in The Bombay Chronicle, volume XXXVII, number 228, Bombay, →OCLC, Stop Press, page 5, column 1:

All the bigger towns in this vast area are to have new power stations. Yinchuan and Bayenhot in Ningsia province, Sining in Chinghai, Tienshui, Tunhchuan and Paochi in Shensi, and Tihua in Sinkiang have all been mentioned in Press reports.
At Yinchuan factories for machinery, woollen textiles and chemicals have been started, and two new textile mills are planned in the cotton-growing district of Kuanchung, in Shensi.

1954 February [1954 January], “China's Industrial Growth”, in Economic Digest, volume VII, number 2, London: Economic Research Council, →OCLC, pages 87–88:

On the trip out our car was full of railway workers, going out to work on the Lanchow-Sinkiang Railway which had already reached Yumen, China’s biggest oil field, and in 1960 will connect with the Soviet Union’s Turkestan-Siberia Railway; or to the Lanchow-Yinchuan section, which cuts through the Great Wall to reach Yinchuan, a major wool, hide and skin trading center in the Northwest.

1956 October, Grace Liu, “A Train Trip in China”, in New World Review, volume 24, number 10, New York: S.R.T. Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, column 1:

Yinchuan, capital of the Ningsia Hui Autonomous Region, lies in the centre of the Ningsia Plain.

1964, 任育地 [Jen Yu-ti], 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 201:

Mr. Ai had become obsessed with a red scribble that appeared on a planning document for an art show next month in Yinchuan, a city in northwest China. He decided to build a large sculpture modeled on the line that he would call “Redline” — a playful rumination on the idea of censorship.

2016 August 26, Javier A. Hernández, “Ai Weiwei Planned to Sculpt a ‘Redline.’ Chinese Censors Say He Crossed One.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-08-26, Sinosphere:

The capital city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

ينتشوان

capital city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China


Sanders

en-prop

Sanders (countable and uncountable, plural Sanderses)

From the Middle English Sander, a shortened form of Alexander + suffix -s.

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Carroll County, Kentucky.


Toyama

Borrowed from Japanese 富(と)山(やま) (Toyama).

The capital city of Toyama Prefecture, Japan


Haikou

Hainan Island, of which Haikou is the capital, is a tropical province that China has proclaimed its newest and largest special economic zone. Partly because it is separated from the Chinese mainland by a 13-mile strip of water, the authorities give it special dispensation to stray from economic and social orthodoxy.

1993 March 25, Sheryl WuDunn, “Haikou Journal; For Treasure (and Pleasure), Their Special Island”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-26, World:

The capital and most populous city of Hainan province, China; located on the north side of Hainan island.


Marrakech

/ˌmæɹ.əˈkɛʃ/

From French Marrakech, from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš), from Berber ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”). Doublet of Morocco.

The capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco.


St. John

A city, the county seat of Stafford County, Kansas; named for Kansas Governor John St. John.

St. Louis County
St. Louis County#English

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

A minor city in Rolette County, North Dakota.


Changsha

/(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈʃɑ/

Changxa commands over eleven Cities, as Changxa, Siangtan, Siangin, Ninghiang, Lieuyang, Liling, Jeyang, Sianghang, Xeu, Ganhoa, Chaling.

[1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14:

The most important place for trade in Hunan is Siangtan, 90 li south of Changsha.

1868, Albert S. Bickmore, “Sketch of a Journey from Canton to Hankow, through China”, in American Journal of Science and Arts, volume XLVI, page 16:

A Communist report from Hunan has quoted "a ranking comrade of the Party Central" as having issued this instruction: "Athletes should be trained from childhood." It is believed that Mao made the remark.
Accordingly, most of the table tennis winners have been teenagers. The youngest at an athletic meet in Changsha in 1973 was a boy of 14.

1976 July 25, L. Chen, “Athletics under Maoist politics”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVII, number 29, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

In a restaurant in Changsha, the capital of central China's Hunan province, Hu Mingliang and Sun Wenlin exchanged their wedding rings, and received blessings from over 200 friends, relatives, as well as LGBT rights activists from around the country.

2016 May 17, Cherie Chan, “Chinese gay couple marry despite court ruling”, in DW News, archived from the original on 2016-05-18, LGBT RIGHTS:

Lynn (Yao Honggui) and her boyfriend, Zhang (Liu Long), are shacked up in a hotel in the city of Changsha in Hunan province.

2023 March 9, Manohla Dargis, “‘Stonewalling’ Review: A Young Woman’s Exchange Value”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-09, Movies:

A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hunan, in south-central China.

تْشَانْغ شَا

city in south-central China and other locations in China


Takamatsu

The capital of Kagawa prefecture, Japan.


Wakayama

Borrowed from Japanese 和(わ)歌(か)山(やま) (Wakayama).


Miyazaki

Borrowed from Japanese 宮崎(みやざき) (Miyazaki).

The capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.


Concepción

A city and commune, the capital of Concepción province, Chile.


Rosario

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

A city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.


Santa Rosa

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

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

Guadalupe County
Guadalupe County#English


Santa Barbara

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

Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County#English


Ossian

An anglicisation, made known by James Macpherson, of Irish Oisín, diminutive form of os (“deer”).

Winneshiek County
Winneshiek County#English

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


San Rafael

/ˌsæn ɹəˈfɛl/

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


Bonifacio

/bəʊniːˈfɑːtʃəʊ/

From Italian Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius, named after Boniface II of Tuscany. Doublet of Boniface.

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


Wichita

/ˈwɪt͡ʃɪtɔː/

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

Uncertain. Probably from Creek we-chate (“red water”), referring to We-chate hatchee (Red Water River, or Red River of the South).

Future speeding on swift wheels / straight to the heart of Wichita!

1966, Allen Ginsberg, Wichita Vortex Sutra:

I'm half sick on the drinks you mixed / Through your / True dreams / Of Wichita

1994, “True Dreams of Wichita”, in Ruby Vroom, performed by Soul Coughing:

A large city, the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States; the largest city in Kansas.


Sonoma

Translingual: sonomensis

From a Suisun language variously thought to mean "valley of the moon", "many moons", or to derive from tso (the earth) and noma (village).

A city in Sonoma County, California, United States, named after the eponymous valley.


El Aaiún

Alternative form of Laayoune: The capital and largest city of Western Sahara.


Highland

Highland (council area)
Highland (disambiguation)

San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County#English

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


Ohrid

Borrowed from Macedonian Охрид (Ohrid), from о- (o-) + хрид (hrid, “mount, hill, elevation”).
It has been proposed by Katičić that the modern name is a modified version of the ancient Greek name, where the transition of "Lychnidus" to "Ohrid" presupposes a characteristic sound development from Albanian. Same development as Nish from Naissos, Shtip from Astibos and Sharr from Scardus, which may have thereby entered Slavic


Ganja

Borrowed from Classical Persian گنجه (ganja), from Middle Persian gncg (Ganzag).


Dayton

en-proper noun

Dayton (countable and uncountable, plural Daytons)

A variant spelling of Deighton.
* Most of the placenames are derived from the surname; or another place named Dayton, that in turn is derived from the surname.

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A placename, from the surname:
A number of places in the United States
A city in Idaho.

A city in Iowa; named for the city in Ohio.

A city in Kentucky; named for the city in Ohio.

A city in Minnesota; named for founder Lyman Dayton.

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio; named for Jonathan Dayton, a Constitution signatory and statesman.

A placename, from the surname:
A number of places in the United States
A city in Oregon.

A city, the county seat of Rhea County, Tennessee; named for the city in Ohio.

A placename, from the surname:
A number of places in the United States
A city in Texas.

A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Washington; named for Jesse Day.


San Bernardo

A city and commune, the capital of Maipo province, Santiago metropolitan region, Chile.


Medan

From Malay, said to be from Tamil மைதானம் (maitāṉam, “ground”). More at Medan.

The capital and largest city of North Sumatra, Indonesia


Cyrene

From Latin Cyrene, from Ancient Greek Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē), of uncertain origin. Classical sources considered the Thessalian demigod the etymon for the Libyan city. Modern scholars variously derive the name from the Libyan spring Κύρα (Kúra) or, noting the myth attested before the spring or city, consider an existing Proto-Berber name to have been conflated with the Thessalian myths by early Greek colonists.

(historical) A former city near Shahhat, Libya.


Stepanakert

From Armenian Ստեփանակերտ (Stepʻanakert). Named after Stepan Shahumyan, a communist revolutionary active throughout the Caucasus.

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic#English

The capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.


Haines

A place name:
A minor city in Baker County, Oregon.


Mazaca

Learned borrowing from Latin Māzaca, from Ancient Greek Μάζακα (Mázaka), from the name of the tribe of Mushki. Compare Old Armenian Մաժաք (Mažakʻ).

Caesarea Mazaca (alternative)
Mazaka (alternative)

(historical) The ancient capital of the Kingdom of Cappadocia in Asia Minor, in modern Turkey; modern Kayseri.


Nisibis

From Latin Nisibis, from Ancient Greek Νίσιβις (Nísibis), from Aramaic ܢܨܝܼܒܝܼܢ (Nəṣīḇīn).

(historical) Synonym of Nusaybin, a city in southeastern Turkey.


Nouméa

Tensions remained high in Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia, on Friday after days of riots as the French government’s representative said areas of the Pacific territory have “escaped” state control.

2024 May 17, Julien Mazzoni, “New Caledonia riots: parts of territory ‘out of state control’, French representative says”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

The capital city of the French overseas territory New Caledonia, a natural South Sea port on its main island.


Abomey

The capital city of Zou department, in southern Benin.


Caesarea

/ˌsiːzəˈɹiːə/

/ˌsɛzəˈɹiːə/

/ˌsɛsəˈɹiːə/

Learned borrowing from Latin Caesarēa, from Caesar + -ea. Both the Algerian and Turkish cities were named in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Kayseri and Cherchell.

(historical) Various other former cities in the Roman Empire, including

Former name of Kayseri, a city in central Turkey.

Former name of Cherchell, a city in northern Algeria and the former capital of Mauretania and Numidia.


Walhalla

The city in South Carolina was founded by German settlers, so the name in this case is probably of German origin. Compare with Valhalla.

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


Saint-Louis

St-Louis (alternative)
St.-Louis (alternative)

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


Odense

The largest city in the Region of Southern Denmark (Region Syddanmark) and third-largest city in Denmark.


Esbjerg

Southern Denmark
Southern Denmark#English

A port city, the seat of Esbjerg municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark, on the North Sea. The second-largest city in its region and the fifth-largest city in Denmark.


Randers

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


Horsens

A city and municipality in eastern Jutland, Denmark.


Roskilde

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


Helsingborg

/ˈhɛlsɪŋbɔːɡ/

/ˈhɛlsɪŋbɜːɡ/

/ˈhɛlsɪŋbɔːɹi/

/ˌhɛlsɪŋˈbɔːɹi/


Jönköping

/ˈjɜːnt͡ʃɜːpɪŋ/

A city in southern Sweden, located in the province of Småland; the ninth‐largest city in Sweden.


Norrköping

/ˈnɔːrt͡ʃɜːpɪŋ/

A city in Östergötland, eastern Sweden, the tenth-largest city in Sweden.


Smyrna

From Ancient Greek Σμύρνα (Smúrna), a variant spelling of Σμύρνη (Smúrnē), the Ionic Greek form of the original Aeolic Greek name Μύρρᾱ (Múrrhā, “Smyrna”). Doublet of Izmir.

The Smyrna city government maintains Taylor Brawner Park through a partnership between its environmental department and a local organization called Keep Smyrna Beautiful that has the support of local government, businesses and residents.

2020 August 28, Skylar Mitchell, “This couple memorialized the names of those lost in racial violence. They hope other communities do the same”, in CNN:

A city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States.


Gostivar

A city in the upper Polog region, in northwest North Macedonia.


Sabadell

From Catalan Sabadell, of uncertain Latin origin.


Negotino

Borrowed from Macedonian Неготино (Negotino).

bor+

A city in the central south-eastern part of North Macedonia.


Urmia

Probably from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܘܪ (w-r, “city”), a common Assyrian name for cities around Mesopotamia, and ܡܝܐ (miyā, “water”), referring to the great lake nearby.

A city in Iran, the seat of Urmia County's Central District, and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, on the shore of the lake of the same name.


St. Paul

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Alaska; the main settlement of Saint Paul Island in the Bering Sea.

A city in Missouri; named for a local church named for Paul the Apostle.

A city, the county seat of Howard County, Nebraska, named for James N. and Nicholas J. Paul, the founders of the city.

A city in Oregon; named for the Saint Paul Mission, itself named for Paul the Apostle.


Saintes

A city in Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southeastern France, the former capital of the Saintonge province.


Sabin

* As an English and French surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Sabinus.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Sabháin (“descendant of Sabhán”), from sabh (“cub”). Also found as Savage.

A minor city in Clay County, Minnesota, named after Dwight M. Sabin.


Saharanpur

A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, in northern India.


Tabriz

A city in Iran, the seat of Tabriz County's Central District, and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Fourth largest city of Iran with population of about 1,600,000. Historical names: Davrezh, Tavrezh, Tavrez, Tauris.


St Albans

‘I won’t stay long — I’ve got to get straight up to St Albans.’

2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 70:

A city and local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England.


St. Catharines

A city in southeastern Ontario, Canada, near Niagara Falls.


Durrës

Borrowed from Albanian Durrës, from Latin Dyrrhachium, from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion). Doublet of Dyrrhachium and Durazzo.

An Adriatic port city in Albania, on the site of ancient Epidamnus.


St. Cloud

A city, the county seat of Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. It was named after Saint-Cloud in France.


Buckley

en-proper noun

Buckley (countable and uncountable, plural Buckleys)

From Old English bucca (“he-goat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to buck + -ley (“lea”).

A city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.


Kutaisi

Borrowed from Georgian ქუთაისი (kutaisi).

bor+

Kutais (alternative)
Cutais (alternative)

The third-most populous city of Georgia and the capital of Imereti region, located on the Rioni river.


Royston

From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

A city in Franklin County, Hart County and Madison County, Georgia, United States.


Blythe

en-proper noun

Blythe (countable and uncountable, plural Blythes)

English surname, from Old English blīþe (“merry”). Many senses are derived from placenames, such as the River Blythe, all from the Old English adjective.

布萊斯 /布莱斯

transliterations of place in England and U.S.A.

Any of a number of places in England and the United States.

A city in Riverside County, California, United States.

Riverside County
Riverside County#English

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


Sakai

Borrowed from Japanese 堺 (Sakai), Japanese 酒井 (Sakai), Japanese 坂井 (Sakai) or Japanese 境 (Sakai).

A large city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.


Adama

A city, formerly the capital city of Oromia Region in Ethiopia.


Nicaea

From Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + -ια (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nice.

Nikaia (alternative)
Nicæa (alternative)

(historical) Former name of Iznik, a city in Turkey famed for the AD 325 church council that composed the Nicene Creed.

Lysimachus
Nicaea (city)
Nicaea of Macedon


Ninotsminda

Borrowed from Georgian ნინოწმინდა (ninoc̣minda), named after the nearby church devoted to Saint Nino: წმინდა (c̣minda, “holy”) + ნინო (nino).

An Armenian-populated town in Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia. Known as Bogdanovka before 1991.


Multan

Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੁਲਤਾਨ / ملتان (multān), from Saraiki ملتان (multān), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin:
* From Sanskrit मुलस्थान (mulasthāna), from मुल (mula, “a Sun deity or an ancient tribe”).
* From Old Persian mulastāna (“frontier land”).

unk

further etymology is disputed.


Hue

Hue is the capital of Vietnam's North Central Coast economic region.

Trouble had been brewing for some time, and it burst into the open in the ancient capital city of Hué on May 8, 1963. On that day 8,000 to 10,000 Buddhists marched in protest against a government order banning parades and the display of Buddhist flags on Buddha's birthday.

[1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60:


Gonzales

A city in Monterey County, California, United States.

Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish#English

A city in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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


Milford

en-proper noun

Milford (countable and uncountable, plural Milfords)

New Haven County
New Haven County#English

A common place name, primarily within the British Isles and New England, often used for settlements with watermills built near fords, including:

A number of places in the United States:

A coastal city in New Haven County, Connecticut.

A city in Kent County and Sussex County, Delaware.

Dickinson County
Dickinson County#English

A city in Clermont County and Hamilton County, Ohio.


Kerch

A port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but de facto controlled by Russia.


Novorossiysk

As a second-year student at Kharkiv University, I took a summer job as a conductor of the train that ran from Novorossiysk on the Russian Black Sea coast to Kaliningrad in the Baltics - a 48-hour journey via Kharkiv, from where the train originated.

2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 47:

A port city in Krasnodar Krai, in southern Russia, the main Russian port on the Black Sea.


Vitebsk

Viciebsk (alternative)
Vicebsk (alternative)
Vitsebsk (alternative)
Vitsyebsk (alternative)


Gomel

Homiel (alternative)
Homel (alternative)
Homieĺ (alternative)
Homyel (alternative)
Homyel' (alternative)


Sverdlovsk

Transliteration of Russian Свердло́вск (Sverdlóvsk).

translit

(historical) Yekaterinburg, a city, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia (from 1921 to 1991).


Kuybyshev

/ˈkuːɪbɪˌʃɛv/

From Russian Куйбышев (Kujbyšev), named after Russian Bolshevik revolutionary Valerian Kuybyshev (1888–1935).


Gorky

en-proper noun

Gorky (countable and uncountable, plural Gorkys or Gorkies)

(historical) Nizhny Novgorod, a city in Russia.

A placename
Nizhny Novgorod, a city in Russia.


Kalinin

Borrowed from Russian Кали́нин (Kalínin), ultimately from кали́на (kalína, “viburnum”).


Kolomna

Borrowed from Russian Коло́мна (Kolómna).

A city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka rivers.


Oka

Akoko South-West
Akoko South-West#English

The capital city of Akoko South-West, Ondo, Nigeria.


Stalingrad

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

Borrowed from Russian Сталингра́д (Stalingrád). Named after Soviet supreme leader Joseph Stalin.

named-after

(historical) The former name, 1925-1961, of Volgograd, a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle.


Tolyatti

From Russian Толья́тти (Tolʹjátti), after Palmiro Togliatti (1893–1964), an Italian politician and leader of the Italian Communist Party.

Togliatti (alternative)
Tol'yatti (alternative)

Italian Communist Party
Palmiro Togliatti
Tolyatti


Batumi

Batum (alternative)
Batoum (alternative)

A seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia.


Rostov

Transliteration of Russian Росто́в (Rostóv). The surname comes from Russian рост (rost, “growth”). The etymology of the city's name is unclear.


Seminole

A city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.

A city in Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States.

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


Akita

Borrowed from Japanese 秋(あき)田(た) (Akita).

The capital city of Akita Prefecture, Japan.


Yamagata

Borrowed from Japanese 山県 (Yamagata), 山方 (Yamagata), 山形 (Yamagata) or 山像 (Yamagata).


Fukushima

Borrowed from Japanese 福島(ふくしま) (Fukushima).

The capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.


Yamaguchi

Borrowed from Japanese 山口(やまぐち) (Yamaguchi).


Tokushima

Borrowed from Japanese 徳(とく)島(しま) (Tokushima).

The capital city of Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.


Kochi

Borrowed from Japanese 高(こう)知(ち) (Kōchi).

The capital city of Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.


Kochi

Cochin (alternative)
Cochi (alternative)
Kochin (alternative)

A city in Kerala, in southwestern India.


Kōchi

Alternative spelling of Kochi (city in Japan)


Tottori

Borrowed from Japanese 鳥取(とっとり) (Tottori).


Morioka

A city in Japan, capital of Iwate prefecture.


Keelung

Translingual: Cryptococcus keelungensis, Cystobasidium keelungensis, Solicoccozyma keelungensis, Yarrowia keelungensis

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 雞籠 (Jīlóng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.

Kelung (alternative)
Kilung (alternative)
Kiirun (alternative)

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE HARBOR OF KEELUNG, ISLAND OF FORMOSA.
. . .
Keelung harbor, or Keelung-taw, head (or promontory) is situated near the northeastern point of the island of Formosa.
. . .
Making and keeping Keelung island well to the eastward, the entrance may be approached without fear, as the soundings are deep, and free from hidden dangers....The town of Keelung is situated at the head of the harbor, about a mile from this last anchorage, and surrounded by extensive mud flats, bare at low water, and can only be approached by small boats at high tides.
. . .
There is a covered market or bazaar at Sowan Point, near the junk anchorage, and another in the town of Keelung.

1857, George H. Preble, “Sailing Directions and Nautical Remarks by Officers of the Late United States Naval Expedition to Japan”, in Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Washington, D.C.: Alfred O. P. Nicholson, pages 377–378:

This trade is as yet undeveloped, but would increase were greater facilities for communication in existence. The principal imports at present are Coal and Rice, but in time of dearth the export from Formosa of the latter commodity is prevented by the Native authorities. Keelung Coal is brought over almost exclusively for the use of coasting steamers.

1866, Reports on Trade at the Ports in China Open by Treaty to Foreign Trade for the Year 1865, Shanghai: Imperial Maritime Customs' Press, page 57:

The mines of Keelung (Formosa) might also be made to furnish good coals, but they are for the present only used by steamers for want of better, and it was only towards the end of 1865, when other coals were very dear, that any Formosa coals were brought here and sold from 5 taels to 6½ taels.

1866 February 1, Reports from the Foreign Commissioners at the Various Ports in China, for the Year 1865, London: Harrison and Sons, page 127:

The Island of Formosa suffered greatly from an earthquake which took place on December 18, 1867. The shock pursued almost a direct course over the island from Keelung to Yamsin, at which latter place it was felt very severely, as well in loss of life as in the destruction of property and houses, including a temple which had just been completed at a cost of $30,000.

1873, “China”, in The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1868 (Annual Cyclopædia), number VIII, New York: D. Appleton & Company, page 115:

Keelung and Tamsui in the north of the island are the principal harbours ; the former town partly owes its prosperity to the proximity of some coal beds, which the Chinese have for a long time worked ' in the most primitive fashion ;' shafts were abandoned from having become flooded....The country round Keelung is charming in its rich green dress of bamboo groves and paddy ; but the odours of the town, which Mr. Taintor has stigmatised as the ' filthiest town in the universe,' are probably unrivalled.

1887 October, F. H. H. Guillemard, “The Cruise of the 'Marchesa' to Kamschatka and New Guinea”, in Edinburgh Review, number CCCXL, page 318:

Years ago, at Keelung, rumbling sounds were heard, and the waters of the harbor receded until fish of all sizes were left wriggling and floundering in the mud and pools. Women and children rushed out to secure such rare and enticing prizes, but shrieks from the shore warned them of the return of the water. Back it came, furious as a charge of battle, overleaping its appointed bounds, and sweeping away all the houses in the low-lying land along the shore. The story of that tidal wave is handed down as one of the great catastrophes in history.

1896 October 24, “Earthquakes in Formosa”, in The Friend, volume LXX, number 14, page 107:

The Japanese have made extensive preparations for the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores. [For a description of the Pescadores and a map, see THE INDEPENDENT for February 16th.] The Pescadores Islands have been supplied with provisions and ammunition for two years and heavy guns mounted in strategic positions. In Formosa the ports of Keelung and Tamsui are strongly protected by mines. The garrison is estimated at 15,000 men. The island is declared to be under martial law and in a state of siege.

1905 May 18, “The War on Sea and Land”, in The Independent, volume LVIII, number 2946, page 1096:

Good quality coal at present costs about 19 yen per ton at Keelung.

1919 December, “More Coal in the East”, in South African Mining and Engineering Journal, page 163:

Added to other drawbacks to shipping, violent typhoons occur from four to five times a year during which the wind has been known to blow at a velocity of 125 miles an hour, while the rain falls in torrents. Keelung in the north has known years when there were 242 days of rain.

1929, “Formosa, Japan's Island Province”, in R. Bruce Taylor, editor, Lands and Peoples : The World in Color, volume IV, page 234:

More than 100 ships, including one with 160 passengers aboard, sought shelter tonight in Keelung, the principal port of Formosa, from a typhoon reported approaching.

1935 July 29, “SCORES FLEE TYPHOON”, in Santa Ana Journal, volume 1, number 76, Santa Ana, Orange Co., Cal., page 1:

It required a week to make repairs in Keelung; then we went northward to the Loo Choo Islands, that "Forgotten Kingdom of the East."

1943, Roy Chapman Andrews, Under a Lucky Star, New York: Viking Press, page 78:

On the morning of 5 September Cooley approached Keelung in destroyer Gary; it was ticklish—the Japanese initially refused to answer radio messages and nobody could be certain whether the troops on Formosa would obey the Emperor's Rescript, or whether they had even heard of it.
The American ships got through the minefields all right, and were finally escorted to the dock by the Japanese, who decided to co-operate. With the help of a British colonel, a POW, who had organized the prisoners into companies, Cooley evacuated from Taipeh and Keelung 1,160 prisoners, mostly British, but also including 3 Australians, 12 Netherlanders, 69 Americans (of whom one was a corporal in the old 4th Marines). All prisoners were suffering from malnutrition, and 121 had to be left in hospitals for later evacuation.

1952, Robert Sherrod, History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II, Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces Press, page 417:

Helena's 1958 cruise in the Far East began 3 August. Her first port of call was Keelung, Taiwan, arriving 21 August. Next day students and faculty of the Taiwan National Defense College were received on board for a tour of the ship.

1968, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, volume 3, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, page 290:

Today Kaohsiung and Keelung are the two busiest harbors in Taiwan, handling modern containerized traffic. At the time of Retrocession, they could accommodate ships only up to 8,000 tons.
. . .
Taiwan's main railway has been electrified, and an expressway has been built. It now takes only four hours to go from Keelung in the north to Kaohsiung in the south by train, or five hours by car.

1980 October 26, “People enjoy modern lifestyle”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXI, number 42, Taipei, page 4:

It was not until early-March that China announced its new round of surface-to-surface missile tests near the Taiwanese ports of Keelung and Kaohsiung, to be held from 8 to 15 March, partly coinciding with a new round of air-sea live-ammunition exercises, to be held from 12 to 20 March.

1997, Willem van Kemenade, translated by Diane Webb, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc., New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 50:

In July 2002, the police in Taiwan seized 79 kilograms of high-grade heroin and arrested six suspects in a daring raid in the port city of Keelung.

2005, Bertil Lintner, Great Leader, Dear Leader: Demystifying North Korea under the Kim Clan, Silkworm Books, →ISBN, page 103:

A retired senior PLA official alleges that PLA analysis has concluded that unexpected Global Positioning System (GPS) disruption likely caused the PLA to lose track of the second and third missiles of a three-missile salvo fired into the East China Sea 18.5 kilometers from Taiwan's Keelung naval port in March 1996, as part of a larger effort to deter what Beijing perceived to be pro-Taiwan independence moves.

2014 February, Peter Dutton, Andrew S. Erickson, Ryan Martinson, editors, China's Near Seas Combat Capabilities, Newport, R.I.: Naval War College, →ISBN, page 103:

2. Keelung
Around 15 miles north east of Taipei proper, in oceanside Keelung City, Keelung Night Market is a great place for seafood. With more than 60 vendors spread out across multiple blocks, it’s expansive, with a huge amount of variety. Go there for barbecue-sauce-coated squid, creamy butter crabs, eel noodles and plump oyster pancakes.

2021 January 29, Clarissa Wei, “A city guide to Taipei, Taiwan's culinary capital”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 2021-01-29:

There are nearly 700 bomb shelters in this city of 360,000 people, leading officials to declare that Keelung has a higher density of places to hide than anywhere else in heavily fortified Taiwan. And for a loosely organized band of urban planners, artists and history lovers, Keelung’s bomb shelters have become a canvas — for creative urban renewal and civil defense.

2022 November 6, Damien Cave, Amy Chang Chien, “Taiwan’s Bomb Shelters: ‘A Space for Life. And a Space for Death.’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-06, Taiwan Dispatch:

Keelung
Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca)


Mito

capital city of Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.


Maebashi

capital city of Gunma prefecture, Japan.


Kofu

capital city of Yamanashi prefecture, Japan.


Otsu

The capital city of Shiga prefecture, Japan.


Tsu

The capital city of Mie Prefecture, Japan.


Matsue

The capital city of Shimane prefecture, Japan.


Pau

A city, the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Coleman

A number of places in the United States:

A small city in Midland County, Michigan.

A city, the county seat of Coleman County, Texas, named after the county.


Hebron

Borrowed from Latin Hebrōn, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן (Ḥeḇrōn), possibly via Ancient Greek Χεβρών (Khebrṓn).

A city in the West Bank, Palestine; holy in both Judaism and Islam.

A city, the county seat of Thayer County, Nebraska; named for the city in Palestine.

A minor city in Morton County, North Dakota; named for the city in Palestine.


Komsomolsk

Borrowed from Russian Комсомо́льск (Komsomólʹsk), from Russian комсомо́л (komsomól, “Komsomol, Young Communist League”).

bor

Комсомо́льск

der

A city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, on the Amur river; in full, Komsomolsk-na-Amure or Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

A city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, former name of Horishni Plavni.


Mati

A city in Davao Oriental, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines


Poznan

Poznań (alternative)
Posen (alternative)


Siatista

A city in Greece located in the western Kozani prefecture.


Tavros

A suburban city in Greece 5 km southwest of Athens and is located in the Attica prefecture.


Salinas

en-prop

Salinas (countable and uncountable, plural Salinases)

Borrowed from Spanish Salinas, a metonymic occupational surname for a worker in a salt mine.

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


Mdina

Borrowed from Maltese Mdina. Doublet of Medina.

A city and local council of the Western Region, Malta; the former capital city of Malta.


Sisters

Deschutes County
Deschutes County#English


Tjernobyl

Borrowed from Danish Tjernobyl or Swedish Tjernobyl.

OK, living in the reinder belt of Scandinavia, the weapon tests hasn't poisoned us that much and the plutonium hasn't been that much of a problem, but jee, you shure has dug you head into the ground like a ostridge. Have you never heard of a fishy place called Tjernobyl. That bastard is still giving people here cancer. Since we have less of the shit called Strontium 90 ( not as poisones as plutonium, but shure as deadly), they every year sends a lot of cancerous children from the area around Tjernobyl to us for a "clean" summer holiday.

1997 July 14, Lars Magnusson, “Global Worries (was: global warming)”, in talk.environment (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-03:

How many new things have we found (virus or bacteria doesn't matter) and still more are coming, AIDS? do you belive^([sic]) it has been there always? do you remember Tjernobyl? nothing to do with virus or bacteria, but what happened? I would say humans stupidity (money again) give them some not so hightech equipment that doesn't work 100% and then let some ppl that don't know what it is use it.

1998 July 6, Mare, “Unmentioned abuse”, in alt.talk.bestiality (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-03:

I have a couple of questions regarding evoultionary pace, ionizing radiation and Tjernobyl. I'd be very grateful if anyone would take the time to answer these questions.

2003 May 9, Torbjörn Svensson Diaz, “Evolutionar Leap in the Tjernobyl Area”, in sci.bio.evolution (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-03:

(non-native speakers' English) Chernobyl (a city in Ukraine)


Karaj

Borrowed from Persian کرج (karaj). See there for more.

A city in Iran, the seat of Karaj County's Central District, and the capital of Alborz Province


Linden

* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde.
* As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden.
* As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen.
* As an English surname, variant of Lindon.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.

A city, the county seat of Marengo County, Alabama; named for the Battle of Hohenlinden, in honor the Bonapartist refugees who were Marengo County's first European settlers.

A city in Union County, New Jersey; named for linden trees brought to the area from Germany.

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


Gainesville

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, home to the University of Florida. Named after Edmund P. Gaines.

A city, the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, named after Edmund P. Gaines.

A minor city, the county seat of Ozark County, Missouri, named after Gainesville, Georgia.

A city, the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, named after Edmund P. Gaines.


Giannitsa

Gianitsa (alternative)
Yiannitsa (alternative)

A city in northern Pella prefecture, Greece.


Deskati

A city in eastern Grevena prefecture, Greece


Alimos

A city and suburb of Athens in Attica, Greece.


Elliniko

From Greek ελληνικό (ellinikó, “Greek”). Doublet of Hellenic.

Eliniko (alternative)
Ellinikon (alternative)
Elinikon (alternative)


Grevena

From Greek Γρεβενά (Grevená), from Slavic grȅbēn (“crest of a mountain, range of a mountain”), from Proto-Slavic *greby.


Voula

A city and a suburb of Athens in Attica, Greece.


Nea Ionia

A city in Magnesia prefecture near Volos, Greece


Qom

Borrowed from Iranian Persian قم (qom), from Classical Persian قم (qum).

Ghom (alternative)
Qum (alternative)
Q'um (alternative)

A city in Iran, the seat of Qom County's Central District, and the capital of Qom Province, a shrine city and center of Shi'ite seminarian learning.


Erzurum

En-us-Erzurum from Turkey pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg

A city, the capital of Erzurum Province, Turkey.


Gardner

en-proper noun

Gardner (countable and uncountable, plural Gardners)

Gardners (plural)
Gardener (alternative)
Gardiner (alternative)

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A city in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.


Gardiner

Gardener (alternative)
Gardner (alternative)


Vayk

town in Vayots Dzor region of Armenia, formerly known as Azizbekov and Soylan


Appenzell

Appenzell Inner Rhodes
Appenzell Inner Rhodes#English

A village, the capital of Appenzell Inner Rhodes canton, Switzerland.


Phuket

Borrowed from Thai ภูเก็ต (puu-gèt), ultimately from Pattani Malay بوكيت (bukit, “mountain; hill”).

cog

The capital city of Phuket Province, Thailand.


Amiens

The capital city of the Somme department, Hauts-de-France region, France.


Gavar

Gavarr (alternative)
Kyavar (alternative)


Chiayi

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 嘉義／嘉义 (Jiāyì) Wade-Giles romanization: Chia¹-yi⁴.

zh-l

嘉義／嘉义 (Jiāyì)

Chiai (alternative)
Chia-i (alternative)
Chia-yi (alternative)
Jiayi (alternative)

In Chiayi and Ilan peasant uprisings broke out and could not be put down until the army had taken more than 700 farmers into custody.

1939, “Formosans Fight for China”, in China at War, volumes 3-4, Chungking: China Information Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 74:

Since many factories have not been repaired or are operating at low capacity, there is much unemployment. Repatriation of overseas Taiwanese has aggravated the problem, which the government has made no real effort to solve. During the war the Japanese built at Chiayi a large factory for making high-octane gas. Now it is closed, and one-fifth of the town's population are out of work. It is not surprising that at Chiayi last month there was fierce fighting against the mainlanders.

1947 June 7, Peggy Durdin, “Taiwan : China's Unhappy Colony”, in The Nation, volume 164, number 23, New York, page 686:

Thus one of C. L. Yang's teams recently spent three months studying the efficiency of the PVC and polyurethane (PU) packaging divisions of Nan Ya. By the time they left, 272 jobs had been eliminated and $7.45 million saved per year on materials. The same approach halved the steam used by FCFC to produce a ton of rayon and tripled productivity over three years in Nan Ya's PVC pipe plant in Chiayi.

1985 July 15, Andrew Tanzer, “Y.C. Wang gets up very early in the morning”, in Forbes, volume 136, number 2, page 91:

Yeh Wang (1826-1889), a master craftsman born in Chiayi, founded the Taiwanese branch of the industry, and though his work is rare these days, you can still see some of his original figures in Ciji Temple in Syuejia near Tainan (see p.333).[...]Chiayi is still home to numerous koji craftsmen - in addition to its vibrant colours, koji is unique in that everything is handmade.

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “Central Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 287:

There would also be traditional dishes associated with different regions of Taiwan, which covers 36,000 square kilometers (an area comparable to the Netherlands) and is home to more than 23.5 million people. In central Chiayi City, that would be a rice bowl topped with local chicken that’s pulled into soft shreds, and dressed with its own juices and fat.

2019 June 11, Julia Moskin, “A New Generation of Chefs Reframes Taiwanese Cuisine in America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-06-11, Food:


Ashtarak

The administrative center of the Aragatsotn region in Armenia, located 20 km northwest of Yerevan.


Carcassonne

/ˌkɑːkəˈsən/

/ˌkɑːkəˈsɒn/

/ˌkɑɹkəˈsən/

An old walled city, the prefecture of Aude department, Occitania, France.


Qiqihar

/ˈtʃiːtʃiːˌhɑː/

/ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃiˌhɑɹ/

On April 28 the Chinese Communists occupied Qiqihar, a railroad center in Manchuria.

1980, China: U.S. Policy Since 1945, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:

In the grounds of my hotel at Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, on 8th May 1983, I (J.B.) found a local bird-catcher with six traps slung from a tree.

1985, Jeffery Boswall, “Some Notes on Bird Markets, Pigeon Keeping and Other Bird/Man Relations in China”, in The Avicultural Magazine, volume 91, page 136:

The defeat of General Beng's Thirty-fifth Group Army north-east of Qiqihar (10-17 August), and the ensuing defeat of General Yang's counterattack with the First Armoured Group Army (20-24 August), had compelled Deng's Twenty-third Group Army to fall back on Baicheng to avoid encirclement. Qiqihar fell to the Russian 17th Guards Motorised Rifle Division (Eighth Guards Army) on 26 August, while Malenkov's Fifth Guards Tank Army swept through the relatively open country between Qiqihar and Harbin, intent on seizing the lower Nen river crossings and then smashing into the north-eastern flank of the Chinese Twenty-third Group Army.

1993, Trevor Nevitt Dupuy, “The Sino-Russian Conflict”, in Future Wars, Warner Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 306:

Qiqihar, the last sizable city in China before reaching Mohe City, China’s northernmost town, briefly enjoyed an unlikely construction boom in 2016 and 2017.

2023 July 24, Keith Bradsher, “At Least 11 Killed After School Gym Roof Collapses During a Volleyball Practice in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-24, Asia Pacific:


Patras

The third most populated Greek city (after Athens and Thessaloniki), the most populated city in the Peloponnese and the capital of Western Greece (administrative region of Greece).


Xenia

From the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”). Doublet of Oksana.

der

Ksenia (alternative)
Kseniya (alternative)
Xeniya (alternative)

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


Hurghada

/həɹˈɡɑː.də/

Red Sea Governorate
Red Sea Governorate#English

A touristic coastal city in the Red Sea Governorate, Egypt.


Cap-Haïtien

Cape Haitien (alternative)
Cap Haitien (alternative)


Weiner

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


Greenfield

en-proper noun

Greenfield (countable and uncountable, plural Greenfields)

A number of places in the United States:

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

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

A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Massachusetts.

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

Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County#English


Greenleaf

A minor city in Canyon County, Idaho, named after John Greenleaf Whittier.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A minor city in Washington County, Kansas, named after a railroad treasurer.


Pune

Poona (alternative)
Poonah (alternative)

A major city and district of Maharashtra, India.


Bhubaneswar

A city, the state capital of Odisha, India.


Kanpur

Caunpoor (alternative)
Caunpore (alternative)
Cawnpore (alternative)
Kahnpur (alternative)

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


Nagpur

A large city, the winter capital of Maharashtra, India.


Dehradun

A city, the state capital of Uttarakhand, India


Indore

Borrowed from Hindustani اِنْدَور / इंदौर (indaur).

The largest city in Madhya Pradesh, India.


Thane

Transliteration of Marathi ठाणे (ṭhāṇe). Doublet of thana.

A large city and district of Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.


Agra

From Sanskrit अग्रेवण (agrevaṇa, “forest border”), from अग्र (agra, “border, in front of”) + वन (vana, “forest”).


Pimpri-Chinchwad

A large city in Pune district, Maharashtra, India, within the Pune Metropolitan Region.


Vadodara

A large city and district of Gujarat, India (formerly Baroda).


Colmar

A city, the capital of the department of Haut-Rhin, Alsace, region of Grand Est, eastern France.


Belfort

en-prop

Belfort (countable and uncountable, plural Belforts)

Territoire de Belfort
Territoire de Belfort#English

A commune, the capital of Territoire de Belfort department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Ghaziabad

A large city and district of Meerut division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Pawnee

Borrowing from French Pani, from Algonquin pani, either from Winnebago pa꞉ní or Chiwere pányi.

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


Varanasi

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī).


El Dorado

From Spanish el dorado (“the golden one”).

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

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


Gower

A city in Buchanan County and Clinton County, Missouri, United States, named after railroad official A. G. Gower.


Kincaid

en-proper noun

Kincaid (countable and uncountable, plural Kincaids)

Kincaids (plural)
Kincade (alternative)
Kincaide (alternative)
Kingcade (alternative)
Kinkade (alternative)
Kinkaid (alternative)
Kinkead (alternative)

Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Lennoxtown, from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head, top”) + càithe (“pass”) or cadha (“quagmire”).

A city in Anderson County, Kansas, United States.


Navi Mumbai

Borrowed from Marathi नवी मुंबई (navī mumbaī).


Togliatti

Alternative spelling of Tolyatti, a city in Samara Oblast, Russia


Surabaya

The capital and largest city of East Java, Indonesia


Visakhapatnam

Borrowed from Telugu విశాఖపట్నం (viśākhapaṭnaṁ).

bor+

Vizagapatam (alternative)
Vizag (alternative)

The largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India.


Howrah

A large city and district in West Bengal; a suburb of Kolkata, India.


Haora

Alternative form of Howrah, a city in Howrah district, West Bengal, India.


Esfahan

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


SJ

(sports) Abbreviation of San Jose, a city in California, United States.


Pichilemu

From Spanish Pichilemu, from Mapudungun pichi (“little”) + lemu (“forest”).


Nyssa

A city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.


Hervey Bay

Named by James Cook after the naval officer Augustus John Hervey (1724–1779).


Modesto

Stanislaus County
Stanislaus County#English

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


Salmon

en-proper noun

Salmon (countable and uncountable, plural Salmons)

Translingual: Salmonella

Salmon (biblical figure)
Salmon (disambiguation)

* (Idaho, river): named after the fish, salmon

A city, the county seat of Lemhi County, Idaho, United States, situated on the Salmon River, after which it was probably named.


Moriarty

From Irish Ó Muircheartaigh (“descendant of Muircheartach”), a name from muir (“sea”) + ceardaí (“craftsman”).

der

A city in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States.


Haarlem

A city and capital of North Holland, Netherlands.


Casablanca

My dear Mademoiselle, perhaps you have already observed that in Casablanca, human life is cheap. Good night, Mademoiselle.

1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casablanca, spoken by Major Strasser:

The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco


Bandung

A city, the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia.


Malibu

From Ventureño Humaliwo (literally “where the surf sounds loudly”).

Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County#English

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States known for its beaches.


Allahabad

/ˌæləhəˈbæd/

/ˌæləhəˈbɑːd/

Borrowed from Classical Persian اللهآباد (Allāh-ābād), from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh) + Persian آباد (âbâd). Romanized form Allah + -abad.

bor+

Former name of Prayagraj: a city and district of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Jabalpur

desc

Jubbulpuria<alt:Jubbulpur(ia)><t:genus of dinosaurs><qq:< Jubbulpore>

⇒ Translingual: Jubbulpur(ia) (“genus of dinosaurs”) (< Jubbulpore)

Borrowed from Hindi जबलपुर (jabalpur) (see there for more). A former spelling was Jubbulpore.


Mysore

Latin: mysorēnsis

An anglicised version of Kannada ಮಹಿಶೂರು (mahiśūru, literally “abode of Mahisha”). Though in Sanskrit Mahisha means "buffalo", here it refers to Mahishasura, a mythological demon who could assume the form of both a human and a buffalo. According to Hindu mythology, the area was ruled by the demon Mahishasura. The demon was killed by the Goddess Chamundeshwari, whose temple is situated atop the Chamundi Hills. Mahishūru later became Mahisūru (a name which, even now, the royal family uses) and finally came to be called Maisūru, its present name in the Kannada language.

der

A large city, district, and division of Karnataka, India.


Guwahati

Borrowed from Assamese গুৱাহাটী (guahati).

bor+

Gauhati (alternative)
Goahawtee (alternative)


Kokomo

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


Altai

From the Turkic word for "Golden Mountain". Compare Turkish altın (“gold”), dağ (“mountain”) and al (“red, colorful”) which altın is likely related to.

Set dramatically on a dry plain, with high snow-capped peaks in the distance, is the provincial capital Altai, located 1,005 kilometres west of Ulaanbaatar. Before 1960, it was known as Yösön Bulag (the ‘nine springs’). This town of 15,000 people sits at 2,160 metres above sea level, making it the highest city in the country.

2002, Claire Sermier, “Gobi Aimags”, in Helen Loveday, transl., Mongolia: Empire of the Steppes, Airphoto International Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 270:


Clermont-Ferrand

A city in Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, the chef-lieu of the region of Auvergne.


Iași

Alternative form of Iasi, a city and county of Romania.


Pocahontas

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

After Pocahontas, whose name is a borrowing from Powhatan Pokachantesu (literally “she is playful”).

bor

A number of places in the United States:

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

Pocahontas County
Pocahontas County#English

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


Batavia

Ultimately from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō. Doublet of Betawi and Passau.

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


Madiun

A city in East Java province, Indonesia.


Sanger

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

An occupational surname from Middle English, from Old English sangere (“singer”).

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

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


Colbert

en-proper noun

Colbert (countable and uncountable, plural Colberts)

From a Germanic personal name, composed of Proto-Germanic *kōlaz (“cool, cold; calm”) and *berhtaz (“bright”).

der

A city in Madison County, Georgia, United States.


İzmir

A major port city, the capital of İzmir Province, Turkey, geographically continuous with the ancient city of Smyrna.


Izmir

From Turkish İzmir, from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر (İzmir). Doublet of Smyrna.

1954, Amerikan Kız Koleji [aut.] and Margaret W. Meyer [ed.], İzmir: The Gateway to Turkey (Piyasa Matbaası), main title

One major problem in towns of all sizes is the lack of street signs, but almost every local tourist office can provide you with a map. City tourist offices almost always provide acceptable maps; those for İstanbul and İzmir are as good as any you pay for.

2000, Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, Turkey, page 14:

It may be Turkey’s third-largest city in terms of population, but in the congestion stakes İzmir has to be challenging for top honours.

2009, James Bainbridge, Turkey, page 221:

Smyrna

prior to the Turkish Postal Service Law of 28 March 1930


Hanford

en-proper noun

Hanford (countable and uncountable, plural Hanfords)

Hanfords (plural)
Handford (alternative)

From Welsh hen ("old") and ford ("a way"): the old way (Source: William Arthur 1857).

A city, the county seat of Kings County, in central California, United States.


Villa Park

A city in Orange County, California, United States.


Langdon

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

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


Wheeler

Wheeler (countable and uncountable, plural Wheelers)

Wheelers (plural)
Whaler (alternative)
Wiler (alternative)

Tillamook County
Tillamook County#English

A small city in Tillamook County, Oregon.

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


Morley

en-prop

Morley (countable and uncountable, plural Morleys)

From Old English mor (“moor”) + leah (“wood”). Equivalent to moor + -ley (“lea”).


Dubois

en-proper noun

Dubois (countable and uncountable, plural Duboises or Dubois)

Duboises (plural)
Dubois (plural)
duBois (alternative)
du Bois (alternative)
Du Bois (alternative)
DuBois (alternative)

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


Buchanan

Buchannon (alternative)
Buchanon (alternative)

A small city, the county seat of Haralson County, Georgia.

A number of places in the United States:

A city and township in Berrien County, Michigan.

A minor city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.


Carpenter

en-prop

Carpenter (countable and uncountable, plural Carpenters)

From carpenter, from Latin carpentarius.


Lennox

From Middle English Levenax, from Scottish Gaelic Leamhanach, meaning field of the Leven. Leamnha is thought to mean elm-water.

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


Manning

Clarendon County
Clarendon County#English

A city, the county seat of Clarendon County, South Carolina.


Kearney

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


Chesterfield

St. Louis County
St. Louis County#English


Sutton

en-proper noun

Sutton (countable and uncountable, plural Suttons)

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”).

A city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.


Holyrood

From Middle English Holy Rood, Holyrode, holy-rode, holy roode, hali rode, halgorode, equivalent to holy + rood (“crucifix, cross”).
The town in Newfoundland is named after a location near Crewkerne, Somerset.

Ellsworth County
Ellsworth County#English

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


Auxerre

A commune, the capital of Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Rudd

Originally a nickname from Middle English, meaning "red".

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


Daegu

Borrowed from Korean 대구(大邱) (Daegu, literally “great hill”).

bor

Of the 599 new cases in South Korea announced on Monday, 377 were from the country's fourth largest city, Daegu, home to a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, to which the majority of the country's cases have been traced after some its members visited China's Wuhan city, the epicenter of the disease. More than half of South Korea's 4,000 cases have been linked to Shincheonji.

2020 March 3, “South Korea church leader apologizes for coronavirus spread”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2020-03-03, News:

In a densely populated but otherwise quiet district in Daegu, a city in southeastern South Korea, a highly emotional standoff is underway.

2022 March 1, Choe Sang-Hun, “How ‘Multiculturalism’ Became a Bad Word in South Korea”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-03-01, Asia Pacific:


Annecy

A city, the capital of Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Quimper

A city, the prefecture of Finistère department, Brittany, France.


Saint-Malo

A walled port city in Ille-et-Vilaine department, on the north coast of Brittany, France.


Nicomedia

From Latin Nīcomēdīa, from Ancient Greek Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia), from Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs) + -ιᾰ (-iă, “ia: forming place names”).

(historical) Former name of Izmit, a city in Turkey; the ancient capital of Bithynia.


Palmyra

From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra). For more see Palmyra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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


Nakhodka

From Russian нахо́дка (naxódka, “a find, a discovery”).


Sardis

From Latin Sardīs, from Ancient Greek Σάρδεις (Sárdeis), ultimately from Lydian 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 (šfard). As Welsh, American, and Canadian towns, named for the ancient Lydian city chiefly in honor of its role in early Christianity. Doublet of Sart.

A small city in Burke County, Georgia, United States; a suburb of Augusta.

Robertson County
Robertson County#English

A tiny home rule city in Mason County and Robertson County, Kentucky.


Londonderry

From London + Derry, its name until the early 17th century when by decree of a charter granted by James I to a group of London merchants the current name was imposed.

County Londonderry
Londonderry (disambiguation)

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A city in County Londonderry, in northwestern Northern Ireland; also known as Derry.


Long Beach

A city in Los Angeles County, California; a suburb of Los Angeles.

A city in Nassau County, Long Island, New York.


Suifenhe

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 綏芬河 /绥芬河 (Suífēnhé).

Sui-fen-ho (alternative)
Suifenho (alternative)

That flight arrived just days after China said that it would close, effective Monday, its last overland crossing at Suifenhe, a small city across the border from Russia’s Far East.

2020 April 13, “Britain Is Expected to Extend Coronavirus Lockdown: Live Coverage”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-04-13, ASIA PACIFIC:

Suifenhe and Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang, are now mandating 28 days of quarantine for all arrivals from abroad as well as nucleic acid and antibody tests.

2020 April 13, “China reports highest number of Covid-19 cases in weeks”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2020-04-14: