Stratford-on-Avon

Stratford-on-Avon District
Stratford-upon-Avon
en:Clopton Bridge

From being the location of a river ford for a roadway. From Old Welsh avon (“river”) + Old English ford (“ford”) + Old English strǣt (“street”); from Latin strata (“road”). From being a ford for a British Roman road. The ford itself has subsequently been built over, becoming Clopton Bridge. The river itself has subsequently become named River Avon.

Stratford-upon-Avon (alternative)
Stratford (alternative)

Nuneaton was not a Stratford on Avon, nor had it a salubrious air.

1957, The Foundry Trade Journal, page 454:

If America is not privileged enough to have a Stratford-on-Avon, it still has a Concord

1979, Steven Kagle, America: Exploration and Travel, page 82:

A town in Warwickshire, England, birthplace of William Shakespeare. Often used as a byword for a particularly idyllic or historic town.


Haslemere

A town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9032).


Felixstowe

First attested as Filchestou in 1254. Derived from a compound of the name of Saint Felix of Burgundy and Middle English stowe (“place, stead”).

A coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3034).


Bridport

A town and civil parish with a town council in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4693).


Newhaven

A town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4401).

A town on Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.


Fareham

en-proper noun

Fareham (countable and uncountable, plural Farehams)

Recorded as Ferneham in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town and borough in Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU578048).


Waterlooville

From Waterloo + -ville; it was originally named Waterloo.

A town in Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6809).


Hythe

Hythe and Dibden
Hythe and Dibden#English

A town in Hythe and Dibden parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4207).

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1634).


Eastleigh

Borough of Eastleigh
Eastleigh (disambiguation)

A town and local government district with borough status of Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4519).


Bordon

Variant of the place name Old English Barden (“barley valley”), from bere + dun (“hill, valley”).

A town in Whitehill parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7935).


Basingstoke

Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane#English

A town in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England.


Fordingbridge

/ˈfɔː(ɹ)dɪŋˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/

See ford, bridge. First recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name Forde.

A town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1414).


Ringwood

Ringwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ringwoods)

Probably from Old English rimuc (“boundary”) + wudu (“wood”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1505).

A town in Major County, Oklahoma, United States.


Tadley

From the Old English personal name Tada + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6061).


Andrews

Huntington County
Huntington County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Dallas Township, Huntington County, Indiana.

A town in Cherokee County, North Carolina.

Georgetown County
Georgetown County#English

Williamsburg County
Williamsburg County#English

A town in Georgetown County and Williamsburg County, South Carolina.


Henderson

en-prop

Henderson (countable and uncountable, plural Hendersons)

census-designated place
census-designated place

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

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

A town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.


Dawson

en-proper noun

Dawson (countable and uncountable, plural Dawsons)

desc

Translingual: dawsoni, dawsonii, Dawsonia

From Daw, a Middle English pet form of David + -son.

A town in Navarro County, Texas, United States.


Newman

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town in the Shire of East Pilbara, Pilbara region, in the north of Western Australia, originally named Mount Newman after a local mountain.


Dania

A town in Vavoua Department, Haut-Sassandra Region, Ivory Coast.


Jarrow

From Middle English Jarwe, Jaruum, from Old English on Ġyrwum (“(at the) marshes”) (Latin: in Gyruum), dative plural of ġyru (“mud; marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *gurwijō (“mud”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”). Related to gore, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”). The dʒ sound in Middle English j derives from a nasal before palatalised ġ (compare singe).

inh

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, north-east England, located on the River Tyne (OS grid ref NZ3265).


Lourdes

From French Lourdes, corruption of Medieval Latin Lorus (778), the baptismal name taken by a Moorish leader who converted to Christianity, though of unknown ultimate meaning.
The town in Newfoundland is named after the town in France.

A town in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania in the French Pyrenees, and site of a large Catholic pilgrimage.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Norte de Santander
Norte de Santander#English

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


Strasbourg

/ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/

/ˈstɹæsbɜːɡ/

/ˈstɹɑːsbɝːɡ/

From French Strasbourg, from Middle High German Strāzburc. Compare modern German Straßburg, equivalent to Straße (“street, road”) + Burg (“borough, fortified town, castle”).


Springfield

A town, the county seat of Baca County, Colorado; named after the city in Missouri.

A town in Louisiana; named for nearby springs.

Marquette County
Marquette County#English

St. Croix County
St. Croix County#English

A town in Snowy Monaro, New South Wales.

A town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria.


Lowell

A Middle English diminutive of Old French lou + -el (diminutive suffix), meaning "little wolf". Akin to Wolfie.

A town in Lake County, Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.

A town in Maine; named for Lowell Hayden, the first white child born in the area.


Lovell

Lowell (alternative)
Lovel (alternative)

Originally a nickname, from Anglo-Norman lou (“wolf”) + -el (diminutive suffix).

A place name in the United States:
A town in Oxford County, Maine.

A place name in the United States:
A town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.


Windsor

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

gloss

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

Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead#English

Windsor, Berkshire, a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, famous for Windsor Castle.

Several places in Australia:
A town in New South Wales, Australia.

A town in Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec.

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

Several places in the United States:
A town in Sonoma County, California.

A large town in Hartford County, Connecticut.

Several places in the United States:
A town in Kennebec County, Maine.

A small town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Berkshire County
Berkshire County#English

A small town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County#English

A town and village in Broome County, New York.

A town, the county seat of Bertie County, North Carolina.

A small town in Aiken County, South Carolina.

Several places in the United States:
A town in Windsor County, Vermont.

A town in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

Isle of Wight County
Isle of Wight County#English


Arapaho

/əˈɹeɪpəhoʊ/

From a Siouan language, perhaps Hidatsa arúpahu (“Arapaho person”) or Crow aaraxpéahu (“tattooed person”).

A town, the county seat of Custer County, Oklahoma, United States.


Hertford

Inherited from Middle English Hertford, from Old English Heorotford, from heorot (“stag”) + ford (“ford”), equivalent to hart + ford.

East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire#English

A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).

Perquimans County
Perquimans County#English

A town, the county seat of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States.


Valenciennes

A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.


Yukon

From Gwich'in ųųg han, contraction of chųų gąįį han (“white water river”). See Wikipedia's name section for details.


Riverside

A tiny town in Colquitt County, Georgia.

A small town in Okanogan County, Washington.

Places in the United States:
A tiny town in Carbon County, Wyoming.


Waterford

From water + ford. In the case of the city in Ireland, this is a modification through folk etymology of Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr (literally “wether ford”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Waterford, Ireland.

der

The name of several places in the United States:

A town in New London County, Connecticut.

New London County
New London County#English

A town and village in Saratoga County, New York.

Caledonia County
Caledonia County#English

A town and village in Racine County, Wisconsin.


Elmer

Medieval variant of the given name Aylmer, from Old English Æþelmǣr, from æþel (“noble”) + mǣre (“famous”).


Hungerford

en-proper noun

Hungerford (countable and uncountable, plural Hungerfords)

From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368).

A small town on the NSW border in the Shire of Bulloo, south-west Queensland, Australia, named after Thomas Hungerford.


Davidson

Տաւիտյան

surname meaning "son of David" in other languages

A town in the Rural Municipality of Arm River No. 252, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A suburban town in Mecklenburg County and Iredell County, North Carolina.


Oberon

Earlier Auberon, from Old French Alberon, partial loan translation from Middle High German Alberich, literally ‘elf king, fairy king’, from alp + -rich << Proto-Germanic *rīks.


Barnsley

Barnsley (countable and uncountable, plural Barnsleys)

From the Old English personal name Beorn + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A market town and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3406).


Cherbourg

Borrowed from French Cherbourg, from Old French Chieresburg, probably from Old Norse kjarr (“thicket”) + borg (“fort”). Compare Old English Kiǣresburh.

A coastal town in Manche department, Normandy, France


Santa Cruz

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

A district and town, the capital city of Santa Cruz canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica.

A town in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.

Santa Cruz Municipality
Santa Cruz Municipality#English

A town in Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico.

Santa Cruz Valley
Santa Cruz Valley#English

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

A town in the Santa Cruz Valley, Trinidad and Tobago.


Vannes

A town and commune, a prefecture of Morbihan department, Brittany, France.


Newbury

From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh.

A local government district in Berkshire formed in 1974 and renamed West Berkshire in April 1998.

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4767).

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

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

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


Clint

Diminutive of Clinton.
The Yorkshire place name is from Old Danish klint.

A town in El Paso County, Texas, United States, named after settler Mary Clinton Collins.


Sheridan

A town in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States.


Hawick

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NT5015).


Juchitán

Borrowed from Spanish Juchitán, from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Xōchitlān, from xōchitl (“flower”) + -tlān (“place”).


Boyle

* As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”).
* As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.

A place name:
A town in County Roscommon, Ireland.

A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.


Denver

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

Named after James W. Denver. The surname Denver ultimately derives from Old English Dene-fær ("crossing or passing of the Danes"), from Dene + fær; or alternatively from den-ōfer ("valley-bank"), from denu + ofer.


Lansing

A town and village in Tompkins County, New York.

Other places in the United States:
A town in Ashe County, North Carolina.


Kingstown

From king's + town, in reference to monarchs of the British Empire. Doublet of Kingston, Kingstone, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conisbrough, Kingsville, Kingsburg, Queenstown, Queenston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton.

doublet

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown#English

(historical) The former name of Dún Laoghaire, a suburban coastal town in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland, after it was renamed from Dunleary.

Cleveland County
Cleveland County#English

A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States.


Jasper

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.

Caspar (alternative)
Gaspar (alternative)
Casper (alternative)
Kaspar (alternative)
Kasper (alternative)
Kosper (alternative)
Cosper (alternative)
Gosper (alternative)

A placename:
A place in Canada
A town in Alberta, Canada.

A placename:
A number of places in the United States
A town in Steuben County, New York.

A town, the county seat of Marion County, Tennessee.


Charleston

From Charles + -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below.

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler.

A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler.

A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler.

A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers.


Sparta

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

A town, the county seat of Hancock County, Georgia.

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

Alleghany County
Alleghany County#English

A town, the county seat of Alleghany County, North Carolina.

A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.


Zaragoza

/ˌsɑɹ.ɘˈɡoʊ.sɘ/

/ˌzɑɹ.ɘˈɡoʊ.zɘ/

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

A town in La Libertad department, El Salvador.


Navarre

From French Navarre, from Spanish Navarra.

Shire of Northern Grampians
Shire of Northern Grampians#English

Shire of Pyrenees
Shire of Pyrenees#English

A tiny town in the Shire of Northern Grampians and the Shire of Pyrenees, in the Wimmera region, Victoria, Australia.


Lorient

A coastal town in Morbihan department, Brittany, France.


Gail

An unincorporated town, the county seat of Borden County, Texas, United States.


Banstead

Equivalent to bean + stead (indicating a place where beans were grown).

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A town in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2559).


Inglis

A town in Levy County, Florida, United States


Davenport

* As an English surname, from Old English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.

der

Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:


Kidderminster

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England, traditionally associated with the cloth trade and the manufacture of carpets (OS grid ref SO8376).


Springer

A town in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.

A town in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States.


Ayr

A town in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3321).

A town in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.


Canaan

Canaan
Canaan (disambiguation)
Great Vowel Shift
Wycliffe's Bible

Taken (at least as early as Wycliffe's Bible, 1382-1395, which has Chanaan) from Ecclesiastical Latin Chanaān, from Ancient Greek Χαναάν (Khanaán), expanded from Χνᾶ (Khnâ), from Hebrew כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an). The first vowel shifted from /aː/ to /eɪ/ in the Great Vowel Shift; at least as early as Milton (1660s), the word could already be pronounced with two syllables, though at least as late as the 1880s it could also be pronounced with three, /ˈkeɪ.nə.æn/.

Chanaan (alternative)
Caanan (alternative)

The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including:

A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English


Pollard

From Middle English poll (“head”) or the given name Paul + the pejorative suffix -ard.

A town in Escambia County, Alabama, United States.


Lafayette

en-proper noun

Lafayette (countable and uncountable, plural Lafayettes)

Lafayettes (plural)
Fayette (alternative)
LaFayette (alternative)
laFayette (alternative)
la Fayette (alternative)
La Fayette (alternative)
deFayette (alternative)
de Fayette (alternative)
De Fayette (alternative)
DeFayette (alternative)
Defayette (alternative)
de la Fayette (alternative)
De La Fayette (alternative)
de La Fayette (alternative)
De la Fayette (alternative)
delaFayette (alternative)
DeLaFayette (alternative)
DelaFayette (alternative)
deLaFayette (alternative)
deLafayette (alternative)
DeLafayette (alternative)
Delafayette (alternative)
de Lafayette (alternative)
De Lafayette (alternative)
De LaFayette (alternative)
De laFayette (alternative)
de laFayette (alternative)
dela Fayette (alternative)
DeLa Fayette (alternative)
Dela Fayette (alternative)
deLa Fayette (alternative)

/ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt/

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

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


Carson

Carsen (alternative)
Karson (alternative)

Could originate from the Gaelic name "Carr" or "Carra", meaning "rock" or "fort," combined with "son", thus "son of Carr.".

A town in Wisconsin; named for early settler Samuel Carson.


shanty town

shanty towns (plural)
shantytown (alternative)

The navvies of the Midland Railway toiled for years to build it, enduring grim conditions in shanty towns that were built miles from civilisation. But build it they did, to form part of the Midland's main line between London St Pancras and Carlisle via Sheffield and Leeds from 1876.

2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival”, in Rail, page 26:

An area, such as a suburb, consisting of mean, roughly-constructed dwellings inhabited by poor people.


Lambert

Lambert (countable and uncountable, plural Lamberts)

From Old French, from Old High German lant (“land”) + beraht (“bright”) (Proto-Germanic *berhtaz), a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by the Normans. Cognate with Old English Landbeorht.

A number of places in the United States:


Clinton

Clinton
Clinton (disambiguation)
en:DeWitt Clinton
en:Glinton, Cambridgeshire
en:Glympton

* (English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton.
* (given name): Derived from the surnames.
* (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.

A town and suburb of Gladstone, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.

A town and locality in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.

A small town in South Otago, New Zealand.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Middlesex County, Connecticut.

census-designated place
census-designated place

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town, the parish seat of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

East Feliciana Parish
East Feliciana Parish#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Kennebec County, Maine.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

Hunterdon County
Hunterdon County#English

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


Castile

From (possibly through a Middle French form) Spanish Castilla from Old Spanish Castiella from Medieval Latin Castella from the plural of Latin castellum (“castle, fort, citadel”), diminutive of castrum (“fortress”); supposedly derived from the many castles constructed in the region.

der

Castille (alternative)
Castill (alternative)

A town and village therein, in Wyoming County, New York, United States, named after Castile in Spain.


Interlaken

Bernese Oberland
Bernese Oberland#English

A town in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.


Robertson

en-proper noun

Robertson (countable and uncountable, plural Robertsons)

A placename
A town in Western Cape, South Africa


Williamson

en-prop

Williamson (countable and uncountable, plural Williamsons)

A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Wayne County, New York; named for landowner Charles Williamson.


Ophir

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

bor

Hebrew אוֹפִיר

San Miguel County
San Miguel County#English

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

A tiny town in Tooele County, Utah; a suburb of Salt Lake City.


Hammond

en-proper noun

Hammond (countable and uncountable, plural Hammonds)

A patronymic surname from the Anglo-Norman given name Hamo, Hamon, from Germanic names beginning with a derivative of Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home”), such as descendants of *Haimarīks (“Henry”).
The river in New Brunswick is named after British politician and colonial governor Sir Andrew Hamond, 1st Baronet (1738 - 1828). The civil parish is named after a settlement, named in turn after the river.

A town in South Australia; named for William Henry Hammond Jervois, son of South Australia Governor William Jervois.

A locale in the United States:
A town in Maine.

A town in New York, and a village within the town; named for landowner Abijah Hammond.

A town in Wisconsin, and a village within the town; named for landowner R. B. Hammond.


Johnston

Johnston (countable and uncountable, plural Johnstons)

Providence County
Providence County#English

A town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

Edgefield County
Edgefield County#English

A town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States.


Warner

Warner (countable and uncountable, plural Warners)

* English, Norman, and German surname, all corresponding to German Werner. Also see Warrener.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Murnáin; see Murnane.

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town and census-designated place therein, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.


Santa Fe

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

A small town in Oruro department, Bolivia.

Isla de la Juventud
Isla de la Juventud#English

A town on Isla de la Juventud, Cuba, also known as La Fe.

Chepigana District
Chepigana District#English

A corregimiento and town in the Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama.


Rochester

/ˈɹɒt͡ʃɪstə/

/ˈɹɑt͡ʃɛstɚ/

From Middle English Rovescester, from Old English Hrofesċeaster (literally “Hrofi's fortified camp”).

inh

A town and historic city in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7468).

A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.


Cato

From Latin Cato. A cognomen made particularly famous by Cato the Elder and Younger, members of the gens Porcia.

A town and village in Cayuga County, New York.

Manitowoc County
Manitowoc County#English

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.


Prescott

en-proper noun

Prescott (countable and uncountable, plural Prescotts)

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

A town in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.


Monroe

From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".

inh

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

Any of a number of places in the United States, including:

A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

A small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.

A small town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

A sizable town and village in Orange County, New York.

A small town in Turner County, South Dakota.

A small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.

A town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.


Hampton

Variously from:
* Old English Hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town);
* Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town).
The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England. The civil parish is named after the town.

A number of places in the United States:

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

A town, the county seat of Hampton County, South Carolina. Named after Wade Hampton III.

Places in Canada:
A town in Kings County, New Brunswick.

Places in Australia:
A town in Queensland.

Places in Australia:
A town in Victoria.


Roosevelt

From Dutch roos (“rose”) + veld (“field”).

A town in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, named after Theodore Roosevelt.


Rowland

A township and town therein, in Robeson County, North Carolina.


Sutherland

The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland.
In some cases the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.


Stafford

From Old English stæþ (“landing place”) + ford.

en:Stafford
en:Stafford (disambiguation)
en:Stafford (surname)

de Stafford (alternative)
Strafford (alternative)

A town in and the county town of Staffordshire, England.

A placename:
A place in the United States:
A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.

A placename:
A place in the United States:
A town in Genesee County, New York.


Fairfax

English surname, equivalent to fair + fax (sense 1), "beautiful tresses."

A town in Marin County, California, United States.


Clayton

en-proper noun

Clayton (countable and uncountable, plural Claytons)

⇒ Translingual: Claytonia

From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.

der

A large number of places in the United States:

A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton.

A town in Delaware; named for John M. Clayton.

A town in Indiana; named for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay.

A town, the county seat of Union County, New Mexico; named for Clayton Dorsey, son of Arkansas statesman Stephen Wallace Dorsey.

A town and village in New York; named for lawyer and politician John M. Clayton.

A town in Oklahoma; named for the city in Missouri.

A town and village in Polk County, Wisconsin; named for Clayton Rogers, the foreman of the town's sawmill.

Winnebago County
Winnebago County#English


Howe

en-proper noun

Howe (countable and uncountable, plural Howes)

A number of places in the United States:


Carroll

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English


Weston

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

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and census-designated place therein, in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Dunn County, Wisconsin.

A town in the City of Cessnock, New South Wales.

A small town in Sabah, Malaysia, named after Arthur J. West.

A town in Waitaki District, west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.


Harding

Originally a patronymic from Hardy or from compound given names with the Germanic element *hard (“hard”).

A town in Ugu district municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.


Hyde

Hyde (countable and uncountable, plural Hydes)

* As an English surname, from the root of hide (“measure of land”).
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ide.
* As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Haid.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire).


Stanton

St. Croix County
St. Croix County#English

A town and unincorporated community therein, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.


Champlain

Champlain (countable and uncountable, plural Champlains)

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


Churchill

/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃɪl/

/ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl/

Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.

A town in the Latrobe Valley district, Victoria, Australia.

A town in Manitoba, on the coast of Hudson Bay.


Norton

Norton (countable and uncountable, plural Nortons)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.

Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.

A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.


Beaufort

/ˈbəʊfɔː(ɹ)/

Borrowed from French Beaufort, from beau (“beautiful”) + fort (“fort”).

A town, the county seat of Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.


Hartford

# For the village in Cambridgeshire: from Old English Herepæþ-ford (“highway ford”), from here (“army”) + pæþ (“path”) + ford.
# For remaining places: from Old English heorot (“hart”) + ford.

inh

A number of places in the United States:

Washington County
Washington County#English

A town and village in Windsor County, Vermont.

A town in Mason County, West Virginia, in full Hartford City.

A town in Washington County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.


Buckingham

From Old English Buccingahām, from the personal name Bucca (see bucca (“he-goat”)) + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“home”).

A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.


Talbot

A town in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia.


Marlborough

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1969).

A rural town and locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.

A place in the United States:
A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire,

A town in Ulster County, New York, named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.


Barton

From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).

Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:


Thornton

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

Limestone County
Limestone County#English

A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria.


Benson

Ultimately from Old English Benesingtūn.

A town in Johnston County, North Carolina.


Calhoun

Common anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Colquhoun.


Argyle

A town in Clinch County, Georgia, named after Fort Argyle.

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

A number of places in the United States:

Lafayette County
Lafayette County#English

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


Southey

English place names, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + Middle English haye (“enclosure”), from Old English heġe and ġehæġ.

A town in the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Pushkin

Transliteration of Russian Пу́шкин (Púškin).

translit

Alexander Pushkin
Pushkin (disambiguation)


Niagara

/naɪˈæɡ(ə)ɹə/

From an Iroquoian language; compare Mohawk ohnyá:kara' (“neck of land”). The name of the tribe which resided in the area was recorded on early maps as Onguiarahronon or Niagagarega.


Boswell

Scottish surname, from Norman, named after Beuzeville, from Beuze + -ville ("Bosi's farm"); first element from Old Norse Bosi, from Proto-Germanic *bausuz.

A town in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States.

A town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States.


Middleton

en-proper noun

Middleton (countable and uncountable, plural Middletons)

From middle + -ton.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location midway between Annapolis Royal and Kentville.

Any of many placenames in England, Scotland and elsewhere, from the Old English words for "middle town", including:

A number of places in England, including:

A town in Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8705).

(historical)

Strafford County
Strafford County#English

A town in Strafford County, New Hampshire.

A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.

A town in Alexandrina council area, South Australia.


Ovid

From Latin Ovidius, name of a Roman gens.

A statutory town in Sedgwick County, Colorado.

A town and village in Seneca County, New York; the village is one of the two county seats of the county.


Lawson

Lawson (countable and uncountable, plural Lawsons)

* As a Scottish and northern English surname meaning "son of Lawrence," from Lawrence + -son. Compare Law, Laws.
* As a Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and north German surname, Americanized from Larsen, Larsson.

A town in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.


Sherwood

From Old English scīr + wudu (“forest”). The first element is either the ancestor of the modern noun shire, or an adjective meaning "bright" (ancestor to the modern word sheer), depending on the specific placename (listed below).

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Clark County, Wisconsin.


López

A town in San Jerónimo department, Santa Fe, Argentina.


Sinclair

Derived from Saint Clare, to whom the clan's churches were dedicated.

Sinclaire (alternative)
Sinclare (alternative)
Sinclar (alternative)
Saint Clair (alternative)
Saint-Clair (alternative)
St Clair (alternative)
St. Clair (alternative)
St-Clair (alternative)
Saint Claire (alternative)
Saint-Claire (alternative)
St Claire (alternative)
St. Claire (alternative)
St-Claire (alternative)
Saint Clare (alternative)
Saint-Clare (alternative)
St Clare (alternative)
St. Clare (alternative)
St-Clare (alternative)
Saint Clar (alternative)
Saint-Clar (alternative)
St Clar (alternative)
St. Clar (alternative)
St-Clar (alternative)

A town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States


Conway

en-prop

Conway (countable and uncountable, plural Conways)

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Carroll County, New Hampshire.

Northampton County
Northampton County#English

A town in Northampton County, North Carolina.


Conwy

A town and community in Conwy county borough, North Wales; formerly Conway (OS grid ref SH7777).


Wentworth

en-proper noun

Wentworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wentworths)

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

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

A town, the county seat of Rockingham County, North Carolina.

A town in Wentworth Shire, south-west New South Wales, Australia, on the border with Victoria.


Hawkins

Hawkins (countable and uncountable, plural Hawkinses)

From the Middle English personal name Hawkin, diminutive of Hal (Henry), or from a byname "hawk" (Hawk), with -s.

A town and village therein, in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States.


Carlton

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Charlton. The alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

United States of America
United States of America

Various places in the United States of America:


Metsovo

A town in Greece located in the Ioannina prefecture


Kefalovrysi

From Greek Κεφαλόβρυσο (Kefalóvryso, “headspring”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + βρυσί (brusí, “hose”).

der

Kefalovryssi (alternative)
Kefalovrisi (alternative)
Kefalovrissi (alternative)
Kefalovrysion (alternative)
Kefalovryssion (alternative)
Kefalovrision (alternative)
Kefalovrission (alternative)

A town in Greece located in the northern part of the Ioannina prefecture.


Konitsa

A town in Greece located in the Ioannina prefecture.


Harrisburg

/ˈhæ.ɹɪsˌbɝɡ/

From Harris + -burg. The capital of Pennsylvania was named for John Harris Sr..


Metcalfe

en-proper noun

Metcalfe (countable and uncountable, plural Metcalfes)

A town in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.


Lena

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


Kensington

From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”).
The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.


Steele

From Middle English stele (“steel”); either a metal worker or a person considered to be as hard as steel.

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A number of places in the United States:


Colton

en-proper noun

Colton (countable and uncountable, plural Coltons)

From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).

St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York.


Brewster

Barnstable County
Barnstable County#English

A town and census-designated place in Barnstable County, Massachusetts; named after Mayflower passenger William Brewster.


Dodona

From Latin Dōdōna, from Ancient Greek Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē).

(historical) A town and religious shrine of ancient in Greece.


Igoumenitsa

A town in Greece, the capital of the Thesprotia prefecture.


Paramythia

A town in Greece located in the Thesprotia prefecture.


Parga

A town in Greece located in the Preveza prefecture


Kefalovryssi

Kefalovrysi (alternative)
Kefalovrisi (alternative)
Kefalovrissi (alternative)
Kefalovrysion (alternative)
Kefalovryssion (alternative)
Kefalovrision (alternative)
Kefalovrission (alternative)


Kefalovrisi

Kefalovrysi (alternative)
Kefalovryssi (alternative)
Kefalovrissi (alternative)
Kefalovrysion (alternative)
Kefalovryssion (alternative)
Kefalovrision (alternative)
Kefalovrission (alternative)


Kefalovrissi

Kefalovrysi (alternative)
Kefalovryssi (alternative)
Kefalovrisi (alternative)
Kefalovrysion (alternative)
Kefalovryssion (alternative)
Kefalovrision (alternative)
Kefalovrission (alternative)


Kefalovrysion

Kefalovrysi (alternative)
Kefalovryssi (alternative)
Kefalovrisi (alternative)
Kefalovrissi (alternative)
Kefalovryssion (alternative)
Kefalovrision (alternative)
Kefalovrission (alternative)


Kefalovryssion

Kefalovrysi (alternative)
Kefalovryssi (alternative)
Kefalovrisi (alternative)
Kefalovrissi (alternative)
Kefalovrysion (alternative)
Kefalovrision (alternative)
Kefalovrission (alternative)


Kefalovrision

Kefalovrysi (alternative)
Kefalovryssi (alternative)
Kefalovrisi (alternative)
Kefalovrissi (alternative)
Kefalovrysion (alternative)
Kefalovryssion (alternative)
Kefalovrission (alternative)


Kefalovrission

Kefalovrysi (alternative)
Kefalovryssi (alternative)
Kefalovrisi (alternative)
Kefalovrissi (alternative)
Kefalovrysion (alternative)
Kefalovryssion (alternative)
Kefalovrision (alternative)


Brunswick

From the Germanic personal name Bruno, in the genitive case, something akin to *Brunos + Middle Low German wîk (“village, settlement”).

der

Brownswick (alternative)
Brunswic (alternative)

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.

Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County#English

A town in Columbus County, North Carolina.

Eau Claire County
Eau Claire County#English


Fraser

en-proper noun

Fraser (countable and uncountable, plural Frasers)

Scottish surname thought to be from Norman, but not corresponding to any obvious places in France; perhaps a corrupted transcription of a Middle Irish name. More at Fraser.


ghost town

Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jueger, pioneers of Grays Harbor City, and sole inhabitants of the "ghost town".

1916 April, W. L. Morris, “The Town that Died A-Bornin’: Grays Harbor City, a ‘Ghost Town’ in the Forest”, in Sunset: The Pacific Monthly, volume XXXVI, number 4, image caption, page 41, column 1:

Crop failures in 1925 and 1926 ended the life of the trading center. The stores closed, and the merchants moved away. In one store the goods still rest on shelves, dust-covered reminders of a better day. The folks nearby now call it the Ghost Town.

1938, E. M. Rowalt, “Cotton, Corn, Trees, and Grass”, in Soil Defense in the South (United States Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin; no. 1809), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 5:

The reduction of power in a system will necessarily lead to a reduction in levels of articulation, just as depopulation will reduce the number of domains. This reduction can be seen in former provincial-rural centers in the American Midwest and West and in the Argentina pampa. In their most exaggerated form they have been totally deserted, have become "ghost towns."

1975, Richard Newbold Adams, “Power Domains and Levels”, in Energy and Structure: A Theory of Social Power, Austin, Tex., London: University of Texas Press, →ISBN, part 1 (The Nature of Power), page 93:

Campgrounds are located approximately two miles south of the "ghost town" of Jarbidge, Nevada.

1993, “Campground Host”, in Volunteer Opportunities 1993, Ogden, Utah: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, →OCLC, page 13:

A town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially one that still has substantial visible remains.


Braden

Braden (countable and uncountable, plural Bradens)

Bradens (plural)
Braeden (alternative)
Braiden (alternative)
Brayden (alternative)

Anglicised from an Irish surname Ó Bradáin (“descendant of Bradán”), from a personal name meaning "salmon".


Ramsgate

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Thanet borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3864).


Denny

A town in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8082).


Sarandë

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

der

Άγιοι Σαράντα

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


Yorktown

A town, the county seat of York County, in southeastern Virginia, United States. It was the site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War.


Rowena

Common Brittonic
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Hengist
Historia regum Britanniae
Ivanhoe
Vortigern
Walter Scott

From the name of the daughter of Hengist and wife of Vortigern in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century pseudohistorical Latin work Historia regum Britanniae. There have been attempts to connect it to some unattested Old English or Common Brittonic name, but without any real evidence. It was revived after Walter Scott used it in his novel Ivanhoe (1819).
Some places are named after Lady Rowena in the novel.

A town in Walgett Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Ramsey

From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).

The second-largest town on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4594).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, originally in the county of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2885).


Finley

A town in Berrigan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

A place in the United States:
A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.


Derry

en-proper noun

Derry (countable and uncountable, plural Derrys)

From Irish Doire, from doire (“oak grove”), from Old Irish daire (“oak forest”), from Proto-Celtic *daru.

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.


Princeton

Battle of Princeton
Thomas Prince
William Prince (politician)

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

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A place in Canada:
A town in southern British Columbia.

A number of places in the United States:

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

A town in Johnston County, North Carolina.

Green Lake County
Green Lake County#English

A town and city therein, in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.


Albertville

A town in Savoy department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, named after Charles Albert of Sardinia.


Chamonix

A town in Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Waverley

From Old English wǣfre (“restless, wavering”) + lēah (“meadow”), thus "the woodland clearing with swaying trees".

cog

Any of several placenames in several countries:


Randall

A Middle English variant of Randolph, preserved as a surname and revived in the twentieth century.


Upton

en-proper noun

Upton (countable and uncountable, plural Uptons)

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

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.


Fries

The town was named after a prominent cotton-mill owner, Francis Henry Fries. The surname is converged from both Friesland and French friche (“fallow land”), found in Swiss French.


Pratt

Pratt (countable and uncountable, plural Pratts)

Probably from French pré (“meadow”), meaning a meadow dweller; from Old French prat, from Latin pratum. Another proposed source is Old English prætt (“trick, cunning, astute”).

der

A town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.


Chatham

From an Old Welsh word cēd, meaning "wood" + hām (“home”).

since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard

when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard

A port and town on the River Medway in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard.

Any of several other places of the same name:

A town, the county seat of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.

Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania County#English

A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.


Sheldon

From Old English scylf (“shelf”) + dūn (“hill”) or denu (“valley”).


Jacksonville

Andrew Jackson
en:Jacksonville (disambiguation)

From Jackson + -ville; most are named for a person with the surname of Jackson, including many named for former United States President Andrew Jackson.

Place names:
A town in Telfair County, Georgia.

The original name of a town in Floyd County, Virginia; now Floyd.


Bartlett

The pear was named by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester, Massachusetts, after himself.


Harrington

Washington County
Washington County#English


Stirling

Borrowed from Middle Scots Stirveling, from Early Scots Strivelin, Strivelyn, likely from Scottish Gaelic srib (“stream”) + Scottish Gaelic linn (“pool, lake”). Cognate with Old French Estrivelin, Middle Welsh Ystriflin.

A town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia.


Cambria

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Cambria, from Middle Welsh Kymry, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ. Doublet of Cumberland, Cumbria, and Cymru. Cognate with Welsh Cymru.

doublet

A town in Niagara County, New York; some of the early settlers were from Wales.


Berlín

A town in Usulután department, El Salvador


Stonehenge

London
Pewsey
Stonehenge
Stonehenge (disambiguation)

Inherited from Middle English Stonhenge, from ston (“stone”) + henge (“hinge”) or hengen ("hanging", but only attested as "imprisonment"). More at Stonehenge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
The failure of /hɛnd͡ʒ/ to regularly raise to /ɪnd͡ʒ/, as in hinge, singe < Middle English henge, sengen, is probably due to the influence of the local dialect; compare the forms /ɛnd͡ʒ/, /sɛnd͡ʒ/ "hinge, singe" attested for the early 20th-century dialect of Pewsey, Wiltshire, approximately 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) from Stonehenge.

A number of localities elsewhere:
A town in Saint James parish, Jamaica.

An outback town in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland.


Drummond

A number of places in the United States:

A town and census-designated place therein, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.


Jinan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紀南 /纪南 (Jìnán).

Ji'nan (alternative)
Tsinan (alternative)
Chinan (alternative)
Chi-nan (alternative)

A town in Jingzhou district, Jingzhou, Hubei, in central China.


Laval

en-proper noun

Laval (countable and uncountable, plural Lavals)

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

A town and commune, a prefecture of Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire, France.


Walpole

From Old English words for "wall" and "pool".

A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.


Winthrop

From wines (“friend's”) + þorp (“village”).

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


Floyd

en-prop

Floyd (countable and uncountable, plural Floyds)

Anglicisation of the Welsh name Lloyd, from Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).

A town in Oneida County, New York, United States.

A town, the county seat of Floyd County, Virginia, United States.


Plains

A town, the county seat of Yoakum County, Texas.


Carmen

From Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet. The male name is from Italian Carmine.


Maitland

en-proper noun

Maitland (countable and uncountable, plural Maitlands)

Uncertain, possibly a nickname for an ungracious individual, from Anglo-Norman maltalent (“bad temper”). However, it could also derive from the French village of Mautalant, in Normandy.

A town in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.


Louisville

Louisville, KY area

US outside Louisville, KY area

Named after King Louis XVI of France, equivalent to Louis + -ville.


Amfilochia

Amfilohia (alternative)
Amfilokhia (alternative)

Αμφιλοχία Αμφιλοχία

Romanisation of Katharevousa Αμφιλοχία, a town in Greece located in the Aitolia-Akarnania prefecture.


Amfilohia

/æmfɪləʊˈhaɪə/

* Romanization of Katharevousa Αμφιλοχία.

Amfilochia (alternative)
Amfilokhia (alternative)

A town in Greece located in the Aitolia-Akarnania prefecture.


Amfilokhia

/æmfɪləʊˈkaɪə/


Lefkas

Leucas (alternative)
Lefkada (alternative)

A town in Greece located in the Lefkada prefecture.


Naupactus

Naupactos (alternative)
Naupaktos (alternative)
Naupaktus (alternative)
Nafpactos (alternative)
Nafpaktos (alternative)
Návpaktos (alternative)

A town in Greece located in the southeastern part of the Aitolia-Akarnania prefecture.


Antirrio

Antirio (alternative)
Antirion (alternative)
Antirrion (alternative)

/ænˈtɪɹiːoʊ/


Kimberley

English place name "wood or clearing of Kyneburga (a seventh century female saint)", from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”) + lēah (“leigh, clearing”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4944).


Wakefield

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.

A number of places in the United States:


McIntosh

McIntosh (countable and uncountable, plural McIntoshes)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche.


Scandia

A city and town in Kansas, United States.


Nash

Nash (countable and uncountable, plural Nashes)

A placename
A locale in the United States:
A town in Grant County, Oklahoma.


Decatur

A town, the county seat of Newton County, Mississippi.

A town, the county seat of Meigs County, Tennessee.


Marietta

Any of a number of places in the USA:
A town in Prentiss County, Mississippi.

A town in Robeson County, North Carolina.

Any of a number of places in the USA:
A small town in Cass County, Texas.

Any of a number of places in the USA:
A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.


Two Rivers

From 2 + river.
From having two rivers in the region.
* (surname): From American New World indigenous languages

Two-Rivers (alternative)
Two River (alternative)
Two-River (alternative)

A city and town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Manitowoc County
Manitowoc County#English


Tipperary

/ˌtɪpəˈɹɛəɹi/

From Irish Tiobraid Árann (“Well of Ara”).


Longford

From Irish an Longfort (literally “the camp, the stronghold”), anglicized to be identical to Etymology 1.

bor

A town, the county town of County Longford, Ireland.


Sligo

From Irish Sligeach (literally “abounding in shells”).


Wexford

From Old Norse Veisafjǫrðr (literally “inlet of the mudflats”), from veisa (“pool, pond”) and fjǫrðr (“ford”).


Carlow

/ˈkɑː(ɹ)ləʊ/

A town in County Carlow, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 7276).


Donegal

/ˌdʌnɪˈɡɔːl/

/ˌdɒnɪˈɡɔːl/

/ˌdʌniˈɡɔːl/

Anglicization of Irish Dún na nGall (literally “fort of the foreigners or strangers”).


Kildare

A town in County Kildare (Irish grid ref N 7212).


Louth

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3287).


Monaghan

en-prop

Monaghan (countable and uncountable, plural Monaghans)

Borrowed from Irish Muineachán. The surname derives from an anglicization of Irish Ó Manacháin.

A placename
A town in County Monaghan, Ireland.


Wicklow

Likely from Old Norse víkingr (“viking”), genitive indefinite plural vikinga + ló (“meadow, lea”), thus 'vikings' meadow'. Earlier spellings include Wykinglo in 1173, Wygingelow in 1185, Wykinglo in 1192, and Wykinglowe in 1355.

The county town of County Wicklow (Irish grid ref T 3194).


Tralee

The law was altogether without force in the highlands which lie on the south of the vale of Tralee. No officer of justice willingly ventured into those parts. One pursuivant who in 1680 attempted to execute a warrant there was murdered.

1851, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 138:

A town in and the county town of County Kerry, Ireland.


Pickering

en-proper noun

Pickering (countable and uncountable, plural Pickerings)

Pickerings (plural)
Pickron (alternative)

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7984).


Cutler

Cutler (countable and uncountable, plural Cutlers)

(uncountable) A placename in the United States, from the surname:

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Juneau County, Wisconsin.


Kirkwall

A folk-etymological alteration of Scots Kirkwaa, from Norn Kirkavå (literally “church bay”), from Old Norse Kirkjuvágr.

A town in and the administrative centre of the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.


Lerwick

From Norn Larvik, from Old Norse Leirvík, from leir (“clay”) + vík (“bay”).

Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands#English

A town in and the administrative centre of the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.


Ella

Ella (countable and uncountable, plural Ellas)

A 19th-century shortening of Eleanor or Ellen, later also used for any name ending in -ella, such as Gabriella or Daniella. Similar abbreviations have been formed independently in many European languages, for any name containing the syllable -el-, e.g. Elisabeth.

A placename
A town in Uva Province, Sri Lanka.


Malan

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 馬欄／马栏 (Mǎlán).

zh-l

馬欄／马栏 (Mǎlán)

A town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China.


Klaksvík

The second largest town of the Faroe Islands, on the island of Borðoy.


Bethel

From Hebrew בֵּיתְאֵל (betél, “Bethel”, literally “house of Ēl/God”).

bor

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

Any of several places in the United States:

A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.


Appleton

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

From Old English æppel and -tun; alternatively, apple + -ton.
The town in Newfoundland is named for sawmill owner Appleton Cleaves.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A number of places in the United States:


Viborg

From Swedish Viborg from vi (“sanctuary, sacred area”) + borg (“fortress, castle; city”), from Old Norse vé + borg via Old Swedish borgh. Doublet of Vyborg.

af

Turner County
w:Turner County, South Dakota

A town in Turner County, South Dakota, pop. 832 (as of 2000)


Selma

en-proper noun

Selma (countable and uncountable, plural Selmas)

Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma, etc. were in vogue. Perhaps a shortening of Anselma, or from the name of a place in the James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of epic poems, itself from Scottish Gaelic sealladh + math (“good vision”). In some cases perhaps borrowed from Turkish Selma, from Arabic سَلْمَى (salmā).

A town in North Carolina; named for the city in Alabama.

A placename
A place in the United States.
A town in Indiana.


Hephzibah

From Biblical Hebrew חֶפְצִי־בָהּ (ḥep̄ṣî-ḇāh, “my delight is in her”).

A town in Richmond County, Georgia, United States


Santa Clara

The Spanish named a California Mission Santa Clara de Asís after Saint Clare of Assisi in the late 18th century. Eventually the name was extended by linguists to mean the native Tamyen people gathered at the mission and their primary language.

A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador


Monrovia

From Monroe + -v- + -ia, in the case of the capital of Liberia after U.S. President James Monroe.

A town in Monroe Township, Morgan County, Indiana.


San Carlos

Borrowed from Spanish San Carlos (“Saint Charles”).

bor+

A town in Morazán department, El Salvador

A town in Gila County, Arizona, United States.


Carmel

From Hebrew כַּרְמֶל (karmél, “vineyard of El/God”).

bor

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

Other places in the United States:
A town in Penobscot County, Maine.

Other places in the United States:
A town in Putnam County, New York.


Dolores

/dəˈlɔː.ɹɪz/

A town in Cabañas department, El Salvador


Holyhead

A town and community with a town council on Holy Island, in the county of Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH2482).


Branson

en-proper noun

Branson (countable and uncountable, plural Bransons)

Las Animas County
Las Animas County#English

A town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States.


Atherton

Atherton (countable and uncountable, plural Athertons)

Athertons (plural)
Atterton (alternative)
Eatherton (alternative)
Etherton (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Æþelhere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6703).

A town in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.

San Mateo County
San Mateo County#English

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


El Alamein

A Mediterranean port town in northern Egypt. During World War II, two major battles were fought around El Alamein.


Osage

en-noun

Osage (countable and uncountable, plural Osages or Osage)

Evolved from a borrowing from French variations of Osage 𐓏𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟 (wažáže), the name of a division of the tribe.


Asher

Pottawatomie County
Pottawatomie County#English

A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.


Melvin

Variant of the Scottish surname Melville, from a place name Malleville in Normandy, from Latin mala (“bad”) + Old French ville (“settlement”).
* Used to Anglicize Mac Gille Beathain in Scotland and Ó Maoil Mhín in Ireland.

McCulloch County
McCulloch County#English

A number of places in the United States:


Lucea

parish of Hanover
parish of Hanover#English

A coastal town, the parish capital of the parish of Hanover, Jamaica.


Corinne

From the French equivalent of Corinna, from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden, daughter”).

der

Box Elder County
Box Elder County#English


Madera

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


Elsinore

From Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsinki and Helsingborg.

A town in Sevier County, Utah, United States.


Dwight

Probably from a Middle English female name Diot, a pet form of Dionysia, the feminine form of Dionysius.


Huaxi

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 花溪 (Huāxī, “flower brook”).

A town in Honyga, Meishan, Sichuan, China.


Huaxi

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 華西 /华西 (Huàxī).

A town in Huayin, Weinan, Shaanxi, China.


Sylvester

Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.

A small town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.

A town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.


Avery

From Anglo-Norman Averay, Auveray, Alverey, from Latin Alveredus, Aluredus, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfred.

Red River County
Red River County#English


Beulah

A biblical name applied to the land of Israel in Isaiah 62:4, from Biblical Hebrew בְּעוּלָה (bəʿûlâ, “married (woman)”), taken up as a given name by Puritans and used figuratively for the New Earth.


Dewey

Possibly from a place name in Northern France, Douai. Welsh origin from Dewi (David) has also been suggested.

A town in Portage County, Wisconsin, named after George Dewey.


Grover

Cleveland County
Cleveland County#English

A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina.

Marinette County
Marinette County#English


Beverley

en-proper noun

Beverley (countable and uncountable, plural Beverleys)

Beverleys (plural)
Beverly (alternative)

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town and local government area (the Shire of Beverley) in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.


Hayden

Originally a place name, from Old English heg (“hay”) + denu (“valley”). Alternatively, from Middle Dutch heiden (“heathen”).

A place in the United States:
A town in Blount County, Alabama.

A town in Gila County and Pinal County, Arizona.

A place in the United States:
A town in Routt County, Colorado.


Marsala

From Sicilian Marsala, from an Arabic name, probably مَرْسَى عَلِيّ (marsā ʕaliyy, “Ali's harbor”), or possibly مَرْسَى اللّٰه (marsā llāh, “God's harbor”). In any case, the first element is مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”).


Leroy

Transferred from the common French surname Leroy since the nineteenth century, for no apparent reason except its transparent meaning, le roi "the king".

LeRoy (alternative)
Le Roy (alternative)
Leroi (alternative)
LeRoi (alternative)
Le Roi (alternative)
Leeroy (alternative)
LeeRoy (alternative)
Lee Roy (alternative)


LeRoy

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Dodge County, Wisconsin.


Lester

Lester (countable and uncountable, plural Lesters)

* As an English surname, from the placename Leicester.
* Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from Lestre in Normandy, from Old French Lestra, from Medieval Latin Laxtra, perhaps from extera (“exterior (part of a property)”).
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Lister.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Laster.
* As a Scottish and Irish surname, shortened from McLester.

Limestone County
Limestone County#English

A town in Raleigh County, West Virginia.


Kalevala

Kalevalsky District
Kalevalsky District#English

Republic of Karelia
Republic of Karelia#English

An urban-type settlement, the administrative capital of the Kalevalsky District, Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia; also historically known as Uhtua.


Elliot

Elliot (countable and uncountable, plural Elliots)

Elliots (plural)
Elliott (alternative)
Eliott (alternative)
Eliot (alternative)

A town in Eastern Cape province, South Africa, named after Henry George Elliot.


Boxford

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.


Iva

A town in Anderson County, South Carolina.


Hanko

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


Dumas

A place in the United States:
A town in Tippah County, Mississippi.


Guadalupe

Borrowed from Spanish Guadalupe; see there for more. Doublet of Guadeloupe.

Any of several places in Iberia and the Americas, chiefly an island off Baja California.

A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador


Granville

The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (“grand”) + ville (“settlement”). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard”).

A number of places in various countries:

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts; named for the John Carteret.

A town and village in Washington County, New York; named for John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A town in Monongalia County, West Virginia.

Monongalia County
Monongalia County#English


Ivor

→ Welsh: Ifor

Medieval form of Old Norse Ívarr. Doublet of Igor.


Colby

Colby (countable and uncountable, plural Colbys)

From either the Old Norse personal name Koli or kol (“charcoal”) + býr (“settlement”).

A town in Clark County, Wisconsin, next to the city.


Kendall

From the placename Kendal in Cumbria, "valley of the river Kent", and Kendale in Humberside, from Old Norse kelda (“spring”) + dalr (“valley”).

Kendal (alternative)
Kendell (alternative)
Kindall (alternative)

A town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia, named after poet Henry Kendall.

Lafayette County
Lafayette County#English


Leigh

From the nominative case of Old English lēah (“wood, meadow”), 'dweller by the wood or clearing'.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD6500).


Nelson

Nelson (countable and uncountable, plural Nelsons)

From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son.
* In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".

A small fishing town in Victoria, Australia.

A town and civil parish of Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.

A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

A placename
A place in the United States:
A town in Madison County, New York.

A former small town in Durham County, North Carolina.


Homburg

From the town of Bad Homburg, Germany, where it was first worn.

A town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland, Germany.


Yuli

A town in Yuli, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Midwest

the Midwest (canonical)
midwest (alternative)

(without 'the') A town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.


Hillsborough

From hills and borough. The village in New Brunswick was probably named in honour of British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). The civil parish is named after the village.

A number of places in English-speaking countries:

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

San Mateo County
San Mateo County#English

A town and census-designated place in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States, also spelt Hillsboro.

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County#English

A town in and the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina, United States.

The largest town on the island of Carriacou, Grenada.


Blackburn

Blackburn (countable and uncountable, plural Blackburns)

Blackburns (plural)
Blackbourn (alternative)

From Old English blæc (“dark”) + burna (“stream”).

Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen#English

A large town in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England.

A town in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9865).

A small town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.


Willard

From Old English wil (“will”) + heard (“brave, strong”).

An unincorporated community and coal town in Carter County, Kentucky.

A place in the United States
A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.


Sellers

Sellers (countable and uncountable, plural Sellerses)

A town in Marion County, South Carolina, United States.


Braintree

From the Old English personal name Branca + trēow (“tree”).


Westerland

A town, seaside resort and former municipality on the island of Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


Adria

From Latin Adria, Hadria. Compare Adriatic.

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


Kaiserslautern

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in southwestern Germany.


Aschaffenburg

A large independent town in Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany


Mosel

Mosel (countable and uncountable, plural Mosels)

Sheboygan County
Sheboygan County#English

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States.


Aigio

Aegium (alternative)
Egion (alternative)
Aigion (alternative)
Aiyion (alternative)
Aighion (alternative)
Eghion (alternative)
Aeghion (alternative)
Egio (alternative)
Aigio (alternative)
Aiyio (alternative)
Aighio (alternative)
Eghio (alternative)
Aeghio (alternative)

A town in Greece located in the northeastern Achaea prefecture


Kato Achaia

Kato Ahaia (alternative)
Kato Akhaia (alternative)

A town in Greece located in the northwestern Achaea prefecture.


Hopedale

The name of the settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador was calqued from Hoffental, a compound derived in turn from German hoffen (“hope”) and Tal (“dale, valley”). The name was given by Moravian missionaries in 1782 and replaced native Eastern Canadian Inuktitut Agvituk. Compare Hebron, Nain, Ramah and Zoar.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town and Inuit community government in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Agvituk

town and Inuit community government in Newfoundland


Amalias

Dated form of Amaliada., a town and former municipality in northwestern Elis, Western Greece region, Greece.


Megalopoli

From Greek Μεγαλόπολη (Megalópoli), from Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos) (masculine singular nominative of μέγᾰς (mégăs, “great, large”)) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

An ancient city and modern town in Greece located in the southwestern Arcadia prefecture.

Μεγαλόπολη

ancient city and a modern town in Greece


Potsdam

A town in Buffalo City municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County#English

A town and village therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States.


Jedburgh

/ˈd͡ʒɛdbərə/

The town was randomly chosen as the namesake for Operation Jedburgh, the Second World War operation to deploy the parachute teams.

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6520).


Kelso

From earlier Calchow, from Middle Welsh Calchvynyd (Modern Welsh Calchfynydd (“lime mountain”)).

A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7234).

A small town in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada.


Galashiels

/ˌɡæləˈʃiːəlz/

A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4936).


Eyemouth

From Eye Water (“a local river”) + mouth (“river mouth”).

affix

A harbour town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9464).


Montpelier

A number of places in the United States:


Greta

Two places in Australia thought to be named after the Cumbrian river:

A small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales.


Leesburg

A town, the county seat of Loudoun County, in northern Virginia, United States.


Wilberforce

From Old English Wilburg + foss (“ditch”); Wilburg was a female given name from wil (“will”) + burg (“fortress”).

A small town in the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia.


Ahaus

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


Arlington

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

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

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A large town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

A sizable town in Shelby County, Tennessee.

Bennington County
Bennington County#English

A town and village in Columbia County, Wisconsin.


Laurens

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


Christiana

en-proper noun

Christiana (countable and uncountable, plural Christianas)

A medieval literate form of the female name Christian.

A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States.


Ellery

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.


Bradshaw

From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.

A town in McDowell County, West Virginia.


Greifswald

A town, the administrative seat of Vorpommern-Greifswald district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany


Gibsons

British Columbia
British Columbia#English


Sultan

A town, village and mountain range in Turkey


Tartar

A town in Azerbaijan located on this river


Letterkenny

From Irish Leitir Ceanainn (“Hillside of the O'Cannons”).

uder

A town in County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref C 1712).


Jennings

en-proper noun

Jennings (countable and uncountable, plural Jenningses or Jennings)

A town in Tenterfield Shire, on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia, on the border with Queensland.

Northern Tablelands
Northern Tablelands#English

A small town in Hamilton County, Florida, United States.

A small town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.


Terra Nova

Derived from Portuguese Terra Nova (“Newfoundland”).

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Appalachia

/ˌæ.pəˈlæ.tʃə/


Thurston

Tutton (alternative)
Thurstan (alternative)

A number of places in the United States:


Sion

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

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


Aulis

(historical) An ancient port town in Boeotia, Greece, where, according to legend, the Greek fleet gathered to set off for Troy, and where Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia.


Magnolia

A several places in the United States
A town in Delaware, United States

A several places in the United States
A town in Minnesota, United States

A several places in the United States
A town in North Carolina, United States

A several places in the United States
A town in Wisconsin, United States


Wembley

Derived from the Old English proper name Wemba and lēah (“clearing in a forest; meadow, leigh”).

A town in the County of Grande Prairie, No.1, northern Alberta, Canada.


Pia

A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.


Peoria

From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”).

bor

A town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, named for the Peoria people.


Sims

A town in Wilson County, North Carolina.


Alva

A small town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8897)


Granger

en-prop

Granger (countable and uncountable, plural Grangers)

Grangers (plural)
Grainger (alternative)

/ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

A town in Allegany County, New York state; named for American politician and Postmaster General Francis Granger.

Sweetwater County
Sweetwater County#English

A place in the United States:
A town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.


Lyme

All three towns are named after Lyme Regis in Dorset, England.

New London County
New London County#English

A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A town in Jefferson County, New York, United States.


Landstuhl

A town and municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Dorotea

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


San Marcos

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

A town in Antioquia department, Colombia.

A town, the seat of the municipality of San Marcos, Guerrero, Mexico.

A town and municipality of Jalisco, Mexico.

A town, the capital of the province of San Marcos, Cajamarca department, Peru.


Bamberg

An independent town in Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany


Coburg

An independent town in Bavaria, Germany.


Kempten

From German Kempten, from Middle High German Kemptun, from Medieval Latin Campidona, Latin Campodūnum, from Gaulish Καμβοδουνον (Kambodounon), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“crooked”) + *dūnom (“fortress”).

An independent town in Allgäu, Swabia region, Bavaria, Germany.


Landshut

An independent town, the administrative seat of Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany


Passau

From German Passau. Doublet of Batavia and Betawi.

An independent town in Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany, on the confluence of Inn and Ilz into Danube.


Darmstadt

Vanderburgh County
Vanderburgh County#English

A town mostly in Scott Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.


Zwickau

A town and rural district of Saxony, Germany.


Görlitz

A town and rural district of Saxony, Germany


Oldenburg

From German Oldenburg. Related to Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldeburgh and Oldbury.

A town in Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana


Wilhelmshaven

An independent town and port in Lower Saxony, Germany.


Speyer

en-proper noun

Speyer (countable and uncountable, plural Speyers)

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Wismar

A town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany


Eisenach

A town, the administrative seat of Wartburgkreis district, Thuringia, Germany


Erwin

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

A town in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.

Kingsbury County
Kingsbury County#English

A small town in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States.

A town, the county seat of Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States. From a misspelling of Ervin by the Post Office.


Keene

A town in New York; named for the city in New Hampshire.


Rowley

From Old English components ruh (rough, overgrown) + leah (wood, clearing)

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.


Ithaca

From Ancient Greek Ἰθάκα (Itháka), Doric form of Ἰθάκη (Ithákē).

A town in Tompkins County, New York, surrounding the city of the same name.


Bayeux

Borrowed from French Bayeux, from Old French Baios, Baieus, from Late Latin Baiocae, from Latin Baiocassī, from Gaulish *Bodiocasses (a tribe name, literally “blond curls”) (compare Old Irish buidechass).
Compare the surrounding region of Bessin (Old French Beissin), from Late Latin (pagus) Baiocassīnus.

der

A town in northern Normandy, France; noted for the Bayeux Tapestry.


Ekachakra

A town in India, mentioned in the Mahabharata.


Ames

en-proper noun

Ames (countable and uncountable, plural Ameses)

Translingual: Ames

A number of places in the United States:


Searsport

From Sears + port, after David Sears of Boston, who granted a large sum of money towards the town's founding.

A town and census-designated place therein, in Waldo County, Maine, United States.


Linn

A city and town in Kansas, United States


Xanten

A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


Glenwood

From glen + wood. The town in Newfoundland is named after the Glenwood Lumber Company, which is named in turn after the community in Nova Scotia.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

A town in Utah; named for early pioneer Robert Wilson Glenn.


Etna

From the Latin Aetna, perhaps via the Italian Etna. From either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aið-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Aetna.

der

A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.


Akron

From Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “extremity, peak”).

Washington County
Washington County#English

A town, the county seat of Washington County, Colorado; named for the city in Ohio.

A town in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana; named for the city in Ohio.


Barker

From Middle English barker (“shepherd; tanner”).


Argyrades

Argirades (alternative)
Aryirades (alternative)

A town and a municipality in the southern part of the island of Corfu in northwestern Greece


Lixouri

Lixourio (alternative)
Lixourion (alternative)

A town in Greece on the island of Kefalonia.


Kyparissia

Kyparisia (alternative)
Kiparissia (alternative)
Kiparisia (alternative)

A town in the northwestern part of the Messenia prefecture, Peloponnese, south-western Greece.


Patagonia

/ˌpæ.təˈɡəʊ.nɪ.ə/

From Portuguese patagão and Spanish patagón (“Patagonian”) + -ia.


Argos

A town in Indiana; named for the city in Greece.


Everton

en-proper noun

Everton (countable and uncountable, plural Evertons)

From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A town in Boone County, Arkansas, United States.


Falkland

From either Scottish Gaelic falaichte (“hidden”), failc (“bathe, wash”), or falc (“heavy rain”) + Old English land.


Turín

Borrowed from Spanish Turín, likely from Italian Turin.

A town in Ahuachapán department, El Salvador


Bigelow

en-prop

Bigelow (countable and uncountable, plural Bigelows)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Middle English big (“big”) + low (“mound, hill”).

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States.


Haripur

Paschim Bardhaman
Paschim Bardhaman#English

A census town in Pandabeswar community development block, Durgapur, Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India.


Roslyn

A variant of Rosaline inspired by the Scottish place name Roslin or Rosslyn.


Dickson

Dixion (alternative)
Dixon (alternative)

A number of places in the United States:


Atkinson

en-proper noun

Atkinson (countable and uncountable, plural Atkinsons)

A town and township in Henry County, Illinois.

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

A town in Pender County, North Carolina.


Patterson

Patterson (countable and uncountable, plural Pattersons)

Pattersons (plural)
Paterson (alternative)
Patteson (alternative)
Pattison (alternative)

From Middle English Pate, short form of Patrick, + -son.

A town in Putnam County, New York; named for early farmer Matthew Paterson.


Raab

en-proper-noun

Raab (countable and uncountable, plural Raabs)

(uncountable) A town in Schärding district, Upper Austria, Austria

Raab

Raab, Schaerding, Upper Austria, Austria


Davie

A town in Broward County, Florida, United States.


Aylmer

From Old English Æþelmǣr, from æþel (“noble”) + mǣre, mær (“famous”). Doublet of Elmer.

A town in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.


Buckland

en-proper noun

Buckland (countable and uncountable, plural Bucklands)

From Old English bōc (“book”) + land (“land”).

A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.


King's Lynn

A market town and port in Norfolk, England


Accrington

From the Old English æcern and -tun, meaning "where acorns are found".

A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.


Addington

Addington (countable and uncountable, plural Addingtons)

Probably from the Old English personal names Eadda or Æddi + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town near the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States.


Adlington

Adlington (countable and uncountable, plural Adlingtons)

Adlingtons (plural)
Hadlington (alternative)

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

A town and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6013).


Ainsworth

Ainsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ainsworths)

From Old English Ægen + -es and worþ or worð, meaning "Aegen's enclosure".

A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States


Alston

From Old English Ælfes (given name with possessive) tun, translating as "Ælf's town".

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A market town in Alston Moor parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7146).

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A small town in Montgomery County, Georgia.


Audenshaw

From Old English Aldwine + sceaga (“copse”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in Tameside borough, Greater Manchester, England.


Bennington

From Bennington, Vermont, headquarters of the Bennington Marble Company.

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town and census-designated place therein, in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

Bennington County
Bennington County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Vermont, and one of the two shire towns of Bennington County. Named after Benning Wentworth.


Reeth

Possibly from Old English rīþ (“[place at] the stream”). Recorded in the Domesday Book as Rie and in 1184 as Rithe.

inh

A small town in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England


Madge

A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.


Calder

A town on Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English


Leighton

Various place names in England, Old English leac (“leek”) + tun (“settlement”), also in the sense of a herb garden.

A place in the United States:
A town in Colbert County, Alabama.


Grand Rapids

Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Rapids#English

A town in Wood County, Wisconsin. The city of Wisconsin Rapids was also named Grand Rapids, but was renamed in 1920.


Neman

From Russian Не́ман (Néman), from Lithuanian Nemunas, of uncertain origin, possibly from an Old Lithuanian word meaning "damp, wet" (Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“wet”), sharing Ancient Greek νοτερός (noterós)), or from nemti (“to become silent”), or from Finnic niemi (“cape”).


Donetsk

From Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk), from Доне́ць (Donécʹ, “the Donets”), diminutive of Дон (Don, “the Don”), from Proto-Scythian *Dānu (“river”). Compare Russian Доне́цк (Donéck), Доне́ц (Donéc), Дон (Don).

Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Raion
en:Donetsk
en:Donetsk (disambiguation)

Donets'k (alternative)
Doneck (alternative)
Donec'k (alternative)

A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the Donets river.


Ramona

Ramona (disambiguation)#Places
Ramona (name)

A town in Washington County, Oklahoma, named after the Ramona novel.

A place in the United States:
A town in Lake County, South Dakota.


Buxton

en-proper noun

Buxton (countable and uncountable, plural Buxtons)

Buxtons (plural)
Buckstone (alternative)

Two main origins:
* The town in Derbyshire derives from Old English būgan (“to bend, bow”) + stān (“stone”).
* The village in Norfolk derives from the Old English personal name Bucc + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in High Peak district, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SK059735).

A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria, Australia.

A town in York County, Maine, United States.


Comber

Comber (countable and uncountable, plural Combers)

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A town in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J4669).


Sampson

A place in the United States:
A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.


Freeman

en-prop

Freeman (countable and uncountable, plural Freemans)

* Proprialisation of freeman. From originating as a freeman (instead of a serf, indentured, or some other status)
* free + man. A surname taken up by freed slaves.


Chapel Hill

A town in Tennessee; named for the town in North Carolina.


Azov

From Russian and Ukrainian Азо́в (Azóv), presumably from Kipchak Azaq (“lowlands”), a name applied to the region around the present town.

Azof (alternative)
Azoff (alternative)
Azoph (alternative)
Asaph (alternative)

A town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, situated on the Don River.


Burbank

"The bur-covered riverbank", from bur + bank.


Westbrook

From the Old English words for "west brook".

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.

A rural town in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.


Hornsby

From places in England, from genitive singular of the Old Norse given name Ormr (“serpent”) + býr (“settlement”).

A town in Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States.


Norseman

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town in the Shire of Dundas, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia. Originally from a gold reef named by Lawrence Sinclair, who came from Shetland, after his horse, Hardy Norseman.


Leonora

From the Italian short form of Eleonora, cognate to Eleanor.

A town in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.


Marcellus

Borrowed from Latin Marcellus. Doublet of Marcel.


Sandoval

en-proper noun

Sandoval (countable and uncountable, plural Sandovals)

From Spanish, named after the city in Burgos Province, Spain, from Old Spanish Sannoval, from Latin saltus (“grove”) + novālis (“newly cleared land”).

A small town in Illinois, United States.


Quiberon

A town and coastal resort in Brittany, France.


Irun

A town in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, Spain, on the border with France.


Taos

From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”).

A town, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico, south of Taos Pueblo.


Asbest

From Russian Асбе́ст (Asbést), from асбест (asbest, “asbestos”).

A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia


Winona

From Dakota winúŋna (“firstborn daughter”). While not originally used as a personal name by the Dakota, it has been adopted as such by English speakers.
John Koontz suggested that the name was a compound of wi- (“female”) + no (“first”) + -na (a diminutive suffix) and thus a reflex of Proto-Siouan *rǫ/*nǫ (“one”). That root is otherwise unattested in the Sioux languages, which use reflexes of *wį(y)ą (“one”) instead, and a more prosaic analysis identifies the first elements of the name with winyan (“woman”).

Wenona (alternative)
Wenonah (alternative)
Wynona (alternative)


Hagerstown

A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.


San Lorenzo

A town in Ahuachapán department, El Salvador

A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador


West Point

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

A town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States.

A town in White County, Arkansas, United States.

A town in King William County, Virginia, United States.

King William County
King William County#English

A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States.


Spanish Town

/ˈspæn.ɪʃ ˈtäʊ̯n/

A town, the parish capital of Saint Catherine parish, Jamaica.

British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands#English

A town on Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands.


Kiowa

A town, the county seat of Elbert County, Colorado.

Pittsburg County
Pittsburg County#English

A place in the United States:
A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.


Irvine

en-prop

Irvine (countable and uncountable, plural Irvines)

Probably from Celtic words cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“green, fresh”) + afon (“water”).

A town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3238).


Kiato

A town in the northern part of the Korinthia prefecture in southwestern Greece


Santo Domingo de Guzmán

A town in Sonsonate department, El Salvador


Emery

From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).

Amery (alternative)
Amory (alternative)
Emory (alternative)


Xylokastro

From Greek Ξυλόκαστρο (Xylókastro), from ξύλον (xýlon) + κάστρο (kástro), literally "wooden castle".

Xilokastro (alternative)
Xylokastron (alternative)
Xilokastron (alternative)


Leonidi

Leonidio (alternative)
Leonidion (alternative)

A town in the eastern part of the Arcadia prefecture in southern Greece.


Fresno

A town and municipality in Tolima department, Colombia.


Ogden

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

A number of places in the United States:


San Pablo

A town and commune of Osorno Province, Las Lagos Region, Chile.

A town and municipality of Bolívar department, Colombia.

A town and municipality of Nariño department, Colombia.

A town and municipality of San Marcos department, Guatemala.

A town, the capital of the province of San Pablo, Cajamarca Region, Peru.


Montezuma

From Classical Nahuatl Motēuczōma (literally “he frowns like a lord”).

der

A town in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.


Meschede

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A town in Hochsauerland district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe.


Menominee

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

Borrowed from Ojibwe manoominii (literally “wild-rice people”); from Ojibwe manoomin.

bor

Menominee County
Menominee County#English

A town in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States, which is coextensive with and consolidated with the county.


Quedlinburg

A town in Germany, north of the Harz mountains, in Harz district in the state of Saxony-Anhalt; a town famous for its architecture; a UNESCO World Heritage Site


Bryant

en-prop

Bryant (countable and uncountable, plural Bryants)


Ararat

From Latin Ararat, from Ancient Greek Ἀραράτ (Ararát), from Biblical Hebrew אֲרָרָט (ʾărārāṭ), in Genesis 8:4. Corresponds to Akkadian 𒆳𒌵 (Urarṭu, “Urartu”), the name of a land which in Classical Antiquity became known as 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /Armina/) (in Behistun inscription, 6th century BC), Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (in Hecataeus of Miletus, ca. 476 BC).
The place names in modern Armenia and the given name are from Armenian Արարատ (Ararat).

A town and urban community of Ararat province, Armenia.

A town in Victoria, Australia, named after a local Mount Ararat.


Girard

Various places in the United States of America, including:


Wigan

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.


Badger

From Old English Bæcg (“a personal name”) + ofer (“hill spur”).
The name of the town in Newfoundland likely derives from the surname of one of its first inhabitants.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Kobarid

Borrowed from Slovene Kobaríd, from Proto-Slavic *Koboridъ, borrowed from an Old Friulian form derived from Latin *Caporētum, *Caprētum, possibly from caper (“goat”).

A town in western Slovenia, the site of an important battle in the First World War.