Yeadon

en-proper noun

Yeadon (countable and uncountable, plural Yeadons)

From Old English ġæh (“steep”) + dūn (“hill”).

A town in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2041).


Mold

A town and community in and the county town of Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2364).


Caerwys

A small town in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1272).


Proserpine

A town in Whitsunday Region, Queensland, founded in the 1890s, so it would have been named after the river.


Cheriton

/ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪtən/

From Middle English Cericton, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Doublet of Kirton.

der

Northampton County
Northampton County#English

A town in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.


Brown's Town

From Brown + town. From being named after British (Irish) planter Hamilton Brown, a local politician, and founder of Hamilton Town, now Brown's Town.

Saint Ann Parish
Saint Ann Parish#English

A town in Saint Ann Parish, Middlesex, Jamaica


Hamilton Town

From Hamilton + town. From being named after British (Irish) planter Hamilton Brown, a local politician, and founder of the town, now Brown's Town.

Former name of Brown's Town. A town in Saint Ann Parish, Middlesex, Jamaica


Santa Gloria

From Spanish Santa Gloria. From santo+gloria, from Latin sanctus+gloria (literally “Holy Glory”). Coined by Christopher Columbus, who was stranded there for a year, June 1503 - June 1504.

A town in Saint Ann parish, Middlesex, Jamaica


South Kirkby

South Kirkby and Moorthorpe
South Kirkby and Moorthorpe#English

A town in South Kirkby and Moorthorpe parish, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4511).


Brownstown

A location in the United States:
A town in Sevier County, Arkansas.

A town, the county seat of Jackson County, Indiana, also located in Brownstown Township.


Pomfret

en-prop

Pomfret (countable and uncountable, plural Pomfrets)

A number of places in the United States:

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A town in North West province, South Africa.


Opunake

A coastal town in Taranaki, New Zealand.


Kingsthorpe

A rural town in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.


Kirkliston

A small town in the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1274).


Auchtermuchty

A small town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2311).


Charlestown

A small town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

A town on Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

census-designated place
census-designated place

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

Washington County
Washington County#English

A town in Washington County, Rhode Island.


Chambord

/ʃɒ̃ˈbɔː(ɹ)/

Borrowed from French Chambord, from Latin Camboricum.

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

A commune and town in Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Chickerell

A town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, England, formerly in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY6480).


Burghead

A small coastal town in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ1168).


Houghton Regis

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0224).


Le Vauclin

A town and commune in the French overseas department and region, and island, of Martinique.


North Hykeham

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England, a suburb of Lincoln and location of Hykeham railway station (OS grid ref SK9466).


Segré

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

A town and former commune in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France, now in Segré-en-Anjou Bleu commune.


South Hampton

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

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


Porthleven

A small coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6225).


Aldeburgh

From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Aldborough, Aldbrough, and Oldbury. Compare Oldenburg.

doublet

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4656).


Rose Hill

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Duplin County, North Carolina.


Penicuik

From Cumbric pen (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *y (“(of) the”) + Cumbric *cṻg (“cuckoo”).

A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2360).


Westhill

A small town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, to the west of Aberdeen (OS grid ref NJ8307).


Chigwell

A town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4393).


Gyantse

Gyangtse (alternative)
Gyangzê (alternative)

A town in Gyantse County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.


Gorseinon

A town and community with a town council in the city and county of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5898).


Nynäshamn

A town, a municipality and port in Stockholm County, Sweden.


Macklin

Unexplained. It could be a variant of McLean.

unk

Unexplained

A town in Rural Municipality of Eye Hill No. 382, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Ludvika

A town and municipality (the town is the seat of Ludvika Municipality) in Dalarna County, Sweden.


Mega

en-proper-noun

Mega (countable and uncountable, plural Megas)

A placename
A town in Dire, Borena, Ormia, Ethiopia


Chicxulub

/ˌt͡ʃɪkʃəˈluːb/

From Yucatec Maya ch’ik (“flea”) + Yucatec Maya xulub (“devil, demon”) — "devil's flea".

A town in Yucatán, Mexico, famous for being near the geographic center of the Chicxulub crater.


Moose River

A number of rivers and a town in the United States:


Midleton

A town in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 8773).


Leiston

A town and civil parish (served by Leiston-cum-Sizewell Town Council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4462).


Woburn Sands

Formerly named Hogsty End, renamed in the 19th century after Woburn nearby in neighbouring Bedfordshire. "Sands" refers to the sandy local soil.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9236).


Llanwrtyd Wells

A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN8746).


Caterham

Caterham on the Hill
Caterham on the Hill#English

A town in Caterham on the Hill parish and Caterham Valley parish, Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3355).


Highworth

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2092).


Ellesmere

A town in Ellesmere Urban parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3934).


Bonnyrigg

From earlier Bonnyrig, Bonny Rigg, Bonny Ridge, Bannoc Rig and Bannockrigg, firstly known as Bonnebrig.

A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3065).


Bunker Hill

The hill in Boston was named after 17th-century landowner George Bunker, originally as Bunker's Hill, and amended later.

A number of places in the United States; many are named after the battle:

A town in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana.


Fougères

A town in Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France.


Chaldiran

A town in Van, Turkey, near the site of the battle.


Tupelo

From Creek ito (“tree”) + opilwa (“swamp”).

A town in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States.


Ystradgynlais

A town and community with a town council in south-west Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN7810).


Boddington

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town and shire, the Shire of Boddington, in the Peel region of Western Australia.


Lockington

A town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia.


Billinghurst

A town in General San Martín Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.


Builth Wells

A market town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0451).


Balranald

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


Haileybury

Temiskaming Shores
Temiskaming Shores#English

Northeastern Ontario
Northeastern Ontario#English

A town in Temiskaming Shores, Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada


Marystown

From Mary + -s- + town. From Mary's Town.

Newfoundland Island
Newfoundland Island#English

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Bridge of Allan

A small town in Stirling council area, Scotland, situated on the river Allan Water (OS grid ref NS7997).


Auchterarder

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A small town in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9412).


Guiyu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴嶼 /贵屿 (Guìyǔ).

In Guiyu Township, Chaoyang County, Guangdong, the average yield for potato is 9.75 t/ha and for winter sweetpotato yield is about 17.25 t/ha.

1996, Charles S. Gitomer, Potato and Sweetpotato in China: Systems, Constraints, and Potential, Lima, Peru: International Potato Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 56:

Following up news articles and e-mails from mainland China, BAN was directed to an e-waste processing area known as Guiyu on the Longdong River near the city of Shantou in the northeast [of] Guangdong Province, four hours by car from Hong Kong. In the course of three intensive days in and around Guiyu's four villages, the small investigative team witnessed firsthand what passes for recycling of e-waste in Asia.

2002, Jim Puckett, 5:35 from the start, in Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia, spoken by Mary Ryan, Basel Action Network, →OCLC:

On a recent morning in Guiyu, in Guangdong province, hundreds of men squatted in concrete-block sheds, sifting through computers and printers and breaking them into scrap with their bare hands.

2003 February 24, Peter S. Goodman, “China Serves As Dump Site For Computers”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-01:

The residents of Guiyu, including children, make their living sorting, dismantling and burning computer parts or bathing them in nitric and hydrochloric acids to recover precious metals.

2008 January 12, Jon Mooallem, “The risk-filled afterlife”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-14, International Business:

On seemingly every street, laborers sit on the pavement outside workshops ripping out the guts of household appliances with hammers and drills. The roads in Guiyu are lined with bundles of plastic, wires, cables and other garbage.

2013 May 30, Ivan Watson, “China: The electronic wastebasket of the world”, in CNN, archived from the original on 2013-05-31:

GUIYU, China (Reuters) - The dizzying stench of burning plastic still drifts through the alleys, workshops and warehouses of Guiyu, the southern Chinese town that has long symbolized China’s role as the main recycler of the world’s waste.[...]In the 2000s, Guiyu became a symbol of the environmental devastation caused by recycling hazardous waste with little regulation after being singled out by groups like Greenpeace and featuring in a string of international media reports. Trash is still the mainstay of Guiyu’s economy, but hundreds of recycling businesses have been consolidated or shut completely in recent years and authorities are now cracking down on smuggled waste, further starving small and polluting businesses of supplies. “Although the dismantling of old electronics is the leading industry in Guiyu, we should say it was more a profession than an industry,” said Zheng Jinxiong, vice chairman of a government commission tasked with running the recycling industry park, set up on the edge of town.

2018 January 23, David Stanway, “China trash town's cleanup bolstered by import ban”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2019-12-24:

For a long time, Guiyu in China was considered the world's biggest electronic trash dumping ground.

2018 February 14, Harald Franzen, “China cleans up electronic recycling”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2018-02-15, Environment:

Before writing his debut novel, The Waste Tide, a 2013 eco-thriller about a workers’ uprising in a futuristic dump called Silicon Isle, Chen spent time in the southeastern city of Guiyu, one of the world’s largest dumping grounds for electronic waste, observing migrant workers toil in the toxin-laden trash.

2021 March 9, Yi-Ling Liu, “Sci-Fi Writer or Prophet? The Hyperreal Life of Chen Qiufan”, in Wired.com, archived from the original on 2021-03-09:

A town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China.


Baggs

A town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States.


Marshfield

A number of places in the United States:

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

A town and village in Washington County, Vermont.


Aspatria

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY1441).


Southwold

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4076).


Ballyclare

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.


Barnoldswick

West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD8746).


St Lawrence

A small rural town in Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.


Teesdale

en-proper noun

Teesdale (countable and uncountable, plural Teesdales)

Teesdales (plural)
Teasdale (alternative)
Tisdale (alternative)
Tisdel (alternative)
Tisdell (alternative)

A small town in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.


Egremont

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0110).

Berkshire County
Berkshire County#English

A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.


Llanfyllin

A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales; a historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ1419).


Callington

A town and civil parish with a town council in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3669).

A small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia.


Chapelton

A market town in Clarendon parish, Jamaica.


Darfield

A small town in Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Bradninch

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9903).


McCaskill

McCaskill (countable and uncountable, plural McCaskills)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Asgaill (“son of Asgall”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill, composed of the elements áss (“god”) + ketill (“kettle, cauldron”).

der

Hempstead County
Hempstead County#English

A town in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States.


North Tawton

A small town and civil parish with a town council in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6601).


Repton

en-prop

Repton (countable and uncountable, plural Reptons)

A town in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.

A town in northern New South Wales, Australia.


Sandiacre

A town and civil parish in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4736).


McGarry

en-proper noun

McGarry (countable and uncountable, plural McGarrys)

McGarrys (plural)
McCary (alternative)
McGeary (alternative)
McVearry (alternative)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearadhaigh (“son of Fhearadhach”), a personal name meaning "strong", "brave", from fear (“man”).


East Haven

New Haven County
New Haven County#English

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

A town in Essex County, Vermont, United States.


McIvers

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Lochiel

A small town in the Mid North of South Australia.

A small town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.


Milltown

A number of places in Ireland:
A small town in County Kerry.

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Harrison County and Crawford County, Indiana.

A village and town in Polk County, Wisconsin.


Southbridge

A small town in Canterbury, New Zealand.


Bagillt

A small town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2275).


Caldicot

From Old English cald + cot; compare with Caldecote.

A market town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST4888).


Llanfairfechan

A coastal town and community with a town council in Conwy county borough, Wales, historically in Caernarvonshire (OS grid ref SH6875).


Pencoed

A town and community with a town council in Bridgend county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9581).


Penmaenmawr

From Welsh. Penmaen Mawr is a mountain near the town.

A coastal town and community with a town council in Conwy county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7176).


Longbenton

A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2668).


Palatka

An urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast, Russia.


Forest Hill

A rural town in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.


Boao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 博鰲／博鳌 (Bó'áo), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).

zh-l

博鰲／博鳌 (Bó'áo)

隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)

The city of Boao (博鳌) entered the limelight during the recent Boao Forum for Asia.
Situated on the east coast of China’s Hainan Island, Boao is where the East Asian and Southeast Asian economic zones meet in the heart of the Asia Pacific Rim.

2002 April 19, Jiang Zhong, “Beautiful Boao Bids for Attention”, in Beijing Today, →OCLC, page 16:

Jade Belt Beach, at the mouth of the river, is unusual; it has seawater on one side and freshwater on the other. The old town of Boao, about 5 km (3 mi) away, is quiet but useful for basic shopping. The nearest city, Qionghai, is 16 km (10 mi) away.

2005, David Allan, editor, China, 4th edition, Fodor's, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 415:

“No one should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain,” Mr. Xi said in a speech at an annual regional business forum in Boao, China.

2013 April 7, Jane Perlez, Choe Sang-Hun, “China Hints at Limits to North Korea Actions”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 2013-04-07, Asia Pacific:

The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is a non-governmental and non-profit international organization with a fixed conference date and a fixed address. It was founded in Boao, Hainan Province, China, on February 27, 2001.

2014, Xi Jinping, The Governance of China, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/xijinpingthegovernanceofchinavolume1/page/n132/:

Villagers on an electric bike herd their cattle along a road in the town of Boao in Qionghai, Hainan province, China August 11, 2018.

2021 March 19, Twinnie Siu, “China to crack down on use of leanness enhancers in cattle and sheep”, in Kirsten Donovan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-03-21, Currencies:

Alternative spelling of Bo'ao: A town in Qionghai, Hainan, China.


Bo'ao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 博鰲 /博鳌 (Bó'áo).

On April 16th, a Japanese landing party, covered by warships and aeroplanes, effected a landing at Poao on the eastern coast of Hainan Island in face of the Chinese force and occupied the port.

[1938, Tokyo Gazette, volume 2, →OCLC, page 35:

Beimen beach is just north of Bo'ao port, seaward of the village.

1988, Susana Salas Frazier, John G. Frazier, et al., “Sea Turtles in Fujian and Guangdong Provinces”, in 两栖爬行行动学报 [Acta Herpetologica Sinica], volume 1, Science Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37:

And a spectacular international conference center in a resort town called Bo'ao is being promoted as China's answer to Davos, Switzerland, where each January the annual World Economic Forum of business leaders, government officials, activists and intellectuals is held.[…]
Investors have taken notice. Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong billionaire, is scouting development projects here. And Citic Pacific, a huge Hong Kong conglomerate, plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years to develop residential and commercial property in Bo'ao.

2005 January 18, David Barboza, “China's Latest Capitalist Beachhead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-29, Business:

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese president Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video link to the opening ceremony of the Bo'ao Forum For Asia in Bo'ao in southern China's Hainan Province, April 21, 2022.

2022 April 21, “China's Xi says international disputes should be resolved via dialogue, not sanctions”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 2022-04-21:


Narberth

A small town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1014).


Lampeter

A small town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN5748).


Tregaron

A small town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN6759).


Leixlip

A town in the north-east corner of County Kildare, Ireland.


Edgeworthstown

A small town in County Longford, Ireland (Irish grid ref N 2571).


Craughwell

en-proper-noun

Craughwell (countable and uncountable, plural Craughwells)

Perhaps from Irish creach (“plunder, raid”) + maol (“bare hill”).

A small town in Connacht, County Galway, Ireland.


Kiltimagh

A small town in County Mayo, Ireland (Irish grid ref M 3489).


Port Arthur

Named after British naval officer William Arthur (Royal Navy) (1830-1866) in 1860.

named-after

A town and former convict settlement in Tasman council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Carrickfergus

/ˌkæɹɪkˈfɜː(ɹ)ɡəs/

From Irish Carraig Fhearghais (literally “Fergus’s stone”).

der

A town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.


Southbury

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


Bellshill

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7360).


Camperdown

From the naval Battle of Camperdown, fought off Camperduin in the Netherlands.

A rural town in south-western Victoria, Australia, named after the Earl of Camperdown.


Clayton-le-Moors

A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7431).


Newburgh

From Old English nĭwe burh, equivalent to new + burgh. Doublet of Newbury.

A town in Fife council area, Scotland, situated on the Firth of Tay (OS grid ref NO2318).

A town on the Ohio River in Warrick County, Indiana, United States.

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.

A city and town in Orange County, New York, United States, named after Newburgh, Fife.


Loma

en-proper noun

Loma (countable and uncountable, plural Lomas)

A town in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States.


Thrapston

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9978).


Chetwynd

A small inland town in Victoria, Australia.


Hebburn

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3164).


Eccleshall

Eccleshall (countable and uncountable, plural Eccleshalls)

Eccleshalls (plural)
Eckersall (alternative)

From Old English *eccles (“church”) + heall (“hall, dwelling house”).

A town and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8329).


Jõgeva

Farther south, towards Jõgeva, are the lakeside towns of Mustvee and Raja.

2000, Nicola Williams, Kate Galbraith, Steve Kokker, “North-East Estonia”, in Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania, 2nd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 174, column 1:

Anu’s first job as a teacher was in Maarja Magdalena, near Jõgeva in Hellenurme Village, after which she worked for three years as a private tutor for a wealthy family in Tartu.

2001, Arthur Mihkelsoo 1902-1988 Artist, Society of Estonian Artists in Toronto, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 7:

Buses serve both cities, as well as Paide and the county capital of Jõgeva. Although Jõgeva itself is of little interest, buses go from there to Palamuse, Siimusti and Mustvee and to other tourist centres in the county.

2005, Neil Taylor, Estonia (Bradt Travel Guides), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 178:

Jõgeva municipality government posted to social media on Wednesday morning that power and water supply was restored in the Saduküla region, but a large part of Jõgeva's households were still without power.

2021 April 28, “Power outage at Jõgeva has been restored”, in Kristjan Kallaste, editor, Eesti Rahvusringhääling, archived from the original on 2021-04-29:


Secaucus

A town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.


Killingworth

Killingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Killingworths)

Killingworths (plural)
Killingsworth (alternative)

From the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla + -ing (“belonging to”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2771).

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

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.


Strabane

From Irish Srath Bán, literally "White Valley".

A town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.


Johnstown

A number of places in the United States:

A town and unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.

Places in Ireland:
A small town in County Kilkenny.


Catskill

Borrowed from Dutch, from kat (“cat”) + -s- + kil (“creek, kill”).

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


Nanhui New City

c. 2012, partial calque from Mandarin 南匯新城／南汇新城 (Nánhuì Xīnchéng).

zh-l

南匯新城／南汇新城 (Nánhuì Xīnchéng)

The 20.2 mile (32.5 km) long box girder structure with a central cable-stayed section connects Luchao Port in Nanhui New City in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai with the deep-sea port of Yangshan in Zhejiang Province.

2013, Wolfgang Kunth, editor, Terra Maxima: the Records of Humankind, Firefly Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 366:

While in Shanghai we also visited the city's future economic engine, its new Free Trade Zone called Nanhui New City, and we gained diverse perspectives of Shanghai’s emerging issues from conversations with leaders in media, education, and the non-profit sector.

2014, Samuel Kim, John Lim, “Mutual Sharing: Learning and Service”, in Experiencing Asia: Essays from the Asia Leadership Trek, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 34–35:

A decent portion of Nanhui New City, on the far outskirts of Shanghai's Pudong district, has already been built.

2015, Wade Shepard, Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities without People in the World's Most Populated Country, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=5uhiDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT56:

A town and planned city in Pudong district, Shanghai, China.


Northfield

Washington County
Washington County#English

census-designated place
census-designated place

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

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

A town and village in Washington County, Vermont.

A town and unincorporated community in Jackson County, Wisconsin.


New Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A small town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, historically in Kirkcudbrightshire (OS grid ref NX6377).


Moorcroft

en-proper noun

Moorcroft (countable and uncountable, plural Moorcrofts)

Moorcrofts (plural)
Morecraft (alternative)

A town in Crook County, Wyoming, United States.


Montreux

From French Montreux, from Medieval Latin monastēriolum under influence from Old French Mont- (“Mount”) in numerous other placenames, from monastērium (“monastery”) + -olum (“-ole: forming diminutives”), q.v. Doublet of Montreuil and Monthureux.

A town on Lake Geneva in Vaud Canton, Switzerland.


Annapolis Royal

/əˈnæ.pə.lɪs ˈɹɔɪ.əl/

From Anna (“a personal name”) + -polis. The town is named after Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714).

Annapolis County
Annapolis County#English

A town, the county seat of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Zurong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 足榮 /足荣 (Zúróng).

The medium-risk zones are mainly located in the western region of DeBao County, which mainly includes JingDe and DongLing. The lower risk zones exist mainly in ZuRong, and the lowest risk zones are in RongHua.

[2017 August 21, Jiajun Zeng, Guoru Huang, “Set pair analysis for karst waterlogging risk assessment based on AHP and entropy weight”, in Hydrology Research, volume 49, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1153:

Officials working in Zurong town’s Bainong village have recently assumed new duties. For example, they deliver fresh vegetables and pork to the Bainong Oil Pressing Plant in the village every day in order to ensure that everyone working there can have a good meal each day.

2020 June 16, Wang Jinli, “Poverty alleviation factories resume operations in Guangxi”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 2021-04-29:

The content of soil organic matter is between 12.1 and 49.3 g/kg, with an average value of 27.5 g/kg, which is moderate, while the average content of organic matter in Najia Town, Zurong Town and Du’an Town is 38.0, 33.5 and 32.5 g/kg, respectively, which is within the high range.

2022 December, Zhipeng Liang et al., “Evaluation of Soil NutrientStatus Based on LightGBM Model:An Example of Tobacco Planting Soilin Debao County, Guangxi”, in Applied Sciences, volume 12, number 23, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-09:


Allport

Allport (countable and uncountable, plural Allports)

Habitational surname from a place called Alport in Derbyshire, from Old English eald (“old”) + port.

A town in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States.


Gasparillo

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

A town in Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago


Springhurst

A town in north-east Victoria, Australia.


Euabalong

A town in Cobar Shire, western New South Wales, Australia.


Culcairn

A town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.


Bordertown

From border + town, with its former spelling being Border Town.

A town in South Australia, close to the border with Victoria.


Tailem Bend

A town in south-east South Australia, situated on the Murray River.


Frederikshavn

A coastal town in North Jutland, Denmark.


Potcoava

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Potcoava.


Ghinda

A town in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea.


Pucioasa

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Pucioasa.


Comarnic

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Comarnic.


Comănești

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Comănești.


Flămânzi

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Flămânzi.


Port Victoria

A town on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.

A small town in western Kenya, located on Lake Victoria.


Etten-Leur

A town and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.


Ocna Mureș

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ocna Mureș.


Larkhall

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A small town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7651).


Beitbridge

From Beit + bridge, being named after the original bridge over the Limpopo River completed in 1929, which was named after Alfred Beit. The spelling Beit Bridge was being used in 1940.

The Rhodesia Railways, however, do maintain a passenger and goods road motor service between Gwanda and Beit Bridge.

1940 November, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 592:

Matabeleland South
Matabeleland South#English

A border town in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe.


Kleve

From German Kleve, from Old High German Cleve, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klibą (“cliff”). Cognate with English cliff.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Ismay

From an amalgamation of the personal names Isabella and May.

A small town in Custer County, Montana, United States.


Llanfair Caereinion

From Welsh, translating as St Mary's Church (Llanfair) by the fort (caer) of Einion.

A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1006).


Piatra-Olt

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Piatra-Olt.


Kyakhta

A town, the administrative centre of the Kyakhtinsky District, Buryatia, Russia, on the border between Russia and Mongolia.

Хяагта

town in Buryatia, Russia on the border between Russia and Mongolia


Llandysul

A small town and community in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN4140).


Terral

en-proper noun

Terral (countable and uncountable, plural Terrals)

Borrowed from French Terral or an altered spelling of Tyrrell.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States.


Clarkefield

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


Silver Creek

A number of settlements in the United States:


Șomcuta Mare

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Șomcuta Mare.


Colcord

en-proper noun

Colcord (countable and uncountable, plural Colcords)

Occupational surname for a lime burner, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kalc (“lime”).

A town in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States.


Moriac

A rural town west of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.


Alvie

A small town north-west of Colac, Victoria, Australia.


Beclean

A town in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania.


Eskdale

A small town in the Shire of Towong, northern Victoria, Australia.


Lehliu-Gară

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Lehliu-Gară.


Red Rock

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

A number of places in the United States:


Sansha

From Mandarin 三沙 (Sānshā) Wade–Giles romanization: San¹-sha¹, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.

Sansha Bay, 62 miles north of Foochow, is one of the good harbors on the China coast. It has deep water and is surrounded on all sides by steep precipices.

1945 May, Notes on the China Coast, volume XIV, number 5, →OCLC, page 22:

Shelter port on Fukien coast The Sansha [phonetic] storm shelter port in Hsiapu County, Fukien, was completed in September after several years' work.

1963, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East Weekly Supplement, number 3, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, →OCLC, page 30:

In order to receive the Taiwan fishermen compatriots, the Fujian Provincial Revolutionary Committee in early 1978 formally established these reception stations at the four fishing ports of Sansha in Xiapu [Hsiapu],[...]The Sansha reception station in Xiapu received 12 Taiwan fishing boats in 1978 and everytime^([sic]) helped repair the boats and engines, provided fuel and drinking water and purchased grain, meat, vegetables and other foods before they departed.

1979, Daily Report: People's Republic of China, numbers 12-22, →ISSN, →OCLC:

I once went to the farther north coast of Fujian Province, our province's northeast part, Sansha Town of Xiapu County, (三沙镇，霞浦县) where, off the coast, the sea water in some place is bluer than it is here. At that time in Sansha Town, after I saw the blue water and an islet which emerges from the blue sea, so bleak, so solitary that I dreamed a fantastic dream at night: I was like a fish in the deep, unfathomable blue.

2015, 高坚辉 [Jianhui Gao], Stories from Fujian, China, →ISBN, →OCLC:

Boats are moored to take shelter in waters off Sansha town in Xiapu county in southeastern China's Fujian province on Monday.

2020 August 4, “Typhoon Hagupit hits east China and heads towards Shanghai”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 2020-08-04:


McKellar

en-proper noun

McKellar (countable and uncountable, plural McKellars)

McKellars (plural)
MacKellar (alternative)
McCullah (alternative)
McCullar (alternative)
McCuller (alternative)
McCullers (alternative)
McKeller (alternative)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair (“son of Ealair”), the Gaelic equivalent of Hillary.


Four Oaks

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


Otaki

A town in Kapiti Coast district, Wellington region, New Zealand.


Shilong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石龍 /石龙 (Shílóng).


Novaci

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Novaci.


Shediac

A town in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.


Kennan

A village and town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.


Quedgeley

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8014).


Yarrawonga

A town in the Shire of Moira, northern Victoria, Australia.


Oaklands

A town in the Riverina area of southern New South Wales, Australia.


Baraolt

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Baraolt.


Front Royal

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


Bowral

Southern Highlands
Southern Highlands#English

A town in Wingecarribee Shire, Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Australia.


Serviceton

From Service + -ton, named after James Service.

A small town in western Victoria, Australia, on the border with South Australia.


Deepwater

Northern Tablelands
Northern Tablelands#English

A small town on the Northern Tablelands in New South Wales, Australia.


Glenties

A small town in County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref G 8194).


Milltown Malbay

The affix Malbay is from Mal Bay, on the coast.


Lahinch

A small coastal town in County Clare, Ireland.


Weare

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County#English

A town in New Hampshire, consolidated with Hillsborough County.


Longridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6037).


Painswick

A town and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8609).


Tingri

As we approached Tingri, the valley widened out and bent round to the South. Tingri itself was situated on the side of a small hill in the middle of a great plain, from which, looking to the South, was visible the wonderful chain of snowy peaks, many of them over 25,000 feet in height, which extends Westwards from Mount Everest. We crossed the Ra-chu—a tributary of the Bhong-chu, partly by bridges and partly by fords ; it was split up into a number of small and very muddy channels that took their rise from the Kyetrak Glacier. Tingri was to be our first base for reconnoitring^([sic – meaning reconnoitering]) the Northern and North-western approaches to Mount Everest.

1922, C. K. Howard-Bury, “From Khamba Dzong through Unknown Country to Tingri”, in Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921, Longmans, Green and Co., →OCLC, →OL, page 70:

Tingri lies at the edge of a vast plain. There are great views of the Himalayan giants to the south, assuming there's no cloud cover. Everest, or the uppermost part of it, is visible to the far left, but from this distance it doesn't look like a mammoth. However, Cho Oyu, straight ahead, looks stunning. It's worth taking a short hike to the south of Tingri for better views; another viewpoint is from the top of the hill above the village, where there are some old fort ruins.

2006 August, Michael Buckley, Tibet (Bradt Travel Guides), 2nd edition, Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 200:

From there they would literally walk off the map, following a route that in seven days promised to reach Tingri Dzong, the Tibetan military garrison and trading depot that had long been anticipated as the base for the initial explorations of the northern approaches to the mountain.

2011, Wade Davis, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest, The Bodley Head, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 208:

Climbers say that China seems committed to avoiding the mistakes made by the Nepal government by issuing too many permits and increasing traffic. According to reports, China issued permits to only 22 Chinese nationals this year, out of the total 180 permits issued, in a bid to control traffic. The Chinese are also trying to boost their domestic tourism with a new mountaineering center in Tingri.

2018 May 16, Pradeep Bashyal, Annie Gowen, “Climate change, crowding imperil iconic route to top of Mount Everest”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 2018-05-17:

A town in Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.


Lechlade

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SU2199).


Cinderford

Recorded as Sinderford 1258, from Old English sinder + ford (“ford built up with cinders”).

der

A town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6514).


Surfside

A town in Miami Beach, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States; to the north of North Beach, Miami Beach.


Tayport

From Tay + port, situated on the Firth of Tay.

A small town and harbour in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4528).


Jaworzyna Śląska

A town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.


Su-ngai Kolok

From Thai สุไหงโกลก (sù-ngǎi-glòok), from Malay Sungai Golok.

A town in Narathiwat Province, Thailand on the border with Malaysia.


Żnin

A town in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.


Wągrowiec

A town in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.


Vânju Mare

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Vânju Mare.


Piła

Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship#English


Pultusk

Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship#English


Bumbești-Jiu

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Bumbești-Jiu.


Tarnowskie Góry

Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship#English

A large town in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.


Kędzierzyn-Koźle

A large town in Opole Voivodeship, Poland


Baborów

A small town in Opole Voivodeship, Poland.


Ocnele Mari

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ocnele Mari.


Ballycastle

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A small coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref D 1141).


Băicoi

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Băicoi.


Greenore

A small town and port on Carlingford Lough, County Louth, Ireland (Irish grid ref J2210).


Tullow

A market town in County Carlow, Ireland.


Cahersiveen

A town in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish grid ref V 4779).


Clondalkin

A suburban town in South Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 0731).


Templemore

A town in County Tipperary, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 1171).


Oppenheim

en-proper-noun

Oppenheim (countable and uncountable, plural Oppenheims)

A town in Mainz-Bingen district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Milișăuți

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Milișăuți.


Cehu Silvaniei

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Cehu Silvaniei.


Prairie du Chien

From French prairie du chien; compare with French chien de prairie.

A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin, which includes part of the city.


Panciu

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Panciu.


New Lisbon

A number of places in the United States:


Beaver Dam

A city and town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.


Mollendo

A coastal town and former port in the Arequipa region of Peru.


Grenaa

A town and port on the east coast of Jutland, Denmark.


Slagelse

A town and municipality in western Zealand, Denmark.


Korsør

A town in the municipality of Slagelse, western Zealand, Denmark.


Gedser

A town and ferry port on Falster, in Guldborgsund Municipality, Zealand, Denmark.


Hirtshals

A town and port on the Skagerrak in the municipality of Hjørring, North Jutland, Denmark.


Hjørring

A town and municipality in North Jutland, Denmark.


Michelob

Former name of Mecholupy.; A town in the Czech Republic

Former name of Michalovice.; A town in the Czech Republic

Former name of Michalovce.; A town in Slovakia


Frankton

A town in Madison County, Indiana, United States.


Ardud

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ardud.


Maghera

A small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref C8500).


Saint-Quentin

Restigouche County
Restigouche County#English

A town and parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Spin Boldak

From Pashto سپین بولدک. From بولدک (bōldak, “desert”) + سپین (spīn, “white”). Literally, “white desert”.

bor

Pashto سپین بولدک

Spin Buldak (alternative)
Spin Baldak (alternative)
Spinboldak (alternative)
Spinbuldak (alternative)
Spinbaldak (alternative)

A town in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar, Afghanistan, a border town bordering Pakistan


Bebra

A town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district, Hesse, Germany.


Elmhurst

A small town in the Pyrenees region of western Victoria, Australia.


Tow Law

A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1139).


Faringdon

Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse#English

A town in Great Faringdon parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, historically situated in Berkshire.


Everetts

en-proper noun

Everetts (countable and uncountable, plural Everettses)

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


Duns

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Berwickshire (OS grid ref NT7853).


Rylstone

A small town in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.


Osoyoos

From o' + Soyoos, literally “of Soyoos”. Blend of Okanagan + Soyoos, from of the Soyoos, from Okanagan Sẁiẁs, from sẁiẁs (“narrowing of the waters”). The "o" represents an "of" and harmonization of toponyms in the Okanagan with a starting "O". It is named for the narrowing at the outlet of Osyoos Lake.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A town in Okanagan-Similkameen district, Okanagan Valley, Thompson-Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada


Worsbrough

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3504).


Waratah

A small town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north-west Tasmania, Australia.


McAdoo

McAdoo (countable and uncountable, plural McAdoos)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McCunniff and McNiff.

der

Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County#English

A town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Buncrana

A town beside Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref C 3432).


Lydenburg

From Dutch lijden burg (“town of suffering”).


Steelpoort

Apparently named after the Steelpoort River.


Miercurea Nirajului

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Miercurea Nirajului.


Botha's Hill

A small town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Mooi River

From Mooirivier, in Afrikaans mooi + rivier.

Mooi River (Tugela)
Mooi River (Vaal)
Mooi River (town)

A town on the above river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Villaviciosa

A town in central eastern Asturias, Spain.


Volksrust

From Afrikaans volk + -s- + rust (“people's rest”).


Grootfontein

A town in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia.


Pfäffikon

A town in Freienbach, Schwyz canton, Switzerland.


Emmenbrücke

A town in Emmen, Lucerne canton, Switzerland.


Bebington

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3384).


Ludwigslust

A town in Ludwigslust-Parchim district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.


Wittenberge

A town in Prignitz district, Brandenburg, Germany.


Springwood

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


San Cristóbal

From Spanish San Cristóbal (“Saint Christopher”).

bor

A town in Cuscatlán department, El Salvador


Jibou

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Jibou.


Frunză

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Frunză.


La Brea

From Spanish La Brea, from la (“the”)+brea (“tar, pitch”).
* (Los Angeles): Coined by Gaspar de Portolá in 1769 as Los Volcanes de Brea (The Tar Volcanoes), from the tar geyers found in the tar swamp that now exist as the La Brea Tar Pits park.
* (Trinidad): From the asphalt lake and tar seeps found on the island of Trinidad by Spanish conquistadors.

la Brea (alternative)
laBrea (alternative)
LaBrea (alternative)
Labrea (alternative)
Brea (alternative)

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English


Easingwold

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE5269).


Newtownards

Phono-semantic matching of Irish Baile Nua na hArda.

phono-semantic matching

Strangford Lough
Strangford Lough#English

A town at the head of Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.


Remsen

en-proper noun

Remsen (countable and uncountable, plural Remsens)

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


Kilwinning

A town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2943).


Watchet

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A harbour town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST0743).


Mount Morgan

A town in Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.


Stalbridge

A small town and civil parish with a town council in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7317).


Kabra

A rural town in Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.


Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

A town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Musina

Former name: Messina (possibly a corruption of the Venda name)

A town, the northernmost in Limpopo, South Africa


Mahalapye

A town in the Central District of Botswana.


Englewood

In New Jersey, believed to be a corruption of Dutch Engels woud (“English wood or forest”); the area was once known as the English Neighborhood.

der

A number of places in the United States:


Bishop's Falls

From a waterfall named for bishop John Inglis (1777 - 1850) after he visited it in the 1820s.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in north-central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Come By Chance

The town in Newfoundland may have been named for the use of the area around the town as a staging ground for surprise attacks by French soldiers during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 - 1714).

A town on the Avalon Peninsula isthmus, in east Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Karasburg

Former name: Kalkfontein, until renamed in 1939.

A town in ǁKaras Region, southern Namibia.


Mulberry

en-proper noun

Mulberry (countable and uncountable, plural Mulberrys)

Two main origins of surname:
* A variant of Mowbray, altered by folk etymology.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilbhearaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Bearach”).

der

A town in Madison Township, Clinton County, Indiana.


Bienne

A town and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.


Delémont

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


Frauenfeld

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


Yverdon-les-Bains

A town and municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland.


Welby

en-proper noun

Welby (countable and uncountable, plural Welbys)

From Old English wielle (“spring, well”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”).

A small town in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Tofield

Tofield (countable and uncountable, plural Tofields)


Horrocks

Horrocks (countable and uncountable, plural Horrockses)

Horrockses (plural)
Horrox (alternative)

From a dialect term hurrock (“heap of stones”) typical of Manchester.

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A small coastal town in the Mid West Region of Western Australia.


Jacmel

A port town, commune, and capital of Sud-Est department, Haiti


Balgowan

A town and valley in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

A small coastal town on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.


Hucknall

A town in Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5349).


Sykesville

A town in Carroll County, Maryland, United States.


Asquith

Asquith (countable and uncountable, plural Asquiths)

A town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.


Ripton

Ripton (countable and uncountable, plural Riptons)

A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.


Sakania

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

A town in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, close to the border with Zambia.


Vryburg

A town in North West province, South Africa.


Kalomo

A town, the capital of Kalomo district, Zambia.


Shamva

Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland Central#English

A town in Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe.


Luanshya

Copperbelt Province
Copperbelt Province#English

A large town in Copperbelt Province, Zambia.


Gwanda

Matabeleland South
Matabeleland South#English

A town, the capital of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe.


West Nicholson

A town in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe, named after Andy Nicholson, a prospector.


Shurugwi

Former name: Selukwe

A town in the province of Midlands, Zimbabwe.


Mvuma

Former name: Umvuma


Zvishavane

Former name: Shabani (until 1982)


Chimanimani

Former name: Melsetter (until 1982)

A town in Chimanimani District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe.


Dete

Former name: Dett

Matabeleland North
Matabeleland North#English


Bridgton

census-designated place
census-designated place

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

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


Marburg

Borrowed from German Marburg, from an unknown term + German Burg.

A town, the administrative seat of Marburg-Biedenkopf district, Hesse, Germany


Heanor

Heanor and Loscoe
Heanor and Loscoe#English

A town in Heanor and Loscoe parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4346).


Elberfeld

A town in Greerˈɛltɐ Township, Warrick County, Indiana, United States, named by German settlers after Elberfeld in Germany.


Bingen am Rhein

A town on the River Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Lehrte

A town in Hanover district, Lower Saxony, Germany.


Ravenel

Ravenel (countable and uncountable, plural Ravenels)

Ravenels (plural)
Ravenell (alternative)

Charleston County
Charleston County#English

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


Lesmahagow

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A small town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8139).


Kandalaksha

Transliteration of Russian Кандала́кша (Kandalákša), from a Uralic language.

translit

A town in Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

坎达拉克沙

Kɑ̌ndɑ́lɑ̄kèshɑ̄


Colonsay

A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, within the rural municipality.


Nhamatanda

Former name: Vila Machado

A town and district in Sofala Province, Mozambique.


Macheke

Mashonaland East
Mashonaland East#English

A town in Murewa district, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe.


Pelican

A town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, named after Pelican Lake (Oneida County, Wisconsin).


Pemba

A town in the Southern Province of Zambia.


Grand Isle

Grand-Isle (alternative)
Grande-Isle (alternative)
Grande Isle (alternative)

Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish#English

A town in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the eponymous island

Grand Isle County
Grand Isle County#English

A town in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States, on the eponymous island


Chisamba

A small town in the Central Province of Zambia.


Kapiri Mposhi

A town in the Central Province of Zambia.


Houjie

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 厚街 (Hòujiē).

In the Tungkun, Sheklung, Yashan and Lungkang areas, they encountered and defeated many groups of 200 to 300 Chinese soldiers and reached the line connecting Howkai, Talanghu, Changmutow and Pingshanhu on the evening of November 23rd.

[1938, Tokyo Gazette, volume 2, →OCLC, page 42:

The township of Houjie, for example, had an official population of 75,000, but was also home to another 100,000 migrant workers who kept its 900 factories producing. Because of this new supply of inexpensive labor, most Houjie natives had given up farming to become managers and entrepreneurs with a lifestyle and level of material consumption unimaginable under Mao. As Nicholas Kristof discovered when he visited the township shortly after my own trip, the local Party chief had long since abandoned ideology in favor of the affectations of a tycoon. Rather than making his appointed rounds in a Chinese-made Liberation-brand truck, he was ensconced in a chauffeur-driven air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz 300SEL complete with a bibiji and dageda. Towns like Houjie were commercial free-fire zones that moguls from postindustrial countries could only dream about.

1994, Orville Schell, Mandate of Heaven: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square and the Next Generation of China's Leaders, Touchstone Books, published 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 337:

According to the peasant workers, Huang's body floated up six days after the incident. As for Li's body, it was discovered 8 km to 9 km downstream at Houjie township. Huang's body was cremated on February 23 at Dongguan Crematorium and Li's was cremated on February 25. Their relatives from Guangxi did not get to Dongguan until February 27 and March 1, respectively. So they did not have a chance to bid farewell before the cremation.

2001, Anita Chan, China's Workers Under Assault: The Exploitation of Labor in a Globalizing Economy, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 40:

The city is divided into thirty-two towns, and each one specializes in manufacturing. Chang’an produces electronic components, Dalang is famous for sweaters, and Houjie makes shoes.

2008, Leslie T. Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, New York: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 19:

The town of Houjie was one of the first within Dongguan prefecture to receive Taiwanese investment.

2010, Karl Gerth, As China Goes, So Goes the World: How Chinese Consumers are Transforming Everything, New York: Hill and Wang, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 71:

In a rundown mall in Houjie, a factory town in the urban sprawl of Dongguan, the HSBC branch stands out with its bright posters and smiling receptionist, but only a handful of customers an hour crossed the threshold during a Reuters visit last week.

2017 April 27, “Empty Pearl River Delta branches a check on HSBC's China plan”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-05-25, Breaking City News:


Jean Lafitte

Named after notorious 18th century French pirate Jean Lafitte

Jean Laffite (alternative)
Jean Laffitte (alternative)
Jean Lafite (alternative)

A town in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States


Summitville

A town in Madison County, Indiana, United States.


Appin

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


Desbiens

en-proper-noun

Desbiens (countable and uncountable, plural Desbiens or Desbienses)

Desbiens (plural)
Desbienses (plural)
DesBiens (alternative)
Des Biens (alternative)
des Biens (alternative)
desBiens (alternative)
Biens (alternative)
Bien (alternative)
des Bien (alternative)
Des Bien (alternative)
desBien (alternative)
DesBien (alternative)
Desbien (alternative)

A town in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada


Fairhaven

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.


Linneus

Both places in the United States were named after Carl Linnaeus.

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

A town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.


LaPlace

From French La Place, from la (“the”)+place (“place”).

St. John the Baptist Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish#English

A town in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States


The Valley

en:San Fernando Valley
en:The Valley (disambiguation)
en:The Valley, Anguilla

British Overseas Territories
British Overseas Territories#English

A town in The Valley district, Anguilla, British Overseas Territories, United Kingdom

The capital of Anguilla, British Overseas Territories, United Kingdom


Cloyne

A small town south of Midleton, County Cork, Ireland.


Richlands

From rich + land + -s and Rich + -land + -s.

A town in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States

A town in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States


South Shore

Codington County
Codington County#English

A small town in Codington County, South Dakota.


St Anne's on the Sea

A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in Lytham St Annes, Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3229).


Kesgrave

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, formerly in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2245).


Ince-in-Makerfield

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5904).


Westhoughton

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6505).


Drumshanbo

A small town in County Leitrim, Ireland.


Clifden

A small coastal town in County Galway, Ireland.


Passage West

A town and port in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 7668).


Lahnstein

A town in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Spiez

Bernese Oberland
Bernese Oberland#English

A town and municipality in the Bernese Oberland, Bern canton, Switzerland.


Godmanchester

A town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2470).


Xinchengzi

/ˌʃɪnˈt͡ʃʌŋ(d)zɪ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新城子 (Xīnchéngzi).

In Xinchengzi, the rural township north of Miyun, farmers are no longer able to draw water from wells, forcing them to buy water from trucks.

2000 May 31, “Capital's main dam shrinking fast”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 2023-06-18:

Two macaques, the only species of monkey native to Beijing municipality, have made surprise appearances this year in Yaoqiaoyu Village, Xinchengzi Town of Miyun County.

2004 February 13, Zhang Ran, “Monkeys Return to Miyun”, in Beijing Today, number 141, →OCLC, page 5:

A town in Miyun district, Beijing, China.


Whithorn

Whitherne (alternative)
Witherne (alternative)

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A small town or royal burgh in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX4540).


Campbeltown

A town and port in Kintyre, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR7220).


Brodick

The largest town and a port on the Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS0136).


Stevenston

A town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2642).


Llangefni

The county town and community with a town council in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH4575).


Le Tréport

A town, commune and port in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.


Mound City

A number of places in the United States:

A town, the county seat of Campbell County, South Dakota.


Montville

en-proper noun

Montville (countable and uncountable, plural Montvilles)

New London County
New London County#English

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

A town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.


Gilly

Gilly (countable and uncountable, plural Gillys)

A suburban town in Charleroi municipality, Belgium.


Novinger

Novinger (countable and uncountable, plural Novingers)

A town in Adair County, Missouri, United States.


Summit

Summit (countable and uncountable, plural Summits)

Unknown origin for the surname. In place names, it usually represents a point of high elevation, perhaps the highest in the area.

Schoharie County
Schoharie County#English

A town in Schoharie County, New York, named for Mount Wharton nearby.

Lexington County
Lexington County#English

A town in Lexington County, South Carolina.


Pyrgos

A town in Elis, Peloponnese, Greece, not far from Olympia.


Amfikleia

A town in the Central Greece region of Greece.


Platy

Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia#English


Diakopto

A coastal town in Achaea, West Greece, Greece.


Kalavryta

A town and municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece.


Katakolo

A small town on the sea in Elis, West Greece, Greece.


Coober Pedy

From Australian Aborigine kupa-piti, which means "whitefellas' hole".

A town in Coober Pedy district, Far North, South Australia, Australia


Kumbungu

A town in Ghana, the capital town of the Kumbungu District in the Northern Region.


Billund

Southern Denmark
Southern Denmark#English

A town in the municipality of Billund, Southern Denmark, Denmark.


Portsea

A town on the sea near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Cockenzie and Port Seton

A coastal town in East Lothian council area, Scotland with two harbours, Cockenzie and Port Seton (OS grid ref NT4075).


Arnos Vale

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English


St George

A rural town in the Shire of Balonne, Queensland, Australia.


Hazelbrook

Compound of hazel + brook.
The community in Prince Edward Island was named for the abundance of hazel trees near it.

Hazelbrook, New South Wales
Hazelbrook, Prince Edward Island

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


Potosi

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


Sedbergh

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A small town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD6592).


Kirkby Lonsdale

A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD6178).


Namtu

A mining town in Shan State, Burma (Myanmar).


Waiau

A small town in north Canterbury, New Zealand, situated on the Waiau Uwha River.


Padborg

A town in the municipality of Aabenraa, southern Denmark, on the border with Germany.


Nykøbing

Nykøbing Falster: A town on the island of Falster, Denmark.

Nykøbing Mors: A town on the island of Mors, Denmark.

Nykøbing Sjælland: A town on the island of Zealand, Denmark.


Rødby

A town on the island of Lolland, Denmark.


Chudleigh

Chudleigh (countable and uncountable, plural Chudleighs)

A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8679).


Wister

Wister (countable and uncountable, plural Wisters)

A town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States.


Carrickmacross

/ˌkæɹɪkməˈkɹɒs/


Hoyland

Hoyland (countable and uncountable, plural Hoylands)

From Old English hoh (“hill spur”) + land (“(cultivated) land”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE372003).


Ardmore

From Irish Ard Mór (or Aird Mhór) and Scottish Gaelic Aird Mhòr, meaning "great height". See further Old Irish - and Old Irish -.

Limestone County
Limestone County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Limestone County, Alabama, bordering onto Ardmore, Tennessee.


Chagford

A market town and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7087).


Rural Retreat

A town in Wythe County, Virginia, United States.


Wenham

Wenham (countable and uncountable, plural Wenhams)

Habitational surname from any of various places in Suffolk, from Old English wynn (“pasture”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.


Hobhouse

en-proper-noun

Hobhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Hobhouses)

A small farming town in Free State province, South Africa, named after Emily Hobhouse.


Rock Creek

A number of communities in the United States:


Marland

en-proper noun

Marland (countable and uncountable, plural Marlands)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”) + land (“land, estate”).

A town in Noble County, Oklahoma, United States, named after E. W. Marland.


Silverthorne

Silverthorne (countable and uncountable, plural Silverthornes)

A town in Summit County, Colorado, United States.


Valkenswaard

A town and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.


Odum

Odum (countable and uncountable, plural Odums)

A town in Wayne County, Georgia, United States.


Boxtel

A town and municipality in North Brabant province, Netherlands.


Yenice

From Ottoman Turkish یكیجه (yenice), meaning "new town". See also yeni (“new”).

A town in Mersin Province, southern Turkey.


Dewhurst

Dewhurst (countable and uncountable, plural Dewhursts)

Dewhursts (plural)
Jewhurst (alternative)

Topographic surname from Lancashire, from Old English dēawig (“dewy”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.


Laxå

Borrowed from Swedish Laxå, from Swedish Laxån (“Laxån River”), from lad + -s- + å (from Old Norse hlað and á). Literally, “Pile Creek”, referring to an artificial bank under an ancient bridge, which was a part of the Erik’s Road. False cognate of Norwegian Nynorsk Lakså.

false cognate

A town and municipality in Örebro County, Sweden.


Chadbourn

en-proper noun

Chadbourn (countable and uncountable, plural Chadbourns)

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


Grindelwald

From Alemannic German, probably corresponding to Grindel (from Middle High German grintel, from Old High German grintil (“bar, bolt”)) + Wald (“forest”).

A small town in northern Tasmania, Australia.


Moutier

A town and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland, to be transferred to Jura canton (in 2021-2022?).


Bompas

Bompas, Ariège
Bompas, Pyrénées-Orientales

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


Ballyshannon

A town in the south of County Donegal, Ireland.


Killybegs

From Irish Cealla Beaga (literally “little churches”).

der

A coastal town in south-west County Donegal, Ireland.


Boroughbridge

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3966).


Raynham

A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Raynham, Norfolk.

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


Daisy Hill

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


Beddington

en-proper-noun

Beddington (countable and uncountable, plural Beddingtons)

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

Washington County
Washington County#English

A town in Washington County, Maine, United States.


Baarle-Nassau

A town and municipality in North Brabant province, Netherlands, adjacent to Baarle-Hertog, Belgium.


Castlederg

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, located on the River Derg.


Kindersley

Kindersley (countable and uncountable, plural Kindersleys)


Muizenberg

A coastal town in Western Cape, South Africa.


Kalka

A town in Panchkula district, Haryana, India.


Camden Town

A town, the administrative centre of Camden borough, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2984).


Yankeetown

A town in Levy County, Florida, United States.


St. Moritz

An Alpine resort town and municipality in Grisons canton, Switzerland.


Henty

en-prop

Henty (countable and uncountable, plural Hentys)

A town in Greater Hume Shire, southern New South Wales, Australia.

A town in the Shire of Glenelg, western Victoria, Australia.


Carqueiranne

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

A resort town and commune of Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in southern France.


Dungloe

A town on the west coast of County Donegal, Ireland.


New Sweden

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English


St. Brieux

Named after Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, by settlers from there.


Privas

A town and commune, the capital of Ardèche department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Digne-les-Bains

A town and commune, the capital of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Moulins

A town and commune, the capital of Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Sarreguemines

A town and commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France, which was included in Germany from 1871 to 1918.


Miramar

Probably from Spanish (mirar + mar), or Portuguese (mirar + mar), to look at the sea, sea view

A coastal town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina.

San Mateo County
San Mateo County#English

A town in western San Mateo County, California.


Altdorf

A municipality, a town, the capital of Uri canton, Switzerland.


Sarnen

A municipality, a town, the capital of Obwalden canton, Switzerland.


Liestal

A municipality, a town, the capital of Basel-Landschaft canton, Switzerland.


Herisau

Appenzell Outer Rhodes
Appenzell Outer Rhodes#English

A municipality, a town, a de facto capital of Appenzell Outer Rhodes canton, Switzerland.

Trogen

the other de facto capital of Appenzell Outer Rhodes


Castlewellan

A small town in County Down, Northern Ireland.


Banbridge

A town in County Down, Northern Ireland.


Acland

en-proper-noun

Acland (countable and uncountable, plural Aclands)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from the Old English personal name Acca + lanu (“lane, street”).

A rural town and locality in Toowoomba Region. Queensland, Australia.


Venta de Baños

Castile and León
Castile and León#English

A town and municipality in Palencia province, Castile and León, Spain.


Kilbirnie

A small town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3154).


Ardee

A town in County Louth, Ireland, situated on the River Dee.


Pola de Lena

A town in the municipality of Lena, Asturias, Spain.


Talgarth

A market town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, historically in Breconshire (OS grid ref SO1534).


Railton

en-proper noun

Railton (countable and uncountable, plural Railtons)

Habitational surname from a lost place in England, from Old English roege (“female roe deer”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Hillsville

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


Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

A town and former commune in Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Gesves

A town and municipality of Wallonia, Belgium


Skiathos

A town in Greece located on the island of the same name.


Otwock

Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship#English


Hedon

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1828).


Fort Kent

A town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.


Madawaska

Derived from Mi'kmaq matues (“porcupine”) + kak (“place”).


Gemünden am Main

A town in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.


Sontra

A small town in north-eastern Hesse, Germany.


Lucciana

A commune and town in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France.


Eagle Lake

Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County#English


Stacyville

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English


Kumarkhali

Transliteration of Bengali কুমারখালী (kumarkhali).

transliteration

Kushtia District
Kushtia District#English

A town in Kushtia District in the Khulna Division of southwestern Bangladesh.


Campbelltown

A town in the larger city of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales.


Reydon

Roger Mills County
Roger Mills County#English

A town in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States.


Navarrenx

Borrowed from French Navarrenx, itself from Occitan Navarrencs.

A commune and town in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Natick

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.


Oakwood

A number of places in the United States:

Freestone County
Freestone County#English

A town in Leon County and Freestone County, Texas.


Chilaw

North Western Province
North Western Province#English

a large town in the Puttalam district, North Western Province, Sri Lanka.


Algoma

Winnebago County
Winnebago County#English


Tomah

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


Aberlour

From Pictish *aber (“estuary”) + Lour, a river-name.

A town in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ2743).


Pentland

en-proper noun

Pentland (countable and uncountable, plural Pentlands)

Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Edinburgh, perhaps from Middle English pent (“confined, enclosed”) + land (“land”). Another possibility is Cumbric pant (“hollow”) or Cumbric pen (“head, summit, top”) + Cumbric lann (“enclosure”).


Middelfart

A town and municipality in Funen, Denmark.


Donauwörth

A town, the administrative seat of Donau-Ries district, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany.


Slave Lake

From being a lake named after the Slavey people, from French Esclave, from esclave (“slave”), from Cree term for slaves, from being a Cree exonym for the Slavey people.

Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Slave Lake#English

Lesser Slave River
Lesser Slave River#English

A town in Lesser Slave, Alberta, Canada, on Lesser Slave Lake, at the head of Lesser Slave River


Dungarvan

A coastal town and harbour in County Waterford, Ireland.


Hünfeld

A town in Fulda district, Hesse, Germany.


Blaina

Nantyglo and Blaina
Nantyglo and Blaina#English

A small town in Nantyglo and Blaina community, Blaenau Gwent county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2007).


Nantyglo

A town in Nantyglo and Blaina community, Blaenau Gwent county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1910).


Goldau

A town in Arth municipality, Schwyz canton, Switzerland.


Kassala

A town, the capital of the state of Kassala, eastern Sudan.


Fanshawe

en-proper-noun

Fanshawe (countable and uncountable, plural Fanshawes)

From an unknown element, possibly multiple distinct words originally, compounded with shaw (“forest, woods”).

A town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States.


Dolo

A town in Dolo department, Burkina Faso.

A border town in south-eastern Ethiopia, close to Somalia.


Nefasit

A small town in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea.


Manitou

The Supreme Being sense is a proprialization from the common noun, manitou.

A town in Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States.


Philipstown

Adolphus Philipse
Philip Edmond Wodehouse
Philip II of Spain

* (New York) From Philipse + town, after Adolphus Philipse.
* (Northern Cape) From Philip + -s- + town, after Philip Edmond Wodehouse.
* (Ireland) from Philip + -s- + town, after Philip II of Spain.

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

A town in the eastern Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa.

(historical) Older name of Daingean, a town in County Offaly, Ireland.


Climax

A number of places in the United States:

A small town in Decatur County, Georgia.


Leadville

A small town in Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Larwill

A town in Whitley County, Indiana, United States, originally named Huntsville, and renamed after William and Joseph Larwill.


Rapperswil

A town in Rapperswil-Jona, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.


Thaxted

A small town and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6131).


Hedge End

A town and civil parish with a town council in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4912).


Crickhowell

A town and community with a town council in south-east Powys, Wales, historically in Breconshire (OS grid ref SO2118).


Burntwood

A town and civil parish with a town council in Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0509).


Morrisville

A town in Wake County, North Carolina, named after Jeremiah Morris.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Bouarfa

A town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria.


Koulikoro

A town and commune, the capital of the Koulikoro Region, Mali.


Poultney

en-proper noun

Poultney (countable and uncountable, plural Poultneys)

Variant of Pulteney. The town in Vermont is named after William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.

A town and village (within the town) in Rutland County, Vermont, United States.


Irvinestown

From Irvine + -s- + town after ownership transferred to Clan Irvine; originally named Lowtherstown.

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.


Le Lamentin

Borrowed from French Le Lamentin (literally “The Manatee”).

bor

A town and commune of the overseas department of Martinique, France.


Grand River

(Churchill River): grand+river. Calque of Montagnais Mishta-shipu Literally, “Great River”. From mishta+shipu.

A small town in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Gällivare

A town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


Bjurholm

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


Lycksele

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


Cottage Grove

A number of places in the United States:

A small town in Henry County, Tennessee.

A town and village in Dane County, Wisconsin.


Hellevoetsluis

A town and former municipality of Voorne aan Zee, South Holland, Netherlands.


Raphoe

A small town in east County Donegal, Ireland, west of Strabane.


Papendrecht

A town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.


Mahone Bay

The name of the bay is derived from French mahonne (“type of low-slung pirate vessel”). The bay was a favored hiding place for pirates.
The town is named after the bay.

der

A town on Mahone Bay in Nova Scotia, Canada.


Tinsman

en-proper noun

Tinsman (countable and uncountable, plural Tinsmans)

A town in Calhoun County, Arkansas, United States.


Vyksa

A town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.


Capelle aan den IJssel

Borrowed from Dutch Capelle aan den IJssel.


Codrington

Codrington (countable and uncountable, plural Codringtons)

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

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

(uncountable) A placename:
A town on Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda.


Qadian

Borrowed from Urdu قادیان (qādiyān), itself a corruption of قاضی ماضی (qāẓī māẓī), shortened to قادی (qādī), and eventually قادیان (qādiyān).

Qadiyan (alternative)
Kadian (alternative)

A town and municipal council in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India, the founding place of the Ahmadiyya community.


Neuwied

A town and rural district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Friedrichshafen

From German Friedrichshafen (literally “Frederick’s harbor”), named after Frederick I of Württemberg.

der

A town on Lake Constance, Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany.


Harpers Ferry

From Harper's ferry, after a ferry operated by Robert Harper.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A small town in Jefferson County, West Virginia; best known as the site of a raid by John Brown in 1859, a major event in the origins of the American Civil War.


Monkton

en-proper-noun

Monkton (countable and uncountable, plural Monktons)

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

A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.


Hopkinton

census-designated place
census-designated place

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

Merrimack County
Merrimack County#English

A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County#English

A town in St. Lawrence County, New York, named after Roswell Hopkins.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Washington County, Rhode Island, from Hopkins + -ton, after Stephen Hopkins.


Little Compton

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


New Shoreham

A town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, coextensive with Block Island.


North Kingstown

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


North Providence

Providence County
Providence County#English

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


Scituate

Borrowed from Massachusett satuit (“cold brook”).

bor+

A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.


South Kingstown

A town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, and the traditional county seat.


West Greenwich

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


Thompsons

Fort Bend County
Fort Bend County#English

A town in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.


Gosnold

en-proper noun

Gosnold (countable and uncountable, plural Gosnolds)

Possibly from a locality called Gosenwold, from Old English gōs (“goose”) + Middle English wold (“plain”).

A town in Dukes County, Massachusetts, coextensive with the Elizabeth Islands; named after English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold.


Oak Bluffs

Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard#English

A town on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.


Chilmark

From Old English Chilmerc, from *cigel (“peg, pole”) + mearc (“boundary, mark”).

A town on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States; named after the village in Wiltshire.


Aquinnah

From Massachusett [Term?] (“land under the hill”).


Little Bay

The town in Newfoundland is named after a nearby bay.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Newent

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7225).


North Petherton

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2933).


Brierfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8436).


Beech Forest

A small town in the Shire of Colac Otway, Victoria, Australia.


Gellibrand

A town in the Shire of Colac Otway, Victoria, Australia.


Orford

en-proper noun

Orford (countable and uncountable, plural Orfords)

From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).

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

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


Dubach

Dubach (countable and uncountable, plural Dubachs)

From Alemannic German Dubach, Germanized form of French Dubois.

A town in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Morosaglia

A town and commune of the department of Upper Corsica, Corsica, France.


Manderson

Manderson (countable and uncountable, plural Mandersons)

Scottish patronymic surname, from Mander + -son.

A town in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States.


Richton

Richton (countable and uncountable, plural Richtons)

A town in Perry County, Mississippi, United States.


East Hampton

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

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

A town and village in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States.


Fish Hoek

A combination of English fish + Afrikaans hoek.

A coastal town near Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.


McKinlay

McKinlay (countable and uncountable, plural McKinlays)


Braidwood

Braidwood (countable and uncountable, plural Braidwoods)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + wudu (“wood”).

Southern Tablelands
Southern Tablelands#English

A town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.


Houten

A town and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.


Emmerich am Rhein

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A town and municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


Kaldenkirchen

A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


New Canaan

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

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


Oudewater

A town and municipality in Utrecht province, Netherlands.


Wixams

A new town and civil parish (created 2015) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0544).


Stalham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3725).


Timboon

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


Misato

A town and city in Saitama prefecture, Japan.


Padang Besar

A border town in Perlis, northern Malaysia.

A corresponding border town in Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.


Kuala Lipis

A town in Lipis District, Pahang, Malaysia.


Port Klang

A town and port in the Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia


Teluk Intan

A town in Hilir Perak District, Perak, Malaysia.


Kuala Sepetang

A coastal town in Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia.


Batu Arang

A former coal-mining town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia.


Perenjori

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A small town in the Shire of Perenjori, Western Australia.


Matamata

A town in the Waikato, North Island, New Zealand.


Neum

Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton#English

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

A town in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Silver Plume

Clear Creek County
Clear Creek County#English

A statutory town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.


Donaueschingen

A town in the Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Offenburg

From German Offenburg, from Old High German burg (castle, fortification) with an unclear first element, possibly a given name.

der

A town, the administrative seat of Ortenaukreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Titisee

A lake and spa town in Titisee-Neustadt, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Cheneyville

A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Brookston

A town in White County, Indiana, United States.


Normanby

"Village of the Norwegians", from Old Norse Norðmanna, genitive plural of Norðmaðr (“Norseman”) + býr (“village”).

A small town in Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand


Delcambre

en-proper noun

Delcambre (countable and uncountable, plural Delcambres)

Vermilion Parish
Vermilion Parish#English

A town in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Turriff

A small town in north Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7250).


Inverbervie

From Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“river mouth, confluence”) + Bervie, a river name (see Bervie Water). The 12th century form of the name was Haberberui, showing that inbhir replaced Pictish *aber (“river mouth, confluence”).

der

A small coastal town in south Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO8372).


Sedgley

en-proper noun

Sedgley (countable and uncountable, plural Sedgleys)

From the Old English personal name Seċġ, a byname from seċġ (“man, hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO9193).


Eastbrook

A town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.


Halberstadt

Halberstadt (countable and uncountable, plural Halberstadts)

A town, the administrative seat of Harz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.


Newton Mearns

East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire#English

A suburban town in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5355).


Earlston

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A small market town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Berwickshire (OS grid ref NT5738).


Casar

Casar (countable and uncountable, plural Casars)

Borrowed from either Slovene Časar, German Cäsar or Spanish Casar.

Cleveland County
Cleveland County#English

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


Jartai

Here the Alxa Platform Uplift needs a special explanation. Some Chinese geologists consider that it is not a platform but a part of a Paleozoic geosyncline. Here we still believe that it represents a platform uplift. This is supported by the following lines of evidence:[...](4) there occurs the high-grade metamorphic Alxa Group north of Jartai, which is intruded by 1365-my-old gabbro and overlain by the Late Proterozoic metamorphic rock series; and[...]

1987, “Brief Description of the Main Tectonic Units of China”, in Geotectonic Evolution of China, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 51:

Going to Jartai by Mistake
[...]At last, we saw lights up ahead and stopped our car to make inquiries. We were told that in fact this was not Linhe but Jartai, a name entirely unfamiliar to us.[...]
Jartai, the site of China's first mechanized saltworks, is not a big town, but all its hotels were packed with tourists.

1993 August, Miao Wang, Shi Bao Xiu, edited by Tu Nai Hsien, From the Pamirs to Beijing: Tracing Marco Polo's Northern Route, Hong Kong: HK China Tourism Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 101, 102:

To evaluate the stability of the NOAA Pathfinder data set, a window containing mobile sand dunes without vegetation—visited during fieldwork in September 1995—was chosen north of Jartai in the Ulan Buh Desert (Eval-site in Fig. 9).

2000 December, Micael C. Runnström, “Is Northern China Winning the Battle against Desertification?”, in AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, volume 29, number 8, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 471:

In this aerial photo taken on April 16, 2021, workers water sacsaoul trees in Gobi desert areas around Jartai Township of Araxan Left Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

2021 April 17, “Xinhua Photos of the Day (April 17)”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 2021-04-17:

A town in Alxa Left, Alxa, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China.


Poonch

Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir#English

A town and district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.


Calatayud

A town and municipality of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.


Rushworth

Rushworth (countable and uncountable, plural Rushworths)

A small town in the Shire of Campaspe, Victoria, Australia.


Joigny

A town in Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Woodhall Spa

A town, a civil parish and former spa in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1963).


Dargo

From an Aboriginal word meaning "to wait", "to have patience".

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


Norwell

Norwell (countable and uncountable, plural Norwells)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + welle (“well, spring”).

A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.


Bonsiega

A town in Liptougou department, Gnagna, Est, Burkina Faso


Dazhai

/ˌdɑːˈd͡ʒaɪ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大寨 (Dàzhài).

As in the whole country, cadres and poor and lower-middle peasants in our Taning County, inspired by the spirit of the National Conference on Learning From Tachai in Agriculture, were greatly stimulated and high in spirits and resolved to fight hard in the movement of learning from Tachai in agriculture and building Tachai-type counties everywhere.

[1976 November 5 [1976 November 2], “Shansi Article Accuses 'Gang' of Sabotages Tachai”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 215, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 4:

In 1964 a new policy emerged, which continued until about 1978 within the context of greater state support to agriculture. The origins of the policy go back to February 1960 in Hsi-yang county and the small village of Ta-chai. In that year Ch’en Yung-kuei, the production team leader of Ta-chai, reported to the Shansi Communist Party Congress how his village had raised crop yields to unprecedentedly high and stable levels through a new kind of team spirit and organization.

[1980, Ramon H. Myers, “The Development of the Socialist Economy”, in The Chinese Economy Past and Present, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 216:

The term “shanzhai” also riffs off a popular Cultural Revolution era slogan about a model village, Dazhai, which has been changed to read: “In agriculture learn from Dazhai, in industry learn from Shanzhai.”

2009 February 6, Tyra Dempster, Ben Blanchard, “"Sham glam" sweeps China as fakes get trendy”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-03-26, Lifestyle:

A town in Xiyang, Jinzhong, Shanxi, China, formerly a township


Avinger

Avinger (countable and uncountable, plural Avingers)

A town in Cass County, Texas, United States.


Rhayader

A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, historically in Radnorshire (OS grid ref SN9768).


Vierzon

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

A town and commune in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Cavalaire-sur-Mer

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

A commune and town in Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France.


Hanadi

Latakia Governorate
Latakia Governorate#English


Hawkinge

Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2140).


Red Hook

A village and town in Dutchess County, New York.


Frimley

A town in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU8758).


Wistow

From Old English wīc + stōw (“dwelling place”).


Erkrath

A town in Mettmann district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


Treorchy

Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf#English

A town and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9596).


Newcastle West

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


Pabianice

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Pabianice.

ubor

Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship#English


Shepshed

A town and civil parish with a town council in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4719).


Summertown

A town in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia.


Saint-Florent

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


Bracebridge

en-proper noun

Bracebridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bracebridges)

Perhaps from the unattested Old English element *bræsċ (“twigs, underwood”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).

A town in and the seat of the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.


Osipovichi

Asipovichy (alternative)
Osipoviči (alternative)


Bonhill

West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire#English

A small town near Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4079).


Perai

An industrial town in Penang, Malaysia, on the mainland opposite the island of Penang.


Bukit Mertajam

A town in Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia.


Pasir Mas

A town and district in Kelantan, Malaysia.


Xinan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西南 (Xīnán).

A resident of Shangdaimei village, also near Shanwei city, said hundreds of villagers had marched to local government offices in Xinan township on Sunday to protest the sale of their farmland.[…]
An official who answered the phone at the Xinan township government confirmed the protest had taken place.

2011 December 19, Fung Yat-yiu, Wen Yuqing, Luisetta Mudie, “Villagers Defy Threat of Force”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2015-09-10:

A town in Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong, China.


Arroyo Concepción

A town in Santa Cruz department, Bolivia, on the border with Brazil.


Rhuddlan

A town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0278).


Tonypandy

A town and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9992).


Portbou

A town and municipality in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain, on the border with France.


Frankford

A number of places in the United States: