Haoxue

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 郝穴 (Hǎoxué).

Hosüeh (alternative)
Hao-hsüeh (alternative)

After a certain period of regrouping, our troops launched an attack at Haohsueh where we wiped out an entire Kuomintang battalion, thus winning the first major victory since the founding of the Hunghu base area. We later liberated Laohsinkou, Mienyang, Chienchiang and other cities and townships.

[1978 July 19 [1978 July 14], “How the Hunghu Red Base Area Was Built”, in Daily Report People's Republic of China, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from People's Daily and Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original by Hsu Kuang-ta (in Chinese), →ISSN, →OCLC, page E 4:

FLOATING WATERWORKS China's first shipborne waterworks has gone into operation on the Yangtze in Jiangling county, Hubei. The double-decked waterworks is capable of producing 10,000 of potable water a day for the 15,000 residents of Haoxue.

1984, Summary World Broadcasts: The Far East, →OCLC, page 2:

The personnel and organizations responsible for the collection of the earth fee varied considerably from place to place and changed over time. In Jiangling, for example, as early as 1801 two (government-run) tuju (earth bureaus) were set up in Shashi and Haoxue to collect the earth fee.

2014, Jiayan Zhang, Coping with Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant Response in Central China, 1736-1949, UBC Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 55:

In 1906 (32nd year of Guangxu's reign), while studying in the preparatory high school attached to Hexunliangdeng Academy in Haoxue Town of Jiangling County, he and his schoolmate Hu Egong founded the Furen Association, and began the rebellion again^([sic – meaning against]) the Qing Dynasty.

2015, Deshan Xiong, Social History of China, New York: SCPG Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106:

A town in Jiangling, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.


Yesanguan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 野三關 /野三关 (Yěsānguān).

Yehsankwan (alternative)
Yeh-san-kuan (alternative)

Under public pressure, Hubei officials freed her on bail. Mr. Wu helped recruit a prominent Beijing law firm to represent Ms. Deng.
On May 22, Beijing censors ordered Web sites to stop reporting on the case. Four days later, television and the Internet were cut off in Yesanguan, the town where the attack occurred.

2009 June 16, Michael Wines, “Civic-Minded Chinese Find a Voice Online”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-01-29, Asia Pacific:

This bridge is a 0.7 mile (1.1 km) long suspension bridge spanning the deeply carved valley of the Sidu River near Yesanguan in Badong County, in the southwest of China's Hubei Province.

2013, Wolfgang Kunth, editor, Terra Maxima: the Records of Humankind, Firefly Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 374:

The Sidu River Bridge is located in Yesanguan Town, Badong County, Enshi Prefecture, Hubei, and formulates an essential link in the Yichang — Enshi section of Shanghai — Chengdu National Highway. Its main structure is a truss girder suspension bridge 900m in main span length (Fig. 1).

2013, Bridge and Structural Engineering Branch, China Highway and Transportation Society, editor, Innovation-Oriented Contemporary Chinese Bridges, Paths International, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 210:

The suspension bridge is situated in the remote Yesanguan Town of Badong County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, over Sidu River.

2016 May 17, Sophie Williams, “Now THAT'S a high-way! Spectacular aerial images show China's impressive mountain overpass built over a 1,630ft valley”, in Daily Mail MailOnline, archived from the original on 2016-05-18:

A town in Badong, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.


Guling

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 牯嶺 /牯岭 (Gǔlǐng).

Kuling (alternative)
Ku-ling (alternative)

In November 1981, he was touring Jiangsi province to explore investment possibilities and stopped for the night in Guling on Mount Lu. On the evening of Nov. 7, Hoose wrote a sentimental letter to his wife, Georgia. “Here I am, 61 years later, at the place I was born on June 2, 1920. Amazingly, I remember a few features from when I was six. Little has changed—just different neighbors. It is beautiful here. … Am off and down the Mt. to Kiukiang tomorrow.

2022 February 21, Mike Chinoy, quoting Harned Pettus Hoose, “‘I Can Think as the Chinese Do’”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 2022-02-21:

A town in Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in eastern China.


Sandouping

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 三斗坪 (Sāndǒupíng).

So it is not surprising that, in this century, China's leaders should dream of harnessing the river, taming its floods and turning its raw power into electricity. And now, near the small town of Sandouping at the mouth of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze, their dreams are slowly taking shape.

1997 January 5, Zheng Nian, “A Flood of Troubles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-01, Section 34, page 34:

The rural dwellers who will be moved are scattered throughout 19 counties and municipalities, from Sandouping in Yichang Municipality, to Mudong Township in Ba County.

1998, Dai Qing, translated by Yi Ming, edited by John G. Thibodeau and Philip B. Williams, The River Dragon has Come! The Three Gorges Dam and the Fate of China's Yangtze River and Its People, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 44:

The town of Sandouping in Xiling Gorge, now the site of the Three Gorges Dam, was known for a short time as "Little Wuhan" because of all the commercial activity generated by the thousands of people who stopped there on the way to Chongqing.

2002, Deirdre Chetham, “War Along the Yangtze”, in Before the Deluge: The Vanishing World of the Yangtze's Three Gorges, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 108:

Even before the onset of the economic crisis, power availability was improving owing to the completion of the Three Gorges dam and the installation of the last of the massive generating turbines at Sandouping.

2009 January 8, John Kemp, “Downturn hits China's manufacturing heartland: John Kemp”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-08-27, Columns:

A town in Yiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China.


Jingxin

/ˌd͡ʒɪŋˈʃiːn/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 敬信 (Jìngxìn).

People in multi-national Hunchun County in Northeast China's Yenpien Korean Autonomous Chou (Kirin Province) have made rapid progress in the revolution and production by closing their ranks under the guidance of the Chinese Communist Party's policy towards nationalities.[…]
Chin Cheng-ho, a veteran cadre of Korean nationality, is secretary of the Chinghsin commune party committee. During the Cultural Revolution, he has led the whole commune to learn from Tachai, national pace-setter in agriculture.

[1972 July 27 [1972 July 27], “All Nationalities Help Each Other in Kirin Chou”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 146, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page G 3:

More speculative plans are afoot for a world-class Tumen River Airport at Jingxin on China's border with Russia which lies on the polar route between Europe and Japan.

1995, Peter J. Rimmer, “Integrating China into East Asia: Cross-border Regions and Infrastructure Networks”, in Stuart Harris, Garry Klintworth, editors, China as a Great Power, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 319:

Uncoordinated expansion by competitive riparian countries would have caused waste or misallocation of scarce capital through overlapping projects, For example, the DPRK is trying to build Sonbong Airport, while China and Russia are holding out for their own international airports, in Jingxin and Khraskino.

2002, Jaeho Hwang, “Economic and Institutional Constraints on the TRADP”, in The Significance of Regionalism as an Element of China's Security and Foreign Policy: The Case of the Tumen River Area Development Project (TRADP) (Thesis), London School of Economics and Political Science, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-30, page 259:

For more than a decade, Chinese villagers in the Jingxin village on the Sino-DPRK border became used to hearing the noises of shooting and finding the floating corpses of North Korean escapees in the Tumen River.

2019, Bo Gao, China's Economic Engagement in North Korea (Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 94:

A town in Hunchun, Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China, formerly a township and before that a people's commune.


Dongsong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東宋 /东宋 (Dōngsòng).

東宋 /东宋

town in central China; village in central China

A town in Luoning, Luoyang, Henan, China.


Zhicheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 枝城 (Zhīchéng).

The second finding was that from the point where the Chang Jiang leaves the gorges to below Zhicheng in Hubei, the river widens allowing the river bed to release a large volume of water.

1992 May 12 [1992 February 22], Jianrong [3695 1696 2837] Di, “A Study of the Civil Defense Issue”, in JPRS Report Science and Technology China: S&T Policy, numbers 92-009, page 52, column 1:

He glanced across at Robin. Bright blue gaze locking with thoughtful grey. ‘Heading this way at fifty mph or so. But what we really need is news from Zhicheng.’ His finger moved the equivalent of five hundred miles upriver towards the Three Gorges. ‘Whatever is coming down on Anquing, at least three times more will be coming down on there.’
‘Zhicheng,’ answered Daniel. ‘It’s the next city downriver from the dam.’

2010, Peter Tonkin, Red River (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 12:

Video has surfaced on Weibo of a woman inspecting earthmovers in a ceramics factory at 9:44 a.m. on Feb. 24 in Zhicheng Township of Yidu City, according to a netizen who posted the video.

2019 March 5, Keoni Everington, “Chinese woman dies after being dumped by loader into sand crusher”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2019-03-05:


Zhicheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 軹城 /轵城 (Zhǐchéng).

The Tonghuagou cemetery is located north of Tonghuagou village, Zhicheng town, Jiyuan city, and was excavated on a large scale in 1991.

2000, 考古, numbers 1-6, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 174:

Both Taiming and Taiqing were born in Zhicheng, about 10 kilometers from Yanmen.[...] After Japan surrendered, he returned to his hometown, Zhicheng.[...]
The train got us as far as Zhicheng. There a big group of relatives awaited us at the station.[...]It was a distance of about a dozen kilometers from Zhicheng to Yanmen. A two-wheel pushcart was prepared for my parents and our luggage.

2009, Stephen Songsheng Chen, Red Circle: China and Me, 1949-2009, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 118, 301:

2.1 Source of leachate
Jiyuan landfill exists at Zaoshu ridge, Zhicheng town, Jiyuan city, which is 10km from Jiyuan city, and area is about 1,200,000 m².

2009, Caixia Tian, Yanli Li, “Study on Characteristics and Treatment Technology for JiYuan Landfill Leachate”, in Memoirs of the Muroran Institute of Technology, volume 59, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 125, column 2:

Emperor Liu Heng granted titles to all the men who were fathers in the whole realm. He made General Bo Zhao Marquis of Zhi (now Zhicheng Town, Jiyuan, Henan Province).

2020, Hing Ming Hung, The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China’s Han Dynasty, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 91:


Alkmaar

A town and resort in Commewijne District, Suriname.


Taipingxi

/ˌtaɪpɪŋˈʃiː/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 太平溪 (Tàipíngxī).

In the fifth year of K'ang-hsi [1666] Huang Yü-hsüan, the magistrate, established the three t'u of T'ai-p'ing Hsi Hsiang, restoring the original number.

[1960, Kung-chuan Hsiao, Rural China: Imperial Control in the Nineteenth Century, University of Washington Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 532:

On the issue of a dam site, the YVPO and those who build protective engineering projects (fanghu gongcheng) favored the Taipingxi site; the shipping and construction departments favored the Sandouping site; and others felt that they lacked sufficient information to make a well-grounded decision.

1988, Kenneth Lieberthal, Michel Oksenberg, Policy Making in China: Leaders, Structures, and Processes, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 314:

Two years later still came the recommendation that the dam be built at yet another place, this one called Taipingxi: on this site the builders would need less concrete, but there would have to be more costly excavation. Taipingxi the generals also liked: they could set up lots of antiaircraft guns here, they reported. But the excavation costs scuppered this choice a year or so later.

1996, Simon Winchester, The River at the Center of the World, New York: Picador, published 2004, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 224:

Taipingxi Township, Yichang County, provided experience from developing tea farms on which relocatees can be resettled.

1998, Dai Qing, translated by Yi Ming, edited by John G. Thibodeau and Philip B. Williams, The River Dragon has Come! The Three Gorges Dam and the Fate of China's Yangtze River and Its People, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 192:

President Xi Jinping takes a wooden club used to beat clothes in washing from a villager and talks with villagers at Xujiachong village of Taipingxi town in Yichang city, Central China’s Hubei province, April 24, 2018. Xujiachong is a village for people relocated to make way for the construction of the Three Gorges project.[...]
President Xi Jinping talks with residents at Xujiachong village of Taipingxi town in Yichang city, Central China’s Hubei province, April 24, 2018.[...]
President Xi Jinping talks with village officials at Xujiachong village of Taipingxi town in Yichang city, Central China’s Hubei province, April 24, 2018.

2018 April 29, “Xi calls for maintaining new development philosophy, winning ‘three tough battles’”, in State Council of the People's Republic of China, archived from the original on 2022-04-01:


Wushan

A town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China.


Benfleet

A town, properly known as South Benfleet, in Castle Point borough, Essex, England.


South Benfleet

A town in Castle Point borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7887).


Churubusco

Borrowed from Spanish Churubusco, from Classical Nahuatl Huitzilopochco, from Huitzilopochtli (name of a god) + -co (locative suffix). Doublet of Huitzilopochco.


Busco

Clipping of Churubusco, from Spanish Churubusco, from Classical Nahuatl Huitzilopochco, from Huitzilopochtli (name of a god) + -co (locative suffix).


Olonets

A town in northwestern Russia, the oldest documented settlement in Karelia.


Anping

A town in the county-level city of Cenxi, Guangxi autonomous region, China.

A town in Zhecheng County, Henan, China.

An urban town in the county-level city of Lianyuan, Hunan, China.


Cookstown

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A town and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, named after Dr. Alan Cooke.


Mwanza

A town in Mwanza District, south-west Malawi.


Chenjiagang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陳家港 /陈家港 (Chénjiāgǎng).

Ch'en-chia-chiang (alternative)
Ch'en-chia-kang (alternative)

Chenjiagang Power Plant to be built is located at Chenjiagang Town nearby Guanhe River in Jiangsu (Figure 1)....The river section from Chenjiagang to the river mouth is 11km long, with average width of water surface below mean tide level of 820m~1,100m, and natural water depth of 8~11m.

2009, Dou Xiping, Li Tilai, Gao Xiangyu, Qu Hongling, “Numerical Model of Oil Spilled During Ship Accident in Guanghe Estuary, China”, in Soon Keat Tan, Zhenhua Huang, editors, Asian And Pacific Coasts 2009, volume 1, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 322:

The blast occurred on Thursday at the Chenjiagang Industrial Park in the city of Yancheng, in Jiangsu province, and the fire was finally brought under control at 3 a.m. local time on Friday (1900 GMT), state television said.

2019 March 21, David Stanway, “China chemical plant blast kills 62; Xi orders probe”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2020-11-08:

Li Hongmei, a hotel owner from Chenjiagang, said she had seen a three-year-old boy being thrown into the air by the force of the shock wave that had left him visibly terrified.

2019 March 23, Sidney Leng, Zhuang Pinghui, “Chinese chemical plant survivors relive horror of ‘earth-shattering’ blast”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-03-22, Society:

A town in Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.


Hai'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 海安 (Hǎi'ān).

Haian (alternative)
Hai-an (alternative)

A town in Xuwen, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.


Isleworth

A large suburban area and small town in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1676).


Molesey

Elmbridge Borough
Elmbridge Borough#English

A town in Elmbridge Borough, Surrey, England, on the opposite side of the River Thames from Hampton Court. Divided into East and West Molesey.

a river flowing into the Thames at East Molesey


Romford

en-proper noun

Romford (countable and uncountable, plural Romfords)

Romfords (plural)
Rumfitt (alternative)
Rumford (alternative)

From Old English rūm (“broad, spacious”) + ford (“ford”).

A large town in the borough of Havering, Greater London; historically a market town in Essex (OS grid ref TQ5188).


Harlesden

A town and suburb in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2183).


Tepenixtlahuaca

Borrowed from Spanish Tepenixtlahuaca, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl ixtlahuacan (“a plain”).


Pleszew

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Pleszew.


Xiangshui

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 响水 (Xiǎngshuǐ).


Streatham

A small town in the Rural City of Ararat, Victoria, Australia.


Carshalton

/kɑːˈʃɔːltən/

/kɑːˈʃɒltən/

A town and suburb in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2764).


Erith

A riverside town in the borough of Bexley, Greater London.


Crayford

From Old English Creċġanford, Creċġan ford, Creċċan ford, equivalent to Cray (River) + ford.

A town in the borough of Bexley, on the edge of Greater London.


Coulsdon

A town mainly in the borough of Croydon, on the edge of Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2959).


Catford

en-proper noun

Catford (countable and uncountable, plural Catfords)

‘My grandma lived in Catford. I spent a lot of time there growing up.’

2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 40:

A suburban town in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England.


Beckenham

A suburban town in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3769).


Eltham

'Elta's homestead', from Old English personal name Elta + hām (“homestead”).


Plaistow

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

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


Blackheath

A town in Sandwell borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9786).

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


Stanmore

Stanmore (countable and uncountable, plural Stanmores)

Recorded as Stanmere in the Domesday Book, the placename is named with Old English stān (“stone”) + mere (“pool”).

A suburban town in the borough of Harrow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1691).


Hornchurch

/hɔːnt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ/

A suburban town in the borough of Havering, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ5386).


Wallington

Wallington (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingtons)

From Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton, Welshman”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A suburban town in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ294645).


Bexleyheath

A suburban town in the borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4975).


Sudbury

From Old English suþ (“south”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Southbury.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8741).

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.


Queensbury

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Queen's Rangers
United Empire Loyalist

From queen's + -bury. In particular, the New York town is named for the British queen consort Charlotte. The New Brunswick parish is named for the Queen's Rangers, a Loyalist unit during the American Revolution similarly named for Queen Charlotte. The West Yorkshire village derives from earlier Queenshead, both named in honor of a local pub. Cf. Kingsbury.

A town, the county seat of Warren County, New York.


Broxbourne

A town in Broxbourne borough, south-east Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3607).


Oxted

Appears in the Domesday Book as Acstede, "place where oaks grew"

A town and civil parish in and the administrative centre of Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3952).


Bedworth

Nuneaton and Bedworth
Nuneaton and Bedworth#English

A market town in Nuneaton and Bedworth borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3586).


Market Bosworth

Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth#English

A small market town and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4003).


Wigston

Oadby and Wigston
Oadby and Wigston#English

A town in Oadby and Wigston borough, Leicestershire, England


Coleford

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5710).


West Bridgford

A town in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, just across the River Trent from Nottingham.


Wilby

en-proper noun

Wilby (countable and uncountable, plural Wilbys)

Various origins:
* The village in Norfolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).
* The village in Northamptonshire is named with the Old Norse personal name Villi + bý (“farmstead”).
* The village in Suffolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + bēag (“ring, circle”).

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


Haywards Heath

Recorded as Heyworth in 1261, from Old English hege + worð (“enclosure with a hedge”), and as Haywards Hoth in 1544.

der

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3323).


Shoreham-by-Sea

A coastal town and port in Adur district, West Sussex, England.


Colditz

All a bit Colditz, isn't it?

1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 19:

A town in Saxony, Germany, famed for its castle and its former POW camp.


Kyaingtong

Borrowed from Burmese ကျိုင်းတုံ (kyuing:tum), from Shan ၵဵင်းတုင် (káeng tǔng).

A town in Shan State, Burma, formerly known as Kengtung


Myitkyina

Borrowed from Burmese မြစ်ကြီးနား (mrackri:na:).

A town, the capital of Kachin State, Myanmar.


Meiktila

Borrowed from Burmese မိတ္ထီလာ (mithtila).


Taungoo

Borrowed from Burmese တောင်ငူ (taungngu).

Taungngu (alternative)
Toungoo (alternative)


Pakokku

Borrowed from Burmese ပခုက္ကူ (pa.hkukku).


Loikaw

Borrowed from Burmese လွိုင်ကော် (lwuingkau).


Myingyan

Borrowed from Burmese မြင်းခြံ (mrang:hkram).


Yenangyaung

Borrowed from Burmese ရေနံချောင်း (renamhkyaung:).


Hlegu

Borrowed from Burmese လှည်းကူး (hlany:ku:).


Mogok

Borrowed from Burmese မိုးကုတ် (mui:kut).


Shwebo

Borrowed from Burmese ရွှေဘို (hrwebhui).

A town in the Sagaing Region, Burma (Myanmar).


Minbu

Borrowed from Burmese မင်းဘူး (mang:bhu:).


Hinthada

Borrowed from Burmese ဟင်္သာတ (hangsata.).

A town in the Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar, formerly known as Henzada


Aunglan

Borrowed from Burmese အောင်လံ (aunglam).


Nyaunglebin

Borrowed from Burmese ညောင်လေးပင် (nyaungle:pang).


Bogale

Borrowed from Burmese ဘိုကလေး (bhuika.le:).

A town in the Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar


Magwe

A town and capital of the Magwe Region, Myanmar.


Thayawadi

Borrowed from Burmese သာယာဝတီ (sayawa.ti).


Myawaddy

Borrowed from Burmese မြဝတီ (mra.wa.ti).


Nykarleby

A town and municipality of Ostrobothnia, Finland.


Victoriaville

French: Victoriaville

From Victoria + -ville, after Queen Victoria.

A town in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in south-central Quebec, Canada.


Lianjiang

Lienkong (alternative)
Lienchiang (alternative)
Lien-chiang (alternative)
Lienkiang (alternative)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 連江／连江 (Liánjiāng).

連江 /连江

county in eastern China; town in eastern China ; alternative form of Lienchiang (Matsu Islands)

A town in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China.


Anyang

An-yang (alternative)
An-Yang (alternative)


Sơn Tây

A town in the municipality of Hanoi, Vietnam.


Wenquan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溫泉 /温泉 (Wēnquán).

The Yingshan County Wenquan Town Hardware Factory's Products Sell Well Abroad. The screwnails produced by the Wenquan Town Hardware Factory in Yingshan County, Hubei Province, consist of four varieties and 24 types.

1985, 中國市場 [China Market], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49:

A Red soil (Ultisol, USDA classification) was sampled from the 11 to 40 cm layer of an upland in Wenquan, Hubei province, China.

2005, Qiaoyun Huang, Wei Liang, Peng Cai, “Adsorption, desorption and activities of acid phosphatase on various colloidal particles from an Ultisol”, in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, volume 45, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 210:

Wenquan Town creates Bailiu tea demonstration belt and Leijia Town creates the Three Mountains and A Lawn tea industry belt.[...]From the area comparison of all villages and towns in Yingshan County, Yangliuwan Town, Leijiadian Town, Shitouzui Town and Wenquan Town have a better basis on the tea development, whose plantation areas are larger than other towns;[…]

2016, Luan Hu, Juan Yuan, Qing Wang, “The Dilemmas and Solutions of Tea Industrialization Development in Yingshan County of Hubei Province”, in Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Economy, Management and Education Technology, →DOI, archived from the original on 2021-06-01, page 1388:

A town in Yingshan, Huanggang, Hubei, China.


Qidu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 七都 (Qīdū).

Ch'i-tu (alternative)
Chitu (alternative)

Puppeteers perform a Kunqu Opera play in Qidu Town in Wujiang District of Suzhou City, China.

2023 May 21, “China’s traditional Kunqu Opera brings puppetry to life”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-20:

A town in Wujiang district, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.


Tinguiririca

A town in the commune of Chimbarongo, Colchagua province, Chile.


Pelluhue

A town and commune of Cauquenes province, Chile.


Coba

en-proper noun

Coba (countable and uncountable, plural Cobas)

Borrowed from Galician and Spanish Coba.

A small town in Mexico, formerly a Mayan city.


Sortavala

A town in Karelia, Russia, formerly in Finland.


Kilauea

From Hawaiian Kīlauea, from kī (intensifying prefix) + lau (“many, much”) + ea (“to rise, go up, expand”).

A town near the eponymous volcano Hawaii, Hawaii, United States


Toccopola

From Oaktockopullo (name of a Chickasaw village), from Chickasaw oktaak oppolo (“ruined prairie”).

A town in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States.


Maolin

From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 茂林 (Màolín).

A town in Jing County, Xuancheng, Anhui, China.


Portrush

A coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland


Zango

A town and commune in Viana, Luanda Province, Angola.


McCool

McCool (countable and uncountable, plural McCools)

McCools (plural)
Mc Cool (alternative)
Mccool (alternative)
MacCool (alternative)
Mac Cool (alternative)
Maccool (alternative)
Macool (alternative)
MaCool (alternative)
Ma'Cool (alternative)
M'Cool (alternative)
Cool (alternative)
McCole (alternative)

A town in Attala, Mississippi, United States


Xochapa

Borrowed from Spanish Xochapa, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl xōchitl (“flower”) + āpan (“river”)), calqued from a Mixtec language, e.g. Alcozauca Mixtec I̱ta Ita (literally “flower river”).

noncog

Alcozauca de Guerrero
Alcozauca de Guerrero#English

A town in Alcozauca de Guerrero, Guerrero, Mexico.


Santa Rita

A town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador


McClure

en-proper noun

McClure (countable and uncountable, plural McClures)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (“son of the dun lad”), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (“dun; dark”).

der

A place in the United States:
A town in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.


Pottawattamie Park

A town in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States.


Polch

A town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.


Germantown

Washington County
Washington County#English

A village and town in Washington County, Wisconsin.


East Germantown

A town in Wayne County, Indiana, United States.


Germanton

The former name of the small town Holbrook in southern New South Wales, Australia.


Pargas

Southwest Finland
Southwest Finland#English

A town and municipality of Southwest Finland, in the Archipelago Sea.


Ocotepec

Borrowed from Spanish Ocotepec, from Classical Nahuatl Ocotepēc (or an equivalent in another Nahuan language), from ocotl (“pine tree”) + tepētl (“mountain”) + -c (locative suffix).

affix

A town in Mixe district, Oaxaca, Mexico.

A town in Tlacolula district, Oaxaca, Mexico.


Ocotepec

Borrowed from Spanish Ocotepec, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Ocotepēc), calqued from a Mixtec language.

A town in Tlaxiaco district, Oaxaca, Mexico.


Santo Tomás Ocotepec

Borrowed from Spanish Santo Tomás Ocotepec.


Sandomierz

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Sandomierz.

ubor

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship#English

A town in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland.


Ixcuintepec

Borrowed from Spanish Ixcuintepec, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Itzcuintepēc, from itzcuintli (“dog”) + tepētl (“mountain”) + -c (locative suffix)), calqued from a Mixe language (e.g. Totontepec Mixe Oc Cuvajcm, from oc (“dog”) + cuvajc (“head”)).


Sandhurst

Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest#English

A town and military academy in Bracknell Forest borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8361)


Hessle

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 TA0326).


Zebulon

A town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States, named after Zebulon Baird Vance.


Porthmadog

A small coastal town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5638)


Rhymney

A town and community in Caerphilly county borough, South Wales (OS grid ref SO1107).


Oaxtepec

Borrowed from Spanish Oaxtepec, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl Huāxtepēc, equivalent to huāxin (a type of tree) + tepētl (“mountain”) + -c (locative suffix).


Biggleswade

From the Old English personal name Biccel or Biceil + -s- + wæd (“ford”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1944).


Ollerton

Ollerton and Boughton
Ollerton and Boughton#English

Newark and Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood#English

A small town in Ollerton and Boughton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6567)


Helensburgh

A town in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2982).

A small town in New South Wales, Australia.


Coatbridge

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7365).


Castle Donington

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire#English

A village, small market town, and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid reference SK4427).


Willington

A town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States.


Lostwithiel

From Cornish, the exact origin is unknown; possibly Old Cornish lost gwydhyel (“tail-end of the woodland”), for the second element see Breton gwez. More at Lostwithiel.

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1059).


Upton-on-Severn

Upton upon Severn (alternative)
Upton-upon-Severn (alternative)

A small town and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8540).


Westerham

en-proper noun

Westerham (countable and uncountable, plural Westerhams)

Westerhams (plural)
Westrum (alternative)

From Old English westerne (“western”) + hām (“homestead”).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4454).


Hawarden

A small town in north Canterbury, New Zealand.


Eidsvold

From Norwegian, since 1918 revised to Eidsvoll.


Chipping Ongar

A small market town in Ongar parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5503).


Burscough

A small town and civil parish with a town council in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4411).


Millom

A town in Copeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD1780).


Newton Aycliffe

A new town (founded in 1947) in Great Aycliffe parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2724).


Warsop

A small town in Mansfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5667).


Totton

Totton and Eling
Totton and Eling#English

A town in Totton and Eling parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3613).


Saxmundham

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3863).


Inverurie

A town and royal burgh in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7721).


Baisha

From the Mandarin 白沙 (Báishā, literally “white sand”).

bor

Pai-sha (alternative)
Paisha (alternative)

A town in Hanjiang district, Putian, Fujian, China

A town in Xinluo district, Longyan, Fujian, China

A town in Zhongmu, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

A town in Yichuan, Luoyang, Henan, China

A town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China

A town in Xiaochang, Xiaogan, Hubei, China

A town in Changning, Hengyang, Hunan, China

A town in Xinning, Shaoyang, Hunan, China

A town in Luxi, Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China

A town in Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China

A town in Leizhou, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China

A town in Yingde, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China

A town in Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China

A town in Hepu, Beihai, Guangxi autonomous region, China

A town in Guiping, Guigang, Guangxi autonomous region, China

A town in Fuchuan, Hezhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China

A town in Liujiang district, Liuzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China

A town in Jiangjin district, Chongqing, China

A town in Nanchuan district, Chongqing, China

A town in Shuangliu district, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

A town in Hejiang, Luzhou, Sichuan, China

A town in Wanyuan, Dazhou, Sichuan, China

A town in Shiqian, Tongren, Guizhou, China

A town in Qingshui, Tianshui, Gansu, China

A town in Yulong, Lijiang, Yunnan, China


Maesteg

A town and community with a town council in Bridgend county borough, Wales, previously in Mid Glamorgan (OS grid ref SS8591).


Ebbw Vale

A town in Blaenau Gwent county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1609).


Aberdare

Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf#English

A town in Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough, South Wales (OS grid ref SO0002).


Manningtree

From Old English manig (“many”) + treow (“tree”).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1031).


Brigg

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”). Doublet of bridge and Bruges.

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

A market town in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0007).


Grangemouth

A town, oil refinery and port in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9381).


Failsworth

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8901).


Stainforth

A town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6411).


Brading

A small town and civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ6086).


Southam

en-proper noun

Southam (countable and uncountable, plural Southams)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + hām (“homestead”).

A market town and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4161).


Pitlochry

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A town or burgh in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9458).


Wellesley

→ Fijian: weleti (literally “papaya”), via a ship named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington that first brought this fruit, see etymology there

Fijian: leweti (by metathesis)

Samoan: ʻesi

Tongan: lesi

From the name of the town Wells (“springs”) + lēah (“woodland”), thus 'the woodland by the springs'.

Wellersley (alternative)
Wellsley (alternative)

A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for the estate of local benefactor Horatio Hollis Hunnewell


Cricklade

A small town and civil parish in northern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1093).


Haltwhistle

A small town and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY7064).


Barmouth

A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6115).


Longtown

A small town in Arthuret parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in the City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3868).


Dalkeith

From Cumbric [Term?], equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow”) + Welsh coed (“wood, forest”).

A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3367).


Bedlington

A town in West Bedlington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2581).


Ashington

A town and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2787).


Bridge of Earn

A small town in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1318).


Aviemore

A town in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8913).


Kingussie

A small town in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7500).


Dunkeld

Dunkeld and Birnam
Dunkeld, Queensland
Dunkeld, Victoria

Southern Grampians
Southern Grampians#English

A town in the Shire of Southern Grampians, Victoria, Australia.


Tisbury

From Old English personal name *Tyssi, genitive case *Tysses + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard#English

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


Cranbrook

Many more people join at intermediate stations, such as the newish station at Cranbrook, which serves a huge new housing estate; […].

2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:

A new town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY0095).

Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
Cranbrook and Sissinghurst#English

A small town in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7736).

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A small town and local government area (Shire of Cranbrook) in southern Western Australia.


Carstairs

From Cumbric *cair (“fort”) + Cumbric Tarras, a river name.

Mountain View County
Mountain View County#English

A town in Mountain View County, central Alberta, Canada.


Mossend

A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7460).


Cold Spring

Coldspring (alternative)
Cold Springs (alternative)

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A town and unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.


Stonington

New London County
New London County#English

A town and borough of New London County, Connecticut, United States.

A town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.


Altoona

A number of places in the United States:

A town mostly in Etowah County, Alabama.


Groton

In Suffolk, recorded as Grotena in 1086 (DB), probably from Old English groten + ēa (“sandy or gravelly stream”). Places in the United States were directly or indirectly named after this village.

der

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

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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

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

Caledonia County
Caledonia County#English

A town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States.


Logansport

A town in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Framlingham

/ˈfɹæmlɪŋəm/

A market town and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2863).


Westerly

Washington County
Washington County#English

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


Windsor Locks

A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.


Old Saybrook

A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.


Halfway

A small town in Baker County, Oregon, United States.


Bluefield

A town in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States.


Auburndale

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


Rocky Mount

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


Branford

New Haven County
New Haven County#English

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

A town in Suwannee County, Florida, United States.


Foxborough

From Fox + borough, after Charles James Fox.

A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.


East Greenwich

East Greenwich
East Greenwich Township, New Jersey

A town, the county seat of Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.


Soham

Inherited from Old English Soegham, from a compound of sǣ (“sea”) and hām (“homestead”).

East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire#English

A town and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5973).


Brighouse

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1423).


Conisbrough

From Old English Cyningesburh, from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort; manor; town”). Doublet of Kingsbury, Kingsberry, Kingsburg, and Kingsburgh. Cf. also Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, Kingsville, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Coningsby, and Conington.

doublet

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5198).


Shirebrook

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5267).


Kirkby Stephen

A small market town and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7708).


Kirkby

en-proper noun

Kirkby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkbys)

From kirk + -by. From Old Scandinavian / Old Norse kirkja+býr, a village with a church.

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4198).


Leuchars

A small town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4521).


Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot#English

A town and community (without a council) in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7689).


Kintore

A town and former royal burgh in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7916).


Wymondham

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1101).


Knaresborough

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3557).


Higham Ferrers

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9668).


Attleborough

A market town and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0495).


Saltcoats

A coastal town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2441).

A town and rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.


Tywyn

A coastal town and community with a town council in southern Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5800).


Enniskillen

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.


Ruoqiang

/ˌɹwoʊˈt͡ʃjɑŋ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 若羌 (Ruòqiāng).

Jochiang (alternative)
Jo-chiang (alternative)
Jo-ch'iang (alternative)

A town in Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China


Inverkeithing

A harbour town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1383).


Dalgety Bay

A town and bay in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1683).


Dalgety

Apparently a surname (also spelt Dalgetty), although Dalgety Bay was originally named Dalgety.

A small town in southern New South Wales, Australia.


Burntisland

A royal burgh (town) in the Fife council area of Scotland (OS grid ref NT2385).


Cardenden

A town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2295).


Lochgelly

A town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1893).


Appleby-in-Westmorland

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, formerly named Appleby (OS grid ref NY6820).


Bowness-on-Windermere

Windermere and Bowness
Windermere and Bowness#English

A town on Lake Windermere, in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4096).


Topsham

A town in City of Exeter district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9688).

census-designated place
census-designated place

Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc County#English

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

A town in Orange County, Vermont, United States.


Amlwch

From Welsh, am (“at, near”) + lwch (“water”).

A town and community with a town council in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH4493).


Willenhall

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9698).


Bathgate

From Cumbric badd + ceto- (boar wood), recorded as Batket c. 1160.

A town in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9768).


Qiemo

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 且末.

Chiehmo (alternative)
Ch'ieh-mo (alternative)

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


Nasu

A town and district of Tochigi prefecture, Japan.


Carmarthen

Inherited from Middle English Keyrmerthyn, Kairmerthen, from an earlier form of Welsh Caerfyrddin.

inh+

A town and community (with a town council) in and the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4120).


Kronstadt

A municipal town near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Located on Kotlin Island (also known as Retusaari or Reitskär).


Larbert

A town in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8682).


Llandudno

A coastal town and community with a town council in Conwy county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7882).


Blaenau Ffestiniog

A historic mining town in Ffestiniog community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH7045).


Rushden

From Old English rysċ ("rush", the plant) + dene (“valley”); "valley where the rushes grow".

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9566).


St Blazey

Named after Saint Blaise; St Blaise is the spelling adopted by the civil parish and the town council.

A small town in St Blaise parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0654).


Niya

In the south, the border of the Taklamakān lies along the nothern ends of the oases, mostly small, which line at intervals the foot of the K'un-lun glacis from Karghalik to Niya (Sheets Nos. 6, 9, 14, 19).

1923, Aurel Stein, Memoir on Maps of Chinese Turkistan and Kansu from the Surveys Made during Sir Aurel Stein's Explorations, Dehra Dun: Trigonometrical Survey Office, page 43:

Jiapaer Sadik Mazar
The mazar built on the pretext of the Shia Imam of the sixth generation Jiapaer Sadik, which is also called “Minfeng Grand Mazar”, is located in Niya Town of Minfeng County with an unknown building time.

2014, 于尚平 [Yu Shangping], editor, The Diversity of Xinjiang, Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 173:

A town in Minfeng, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Golborne

en-proper noun

Golborne (countable and uncountable, plural Golbornes)

Golbornes (plural)
Goulburn (alternative)

From Old English golde (“marigold”) + burna (“stream, bourn”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6097).


Corwen

A small town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0743).


Whakatane

A town in the Bay of Plenty region in the North Island of New Zealand.


Chirk

A small town and community with a town council in Wrexham county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2937).


Seaforth

en-prop

Seaforth (countable and uncountable, plural Seaforths)

A coastal town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.

A tiny town in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States.


West Thurrock

A town in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5877).


Briton Ferry

A town and community with a town council in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7394).


Fishguard

Fishguard and Goodwick
Fishguard and Goodwick#English

A coastal town in Fishguard and Goodwick community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9537).


Coleraine

From Irish Cúil Raithin (literally “nook of ferns”).

der

A town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.


Bletchley

From Old English personal name, Blæcca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Bletchley and Fenny Stratford
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford#English

A town in Bletchley and Fenny Stratford parish and West Bletchley parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8733).


Colwyn Bay

A coastal town and community (served by Bay of Colwyn Town Council) in Conwy county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH8678).


Drogheda

From Irish Droichead Átha (literally “bridge of the ford”).

A town in County Louth, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 0875).


Earlestown

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5795).


Qira

A town in Qira, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Beeston

en-proper noun

Beeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons)

From Middle English Bestone, from Old English *Bēostūn, from bēos (“bentgrass”) (from Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush”)) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5236).


Rhyl

A coastal town and community in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0181).


Newton-le-Willows

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5895).


Horwich

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6411).


Much Wenlock

A town and civil parish with a town council in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6299).


Arley

A town in Winston County, Alabama, United States.


Ferryhill

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2932).


Steyning

A town and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1711).


St Leonards-on-Sea

A coastal resort town in Hastings borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7909).


St Leonards

St. Leonard's (alternative)
St Leonard's (alternative)

St Leonards-on-Sea
St Leonards-on-Sea#English

Short for St Leonards-on-Sea, a town in East Sussex, England.


Batley

Batley (countable and uncountable, plural Batleys)

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

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2424).


Ossett

From Old English Osleset (“the fold of a man named Osla”).

cog

A market town with some local industry in West Yorkshire, England, mostly within the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield (OS grid ref SE2720).


Saltney

A town and community with a town council in Flintshire, Wales, known as Saltney Town (OS grid ref SJ3864).


Whitland

A small town and community with a town council in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2016).


Normanton

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3822).

Shire of Carpentaria
w:Shire of Carpentaria

A small cattle town and coastal locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.


Sowerby Bridge

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0523).


Bostan

It was not immediately clear why Tursun, who the officer said lives in Toksun’s Bostan township, was assigned to work in Kömüsh.

2021 March 15, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Xinjiang Authorities Detain Head of Township Education Committee”, in Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2021-03-15:

A town in Toksun, Turpan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township


Lop

The attacks in Hotan (in Chinese, Hetian) prefecture’s Lop (Luopu) county, occurred at 9 p.m. on Monday and 8:15 a.m. on tuesday, killing three suicide attackers and three police officers and wounding four other policemen, said Osman Toxtixelil, the police chief of the Konabazar (Old Town) police station in Lop town. No bystanders were killed or injured in the attacks, he told RFA’s Uyghur Service.

2015 May 13, Roseanne Gerin, Shohret Hoshur, “Six Dead, Four Injured in Two Successive Suicide Attacks in China’s Xinjiang”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2015-05-18:

A town in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Fairford

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful”) + ford.

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1501).


Kilrush

A coastal town in County Clare, Ireland (Irish grid ref Q 9955).


Kilkee

A small coastal town in County Clare, Ireland (Irish grid ref Q 8860).


Monasterevin

A town in County Kildare, Ireland (Irish grid ref N 6310).


Dundalk

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


Mullingar

/ˌmʌlɪnˈɡɑː(ɹ)/

From Irish Muileann gCearr (literally “crooked mill”).

der

A town and civil parish, the county town of County Westmeath, Ireland.


Greystones

A coastal town in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2912).


Warrenpoint

A small port town in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 1418).


Cleckheaton

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD1825).


Garforth

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4033).


Droylsden

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9098).


Ampthill

Mentioned as Ammetelle in the Domesday Book, this placename derives from Old English ǣmethyll (“anthill”), probably because this site was once infested by ants.

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0337).


Desborough

en-proper noun

Desborough (countable and uncountable, plural Desboroughs)

Desboroughs (plural)
Disbrow (alternative)
Disbrowe (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Deor + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8083).


Syston

A town in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6211).


Waxxari

Driving on to Ruoqiang (Charkhlik), you pass the village of Waxxari close to the ancient site of Washixia, Stein's Vash Shari from the time of the Tang (618-907 AD) and the Northern Song (960-1127 AD).

2004, Judy Bonavia, The Silk Road: From Xi'an to Kashgar, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 330:

We have chosen three very remote oases (Milan, Ruoqiang, Waxxari) on the southern fringe of the Taklamakan desert in the extremely arid region of northwest China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). These target oases are isolated from each other as well as from other potential NO2 sources (100-150 km). Therefore, the oases can be considered as typical areal sources of predominantly soil biogenic NO. Moreover, their areal extension is pretty comparable to the typical pixel size of satellite retrievals.

2012, Y. Qi, F. Meixner, Z. Wu, S. Beirle, T. Wagner, M. Andreae, B. Mamtimin, “Tropospheric NO2 column densities over oases of the Taklamakan desert (NW-China): satellite DOAS observations and ground based Multi Axis DOAS measurements”, in Astrophysics Data System, archived from the original on 2019-12-21:

A town in Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.

瓦石峽 /瓦石峡

town and residential community in Ruoqiang, Bayingolin, Xinjiang, China


Longwood

A town and unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States,


Heckmondwike

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2123).


Alsager

/ˈɔːlseɪd͡ʒə/

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7955).


Tatrang

Grenard says (pp. 183-184) that he examined the remains of what is called the old town of Charchan, traces of the ancient canal, ruins of dwellings deep into the sand, of which the walls built of large and solid-baked bricks, are pretty well preserved. Save these bricks, "I found hardly anything, the inhabitants have pillaged everything long ago. I attempted some excavating, which turned out to be without result, as far as I was concerned; but the superstitious natives declared that they were the cause of a violent storm which took place soon after. There are similar ruins in the environs, at Yantak Koudouk, at Tatrang, one day's march to the north, and at Ouadjchahari at five days to the north-east, which corresponds to the position assigned to Lop by Marco Polo." (See Grenard's Haute Asie on Nia.)

1920, Rustichello da Pisa, translated by Henry Yule, edited by Henri Cordier, The Travels of Marco Polo, →OCLC:

Then we drove on the November 16 northwards and entered the desert at the oil camp of Tatrang. A mere 15 km into the desert, we started to see nothing but hundreds of dead poplar trees of many centuries old,[…]

2004, China Tourism, numbers 287-292, →OCLC, page 83:

A town in Qiemo, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.

塔提讓 /塔提让

town in Qiemo, Bayingolin, Xinjiang, China


Bulong

Western Australia
Western Australia#English


Hook of Holland

A Calque of Dutch Hoek van Holland; see Dutch hoek.

A coastal town and ferry port in the province of South Holland, the Netherlands.


Ballater

A burgh (town) in the Aberdeenshire council area of Scotland (OS grid ref NO3695).


Hanerik

Borrowed from Uyghur خانئېرىق (xan'ëriq).

But residents say the Hanerik shooting victims were unarmed civilians simply seeking an end to heavy-handed policing. The seeds of the confrontation were planted in mid-June, when the authorities detained Mettursun Metseydi, the young imam of an unauthorized mosque on the rural edge of Hanerik. Mr. Metseydi had been drawing increasing crowds with sermons that condemned the government’s religious restrictions, most pointedly on head coverings.

2013 August 26, Andrew Jacobs, “Over News of Clash, a Shroud of Silence in Xinjiang”, in New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-08-29:

In a June 2013 clash between the authorities and protesters in Hanerik township near Hotan in the south of the region, official news source Tianshan Net reported that no one had died as a result of the clashes. Yet Radio Free Asia, citing local officials, reported that security forces had fired on demonstrating Uighurs rather than responding with restraint to civilian violence.

2013 December 17, Alim Seytoff, “China's darkest corner”, in Index on Censorship, →DOI, archived from the original on 2021-02-28:

On March 21, 2015, authorities in Hanerik (Han'airike) township, Hotan county, reportedly sentenced Uyghur religious scholar Qamber Amber to nine years' imprisonment, following a public trial, for defying official instruction to stop giving speeches at religious ceremonies and for otherwise "refusing to cooperate" with authorities.

2015, “Congressional-Executive Commission on China Annual Report 2015”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China, page 286:

The other narrative, reported by Radio Free Asia, suggested that the group, who came from Hanerik township in Khotan prefecture in Xinjiang's far south, had sought to leave after a Chinese 'crackdown' in the area following a violent incident in June 2013 when police had fired on Uyghurs protesting against the arrest of a religious leader in the township.

2018, “Introduction”, in Michael Clarke, editor, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in China: Domestic and Foreign Policy Dimensions, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11:

In 2013, particularly serious incidents occurred on 24 April in Bachu outside Kashgar, in several separate villages in Lukqun Township near Turpan on 26 June, in Hanerik in Hotan Prefecture two days later and in August in Kargilik in Kashgar Prefecture.

2021, Kunal Mukherjee, Race, Ethnicity and Religion in Conflict Across Asia, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=4LoYEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT222:

A town in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.

罕艾日克

town in Hotan County, Hotan, Xinjiang, China


Halesworth

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM3877).


Brattleboro

From Brattle + -boro, named after Major-General William Brattle.

A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.


Seaford

Seaford (countable and uncountable, plural Seafords)

From Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV4899).


Bargoed

A town and community with a town council in Caerphilly county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1499).


Lalibela

A town in Ethiopia, in the North Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region.


Towcester

From Middle English Tofeceaster, the name of the Roman fort on the River Tove, from Tove + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”).

West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire#English

South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6948).


Holywell

From holy + well, in Eastbourne possibly from holly + well.

A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1875).


Karakax

Borrowed from Uyghur قاراقاش (qaraqash).

Qaraqash (alternative)
Karakash (alternative)

After 80km and 1½ hours there is finally some green at the turn-off to Píshān, but the desert soon reclaims the road's boundaries, threatening the road itself, until Karakax (Mòyù), about 25km before Khotan, where there are tidy cultivated fields of corn, cotton and rice.

1997, Peter Neville-Hadley, China the Silk Routes (Cadogan Guides), Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 294:

6000 women were recruited for this study from the Karakax County (Karakax town and Zawa, Yawa, Karsay and Kuiya villages) of the Hotan Prefecture (Xinjiang, China). All the participants provided informed consent. The eligible women were aged between 21–60 years, sexually active, not pregnant and had no history of diagnosed CIN, cervical cancer or hysterectomy.

2017, Guzhalinuer Abulizi, Hua Li, Patiman Mijiti, Tangnuer Abulimiti, Jing Cai, Jie Gao, Dandan Meng, Reyihanguli Abula, Tunishahan Abudereyimu, Anarguli Aizezi, You Lin Qiao, “Risk factors for human papillomavirus infection prevalent among Uyghur women from Xinjiang, China”, in United States National Library of Medicine:

A town in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Huskisson

A town on Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia.


Girvan

Girvan (countable and uncountable, plural Girvans)

Girvans (plural)
Girven (alternative)
Girvin (alternative)

Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Gharbhain. Possibly from geàrr (“short”) + abhainn (“river”).
Alternatively, from garbh (“rough”).

A town or burgh in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX1897).


Pwllheli

A market town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH3735).


Mauchline

A town in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4927).


Koxtag

Non-official narratives of the incident offered a more nuanced picture of who integrated what the Chinese state media labelled a 'violent terrorist group', and how events unfolded in the township of Koxtag, in Guma County (Hotan Prefecture)

2020 February, Pablo A. Rodríguez-Merino, “The Not-So-Terrorist Conflict: Analytical Deception and Political Delusion in China’s Framing of Uyghur-related Violent Events”, in Numéro, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-03-18:

A town in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.


Sanju

As we were to cross this range by the pass leading into Sanju, we continued down the valley to Mazar Badshah Abubekr, 19 miles below Shadula, where the road to the Sanju Pass leaves the Karakash Valley, and ascends up a very confined ravine leading to the pass.

1870, G. W. Hayward, “Journey from Leh to Yarkand and Kashgar, and Exploration of the Sources of the Yarkand River”, in Journal of the Royal Geographic Society, volume 40, London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 67:

The Hakim of Guma visited the Mission as it passed through a portion of his district between Sanju and Kargalik. In a present of game sent by him we saw for the first time the "Shaw" pheasant, which to the ordinary eye looks exactly like our own home bird. We heard of ibex on the heights above Sanju, but were unable to go out after them.

1876, Thomas Edward Gordon, The Roof of the World, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, →OCLC, page 36:

But a police officer in Guma’s Chawda township acknowledged that authorities in Ayup’s nearby home township of Sanju had briefly detained him there at the end of last year.

2018 May 18, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Popular Uyghur Singer’s Whereabouts Unknown, Believed Detained in Xinjiang Re-Education Camp”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2018-05-22:


Fenny Stratford

A town in Bletchley and Fenny Stratford parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8834).


Xaidulla

Borrowed from Uyghur شەيدۇللا (sheydulla), ultimately from Arabic شَهِيدُ اللّٰه (šahīdu allāh, literally “witness of God”).

der

شَهِيدُ اللّٰه

Thus, embittered and with his career in crisis, Johnson had spent the last season, 1864, rounding off his work in the north-eastern corner of Ladakh. In the process he had again beaten his own world altitude record by reaching a point 23,000 feet above sea level. He had also crossed the Karakoram pass and continued for three days towards Yarkand before turning back. At the time the Maharaja of Kashmir, without apparently consulting the British, had established an advance garrison well beyond the pass at a place called Shahidulla. This excursion of Johnson’s was therefore safe enough and though his survey work there was rather haphazard, he was not censured for crossing the frontier.

[1977, John Keay, Explorers of the Western Himalayas, 1820-1895, published 1996, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 202:

The next day we came to Xaidulla, a cluster of walled compounds, old buildings made of mud brick, new ones of concrete, a few bushes, but mostly a road stop filled with blue trucks driven by Uighurs from Kashgar and Urumqi.

1991, Jeremy Schmidt, Himalayan Passage, Seattle: The Mountaineers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 119:

Mazar to Dahongliutan [256km] - From Mazar (3,790m) it takes around 9 hours by truck. At Xaidulla there is only a Daoban (Road Maintenance Depot). On the northern side of the river, the old-looking fortress is actually a relatively new structure built during the Kuomintang (Nationalists) Government period.

2000, Atsushi Kanamaru, editor, Mapping the Tibetan World, 1st edition, Kotan Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 158:

The road turns east and climbs over the Kirgizjangal Pass (kilometre marker 09; 4930m) to the large village of Xaidulla (Sài Túlā; kilometre marker 363; 3700m), the largest town en route.

2011, Bradley Mayhew, Michael Kohn, Daniel McCrohan, Tibet, 8th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 355:

Ranbir also had possibly wanted to expand his territory into the fertile Shahidulla (Xaidulla) area of Sinkiang, located north-east of J&K beyond the Karakorams and accessed via the Shimshal Pass, ‘the Gateway to Hunza’.

2015, Christopher Snedden, Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris, Hurst & Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page https://archive.org/details/kashmir_20210703/Understanding%20Kashmir%20and%20Kashmiris%20-%20Christopher%20Snedden/page/n91/:

A town in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Machynlleth

A market town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SH7400).


Pembroke Dock

A harbour town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9603)


Guma

He started by asking the elders and officials whether they knew of the discovery of any old books in the desert around Guma. Nobody had. Of the list of sites which Islam Akhun had included in his itinerary published by Hoernle, only two were known to them. As both lay close to Guma, Stein rode out to inspect them.

1984, Peter Hopkirk, Foreign Devils on the Silk Road, John Murray, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 77:

固瑪 /固玛

county in Hotan, Xinjiang, China; town in Pishan, Hotan, Xinjiang, China


Hanwood

A town in Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.


Penistone

en-prop

Penistone (countable and uncountable, plural Penistones)

Penistones (plural)
Peniston (alternative)

Perhaps from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head”) + Old English -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). No relation to penis.

A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2403).


Garstang

en-proper noun

Garstang (countable and uncountable, plural Garstangs)

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)stəŋ/

From Old Norse geirr (“spear, lance”) + stǫng (“staff, pole”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4945).


Plumtree

A town in Zimbabwe, on the border with Botswana.


Finedon

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP9171).


Port Laoise

Portlaoise (alternative)
Portlaoighise (alternative)
Port Laoighise (alternative)

/ˌpɔːt ˈliːʃ/

/ˌpɔɹt ˈliːʃ/

The county town of County Laois, Ireland. Former name: Maryborough.


Gowran

A small town in County Kilkenny, Ireland.


Zhangqiao

/ˈd͡ʒɑŋ.t͡ʃɑʊ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 張橋／张桥 (Zhāngqiáo).

The group of seven had driven up to a village in Zhangqiao town in a minivan late one September night. There, they used home-made traps to catch the geckos, which they planned to sell. But they were caught and the 1,689 geckos that they caught were released back into the wild.

2014 December 22, Zhuang Pinghui, “Chinese men fined for catching almost 1,700 protected wild geckos in one night”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 2014-12-23:

A town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China, formerly a township.


Llanidloes

A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN9584).


Llandrindod Wells

A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0561).


Pontarddulais

From Welsh Pontarddulais; traditionally spelt Pontardulais.

A town and community with a town council in the city and county of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SN5903).


Aksum

A town in La'ilay Maychew district, Maekelay, Tigray, Ethiopia: The site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire, now a tourist town in Ethiopia.


Taocheng

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 陶城 (Táochéng).


Horncastle

A market town and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2669).


Bredbury

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9291).


Laskuy

Farmer Mettohti Imin, his teenage son Abdusalam Mettohti, and a family friend were taken into custody in late March after confronting “more than 100 police officers” who had come to seize land communally owned by Aktash village in Xinjiang’s Laskuy township^([sic – meaning town]), a resident told RFA’s Uyghur Service.

2013 April 12, Rukiye Turdush, Joshua Lipes., “Three Uyghurs Held for Resisting Land Takeover”, in Rukiye Turdush, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2015-09-08:

Earlier this year, authorities in the township^([sic – meaning town]) of Laskuy, Hotan County^([sic – meaning City]), issued an announcement in the town seat of Aktash Village that “all restaurants and supermarkets in our village should place five different brands of alcohol and cigarettes in their shops” and create “eye-catching displays” to promote the forbidden products. “[A]nybody who neglects this notice and fails to act” the notice warned, “will see their shops sealed off, their business suspended, and legal action pursued against them.”

2015 June 23, Ryan Kilpatrick, “Uyghur exiles blast pre-Ramadan ‘beer competition’ held by Communist Youth League”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2015-07-03:

In April 2015, authorities in Aktash village, Laskuy township, Hotan county, Hotan prefecture, XUAR, ordered local shopkeepers to sell alcohol and cigarettes — the use of which many local Muslims considered a "sin" and "self-destructive," respectively¹¹⁷- as well as to display the alcohol and cigarettes prominently.¹¹⁸

2015 October 8, Congressional-Executive Commission on China Annual Report 2015, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published 2015, →OCLC, page 126:

A town in Hotan City, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

拉斯奎

town in Hotan City, Hotan, Xinjiang, China


Baghchi

A 34-year-old from Hotan, arrested in Baghchi and deprived of political rights for 4 years

2006, China Rights Forum, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12:

Imin Memtimin, 41, who has played an active role in police operations in Sadiqawat village of Baghchi township^([sic – meaning town]) in Hotan county, was kidnapped from his home on the morning of March 9.

2015 March 23, Roseanne Gerin, Shohret Hoshur, “Police Raids Yield No Clues About Kidnapped Uyghur Village Police Chief”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2015-03-24:

In 2019, a survey in three villages of Baghchi Town, Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture counted a total population of 5,307, with 1,699 people capable of work, of whom, 1,493, or 88 percent, were keen to work outside their home villages. Of the remainder, 180 preferred to work locally in township enterprises, village factories, or poverty-relief cooperatives offering an average monthly salary of RMB3,000; the other 26 wished to start businesses locally, engaging in transport and logistics, property management and household services, construction, hairdressing, catering or retail stores.

2020 September 17, “Full Text: Employment and Labor Rights in Xinjiang”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 2020-09-20:

A survey in three villages of Baghchi Town, Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture counted a total population of 5307 and a labor force of 1,699, among which 1,493 are willing to work outside voluntarily, accounting for 88 percent of the total labor force.

2021 December 14, “The So Called “Forced Labor” Constitutes a Shameless Slander”, in Sayyara, editor, Tianshannet, archived from the original on 2022-02-20:

A town in Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Thornaby-on-Tees

A town in Thornaby parish, Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4517).


Saltburn-by-the-Sea

Saltburn, Marske and New Marske
Saltburn, Marske and New Marske#English

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A seaside town in Saltburn, Marske and New Marske parish, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6621).


Merstham

Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead#English

A town in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2953).


Milford Haven

A natural harbour, harbour town, and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9005).


Kidsgrove

A town and civil parish with a town council in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8354).


Langley Mill

Aldercar and Langley Mill
Aldercar and Langley Mill#English

A small town in Aldercar and Langley Mill parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4447).


Foxton

Foxton (countable and uncountable, plural Foxtons)

From Old English fox (“fox”) + either tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or denu (“valley”).

A town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand.


Sedgefield

A town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3528).

A coastal town in Western Cape, South Africa.


Redhill

A town in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2750).

A small town in the Mid North of South Australia.


Wednesbury

From Middle English Wadnesberie, from Old English divinity Wōden, genitive case Wōdnes + byriġ, from burg (“fort”), meaning "Woden's stronghold".

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9894).


Brierley Hill

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9187).


Battle Ground

Battle Ground, Indiana
Battle Ground, Washington
Battle of Tippecanoe
Klickitat people

*Indiana: From the Battle of Tippecanoe.
*Washington: The site of a stand-off between the Klickitat people and US forces.

Tippecanoe County
Tippecanoe County#English

A town in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, which absorbed the old town of Harrisonville.


Stapleford

First recorded as Stapelford, from an unknown language .

A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK4937).


Penarth

/pɛˈnɑː(ɹ)θ/

From Welsh Penarth, from pennarth (“promontory”).

Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan#English

A town and community with a town council in Vale of Glamorgan county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1871).


Moreton

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ2690).


Moreton-in-Marsh

A small market town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2032).


Menaca

de Menaca (alternative)
de Meñaca (alternative)
Meñaca (alternative)
Meñaca (alternative)
Menaka (alternative)
Meñaka (alternative)

From Spanish Meñaca, from Basque Meñaca, from Basque Meña.


Chayuco

Borrowed from Spanish Chayuco, from a Mixtec language; cf. San Juan Colorado Mixtec Tsàhà Yùcù.

San Agustín Chayuco
San Agustín Chayuco#English

A town in San Agustín Chayuco, Jamiltepec district, Oaxaca, Mexico.


Otford

A town, a suburb of Sydney, in the City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.


Chincoteague

A town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.


San Martín Itunyoso

Borrowed from Spanish San Martín Itunyoso, from San Martín (“Saint Martin”) + Itunyoso, from a Mixtec language.

San Martín Itunyoso
San Martín Itunyoso#English

A town, the capital of San Martín Itunyoso, Oaxaca, Mexico


Wormit

A small town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3926).


Bishopbriggs

East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire#English

A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6170).


Salamansa

A town in northeastern São Vicente, Cape Verde.


Dulverton

Somerset West and Taunton
Somerset West and Taunton#English

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9127).


Wiveliscombe

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST0827).


Potters Bar

The origin of Potters is uncertain but is generally thought to be either a reference to a Roman pottery, believed to have been sited locally, or alternatively to the Pottere family who lived in neighbouring South Mimms parish.
Bar is thought to refer to the gates leading from the South Mimms parish and into the Enfield Chase parish, or possibly from a toll on the Great North Road, said to have been by what is now the disused Green Man pub, or at the current entrance to Morven House.

A town in Hertsmere borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2501).


New Cumnock

A small town in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6113).


Prestonpans

A coastal town in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3874).


Shildon

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2326).


Chikan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 赤坎 (Chìkǎn).

Close to 4,000 households are being forced out of a centuries-old town on the western edge of the Pearl River Delta by their local government, which has teamed up with an investment firm to turn it into a tourist attraction.
It’s not what the residents of Chikan’s old town expected when the nearby Kaiping diaolous – fortified, multi-storey dwellings – were put on the World Heritage List by Unesco in 2007.

2017 August 28, He Huifeng, “Families who’ve lived in old Chinese town for generations being kicked out to make way for tourists”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-08-28, China:

A town in Kaiping, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.


Heshan

zh-l

鶴山／鹤山 (Hèshān)

A town and former township in Ningyang, Tai'an, Shandong, China


Nanhai

Nam Hoi (alternative)
Namhoi (alternative)
Nan-hai (alternative)

A town in Songzi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China


Lutterworth

A market town in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5484).


Springwater

Livingston County
Livingston County#English

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

A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States.


Wath upon Dearne

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4300).


Larne

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A town and seaport in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.


Ballymena

A town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.


Thurles

A town in County Tipperary, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 1258).


Clonmel

From Irish Cluain Meala (“honey meadow”), from cluain + mil.

A town in County Tipperary, Ireland, which is the county town.


Annacotty

A suburban town in County Limerick, Ireland


Buttevant

From the Barry family motto Boutez-en-Avant; Irish Cill na Mallach may be unrelated.

A town in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 5409).


Kilmallock

A small town in County Limerick, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 6127).


Mountrath

A small town in County Laois, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 3594).


Fethard

A small town in County Tipperary, Ireland.


Sallins

A town in County Kildare, Ireland (Irish grid ref N 8923).


Kirkintilloch

A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6573).


Lenzie

A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6572).


Silloth

From Old Norse sær (“sea”) + hlaða (“barn”).

A small town and port in Silloth-on-Solway parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY1053).


Pudsey

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2233).


Guisborough

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6015).


Stockbridge

A small town and civil parish in Test Valley borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3635).

Berkshire County
Berkshire County#English

A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

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

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

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


Uddingston

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, a south-east suburb of Glasgow (OS grid ref NS6960).


Horbury

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2918).


Southend

South End (alternative)
South-End (alternative)
South-end (alternative)

A small town on Curtis Island, Queensland, Australia.

A town and locality in south-eastern South Australia, Australia.


Kaitaia

A town in the Far North District of Northland, New Zealand


Kaikoura

A town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.


Te Puke

A town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.


Timaru

A town and port in South Canterbury, New Zealand.


Ranfurly

A town in Central Otago, New Zealand. Named Eweburn at first, it was renamed after Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly.


Waitangi

A town on the west coast of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.


Arrowtown

From Arrow + town, after the Arrow River.

An old gold mining town in Central Otago, New Zealand.


Carterton

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A town in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2706). Named after William Carter.

A town and local government district in the Wairarapa, New Zealand. Named after Charles Carter.


Opotiki

A town and local government district in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.


Wyndham

en-proper noun

Wyndham (countable and uncountable, plural Wyndhams)

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

A small town in eastern Southland, New Zealand.


Dannevirke

Named by Scandinavian settlers after the Danevirke, Danish fortifications in Schleswig-Holstein.

A town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand.


Wairoa

A town and local government district in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand.


Taumarunui

A town in the King Country of New Zealand.


Raglan

A small town and locality in the Gladstone Region of Queensland, Australia.

A small town in western Victoria, Australia.

A town and harbour on the west coast of the North Island, New Zealand.


Waiouru

A small town in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand.


Taihape

A town in the Rangitikei District of New Zealand.


Hawera

A town in South Taranaki District, New Zealand.


Port Chalmers

Named after Thomas Chalmers, a Presbyterian leader.

A town on Otago Harbour, Otago, New Zealand, which is the main port for Dunedin.


Fairlie

A small town in Mackenzie district, South Canterbury, New Zealand.


Reefton

From reef + -ton, referring to reefs of gold. Both places have a history of gold mining.

A small town in Buller District in the West Coast region of New Zealand.


Waimate

A town in Waimate District, South Canterbury, New Zealand.


Rangiora

/ɹaŋ(ɡ)iˈɔːɹə/

A town in Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand


Amberley

A town in Hurunui district, North Canterbury, New Zealand.


Takaka

A small town in Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand.


Veere

A town and municipality of Zeeland, Netherlands.


Rolleston

Rolleston (countable and uncountable, plural Rollestons)

From the Old Norse personal name Hrólfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A small town in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.

A town in Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Te Anau

A town in Southland, New Zealand, at the south end of the lake.


Manapouri

A small town in Southland, New Zealand, on the edge of the lake.


Otautau

/əʊˈtaʊˈtaʊ/


Tuatapere

A small town in western Southland, New Zealand.


Paekakariki

/paɪˈkɑːkɑːɹiːkiː/

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


Kaiapoi

A town in Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand.


Rakaia

A small town in Canterbury, New Zealand, on the south bank of the river.


Hokitika

A small town in Westland district, on the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.


Pukekohe

A town in Auckland council area, Auckland region, New Zealand.


Waihi

A town in Hauraki District, North Island, New Zealand, with a gold mining history.


Paeroa

A town in Hauraki District, North Island, New Zealand.


Kerikeri

/kɛɹiːkɛɹiː/

A town in the Far North District of the North Island, New Zealand.


Morrinsville

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


Mosgiel

Named after Mossgiel Farm in Ayrshire, Scotland, home of Robert Burns.

A town on the Taieri Plain in Otago, New Zealand.


New Brighton

A small town in New South Wales, Australia.


Temuka

A town in Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand, situated on the Temuka River.


Los Altos Hills

Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County#English

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


Los Gatos

/lɔːs ˈɡætəs/

From Spanish los gatos (literally “the cats”), after wild cats that used to live in the area.

bor

Netflix, based in Los Gatos, California, pioneered the streaming revolution.

2024 April 18, Callum Jones, “Netflix profits surge as streaming service adds 9.3m subscribers in latest quarter”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:


Mornington

The likely original source is Irish Baile Uí Mhornáin, 'Ó Mornán's town'. Another source is from the Earl of Mornington in the Irish Peerage, e.g. in Victoria.

A coastal town near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


Methven

Probably from Pictish [Term?], equivalent to Welsh medd (“mead”) + Welsh maen (“stone”).

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


Wanaka

A town in Otago, New Zealand, at the south end of the lake.


Waikouaiti

A small coastal town north of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand.


Bulls

A small town in Rangitikei District, North Island, New Zealand.


Mount Maunganui

A town and port in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after an extinct volcano, and situated across Tauranga Harbour from Tauranga itself.


Helensville

From Helen + -s- + -ville, altered from the original Helen's Villa.

A town north-west of Auckland, New Zealand.


Paraparaumu

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


Tokomaru

/təʊkəʊˈmɑːɹuː/

From Maori; also in Maori legend Tokomaru was a migration canoe.

A small town in Horowhenua District, North Island, New Zealand.


San Juan Colorado

Borrowed from Spanish San Juan Colorado.


Dargaville

A town in Northland, New Zealand, named after Joseph Dargaville.


Kumara

A small town on the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.


Naseby

A small town in Central Otago, New Zealand.


Edgecumbe

From Edgcumbe, from Edgecomb, which is a topographic surname, from Old English eċġ (“edge”) + cumb (“narrow valley”).

A town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after Edgcumbe in Cornwall, England.


Murupara

/muːɹuːpɑːɹə/

A town serving the forestry industry in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.


Kawerau

An industrial town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.


Tokoroa

/təʊkəʊɹəʊə/


Ngaruawahia

/ŋɑːɹuːəˈwɑːhiːə/


San Anselmo

A town in Marin County, California, United States.


Corte Madera

/ˌkɔɹ.də.məˈdɛ.ɹə/

A town in Marin County, California, United States. Former name: Adams.


Middlemarch

/ˈmɪdəlˌmɑːt͡ʃ/


Kurow

From Maori Te Kohurau, a nearby mountain.

A small town in Waitaki District, South Island, New Zealand.


Thatcham

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5167).


Encino

A town and municipality in Santander department, Colombia.


Roseland

en-proper noun

Roseland (countable and uncountable, plural Roselands)

Americanized form of Norwegian Røysland.

St. Joseph County
St. Joseph County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Clay Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana.

Tangipahoa Parish
Tangipahoa Parish#English


Portola Valley

San Mateo County
San Mateo County#English

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


Freedom

A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.

Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County#English

Outagamie County
Outagamie County#English

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


National Park

A small town situated near Tongariro National Park in the centre of the North Island, New Zealand.


Havelock North

A town in Hastings District, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, named after Henry Havelock.


Long Sutton

A market town and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4323).


Panixtlahuaca

Borrowed from Spanish Panixtlahuaca, from a Nahuan language.

KchenA SkwiE (alternative)
Ktʃẽ-low tone Skwi-high tone (alternative)
Panistlahuaca (alternative)


Oakdale

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


Arlesey

From the Old English personal name Ælfric + -s- + īeġ (“island; well-watered land”).

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A small town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1935).


St Neots

Named after Neot, a Cornish monk and saint.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1860).


Loxley

A town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.


Mammoth Lakes

A town in Mono County, California, United States.


Bilston

Recorded in the Domesday Book as Billestune, from earlier 10th century Bilsetnatun, Bilsatena.

A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9596).


Budleigh Salterton

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0682).


Camp Hill

Tallapoosa County
Tallapoosa County#English

A town in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States.


Pontardawe

Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot#English

A town in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN7204).


Frodsham

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester#English

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5277).


Harlech

A small coastal town and community in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5831).


Penrhyndeudraeth

A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6138).


Neston

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2977).


Taxkorgan

Borrowed from Uyghur تاشقورغان (tashqorghan).

A town in Taxkorgan, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Lashio

Borrowed from Burmese လားရှိုး (la:hrui:).

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


East Grinstead

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3938).


Collierville

A town in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.


Wesham

A small town in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4132).


Elk Grove

Lafayette County
Lafayette County#English

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


Eastfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0484).


Huntly

A town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5240).

A town in the Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, and situated on the Waikato River.


Criccieth

A small coastal town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH4937/5038).


Ystrad Mynach

From Welsh ystrad (“wide valley, strath”) + mynach (“monk”).

A town in Caerphilly county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1494).


Pontypridd

Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf#English

A town and community with a town council in Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0790).


Hoylake

A coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2189).


Makit

Markit (alternative)
Marqat (alternative)
Mekit (alternative)
Merket (alternative)

A town in Makit, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.


Rowley Regis

Regis (from Latin regis) was added around 1140; an earlier spelling of Rowley is Roelea (recorded 1173).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9787).


Danby

Danby (countable and uncountable, plural Danbys)

From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Denby.

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

A town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States.


Haxby

A town and civil parish with a town council in the City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6057).