Burnham

Burnham (countable and uncountable, plural Burnhams)

From Old English burna (“stream”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

A town in Essex, England; see Burnham-on-Crouch.

A coastal town in Somerset, England; see Burnham-on-Sea.


Collingwood

A place in Canada:
A town in Simcoe County, Ontario.

A coastal town in Tasman District, New Zealand.


Cowell

* As an Irish and Manx surname, shortened from McCawell, Anglicized from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), meaning "battle chief," see Caulfield.
* Also as an Irish surname, shortened from Mac (Giolla) Comhghaill (“son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal”), see Cool.
* Also as an Irish surname, shortened from McCool.
* As an English surname, from several places named Cowhill, analyzable as cow + hill, or from Cowleigh in Worcestershire, equivalent to cow + Leigh.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Cole.
* As a Polish, Carpathian Rusyn and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kowal.

Franklin Harbour
Franklin Harbour#English

A town in Franklin Harbour district, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, named after John Clayton Cowell.


Cowley

en-proper noun

Cowley (countable and uncountable, plural Cowleys)

Various origins:
* The village in Gloucestershire is from Old English cū (“cow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to cow + -ley (“lea”).
* The hamlet in Derbyshire is from Old English col (“coal”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to coal + -ley (“lea”).
* The other places in England are from the Old English personal name Cufa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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


Crowley

A town in Crowley County, Colorado, United States.


Eaton

Eaton (countable and uncountable, plural Eatons)

From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.

Former name of Eatonia. A town in Chesterfield, Saskatchewan; named in honour of Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and mail-order catalogue service.

A placename
A locality in the United States:
A town in Indiana.

A town in New Hampshire; named for Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New Haven Colony.

A town in New York; named for William Eaton.

A placename
A locality in the United States:
A statutory town in Oklahoma.

A placename
A locality in the United States:
A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.

Manitowoc County
Manitowoc County#English

A placename
A locality in the United States:
A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

A placename
A locality in the United States:
A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.


Farnworth

Farnworth (countable and uncountable, plural Farnworths)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, formerly in Lancashire (OS grid ref SD7305).


Frith

English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Firth.

A town in Montserrat (in the safe zone).


Gainsborough

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8190).


Geddes

A town in Onondaga County, New York; named for American engineer and surveyor James Geddes.


Greenwood

Greenwood (countable and uncountable, plural Greenwoods)

* The village in Nova Scotia was named for the heavily forested location of the settlement.

A number of places in the United States:

A town and unincorporated community in Vernon County, Wisconsin.


Hackett

Hackett (countable and uncountable, plural Hacketts)

Several etymologies:
* A variant of the Scottish surname Halkett.
* English surname, from a pet form of the medieval personal name Hack.
* From Middle English haket (“kind of fish”), hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish, or a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller.
* It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachaidh, from which also the surnames Caughey and McGaffey.

A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.


Hadley

From Old English hæð (“heath”) + Old English leah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to heath (compare Heath) + -ley.

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Adley (alternative)
Hadlee (alternative)
Hadleigh (alternative)

Hampshire County
Hampshire County#English

A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, named after Hadleigh, Suffolk, England.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town and census-designated place therein, in Saratoga County, New York, named after Hadley, Massachusetts.


Harman

* As an English surname, from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Hermann.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Haar, from the German noun Haar (“hair”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Harmann, Hermann, Herrmann. Compare Harmon.

A town in Randolph County, West Virginia.


Hatfield

en-proper noun

Hatfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hatfields)

Hatfields (plural)
Hetfield (alternative)

A town and civil parish in Welwyn Hatfield borough, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2208).

A town and civil parish in Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6509).

A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.


Hatton

Hatton (countable and uncountable, plural Hattons)

Central Province
Central Province#English

A small town in Adams County, Washington.


Havelock

The parish in New Brunswick is named after British military officer Henry Havelock (1795 – 1857).

A small town in Marlborough, New Zealand.


Hawker

Hawker (countable and uncountable, plural Hawkers)

A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia, named after George Charles Hawker.


Hayward

A town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the city of the same name.


Hedley

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

An unincorporated town in southern British Columbia, Canada.


Heywood

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8510).


Kington

Kington (countable and uncountable, plural Kingtons)

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

A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2956).


Langton

A small town in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.


Linwood

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).

A town in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4364).

A number of places in the United States:


Lock

There are three possibilities:
* From the words Old English loc (“lock”).
* From Middle English loke, itself from loca (“enclosure”) or *Loca (“Loki”) (theonym of the latter).
* From Middle English locke, from locc (“lock of hair”).

A town in Elliston district council area, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia; from the surname.


McLoud

McLoud (countable and uncountable, plural McLouds)

Pottawatomie County
Pottawatomie County#English

A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.


Mercer

English and Catalan surname, variant of Mercier.


Newbold

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


Oxley

Oxley (countable and uncountable, plural Oxleys)

From Old English oxa (“ox”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to ox + -ley (“lea”).

A number of places in Australia, most of which are named after John Oxley:

A town in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria.


Palmerston

Most places were named after Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, usually known as Lord Palmerston.

A town in Waitaki district, North Otago, New Zealand.


Pemberton

Pemberton (countable and uncountable, plural Pembertons)

Pembertons (plural)
Pembleton (alternative)

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A placename:
A town in Western Australia, Australia.


Putney

From Old English personal name Putta, genitive case Puttan + hȳþ (“landing place”).

A suburban town in the borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2475).


Redding

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.


Roper

Washington County
Washington County#English

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


Sedgwick

From Sicges (genitive singular of Old English personal name Sicg) + wīċ (“dairy farm”).

A statutory town in Sedgwick County, Colorado, named for Fort Sedgwick.


Shattuck

Shattuck (countable and uncountable, plural Shattucks)

A town in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States, named after George O. Shattuck, Santa Fe Railway director.


Spooner

Spooner (countable and uncountable, plural Spooners)

A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.


Sprague

New London County
New London County#English

A town in New London County, Connecticut.


Stoughton

Stoughton (countable and uncountable, plural Stoughtons)

From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Stockton.

A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.


Swinton

Swinton (countable and uncountable, plural Swintons)

From Old English swīn (“pig, swine, wild boar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7702).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4599).


Underhill

en-proper noun

Underhill (countable and uncountable, plural Underhills)

From under + hill, a topographic surname for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.

Chittenden County
Chittenden County#English

A town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.

A town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.


Waddington

St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County#English

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


Whitworth

Whitworth (countable and uncountable, plural Whitworths)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + worð (“enclosure”).

A small town and civil parish with a town council in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8818).


Wisner

From German Wiesner, from Wiesen (“meadows”).


Wolcott

Wolcott (countable and uncountable, plural Wolcotts)

Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from Old English wielle (“well, spring”) + cot (“cottage, shelter”).

New Haven County
New Haven County#English

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

A town in White County, Indiana, United States.

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

A town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.


Tully

A town in the Cassowary Coast Region, northern Queensland, Australia, named after the Tully River.

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


Holden

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A number of places in the United States:

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.


Pawling

A variant of Paulin.
In New York State, the name originated as a misprint of Pauling, which was never corrected.

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


Loomis

A town in Placer County, California, United States. Former name: Smithville,


Tipton

An industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9592).

A small town in Tillman County, Oklahoma.


Channing

Channing (countable and uncountable, plural Channings)

A small town, the county seat of Hartley County, Texas, United States.


Worthing

Worthing (countable and uncountable, plural Worthings)

* The name of the village in Norfolk derives from Old English worþig (“enclosure”).
* The name of the town in West Sussex derives from the unattested Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”).

A coastal town and borough in West Sussex, England.


Rosebud

A coastal town in Victoria, Australia, named after the wreck of the cargo ship "Rosebud".


Limon

A town in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.


Borden

A town in Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States.

A small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.


Leipsic

A town in Delaware; named for Leipzig, Germany.


West Bromwich

They had been to a party thrown by friends of theirs from a congregation in West Bromwich, and likely themselves had enjoyed a glass of red.

2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 83:

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, formerly in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SP0091).


Derbent

From Ottoman Turkish دربند (Derbend, Derbent), from Persian دربند (darband, literally “bar of a door, bolt; a barrier”), from در (dar, “door, gate, passage”) + بند (band, “band, tie, fastening”).

compound

Derbend (alternative)
Darband (alternative)

Various places in Turkey:
A town and district of Konya, Turkey.


Langhe

From the Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 浪河 (Lànghé).

Early last December, the provincial party committee sent five rural socialist ideological education teams to Danjiangkou's (Langhe) town, Hanchuan County's (Liujiage)[...]

1992, Daily Report: China, numbers 9-16, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44:

A town in Danjiangkou, Shiyan, Hubei, China.


Roff

A small town in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.


Colón

A town in La Libertad department, El Salvador.


Ossining

From earlier Ossingsing, named for the nearby Sing Sing Kill, borrowed from Dutch Sintsing, Sintsinck, from Munsee *ăsúnchung (*ăsə́nčəng), *ăshúnshung (*ăšə́nšəng, “at the small stone”), ăsún (ăsə́n, “stone”) + -ush (-əš, diminutive suffix) + -ung (-əng, locative suffix), from Proto-Algonquian *aʔsenya. The prison located on the site retains the older form of the name, Sing Sing.

suf

Westchester County
Westchester County#English


Taconic

From a Lenape language.
Other early spellings include Taughkannuc.


Camas

A town in Clark County, Washington, United States


Ottery St Mary

A town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Otter in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY1095).


Solihull

Perhaps a form of soily hill: the parish church of St Alphege was built on a hill of stiff red marl.

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

A large town and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in the centre of England.

Metropolitan Borough of Solihull
Solihull


Walsall

A town and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.


Scunthorpe

From Old English Escumesthorpe, from Old Norse Skumasþorp, from Skuma + -s + þorp, literally “Skuma's homestead”.

af

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire#English

An industrial town in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SE8910).


Cheltenham

We couldn't get him back into training before Christmas time because he picked up an injury at the Cheltenham Festival last year and we had to go softly softly.

2006 April 28, “Royal heads Betfred field”, in RTE Sport, Ireland, retrieved 2009-06-22:

The society had apparently been formed the previous year, but as the Cheltenham Spa Railway Society, which sounded rather parochial and unambitious - particularly as (by all accounts) its founders had gathered in a garden shed in the town.

2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques Cheltenham (1928)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:

A town and borough in Gloucestershire, England, famous for its racecourse.


Gillingham

en-proper noun

Gillingham (countable and uncountable, plural Gillinghams)

/ˈɡɪ.lɪŋ.əm/

From the Old English personal name Gylla + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ775675).

A town and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST805265).


Kingston upon Thames

Distinguishing this location from other places also known as Kingston. The River Thames is on the west side of the town, and forms part of the borough's western boundary here.

An ancient market town, now a royal borough of Greater London, England, officially called the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.


Banqiao

/ˌbɑːnˈt͡ʃjaʊ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 板橋／板桥 (Bǎnqiáo).

zh-l

板橋／板桥 (Bǎnqiáo)

Panchiao (alternative)
Pan-chiao (alternative)
Pan-ch'iao (alternative)
Banciao (alternative)

A town in Nanzhang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Juxin Modern Agriculture Development Co., Ltd. in Enshi, Hubei was registered in Nov., 2005 and based in Peak Village more than 1,800 m above sea level in Banqiao Town, Enshi City.

2023, Yang Cao, “Pluralism and Symbiosis: The Basic Framework of Agricultural Production Organizations in Contemporary China”, in Ming Dong, Xue Li, transl., Modernization of China's Agricultural Production Organizations [当代中国农业生产组织现代化研究], volume 25, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 226:

当代中国农业生产组织现代化研究

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


Miaoli

From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 廟李／庙李.

(historical) A town in Jinshui district, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.


Anzio

A coastal town and comune in Lazio region, Italy.


Bellinzona

/ˌbɛlɪnˈzəʊnə/

From Italian Bellinzona, from Latin Bilitiō, Bilitiōnem, from a Lepontic term meaning “juniper bushes”.

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


Ischia

A town and comune on the island of Ischia, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.

Ischia di Castro
Ischia di Castro#English

A town and comune of Lazio, Italy; in full, Ischia di Castro.


Locarno

A town and municipality of Ticino canton, Switzerland.


Modane

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


Portogruaro

A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.


Biasca

A town in Riviera district, Ticino canton, Switzerland.


Giubiasco

A town and former municipality in Bellinzona district, Ticino canton, Switzerland.


Bo'ness

Shortened from Borrowstounness, a coastal town in Falkirk council area, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland (OS grid ref NS9981).


Tatum

From Tatham, from Old English Tāta, a personal name of unknown meaning + hām.


Cowan

Cowans (alternative)
Cowin (alternative)
Cowing (alternative)


Nova Gorica

From Slovene Nôva Goríca (“New Gorizia”).

A town in Slovenia that lies next to Gorizia in Italy.


Coushatta

Borrowed from Koasati Kowassa:ti (“bobcat people”).

Red River Parish
Red River Parish#English

A town, the parish seat of Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Kariba

A town in Zimbabwe, close to the Kariba Dam


Prairie

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


Canna

A town and comune in Cosenza province, Calabria, Italy.

A small town in the Shire of Morawa, Mid West region, Western Australia.


Coq

Clipping of Coquihalla, ultimately from Halkomelem Kwʼikwʼiyá:la

Coquihalla (a location in British Columbia)


Three Rivers

/ˈθɹiː ˈɹɪv.ɚz/

From the fact that three rivers flow through the area (confluence of two rivers, one flowing into the other, resulting in three channels).

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

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


Frome

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST7848).


Warragamba

A town on the river, in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales.


Yass

Apparently from an Australian Aboriginal language, yharr (“running water”).

Southern Tablelands
Southern Tablelands#English

A town on the river in Yass Valley council area, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales.


Galich

A town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, situated on the southern bank of Lake Galichskoye.


Akhalkalaki

An Armenian-populated town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.


Surami

A small town in the municipality of Khashuri, Shida Kartli, Georgia.

Սուրամ

small town in Georgia’s Shida Kartli region


Yeraskh

From Armenian Երասխ (Erasx). Doublet of Araks and Araxes.

Երասխ

town in the Ararat province of the Republic of Armenia


Akhaltsikhe

A town in Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Georgia, with a substantial population of Armenians.


Yanzi

Yen-tzu (alternative)
Yen-tse (alternative)
Yen-tze (alternative)

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 燕子 (Yànzǐ), meaning "swallow" (the bird).

A town in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China, formerly a township.


Kobuleti

Borrowed from Georgian ქობულეთი (kobuleti).


Kizlyar

a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia


Nakhichevan-on-Don

Named after Nakhichevan, one of the ancient areas of Armenia.
Partial calque of Russian Нахичева́нь-на-Дону́ (Naxičevánʹ-na-Donú).

pclq

Нахичева́нь-на-Дону́

Originally a town established on the right bank of Don in Russia by Armenians resettled from Crimea; later incorporated into the city of Rostov-on-Don.


Ermont

A town and commune in Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.


Marmande

A town and commune in Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Pontefract

From Latin pons (“bridge”) + Latin fractus (“broken”).

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4522).


Chippenham

From Old English Ċippanham, from the personal name Cippa, genitive singular, Cippan + hamm (“promontory”).

A market town and civil parish with a town council in north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9173).


Flitwick

From the name of the River Flit + Old English wīc (“village; temporary abode”).

der

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0334).


Glossop

A market town in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0394).

A small town in Berri Barmera council area, Riverland region, South Australia, named after John Glossop.


Harpenden

A town and civil parish with a town council in St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1314).


Kenilworth

From Old English feminine personal name Cynehild (“royal battle”), genitive singular Cynehilde + worþ (“enclosure”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2971).

A rural town in Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.


Ormskirk

Of Old Norse origin. Derived from Ormres kirkja, i.e. the church of Ormr, a personal name meaning "serpent" or "dragon".

A market town in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4108).


Uckfield

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wealden district, East Sussex, England, on the River Uck (OS grid ref TQ4721).


Verwood

Equivalent to fair + wood; recorded as Fairwod (1329) and Fayrwod (1436).


Yateley

A town in Hampshire, in southern England.


Oswestry

Recorded as Oswaldestroe in 1191, a tree of a man called Oswald; from Old English trēow.

A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2929).


Paignton

A coastal town in Torbay, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8960).


Queensferry

From queen + -s- + ferry
* In Flintshire, named in honour of Queen Victoria; previously Kingsferry.
* In Scotland, named after the Queen of Scots, Saint Margaret of Scotland.

A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3168).

A town on the Firth of Forth in Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1378).


Teignmouth

From Teign + mouth, at the mouth of the River Teign.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9473).


Leyden

A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.

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


Bathinda

A town in Punjab, India, site of the Qila Mubarak or "Fortunate Castle".


Sangrur

A town, the headquarters of Sangrur district in Punjab, in northern India.


Queenstown

From queen's + town, after various monarchs and consorts of the British Empire. Doublet of Quainton and Queenston. Cf. Queensville, Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, Coniston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton. Cobh was one of many places in Ireland that changed their names in the 1920s following the Irish Revolution.

A town in West Coast council area, Tasmania, Australia.

A resort town in Otago, New Zealand, situated on Lake Wakatipu, named after Queenstown in Ireland (now Cobh).

A town and city in Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

Queen Anne's County
Queen Anne's County#English

A small town in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.


Enfield

From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).

A town and London borough in Greater London.

A town in County Meath, Ireland; name adapted from Innfield (after an inn in the area) after the town in England.

A town in Hartford County, Connecticut; named for the town in England.

A locale in the United States.
A town in Penobscot County, Maine.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A town, village, and census-designated place in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for the town in Connecticut.

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

A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.


Denton

en-proper noun

Denton (countable and uncountable, plural Dentons)

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

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

(uncountable) A number of places in England:

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9295).

(uncountable) A number of places in the United States:

A town, the county seat of Caroline County, Maryland.

A town in Davidson County, North Carolina.


Ozona

A town, the county seat of Crockett County, Texas, United States.


Galena

A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.


Canning

* The civil parish in New Brunswick is likely named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).
* The village in Nova Scotia is named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).

A town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.

A town in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.


Pace

A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.


Clover

A place in the United States:
A town in York County, South Carolina.

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


Peck

* As an English surname, variant of Speake with loss of the initial letter.
* Also as an English (and sometimes Irish) surname, variant of Peak, Petch, Peach.
* As a south German surname, variant of Beck. Compare Pek, also found in Poland.
* As a Dutch and north German surname, from pek (“pitch, tar, resin”).
* As a Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Pek, Pék meaning "baker," itself ultimately from the German verb backen.

A place in the United States:
A town in Wisconsin.


Eureka

An unincorporated town and census-designated place, the county seat of Eureka County, Nevada.


Vail

Vail (countable and uncountable, plural Vails)

The town in Colorado was named after Vail Pass, which in turn was named after highway engineer Charles Vail. The surname likely comes from the obsolete term vail, meaning "submission", of Anglo-Norman origin.

A placename
A town in Colorado, United States


Colo

Colo (countable and uncountable, plural Colos or Coloes)

A placename
A town in New South Wales, Australia


Düren

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne.


Brookhaven

A town and census-designated place therein, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States.


Hamirpur

Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh#English

A town and district of Shimla division, Himachal Pradesh, India.


Lieksa

A town and municipality of North Karelia, Finland


Ludwigsburg

Borrowed from German Ludwigsburg, named for Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg.

A town and rural district of Baden-Württemberg

Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg
Ludwigsburg


Böblingen

A town and rural district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Esslingen

A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart.


Center

Rio Grande County
Rio Grande County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A statutory town in Rio Grande County and Saguache County, Colorado.

Outagamie County
Outagamie County#English


Medford

Piscataquis County
Piscataquis County#English


Thorp

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Thorpe.
* As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Torp, from a placename derived from Old Norse þorp (“farm”).


Loyal

Loyal (countable and uncountable, plural Loyals)

Kingfisher County
Kingfisher County#English

A town in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States.


Whitehaven

A port town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough, and historically within the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NX9718).


Gemas

A town in Tampin district, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.


Burlington

-ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

From Burling + -ton.
The town in Newfoundland derives from a variant of the name Bridlington in Yorkshire and may have been informed by the name of Burlington, Ontario.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

A small town in Carroll County, Indiana; named for Burlington, a Wyandot chief.

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A small town in Penobscot County, Maine.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; said to be named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.

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

A small town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.

A small town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.


Cascade

Western Australia
Western Australia#English


Lawn

(Canada): From French L’Âne (“The Donkey/Ass”).
(United States): From lawn.

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Gander

* As an English surname, from the noun gander.
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ganter, itself related to French ganter (“to glove”).
* As a north German surname, from Gandern in Brandenburg.
* Also as a north German surname, from Ganter (“male goose”).
* As a south German and Alemannic German surname, from Gand (“scree”).
The town in Newfoundland is named after Gander Bay or Gander Lake, the names of which derive from the noun gander.


Durrell

Nickname from a diminutive of Old French dur (“hard”).


Placentia

The town in Newfoundland is likely named after the Basque town of Placencia.


Burgeo

/ˈbɜːɹ.d͡ʒoʊ/

A corruption of Portuguese Mill Virgines (“thousand virgins”), a toponym originally applied to the Burgeo Islands.

der

A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Kippens

Etymology unknown. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from an archaic dialectal term meaning "bundle of hides" or an English surname.

unk

unknown


Cupids

Derived from a corruption of the surname Cooper.


Keels

Etymology unknown. Proposed etymologies include a corruption of the surname Keough, a derivation from the surname Keel, or a derivation from keel, referring here to the shape of the rocks near the town's harbour.

unknown


Blanes

A town and municipality in the comarca of Selva in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.


Souris

The etymology of the name of the town on Prince Edward Island is uncertain. According to one theory, the toponym derives from a calque of French souris (“mouse”), referring to an infestation of mice near the site of the current town. According to an opposing theory, the toponym derives from a corruption of French Havre à l’Échouerie, derived in turn from havre (“harbour”) and échouerie (“bar”), referring to the mouth of the Souris River.

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


Minto

Refers to the Minto Hills near the Scottish village. A pleonastic compound of Old Welsh minid (“mountain”), from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”), and Old English hōh (“hill spur, promontory”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-, *kemǝk- (“joint, legbone”). The latter element was added after the meaning of the former had become obscure. Recorded as Munethov in 1166 and Mynetowe in 1296.

der

Any of various places named after an Earl of Minto, including:


Legal

Named in honour of Bishop Émile-Joseph Legal.


Huron

From French Huron; Uncertain; possibly from French hure (“boar’s head”) or from a Wyandot word containing the Iroquoian root ronon (“nation”), from Proto-North Iroquoian *ɹonõɁ.

A town and hamlet in Wayne County, New York.


Ulmer

en-proper noun

Ulmer (countable and uncountable, plural Ulmers)

Allendale County
Allendale County#English

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


Daru

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English


Sangerhausen

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


Cove

Cove (countable and uncountable, plural Coves)

From Old English cofa (“cave, cove, hollow, cavern”).

der

A number of places in the United States:


Emmet

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.


Abastumani

Borrowed from Georgian აბასთუმანი (abastumani).

A small town and climatic spa in the Adigeni Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia.


Pitsunda

From Ancient Greek Πιτυοῦς, genitive of πίτυς ("pine"), ultimately translation of Georgian toponym ბიჭვინთა (from Georgian ფიჭვი, also meaning "pine") due to abundance of pines in the region.


Aginskoye

Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai#English

An urban-type settlement in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, on the river Aga.

Ագինսկոյե

an urban-type settlement in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia


Barrington

en-proper noun

Barrington (countable and uncountable, plural Barringtons)

* As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably named after Barentin in Seine-Maritime, from Medieval Latin Barentinum, Barentini, of pre-Latin origin, perhaps of Celtic/Gaulish origin and identical with Barenton, both names from a Gaulish word related to water.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), see Barnes, Barron.

Strafford County
Strafford County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Strafford County, New Hampshire.

A suburban residential town in Bristol County, Rhode Island.


Fillmore

From Old English full (“filled, fertile”) + mere (“lake”).

A town in Marion Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States.


Kossuth

Manitowoc County
Manitowoc County#English

A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States.


Mataura

A town in eastern Southland, New Zealand.


Jet

Jet (countable and uncountable, plural Jets)


Cirencester

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, the site of the ancient Corinium of the Dobunni (OS grid ref SP0202).


Stourbridge

/ˈstaʊəbɹɪd͡ʒ/

A large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England.


Grado

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

A small town in Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia


Sappada

A small town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.


Sarno

A town and comune in Salerno province, Campania, Italy.


Mohan

From Mandarin 磨憨 (Móhān) or Lü ᦢᦸᧈᦠᦱᧃ (ḃoa¹ḣaan).

bor

Lü ᦢᦸᧈᦠᦱᧃ (ḃoa¹ḣaan)

At least 30 Uyghurs were apprehended at the town of Mohan on the border with Laos in Yunnan’s Mengla county in late September, and scores of others were detained around the province in recent weeks, a Uyghur merchant in the province told RFA’s Uyghur Service.

2013 October 3, Shohret Hoshur, Rachel Vandenbrink, “100 Uyghurs Rounded Up in Police Hunt in Yunnan”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2014-10-30:

A Southeast Asia media delegation recently participated in the "China-Laos Railway Journey", at the invitation by the People's Government of Yunnan Province, to visit Kunming, Pu'er and Xishuangbanna, and learnt of the immigration and customs procedures at the transit station in Mohan, located at the China-Laos border.

2023 June 21, Bernama, “Stricter procedures entering China via railways from Southeast Asia”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 2023-06-22:

The study area was located in Mohan town, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, southwestern China (21°10′ − 21°26′ N, 101°27′ − 101°41′ E). The region experiences a tropical monsoon climate, with distinct dry (November to April) and wet (May to October) seasons.

2024 October 10, Qiang Lu, Zhengfeng An, Beibei Zhang, Xiaoqiang Lu, Xia Mao, Jiaqi Li, Scott X. Chang, Yan Liu, Xiangxiang Fu, “Optimizing tradeoff strategies of soil microbial community between metabolic efficiency and resource acquisition along a natural regeneration chronosequence”, in Science of The Total Environment, volume 946, →DOI, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-12-25:

A border town neighbouring Laos in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.


Bronte

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).

der

A town and comune in the metropolitan city of Catania, Sicily, Italy, origin of the title Duke of Bronte.

A town in Coke County, Texas, United States, named after Charlotte Brontë.


Innerleithen

/ˌɪnə(ɹ)ˈliːθən/

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT3336).


Capua

A town and municipality in the province of Caserta, Campania, Italy.


Cochrane

Cochran (alternative)
Cockrum (alternative)
Cocrane (alternative)
Cocran (alternative)
Cochren (alternative)
Cockram (alternative)
Cockran (alternative)
Cockren (alternative)
Colqueran (alternative)
Cothran (alternative)
Coughran (alternative)
Cofran (alternative)
Cohran (alternative)
Corcoran (alternative)
Corcorran (alternative)
O'Corcoran (alternative)
MacCorcoran (alternative)

The surname has multiple origins:
# From the placename "Lowlands of Cochrane", in Paisley, Renfrewshire.
# An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Maceachrain.
# An anglicization of Irish Ó Corcráin (“descendant of Corcrán”).

A town in Rocky View County, Calgary metropolitan region, Alberta, Canada.

Rocky View County
Rocky View County#English

A town in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.

Cochrane District
Cochrane District#English


Ingersoll

A town in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.


Midway

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

A proprialization from midway. Many of the places with this name got their name from being more or less midway along a journey between two other important places.

Hot Spring County
Hot Spring County#English

Several place names in Arkansas:
A town in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.

The former name of a town in Clinton County, Indiana, United States; now, Colfax.

A town in Davidson County, North Carolina.


Stephenville

The name of the town in Labrador is derived from Stephen + -ville. The community was named by Catholic missionary Thomas Sears after Stephen LeBlanc, the first child to be baptised in the community.

A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Formia

A town and comune in Latina province, Lazio, Italy.


Gallipoli

From Italian Gallipoli, from Turkish and late variant forms of Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis, “Callipolis”), from the combining form of Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty, beautiful”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Gelibolu, Callipolis, and Kallipolis.

doublet

(dated) Synonym of Gelibolu, a town and municipality of Turkey.


Metaponto

A town in Matera province, Basilicata, Italy.


Nove

A small town and comune of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

Nove

town and comune in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy


Subiaco

A town in Logan County, Arkansas, United States.


Midland

From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.

A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Sebastian County
Sebastian County#English

A town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

A rural small town in Haakon County, South Dakota.


Brant

English, German, Jewish and Dutch surname, variant of Brand.
The municipality in Ontario is named after Mohawk political leader Joseph Brant (1743 - 1807).

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


Hampstead

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hempstead.


Tignish

Derived from the Mi'kmaq toponym Tedeneche, originally referring to the Tignish River.

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

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


South River

/ˈsʌʊθ ˈɹɪv.ɚ/

The town in Newfoundland is named after a nearby river.

A small town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Deseronto

Named for Captain John Deseronto, a native Mohawk leader who was a captain in the British Military Forces during the American Revolutionary War.


Belleville

en-proper noun

Belleville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevilles)

From Belle + -ville.
* (French commune): From French Belleville, derived from belle vue (“beautiful view”).
* (neighbourhood of Paris): From French Belleville, literally “beautiful town”.
* (city in Ontario): Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.

A number of places in the United States:


Mattawa

My own grandfather, Eugene Bourgeault, a young man in grade eight, was threatened with a beating by Mattawa’s village priest for refusing to learn the Lord’s Prayer in English. The episode spelled the end of his education.

2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail:

Nipissing District
Nipissing District#English

A town in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.


Banff

From Scottish Gaelic, possibly banbh (“piglet”) or bean (“woman”) + naomh (“holy”).

A town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Banffshire.


Port Dickson

A town and district in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.


Deloraine

A town in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.


Riverton

A small coastal town in Southland, South Island, New Zealand.


Humboldt

Minnehaha County
Minnehaha County#English

A town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

A town and unincorporated community in Brown County, Wisconsin.


Roxbury

From Old English hrōc (“rook”), in the genitive singular case hrōces + byriġ, from burg (“fortified place”).

Litchfield County
Litchfield County#English

A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

A small town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A small town in Washington County, Vermont.

A town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.


Knutsford

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7578).


Warrenton

A town in Northern Cape, South Africa; named for British army officer Charles Warren.

A town, the county seat of Fauquier County, Virginia; named for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren.

A town, the county seat of Warren County, North Carolina; named for Joseph Warren.


Edmundston

Derived from Edmund (a personal name) + -s- + -ton. The city in New Brunswick is named after politician and diplomat Edmund Walker Head (1805 - 1868).


Eagar

Eagar (countable and uncountable, plural Eagars)

A town in Apache County, Arizona, United States.


Avondale

The town in Newfoundland is named after Avondale in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Burnsville

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


Sherbrooke

French: Sherbrooke

From the English surname Shirebrook, from the Manor of Shirebrook
* (surname): Corruption of the surname Shirebrook.
* (Nova Scotian municipality): From the surname of the governor general.
* (Prince Edward Island municipality):
* (Quebec municipality): From the surname of the governor general.

Shirebrook (alternative)
Shirebrooke (alternative)
Sherbrook (alternative)
Shurbrook (alternative)
Shurbrooke (alternative)
Shirbrook (alternative)
Shirbrooke (alternative)

A placename
A town in Victoria, Australia


Schefferville

The longest haul is in Canada, from the vast deposits of ore at Schefferville, in Quebec, to Seven Islands—a distance of 357 miles; [...].

1963 June, B. Perren, “Colvilles iron ore traffic in the Glasgow area”, in Modern Railways, page 409:


Potton

Potton (countable and uncountable, plural Pottons)

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

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249).


Stanstead

From Old English stan (“stone”) + stede (“place”), meaning "stony place".


Rimouski

A town in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada.


Chibougamau

From the Cree word for "gathering place".

A town and lake in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada


Matagami

From the Cree word for "the confluence of waters".


New Denmark

A town in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States.


Weaverville

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


Annan

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A small town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, near the river's mouth.


Cangas de Onís

A town, civil parish, and municipality of Asturias, Spain.


Lansdowne

Lansdowne (countable and uncountable, plural Lansdownes)


Fruitvale

Van Zandt County
Van Zandt County#English


Hazelton

Haslingden, Lancashire
Hazleton, Gloucestershire
Hesleden, County Durham

From multiple placenames in England: Hesleden, County Durham, Haselden, Sussex, Haslingden, Lancashire, Hazeldon, Wiltshire, and Hazleton, Gloucestershire. From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + denu (“valley”).

A town in Kansas; named for founder Rev. J. Hazelton.


Stewiacke

Derived from a corruption of the Mi'kmaq toponym Esiktaweak, translated as "whimpering and whining as it goes" (referring to the Stewiacke River).


Kentville

Compound of Kent + -ville. The town is named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767 - 1820), who visited the area in 1794.


Lunenburg

French: Lunenburg

From German Lüneburg. Because the Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg became King of Great Britain in 1707, many places in former British colonies also carry this name.

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

A town in Essex County, Vermont, United States.


Pictou

→ Scottish Gaelic: Baile Phiogto

The name of the town is derived from Mi'kmaq piktook (“explosion, fire”). The toponym refers to highly explosive methane from coal seams located under the town's harbour.


Eastville

Northampton County
Northampton County#English

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


Oromocto

The town is derived from the river, which is thought to have originated in Malecite-Passamaquoddy welamukotuk (“deep water”).

bor

A town in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada, located at the mouth of the river of the same name.


Grand Falls

/ˈɡɹænd ˈfɔːlz/

* (town in New Brunswick): Calque of French Grand-Sault, derived from grand (“big, great”) and sault (“waterfall”). The town is named after a large set of waterfalls in the Saint John River.
* (Churchill Falls): grand+waterfall (“falls”). From being a waterfall located on the Grand River. Coined by Hudson's Bay Company explorer John McLean 1820s. From the river's name in Innu, Mishta-shipu. From Montagnais mishta (“grand, great”).

coin

A town in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Pioche

An unincorporated town, the county seat of Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.


Dyer

* As an English surname, from dyer (“one who dyes”). Compare Dexter.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Dwyer.

A town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago; named for early settler Martha Dyer Hart.


Norwood

From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.

San Miguel County
San Miguel County#English

A number of places in the United States:

census-designated place
census-designated place

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

A town in Stanly County, North Carolina.


Ferryland

The name of the town derives from a reinterpretation of Portuguese farelho (“sharp rocks, reef”).

der

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Englee

/ˌɛn.ɡəˈliː/

Derived from a corruption of French anglais (“English”), referring here to a settlement created by English settlers in an area officially controlled by the French as a result of the Treaty of Utrecht.


Rushoon

Unknown; possibly from French ruisseau (“brook”).


Ramea

The name of the town probably derives from the French toponym La Ramée, a locality near Saint Peter Port in Guernsey.


Forteau

Derived from French Forteau, derived in turn from a compound of fort (“strong”) and eau (“water”). The toponym refers to the powerful, unpredictable tides found near the village.

A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Hampden

en-proper noun

Hampden (countable and uncountable, plural Hampdens)

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + denu (“valley”).

A small town in North Otago district, Otago, New Zealand.

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.


Eustis

Eustis (countable and uncountable, plural Eustises)

A town in Franklin County, Maine, United States.


Carros

Borrowed from French Carros, itself from Occitan Carròs.

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

A town and commune of Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Trout River

/ˈtɹʌʊt ˈɹɪv.ɚ/

The town in Newfoundland is named after a nearby river.

A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


Buenos Ayres

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

A town in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.


Basin

A town, the county seat of Big Horn County, Wyoming


Beloit

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

A city and town in Rock County, Wisconsin. Former name: New Albany.


Clermont

From French Clermont, from Latin clarus (“clear, famed”) + mons (“mount, mountain”).

A town in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec; named for Clermont-Ferrand in honor of Blaise Pascal.

A town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec.

A town in New York; named for the nearby Taconic mountains.

A town in Queensland; named for Clermont-Ferrand, the hometown of a founder.

A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; named after an early landowner.


Springbrook

City of Gold Coast
City of Gold Coast#English

A mountain, plateau, town, and locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

A town with unincorporated community and census-designated place therein, in Washburn County, Wisconsin.


Wheatland

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Steen Township, Knox County, Indiana; named for the wheat production in the area.

A town in Monroe County, New York; named for the wheat production in the area.

A town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin; named for the wheat production in the area.

A town, the county seat of Platte County, Wyoming.


Eatonia

A town in the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Wakaw

A town and lake in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Turtle

A town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.


Wedel

A town in Pinneberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


Schaghticoke

A Dutch-influenced form of the R-dialect Algonquian Pishgachtigok (“gathered waters, confluence”).

Schaghticoke tribe
Town of Schaghticoke
Village of Schaghticoke

Scaticook (alternative)
Scatacook (alternative)
Pachgatgoch (alternative)
Pishgachtigok (alternative)
Scachtacook (alternative)
Scanticook (alternative)
Schaacticook (alternative)
Patchgatgoch (alternative)
Scaticook (alternative)
Pishgachtigok (alternative)

Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County#English

A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.


Wau

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English


Rockville

A town, the county seat of Parke County, Indiana.

The Rio Virgen, between Long Valley and the Mormon town of Rockville, runs through Parunuweap Canyon, which is often not more than 20 or 30 feet in width and is from 600 to 1,500 feet deep.

1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 30:


Danvers

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French d'Anvers (“from Antwerp”).

A town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.


Cottonwood

A tiny town in Jackson County, South Dakota.


Micro

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


Twisp

From the Okanagan word for wasp or yellowjacket.


Cherry Valley

A town in New York, and a village within that town.


Greenville

From green + -ville or Green + -ville (from the surname), depending on the place.

The name of many cities and towns in the United States and Canada, including:

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


Yandang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 雁蕩 /雁荡 (Yàndàng, literally “Wild Goose Pond”).

bor

A town in Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.


Harmony

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A town in Iredell County, North Carolina.


Airdrie

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland.


Soldier

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


Bogue

In reference to the Chinese strait, a corruption of Portuguese Boca do Tigre (literally “Mouth of the Tiger”), a calque of the Chinese name 虎門 /虎门 (Hǔmén, literally “Tiger Gate”).


Montrose

From Scottish Gaelic moine (“moor”) + rois (“peninsula”).

A coastal resort town in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7157).

A small town in Jasper County, Mississippi.

A small town in Randolph County, West Virginia.

A town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.


Tavistock

From its location on the River Tavy + Old English stoc; recorded as Tauistoce in 981 and Tavestoc in 1086 (DB).

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4874).


Coffeeville

From coffee + -ville. From the surname Coffee in Mississippi.

Yalobusha County
Yalobusha County#English

A town in and one of the two county seats of Yalobusha County, Mississippi, United States.


Dawley

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin#English

A small town in Great Dawley parish, Telford and Wrekin borough, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6807).


Teec Nos Pos

From Navajo tʼiis názbąs (“cottonwoods in a circle”).


Concordia

58 Concordia
Concordia
Concordia (mythology)

A town on Saint Martin, part of a Caribbean island that belongs to France.

A town and municipality in Antioquia department, Colombia.

A town and municipality in Magdalena department, Colombia.

A town in Northern Cape province, South Africa.


Brugg

A town and municipality in Aargau canton, Switzerland.


Winchcombe

A town and civil parish with a town council in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0228).


Presteigne

From Old English prēost + hem-mǣd (“priest's border meadow”), recorded as Prestehemed in 1137.

der

A town and community in Powys, Wales (and formerly the county town of the ancient county of Radnorshire), situated on the south bank of the River Lugg, on the border with England. The community is served by Presteigne and Norton Town Council (OS grid ref SO3164).

Llanandras

town in Powys on the border with England


Gleason

en-prop

Gleason (countable and uncountable, plural Gleasons)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Glasáin (“descendant of Glasán”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of glas (“green, blue, grey”).

der

A town in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States.


Guilford

en-proper noun

Guilford (countable and uncountable, plural Guilfords)

New Haven County
New Haven County#English

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

Piscataquis County
Piscataquis County#English


satellite town

Slough and Staines are just two of London's satellite towns.

A self-contained town, as opposed to a mere suburb, on the periphery of a metropolitan area.


Lüneburg

Borrowed from German Lüneburg, which see.

Lunenburg (alternative)
Luneburg (alternative)
Lueneburg (alternative)

A town in Lower Saxony, formerly a prominent member of the Hanse, known for its salt production.


Mashpee

An anglicization of the Massachusett words mass ("great") + nippe ("water"), synthesized as "great pond".


West Ham

From Old English west (“west”) + hamm (“water-meadow”).

A town in eastern London, in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England.


Leihe

The moderately sensitive area was the buffer region one kilometer away from the water source, involving in part the the^([sic]) Leihe development region and the town of Kongwan.

2011, Jing Zhang, Ke Wang, Xinming Chen, Wenjuan Zhu, “Combining a Fuzzy Matter-Element Model with a Geographic Information System in Eco-Environmental Sensitivity and Distribution of Land Use Planning”, in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, volume 8, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1216:

There are 10 town^([sic – meaning towns]) in Yicheng City, that are Xiaohe, Zhenji, Kongwan, Liuhou, Wangji, Banqiao, Liushui, Yancheng, Nanying and Leihe.

2013, Wenling Jiang, Yu He, “Space Distribution Pattern Research and Optimization Analysis of Rural Settlements in Yicheng City”, in Sustainable Cities Development and Environment Protection, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50:

In Liaohe Village, Leihe Town, Yicheng City, the clean and tidy hardened road, the interesting cultural wall, and the green farm yard seem to be in a beautiful picture. Material life has become better, cultural life is also colorful, and local villagers are immersed in the festive celebration of the festival, displaying various folk culture programs.

2022 January 26, “Starting from happiness - Xiangyang City held a special program activity for the benefit of grass-roots culture in the New Year”, in LaiTimes, archived from the original on 2022-10-13:

A town in Yicheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.


Zanesville

A small town in Allen County and Wells County, Indiana, United States.


La Laguna

A town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador


Side

From Latin Side, from Ancient Greek Σίδη (Sídē).

An ancient city, archaeological site, and modern town in modern Antalya province, Turkey, on a small peninsula on the Mediterranean coast of Anatolia, settled by Greeks from Cyme.


Burgaw

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


Manteo

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


Landis

Landis (countable and uncountable, plural Landises)


Beauval

Beauval (a town in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Craik

A town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.


Eston

Eston (countable and uncountable, plural Estons)

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

Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland#English

A town in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5518).

(uncountable) A placename:
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Ogema

A small town and census-designated place in Price County, Wisconsin.


Rouleau

Rouleau (countable and uncountable, plural Rouleaus)

A placename
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.


Whistler

Whistler (countable and uncountable, plural Whistlers)

Whistlers (plural)
Wissler (alternative)
Whiseller (alternative)
Whisler (alternative)

Continuing the Middle English Wistler, Wyzelere, an occupational surname from the Old English hwistlere (“piper”).

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A resort town in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.


Oliver Springs

Named after Richard Oliver, who had become the town's first postmaster in 1826.


Unicoi

From Cherokee ᎤᏁᎬ (unegv, “white”) + a placename suffix. Doublet of Unakas.


Rives

A placename
A town in Tennessee, United States.


Jonesville

A town in North Carolina; named for Hardy Jones, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War.

A town, the county seat of Lee County, Virginia.

A town in Indiana; named for founder Benjamin Jones.


Root

Rouet (alternative)
Rout (alternative)
Roots (alternative)
Roote (alternative)
Rootes (alternative)

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A town in Montgomery County, New York, United States; named for lawyer and politician Erastus Root.


Altamont

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


Fort Smith

South Slave Region
South Slave Region#English

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

A town in the South Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada.


Arkwright

Arkwright (countable and uncountable, plural Arkwrights)

From arkwright, an occupational surname for a chest maker.

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

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


Joliet

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

A place in the United States:
A town in Carbon County, Montana.


Brampton

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

A small market town and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5361).


Rockingham

Rockingham (countable and uncountable, plural Rockinghams)

From the Old English personal name Hroca + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.


Ashford

From Old English æscet (“a clump of ash trees”) + ford or, alternatively, from æsc (“an ash tree”) + ford. Equivalent to ash + ford.

The Borough of Ashford, a local government district with borough status of Kent, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.

A number of places in England:
A town in Kent (OS grid ref TR0142).

A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0671).

A number of places in the United States:

Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County#English

Fond du Lac County
Fond du Lac County#English

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.


Burrillville

From Burrill + -ville, named after James Burrill Jr..

Providence County
Providence County#English

A town in Providence County, Rhode Island.


Artashat

Borrowed from Armenian Արտաշատ (Artašat).

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


Wautoma

A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States, partly surrounding the city of the same name.


Brooker

A town in Bradford County, Florida, United States.


Kemp

Kemp (countable and uncountable, plural Kemps)

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

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


Bala

In Wales, from Welsh Bala, from bala (“effluent from a lake”).

A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH9235).


Blum

Blum (countable and uncountable, plural Blums)

From the German surname, from Middle High German bluome (“flower”).


Cushing

A town in Knox County, Maine, named after Thomas Cushing.


Wendover

A market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8607).


Orangeville

A locale in the United States
A town in New York, United States.


Renfrew

Renfrew (countable and uncountable, plural Renfrews)

Renfrews (plural)
Renfro (alternative)
Renfrow (alternative)
Rentfro (alternative)
Rentfrow (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic Rinn Friù. from Old British rhyn frwd meaning "point at the current".

A town in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland; historically it was the county town of Renfrewshire (OS grid ref NS5067).

A town in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.


Petawawa

/ˌpʰɛ.ɾəˈwɑːwɑː/


Athabasca

Translingual: athabascae

From Woods Cree [Term?]/Cree Athap-askaw. Compare to Plains Cree ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑯᐢᑳᐤ (“there are many reeds”) or Cree ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑳᐤ (aaniskowaskaaw, “it is full of reeds”), from ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑿ (aaniskowaskwa, “reeds, bullrushes”). Doublet of Arthabaska, Quebec, from Abenaki awabaska (“place of bushes and reeds”).
The Cree name originally applied to the lake, and the river delta (the world's largest inland freshwater delta) and was borrowed into French and English by fur traders. The river was named by extension, and the town's name is clipping of "Athabasca Landing". The Cree name for the town is ᑲᐹᐏᓂᕁ (kapaawinihk, “portage, landing, disembarkation”).

cog

A town in Alberta, Canada, on the Athabasca River. Formerly "Athabasca Landing"


Welshpool

From Welsh + Pool; it was originally known as Pool, but the name was changed in 1835 to distinguish it from the English town of Poole.

A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ2207).


Alford

en-proper noun

Alford (countable and uncountable, plural Alfords)

Alfords (plural)
Allford (alternative)
Alvord (alternative)

From the Old English female given name Ealdgȳþ + ford (“ford”).

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4576).

A town in Jackson County, Florida, United States.

Berkshire County
Berkshire County#English

A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.


Barron

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

A town in Barron County, Wisconsin, surrounding the city of the same name.


Bowman

Orangeburg County
Orangeburg County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.


Branch

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

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


Bray

The town in Ireland is from Irish Bré, of uncertain origin.

A coastal town in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2617).

A town in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States.


Burnett

Burnett (countable and uncountable, plural Burnetts)

Burnetts (plural)
Bernett (alternative)
Burtnett (alternative)

From Middle English burnet (“brown”), from Old French brunet, brunete.

census-designated place
census-designated place

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


Gaines

A town in Orleans County, New York, named after Edmund P. Gaines.


Garner

A place in the United States:
A town in White County, Arkansas.

A place in the United States:
A town in Wake County, North Carolina.


Haney

Haney (countable and uncountable, plural Haneys)

Various origins:
* Variant of Hanney.
* Reduced form of McHaney.
* Americanized spelling of Norwegian Hanøy.

A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States.


Haynes

A place in the United States:
A town in Lee County, Arkansas.


Hinton

Hinton (countable and uncountable, plural Hintons)

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

A town in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Knowles

Knowles (countable and uncountable, plural Knowleses)

Knowleses (plural)
Knoles (alternative)
Knollys (alternative)
Noles (alternative)

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill, from a genitive or plural form of Middle English knoll (“hilltop, hillock”).

der

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


Mayfield

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


Meadows

en-proper noun

Meadows (countable and uncountable, plural Meadowses)

Variant of Meadow, with the patronymic suffix -s.

A town in Mount Barker district council area, South Australia, Australia.


Merrill

A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States, adjacent to the city of the same name.


Newell

Newell (countable and uncountable, plural Newells)

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

der

Buena Vista County
Buena Vista County#English

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

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


Padilla

en-proper noun

Padilla (countable and uncountable, plural Padillas)

A town and municipality of Cauca Department, Colombia

A town in Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia


Pennington

Pennington (countable and uncountable, plural Penningtons)

A coastal town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Sanford

Covington County
Covington County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A small town in Covington County, Alabama.

A small statutory town in Conejos County, Colorado.

Hutchinson County
Hutchinson County#English

A small town in Hutchinson County, Texas.


Slaughter

Originally named for someone who slaughtered animals for food.

East Feliciana Parish
East Feliciana Parish#English

A town in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, from the surname.


Valenzuela

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

named-after

A town and municipality of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain.

A town and district of Cordillera department, Paraguay.


Wiley

A statutory town in Prowers County, Colorado, United States.


Meadow

A town in Millard County, Utah, originally named Meadow Creek.


Lyman

en-proper noun

Lyman (countable and uncountable, plural Lymans)

A placename.
A town in Maine, United States.

A placename.
A town in New Hampshire, United States.

A town in South Carolina, United States.

A placename.
A town in Utah, United States.

A placename.
A town in Washington, United States.

A placename.
A town in Wyoming, United States.


Rusk

A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.


Chertsey

From Old English Ċeortes īeġ, from the personal name Cerot + 's + īeġ (“island”).

A town in Runnymede district, Surrey, England.

A small town in Canterbury, New Zealand.


Gustine

A town in Comanche County, Texas, United States.


Quinton

Quinton (countable and uncountable, plural Quintons)

Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning "queen's town".

A historical village, small town, and suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9984).

Pittsburg County
Pittsburg County#English

A number of places in the United States:


Wawota

From Dakota "wa ota" meaning "lots of snow".

A town in the Rural Municipality of Wawken No. 93, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Nipawin

From Cree ᓂᐸᐃᐧᐣ (nipaiyn)/nipawin (“sleep; resting-place”).


Winn

English and Welsh surname, spelling variant of Wynn and Gwynn.

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.


Ponoka

A town, the headquarters of Ponoka County, Alberta, Canada.


Alderson

en-proper-noun

Alderson (countable and uncountable, plural Aldersons)

From Alder + -son, from being the son of a person named Alder.

A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States.

Greenbrier County
Greenbrier County#English

A town in Greenbrier County and Monroe County, West Virginia, United States.


Crowder

en-proper noun

Crowder (countable and uncountable, plural Crowders)

Crowders (plural)
Crowther (alternative)

From crowder, an occupational surname for someone who played the crwth.

A town in Panola County and Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.


Alcamo

Borrowed from Italian Alcamo, from Arabic الْقَامُوق (al-qāmūq).

A commune and town in Trapani, Sicily, Italy.


Erice

A town and commune of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.


Yeager

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


Keyes

A town in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States.


Gate

A tiny town in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States.


Dagenham

From Old English Dæccanhām, having -ham. First appeared in a document (as Dæccanhaam) in a charter of Barking Abbey dating from 666 AD. The name almost certainly originated with a small farmstead, the "ham" or farm of a man called Daecca, of uncertain meaning, but compare þæc (“roof”).

Barking and Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham#English

A suburban town in the borough of Barking and Dagenham, in eastern Greater London, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TQ4984).


Utica

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

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

Winnebago County
Winnebago County#English


Chur

A town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland.


Staines

Staines (countable and uncountable, plural Staineses)

(historical):

A town on the Thames in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England, historically in Middlesex. Officially Staines-upon-Thames, but this name is generally ignored.


Artesia

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

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


Elida

Roosevelt County
Roosevelt County#English


Trappe

Possibly named in reference to wolf traps, or possibly after a Trappist monastery.


Secretary

Named by Lord Baltimore after his secretary.


Llandeilo

A small town in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6322).


Gravesend

An ancient town situated on the Thames Estuary in north-west Kent, England, and the administrative centre of Gravesham borough (OS grid ref TQ6474).


Candelaria

A town in Cuscatlán department, El Salvador


Poo

A small town in eastern Asturias, near Llanes

A small town in eastern Asturias, near Cabrales


Houghton

Houghton (countable and uncountable, plural Houghtons)

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

A town near Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.


Seward

Seward (countable and uncountable, plural Sewards)

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

Schoharie County
Schoharie County#English

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


Gifford

Gifford (countable and uncountable, plural Giffords)

Two main origins:
* Habitational surname for someone from Broughton Gifford, from the Old English personal name *Gydda + -ing (“belonging to”) + ford (“ford”).
* From Old French giffard (“chubby-cheeked, bloated”), perhaps a nickname for a big eater.

der

A common placename in the United States, from the surname:

A town in Hampton County, South Carolina.


Worthington

en-proper noun

Worthington (countable and uncountable, plural Worthingtons)

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

A number of places in the United States:

Hampshire County
Hampshire County#English

A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.


Beecher

Beecher (countable and uncountable, plural Beechers)

Two possible origins:
* A variant of Beech, with the locative suffix -er.
* An Americanized form of German Bücher.

Marinette County
Marinette County#English

A town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.


Winslow

Winslow (countable and uncountable, plural Winslows)

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

compound

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7728).


Fenton

en-proper noun

Fenton (countable and uncountable, plural Fentons)

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

A town in Staffordshire, England, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ897446).

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


Somers

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

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

A town and village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

Mornington Peninsula
Mornington Peninsula#English

A coastal town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.


Colville

Colville (countable and uncountable, plural Colvilles)

Colvilles (plural)
Colvile (alternative)

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

A small town on the Coromandel Peninsula in Waikato region, New Zealand.


Boyce

A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

A town in Clarke County, Virginia, United States.


Fontainebleau

A town in the metropolitan area of Paris, in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France, home to a royal French palace.


Saratoga

/ˌsærəˈtoʊɡə/

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

Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs#English

A town in Saratoga County, New York, adjacent to Saratoga Springs.


Kenton

Kenton (countable and uncountable, plural Kentons)

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


Balfour

Balfour (countable and uncountable, plural Balfours)

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


Warburton

Warburton (countable and uncountable, plural Warburtons)

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

(uncountable) A placename:
A town in Punjab, Pakistan.

(uncountable) A placename:
A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

(uncountable) A placename:
A town in Victoria, Australia.


Pittsburg

A number of places in the United States:


Dunstable

Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0121).

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.


McLean

McLean (countable and uncountable, plural McLeans)

McLeans (plural)
MacLean (alternative)
Maclean (alternative)
McLain (alternative)
McLaine (alternative)
MacLaine (alternative)
Maclaine (alternative)
McLane (alternative)
McClean (alternative)
MacClean (alternative)
McClain (alternative)
MacClean (alternative)
McClane (alternative)
McClean (alternative)
McLain (alternative)
McLane (alternative)
McLin (alternative)

A town in Texas; named for Judge William P. McLean.


Wilmington

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

der

A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

census-designated place
census-designated place

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

A town and census-designated place in Windham County, Vermont.

Mount Remarkable
Mount Remarkable#English

A town in Mount Remarkable district council area, South Australia.


Wolsey

From Old English Wulfsiġe (“wolf victory”). Reenforced and popularized by the homophonic personal name Wulfesege (“wolf's eye”).

Woolsey (alternative)
Woosey (alternative)


Lockhart

en-proper noun

Lockhart (countable and uncountable, plural Lockharts)

Covington County
Covington County#English

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


Herrick

* As an English surname, from Old Norse Eiríkr.
* As a Dutch surname, from an assimilated Dutch form of Henry (also see Henrick), or from the Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *rīks (“ruler”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEirc, "descendant of Erc," eventually meaning "speckled." Also spelled as Harkin.

A small town in Gregory County, South Dakota.


Pendleton

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

A town in New York; named for founder Sylvester Pendleton Clark.

A town in Indiana; named for founder Thomas Pendleton.


Ripley

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

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

A town in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3950).

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English


Linton

Linton (countable and uncountable, plural Lintons)

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

A town in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.


Conde

A city and town in South Dakota, United States.


Narre Warren

From the Woiwurrung words nurru nurru (red ochre) and nyarri warren (red)


Dandenong

Named after the surrounding Dandenong Ranges, from a Woiwurrung term.


Beaconsfield

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref SU9391).


Doveton

Named after prominent early settler Captain John Doveton, who remained until around 1903.


Lynbrook

A metathesis of the syllables in Brooklyn.


Entebbe

A town in central Uganda, on the shore of Lake Victoria


Kilmarnock

From Scottish Gaelic, from cill (“churchyard, chapel”) + the Saint name Marnock. The name is from Mo-Ernin-og (“my little Ernan”).

A town in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4238).


Stranraer

From Scottish Gaelic Sròn Reamhar (literally “fat promontory”).

bor

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A town in western Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.


Wick

From Old Norse vík (“bay, inlet”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).


Thurso

A town in northern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland.


Peterhead

A town and port in Aberdeenshire council area, on the east coast of Scotland (OS grid ref NK1346).


Motherwell

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A town in and the administrative centre of North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7557)


Żyrardów

Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship#English


Gorzów Śląski

Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship#English

A town in the Opole Voivodeship, Poland.


Tamworth

Tamworth
Tamworth pig
Tamworth, Staffordshire

A town in Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2203).

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


Bakewell

en-proper noun

Bakewell (countable and uncountable, plural Bakewells)

Bakewells (plural)
Balkwill (alternative)

From the Old English personal name Baduca + wella (“spring, stream”).

Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales#English

A market town and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2168).


Krnov

From the Czech Krnov, first attested in 1240 as Kyrnow, from the personal name Krn + the archaic placename suffix -óv.

An Upper Silesian town on the River Opava in the northeastern Czech Republic, near the Polish border.

Krnov

Upper Silesian town on the Opava in the Czech Republic


Vinton

Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Parish#English


Duffield

Duffield (countable and uncountable, plural Duffields)

A town in Scott County, Virginia, United States.


Hurt

Hurt (countable and uncountable, plural Hurts)


Bloxom

A town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.


Cooperstown

A town in Wisconsin; named for postmaster Allen Cooper.


Grundy

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


San Jorge

A town in San Miguel department, El Salvador


Santa María

A town in Usulután department, El Salvador


Stans

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


Vils

A town on the German border in Reutte district, Tyrol, Austria.


Soest

Borrowed from German and Dutch Soest respectively.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

A town and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.


Beccles

A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4290).


Beishan

Translingual: beishanensis, Beishanlong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北山 (Běishān).

Peishan (alternative)
Pei-shan (alternative)

A town in Qingtian, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.

A town in Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, China.

A town in Longhui, Shaoyang, Hunan, China.

A town in Yizhou district, Hechi, Guizhou, China.


Gilman

A number of places in the United States:

An abandoned mining town in Eagle County, Colorado.


Darjeeling

/dɑ(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒiːlɪŋ/

Borrowed from Nepali दार्जिलिङ (dārjiliṅ), from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང (rdo rje gling), itself a compound of Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje, “vajra”) and གླིང (gling, “land”).

der

རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང

A town and municipality in northern West Bengal, India.


Corby

North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8888).


Standish

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

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


Sugar Creek

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

A community of the United States:
A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.


Hernani

A town and municipality of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain.


Beslan

Pravoberezhny District
Pravoberezhny District#English

North Ossetia-Alania
North Ossetia-Alania#English

A town, the administrative center of the Pravoberezhny District, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.


Joice

English surname, spelling variant of Joyce.


Alor Gajah

A town, the seat of Alor Gajah district, Malacca, Malaysia.


Einsiedeln

From German Einsiedeln, from Middle High German Einsiedelen, originally a dative plural form (with locative effect) of Einsiedler (“hermit”).

A town and municipality in Schwyz canton, Switzerland, a major Catholic site of pilgrimage.


Hove

A town on the south coast of East Sussex, England, west of Brighton


Hemingway

Williamsburg County
Williamsburg County#English

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


Corn

* As an English surname, from the nouns crane, corn, and quern.
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Korn, meaning "grain."


Sentinel

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


Meeker

The flock spent most of the next day about Chasm Lake, just under the northern crags of Meeker.

1915 April 25, Enos A. Mills, “Wild Mountain Sheep”, in The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42:

Rio Blanco County
Rio Blanco County#English

A town, the county seat of Rio Blanco County, Colorado.

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


Coxsackie

A town in New York, and a village within that town.


Kola

A town on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.


Dutton

en-proper noun

Dutton (countable and uncountable, plural Duttons)

The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A placename:
A town in South Australia, Australia.

A town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States.

A town in Teton County, Montana, United States.


Cupar

From Pictish *ᚉᚒᚚᚓᚏ (cuper, “confluence”), compare Welsh cymer.

On the petition of the scholars of the grammar school of Cupar, on 6th August 1678, for a vacance, in order that they may 'recreate' themselves, and visit their friends, the council allow them a holiday till 23d September next.

1876, James Grant, History of the Burgh and Parish Schools of Scotland, page 189:

A town in Fife council area, Scotland; historically a royal burgh and former county town of the county of Fife.


Neapoli

From Greek Νεάπολη (Neápoli), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλη (póli, “city”) and from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa) + πολις (polis). Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, and Neapolis.

doublet

A town in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece.

A town in Kozani, West Macedonia, Greece.


Hammon

Roger Mills County
Roger Mills County#English

A town in Roger Mills County and Custer County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Indian agent James H. Hammon.


Sagunto

From Spanish Sagunto, from Latin Saguntum.


Enola

Created for the titular character in the 1886 American novel Enola, derived from alone spelled backwards.

A place in the United States:
A town in Faulkner County, Arkansas.


Wing

A small town in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.


Mountain

en-proper noun

Mountain (countable and uncountable, plural Mountains)

A placename
A town in Wisconsin, United States.


Fountain

Fountain (countable and uncountable, plural Fountains)

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

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

A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States.


Kindred

Named after local businessman William S. Kindred.


Salcombe

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in South Hams district, southern Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7339).


Upham

Upham (countable and uncountable, plural Uphams)

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

A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.


Lowry

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


Olivet

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

A town in Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire.

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

A town in Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire.

Hutchinson County
Hutchinson County#English

A town, the county seat of Hutchinson County, South Dakota; named for the city in Michigan.


Interior

A town and village in South Dakota, United States.


Kennard

Kennard (countable and uncountable, plural Kennards)

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Indiana; named for early settler Jenkins Kennard.


Stowe

From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw (“place”).

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


Hamlin

Hamlin (countable and uncountable, plural Hamlins)

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

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

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

census-designated place
census-designated place

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

A town, the county seat of Lincoln County, West Virginia.


Lamar

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

Darlington County
Darlington County#English

A town in Darlington County, South Carolina.


Calamus

A small town in Clinton County, Iowa, United States, named after a creek.

A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

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

Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:

A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Worcester County
Worcester County#English

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.

Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County#English

A town and census-designated place therein, in Windham County, Vermont.

A village and town in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.

A coastal town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.


Bathurst

→ French: Bathurst

Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

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

A placename:
A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.


Fremont

Fremont (countable and uncountable, plural Fremonts)

Ellipsis of Town of Fremont.; A town in Sullivan County, New York State, United States


Hermon

A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.

Penobscot County
Penobscot County#English

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

St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County#English


Villiers

A town on the Vaal River, Free State province, South Africa.


Greeley

Greeley (countable and uncountable, plural Greeleys)

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

A town in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Lenox

Any of a number of places in the USA:
A town in Madison County, New York.


Fleetwood

From Old English flēot (“pool, stream”) + wood.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3348).


Mackay

A town in Custer County, Idaho, United States.


Denham

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A town, administrative centre of the Shire of Shark Bay, Western Australia, named after Henry Mangles Denham.


Walden

From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).

A number of places in the United States:

A statutory town, the county seat of Jackson County, Colorado.

Caledonia County
Caledonia County#English


Fairfield

Fairfield (countable and uncountable, plural Fairfields)

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

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.


Wingate

Wingate (countable and uncountable, plural Wingates)

Wingates (plural)
Windeatt (alternative)

From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

(uncountable) Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries:

A number of places in the United States:


Macleod

Macleod (countable and uncountable, plural Macleods)

Macleods (plural)
MacLeod (alternative)
McLeod (alternative)
Mcleod (alternative)

Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries.
* (town in Alberta): see entry for Fort Macleod.

A town in Alberta, Canada; modern Fort Macleod.


Worth

Worth (countable and uncountable, plural Worths)

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English


Raahe

North Ostrobothnia
North Ostrobothnia#English

A town and municipality of North Ostrobothnia, Finland.


Accident

A town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States.


Quintana

en-proper-noun

Quintana (countable and uncountable, plural Quintanas)

From Romance (Spanish Quintana and Portuguese Quintana).

A town in Brazoria County, Texas, United States


Santa Isabel

A place name:
A town in La Pampa province, Argentina.

A town and municipality in Tolima department, Colombia.

A town and municipality in Chihuahua, Mexico.

A town and municipality on the south coast of Puerto Rico.


Coromandel

Coromandel Peninsula
Coromandel Peninsula#English

A town in Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand.


Rodeiro

A town and municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.


Araucária

A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.


Catanduvas

A town and municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.


Santa Rosa de Lima

A town in La Unión department, El Salvador


Rameswaram

From Tamil ராமேசுவரம் (rāmēcuvaram), from Sanskrit रामेश्वर (rāmeśvara) (राम (rāma) + ईश्वर (īśvara)).


Baden-Baden

/ˈbɑːdn̩ ˈbɑːdn̩/

Borrowed from German Baden-Baden, a contraction of Baden im Baden (“Baden-in-Baden”) in reference to the former Grand Duchy of Baden.

A spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Rye

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

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

A small town and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9220).

A number of places in the United States:

A small statutory town in Pueblo County, Colorado.

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

A large town in Westchester County, New York.


Cheshunt

A town in Broxbourne borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3502).


Vendôme

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

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


Wavrin

A town and municipality of Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.


Fayetteville

Fayetteville
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

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

A number of places in the United States, including:

A town, the county seat of Fayette County, West Virginia.


Nazianzus

From Late Latin Nazianzus, from Ancient Greek Ναζιανζός (Nazianzós).

(historical) A town in the ancient region of Cappadocia, near the modern village of Bekarlar in Gülağaç District, Aksaray Province, Turkey.


McLouth

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


Admire

Named for one of its founders, Jacob Admire.


Lapwai

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


Kamiah

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


Placerville

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