Vachon

English: Vachon

A river in Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

A river in Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

An electoral district in Montérégie, Québec, Canada


Belcourt

The municipality is named after Franco-Ontarian parliamentarian Napoléon Belcourt (1860 - 1932).

La Vallée-de-l'Or
La Vallée-de-l'Or#English

A municipality of La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Frémont

→ English: Fremont

Ellipsis of Lac Frémont.; A lake in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada

Canton de Frémont
Canton de Frémont#French

Ellipsis of Canton de Frémont. (Township of Frémont); A canton of La Tuque, Quebec, Canada


Chaon

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

Chaon (a village and commune of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Waltham

The name of the municipality is derived from the English toponym Waltham.

A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Shawinigan

Borrowed from English Shawinigan, a transliteration of the Amerind terms used for the area.
The municipality is named after the city.

Shawinigan (a city in the Mauricie region, Quebec).

A regional county municipality of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada.


Mauricie

Equivalent to Maurice + -ie. Coined by Québécois priest Albert Tessier. Named after the rivière Saint-Maurice that flows through the region.

coin

administrative region
administrative region

Mauricie (an administrative region of Quebec, Canada)


Val-d'Or

Derived from val (“vale”) + d’ (“of”) + or (“gold”). The city is named after the gold mines in the area.

A city in La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Châtelperron

Châtelperron (a small town in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Miquelon

→ English: Miquelon

→ Mi'kmaq: Mikliin

Derived from Basque Mikelon, a variant of the given name Mikel.


Dekkan

Borrowed from English Deccan, Dekkan, from Hindustani दक्खिन / دکھن (dakkhin).

Deccan (A region of central and southern India comprising the Deccan Plateau and surrounding areas.)


Ripon

The municipality is named after the English city of Ripon.

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Catane

Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)

Catania (the capital city of the metropolitan city of Catania, Sicily, Italy)


Low

The name of the municipality is derived from the English surname Low. The municipality is named after Irish lumber merchant Charles Adamson Low.

La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau#English

A township municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Labelle

English: Labelle

desc

→ Chinese: → 拉貝勒 /拉贝勒 (Lābèilè) (transliteration)

From la + belle.
The municipality in Québec is named after Catholic priest and colonisation advocate Antoine Labelle (1833 - 1891).

A municipality of Les Laurentides, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Lessard

English: Lessard

→ Chinese: → 萊薩爾 /莱萨尔 (Láisà'ěr) (transliteration)

A river in Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Lessard: A placename
Ellipsis of Rivière Lessard.
A river in Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

A former commune and village in Lessard-et-le-Chêne, Lisieux, Calvados department, Normandy, France


Beaudry

* The neighbourhood is named after priest Stanislas Beaudry.

A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Vincennes

Vincennes (a city and commune of Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France)


Lasalle

English: Lasalle

Lasalle (a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada)


Dupuy

English: Dupuy

The municipality in Québec is named after priest Jean-Baptiste Dupuy (1804 - 1879).

A municipality of Abitibi-Ouest, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Fort-de-France

Fort-de-France (the capital city of the French department of Martinique)


Ripoll

Ripoll (the capital of Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia).


Plaisance

Derived from plaisance (“pleasure”), either as a reference to the pleasant surroundings of the municipality or as a reference to one of several locales in France. The Italian city is derived from the Latin Placentia, from placentia < placēns (“pleasing, welcoming”).

Piacenza (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

Piacenza (the capital city of the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)


Blouin

English: Blouin

Shortened from the name Belouin, of Germanic origin, from *biliz (“gentle, kind, fitting”) + *winiz (“loved one, friend”). Also from the Old French adjective bloe (“blue”). Compare the variant Beloin.

Ellipsis of Lac Blouin.; Blouin (a lake in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada)


Mance

A village in Val de Briey, Pays de Briey canton, Briey, Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France


Louisbourg

From Louis (“King Louis XIV of France”) + -bourg.

af

Cape Breton Regional Municipality#English

Louisbourg (an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada)


Fassett

The name of the municipality is derived from the English surname Fassett. The municipality is named after American businessman Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853 - 1924).

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Longueuil

English: Longueuil

From Middle French Longueil. Named after Longueil, a village in Normandy.

Longueil

A placename of several locations in France


Pontiac

Both the name of the regional county municipality as well as the name of the regular municipality derive from English Pontiac, rendered in turn from the name of the Ottawa leader Obwandiyag.

A regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais#English

A municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Bellevue

desc

English: Bellevue, Belleview, Bellvue, Bellview

A placename
A place in the United States
A number of places in Louisiana

A placename
A number of places in France


Monte-Carlo

Monte Carlo (a part of Monaco famous for its casinos)


Orsay

Inherited from Middle French Ourcet, from Early Medieval Latin Urticetum, from Orceiacus, from Orcei, from (villa) Orceacus, from Orceacum. Of indeterminate Gallo-Roman origin, possibly after someone named Orcius, or otherwise related to ursus (“bear”).

Orsay (a commune of the Essonne department, Île-de-France)


Ouachita

Ouachita (a river, the Ouachita River, which flows through Arkansas and Louisiana)


Bax

Holonym: Haute-Garonne

Meronym: Bentefarine

A village in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France


Laforce

The municipality is named after coloniser and journalist Joseph-Ernest Laforce (1879 - 1977).

A municipality of Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Cantley

The municipality is likely named after the English village of Cantley. Alternatively, the municipality may have been named after a colonel Cantley who worked on the Rideau canal and was given a land grant in the township of Hull.


Guise

Holonyms: Aisne, Thiérache

A town in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France


Duhamel

The municipality is named after Catholic bishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (1841 - 1909).


Viau

English: Viau

→ Chinese: → 維奧 /维奥 (Wéi'ào) (transliteration)

(masculine) Viau (a river in the Tarn department, Occitania, France, a tributary of the Tarn river)


Sada

A city in the Mayotte department, France


Moffet

The municipality is named after priest Joseph Moffet (1852 - 1932).


Hamelin

Hamelin (a town in Lower Saxony, Germany)

Hamelin (a commune of the Manche department, Normandy, France)


Coni

From Piedmontese Coni, ultimately from Latin cuneus (“wedge”).


Verdon

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

A left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Sault Ste. Marie

English: Sault Ste. Marie

From sault + Sainte Marie, from Middle French. From being the sault (“rapids”) on the Rivière Sainte Marie (“Saint Marys River”).

Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie#English:_Q463165

Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie#English:_Q986634

Sault Ste. Marie (a city, the seat of the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada)

Sault Ste. Marie (a city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Michigan, United States)


Papineau

Named after the former County of Papineau, named in turn after politician Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786–1871).

A regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Rochefort

Rochefort (a commune of Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) (official name: Rochefort-sur-Mer)

Rochefort (a municipality of the district of Boudry, canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)


Milhouse

(obsolete) Alternative spelling of Mulhouse


Stoneham

English: Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury

Stoneham (a resort community in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Quebec, Canada)


Winnipegosis

Borrowed from Swampy Cree, meaning "little muddy water", a diminutive of Winnipeg.

Lake Winnipegosis
Lake Winnipegosis#English

Lake Winnipegosis (a lake in Manitoba, Canada)

Winnipegosis (an unincorporated community in Manitoba)


Verdun

[vaɛ̯ʁ̥.dœ̃˞]

Inherited from Latin Virodunum, from Gaulish.

Verdun (a small city in the Meuse department, Grand Est, France)


Maine-et-Loire

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

Maine-et-Loire (a department of Pays de la Loire, France)


La Havane

Holonym: Cuba


Zegerscappel

A village in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France


Zehnacker

Zehnacker (a village and commune of the Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)


Grand Est

/ɡʁɑ̃.t‿ɛst/

Grand Est (an administrative region in northeastern France, created in 2016 by the fusion of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne)


Zeinheim

Zeinheim (a village and commune of the Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France)


Zellenberg

A village and commune of the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France


Zellwiller

A village and commune of the Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France


Zétrud-Lumay

Zétrud-Lumay (a village in Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium)


Zetting

A village in the Moselle department, Grand Est


Zicavo

Zicavo (a village and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France)


Corse-du-Sud

Corse-du-Sud (a department of Corsica, France)


Haute-Corse

Haute-Corse (a department of Corsica, France)


Zigliara

A village and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corse, France


La Séguinière

A small town and commune of the Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France


Zilia

A village in the Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France


Zilling

A village and commune of the Moselle department, Grand Est, France


Zillisheim

A small town and commune of the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France


Zoersel

Zoersel (a municipality of Antwerp, Belgium)


Zonza

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


Zoteux

Zoteux (a village and commune of the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Zouafques

A village and commune of the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France


Zoza

Zoza (a village and commune of the Corse-de-Sud department, Corsica, France)


Zuani

Zuani (a village and commune of the Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France)


Zutkerque

A small town and commune of the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France


Zuydcoote

A small town and commune of the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France


Zuytpeene

Zuytpeene (a village and commune of the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Yainville

A village and commune of the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France


Yamachiche

A town and municipality of the administrative region of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada

A river in the administrative region of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada


Amanzé

Amanzé (a small village and commune of the Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (an administrative region in eastern France, created in 2016 by the merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté)


Saône-et-Loire

Saône-et-Loire (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Ychoux

A small town and commune of the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Ydes

A small town and commune of the Cantal department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Yébleron

A small town and commune of the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France


Yèbles

A village and commune of the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France


Pintac

A commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in southwestern France


Yenne

A small town and commune of the Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Yermenonville

A village and commune of the Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France


Yernée-Fraineux

a former commune in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, merged into the commune of Nandrin in 1977


Nandrin

Meronyms: Saint-Séverin, Villers-le-Temple, Yernée-Fraineux

A town and commune of the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium


Yèvres

A small town and commune of the Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France


Yffiniac

A town and commune of the Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France


Ygos-Saint-Saturnin

Borrowed from Gascon Igòs e Sent Saturnin.

bor+

A village and commune of the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Ygrande

A village and commune of the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Ymare

A village and commune of the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France


Kairouan

→ English: Kairouan

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَيْرَوَان (al-qayrawān), definite form of قَيْرَوَان (qayrawān, “caravan”), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn'. Doublet of caravane.

الْقَيْرَوَان


RPL

République populaire de Lougansk
République populaire de Lougansk#French

Initialism of République populaire de Lougansk (“LPR”).


Roberval

A town and commune of the Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France


Frise

From Latin Frisia (“territory of the Frisians”).

uder

Friesland (a province of the Netherlands)


Congo belge

(historical) Belgian Congo (a former colony of Central Africa)


Hendaye

Hendaye (a town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France)


Etobicoke

Borrowed from English Etobicoke. From Ojibwe Wadoopikaang (“where the alders grow”) . From the Mississaugas name of the land between the Etobicoke Creek and the Humber River.

der

Etobicoke (a former city and district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada)


Louvain-la-Neuve

City of the province of Walloon Brabant in Belgium


Bastogne

Meronyms: Longvilly, Noville, Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, Wardin

Bastogne (a city in Luxembourg, Belgium)


Barèges

Barèges (a village and commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France, known for its spa)


Hautes-Pyrénées

→ English: Hautes-Pyrénées

desc

یوقاری پیرنه

→ Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری پیرنه (Yukarı Pirene) (partial calque)

Hautes-Pyrénées (a department of Occitanie, France)


La Défense

La Garenne-Colombes
La Garenne-Colombes#English

La Défense (a business district located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city limits of Paris, France, at the junction of Puteaux, Courbevoie, Nanterre and La Garenne-Colombes)


Moncton

Borrowed from English Moncton. The city is named after military officer and colonial administrator Robert Monckton (1726 - 1782).

Westmorland County
Westmorland County#English

Moncton (a city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada).


Aast

From earlier Hast, of uncertain origin, with some theories including:
* from a derivative of Latin hasta (“lance”), referring to a battle that took place here, or some other use of the lance as a tool.
* from a combination of two personal names, Aner (compare Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr)) and Aster.
* from Basque ast (“rock”), which seems unlikely given the physical terrain of the area.

A small village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France


Abainville

A small village in the Meuse department, France


Abbaretz

A village in the Loire-Atlantique department, France


Abbecourt

A small village in the Oise department, France


Abbécourt

A small village in the Aisne department, France


Abbenans

Abbenans (a small village in the Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Abbéville-lès-Conflans

A small village in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France


Meurthe-et-Moselle

Meurthe-et-Moselle (a department of Grand Est, France)


Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville

Calque of Vietnamese Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.

cal

Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City#English


Sihanoukville

Sihanouk + -ville. From Khmer សីហនុ (səyhnuʼ), a Khmer given name. Named after Kampuchean king Norodom Sihanouk (1922–2012)

named-after

Sihanoukville (a city, the provincial capital of Sihanoukville, Cambodia)

Sihanoukville (a province of Cambodia; capital: Sihanoukville)

Sihanoukville (a port in Sihanoukville, Sihanoukville, Cambodia)


Kwango

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

A province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo


Trois-Rivières

English: Trois-Rivières

From trois (“three”) + rivières (“rivers”).
From the fact that three rivers flow through the area (confluence of two rivers, one flowing into the other, resulting in three channels, two incoming and one outgoing).

A city and regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Tubusuptu

Mauretania Caesariensis
Mauretania Caesariensis#English

Tubusuctu (a town in Mauretania Caesariensis, Roman Empire)


Pyeongchang

/pjɔŋt.ʃɑ̃ŋ/

/pjɔŋt.ʃɑ̃ŋɡ/

/pjɔ̃ɡt.ʃɑ̃ɡ/


Ziguinchor

A city in (and the capital of) the above region of Senegal; the largest populated place in the Casamance area of the country.


Rufisque

Corrupted form of the Portuguese name rio fresco meaning freshwater


Bindslev

Bindslev (a small town in the district of Vendsyssel, Denmark)


Cynthe

From Latin Cynthus, from Ancient Greek Κύνθος (Kúnthos).


Theux

Meronyms: La Reid, Polleur


Rivesaltes

English: Rivesaltes

Borrowed from Catalan Ribesaltes. Riveſaltes attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Rivesaltes (a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Rouergue

Former province of southern France, corresponding approximately to the current department of Aveyron


Langlade

The name of the headland derives from a corruption of the toponym Cap d'Angleterre, derived in turn from cap (“cape”) and Angleterre (“England”).

A peninsula in Miquelon, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.


Les Herbiers

A town and commune of the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France


Rockall

Rockall (an uninhabited islet in the north Atlantic Ocean, claimed by the United Kingdom)


Frioul-Vénétie julienne

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English:_Q1250

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (an autonomous region in northern Italy)


île de Man

Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)


Bacavi

Borrowed from English Bacavi, itself from Hopi Paaqavi.

Holonym: Hotevilla-Bacavi

Bacavi (a village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States).


Yangtsé

Yangtze (a major river in China, the third-longest river in the world)


Oraibi

Borrowed from English Oraibi, from Hopi Orayvi.

Holonym: Hotevilla-Bacavi

Oraibi (a Hopi village Arizona, United States).


Longueil

English:

Longueil

Longueuil

From Middle French Longueil, from Norman Longueil, from Latin Longoilō, from Latin longus (“long”) + Celtic ialon (village), from Celtic ial (clearing).

Longueil (a village and commune of the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France)

Longueuil

a placename of several locations in Canada


Sorbon

English:

Sorbon

Sorbonne

Chinese: 索邦 (suǒbāng)

Sorbon (a commune of the Ardennes department, France)


Lumeau

From Latin Limoialum, ultimately from Celtic limos (elm) + Celtic ial (clearing), meaning field of elm trees. (compare Gaelic leamh, Latin ulmus).

A village in the Eure-et-Loir department, France


Saint-Saëns

Sidonius (Irish saint)
fr:Camille Saint-Saëns
fr:Saint-Saëns (Seine-Maritime)

Saint-Saëns (a small town and commune of the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France)


Hardenne

(Belgium) Alternative form of Ardennes; Ardennes (forest and mountainous region in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg)

Ardennes (a department of Grand Est, France, (INSEE code 08))


ligne de crête

fr-noun

ligne de crête f (plural lignes de crête)


Beaujeu

Possibly from Latin bellum iugum (“beautiful summit”).

A small village and commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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


Vallée d'Aoste

Aosta Valley
Aosta Valley#English:_Q1222

Aosta Valley (an autonomous region of northwestern Italy, with a significant fraction of the population speaking Franco-Provençal)


Tass

Nyírtass; Former name of Nyírtass.; A village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary


Panier

From panier (“basket”), after the street name (rue du Panier), itself from the Logis du Panier (attested 1683), an inn located there.

Holonym: Marseille

A neighborhood of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Sos

Sos (a village in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Sos

Holonym: Aragon

province of Huesca
province of Huesca#English

Sos (a village in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain)


Sos

Holonym: Azerbaïdjan


Kerguelen

Translingual: Kerguelen Facula

English: Kerguelen

A manor in Saint-Thois parish, Saint-Thois, Finistère department, Brittany, France, the origin of the surname, and hence, later placenames.

Archipel Kerguelen
Archipel Kerguelen#French

Kerguelen Islands
Kerguelen Islands#English

Ellipsis of Archipel Kerguelen (Îles Kerguelen).; Kerguelen Islands (an archipelago in Kerguelen, Southern Ocean)

Archipel Kerguelen

Ellipsis of Îles Kerguelen.; Kerguelen Islands (an overseas territory of France, on the eponymous archipelago)

Îles Kerguelen

Kerguelen Island
Kerguelen Island#English

Ellipsis of Île Kerguelen.; Kerguelen Island (an island in Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France, on the Loire River)


Victoriatown

Borrowed from English Victoriatown.
* (Montreal): From being located next to the Pont Victoria (“Victoria Bridge”)

(historical) Victoriatown (a former Irish neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada). Synonym of Village-aux-Oies (“Goose Village”)


Village-aux-Oies

From village (“neighbourhood”) + oie (“goose”). From the geese that once nested on the riverside next to Victoriatown, where geese hunting once was permitted.

af

(historical, informal) Goose Village (a neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada).


Tétreaultville

English: Tetreaultville

(historical) Tetreaultville (a former town and neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, merged into the former city of Mercier, on the Island of Montreal, existing to the east Longue Pointe and Autoroute 25)

(historical, informal) Tetreaultville (the former eastern region of the former city of Mercier, Quebec, Canada; on Montreal Island)


Victoriaville

Borrowed from English Victoriaville. Analyzable as Victoria + -ville.

Victoriaville (a town in Quebec, Canada)


Thèbes

Borrowed from Latin Thēbae, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai).


Centre-Val de Loire

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Centre-Val de Loire.wav

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English:_Q13947

administrative region
administrative region

Centre-Val de Loire (an administrative region in central France, previously named Centre)


Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Nouvelle-Aquitaine (an administrative region in southwestern France, established in 2016 by the merger of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes)


Saint-Eustache-sur-le-Lac

From Saint-Eustache + lac, literally “Saint Eustace on the Lake”.

A village in Quebec, Canada; Former name of Deux-Montagnes. (a town neighbouring the town Saint-Eustache and the lake Lake of Two Mountains)


Haute-Garonne

Haute-Garonne (a department of Occitanie, France)


Loir-et-Cher

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

Loir-et-Cher (a department of Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Haute-Marne

Haute-Marne (a department of Grand Est, France)


Pyrénées-Orientales

→ English: Pyrénées-Orientales

desc

→ Ottoman Turkish: شرقی پیرنه (Şarkî Pirene) (partial calque)

Pyrénées-Orientales (a department of Occitanie, France)


Haute-Saône

Haute-Saône (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Haute-Savoie

Haute-Savoie (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Deux-Sèvres

Deux-Sèvres (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Tarn-et-Garonne

Tarn-et-Garonne (a department of Occitanie, France)


Hauts-de-Seine

Hauts-de-Seine (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Seine-Saint-Denis

Seine-Saint-Denis (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Val-d'Oise

Val-d'Oise (a department of Île-de-France, France)


Territoire de Belfort

Territoire de Belfort
Territoire de Belfort#English

Territoire de Belfort (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Tokélaou

Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)


mer d'Aral

Aral Sea (a saline lake straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border)


détroit de Béring

le détroit de Béring (canonical masculine)


détroit de Gibraltar

le détroit de Gibraltar (canonical masculine)


Palmyre du Nord

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English

Northern Palmyra
Northern Palmyra#English

A nickname for Saint Petersburg, equivalent to English Northern Palmyra.


Yèvre

A right tributary of the Cher, in the department of Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France

A right tributary of the Auve, in the department of Marne, Grand Est, France


Dampierre-le-Château

A commune of the Marne department, France


fr-proper noun

République populaire démocratique de Corée f

/ʁe.py.blik pɔ.py.lɛʁ de.mɔ.kʁa.tik də kɔ.ʁe/

LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-République populaire démocratique de Corée.wav

Democratic People's Republic of Korea#English

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the official name of North Korea, a country in East Asia)


Soleure

Solothurn (a canton and city in Switzerland)


Brabant flamand

Holonym: Flandre

Meronyms: Louvain, Tirlemont


Brabant wallon

Meronyms: Beauvechain, Braine-l’Alleud, Braine-le-Château, Chastre, Chaumont-Gistoux, Court-Saint-Étienne, Genappe, Grez-Doiceau, Hélécine, Incourt, Ittre, Jodoigne, La Hulpe, Lasne, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Nivelles, Orp-Jauche, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Perwez, Ramillies, Rebecq, Rixensart, Tubize, Villers-la-Ville, Walhain, Waterloo, Wavre


Luy

A left tributary of the Adour, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Allemagne de l'Ouest

Allemagne de l’ Ouest (canonical feminine)

West Germany (a former country in Central Europe)


Varennes

English: Varennes

Varennes: A placename
A several places in France

Ellipsis of Varennes-en-Argonne.: A commune of the Meuse department, France

Varennes-en-Argonne

A city, a suburb of Greater Montreal Area, Quebec; founded by René Gaultier, sieur de Varennes

A neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba; named for Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye


La Tène

English: La Tène

"The shallows," from Latin tenuis (“shallow”).

La Tène (a town and municipality of Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland)


Bougainville

English: Bougainville

desc

Translingual: Bougainville, bougainville, Bougainvillea, bougainvillei, Bougainvillia

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

Bougainville (an island in Papua New Guinea)

Bougainville (an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea)

Bougainville (a commune of Somme, France)


Asie de l'Ouest

Holonym: Asie


Arquisat

Arquisat (a hamlet in the commune of Miglos, Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Arrien-en-Bethmale

First part borrowed from Occitan Arrienh.

Arrien-en-Bethmale (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Artigues

Artigues (a village in the Ariège department, France)

Artigues (a village in the Aude department, France)

Artigues (a village in the Hautes-Pyrenées department, France)

Artigues (a village in the Var department, France)


Artigat

Artigat (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Bérée

Beroea (an ancient city in Syria; modern Aleppo)

Beroea (an ancient city in northern Greece; modern Veria)


Coblence

Koblenz (an independent city in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Baalbeck

Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate#English

Baalbek (the capital city of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon)


République islamique d'Iran

République islamique d’Iran (canonical feminine)

Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran#English

Islamic Republic of Iran (the official name of Iran, a country in Western Asia)


mer Méditerranée

la mer Méditerranée (canonical feminine)


Ernée

A city in France, a town in the department of Mayenne


Proche-Orient

/pʁɔ.ʃɔ.ʁjɑ̃/


Rosemont

English: Rosemont

English: Rosemount

From rose + -mont; from rose (“rose”)+mont (“mount”).

A district of Rosemont---La--Petite-Patrie borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada


Vouillé

From a form related to the Late Latin campus Vogladēnsis mentioned by Gregory of Tours. .


Agen

Borrowed from Occitan Agen, from Latin Aginnum.

Agen (a city and commune, the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


New Rochelle

Borrowed from English New Rochelle, in turn of French and Old French origin. Doublet of Nouvelle-Rochelle.

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

(Europe) New Rochelle (a city in Westchester County, New York, United States)


Boisbriand

English: Boisbriand

From Boisbriant and Gué de Boisbriand (“Gué de Boisbriant”).
* (Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada): From the name of the seigneur (landholder), named after a governor of Montreal.


Bobcaygeon

Bobcaygeon (a village in Verulam, Kawartha Lakes, Victoria, Ontario, Canada)


Montrichard

Montrichard-Val de Cher
Montrichard-Val de Cher

Montrichard (a town and former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France, merged into Montrichard-Val de Cher)


Canso

Borrowed from English Canso, from French Canseau, from Mi'kmaq Kamsok.

A town in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada

détroit de Canso
détroit de Canso#French

Ellipsis of détroit de Canso.; A strait in Nova Scotia, Canada


Canseau

English: Canso

Canso; A town in Nova Scotia, Canada; Canseau, Guysborough, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada; Dated form of Canso.


Grasse

English: Grasse

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

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


Saint-Martin

Holonym: Perpignan

Saint-Martin (a district of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie)


Kamychlov

Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast#English


Nijni

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast#English

Nizhny Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia)


monts Oural

Ural Mountains (mountain range in Russia)


Trèves

English: Treves

From Latin Treverorum, from Augusta Treverorum, from Gaulish.

Trier (a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Croix-des-Bouquets

Croix-des-Bouquets (a commune of the Ouest department, Haiti)


Fons

→ English: Fons

Borrowed from Occitan Fònts. Fons outre Gardon attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Fons (a village in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Détroit

English: Detroit

Detroit; A city in Michigan, United States

Detroit; A river in Michigan, United States and Ontario, Canada


Oléron

Oléron (an island located in Charente-Maritime department, Poitou-Charentes, region of New Aquitaine, France)


Belle Vue

English: Belle Vue, Belle-Vue, Bellevue

Belle Vue: A village in Torbeck, Sud department, Haiti.


Néville

English: Neville

Borrowed from Norman Neville, from Old French Neville (“Néel's estate”) or Neuville (“new settlement”).

Neville (a settlement in the Manche department, Normandy, France); ellipsis of Néville-sur-Mer.

Neville (a commune of the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France)


Port-Royal

English: Port Royal

From port + royal.
* (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real

Port Royal (the former capital city of Jamaica)

French North America
French North America#English

(historical) Port Royal (the former capital city of Acadia, French North America)

Annapolis County
Annapolis County#English

(historical) Former name of Annapolis. Port Royal (a town in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Port Royal (a village in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Port Royal (a village in Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada)

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

Port Royal (a neighbourhood of Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada)

United States of America
United States of America

a location in the United States of America

Port Royal (an inlet in South Carolina, United States)

Port Royal (an island in South Carolina, United States)

Port Royal (a city in South Carolina, United States)


Tadjourah

Probably from Somali Tajuura, ultimately from Afar Tagorri.


Saint-Apollinaire

English: Saint Apollinaire

From the name of the saint, Apollinaire (“Saint Apollinaire de Ravenna”) (Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna), from Latin Apollinaris (“Apollinaris Ravennas”).

der

Saint Apollinaire
Saint Apollinaire#English

Saint Apollinaire (a municipality of Lotbinière, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada)


Khe Sanh

English: Khe Sanh


Grande Comore

Grande Comore (an island in the Comoros)


Petite-Forêt

A commune of the Nord department, France


Ouarzazate

Borrowed from Arabic وَرْزَازَات (warzāzāt).

bor+

Ouarzazate (the capital city of Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco)


CSL

CSL; Initialism of Côte-Saint-Luc. A city in Montréal, Québec, Canada


NDG

NDG; Initialism of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. A district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada


Outremont

English: Outremont

English: Outremount

From outre + mont, literally “other side of the mountain”; from being on the slopes on the far side of the central hill (over the mountain) of Montreal Island from the downtown central city of Montreal. May be analyzed as outre + -mont.

af

Outremont
A borough of Montréal, Québec, Canada

(historical) A former city in Montréal, Québec, Canada


Kabukicho

Borrowed from Japanese 歌舞伎町 (Kabuki-chō, literally “Kabuki Town”), from being a district developed around what was to be a kabuki theatre (the theatre was never built).

bor+

Kabukicho, Kabukichō (a red-light district in Tokyo, Japan)


Cœlé-Syrie

Borrowed from Latin Coelē Syria, from Ancient Greek Κοίλη Συρία (Koílē Suría).

Holonym: Syrie


Seix

Seix (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Uchentein

Uchentein (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Irazein

Irazein (a hamlet in the Ariège department, France)


Massat

→ English: Massat

Borrowed from Occitan Massat. Maßat attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Massatois

Meronyms: Barrabet, Bougareit, Bouroute, Dounès, Esquen, Eychenne, Ferran, Lirbat, Matalas, Mounoure, Pastres, Ressec, Roussillon, Saradelle, Souègnes, Touron, Urtier, Vignal

Massat (a village and commune of the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Saurat

Saurat (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Pamiers

Pamiers (a town, a commune of the Ariège department, in the Occitanie region, in southern France)


Hautes-Alpes

→ English: Hautes-Alpes

desc

→ Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری آلپ (Yukarı Alp) (partial calque)

Hautes-Alpes (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Necker

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands#English

Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Islands#English

Ellipsis of île Necker.; An island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean in Hawaii, United States; named for Jacques Necker, finance minister to Louis XVI, in 1798, by French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse


Montebello

The name of the municipality likely derives from a Latin form of the words mont (“mountain”) and beau (“beautiful”). It is also possible that the municipality was named after French diplomat and politician Louis Napoléon Auguste Lannes, 2nd duc de Montebello (1801 - 1874).

A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

fr:Louis Napoléon Auguste Lannes, 2nd duc de Montebello


Massif central

→ English: Massif Central

Danish: Centralmassivet

German: Zentralmassiv

From massif + central.
* (Sri Lanka): Calque of English Central Highlands
* (Spain): Calque of Spanish macizo Central

Massif Central (a highland in Southern France, France)

Central Highlands
Central Highlands#English

Central Highlands (a highland in Ceylon, Sri Lanka)

Guiana Highlands
Guiana Highlands#English

Guiana Highlands (a highland in Guiana Shield, Guiana, South America, mostly lying in Venezuela)

A highland in French Guiana, France, in the Guiana Shield, South America

Cantabrian Mountains
Cantabrian Mountains#English

Central Massif (a massif in Picos de Europa, Cantabrian Mountains, Northern Spain, Spain)


Petit-Noir

Petit-Noir (a city in the Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Couserans

Holonyms: Ariège, Gascogne

Meronyms: Aleu, Alos, Antras, Argein, Arrien-en-Bethmale, Aucazein, Audressein, Aulus-les-Bains, Balaguères, Biert, Boussenac, Castillon-en-Couserans, Cescau, Couflens, Engomer, Encourtiech, Ercé, Erp, Eycheil, Lacourt, Le Port, Lorp-Sentaraille, Massat, Montjoie-en-Couserans, Oust, Rivèrenert, Saint-Girons, Saint-Lizier, Salsein, Seix, Sentein, Sentenac-d’Oust, Soueix-Rogalle, Soulan

Couserans (a historical region of Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Poitou

Inherited from Middle French, Old French, from Latin Pictāvus, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.


Quai des Orfèvres

(historical) Former seat of the judicial police in Paris


Lapège

Lapège (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Ventefarine

Holonyms: Boutenac, Gaudiès, Portel-des-Corbières, Saint-Girons, Saint-Quentin-la-Tour

A lieu-dit in Ariège and Aude, Occitanie, France


Bentofarino

Holonym: Saint-Félix-Lauragais

A farm in Saint-Félix-Lauragais, Occitanie, Haute-Garonne, France


Montjoie-en-Couserans

Montjoie + en + Couserans. Previously Montjoie (spelled Montjoy on the Cassini map (1740s) and Monjoie on the Carte d'état-major (1820-1866)). From Occitan Montjòi.

Holonym: Couserans

Meronyms: Baliar, Bergerat, Castech, Cornut, Garrabé, Gilou, Hajole, Jeandieu, Marsan, Maubresc, Olibet, Peyraute, Pradas, Riquet, Saint-Ygnan, Salucie, Seignan, Tamboury, Thérech, Trignan

Montjoie-en-Couserans (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Eycheil

Eycheil (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Montesquieu-Avantès

Montesquieu-Avantès (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Montgauch

Holonym: Couserans

Montgauch (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Gajan

English: Gajan

Borrowed from Occitan Gajan.
(Toponym): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).
(Surname): Historically most prevalent in the Haute-Garonne department.

Holonym: Couserans

Gajan (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)

Holonym: Gard

Gajan (a village in the Gard department, Occitanie, France)


Contrazy

Contrazy (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Encourtiech

Encourtiech (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Engomer

Engomer (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Arnaud-Guilhem

Arnaud-Guilhem (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Proupiary

Proupiary (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Mancioux

Holonym: Haute-Garonne

Mancioux (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Auzas

Auzas (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Sepx

Sepx (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Lieoux

Lieoux (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Fa

Borrowed from Occitan Fan, from Latin fanum.

Fa (a village and former commune in the Aude department, Occitanie, France)


Laroque-de-Fa

LL-Q150 (fra)-T. Le Berre-Laroque-de-Fa.wav

Laroque-de-Fa (a town in the Aude department, Occitanie, France)


Val-du-Faby

Holonym: Aude

Meronyms: Fa, Rouvenac

Val-du-Faby (a town in the Aude department, Occitanie, France)


Rouvenac

Rouvenac (a former village in the Aude department, France)


Unzent

Unzent (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Unac

Unac (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Tourtouse

Tourtouse (a village in the Ariège department, France)


La Tour-du-Crieu

Cognate with Occitan La Tor del Criu. Created in 1915 in replacement of Les Allemans which sounded too unpatriotic in the context of the war with Germany.

La Tour-du-Crieu
La Tour-du-Crieu#English

La Tour-du-Crieu (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Teilhet

Teilhet (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Marbois

Marbois (a commune of the Eure department, France)


Pleuven

Holonym: Finistère

Meronyms: Cosquellou, Joalis, Kerangouic, Kercou, Kerlivérien, Kernévez, Kerorgant, Keryvoal, Prajou, Roscoler, Toulambic, Trodernec

Pleuven (a village in the Finistère department, Brittany, France)


Grands Boulevards

les Grands Boulevards (canonical masculine plural)

Holonym: Paris

Meronym: Boulevard du crime

An area of Paris with many entertainment venues


Asbestos

Borrowed from English asbestos, from Old French abestos.

municipalité régionale de comté Asbestos

Municipalité régionale de comté Asbestos

Municipalité Régionale de Comté Asbestos

municipalité régionale de comté d’Asbestos

Municipalité régionale de comté d’Asbestos

Municipalité Régionale de Comté d’Asbestos

Former name of Val-des-Sources; Asbestos (a town in Les Sources, Estrie, Quebec, Canada)

Former name of Les Sources; Asbestos (a regional county municipality of Cantons-de-l'Est, Quebec, Canada)


Khimki

Khimki (a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia)


La Villette

A district of Paris and former commune, once famous for its slaughterhouses


Maisonneuve

Equivalent to maison + neuve. Cognate with Catalan, Italian, and Occitan Casanova; English Newhouse; German Neuhaus.

(historical, 19th century) Maisonneuve: A former village in the island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Cythère

Translingual: Cythere

Borrowed from Latin Cythēra, from Ancient Greek Κύθηρα (Kúthēra).


Peyrehorade

→ English: Peyrehorade

Peyrehorade (a town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Bozouls

Bozouls (a city in the Aveyron department, France)


Saint-Girons

→ English: Saint-Girons

/sɛ̃.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/

Borrowed from Occitan Sant Gironç/Sent Gironç.

bor+

Holonym: Couserans

Meronyms: Aulot, Beauregard, Bentaillou, Encausse, Gélach, Lédar, Magarat, Mis, Pégoumas, Sières, Ventefarine

Saint-Girons (a town in the Ariège department, France)


Haut-Karabakh

L’étau se resserre autour du Haut-Karabakh, que Bakou entend ramener dans son giron.

2023 May, Constant Léon, “L'Arménie en quête de soutien”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 12:

Nagorno-Karabakh (a region of the South Caucasus)

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic#English

(colloquial) Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de-facto independent country, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan)


Anavlochos

Borrowed from Greek Ανάβλοχο (Anávlocho).

Anavlochos (a mountain range in Crete, Grece)


Lesseps

English: Lesseps

Spanish: Lesseps

La Haute-Gaspésie
La Haute-Gaspésie#English

Lesseps (a canton of La Haute-Gaspésie, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada)


de Lesseps

English: de Lesseps

Spanish: de Lesseps

From de + Lesseps. From ennoblement of the Lesseps family.

Ellipsis of lac de Lesseps.; De Lesseps Lake (a lake in Ontario, Canada)

lac de Lesseps

rivière de Lesseps
rivière de Lesseps#French

De Lesseps River
De Lesseps River#English

Ellipsis of rivière de Lesseps.; De Lesseps River (a river in Ontario, Canada)


De Lesseps

De Lesseps: Ellipsis of lac De Lesseps.; De Lesseps Lake (a lake in Ontario, Canada)

rivière De Lesseps
rivière De Lesseps#French

De Lesseps: Ellipsis of rivière De Lesseps.; De Lesseps River (a river in Ontario, Canada)


Saint-Lizier

→ English: Saint-Lizier

Borrowed from Occitan Sent Líser. Sᵀ Lizier attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Couserans

Meronyms: Basterne, Bécat, Borde d’en bas, Biros, Cérisols, Cornecu, Marsan, Matissous, Miguet, Montredon, Mouliéris, Pouterol, Saint-Blanquat, Saint-Jacques, Saint-Valentin

Saint-Lizier (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)

Holonym: Ustou

A village in Ustou, Ariège department, Occitanie, France


Fouesnant

→ English: Fouesnant

Fouesnant (a town in the Finistère department, Brittany, France)


Princeville

* (Québec): Prince + -ville, named after Pierre Prince, one of the first pioneer colonizers of the area.
* (Hawaii): prince + -ville. From English Princeville, named after Hawaiian Prince Albert Kamehameha

A city in L'Érable, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada


Écurie

English: Ecurie

Ecurie (a commune of the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Laurel Canyon

Laurel Canyon (a district of Los Angeles, California)


Lédar

Holonym: Saint-Girons

Lédar (a district of Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie)


Encausse

Encausse (a city in the Gers department, France)


Paris de l'Orient

le Paris de l’ Orient (canonical feminine masculine)

(historical) Synonym of Shanghaï (“Paris of the East”)


Piémont

administrative region
administrative region

Piedmont (an administrative region in the north of Italy)


Périllos

→ English: Périllos

Périllos (an abandoned village in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)


Bercy

A district of Paris and former commune, once famous for its wine warehouses


Bagnères-de-Luchon

→ English: Bagnères-de-Luchon

Borrowed from Occitan Banhères de Luishon.

Bagnères-de-Luchon (a city in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Les Sables-d'Olonne

Les Sables d’ Olonne (canonical masculine plural)

→ English: Les Sables-d'Olonne

Les Sables-d'Olonne
Les Sables-d'Olonne#English

Les Sables-d'Olonne (a city in the Vendée department, France)


Indre-et-Loire

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

Indre-et-Loire (a department of Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Oïmiakon

Borrowed from Russian Оймяко́н (Ojmjakón).


Verkhoïansk

Borrowed from Russian Верхоя́нск (Verxojánsk).


Delyankir

Borrowed from Russian Делянкир (Deljankir).


Miglos

→ English: Miglos

Miglos (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Norgeat

Norgeat (a hamlet of Miglos in the Ariège department, France)


Mérigon

→ English: Mérigon

Mérigon (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Mijanès

→ English: Mijanès

Mijanès (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Mirepoix

→ English: Mirepoix

Mirepoix (a city in the Ariège department, France)


Herculanum

(historical) Herculaneum (a town in Italy)


Guyenne

→ English: Guyenne

From Old French Guyenne, Guienne, Aguyenne, from Latin Aquītānia. Doublet of Aquitaine.

Holonym: Aquitaine


La Tuque

English: La Tuque

La Tuque (a city in Mauricie, Quebec, Canada)


Dalhousie

Borrowed from English Dalhousie. The town is named after George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (1770 - 1838).

Restigouche County
Restigouche County#English

A town in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Ogossagou

→ English: Ogossagou


Bollé

→ English: Bollé


Binedama

→ English: Binedama


Bankass

→ English: Bankass


Le Vauclin

Le Vauclin (town and commune in Martinique)


Vel' d'Hiv'

(historical, Paris) Short for Vélodrome d’Hiver.


Magdebourg

Magdeburg (the capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)


Liberty City

Liberty City (a district of Miami, Florida)


Lafitte

English: Lafitte

Cajun French: Lafitte

Louisiana Creole: Lafitte

desc

→ Chinese: → 拉菲特 (Lāfēitè) (transliteration)

Lafitte (an unincorporated community in Jefferson parish, Louisiana, United States)


Indes

Indosphere (a region of Asia), i.e. both South and Southeast Asia

(uncommon) East Indies (a region of Asia)


Long Sault

English: Long Sault

From long (“long”) + sault (“rapids”), from Middle French. From being a long stretch of rapids.

A rapids in the Ottawa River, Quebec, Canada

Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River#English

A rapids in the Saint Lawrence River, Ontario, Canada

A village in Ontario, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River


Yanan

Il y a le tourisme rouge, qui vous entraîne sur les pas de Mao, comme à Yanan, dans le Shaanxi, l’ancien bastion révolutionnaire des communistes avant leur arrivée au pouvoir en 1949.

2013 August 1, Brice Pedroletti, “Comment les Chinois partent en vacances”, in Le Monde, archived from the original on 2013-08-05:

Alternative spelling of Yan’an (A prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, China)


Liaoyang

Holonym: Liaodong

Liaoyang (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China).


Artagnan

English: Artagnan

Inherited from Middle French Artanhan, from Old French Artanhano, from Occitan Artanha, from Late Latin Artagna, from Latin Artanius, from Transalpine Gaulish artos (“ursine bear”)+-anum.

der

Artagnan (a commune of Vic-en-Bigorre canton, Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)


Hongkou

Holonym: Puxi


Fougères

→ English: Fougères

Fougères (a town in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)


Stains

→ English: Stains

Stains (a city in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, France)


Mazingarbe

→ English: Mazingarbe

Mazingarbe (a city in the Pas-de-Calais department, France)


Atton

Atton (a city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France)


Nérac

→ English: Nérac

Nérac (a city in the Lot-et-Garonne department, France)


Bruniquel

Bruniquel (a city in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, France)


Marval

Marval (a city in the Haute-Vienne department, France)


Mireval

Mireval (a city in the Hérault department, France)


Grande Bleue

mer Méditerranée
mer Méditerranée#French

(journalism) Synonym of mer Méditerranée (“Mediterranean Sea”)


Grande Île

An island in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France, on the Ill River


Monte-Cristo

Alternative form of Montecristo; An island in Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea


Sertao

Holonym: Nordeste

Sertão (a geographical region in northeastern Brazil)


Pétersbourg

(obsolete) Alternative form of Saint-Pétersbourg (“Petersburg”)


Léningrad

Former name of Saint-Pétersbourg (“Leningrad”).


Breitenbach

Borrowed from German Breitenbach, from Alemannic German Braitebàch.

Breitenbach (a city in the Bas-Rhin department, France)


Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin

Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin (a city in the Haut-Rhin department, France)


Gadès

(historical) Gades (ancient city, now Cadiz)


golfe de Gascogne

Holonym: océan Atlantique


Marsan

Borrowed from Occitan.
* (surname): Most prevalent in the Landes department.
* (hillock): ND du Marsan (chapel) attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Gers

A village in the Gers department, Occitanie, France

Holonym: Isère

A toponym in Annoisin-Chatelans, Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Marsan

A farm in Loubédat, Gers department, Occitanie, France

A farm in Maillas, Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Holonyms: Montjoie-en-Couserans, Saint-Lizier

A hillock in Montjoie-en-Couserans and Saint-Lizier, Ariège department, Occitanie, France

A hamlet in Saint-Médard, Gers department, Occitanie, France

A farm in Sorbets, Gers department, Occitanie, France


Quercy

Holonym: Occitanie


Sept-Îles

From sept îles (literally “seven islands”).

Sept-Îles (a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada)


Tirlemont

Holonym: Brabant flamand

Tienen (a city in Flemish Brabant, Belgium)


Ruremonde

Roermond (a city in Limburg, Netherlands)


Urau

English: Urau

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Noustens, Urale

Urau (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Comminges

English: Comminges

Holonym: Gascogne

Meronyms: Arbas, Aspet, Belbèze-en-Comminges, Figarol, Lavelanet-de-Comminges, Mane, Martres-Tolosane, Mazères-sur-Salat, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Saleich, Salies-du-Salat, Soueich, Urau

Comminges (a former region in France, Occitanie)


Saleich

English: Saleich

Borrowed from Occitan Saleish. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Artihaguère, Chac, Gérus, Gouttille, Montégut, Pyrène, Saleich Vieille, Tachouères

Saleich (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Couflens

English: Couflens

Borrowed from Occitan Coflens, from Latin cōnfluentia.

Holonym: Couserans

Couflens (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Oust

English: Oust

Holonym: Couserans

Oust (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Romagne

A historical region in northern Italy; Romagna


Istrie

Istria (a peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea)


Nan-King

Holonym: Kiang-Sou

Obsolete spelling of Nankin (“Nanjing”).


Longages

English: Longages

Holonyms: Haute-Garonne, Languedoc

Longages (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Yangzi Jiang

Synonym of Yangtsé: Yangtze (a major river in China)


Huangpu

Holonym: Shanghaï


Yangjingbang

Holonym: Shanghaï

(historical) the Yangjingbang (former river in Shanghai)


Évêché

Holonym: Marseille

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

The seat of the judicial police in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Kansk

Holonym: kraï de Krasnoïarsk

Kansk (a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia)


Krasnoïarsk

Borrowed from Russian Красноя́рск (Krasnojársk).

bor+

Holonym: kraï de Krasnoïarsk

Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai#English

Krasnoyarsk (a city, the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia, Russia)


Eychenne

English: Eychenne

Borrowed from Occitan Eishena.
* (surname): Historically most prevalent in Ariège.

A farm in Esplas-de-Sérou, Ariège department, Occitanie, France.

A hamlet in Massat, Ariège department, Occitanie, France.


Duquesne

Normanno-Picard equivalent to Duchêne (‘of the oak’).

A city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States.

Allegheny County
Allegheny County#English

A city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Nizhnyaya Pesha

Borrowed from Russian Нижняя Пеша (Nižnjaja Peša).

Holonym: district autonome de Nénétsie

Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Nenets Autonomous Okrug#English

Nizhnyaya Pesha (a village in Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia)


Ouralsk

Borrowed from Russian Ура́льск (Urálʹsk).

Synonym of Oural (“Oral”) (a city in Kazakhstan)


Éryx

(historical) Erice (a city in Sicily, Italy)


désert Libyque

Holonym: Sahara


Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

→ English: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (a city in the Essonne department, France)


Bachkirie

Borrowed from Russian Башки́рия (Baškírija).


Crécy

English: Crecy

Ellipsis of Crécy-en-Ponthieu; A commune and village in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France

Crécy-en-Ponthieu

Ellipsis of forêt de Crécy; A forest in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France


Oriège

Holonym: Ariège

Oriège (a right tributary of the Ariège in Occitanie, France)


Tarascon-sur-Ariège

→ English: Tarascon-sur-Ariège

Borrowed from Occitan Tarascon d'Arièja.

Tarascon-sur-Ariège (a city in the Ariège department, France)


Nevers

A prefecture of Nevers, Nièvre department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

An arrondissment in the Nièvre department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Nevers
A former duchy in Bourgogne, France


Sebba

→ English: Sebba

Sebba (the capital city of Yagha, Burkina Faso)

Sebba (a department of Yagha, Burkina Faso)


Saint-Priest

→ English: Saint-Priest

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal Sant-Priést.

Saint-Priest (a city in the Lyon Metropolis department, France)


source chaude

fr-noun

source chaude f (plural sources chaudes)


Castellet

Castellet; Ellipsis of Le Castellet.; A commune of the Var department, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Castellet; Ellipsis of Castellet-en-Luberon.; A commune of Avignon prefecture, Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Castellet; Ellipsis of Le Castellet.; A commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Tobolsk

Borrowed from Russian Тобо́льск (Tobólʹsk).

bor+

Tobolsk (a city in Tyumen Oblast, Russia)


Tioumen

Borrowed from Russian Тюме́нь (Tjuménʹ).

Tyumen (the capital of Tyumen Oblast, Russia)


Vorkouta

Borrowed from Russian Воркута́ (Vorkutá).

Meronyms: Roudnik, Severny


kraï de Krasnoïarsk

Calque of Russian Красноя́рский край (Krasnojárskij kraj).

calque

Красноя́рский край

Meronyms: Doudinka, Kansk, Krasnoïarsk, Norilsk


Doudinka

Borrowed from Russian Дуди́нка (Dudínka).

bor+

Holonym: kraï de Krasnoïarsk

Dudinka (a port city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia)


Marieval

Marieval (a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada)


Val Marie

Val Marie (a village in Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada)

Val Marie (a rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada)


Caucase du Nord

Holonyms: Caucase, Russie


Montdragon

Borrowed from Occitan Montdragon, from Latin mōns draconis (“dragon mountain”).

Montdragon (a town and municipality Tarn, France)


Xiong'an

Xiong'an (a new area in Baoding, Hebei, China).


McWatters

Derived from the English surname McWatters. The neighbourhood is named after prospector Dave McWatters.

A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Liaodong

(historical) Liaodong (former province in northeast China).

Holonym: Liaoning

Meronyms: Liaoyang, Shenyang


Bellegarde

English: Bellegarde

Bellegarde (a settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada)

Bellegarde (a town and commune of the Gard department, Occitanie, France)

Bellegarde (a village and commune of the Gers department, Occitanie, France)

Bellegarde (a town and commune of the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)

Bellegarde (a former commune of the Tarn department, Occitanie, France, merged in 2016 into the commune of Bellegarde-Marsal)


Tournai

English: Tournai

From Latin Turnacō/Turnacum. Tournay attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Tournai (a municipality in Hainaut, Belgium).


Marciac

Marciac (a town and commune of the Gers department, Occitanie, France)


Honfleur

A town in the Calvados department, France


Cargèse

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


Briançon

Inherited from Latin Brigantium, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī.

A commune in Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Vesoul

T’as voulu voir Vierzon, et on a vu Vierzon / T’as voulu voir Vesoul, et on a vu Vesoul

1968, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Vesoul”, in J'arrive:

Vesoul (a commune in Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

The collectivity is named after the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon#English

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (two islands constituting an overseas territory of France near Newfoundland).


Broglie

English: Broglie

desc

→ Chinese: → 布羅伊 /布罗伊 (Bùluóyī) (transliteration)

From Francization of Italian Broglia and Broglio surnames, from Broglia. The French commune is named after Marshal François-Marie de Broglie, when his family was elevated to dukedom and seated in Chambrais.

Broglie: A village and commune of the Eure department, Normandy, France


Jacmel

Haitian Creole: Jakmèl

→ Dutch: Jacmel

→ English: Jacmel

→ Spanish: Jacmel

→ Taíno: Yaquimel

Jacmel (a port town, commune, and capital of the Sud-Est department, Haiti)


Cayes

→ English: Cayes, Les Cayes, Aux Cayes

Haitian Creole: Okay

→ Spanish: Los Cayos

Cayes (a seaport and commune of Cayes borough, Sud department, Haiti)

Cayes (an arrondissement of the Sud department, Haiti)


Les Cayes

Spanish: Los Cayos

Cayes: Alternative form of Cayes
A locale in the Sud department, Haiti


Aux Cayes

Haitian Creole: Okay


Bar-le-Duc

Holonym: Meuse

Bar-le-Duc (the capital of the Meuse department, France)


Grand Isle

Borrowed from English Grand Isle, from Middle French Grande-Isle.
* (Louisana): From Cajun French Grand Isle, from Cajun French Grand Isle

Grand Isle: A barrier island in Jefferson parish, Louisiana, United States, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico

Grand Isle: A town in Jefferson parish, Louisiana, United States

Grand Isle County
Grand Isle County#English

Grand Isle: An island in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States in Lake Champlain

Town of Grand Isle
Town of Grand Isle#English

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

Grand Isle County: A county of Vermont, United States, named after the eponymous island. County seat: North Hero


Grande-Île

An island in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River

A suburb of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, on the eponymous island


Jean Lafitte

English: Jean Lafitte

Cajun French: Jean Lafitte

Louisiana Creole: Jean Lafitte

Named after 18th century French privateer Jean Lafitte

Jean Lafitte: A town in Jefferson parish, Louisiana, United States


Desbiens

English: Desbiens

Desbiens (a town in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada)


Ténéré

a desert region within the Sahara, located in Niger and Chad


Estrie

→ English: Estrie

Derived from est (“east”) + -ie. Coined by Québécois priest Maurice O'Bready.


Saint-Lambert

The municipality is named after Saint Lambert of Maastricht (c. 636 - c. 705).

A parish municipality of Abitibi-Ouest, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Arntfield

Derived from the English surname Arntfield. The neighbourhood is named after American prospector Frederick S. Arntfield.

A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Marie-Galante

Calque of Spanish Maria Galanda. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus. The island is named after the flagship of Columbus's expedition, which was named in turn in honour of the Virgin Mary.

Marie-Galante (an island and dependency of the overseas department of Guadeloupe, France)


Étrurie

Etruria (an ancient country located in modern day Tuscany in Western Italy)


Châtelaillon-Plage

Châtelaillon-Plage (a town and commune of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Frasne

→ English: Frasne

From Middle French Frasne, ultimately from Latin Frasinus (1148), from fraxinus.

Holonym: Doubs

Frasne (a village in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France).


Bouchette

The municipality is named after Canadian Surveyor-General Joseph Bouchette (1774 - 1841).

La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau#English

A municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Fromager

English: Fromager

Fromager: A former region in Ivory Coast, replaced by the Gôh subregion


Gôh

English: Goh


Bompas

English: Bompas

Bompas (a village and commune of the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)


Bompas

English: Bompas

Borrowed from Catalan Bompàs. Bonpas on the Cassini map (1700s).

Bompas (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)


Carqueiranne

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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


Sarrebourg

Sarrebourg (a commune in the department of Moselle, Lorraine, Grand Est, France)

Saarburg (a city in Trier-Saarburg district, state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Courseulles-sur-Mer

Courseulles-sur-Mer (a town and commune of the Calvados department, Normandy, France)


Fouras

Official name: Fouras-les-Bains

Fouras (a commune and town in Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, region of New Aquitaine, France)


Navarrenx

Navarrenx (a commune and town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


La Guillotière

A district of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Montlhéry

Montlhéry (a city in the Essonne department, France)


Pont

Learned borrowing from Latin Pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos).

(historical) Pontus (an ancient region and kingdom on the south coast of the Black Sea).

the present-day region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea.


Évry

A former commune of the department of Essonne, Île-de-France, France, merged into Évry-Courcouronnes

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


É.-U.

L’actuelle vice-présidente des É.-U., c’est Kamala Harris.

The current vice-president of the US is Kamala Harris.

US, USA (a country in North America); initialism of États-Unis (“United States”)


Erdre

From Latin Erda, Proto-Celtic *ered, in Breton Erzh.


Basse-Pointe

Basse-Pointe (a town and commune of the overseas department of Martinique, France)


Canigou

Canigou (a mountain the Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France)


Le Lamentin

From le + lamentin, literally “the manatee”.

Le Lamentin (town and commune in Martinique)


Biert

→ English: Biert

Borrowed from Occitan Bièrt. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Massatois

Meronyms: Agnet, Ardelles, Carabas, Chicot, Granet, Joulieu

Biert (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)

Biert (a hamlet and former municipality of Nissewaard, South Holland, Netherlands).


Lunebourg

Luneburg (a city in Lower Saxony, Germany)


Riviera Maya

Borrowed from Spanish Riviera Maya; Calque of Spanish Riviera Maya; Riviera+maya. From Italian riviera.

Mayan Riviera: A coastline in Yucatan, Mexico


Olonne

→ Portuguese: lona
→ Tetum: lona

→ Spanish: lona

→ Catalan: lona

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

A former commune in the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France


Besac

(informal) Besançon (a city and commune, the prefecture of the Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Wemotaci

Borrowed from Atikamekw Wemotaci. The spelling "Wemotaci" was adopted in 1997, mirroring the Atikamekw standardization of spelling.

Wemotaci; an Indian reserve of the Atikamekw in La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec, Canada


République de Corée

LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-République de Corée.wav

Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea#English

Republic of Korea, South Korea (a country in East Asia)


Anse au Foulon

The toponym originates from a fulling mill (French: foulon) that the Séminaire de Québec built in 1710, at the base of the cliff which met the cove. Despite the closure of the mill in 1734, the toponym persisted.

a small cove in Quebec, Canada, now part of Quebec City


Morosaglia

Morosaglia (a town and commune of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France)


Sentein

Sentein (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Senconac

Senconac (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Sentenac-de-Sérou

Borrowed from Occitan Sentenac de Seron.

Sentenac-de-Sérou (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Soueix

Soueix (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Sorgeat

Sorgeat (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Sor

Sor (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Soula

Soula (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Soulan

Soulan (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Sinsat

Sinsat (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Siguer

Siguer (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Sieuras

Sieuras (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Montoulieu

Montoulieu (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Montferrier

Montferrier (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Montfa

Montfa (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Montgaillard

LL-Q150 (fra)-T. Le Berre-Montgaillard.wav

Montgaillard (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Betchat

Holonym: Couserans

Betchat (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Bestiac

Bestiac (a village in the Ariège department, France)


RPD

République populaire de Donetsk
République populaire de Donetsk#French

Initialism of République populaire de Donetsk (“DPR”).


Mirereni

A village in Tsingoni, Mayotte department, France


Tsingoni

Meronyms: Combani, Hachénoua, Mandani, Mirereni, Mrowalé

A city in the Mayotte department, France


Vahibé

A village in Mamoudzou, Mayotte department, France


Passamainty

A district of Mamoudzou, Mayotte department, France


Medyka

Medyka: A village in Gmina Medyka, Przemyśl county, Subcarpathia province, Poland, near the border with Ukraine


La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois

A town and commune of the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Mèze

→ English: Mèze

Mèze (a town in the Hérault department, France)


Joigny

→ English: Joigny

Joigny (a town in the Yonne department, France)


Deauville

Inherited from Middle French Dauville, from Old French d'Auville, from Auville, from Latin Auevilla. The Canadian locality is named after the Norman commune.

Deauville: A coastal commune in Honfleur-Deauville canton, Lisieux, Calvados department, Côte Fleurie, Lower Normandy, Normandy, France.

Deauville: A district, a former municipality of Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville borough, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada


Courseulles

(informal) short form and former name of Courseulles-sur-Mer, a town and commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, France


Cavalaire-sur-Mer

Cavalaire-sur-Mer (a town and commune of the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Frais-Vallon

Holonym: Marseille

A neighborhood of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Belsunce

Holonym: Marseille


Malakoff

Malakoff (a town and commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France; a suburb of Paris)


Razès

→ English: Razès

City in Haute-Vienne: Borrowed from Occitan Rasès.
Region of Aude: Borrowed from Occitan Rasés.

Razès (a city in the Haute-Vienne department, France)

Holonym: Aude

Meronym: Limoux

Razès (a region of the Aude department, France)


Limoux

→ English: Limoux

Holonym: Razès

Limoux (a city in the Aude department, France)


Rennes-le-Château

→ English: Rennes-le-Château

Holonym: Razès

Rennes-le-Château (a village in the Aude department, France)


Limours

→ English: Limours

Limours (a city in the Essonne department, France)


Hurepoix

→ English: Hurepoix

Holonym: Île-de-France

Meronyms: pays de Châtres, pays de Josas

Hurepoix (a region of Île-de-France, France)


Jouy-en-Josas

→ English: Jouy-en-Josas

Holonym: pays de Josas

Jouy-enJosas (a city in the Yvelines department, France)


Châtres

Châtres (a village and commune of the Aube department, Grand Est, France)

Châtres (a village and commune of the Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Châtres (a village and commune of the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)


Arpajon

→ English: Arpajon

Holonym: pays de Châtres

Arpajon (a city in the Essonne department, France)


Chastrès

→ English: Chastrès

Holonym: Walcourt

Chastrès (a village in Walcourt, Belgium)


Walcourt

→ English: Walcourt

Meronyms: Berzée, Castillon, Chastrès, Clermont, Fontenelle, Fraire, Gourdinne, Laneffe, Pry, Rognée, Somzée, Tarcienne, Thy-le-Château, Vogenée, Yves-Gomezée

Walcourt (a city in Namur Province, Belgium)


Congis-sur-Thérouanne

→ English: Congis-sur-Thérouanne

Congis-sur-Thérouanne (a village in the Seine-et-Marne department, France)


Thérouanne

A river in the Seine-et-Marne department


Arpavon

Arpavon (a village in the Drôme department, France)


Tautavel

Tautavel (a village in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)


Peyraud

English: Peyraud

Peyraud (a village in the Ardèche department, France)


Fauch

English: Fauch

Borrowed from Occitan. Originating from Tarn.

Fauch (a village in the Tarn department, France)


Béjaïa

Bejaia (a city and commune of Béjaïa province, Algeria)


Saint-Pastous

→ English: Saint-Pastous

Saint-Pastous (a village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)


Mboro

Mboro (a town in the Tivaouane department, Senegal)


Faaa

→ English: Faaa


Champerret

(historical) French toponym encountered in Levallois-Perret

Porte de Champerret
w:fr:Porte de Champerret


Champs Perret

From champs + Perret. Named after Jean-Jacques Perret.

(historical) Obsolete form of Champerret.


Levallois-Perret

→ English: Levallois-Perret

Levallois-Perret (a town in the Hauts-de-Seine department, France)


Péret

→ English: Péret

Péret (a village in the Hérault department, France)


Ascou

English: Ascou

Ascou (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Ascoux

English: Ascoux

Ascoux (a village in the Loiret department, France)


Asco

Asco (a left tributary of the Golo, Corsica, France)


Wissous

→ English: Wissous

Inherited from Middle French. Formerly Huissous, Uissous, Vissous and Wissou.

Wissous (a town in the Essonne department, Île-de-France, France)


Ciron

→ English: Ciron

Holonym: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Ciron (a left tributary of the Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Ciron

→ English: Ciron

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

Ciron (a village in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Zaporijia

Borrowed from Ukrainian Запорі́жжя (Zaporížžja).

bor+

Zaporizhia (a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)


Étolie

Holonym: Étolie-Acarnanie


Acarnanie

Holonym: Étolie-Acarnanie


Chalabre

→ English: Chalabre

Eissalabra (a town in the Aude department, France)


Crampagna

→ English: Crampagna

Crampanhan (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Pointe-à-Pitre

Pointe-à-Pitre (a commune and city in the Guadeloupe department, French West Indies)


République démocratique allemande

German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic#English

German Democratic Republic, East Germany (a former country in Central Europe, merged with West Germany in 1990 to form the modern country of Germany)


Tréhorenteuc

From Trégarantec (pleasant dwelling place)

a community in the Department of Morbihan in the region of Brittany, France


Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

desc

سان كوينتين أن إيفلين

Arabic: سان كوينتين أن إيفلين

Arabic: سان كوينتين أن إيفلين

サン＝カンタン＝アン＝イヴリーヌ

Japanese: サン゠カンタン゠アン゠イヴリーヌ (san=kantan=an=ivurīnu)

An agglomeration community in Yvelines, Île-de-France, France


Brétigny-sur-Orge

A commune of the Essonne department, Île-de-France, France


Porto-Vecchio

Porto-Vecchio (a town and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France)


Gembloux

→ English: Gembloux

Meronyms: Beuzet, Bossière, Bothey, Corroy-le-Château, Ernage, Grand-Leez, Grand-Manil, Isnes, Lonzée, Mazy, Sauvenière


Najac

→ English: Najac

Najac (a village in the Aveyron department, France)


Provinces-Unies

United Provinces
United Provinces#English

(historical) United Provinces (a former state in Western Europe, the predecessor of the Netherlands)


Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

A city and municipality of Quebec, Canada


mer d'Arabie

Holonym: océan Indien


désert du Cholistan

Holonyms: désert du Thar, Pendjab


désert du Thar

Meronym: désert du Cholistan


Giverny

→ English: Giverny

Giverny (a village in the Eure department, France)


Créteil

Créteil (a city and commune of the department of Val-de-Marne, region of Île-de-France, France)


Aulnay

Inherited from Latin Aunaium, with later addition of the spurious silent letter -l-.

Aulnay (a small village and commune of the Aube department, Grand Est, France)

Aulnay, Aulnay-de-Saintonge (a small town and commune of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Aulnay (a small village and commune of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Aulnay (short for Aulnay-sous-Bois, a city and commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France, France)


Bobigny

Bobigny (a town and commune of Île-de-France, France).


Aulnay-sous-Bois

A commune of Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France


Rochefort-sur-Mer

/ʁɔʃ.fɔʁ syʁ mɛʁ/

Rochefort (official name of the commune in Charente-Maritime, New Aquitaine, France)


Les Tarterêts

A large area of social housing in Essonne, Île-de-France, France


Îles Senkaku

Senkaku Islands (an island group in Japan)


La Nouvelle-Rochelle

From nouvelle (“new”) + Rochelle, calque of English New Rochelle, in turn of French and Old French origin. Doublet of New Rochelle.

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

(North America) New Rochelle (a city in Westchester County, New York, United States)


Macédoine du Nord

LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Macédoine du Nord.wav

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Gracefield

Derived from a compound of the English surname Grace and field. The city is named after mayor of the former municipality Patrick Grace.

A city in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


Roudouallec

→ English: Roudouallec

Roudouallec (a village in the Morbihan department, France)


Salies-du-Salat

→ English: Salies-du-Salat

Salies-du-Salat (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Campbellton

Borrowed from English Campbellton. The city is named after colonial administrator Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (1769–1843).

Restigouche County
Restigouche County#English

A city in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Chelles

→ English: Chelles

Chelles (a town in the Oise department, France)

Chelles (a town in the Seine-et-Marne department, France)


Pampangue

Borrowed from Spanish Pampanga, from Kapampangan pampang (“river bank”).

Pampanga (a province of the Philippines; capital: San Fernando)


Fouka

→ English: Fouka

Fouka (a town in Tipaza Province, Algeria)


Leysse

A river in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Ognon

A left tributary of the Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Vézère

A right tributary of the Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Ancyre

Holonym: Galatie

(historical) Ancyra (the capital city of Galatia)


Anatolie

Meronyms: Carie, Galatie


Dronne

A right tributary of the Isle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Agout

A left tributary of the Tarn, Occitanie, France.


Baïse

A left tributary of the Garonne, France.


Serein

A right tributary of the Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Sauldre

A right tributary of the Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Auloue

A left tributary of the Baïse, Occitanie, France.


Sousson

A left tributary of the Gers, Occitanie, France.


désert de Thar

Alternative form of désert du Thar (“Thar Desert”)


Viaur

A left tributary of the Aveyron, Occitanie, France.


Durance

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

Durance (a left tributary of the Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Ubaye

A left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Miquelon-Langlade

The commune is named after Miquelon and Langlade.

A commune of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France.


Sioule

A left tributary of the Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Lèze

A left tributary of the Ariège, Occitanie, France.


Meurthe

A right tributary of the Moselle, Grand Est, France.


Bouctouche

→ English: Bouctouche

The name of the town derives from the Mi'kmaq toponym Chebuktoosk, which translates to "large bay".

A town in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Caraquet

→ English: Caraquet

Etymology uncertain. The name may derive from the Mi'kmaq toponym Kalague, translated as "where two rivers meet".

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English

A town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.


Lathus-Saint-Rémy

A town and commune of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


Port-Louis

Port Louis (the capital city of Mauritius)


Cap-Français

Cap Français (canonical feminine masculine)


Vénézuéla

Alternative form of Venezuela: Venezuela (a country in South America)


mer Érythrée

From Latin Erythraeum mare, itself a partial calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα (Eruthrà thálassa).

der

Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα


Murs

Murs (a commune in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France).


Jialing

Holonym: Sichuan

The Jialing (a left tributary of the Yangtze in Sichuan, China)


Lannemezan

→ English: Lannemezan

Lannemezan (a town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, France)


Pont-Saint-Martin

→ English: Pont-Saint-Martin

Pont-Saint-Martin (a town in the Loire-Atlantique department, France)


Seysses

English: Seysses

Borrowed from Occitan Sèishes. The surname is very rare in France.

Seysses (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Muret

Muret (a town in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Vésubie

The Vésubie, a river that flows in southeastern France


Vésunne

Holonym: Gaule aquitaine


Mayapan

Holonym: Yucatan

(historical) Mayapan, an ancient Mayan city.


Mostuéjouls

→ English: Mostuéjouls

Mostuéjouls (a village in the Aveyron department, France)


Lanuéjols

→ English: Lanuéjols

Lanuéjols (a village in the Gard department, France)

Lanuéjols (a village in the Lozère department, France)


Senez

Senez (a rural commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


Mancy

A commune of Épernay-2 canton, Épernay, Marne department, Grand Est, France

A village in Bettelainville, Moselle department, Grand Est, France


Mancey

A commune of Tournus canton, Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France


Mégare

Borrowed from Latin Megara, from Ancient Greek Μεγάρα (Megára).

Holonym: Grèce


Antras

→ English: Antras

Borrowed from Occitan Antràs, probably from Antres du Cluzets, from antre (“cave”), referring to three contiguous caves that were made in the rocks and remain today. Historically most prevalent in Ariège.

Holonym: Couserans

Antras (a village in the Ariège department, Occitanie, France)

Holonym: Gers

Antras (a village in the Gers department, Occitanie, France)


Touloubre

Touloubre (a river in Bouches-du-rhône, France)


Baup

Holonym: Couserans

The Baup (a right tributary of the Salat, Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Arize

Arize (a river in Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Artillac

Artillac (a river in Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Volp

Volp (a right tributary of the Garonne, Occitanie, France).


Asie de l'Est

Holonym: Asie


Asie du Sud

Holonym: Asie


Parque Fluminense

Borrowed from Portuguese Parque Fluminense.

bor+

A district of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Baixada Fluminense

Borrowed from Portuguese Baixada Fluminense.


lac salé

From lac (“lake”) + salé (“salty”, past participle of saler (“to salt”)).


Zaporojié

Borrowed from Russian Запоро́жье (Zaporóžʹje).


Alexandrovsk

Borrowed from Russian Алекса́ндровск (Aleksándrovsk).

Алекса́ндровск

(historical) Synonym of Zaporijia (“Alexandrovsk”)


Olexandrivsk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Олекса́ндрівськ (Oleksándrivsʹk).

Олекса́ндрівськ


Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher

A municipality in Liège province, Belgium.


Diamniadio

→ English: Diamniadio

Diamniadio (a town in the Rufisque department, Dakar, Senegal)


Village Shaughnessy

From village + Shaughnessy; Calque of English Shaughnessy Village; named after Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR, CP Rail).

Shaughnessy Village
Shaughnessy Village#English

Region of Montreal
Region of Montreal#English

Golden Square Mile
Golden Square Mile#English

Shaughnessy Village: A district of Ville-Marie borough, Montreal, Montreal Island, Montreal county, Region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a flat plateau neighbourhood bounded by the Saint-Jacques Escarpment and CP Rail lines and Autoroute Ville Marie and Little Burgundy to street south, Westmount and Atwater Avenue to street west, Guy Street and the Golden Square Mile to street east, and Sherbrooke Boulevard and the slopes of Mount Royal to street north.

en:Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy


Shoni

English: Shoni

Abbreviation of Shaughnessy., from Village Shaughnessy, from English Shaughnessy, named after Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR, CP Rail).

Village Shaughnessy
Village Shaughnessy#French

Shoni; diminutive of Village Shaughnessy: A district of Ville-Marie borough, Montreal, Montreal Island, Montreal county, Region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Brugheas

→ English: Brugheas

Brugheas (a village in the Allier department, France)


Tolbiac

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

(historical) Zülpich (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

(Paris) The district around Rue de Tolbiac.


Izioum

Izium (a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine)


Nippes

Haitian Creole: Nip

Nippes (a department of Haiti; capital: Miragoâne), formerly the eastern part of Grand’Anse.


Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

→ English: Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (a town in the Nièvre department, France)


Condat

Condat (a town in the Cantal department, France)


Condé

Condé (a town in the Indre department, France)


Myennes

→ English: Myennes

Myennes (a village in the Nièvre department, France)


Tracy-sur-Loire

→ English: Tracy-sur-Loire

Tracy-sur-Loire (a village in the Nièvre department, France)


Nouvelle-France

English: New France

nouvelle + France. From Middle French Nouvelle France. Literally, “New France”

(historical) New France: A former colony of France in North America


Neuilly-sur-Seine

Neuilly-sur-Seine (a commune in Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France).


Îlet Pinel

Named after a captain who was shipwrecked near the island in 1689.


Île Coco

Saint Barthélemy
Saint Barthélemy#English


Île Fourchue

Derived from île (“island”) and the feminine form of fourchu (“cleft, split”). The island is named for its shape.


La Désirade

Calque of Spanish La Deseada, derived from the feminine participle of desear (“desire, wish for”). Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus, allegedly because the island was the first land seen by Columbus and his crew after leaving the Canary Islands.

An island, commune, and dependency of Guadeloupe, France.


Grande-Terre

Compound of grand (“great, big”) + terre (“land”).

An island in the Guadeloupe department, France.


Les Abymes

Derived from the plural form of abîme (“abyss”). Allegedly named for fog generated by the evaporation of water of the local swamps.


Ligua

La Ligua River (a river in Petorca, Chile)


Bas-Saint-Laurent

Derived from bas (“low, lower”) and Saint-Laurent (“Saint Laurence River”). The region is named for its location.


Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

The region is named after the hydronyms Saguenay and Lac-Saint-Jean.


Capitale-Nationale

Derived from capitale (“capital”) and national (“national”). The region hosts the provincial capital (Ville de Québec).


Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Derived from the toponyms Abitibi and Témiscamingue.


Côte-Nord

Derived from côte (“coast”) and nord (“north”). The region is named for its location on the northern shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.


Nord-du-Québec

Derived from nord (“north”) and the toponym Québec.


Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine

The region is named after the Gaspésie region and the Îles-de-la-Madeleine archipelago.


Chaudière-Appalaches

The region is named after the Chaudière river and the Appalachian Mountains.


Lanaudière

Named after a former lordship, named in turn after its first owner, military officer Charles-François Tarieu de La Naudière (1710–1776).


Laurentides

The region is named after the Laurentian Mountains.


Centre-du-Québec

Derived from centre (“center”) and the toponym Québec. The region is named for its central location within Quebec.


Abitibi-Ouest

Derived from the toponym Abitibi and ouest (“west”).

A regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Rouyn-Noranda

The name of the city is derived from the name of the former cities of Rouyn and Noranda.

A city and regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Témiscamingue

The municipality is named after the hydronym lac Témiscamingue (“Timiskaming Lake”).


La Vallée-de-l'Or

Derived from vallée (“valley”) and or (“gold”), analogously to Val-d’Or.


Kamouraska

The county municipality is named after the Kamouraska river.

A regional county municipality of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada.


La Matanie

Derived from Matane (“a hydronym”) + -ie. The name was chosen in 2013 as a way to refer to the river, the city of Matane and the historical Fiefdom of Matane through a single name.


La Matapédia

The municipality is named after the Matapédia valley.


La Mitis

The municipality is named after the Mitis river.


Les Basques

The municipality is named after the nearby Île aux Basques.


Rimouski-Neigette

The municipality is named after the Rimouski and Neigette rivers.


Rivière-du-Loup

The municipality is named after a river.


Témiscouata

The municipality is named after the hydronym lac Témiscouata.


Charlevoix-Est

Derived from the toponym Charlevoix and est (“east”).

A regional county municipality of Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada.


La Côte-de-Beaupré

Derived from côte (“coast”) and the toponym Beaupré.


Portneuf

The city is named after the fiefdom of Portneuf, named in turn after military officer René Robineau de Portneuf (1659–1726).
The municipality is named after the former Barony of Portneuf, named in turn after the city.

A city in Portneuf, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada.


La Jacques-Cartier

The municipality is named after the former County of Jacques-Cartier, named in turn after French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491 - 1557).


L'Île-d'Orléans

The municipality is named after the Île d’Orléans island.


Les Chenaux

A regional county municipality of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada.


Maskinongé

Named after the Maskinongé river, named in turn for the presence of muskellunge (“Esox masquinongy”) in its waters.


Mékinac

The municipality is named after a mountain of the same name.


Les Sources

A regional county municipality of Estrie, Quebec, Canada.


Le Granit

Derived from granit (“granite”). The municipality is named for the strong presence of granite within it.


Le Domaine-du-Roy

Derived from domaine (“domain”) and roi (“king”). The area of the municipality formerly belonged to the king of France.

A regional county municipality of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada.


Maria-Chapdelaine

The municipality is named after the novel Maria Chapdelaine by author Louis Hémon (1880–1913). The municipality roughly encompasses the area where the novel is set.


Lac-Saint-Jean-Est

The name of the municipality is derived from the hydronym Lac-Saint-Jean and est (“east”).


Le Fjord-du-Saguenay

The name of the municipality is derived from fjord and the hydronym Saguenay.


Memphrémagog

Derived from the Abenaki toponym mamhlawbagak, translating to "at the great lake" or "at the great expanse of water".


La Haute-Yamaska

Derived from haut (“high, upper”) and the hydronym Yamaska.


Coaticook

The municipality is named after the city of Coaticook.


Brome-Missisquoi

The municipality is named after the village of Brome and the Missisquoi river.


Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais

fr-proper noun

Les Collines-de-l’-Outaouais f pl (plural only)

Les Collines-de-l’-Outaouais (canonical feminine plural)

Derived from the plural form of colline (“hill”) and the toponym Outaouais.

A regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.


La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau

Derived from vallée (“valley”) and the hydronym Gatineau.


Minganie

A regional county municipality of Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada.


Sept-Rivières

Derived from sept (“seven”) and rivière (“river”).


Manicouagan

The municipality is named after the Manicouagan river.


La Haute-Côte-Nord

Derived from haut (“high, upper”) and the toponym Côte-Nord.


Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent

Derived from Golfe du Saint-Laurent (“Gulf of St. Lawrence”).


La Côte-de-Gaspé

Derived from côte (“coast”) and the toponym Gaspé.

A regional county municipality of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada.


La Haute-Gaspésie

Derived from haut (“high, upper”) and the toponym Gaspésie.


Le Rocher-Percé

Derived from rocher (“rock”) and the past participle of perce (“pierce”). The municipality is named after a rock formation within it.


Les Appalaches

The municipality is named after the Appalachian Mountains.

A regional county municipality of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada.


Les Etchemins

The municipality is named for the Etchemin River and Etchemin Lake.


Montmagny

The municipality is named after the city of Montmagny.


Lotbinière

The municipality is named after the city of Lotbinière.


L'Islet

The municipality is named after the village of L'Islet.


La Nouvelle-Beauce

Derived from nouveau (“new”) and the toponym Beauce.


Beauce-Sartigan

Derived from the toponyms Beauce and Sartigan.


Beauce-Centre

Derived from the toponyms Beauce and centre (“center”).


Bellechasse

Named after the former County of Bellechasse.


Matawinie

Derived from Matawin (a hydronym) + -ie.

A regional county municipality of Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada.


L'Assomption

The municipality is named after the city of L'Assomption.


Antoine-Labelle

The municipality is named after priest Antoine Labelle (1833–1891).

A regional county municipality of Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.


Argenteuil

The municipality is named after the former County of Argenteuil.


Deux-Montagnes

The municipality is named after the former County of Deux-Montagnes.


Les Laurentides

The municipality is named after the Laurentian Mountains.


Les Pays-d'en-Haut

Les Pays-d’en-Haut (canonical masculine plural)

Derived from the plural form of pays (“country”) and haut (“high”). The municipality is named for its higher elevation.


Thérèse-De Blainville

The municipality is named after aristocrat Marie-Thérèse Dugué de Boisbriand (1671–1744).


Rouville

The municipality is named after the Rouville family, which owned land in the current municipality.

A regional county municipality of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.


Vaudreuil-Soulanges

The municipality is named after colonial governor Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (1650–1725) and nobleman Pierre-Jacques de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson (1677–1703).

fr:Pierre-Jacques de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson


Le Haut-Richelieu

Derived from haut (“high, upper”) and the hydronym Richelieu.


Marguerite-D'Youville

The municipality is named after Marguerite d'Youville (1701–1771).


Les Maskoutains

Etymology uncertain. The name of the municipality may derive from an Abenaki term meaning "large bushes" or "hay". An alternative possibility is a derivation from an Algonquian term meaning "savanna" or "swamp".


Les Jardins-de-Napierville

Derived from the plural form of jardin (“garden”) and the toponym Napierville.


Le Haut-Saint-Laurent

/lə o sɛ̃ lɔ.ʁɑ̃/

Derived from haut (“high, upper”) and the hydronym Saint-Laurent.


La Vallée-du-Richelieu

The toponym derives from vallée (“valley”) and the name of the Richelieu river.


Beauharnois-Salaberry

The municipality is named after the cities of Beauharnois and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.


L'Érable

A regional county municipality of Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.


Bécancour

The municipality is named after the city of Bécancour.


Arthabaska

The municipality is named after the former city of Arthabaska. From Abenaki awabaska (“place of bushes and reeds”). Compare English Athabasca from Woods Cree athap askaw (“there are many reeds”).


Nicolet-Yamaska

Named after the city of Nicolet and the Yamaska river.


Kalouga

Kaluga (a city, the capital of Kaluga Oblast, Russia)


Carie

From Latin Caria, from Ancient Greek Κᾱρίᾱ (Kāríā).

Holonym: Anatolie


lac Poyang

Partial calque of Chinese 鄱阳湖 (Póyáng Hú).


Parly

English: Parly

Parly (a commune of the Yonne department, Bourgogne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)


Lesquin

→ English: Lesquin

Lesquin (a town in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France)


Royan

→ English: Royan

Royan (a town in the Charente-Maritime department, France)


île des Rimains

An island in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, France


île de Ré

Holonym: archipel charentais

An island in the Charente-Maritime department, France


île d'Oléron

Holonym: archipel charentais

Meronym: Saint-Trojan-les-Bains

An island in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


île de Nôle

Holonym: archipel charentais


Lehri

Borrowed from Arabic لهري or Moroccan Amazigh.

Khenifra Province
Khenifra Province#English

Lehri (a village in Khenifra Province, Morocco)


Gavarnie

Gavarnie (a former commune and town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, region of Occitania, France, merged into Gavarnie-Gèdre)


Belleterre

Compound of beau (“beautiful”) + terre (“earth, land”). Originally the name of a mine.

af

A city in Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Duhamel-Ouest

Derived from the surname Duhamel and ouest (“west”). The municipality is named after bishop Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (1841 - 1909).

A municipality of Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Fugèreville

Derived from Fugère (“a surname”) + -ville. The municipality is named after the founder of the local Catholich parish, Joseph-Armand Fugère.


Guérin

The municipality is named after physician and politician James John Edmund Guerin (1856–1932).

A township municipality of Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Kipawa

Derived from an Algonquin term meaning "it is closed", referring to the labyrinthine Lake Kipawa.


Laniel

The territory is named after oblate Armand Laniel (1866 - 1928).

An unorganised territory in Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Latulipe-et-Gaboury

The united municipality is named after the former townships of Latulipe and Gaboury.

A united township municipality in Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue

fr-proper noun

Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue m pl (plural only)

Derived from the plural form of lac (“lake”) and the toponym Témiscamingue.


Ville-Marie

Derived from ville (“city”) and the name Marie. The city is named after Saint Mary.


Témiscaming

Derived from the name of lac Témiscamingue, derived in turn from the Algonquin terms tim (“deep”), kami (“expanse of water”) and the locative element -ing (“in”).


Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues

Derived from the name of Eugène de Mazenod (1782 - 1861) and the surname of Catholic bishop Joseph-Bruno Guigues (1805 - 1874).


Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues

Derived from the name of Bruno of Cologne (1030 - 1101) and the surname of Catholic bishop Joseph-Bruno Guigues (1805 - 1874).


Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre

Derived from the name of Saint Edward and the surname of Catholic bishop Édouard-Charles Fabre (1827 - 1896).

A parish municipality of Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


Rémigny

The municipality is named after French military officer Luc-Angélique de Rémigny.


Notre-Dame-du-Nord

Derived from a title of Saint Mary and the term nord (“north”). The toponym references the municipality's location to the north of lac Témiscamingue.


Nédélec

The municipality is named after priest Jean-Marie Nédélec (1834–1896).


Lorrainville

Compound of Lorrain (“a surname”) + -ville. The municipality is named after Catholic bishop Narcisse-Zéphirin Lorrain (1842 - 1915).


Laverlochère-Angliers

The municipality is named after the former municipalities of Laverlochère and Angliers.


Cléricy

The neighbourhood is named after French military officer Honoré-Louis de Cléricy.

A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.


D'Alembert

The neighbourhood is named after a French military officer.


Évain

The neighbourhood is named after priest Isidore Évain (1868 - 1931).


Bellecombe

The neighbourhood is named after French military officer Guillaume de Bellecombe (1728 - 1792).


Lac-Dufault

The neighbourhood is named after a nearby lake, named in turn after deputy minister of Colonisation, Mines and Fisheries Sergius Dufault.