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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_name_originsIn general, the Anglo-Saxon and Norse place names tend to be rather mundane in origin, the most common types being [personal name + settlement/farm/place] or [type of farm + farm/settlement] (almost all towns ending in -wich, -ton, -ham, -by, -thorpe, -stoke/stock are of these types).
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See moreIn much of the "Old World" (approximately Africa, Asia and Europe) the names of many places cannot easily be interpreted or understood; they do not convey any apparent meaning in the modern language of the area. This is due to
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See moreThere are identifiable processes which occur over time to place names, and which alter the place names in such a way that their original meanings are lost. These apply to both the names of settlements and natural features, although more so to the former.
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See moreMost pre-modern settlement names contain a generic element describing the place's function (e.g. 'farm', 'market', 'fort') or a prominent natural
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See moreThere are several clearly definable types of place name, the primary division being between the names of natural features and the names of human settlements. That the latter are 'places' is obvious. The case is slightly more ambiguous for natural features,
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See morePlace names often need specialists to interpret their meanings. Some of the main problems are:
• Language. Sometimes the language used in the formation of a place...
See moreThe names of natural or man-made features in the landscape tend to be older than those of settlements since the former are often more widely
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See moreVarious names have been used for the island of Britain, see Britain (name). The origin of place names of the countries within Britain are discussed below. Each country is divided into a number of counties.
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See all 15 rows on en.wikipedia.orgNAME NO. LOCATION LANGUAGE Äteritsiputeritsipuolil… 35 Lapland, Finland Finnish (northern dial… Pekwachnamaykosk… 31 Lake in Manitoba, Canada Cree Andorijidoridaraemih… 28 Street in Bukpyeong-myeon, Jeongseon ... Korean Venkatanarasimharaj… 28 Village in Andhra Pradesh, India Telugu
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This List of popular place names is derived from the US FIPS55 place name database (158,000 US place names) and the US GEOnet name server database (5.6 million non-US place names). 1,716 San José (or San Jose) 1,691 San Antonio. 1,246 Santa Maria (or Santa María) 1,212 Santa Rosa. 1,191 San Pedro.
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A. List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names. List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names. List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies. List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations. List of administrative division name changes. List of placenames of indigenous origin in the Americas.
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This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. Names of places by country (14 C, 1 P) Place names by continent (5 C, 1 P) Place names by language (7 C, 2 P) Place names by type of place (7 C, 1 P)
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Ö is Swedish for "island". Ø, a hill in Jutland, Denmark. Ø is Danish for "island". U, a place in Panama. U, a municipality on Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. Ú, a place in Madagascar [citation needed] U, a place in Vietnam. Ü, a geographic division and a historical region in Tibet, China.
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Santa Claus. A city in Spencer County, Indiana, United States founded in 1841, adopting its current name in 1856; that has the only Santa Claus postmark in the U.S. Postal system - it shares its name with a 1941-founded city in Toombs County, Georgia, United States and a ghost town in Arizona . Santa Maria.
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In some cases, nevertheless, [[Placename, Kowloon]], [[Placename, New Kowloon]], etc., may be necessary for several locations within Hong Kong bearing the same name. Macau/Macao. Macau is spelled idiomatically either with a "u" or an "o" as last letter. For consistency on Wikipedia, title articles using the "u" spelling unless a proper name in ...
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អង់ សាន ( ភូមា: ဗိုလ်ချုပ် အောင်ဆန်း; MLCTS: aung hcan: កើតនៅថ្ងៃទី ១៣ ខែ ...
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placename ( plural placenames ) The name of a place; a word or phrase which indicates a particular location or region . quotations synonyms Synonyms: toponym, nomen loci, geographic name, geographical name Translations [ edit] ± show the name of …
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