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  2. Commode - Wikipedia

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    French commode, by Gilles Joubert, circa 1735, made of oak and walnut, veneered with tulipwood, ebony, holly, other woods, gilt bronze and imitation marble, in the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, United States) A British commode, circa 1772, marquetry of various woods, bronze and gilt-bronze mounts, overall: 95.9 × 145.1 × 51.9 cm, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

  3. List of geographic portmanteaus - Wikipedia

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    Texhoma City, Texas (Texas and Oklahoma) oil boom town in Archer County during the 1920s; gradually disappeared after the oil was gone [67] Texla, Texas (Houston County) (Texas and Louisiana) not near Houston, but also not near the Louisiana border [68] Texmo, Oklahoma (Texas and Missouri) settlers from Missouri [11]

  4. List of company towns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Clarkdale, Arizona, built, named for, and formerly owned by Senator William A. Clark's United Verde Copper Company; Goodyear, Arizona, founded by and named after the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company; Kearny, Arizona, built by Kennecott Mining Company in 1958; Litchfield Park, Arizona, built by and named after Goodyear CEO Paul W. Litchfield

  5. Edwards County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Edwards County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census its population was 1,422. [1] The county seat is Rocksprings. [2] The county was created in 1858 and organized in 1883. [3] It is named for Haden Edwards, [4] an early settler of Nacogdoches, Texas.

  6. List of Texas county seat name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Named San Angela by founder Bartholomew DeWitt after an unknown woman named Angela, possibly a nun sister-in-law or a wife Carolina Angela. Emended to San Angelo after the postal service complained of the ungrammatical construction. San Antonio: Bexar: Named for the San Antonio River, discovered on the Catholic Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua ...

  7. List of water parks in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Ramada Plaza Hotel Indoor Water Park, Green Bay; SkyLine Indoor Water Park and Hotel, Wisconsin Dells; The Springs Water Park, Pewaukee; Three Bears Lodge, Warrens; Timber Ridge Lodge, Lake Geneva; Tundra Lodge, Green Bay; Waters of Minoqua, Minoqua; Wilderness Territory, Wisconsin Dells; Wintergreen Resort, Wisconsin Dells

  8. List of Oklahoma placenames of Native American origin

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    This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma has a long history of Native American settlement and reservations. From 1834 to 1907, prior to Oklahoma's statehood, the territory was set aside by the US government and designated as Indian Territory, and today 6% of the population identifies as Native American.

  9. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    Atlantic City, Wyoming: Presumably named after the New Jersey resort city of the same name. The nearest Atlantic shore to this town is 1,680 miles (2,700 km) away. At 37 inhabitants, it's not really a city either. Atlantis: A city in Palm Beach County, Florida. It is also the name of a town in South Africa, part of the City of Cape Town ...