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Ur, ancient city in Mesopotamia; Ur, a town in Catalonia, Spain; Ur, a commune in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, France; Us, a commune in the department of Val-d'Oise, France; Uz, a commune in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, France; Uz, river and valley in Romania; Ūz, a village in Iran; Uz, an unincorporated community in ...
This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans. It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies in antiquity rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global ...
Lost ancient cities and towns (2 C, 638 P) M. Ancient cities of the Middle East (31 C, 30 P) P. Phoenician cities (11 C, 52 P) Pre-Columbian sites (1 C, 1 P)
Pages in category "Roman towns and cities in France" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Roman towns and cities in France (5 C, 19 P) Jewish French history by city (4 P) + Histories of cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (6 C) B. History of Bayonne (1 C ...
Double placenames prominently feature the placenames of two or more constituents in double-barrelled form rather than invent a new name. This is often out of consideration for local sensitivities, since the smaller entity may resent its takeover, and may demand its symbolic perpetuation within an amalgamated name so as to propagate the impression of a merger between equals.
Lugdunum became the capital of a much smaller region containing only two cities besides Lugdunum: Autun and Langres. The new governor bore the title of consularis. The mint was retained at Lugdunum, as was an administrative tax office and a state-run wool clothing factory. Lugdunum was no longer the chief city and administrative capital of Gaul.
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...