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  2. List of Latin names of cities - Wikipedia

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    Little is known about how Romans adapted foreign place names to Latin form, but there is evidence of the practices of Bible translators.They reworked some names into Latin or Greek shapes; in one version, Yerushalem (tentative reconstruction of a more ancient Hebrew version of the name) becomes Hierosolyma, doubtlessly influenced by Greek ἱερος (hieros), "holy".

  3. List of fictional settlements - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of fictional settlements, including fictional towns, villages, and cities, organized by each city's medium.This list should include only well-referenced, notable examples of fictional towns, cities, settlements and villages that are integral to a work of fiction and substantively depicted therein.

  4. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

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    The fictional town Pagford is located in the West Country. Paltryville Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events: Paradiso Zoltán Bernyák Requiem-series: Paradiso is a small island-town in the coasts of Europe. Parkington, USA Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita: Par Ys John Brunner: The Traveller in Black: Peck Valley, New England H. P. Lovecraft ...

  5. Names of European cities in different languages (C–D)

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    The names used for some major European cities differ in different European and sometimes non-European languages. In some countries where there are two or more languages spoken, such as Belgium or Switzerland, dual forms may be used within the city itself, for example on signage.

  6. List of names of European cities in different languages

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    Many cities in Europe have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Below are listed the known different names for cities that are geographically or historically and culturally in Europe, as well as some smaller towns that are important because of their location or history.

  7. List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles

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    The OE name of Bexhill-on-Sea was Bexelei, a glade where box grew. [14] blen, blaen C, W fell, hill, upland Blencathra, Blencogo, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Blantyre: bost [10] ON farm Leurbost: suffix cf. ster, (bol)staðr; this form is usually found in the Outer Hebrides. Related to Swedish 'bol' as in Bäckebol and Brandsbol, as well the direct ...

  8. List of Latin place names in Continental Europe, Ireland and ...

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    This list includes European countries and regions that were part of the Roman Empire, or that were given Latin place names in historical references.As a large portion of the latter were only created during the Middle Ages, often based on scholarly etiology, this is not to be confused with a list of the actual names modern regions and settlements bore during the classical era.

  9. List of fictional European countries - Wikipedia

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    Paldea: European region based on the Iberian peninsula in the video games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Pannonia: Appeared in Guy Boothby's Long Live the King (1900). Panquita: European monarchy mentioned in second season of Yakitate!! Japan anime. A member of that nation's royal family, Princess Anne, was a guest judge at the baking exhibition.