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This is a list of place names in the United States that either are Dutch, were translated from Dutch, or were heavily inspired by a Dutch name or term. Many originate from the Dutch colony of New Netherland .
This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.
This is a list of US places named after non-US places. In the case of this list, place means any named location that's smaller than a county or equivalent : cities , towns , villages , hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities , boroughs , townships , civil parishes, localities, census-designated places , and some districts.
Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6. Bright, William (1998). 1500 California Place Names : Their Origin and Meaning. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520212718. Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252033568.
This is a partial list of Texas towns named for faraway places. Dozens more await glory in future columns, including at least one that will be devoted specifically to Spanish-language place names.
Vatnshlíðarvatn, Iceland (Lake-slope-lake – The farm Vatnshlíð ('Lake-slope') named after the lake, which in turn is named after the farm.) Vatnvatnet, Norway ('Lakelake' – Norwegian), a lake in Bodø Municipality; Wast Water, England – 'water's valley water' from Old Norse vatns dalr (= Wasdale) and Old English wæter
former name arbitrarily reversed to avoid postal confusion [46] Nillup, Western Australia: Harold Maughan Pullin: popular local who did not want the place named after him [47] Nilrem, Alberta: Merlin [48] Nivloc, Nevada [49] Colvin: mine owner [29] Nolem, Florida: melon [36] Niton, Alberta: not in [48] Notla, Texas: Alton Grocery Company
Places named after the Channel Islands; List of Chicago placename etymologies; List of Missouri places named after non-U.S. places; List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places; List of places named after James Cook