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This is a list of place names originally used in England and then later applied to other places throughout the world via English settlers and explorers. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
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This category is for lists and general articles, rather than individual names of English origin. Pages in category "English place names in other countries" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
A. List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names; List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names; List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies
The longest place name in Israel [3] is כעביה-טבאש-חג'אג'רה (21 letters and 2 hyphens), a local council. it is named for the three Bedouin tribes who live there, Ka'abiyye, Tabbash and Hajajre. The longest place names in Poland are Sobienie Kiełczewskie Pierwsze and Przedmieście Szczebrzeszyńskie, with 30 letters (including ...
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
The vast majority of place names in Wales are Welsh by origin, containing elements such as Llan-, Aber-, Pen- etc. Along the south coast of Wales, where English has historically been more widely spoken, many place names are commonly anglicized, such as Pontypool, derived from Pont-y-Pŵl.
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.