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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 ...
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pwɛ̃ dy sɑbl]; also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; [n 1] before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the city's founder. [7]
The cities with the largest French American populations are in Maine. However, in northern Maine, they are of Acadian ancestry, and in southern Maine and northern New Hampshire, of Canadian ancestry. The cities are as follows: [1]
Pronounced / ˈ m æ d r ɪ d / in American. Mad River: The name of several rivers in Canada and the United States, and a place in California that used to be called "Kuntz". Mafia Island: An island off the coast of Tanzania. Fortunately organized crime is probably not an issue here. Maggotty: Jamaican me sick with this town name! Magician Lake
The name of New Orleans derives from the original French name, La Nouvelle-Orléans, which was given to the city in honor of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, who served as Louis XV's regent from 1715 to 1723. [34] The French city of Orléans itself is named after the Roman emperor Aurelian, originally being known as Aurelianum. Thus, by extension ...
Arkansas City, Kansas: ar-KAN-zəss / ɑːr ˈ k æ n z ə s / Arkansas River: ar-KAN-zəss / ɑːr ˈ k æ n z ə s / [1] Arriba, Colorado: ARR-ib-ə / ˈ ær ɪ b ə / Armada, Michigan: AR-may-də / ˈ ɑːr m eɪ d ə / Athens, Kentucky: AY-thənz / ˈ eɪ θ ən z / Also the places in Illinois and Vermont Au Sable River, Michigan: aw SAY ...
Many names that have been transferred from Britain, as is the case with Barnstable, Massachusetts and Danbury, Connecticut. Many others are of French origin, such as Detroit, Michigan, which was established along the banks of the river they called le détroit du lac Érié, meaning the strait of Lake Erie.
Biblically sourced names are widespread and are sometimes the result of naming a settlement after its church. Names from ancient history can also be found in a number of places, although a concentration of them can be found in upstate New York. Names from these two sources can be found in the Ancient World section below the list of countries.