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The following is a partial list of adjectival forms of place names in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these places. Note: Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final 's' or, in the case of -ese endings, are the same as the plural forms.
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.
Baby names that remind you of far-flung, foreign or familiar places — like cities, states or countries — have a lot of benefits. "Names inspired by places are a perfect balancing act for ...
These are lists of place names, i.e. lists of places mainly ordered by place name. Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. *
This article lists a number of common generic forms in place names in the British Isles, their meanings and some examples of their use. The study of place names is called toponymy ; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British and Irish place names, refer to Toponymy in the United Kingdom and Ireland .
Name of a few places in Mexico as well as a municipality in Spain. "Matamoros" translates to "killer of Moors" in Spanish. Matanzas: Name of a handful of places. The name means "massacre" or "slaughter" in Spanish. Maton Abajo: A barrio in Cayey, Puerto Rico, next to Maton Arriba. Maton means killer in Spanish and arriba and abajo mean up and ...
Au, name of three municipalities in Germany: Au am Rhein, Au (Breisgau) and Au in der Hallertau; Au, name of almost hundred of villages and hamlets in Germany, mostly in Bavaria: Au (Sieg) and others; Au, a town in the Kankan Region, Guinea; Au, a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland; Au, a village in the canton of Zürich ...
List of places named after people. List of things named after Queen Anne; List of places named for Lewis Cass; List of places named for DeWitt Clinton; List of places named for Christopher Columbus; List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette; List of places named after Saint Francis; List of places named for Benjamin Franklin