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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.
These are lists of North American place name etymologies: . Mexican state name etymologies; Canadian provincial name etymologies; Origins of names of cities in Canada; List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places
In some cases the native meanings of a place name are wholly lost, despite guesses and theories, for example Tampa and Oregon. Place names in the United States tend to be more easily traceable to their origins, such as towns simply named after the founder or an important politician of the time, with no alterations except a simple suffix, like ...
Albany Creek is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country. [7] The suburb of Albany Creek was originally established on the intersection of two Aboriginal tracks. The main track formed the primary route north of Brisbane and is still known as "Old Northern Road".
"Toowoom" or "Choowom" was the local blacks' name for a small native melon (Cucumis pubescens) which grew plentifully on the site of the township. The terminal "ba" is equal to the adverb "There", so the whole word means "melons there", and to an Aborigine it meant "the place where the melon grows".
English: The UB postcode area with the traditional terms for the same extent, newer traditional terms are in green such as Yeading. As in most of Outer London the postcode districts and to a lesser degree their larger post towns tend to match the traditional place (parish) names of the land.
List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin; B. List of Brazil state name etymologies; List of Bulgaria province name etymologies; C.
Place names in Australia have names originating in the Australian Aboriginal languages for three main reasons: [citation needed] Historically, European explorers and surveyors may have asked local Aboriginal people the name of a place, and named it accordingly. Where they did not ask, they may have heard the place was so-named.