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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 ...
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]
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.
Nevada (cities) niv-AY-də / n ɪ ˈ v eɪ d ə / Nevada County: niv-AY-də / n ɪ ˈ v eɪ d ə / Newark, Ohio: NURK / ˈ n ɜːr k / [n 26] New Athens: New AY-thənz / ˈ eɪ θ ən z / Name of multiple places New Berlin: New BUR-lin / ˈ b ɜːr l ɪ n / Name of multiple places New Orleans: new OR-linz / n j uː ˈ ɔːr l ɪ n z / [n 27 ...
Mexico City is the most populous city of Mexico and North America New York City is the most populous city in the United States, and the second-most in North America Toronto is the most populous city in Canada, and the fourth-most in North America Los Angeles, the most populous city on the Pacific coast of North America Montreal is the most populous French-speaking city in North America
See baby names inspired by France with these 40 French names and meanings for girls and boys, as well as gender neutral French names for babies. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in ...
The name of the state in which the city lies [1] The city population as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau [1] The city population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census [1] The city percent population change from April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023; The city land area as of January 1, 2020 [2]
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