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  2. List of the most common U.S. place names - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Architecture of Bermuda - Wikipedia

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    These staircases were styled to curve out, so ending up far wider at the base than at the top. This flared style, known locally today as "Welcoming Arm" stairs, remains common. [6] Less common variants used parallel arms, and in the narrow streets of the Town of St. George staircases were often flush with the wall. [7]

  4. Staircase - Wikipedia

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    The concept of stairs is believed to be 8000 years old, and are one of the oldest buildings in architectural history. [4] The oldest example of spiral stairs dates back to the 400s BC. [5] Medieval architecture saw experimentation with many different shapes, and the Renaissance even more so with varied designs. [5]

  5. Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta (Brussels)

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    The major town houses of Victor Horta are four town houses in Brussels, Belgium, which have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. All four houses were designed and built by the Belgian architect Victor Horta (1861–1947), who pioneered the Art Nouveau style during the mid-1890s.

  6. Eighteen Stairs - Wikipedia

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    The Eighteen Stairs Traditional Style District borders Zhongxing Road and the Jiaochangkou station in the north, and West Jiefang Road in the south.. The area consists of 188,800 square meters, with 38,900 m 2 designated as a "core protection" area, 71,700 m 2 as a "controlled construction" area and 78,200 m 2 as a "style coordination" area.

  7. From Santa Claus to Mistletoe: 20 Towns With Festive Names - AOL

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    Visit some of these small towns with names that say Christmas — sometimes literally. Not all got their names with the intention of being tied to the season, and the stories of their naming and ...

  8. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A small town in Missouri, United States. Knob Noster: A town in Johnson County, Missouri. Another town name in Missouri with the word "knob" in it. "Knob" doesn't have the same meaning in the US as it does in the UK, but it's stil a weird name nonetheless. Knock: A village in Ireland. The name is an anglicised form of the Irish Gaelic word ...

  9. Place name origins - Wikipedia

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    A great many names that appear to be Native American in origin were created by non-Natives with at best a rudimentary grasp of native languages. Pasadena, California's early Anglo residents, looking for a pleasant sounding name for the town, used the Ojibwe word pa-sa-de-na, which means of the valley.

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