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The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Rebellion and the Blasphemy of Empire, Thomas H. Reilly, page 2, University of Washington Press, ISBN 978-0-295-80192-6 a derivative of File:China 1820 de.svg Author
Taiping (256–258), era name used by Sun Liang, emperor of Eastern Wu; Taiping (409–430), era name used by Feng Ba, emperor of Northern Yan; Taiping (485–491), era name used by Yujiulü Doulun, khan of Rouranro; Taiping (556–557), era name used by Emperor Jing of Liang; Taiping (617–622), era name used by Lin Shihong
Taiping was the capital for the districts of Larut, Matang and Selama in Perak. Before 1937, Taiping was the capital of the state of Perak and the centre of a long and drawn out war resulting in a change of rulership for the state. Taiping used to be known as Klian Pauh – Klian meaning mine while Pauh is a type of small mango. Taiping town.
The following list of ethnic groups is a partial list of United States cities and towns in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Asian American or Asian, according to the United States Census Bureau. This list does not include cities in which, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, merely a plurality (as opposed to a majority) of the ...
Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut , bear an archaic spelling of an English place (in this case Hertford ).
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.
Cities considered to have significant Chinese-American populations are large U.S. cities or municipalities with a critical mass of at least 1% of the total urban population; medium-sized cities with a critical mass of at least 1% of their total population; and small cities with a critical mass of at least 10% of the total population.
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.