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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 ...
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.
The name of two different streams in South Dakota, one in Corson County and the other in Haakon County. Humpback Covered Bridge: Many sexual jokes have been made at this bridge's expense. Humptulips: A town with a Native American name in Washington, United States. Humpty Doo: A town 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Darwin, Northern Territory ...
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]
The name comes from a Native American word meaning "cold river." It's home to Chopmist Hill, the site of a World War II radio installation that intercepted German communications. wellesenterprises ...
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Four French companies won awards in innovation at a dinner Monday at Villa Azur in Miami Beach, the centerpiece of a three-week long celebration of French business and culture in the region that ...
Enough about Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Cuban, and the like. With nearly 12 million women-owned businesses in the U.S., American women have built 10-figure net worths that represent not an ...