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English place names in Canada is a list of Canadian place names which are named after places in England, carried over by English emigrants and explorers from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The names can also be derived from places founded by people with English surnames.
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Yonkers (/ ˈ j ɒ ŋ k ər z / [5]) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of New York and the most-populous city in Westchester County.A centrally located municipality within the New York metropolitan area, Yonkers had a population of 211,569 at the 2020 United States census. [6]
In English Canada, names follow much the same convention as they do in the United States and United Kingdom.Usually the "first name" (as described in e.g. birth certificates) is what a child goes by, although a middle name (if any) may be preferred—both also known as "given names."
The name was later changed to Kawartha, which means "bright waters and happy lands". [82] Kenora: Ojibwe / English The name is a portmanteau of the names of the three towns which amalgamated in 1905 to form the present-day city: Keewatin, Norman and Rat Portage. [83] Kingston: English
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List of Spanish place names in Canada; U. List of Canadian place names of Ukrainian origin This page was last edited on 14 April 2023, at 09:57 (UTC). Text ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Yonkers, New York.The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".