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  2. List of demonyms for US states and territories - Wikipedia

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    The Associated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people of Native Hawaiian descent. [22] Hawaiian: Kamaʻāina Idaho: Idahoan Illinois: Illinoisan Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander, [23] Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian [24] Indiana: Hoosier: Indianan (former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016), [1] Indianian (archaic) [25] Iowa ...

  3. Wikipedia : Naming conventions (geographic names)

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    Part of the official name itself often using a river, nearby settlement, region or state. Examples: Offenbach am Main, Rothenburg ob der Tauber; Neustadt bei Coburg, Bernau bei Berlin; Zell im Fichtelgebirge, Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz; Neustadt in Sachsen. In brackets after the name, based on the local district, river, settlement, region or ...

  4. Naming in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Foreigners whose last name contains diacritics or non-English letters (e.g. Muñoz, Gößmann) may experience problems, since their names in their passports and in other documents are spelled differently (e.g., the German name Gößmann may be alternatively spelled Goessmann or Gossmann), so people not familiar with the foreign orthography may ...

  5. Name of Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    The town was on a river of the same name (now known as the Little Tennessee River) and appears on maps as early as 1725. It is not known whether this was the same town as the one Juan Pardo encountered, but recent research suggests that the "Tanasqui" Pardo recorded was at the confluence of the Pigeon River and the French Broad River , near ...

  6. Why is Tennessee the Volunteer State? Here's how the nickname ...

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    The Volunteer State nickname goes way back in American history. Here are the origins of the Vols.

  7. List of municipalities in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    City-county government consolidation is authorized by the Tennessee Constitution as amended in 1953 and TCA Title 7. Some Tennessee municipalities are called "cities" and others are called "towns." [3] These terms do not have legal significance in Tennessee [4] and are not related to population, date of establishment, or type of municipal charter.

  8. Dyersburg, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Dyersburg is a city in and the county seat of Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. It is located in northwest Tennessee, 79 miles (127 km) northeast of Memphis on the Forked Deer River. The population was 16,164 at the 2020 census, down 5.72% from the 2010 census. [6]

  9. List of places in the United States named after people ...

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    Burlington, 5 places in Kansas, Iowa, Michigan, Vermont, and Wisconsin – Burling family (This family owned the land upon which the city in Vermont was built. The other cities derive their name from the Vermont one). [91] [93] [94] Burnet, Texas – Governor David G. Burnet [91] Burnsville, Indiana – Brice Bruns (founder) [91]