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The longest hyphenated name in England is the 29-letter-long name Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, the name of a tiny village in North Yorkshire. Scotland: Ceann a Tuath Loch Baghasdail (29 characters) Eastertown of Auchleuchries (27 characters) Wales: Ynys Llanfihangel-y-traethau (28 characters) Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern (27 characters)
All localities in Iceland can only be located within a single municipality, i.e. they cannot straddle multiple municipality borders. [2] Some municipalities, such as Hafnarfjörður and Akranes, also share the same name with a locality. However, these localities are not always situated in their namesake municipalities.
The municipalities of Iceland (Icelandic: sveitarfélög [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlœːɣ]; sing. sveitarfélag [ˈsveiːtarˌfjɛːˌlaːɣ]) are local administrative areas in Iceland that provide a number of services to their inhabitants such as kindergartens, elementary schools, waste management, social services, public housing, public transportation, services to senior citizens and disabled ...
Name Language of origin Word(s) in original language Meaning and notes Alberta: Latin (ultimately from Proto-Germanic) Feminine Latinized form of Albert, ultimately from the Proto-Germanic *Aþalaberhtaz (compound of "noble" + "bright/famous"), after Princess Louisa Caroline Alberta [2] [3] British Columbia: Latin
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.
A city in Alberta, Canada of 63,000 whose name is an interpretation of the Blackfoot word for the feather headdress worn by medicine men. Medusa, New York: A hamlet with only has 376 (non-petrified) people. Meeteetse: A town in Wyoming. Meisenheim: Means "tits home" in German. Meme: A place apparently named after memes. The 9 year olds may ...
This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada.Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
Beaumont became Alberta's 19th city on January 1, 2019. [3] 157 elected city officials (19 mayors and 138 councillors) provide city governance throughout the province. [4] The highest density of cities in Alberta is found in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region (Beaumont, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Spruce Grove and St. Albert).