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  2. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Maringouin (Cajun French in origin and means "mosquito") Marion (named after an American soldier of Huguenot ancestry) Maurepas. Meaux (after the town of Meaux) Meraux. Mermentau. Mer Rouge ("red sea") Metairie (from a French word for sharecropping) Michoud New Orleans neighborhood.

  3. List of the most common U.S. place names - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Website. nola.gov. New Orleans[a] (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, [8] it is the most populous city in Louisiana and the French ...

  5. List of city name changes - Wikipedia

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    Mill Creek → Old Mill Creek — in Lake County; name now used by Mill Creek, Union County. Millersburg → Pierron — in Bond and Madison counties; name also used for unincorporated Millersburg, Mercer County. Milton → Humboldt — in Coles County; name now used by Milton, Pike County. Monsanto → Sauget — in St. Clair County.

  6. List of the United States cities with large French American ...

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    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]

  7. List of cities in North America - Wikipedia

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    Mexico City is the most populous city of Mexico and North America New York City is the most populous city in the United States, and the second-most in North America Toronto is the most populous city in Canada, and the fourth-most in North America Los Angeles, the most populous city on the Pacific coast of North America Montreal is the most populous French-speaking city in North America

  8. Lists of populated places in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Lists of populated places in the United States. The following is a set–index article, providing a list of lists, for the cities, towns and villages within the jurisdictional United States. It is divided, alphabetically, according to the state, territory, or district name in which they are located.

  9. Des Moines, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Des Moines (/ dəˈmɔɪn / ⓘ də-MOYN) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. 6 It is located on, and named after, the Des Moines ...