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Toronto (1849–1859): Derived from Iroquois word "tkaronto" meaning "place where trees stand in the water." Quebec City (1859–1867): Derived from the Algonquin word kébec meaning "where the river narrows." Cape Verde: Praia: "Beach" in Portuguese and Cape Verdean creole. The city was known as Vila de Praia ("village of the beach") from 1769 ...
Port of Tallinn (Estonian: Tallinna Sadam) is the biggest port authority in Estonia. Taking into account both cargo and passenger traffic, it is one of the largest port enterprises of the Baltic Sea. Port seen in the morning in 2010. Port of Tallinn is a publicly listed company managing five constituent ports (two of them in Tallinn):
First reference gives the word as the local pronunciation of go out; the second as "A water-pipe under the ground. A sewer. A flood-gate, through which the marsh-water runs from the reens into the sea." Reen is a Somerset word, not used in the Fens. Gout appears to be cognate with the French égout, "sewer". Though the modern mind associates ...
Name Location (island in brackets) Sea area Manager Ferry service destination(s) Abruka Abruka, Saaremaa Parish (Abruka) Gulf of Riga: AS Saarte Liinid Roomassaare: Aegna* Kesklinn, Tallinn Gulf of Finland: Tallinn Transport Department Tallinn (Patareisadam) Bekker Põhja-Tallinn, Tallinn: Gulf of Finland OÜ Tallinna Bekkeri Sadam Dirhami
List of ports in Australia; List of ports in Belgium; List of ports in Bangladesh; List of ports in Cape Verde; List of ports in China. List of ferries, wharfs and ports in Guangzhou; List of ports in Denmark; List of ports in England. List of Liverpool Docks; List of locations in the Port of London; List of ports and harbours in Estonia; List ...
Tallinn [5] [a] is the capital and most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of about 457,000 (as of 2024) [2] and administratively lies in the Harju maakond (county). Tallinn is the main governmental, financial, industrial, and cultural ...
This list includes European countries and regions that were part of the Roman Empire, or that were given Latin place names in historical references.As a large portion of the latter were only created during the Middle Ages, often based on scholarly etiology, this is not to be confused with a list of the actual names modern regions and settlements bore during the classical era.
The names used for some major European cities differ in different European and sometimes non-European languages. In some countries where there are two or more languages spoken, such as Belgium or Switzerland, dual forms may be used within the city itself, for example on signage.