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The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
This is a list of all counties and municipalities (municipios in Spanish) that are directly on the Mexico–United States border. A total of 37 municipalities and 23 counties, spread across 6 Mexican and 4 American states, are located on the border. All entities are listed geographically from west to east.
Matamoros is a major historical site, the site of several battles and events of the Mexican War of Independence, [21] the Mexican Revolution, [22] the Texas Revolution, [23] the Mexican–American War, [24] the American Civil War, [25] and the French Intervention [26] that allowed the city to earn its title of "Undefeated, Loyal, and Heroic".
Traffic approaching the San Ysidro, San Diego border inspection station. There are 50 places where people can cross the Mexico–United States border. Several large border cities have multiple crossings, often including one or more that bypass the center of the city and are designated for truck traffic.
In addition, this transnational conurbation area has a population of 1,136,995, [6] making it the fourth-largest metropolitan area on the Mexico-U.S. border. [ 7 ] The area of Matamoros–Brownsville lies among the top-10 fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. [ 8 ]
The boundary between Nogales, Arizona, in the United States, on the right, and Nogales, Sonora, in Mexico, on the left, running down the center of a wide avenue, about 1899 Similar picture of the border from the opposite direction, 2007 View of Nogales, 1940s. The name Nogales is derived from the Spanish word for 'walnut' or 'walnut tree'. It ...
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]
These are lists of North American place name etymologies: . Mexican state name etymologies; Canadian provincial name etymologies; Origins of names of cities in Canada; List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places