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Chili's Grill & Bar (stylized as chili's) is an American casual dining restaurant chain [3] founded by Larry Lavine in Texas in 1975 and is currently owned and operated by Brinker International. History
The vast majority of place names in Wales are Welsh by origin, containing elements such as Llan-, Aber-, Pen- etc. Along the south coast of Wales, where English has historically been more widely spoken, many place names are commonly anglicized, such as Pontypool, derived from Pont-y-Pŵl.
British East Africa (former name): after its geographical position on the continent of Africa and the former colonial power, . See also Britain, above, and Africa on the Place name etymology page. From the Kikuyu word Kirinyaga a contraction of Kirima nyaga "Ostrich mountain", so called because the dark shadows and snow-capped peak resemble the ...
Ljubljana: The origin of the city's name is unclear. In the Middle Ages, both the river and the town were also known by the German name Laibach, which was in official use until 1918. For most scholars, the problem has been in how to connect the Slovene and the German names.
The sauce is made from piri-piri chilis (used as a seasoning or marinade). Beyond Portugal and the Southern African region (Angola, Namibia, Mozambique and South Africa) where it is very popular, [11] the sauce is particularly well known in the United Kingdom due to the success of the South African restaurant chain Nando's.
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
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The habanero is named after the Cuban city of La Habana, known in English as Havana, because it used to feature heavily in trading there.(Despite the name, habaneros and other spicy-hot ingredients are rarely used in traditional Cuban cooking.) [2] [3] In English, it is sometimes incorrectly spelled habañero and pronounced / ˌ (h) ɑː b ə ˈ n j ɛər oʊ /, the tilde being added as a ...