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List of U.S. state name etymologies; Lists of U.S. county name etymologies; List of place names of German origin in the United States; List of U.S. place names of Spanish origin; List of Chinook Jargon placenames; List of non-US places that have a US place named after them
Jean Ribault (1520–1565), early colonizer of America, he and other Huguenot colonists were massacred by the Spanish for their faith. [440] Pierre-Paul Sirven (1709–1777), victim of persecution. [441]
Numerous signs of Huguenot presence can still be seen with names still in use, and with areas of the main towns and cities named after the people who settled there. Examples include the Huguenot District and French Church Street in Cork City ; and D'Olier Street in Dublin, named after a High Sheriff and one of the founders of the Bank of Ireland.
This category is for notable related persons from families of Huguenot ancestry and American nationality. Subcategories This category has the following 20 subcategories, out of 20 total.
Huguenot participants in the American Revolution (67 P) Pages in category "Huguenot history in the United States" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
Huguenot-Walloon half dollar; List of Huguenots; J. Isaac Jacquelot; Françoise Marguerite Janiçon; Julian Jarrold; Charles-Étienne Jordan; John Obadiah Justamond;
Since Belgium has three national languages — Dutch, French and German — Belgian names are similar to those in the neighbouring countries: the Netherlands, France and Germany. Place names (regions, towns, villages, hamlets) with a particle meaning "from" ( de in French, del in Walloon, or van in Dutch) are the most numerous.
Algoma, Brussels, Casco, Forestville, Green Bay, Kewaunee, Luxemburg, Namur, Sturgeon Bay (Françoise L'Empereur found 700 Walloon family names in the phone books of these towns). [50] The Walloon population of the Door Peninsula have historically spoken a distinctive dialect of Walloon known as Wisconsin Walloon or "Belgian".