enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of place names of Dutch origin in the United States

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_of...

    This is a list of place names in the United States that either are Dutch, were translated from Dutch, or were heavily inspired by a Dutch name or term. Many originate from the Dutch colony of New Netherland.

  3. List of place names of Dutch origin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_of...

    Beira Lake, Sri Lanka (see Sri Lankan place name etymology#Dutch) Harlem Meer, New York, USA; Mountains ... Hottentots-Holland Mountain Range, Western Cape, South Africa;

  4. List of tautological place names - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place...

    On rare occasions, such formations may occur by coincidence when a place is named after a person who shares their name with the feature. Examples include the Outerbridge Crossing named after Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge , the Hall Building of Concordia University named after Henry Foss Hall , and Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens in Santa Barbara ...

  5. Place name origins - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_name_origins

    If, for whatever reason, a new language becomes spoken in the area, a place name may lose all meaning. At its most severe, the name may be completely replaced. However, often the name may be recycled and altered in some way. Typically, this will be in one of the above ways; as the meaning of place-name is forgotten, it becomes changed to a name ...

  6. List of place names of Dutch origin in Australia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_of...

    It is near where Tasman first sighted Tasmania. The township of Zeehan, Tasmania near Mount Zeehan was established after the discovery of tin, lead and silver deposits in 1890. Geelvink Channel was named after a ship, but the ship was named after Joan Geelvinck; Vansittart Bay on the coast of Western Australia is a unique anomaly.

  7. Geographical renaming - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_renaming

    Sometimes a place reverts to its former name (see, for example, de-Stalinization). [citation needed] One of the most common reasons for a country changing its name is newly acquired independence. When borders are changed, sometimes due to a country splitting or two countries joining, the names of the relevant areas can change.

  8. List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._places_named...

    There are several towns and cities named Boston in the US, but this is the only one named after the one in England. All the others were named after this city or a person named Boston. [10] Bowdon, Greater Manchester (historically in Cheshire) Bowdon, North Dakota [22] Boxford, Suffolk: Boxford, Massachusetts [10] Bradford, West Yorkshire

  9. Lists of things named after places - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_things_named...

    List of chess openings named after places; List of foods and drinks named after places; List of inventions named after places; List of minor planets named after places; List of places named after places in the United States; List of places named after places in the Philippines; Locations in the United States with an English name