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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 .
Amsterdam Island, Spitsbergen; Amsterdam Island, Southern Indian Ocean; Bear Island, Norway; Bedloe's Island, now Liberty Island, New York-NJ, USA; Block Island ...
This is a list of US places named after non-US places.In the case of this list, place means any named location that's smaller than a county or equivalent: cities, towns, villages, hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities, boroughs, townships, civil parishes, localities, census-designated places, and some districts.
The crew members were killed after the news station helicopter, Chopper 6, crashed in a wooded part of Washington Township around 8 p.m., according to 6ABC. The names of the crew members have not ...
Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6. Bright, William (1998). 1500 California Place Names : Their Origin and Meaning. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520212718. Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252033568.
March 28 – Philippines – A bus collided with a 10-wheeler hauler truck in Naga, Cebu, killing 14. [70] May 28 – Bulgaria – Yambol bus crash. A bus crashed into a group of pedestrians, killing 18 and injuring 20. [71] July 24 – Russia – Rostov-on-Don bus crash. A bus collided with a petrol tanker, killing at least 21.
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Burlington, 5 places in Kansas, Iowa, Michigan, Vermont, and Wisconsin – Burling family (This family owned the land upon which the city in Vermont was built. The other cities derive their name from the Vermont one). [91] [93] [94] Burnet, Texas – Governor David G. Burnet [91] Burnsville, Indiana – Brice Bruns (founder) [91]