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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 ...
Varenicline, sold under the brand names Chantix and Champix among others, is a medication used for smoking cessation [5] [7] and for the treatment of dry eye syndrome. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] It is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist .
Via French Aiouez, and named after the Iowa tribe. This demonym has no further known etymology, [38] [39] though some give it the meaning 'sleepy ones'. [40] Kansas: May 12, 1832: Kansa via French: kką:ze via Cansez [41] Named after the Kansas River, [42] [43] which in turn was named after the Kaw or Kansas tribe. [9]
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Places named for people can be found at List of places named after people in the United States. Some places have an indeterminate etymology, where it is known that they are named after a city in a particular country, but there is more than one place with that name and the etymology does not distinguish which one.
Salt Lake City: Utah: United States: Originally known as Great Salt Lake City. 1848 Caruaru: Pernambuco: Brazil First municipality in the [Agreste] region of Pernambuco state, Brazil. [84] 1848 Rio Verde: Goiás: Brazil [85] 1848: Sacramento: California: United States: 1849 Stockton California United States 1849: Provo: Utah: United States ...
These are the list of renamed places in the United States--- various political and physical entities in the U.S. that have had their names changed, though not by merger, split, or any other process which was not one-to-one. It also generally does not include differences due to a change in status, for example, a "River Bluff Recreation Area ...
This list of chemical elements named after places includes elements named both directly and indirectly for places. 41 of the 118 chemical elements have names associated with, or specifically named for, places around the world or among astronomical objects.