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  2. Canton, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    It is located about 17 miles (27 km) west of Asheville and is part of that city's metropolitan area. The town is named after the city of Canton, Ohio . The population was 4,422 at the 2020 census .

  3. Barbadians - Wikipedia

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    Indians have influenced Barbadian cuisine, music, and culture. Barbados is also home to expatriates from other countries who mainly come from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. [14] The largest ethnic groups in Barbados is black (92.4%) or mixed (3.1%). 2.7% of Barbados' population is white and 1.3% South Asian.

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

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    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

  5. List of place names of Native American origin in the United ...

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    Chillicothe – from Shawnee Chala·ka·tha, referring to members of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee people: Chalaka (name of the Shawnee group, of unknown meaning) + -tha 'person'; [67] the present Chillicothe is the most recent of seven places in Ohio that have held that name, because it was applied to the main town wherever the ...

  6. List of geographic portmanteaus - Wikipedia

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    Mantario, Saskatchewan (Manitoba and Ontario), named after two provinces in imitation of nearby Alsask [3] Michillinda Lodge, Michigan (Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana) [9]: 148 Ohiowa, Nebraska (Ohio and Iowa), settled by people from both states. [66] Ovapa, West Virginia (Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania) [20]: 465

  7. List of places named after people - Wikipedia

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    This is a summary of country name etymologies. Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata [1] Bolivia – Simón Bolívar; Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva; Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name, Cristoforo Colombo) Cook Islands – Captain James Cook

  8. Where exactly is NC setting of ‘Where the Crawdads ... - AOL

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    Asheville. The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but ...

  9. List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas

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    Madawaska: Named after an Algonquian band of the region known as Matouweskarini, meaning "people of the shallows". Magnetawan: Derived from the word for "swiftly flowing river." Manitoulin Island: Manitoulin is the English version, via French, of the Old Odawa name Manidoowaaling, which means "cave of the spirit".