When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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

    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 ...

  3. List of city name changes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_name_changes

    This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States

  4. List of renamed places in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_renamed_places_in...

    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 ...

  5. Geographical renaming - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_renaming

    The city changed its name to "Eastpointe" after a vote in 1992; the name change had been proposed to reduce its association with the adjacent city of Detroit (a move that offended many Detroit residents), and the "-pointe" is intended to associate the city with the exclusive communities of the Grosse Pointes.

  6. List of politically motivated renamings - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_politically...

    World War I: the Ontario city of Berlin was renamed Kitchener [12] and the Saskatchewan town of Strassburg was renamed Strasbourg. [13] Cold War: the Ontario Stalin Township was renamed by Ontario legislature in 1986 to Hansen Township. [13] [14] In 2025, many cafes begun renaming the "americano" as "canadiano". [15] [16] United States: World ...

  7. Category:Lists of place names - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_place_names

    List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names; List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies; List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations; List of administrative division name changes; List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas; List of renamed places in Angola; List of Arabic place names

  8. List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the...

    First city founded by Europeans, although not continuously inhabited, in Puerto Rico. Abandoned in 1521 with the removal of the capital to San Juan. 1510 Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien: Urabá: Colombia First city founded by Europeans on the continent of South America. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colon: Panama

  9. Lists of renamed places - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_renamed_places

    List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines; List of renamed streets in Metro Manila Russia — List of renamed cities and towns in Russia Tajikistan — List of renamed cities in Tajikistan Turkey. Place name changes in Turkey Turkmenistan — List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan Uzbekistan — List of renamed cities in ...