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[1] [2] Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut, bear an archaic spelling of an English place (in this case Hertford). Washington, D.C. , the federal capital of the U.S., is named after the first U.S. President George Washington , whose surname was due to his family holding land in Washington, Tyne and Wear .
Forsythganj, Himachal Pradesh (after TD Forsythe, Esq, Civil Service, Asst Commissioner Simla District (1850)) Wellington, Tamil Nadu (after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington) Forbesganj, Bihar (after Alexander John Forbes British District Collector and Municipal Commissioner of East India Company) Canning, West Bengal (after Lord ...
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.
English place names in Canada is a list of Canadian place names which are named after places in England, carried over by English emigrants and explorers from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The names can also be derived from places founded by people with English surnames.
This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.
Location names beginning with P. Location names beginning with Pab–Pap; Location names beginning with Par–Pay; Location names beginning with Pe–Pen; Location names beginning with Peo–Pn; Location names beginning with Po; Location names beginning with Pr–Pz; Location names beginning with Q. Location names beginning with Q; Location ...
B. List of locations in Barbados with an English name. List of places called Bristol.
For example, Oxley is a place name in England, but Oxley, Queensland is named for the explorer John Oxley rather than the English place. Similarly, Kenilworth is a place name in England, but Kenilworth, Queensland is reportedly named after a novel of that name.