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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 .
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.
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.
The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
Location names beginning with I, J. Location names beginning with Ia–Im; Location names beginning with In–Ir; Location names beginning with Is–Ix; Location names beginning with J; Location names beginning with K. Location names beginning with Ka–Key; Location names beginning with Kib–Kin; Location names beginning with Kip–Kz
List of cities proper by population. List of cities with the most skyscrapers. List of cities with more than one commercial airport. List of city name changes. List of largest cities throughout history. List of national capitals. List of ghost towns by country. List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants.
List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette. List of places named after Saint Francis. List of places named for Benjamin Franklin. List of places named for Charles de Gaulle. List of places named for Pope John Paul II. List of places named for Nathanael Greene. List of places named for Sam Houston.