List of biblical place names in North America (redirect from List of Biblical toponyms in the United States)
railroad station Salem, South Carolina Salem, South Dakota Salem, Texas, in Newton County Salem, Utah Salem, Virginia, an independent city adjacent to Roanoke...
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about 2 miles (3 km) south-west of Bletchley in Milton Keynes. The toponym "Newton" is derived from the Old English for "new farm". It is recorded in...
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suffix -ᾱσσός (-assos) of Greek Ἁλῐκαρνᾱσσός is indicative of a substrate toponym, meaning that an original non-Greek name influenced, or established the...
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1,700 metres (5,577 ft) above the head of the Newton Glacier in 3 km (1.9 mi). The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1917 by the Geographical...
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border, is a tourist destination where Ozark culture is popularized. The toponym Ozarks may derive from an English-language adaptation of the French abbreviation...
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of Bari. The Italian climatic class is D, the degrees day are 1884. The toponym Santeramo has medieval origins. Several hypotheses have been advanced on...
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Laphroaig on the south coast of the island of Islay. The meaning of the toponym is unknown, but a commonly suggested etymology includes the elements lag...
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Catacombs of San Sebastiano (section The toponym)
Middle Ages, was known since the 3rd century as in memoria apostolorum, a toponym referred to the presence within the catacomb, for some time, of the relics...
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census. The village is on the A447 road between Coalville and Hinckley. The toponym Ibstock could be a derivative of Ibestoche meaning the farmstead or hamlet...
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awarded Bellucci the Key to the City of Florence. "Selci" and "Lama" are two toponyms together designating a frazione (hamlet) of San Giustino. In August 2015...
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words derived from place names, they are all toponyms. This article covers English language food toponyms which may have originated in English or other...
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there are several hypotheses: according to Barthold Georg Niebuhr, the toponym perhaps refers to an archaic Etruscan settlement called Vaticum; Varro...
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between the upper Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean. As a distinct toponym, North Jersey is a colloquial one rather than an administrative one, reflecting...
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Celtic toponymy (redirect from Celtic toponyms)
Switzerland, especially the Swiss Plateau, has many Celtic (Gaulish) toponyms. This old layer of names was overlaid with Latin names in the Gallo-Roman...
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that a derivation from eurus would yield a different toponym than Europa. Beekes has located toponyms related to that of Europa in the territory of ancient...
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features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities. This butte's toponym was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. According...
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Drayton Parslow (section Toponym)
the toponym was Draintone or Draitone. This is derived from Old English and means "farm where sledges are used". It is a common English toponym for places...
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Lungotevere takes its name from the Latin word ripa, meaning "bank" (the toponym also applies to the neighboring Rione, that nevertheless lies on the other...
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Östergötland, the western and eastern lands of the Geats, and in many other toponyms. The Swedish dialects spoken in the areas that used to be inhabited by...
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In the 1820s, the Creole elite of Belize invented the legend that the toponym Belize derived from the Spanish pronunciation of the name of a Scottish...
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officially recognised Saint Boniface as the Patron Saint of Devon. Devon's toponyms include many with the endings "coombe/combe" and "tor". Both 'coombe' (valley...
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royal lands at Noblac, 21 km (13 mi) from Limoges. It is likely that the toponym was derived from the Latin family name Nobilius and the common Celtic element...
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Catacombs of Saint Agnes (section Toponym)
retrieved 2 May 2018 De Santis L. – Biamonte G., Le catacombe di Roma, Newton & Compton Editori, Roma 1997, pp. 197–206 Armellini M., Il cimitero di S...
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in some encyclopedias and dictionary listings; foreign proper nouns or toponyms are often not adapted to Slovene orthography as they are in some other...
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Prestbury, Cheshire (section Toponym)
Lyme Handley Macclesfield Macclesfield Forest Marton Mottram St.Andrew Newton North Rode Old Withington Pott Shrigley Poynton Prestbury Rainow Siddington...
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villages include Donisthorpe, Overseal, Oakthorpe and Spring Cottage. Moira's toponym is derived from the Irish earldom of Moira, one of the titles of the Hastings...
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English East Midlands region. Aynho was founded in Anglo-Saxon times. The toponym is derived from Aienho, Old English for a spring, grove or hill. The circular...
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