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Tag Archives: place names
World’s largest “City” cities
The following list identifies the largest cities in the world that incorporate “City” or “Ciudad” into their names. A population minimum of 150,000 residents in the core city was used as a threshold for inclusion. As can be seen, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Canada, cities, Europe, geography, Language, Latin America, North America, Oceania, place names, South America, States, Statistics, toponymy
Tagged cities, city, place names, population
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Cities with three (3) or more matching letters in their name
The following list identifies those cities around the globe that have at least three (3) of the same letter from the English/Latin alphabet in their name. Those cities shown in bold contain at least two (2) sets of three (3) matching … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, cities, Communications, Europe, fun, geography, history, Language, Latin America, North America, Oceania, place names, South America
Tagged Bill Cullen, English alphabet, language, Latin alphabet, place names, repeating letters, Three on a Match, words
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Sequential double “AA” city and town names
The following list identifies those cities and towns from 20 countries around the world that have a sequential “double a” in their name. Two of the communities included in the list actually have two (2) sequential “double a’s” in … Continue reading
Posted in cities, geography, Language, place names, Statistics, toponymy
Tagged cities, Double AA, language, place names, sequential, word fun
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Largest “ville” suffix cities in the world
Returning to a series of posts about city suffix names, below is the list of the largest cities in the world that contain the suffix of “ville.” Minimum of 50,000 population was necessary for inclusion. Cities from 17 states … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Canada, cities, culture, Europe, geography, history, Language, North America, Oceania, place names, States, Statistics, toponymy
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World’s largest “burg,” “burgh,” or “bourg” suffix cities
By far the longest and most geographically diverse list to date identifies cities and towns of 10,000 residents or more whose name contains the suffix of “burg,” “burgh,” or “bourg.” Cities/towns for four (4) continents are represented – Europe, … Continue reading
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Tagged bourg, burg, burgh, cities, etymology, history, place names, toponymy, towns
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World’s largest “boro” and “borough” suffix cities
Continuing with our city name suffix series, below are the world’s largest cities ending in “boro” or “borough.” Please note there a a few cities in the UK that use a slight variation of “brough,” as well and these … Continue reading
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Tagged boro, borough, brough, place names, toponymy
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World’s largest “abad” suffix cities
-abad is a suffix that forms part of many west, central and south Asian city names originally derived from the Persian language term ābād (آباد), meaning “cultivated place” (village, city, region), and commonly attached to the name of the city’s … Continue reading
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Tagged abad, cities, place names, toponymy
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World’s largest “ham” suffix cities
For the third in our series of city suffixes, we are listing the world’s largest cities whose name contains the suffix of “ham.”According to Quora.com: The term “ham” is an Old English word meaning farmstead. The Pronunciation Studio goes a … Continue reading
World’s largest “town” suffix cities
Below is a list of the largest cities in the world that incorporate “town” as a suffix in their name. Since more than half (28) of these cities are suburbs of larger cities, the rankings are based on the core … Continue reading
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Tagged cities, etymology, place names, toponymy, towns
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World’s largest “polis” suffix cities – UPDATED
Below is a list of the largest cities in the world that incorporate a standard variation of the Greek term for a city-state “polis” as a suffix in their name*. Since some of these cities are suburbs of larger cities, … Continue reading
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Tagged city names, etymology, Greek, place names, polis, toponymy
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