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Tag Archives: place names
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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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
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged city names, etymology, Greek, place names, polis, toponymy
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Cities and Towns that Get the Point!
The following city and town names include the word “point.” Sometimes this term refers to a point of land extending into a body of water. Other times it may refer to a craggy hill or prominent point of land. Still, … Continue reading
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Tagged fun, geology, place names, places, terrain
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Derogatory place nicknames – UPDATE # 4
Last weekend (originally published in 2013) a derogatory nickname was overheard for a city here in Michigan that I had never heard expressed before in my 21 (now 26) years of being a resident of this state. For some reason … Continue reading
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Tagged derogatory nicknames, mean nicknames, negative nicknames, place names
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Largest Cities/Towns That Incorporate Other State Names
The following list of cities and towns containing the names of other states is presented in order by size of the city/town using 2016 population estimates, unless otherwise noted. While some of the websites that are listed at the end … Continue reading
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