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Tag Archives: toponymy
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
Posted in Africa, Asia, branding, cities, civics, culture, Europe, geography, North America, Oceania, place names, South America, Statistics, tourism, Travel
Tagged city names, etymology, Greek, place names, polis, toponymy
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Geographic terms with the most diverse usage in American and Canadian populated place-names
The following lists present those geographic terms used for the widest variety of populated place names in the United States and Canada. the figures were determined using recent road atlases and google maps. The tallies for each term are not meant to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, cities, Communications, culture, diversity, education, environment, fun, geography, Geology, government, history, land use, Language, nature, North America, placemaking, planning, Statistics, tourism, Travel
Tagged atlases, Canada, cartography, features, geography, geology, land forms, land use, language, maps, place names, placemaking, places, terrain, toponymy, UDA
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