Nevertheless, the French presence has had an outsized impact on American toponyms. Some Franco-Americans arrived prior to the founding of the United States, settling...

of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the...

North America has numerous places named after biblical towns and places. While most of them are in the eastern United States, very few are in the west...

question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. The toponyms of Turkey result from the legacy left by several linguistic heritages:...

links The glossary of Hebrew toponyms gives translations of Hebrew terms commonly found as components in Hebrew toponyms. Be'er, Beer, plural: Be'erot...

meanings that were unknown in England.[citation needed] Other noteworthy American toponyms are found among loanwords; for example, prairie, butte (French); bayou...

Historically, the first American place named Springfield was Springfield, Massachusetts, founded in 1636 by William Pynchon, an early American colonist. Pynchon...

never involved in Greek history or culture. Αlthough this list includes toponyms from Roman times, this list does not include later wholly Latin-derived...

This is a list of English language words derived from toponyms, followed by the place name it derives from. agate — after Achates, ancient Greek name for...

Hispanic Role in America. Coloquio Revista Cultural. Survey: 2005 American Community Survey:Hispanic Origin. U.S. Census Bureau. Asturian-American Migration...