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Encyclopedia > List of political entities named after people
There are a number of places named after famous people . For a general etymological listing of place names see Placename etymology . For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym .
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Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins - Bernardo O'Higgins Región Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavian landownerAngus - King Oengus I of the PictsBedfordshire - Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)Brecknockshire - Prince Brychan Buckinghamshire - Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)Cardigan - Ceredig , son of Cunedda Dunbartonshire - Hugh Dunbar Fife - Fib of the Picts, one of the seven sons of CruitheGibraltar - Tariq ibn-Ziyad (from Arabic djebl al-Tarik or "mountain of Tarik")Glamorgan - Prince Morgan the Old of Gwent Gwynedd - Cunedda Hampshire - Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landownerKirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")Lothian - LeudonusMerionethshire - Meirion , son of Cunedda Montgomery - Roger de Montgomery Nottinghamshire - Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)Roxburghshire - Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)Rutland - Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")
Towns and cities Many smaller European towns and cities are named after their founders, often dating back many hundred years. Often, there isn't much known about them today.
Alexandria, Egypt - Alexander the Great Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta Atlanta - Atlas (indirectly via the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Atlantic Ocean ) Augsburg - Augustus Austin, Texas - Stephen F. Austin Avellaneda , Argentina - Nicolás AvellanedaBaltimore - Lord BaltimoreBismarck, North Dakota - Otto von Bismarck Buchanan,_Liberia - James Buchanan Caesarea (various cities in various countries) - Gaius Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.Campos Sales, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales Charleroi , Belgium - Charles II. of SpainCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom Cincinnati - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (indirectly, via the Society of the Cincinnati )Ciudad Adolfo López Mateos - Adolfo López Mateos Ciudad Bolivar - Simon Bolivar Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl - Nezahualcoyotl Colombo – Christopher Columbus Comodoro Rivadavia , Argentina - Bernardino Rivadavia Durban , South Africa - Sir Benjamin D'UrbanEdison, Georgia, Edison, New Jersey – Thomas Edison Ettelbruck - Etzel (Attila the Hun ) Flavigny-sur-Ozerain - possible named after a Roman general Flavius.Fredericton, New Brunswick - Prince Frederick, Duke of York General San Martín, Argentina - José de San Martín General Sarmiento, Argentina - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Halifax, Nova Scotia - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh Houston - Samuel Houston Istanbul - Constantine the Great Jacksonville - Andrew Jackson Jefferson City, Missouri - Thomas Jefferson Johannesburg , South Africa - Johannes Rissk; Johannes MeyerKarlsruhe , Germany - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-DurlachKaiseraugst - Augustus Kitchener, Ontario - Horatio Kitchener Knoxville - Henry Knox Las Heras, Argentina - Juan Gregorio de las Heras Lázaro Cárdenas (city) - Lázaro Cárdenas Lelystad - ir. Cornelis Lely Lincoln, Nebraska - Abraham Lincoln Lisbon - Ulysses Louisville, Kentucky - Louis XVI Madison, Wisconsin - James Madison Marechal Deodoro, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca Martelange - MarteliusMelbourne - Lord Melbourne Monrovia - James Monroe Nariño, Colombia - Antonio Nariño Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chiefPeçanha, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha Pittsburgh - William Pitt the Elder Presidencia de la Plaza, Argentina - Victorino de la Plaza Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina - Roque Sáenz Peña Presidente Bernardes , Brazil - Artur da Silva Bernardes Presidente Dutra, Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra Presidente Figueiredo, Brazil João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo Presidente Getúlio, Brazil - Getúlio Vargas Presidente Jânio Quadros, Brazil Jânio Quadros Presidente Juscelino, Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek Presidente Médici, Brazil - Emílio Garrastazú Médici Presidente Prudente , Brazil - Prudente José de Morais BarrosPueyrredón, Buenos Aires - Juan Martín de Pueyrredón Rome - Romulus Sadr City - Moqtada al-Sadr Saint Louis - Saint Louis St Petersburg, Russia & St Petersburg, Florida - St Peter San Francisco - Saint Francis Santiago , San Diego - Saint James São Paulo - Saint Paul São Vicente, Brazil - Saint Vincent Seattle - Chief Seattle Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of Alexander the Great Turkmenbashi - Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov Togliatti - Palmiro Togliatti Vancouver - George Vancouver Vicente López, Argentina - Vicente López Victoria, British Columbia - Queen Victoria Villa General Mitre - Bartolomé Mitre Washington, D.C. - George Washington Willemstad - William the Silent
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