In linguistics and grammar, a toponym is a name derived from a place or a region. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

This is a list of toponyms, followed by the name of the place it is derived from.

General

• Acapulco
• Angora
• Armageddon
• Auschwitz
• Babel
• Balkanization, a geopolitical term for the fragmentation of a region — the Balkans, region in southeastern Europe
• Bantustan, a disparaging term used by critics of the Apartheid-era government's "homelands" — territories designated as tribal "homelands" for black South Africans during the Apartheid era
• Bay Street, a synonym for Canada's financial industry (similar to Wall Street) — Hudson's Bay Company in Canada
• Beltway, name for the highway surrounding Washington, D.C.
• Berlin Wall, synonymous of the Cold War — Berlin Wall, separating East Berlin from West Berlin
• Bikini, two-piece bathing suit for women — Bikini Atoll, a Micronesian Island in the Pacific Ocean
• the Blarney and Blarney Stone — Blarney Castle
• Boeotian
• Bohemianism, term referring to artists, writers, and disenchanted people who wished to live a non-traditional lifestyle — Bohemia, a region occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic
• Bombay duck, a kind of fish — Bombay, old name for Mumbai, coastal city in western India
• Brazilianization
• Broadway, street in New York City synonymous with Musical Theater
• Bronx Cheer, a noise made by the mouth to signify derision — The Bronx, a borough of New York City
• Brummagem, goods of shoddy quality — Birmingham, city in England
• Bungalow
• Byzantine
• Canary
• Carthaginian (peace)
• Caucasian: a white person – Caucasus Mountains
• Champagne, a sparkling wine named after the region of France in which it is produced.
• Chautauqua
• China, pottery
• Chinese Wall
• Coach — the village Kocs in Hungary where this vehicle was first made
• Sent to Coventry
• Denim, from de Nîmes – Nimes, France
• Detroit, often used as shorthand for the American automobile industry
• Dijon
• Dixieland music — Dixie or "Dixie's Land", a nickname for the American South.
• Dollar
• Donnybrook
• Doolally named after a fort in the North West Frontier of colonial India (now Pakistan)
• Duffel, heavy woollen cloth — Duffel, a town in Belgium
• Eden (place of dubious existence)
• El Dorado
• Essex, 'common' or 'nouveau riche' sensibility — Essex, a county near London
• Fez, (also called tarboosh), a hat — Fez, a city in Morocco
• Finlandization
• Fleet Street
• Foggy Bottom, United States Department of State — Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
• Georgia, a font — Georgia (U.S. state)
• Gibraltar
• Greek, a language usage ("all Greek to me") — Greek language of Greece
• Gypsies, nomadic peoples in Europe and United States — Egypt
• Havana, cigar – from capital of Cuba
• Hell, usage in language — Hell, mythical place
• Hicksville
• Honitonfamous Devon (England) town for lace
• Holland, cotton or linen fabric — Holland
• Hollywood, shorthand for the American film industry – Hollywood, district of Los Angeles, California
• Iliad (see Troy)
• Indian
• Java, slang for coffee – from island in Indonesia
• Jersey cattle (also tomato, milk, cream, jumper) — Jersey, one of the Channel Islands
• K Street, lobbying industry
• Labyrinth
• Left Bank, style of life, fashion, or "look" — "Left Bank", bank of the Seine which is to the left, near Paris
• Lesbian, homosexual — Lesbos, island in Greece
• Lilliputian, meaning very small sized — Lilliput, fictional island in the book Gulliver's Travels
• Madison Avenue, a metaphor for advertising — Madison Avenue, a street in New York
• Magenta, colour — Magenta, town in northern Italy
• Marathon, long race — Marathon, Greece, town
• Madras, lightweight cotton fabic — Madras, old name for Chennai, coastal city in southeastern India
• Main Street, name for a generic American community
• Manchester (as in textiles)
• Manila envelopes, Manila fiber — Manila, city in Philippines
• Marseillaise, national anthem of France — Marseille, city in France
• Masada
• Mausoleum, a large and impressive tomb — Mausoleum of Maussollos in Turkey
• Mecca, ultimate destination or activity center — Mecca, holy city in Saudi Arabia
• Mongoloid race — Mongolia, country in northern Asia
• Motown, R & B music – Detroit, Michigan (called the Motor City)
• Maus
• Neanderthal man, known by his fossils — Neanderthal, Germany, valley where the fossils were found
• Nuremberg Trials — Nuremberg, German city where the trials were held
• Olympics, worldwide games — Mount Olympus, tallest mountain in Greece
• Paisley (design), used in shawls — Paisley, Scotland
• Palookaville
• Peoria – symbolic of small-town America
• Peyton Place
• Quai d'Orsay, French Ministry of External Affairs
• the Rubicon, the point of no return — Rubicon (or Rubico), Latin name for a small river in northern Italy
• Rugby football — Rugby School, in Rugby, central England
• Seltzer (commercial name)
• Shambala
• Shanghai woman, English expression for a prostitute — Shanghai, China's largest city
• Shangri-La, a mythical utopia, a language usage — Shangri-La, fictional place in the novel Lost Horizon
• Siamese twins, conjoined twins — Siam, old name for Thailand
• Siberia, a remote undesirable location — Siberia, in eastern Russia
• Skid Row, originally Skid Road of Seattle, now the rundown area of a U.S. city
• Sodomy, forbidden sexual acts — Sodom, Biblical town on the plain of the Jordan River
• Solecism, incorrect or ungrammatical usage of language — Soli an ancient city in Cilicia, where a dialect of Greek regarded as substandard was spoken.
• Spa, place having water with health-giving properties — Spa, a municipality in Belgium
• Stalingrad
• Surrey, horse-drawn carriage — Surrey, southern England
• Timbuktu, metaphor for an exotic, distant land — Timbuktu, city on the Niger River in Mali, West Africa
• Tin Pan Alley
• Trojan horse, malicious computer virus — Trojan Horse, of Troy, from the Iliad
• Trojaned, as above.
• Utopia, term for organized society — Utopia, fictional republic from the book of the same name
• Wall Street, financial market — Wall Street, a narrow thoroughfare in lower Manhattan running east from Broadway downhill to the East River.
• Watergate, American political scandal and constitutional crisis of the 1970s — Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
• Woodstock Festival, music and art festival held in August, 1969 — venue of the festival Woodstock, New York
• Xanadu, a symbol of opulence — Xanadu (or Shangdu), summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire
• Zion

Acapulco (Officially: Acapulco de Juárez) is a city and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 km (190 miles) southwest from Mexico City, at 16. ... Angora was the name of the city of Ankara in Turkey prior to 1930. ... Look up Armageddon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Armageddon refers, generally, to end times or Earth ending catastrophes in various religions and cultures. ... Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ... This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain. ... Balkanization is a geopolitical term originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of southeastern Europe. ... Map of the black homelands in South Africa as of 1986 Bantustan refers to any of the territories designated as tribal homelands for black South Africans and Namibians during the apartheid era. ... Homelands is a British music festival which consists mainly of Dance music, both live acts and famous Disc Jockeys. ... Bay Street is a street in downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada. ... The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC. TSX: HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada (and the second oldest in North America) and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ... A beltway (American English), ring road or orbital motorway (British English) is a circumferential highway found around or within many cities. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... 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The city from above Centenary Square. ... A bungalow is any single story house. ... The Byzantine Empire acquired a negative reputation among historians of the 18th and 19th century not only for the complexity of the organization of its ministries and the elaborateness of its court ceremonies (from this came the term still in modern use, Byzantine, often used pejoratively to describe any work... Binomial name Serinus canaria (Linnaeus, 1758) The Canary (Serinus canaria) is a small songbird which is a member of the finch family. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Caucasus Mountains are a mountain system between the Black and Caspian seas in the Caucasus region, usually considered the southeastern limit of Europe. ... Champagne is often drunk as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the secondary fermentation of wine. ... Chautauqua is an Iroquois word, meaning either two moccasins tied together or jumping fish. 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Dixieland or Dixie is a name for the south-eastern portion of the USA; see: U.S. Southern States, Dixie. ... DIXIES LAND, 1904 postcard Dixie is a nickname for the Southern United States. ... Sheet music cover, c. ... The U.S. Southern states or The South, known during the American Civil War era as Dixie, is a distinctive region of the United States with its own unique historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ... This page is about the dollar currency. ... Donnybrook has several other meanings, see Donnybrook (disambiguation). ... Shanks & Bigfoot were a British duo of dance music/garage producers Steven Meade & Danny Langsman, best known for their hit single Sweet Like Chocolate and largely considered a one hit wonder. ... Duffel is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. ... The various meanings of Eden: Garden of Eden Eden programming language Garden of Eden pattern, a term used in cellular automata Eden is the name of a film. ... El Dorado (sometimes spelled Eldorado) is a mythical city of gold (sometimes called the Lost City of Gold) which was thought to be located somewhere in the Americas, more specifically South America. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... The fez is a conical hat popularized in Turkey in the 19th century. ... This article is about the city Fez in Morocco. ... For the television series tentatively titled Fleet Street, see Boston Legal. ... Foggy Bottom is one of Washington, DCs oldest 19th century neighborhoods, so named because, as a low-lying area, fog (endemic to the swamps of early Washington) tended to congregate there. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Atlanta Largest city Atlanta Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 24th 154,077 km² 370 km 480 km 2. ... Greek (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of 3,500 years. ... The Rroma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies. ... Havana (Spanish in full: San Cristóbal de La Habana; UN/LOCODE: Habana (CU HAV)) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ... Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) Hell is, according to many religious beliefs, a place or a state of painful suffering. ... Hicksville is the name of some places in the United States of America: Hicksville, New York Hicksville, Ohio Hicksville is also used as an epithet, implying that a community is rustic and unsophisticated (in other words, a place where hicks live). ... Location within the British Isles Honiton is a town in Devon, England. ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... ... ... Nickname: City of Angels Motto: Official website: http://www. ... The Iliad (Ancient Greek: Ιλιάς, Iliás) tells part of the story of the siege of the city of Ilium, i. ... Walls of the excavated city of Troy (Turkey) Troy (Greek Τροία Troia also Ἰλιον; Latin: Troia, Ilium) is a legendary city, scene of the Trojan War, part of which is described in Homers Iliad, an epic poem in Ancient Greek, composed in the 8th or 7th century BC, but containing older... Map of Java Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... Coffee in beverage form. ... A Jersey cow in the western United States. ... K Street, epicenter of American lobbying. ... This article is about the mazelike labyrinth. ... The left bank of a river is the bank on the left when looking in the direction of flow towards the sea. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Lesbian describes a homosexual woman. ... Lesbos Prefecture Lesbos Island Category: ... Lilliput and Blefuscu are two island nations that appear in the 1726 novel Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift. ... Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City which carries northbound one-way traffic. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Magenta is a color that is not a spectral color: that is to say, the hue cannot be generated by light of a single wavelength. ... Modern day marathon runners The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... Marathon (Greek, Modern: Μαραθώνας Marathona or Marathonas, Ancient/ Katharevousa: Μαραθών, Marathon) is a town in Greece, the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the Athenian army defeated the Persians. ... Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with patterned texture, used primarily for summer clothing -- pants, shorts, dresses and jackets. ... Chennai (சென்னை in Tamil), formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is Indias fourth largest metropolitan city. ... Main Street or Main Street America is an almost fanciful, dated reference to the main region of small town/suburban America, since it really no longer exists. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England, UK. The place is named from the old British name Mamucium plus ceaster, derived from the old Latin Castra. Manchester is a metropolitan borough with city status. ... Manila can refer to many things, almost all of them being places. ... Manilas President Manuel Roxas Boulevard also known as the Baywalk Manila (Filipino: Maynila) is the capital of the Philippines. ... This article is about the anthem La Marseillaise. A sculpture popularly called La Marseillaise is part of the sculptural programme of the Arc de Triomphe. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their official national song. ... City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. ... This article is about the Judean fortress. ... St. ... The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, depicted in this hand-coloured engraving from a series issued in 1572 by Martin Heemskerck (1498-1574), who based his reconstruction on descriptions. ... This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ... Typical Mongoloid Skull A portrait of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan; the Mongolians, for which the term Mongoloid was named after, are an example of the prototype Northern Mongoloid. ... Motown Records, Inc. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Nickname: The Motor City, Motown Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Official website: http://www. ... Maus is a German word for Mouse. Maus is a series of Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novels by Art Spiegelman. ... Binomial name Homo neanderthalensis King, 1864 The Neanderthal or Neandertal was a species of genus Homo (Homo neanderthalensis) that inhabited Europe and parts of western Asia from about 230,000 to 29,000 years ago (in the Middle Palaeolithic, early Stone Age). ... 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Palookaville: Palooka is American slang originating in the 1920s meaning a second-rate prize fighter or, more generally, a stupid or oafish person. ... Peoria is the name of the Peoria tribe of Native Americans and the name of a number of places in the United States of America: Peoria, Arizona Peoria, Illinois Peoria County, Illinois Peoria, Oregon This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Peyton Place, derived from the 1956 novel by Grace Metalious; a common catch phrase to describe any place known for its sordid atmosphere or nefarious doings. ... Quai dOrsay is a Parisian quay situated on the Ile de la Cité. Its name is commonly associated with the French Ministry of External Affairs, whose building is situated on the quay. ... Crossing the Rubicon is a phrase connoting the passage of a point of no return. ... 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Shanghai (Chinese: 上海 pinyin: (help· info); Shanghainese: Zanhe ) , situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ... Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the novel, Lost Horizon, written by British writer James Hilton in 1933. ... A painting of Chang and Eng Bunker, circa 1836 Conjoined human fetuses Conjoined twins can occur in non-human animal species. ... For the country formerly called Siam see Thailand SIAM is an acronym for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ... Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... The American term skid row or skid road is used to refer to the rundown area of a city where alcoholics and vagrants congregate. ... Sodomy is a term of religious origin to characterise certain sexual acts. ... Sodom can refer to: Sodom, a Biblical city that was said to be destroyed by God for the sins of its inhabitants. ... In linguistic prescriptivism, a solecism is a grammatical or other mistake or absurdity. ... Soli (also Soloi) was an ancient city in Cilicia, in present day Turkey. ... Cilicia as Roman province, 120 AD In Antiquity, Cilicia (Ki-LIK-ya) was a region, and often a political unit, on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), north of Cyprus. ... See also spa SPA can refer to: Saudi Press Agency School of Planning and architecture is Indias premier Architecture and city-planning institutions. ... Stalingrad is the former name of two cities: Volgograd, Russia Karviná-Nové Město, near Ostrava, Czech Republic Other uses: The Battle of Stalingrad (a major turning-point of World War II and arguably the bloodiest battle in human history) Stalingrad (German film set during the above battle) Stalingrad (metro station... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... Timbuktu or Timbuctu (Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu, French: Tombouctou) is a city populated by the Songhay, Tuareg, Fulani, and Moorish people in the West African country of Mali. ... Timbuktu or Timbuctu (Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu, French: Tombouctou) is a city populated by the Songhay, Tuareg, Fulani, and Moorish people in the West African country of Mali. ... Tin Pan Alley was the name given to the collection of New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States of America in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. ... This article is about computer system security. ... 19th century etching of the Trojan Horse The Trojan Horse is part of the myth of the Trojan War, as told in Virgils Latin epic poem The Aeneid. ... This article is about computer system security. ... Utopian, in its most common and general positive meaning, like these next few examples this refers to the human efforts to create a better, or perhaps perfect society. ... See Utopia (disambiguation) for other meanings of this word Utopia, in its most common and general meaning, refers to a hypothetical perfect society. ... For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation). ... The Watergate building. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... Woodstock redirects here. ... Woodstock, New York The name Woodstock is associated with two locales in New York. ... Xanadu or Shangdu (Chinese: 上都; Pinyin: ) was the summer capital of Kublai Khans Mongol Empire, which covered much of Asia. ... The Dormition Church, situated on Mount Zion Zion, or Sion (צִיּוֹן Height, Standard Hebrew Tziyyon, Tiberian Hebrew Tsiyyôn; Arabic صهيون á¹¢uhyÅ«n), is an archaic term that originally referred to a specific mountain near Jerusalem (Mount Zion), on which stood a Jebusite fortress of the same name that was conquered by...

Events/Agreements

• Beijing (China) - the Fourth World Conference on Women of 1994
• Bretton Woods (New Hampshire) - The Bretton Woods system
• Cairo (Egypt) - the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development of 1994
• Copenhagen (Denmark) - the World Summit for Social Development of 1995
• Durban (South Africa) - the World Conference against Racism of 2001
• Geneva (Switzerland) - the Geneva Conventions, and the unofficial Geneva Accord negotiations of 2003
• Hiroshima (Japan) - the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945
• Kyoto (Japan) - the Kyoto Protocol of 1997
• Maastricht (The Netherlands) - the Maastricht treaty of 1992
• Munich (Germany) - the Munich Agreement of 1938 and the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• My Lai (Vietnam) - the My Lai Massacre of 1968
• Oslo (Norway) - the Oslo Accords of 1993
• Potsdam (Germany) - the Potsdam Conference in 1945
• Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - site of the Earth Summit, officially the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) of 1992
• Schengen (Luxembourg) - the Schengen treaty of 1985
• Seattle (Washington) - the WTO Meeting of 1999 in Seattle
• Yalta (Ukraine) - the Yalta Conference of 1945
• Warsaw (Poland) - the Warsaw Pact (1955 - 1991)
• Waterloo (Belgium) - the Battle of Waterloo in 1815

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Geneva (French: Genève, German: Genf, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland, situated where Lake Geneva (French Lac Léman) flows into the Rhône River. ... Development of the Geneva Conventions from 1864 to 1949 The Geneva Conventions consist of four treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland that set the standards for international law for humanitarian concerns. ... This article is about the proposal for peace between Israel and Palestine. ... Main keep of Hiroshima Castle The city of Hiroshima (広島市; -shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japans islands. ... The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter. ... This page is about the city Kyoto. ... Kyoto Protocol Opened for signature December 11, 1997 at Kyoto, Japan Entered into force February 16, 2005. ... 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The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles (DOP), were finalized in Oslo, Norway on August 20, 1993, and subsequently officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington D.C. on September 13, 1993, with Mahmoud Abbas signing for the... Potsdam is the capital city of the state of Brandenburg in Germany. ... Attlee, Truman, and Stalin at Potsdam The Potsdam Conference was a conference held at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany (near Berlin), from July 17 to August 2, 1945. ... Ipanema beach, in the South Zone, immortalised by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Morais song The Girl from Ipanema Cristo Redentor, the famous Christ the Redeemer statue at the top of the Corcovado mountain A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in... 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Food and Drink

• Bordeaux
• Brussels sprout
• Burgundy
• Cantaloupe (also called rockmelon), a variety of melon — Cantalupo, the Pope's summer residence
• Champagne
• Cognac
• Cuban, sub sandwich in Florida — Cuba, country in the Caribbean
• Danish, a sweet pastry — (in Denmark it is called wienerbrød, which means "bread from Vienna").
• Dunkirk spirit
• Frankfurter (or Wiener — from Vienna)
• Hamburger — Hamburg, Germany
• Hollandaise sauce — Holland
• Madeira wine, a fortified wine and Plum in madeira, a dessert — Madeira islands of Portugal
• Manhattan cocktail — Manhattan Club in New York City
• Mocha coffee, ice cream — Mocha, Yemen, place where the coffee is grown
• Peking Duck, a Chinese dish made of duck — Peking, old name for Beijing, China
• Port wine (or Porto), sweet fortified wine — Oporto, in northern Portugal
• Salisbury Steak — Salisbury, England
• Sardine, types of small fish — Sardinia, island in the Mediterranean near Italy
• Sherry wine, a mispronunciation of Jerez — Jerez de la Frontera, a city in southern Spain

City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ... Cultivar Group Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group The Brussels sprout (Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group) is a cultivar group of Wild Cabbage cultivated for its small (typically 2. ... Flag of Burgundy Burgundy (French: Bourgogne) is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Pre-Indo-European people, Celts (Gauls), Romans (Gallo-Romans), and various Germanic peoples, most importantly the Burgundians and the Franks. ... Trinomial name Cucumis melo cantalupensis Naudin. ... The Pope (from Greek: pappas, father; from Latin: papa, Papa, father) is the successor of St. ... Champagne is often drunk as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the secondary fermentation of wine. ... A brandy snifter A Cognac pot still Cognac (IPA: [k*njæk] where * is É’, oÊŠ, É‘:, or É”:), named after the town of Cognac in France, is a kind of brandy, which must be produced in the region surrounding the town. ... Quiznos submarine sandwich A submarine sandwich (or just submarine where context would exclude the sea vessel, or even just sub) is any of various sandwiches made on a long roll split lengthwise, especially those including meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and various condiments, sauces or salad. ... Location within France Dunkirks seafront Dunkirk (French: Dunkerque; Dutch: Duinkerken; German: Dünkirchen) is a harbour city and a commune in the northernmost part of France, in the département of Nord, 10 km from the Belgian border. ... The term frankfurter may refer to Frankfurter Allgemeine Frankfurter Rundschau Frankfurter Zeitung a hot dog a resident of Frankfurt, Germany a sausage Frankfurter as family name David Frankfurter Felix Frankfurter Philipp Frankfurter, see German article See also Popper(abbreviation formed from the initials of the name פ(rank)פ(urt... Wiener can mean: Adjectival form of Vienna (Ger. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Croatian and Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Hamburgers often contain beef, lettuce, onions, and other toppings in a bun. ... Alster Lake at dusk Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... Hollandaise sauce served over white asparagus and potatoes. ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... Madeira is a fortified wine made in the Madeira Islands of Portugal, which is prized equally for drinking and cooking; the latter use including the dessert plum in madeira. ... Plum in madeira is a popular dessert made with plum and madeira wine. ... Location Motto of the autonomous region: Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres (Portuguese: Of the islands, the most beautiful and free) Official language Portuguese Capital Funchal Other towns Porto Santo, Machico, Santa Cruz, Câmara de Lobos, Santana, Ribeira Brava, Caniço Area 797 km² Population  - Total (1991)  - Density... A Manhattan is a cocktail made with rye whiskey or bourbon, vermouth (proportions vary from a sweet 1:1 to a dry 4:1), and a dash of bitters, stirred with ice and strained into a cocktail glass, garnished with a Maraschino cherry with a stem. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... A mocha, in beverage form. ... Mocha (Arabic: المخا [al-Mukhā]) is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. ... Peking Duck, or more accurately, Peking Roast Duck (Chinese: 北京烤鸭, pinyin: běijīng kaoyā), is a famous dish from northeastern China. ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking), is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A glass of tawny port. ... A modern view of the ancient city of Porto, the city that gave the name to the country. ... Salisbury steak is ground beef served like a traditional steak. ... Salisbury Cathedral by Constable. ... Sardines or pilchards are a group of several types of small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. ... Sardinia (Sardegna in Italian, Sardigna, Sardinna or Sardinnia in the Sardinian language, Sardenya in Catalan), is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily is the largest), between Italy, Spain and Tunisia, south of Corsica. ... Sherry solera Sherry is a type of wine originally produced in and around the town of Jerez, Spain. ... Jerez de la Frontera (in former times also known as Xerex or Xeres) is a city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. ...

Cheese

• American
• Aveyron(nais)
• Caerphilly
• Cheddar
• Cheshire
• Colby
• Derby
• Gloucester
• Gorgonzola
• Gouda
• Gruyere
• Lancashire
• Leicester
• Limburg(er)
• Monterey (Jacks)
• Munster
• Parme(san)
• Roma(no)
• Roquefort
• Stilton
• Swiss
• Tilsit
• Wensleydale

Caerphilly Castle Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) is a town in Glamorgan, Wales, located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley. ... Cheddar Village circa 1907 Cheddar is a village in the district of Sedgemoor in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Mendip Hills nine miles north west of Wells. ... This article is about the English county. ... There are a few possible meanings of Colby: Colby cheese Colby, Kansas Colby, Wisconsin Colby (town), Wisconsin Colby College This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in south-west England, close to the Welsh border. ... Gorgonzola is a village in Italy, formerly with a separate identity, but now part of the Milan metropolitan area. ... Goudas 15th Century Town Hall Flag of Gouda Gouda (population 71,797 in 2004) is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... External link Gruyères homepage Other uses Gruyères is also a commune in the Ardennes département in France. ... Red Lancashire rose Lancashire is a county in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Leicester city centre, looking towards the clock tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands. ... Categories: Food and drink stubs | Belgian cheeses ... Munster refers to many things, primarily place names. ... Parmesan cheese. ... Roquefort can have one of several meanings: Roquefort cheese Roquefort, the mouse in Disneys The Aristocats Roquefort is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Roquefort, in the Gers département Roquefort, in the Landes département Roquefort, in the Lot-et-Garonne département Roquefort-de... Stilton cheese is a cheese of England. ... A railway bridge in Tilsit Sovetsk (Советск) is a town on the Neman River in the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, which prior to 1945 was known by its German name, Tilsit, and was in East Prussia. ... Wensleydale is a dale, or valley, of the east side of the Pennines in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in England. ...

Elements

See: Chemical elements named after places This is a list of chemical elements named after places. ...

See also

• Lists of etymologies
• List of eponyms, names derived from people's names
• demonym