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List of political entities named after people - Definition and Overview |
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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.
Continents
Countries
Former countries
Administrative divisions
- Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavian landowner
- Angus - King Oengus I of the Picts
- Bedfordshire - 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 Cruithe
- Gibraltar - 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 landowner
- Kirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
- Lothian - Leudonus
- Merionethshire - 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 Avellaneda
- Baltimore - Lord Baltimore
- Bismarck, 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 Spain
- Charlottetown, 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'Urban
- Edison, 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 Meyer
- Karlsruhe, Germany - Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
- Kaiseraugst - 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 - Martelius
- Melbourne - Lord Melbourne
- Monrovia - James Monroe
- Nariño, Colombia - Antonio Nariño
- Ormskirk - Orme, a Viking chief
- Peçanha, 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 Barros
- Pueyrredón, 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
Airports
List of places categorized by name of person
See also
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