(Redirected from List of political entities named after people)There are a number of 'places named after famous people'. For more on the general etymology of place names see
toponomy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see
eponym.
Continents
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North America and
South America -
Amerigo Vespucci
Antarctic
Countries
This is a summary of
country name etymologies.
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Bermuda -
Juan de Bermúdez (crown colony)
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Bharath - another name for
India (Bharath was a prince, son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala)
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Bolivia -
Simón Bolívar
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Cambodia -
Cambu Svayambhuva
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Colombia -
Louise (after the Italian version of his name)
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El Salvador - "The Saviour",
Jesus
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Israel -
Jacob (alternative name)
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Kiribati -
Thomas Gilbert
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Liechtenstein -
Anton Florian of Liechtenstein
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Marshall Islands -
John Marshall
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Mauritius -
Maurice of Nassau
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Philippines -
Philip II of Spain
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Saint Kitts and Nevis -
Saint Christopher
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Saint Lucia -
Lucy of Syracuse ''(?)''
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -
Saint Vincent
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San Marino -
Saint Marinus
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São Tomé and Príncipe -
Saint Thomas
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Saudi Arabia -
Muhammad bin Saud
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Seychelles -
Jean Moreau de Sechelles
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Solomon Islands -
Solomon
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The United States of America -
Amerigo Vespucci
Former countries
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Principality of Antioch, now part of
Turkey -
Antiochus, father of
Seleucus I Nicator
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Northern Rhodesia ''(Now
Zambia)'' -
Cecil Rhodes
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Southern Rhodesia ''(Now
Zimbabwe)'' -
Cecil Rhodes
Towns and cities
''Many smaller European towns and cities are named after their founders, often dating back many hundreds of years. Often, there is not much known about them today. In Latin America it is common practice to name (and often rename) birthplace towns for political leaders or distinguished figures, or after their notable sons.
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Amman,
Jordan -
Ammon
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Antioch -
Antiochus
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Caesarea (various cities in various countries) -
Julius Caesar or Roman Emperors.
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Ettelbruck - Etzel (
Attila the Hun)
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Henties Bay, Namibia - Major Hentie van der Merwe
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Kaiseraugst -
Augustus
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Kingston, Jamaica - King
William III of England
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Latakia -
Laodice
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Lüderitz -
Adolf Lüderitz
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Martelange -
Martelius
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San Salvador, El Salvador -
Jesus (the Christian Savior)
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San José, Costa Rica -
Saint Joseph
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Santiago de Chile -
Saint James
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Sinop,
Turkey -
Sinope - contested
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Thessaloniki - Thessalonica, sister of
Alexander the Great
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Zhongshan,
Guangdong,
China - Dr.
Sun Yat-sen
Afghanistan
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Ai-Khanoum, formerly named ''Alexandria on the Oxus'' -
Alexander the Great
Argentina
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Avellaneda –
Nicolás Avellaneda
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Comodoro Rivadavia –
Bernardino Rivadavia
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General San Martín –
José de San Martín
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General Sarmiento –
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
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Las Heras –
Juan Gregorio de las Heras
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Presidencia de la Plaza –
Victorino de la Plaza
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Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña –
Roque Sáenz Peña
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Pueyrredón,
Buenos Aires –
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
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Rawson –
Guillermo Rawson
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Trelew –
Lewis Jones
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Vicente López –
Vicente López y Planes
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Villa General Mitre –
Bartolomé Mitre
Australia
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Adelaide -
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
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Bowen -
George Ferguson Bowen
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Brisbane - Sir
Thomas Brisbane
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Cooktown,
Queensland -
Captain James Cook
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Darwin -
Charles Darwin
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Hobart -
Lord Hobart
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Mackay -
John Mackay
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Melbourne -
William Lamb, Lord Melbourne
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Sydney -
Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
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Townsville -
Robert Towns
Austria
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St. Pölten - The name ''Sankt Pölten'' is derived from
Hippolytus of Rome. The city was renamed to ''Sankt Hippolyt'', then ''Sankt Polyt'' and finally ''Sankt Pölten''.
Barbados
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Speightstown – William Speight (legislator)
Belarus
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Dzyarzhynsk –
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Belgium
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Charleroi – Charles II of Spain
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse –
Saint George
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Saint-Gilles –
Saint Giles
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Saint-Hubert –
Hubertus
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Saint-Nicolas –
Saint Nicholas
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem –
Agatha of Sicily
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Sint-Amands –
Saint Amand
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Sint-Gillis-Waas –
Saint Giles
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Sint-Laureins –
Lawrence of Rome
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Sint-Martens-Latem –
Martin of Tours
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Sint-Niklaas –
Saint Nicholas
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw –
Saint Peter
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Sint-Truiden –
Trudo
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Woluwe-Saint-Lambert –
Lambert of Maastricht
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Woluwe-Saint-Pierre –
Saint Peter
Bermuda
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Hamilton –
Henry Hamilton
Bolivia
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Sucre –
Antonio José de Sucre
Botswana
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Francistown – Daniel Francis (English prospector)
Brazil
For a longer list, please see
List of places in Brazil named after people
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Salvador, Brazil -
Jesus (the Christian Savior)
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São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil -
Louis IX of France (Saint Louis)
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São Paulo -
Saint Paul
Bulgaria
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Asenovgrad - tsar
Ivan Asen II
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Blagoevgrad - Communist leader
Dimitar Blagoev
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Botevgrad -
Hristo Botev
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Dimitrovgrad -
Georgi Dimitrov
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Gotse Delchev - revolutionary
Gotse Delchev
Former:
★ ''Kolarov'' was the name of
Shumen -
Vasil Kolarov
★ ''Stalin'' was the name of
Varna -
Joseph Stalin
★ ''Stanke Dimitrov'' was the name of
Dupnitsa - revolutionary
Stanke Dimitrov
★ ''Tolbukhin'' was the name of
Dobrich - Soviet marshal
Fyodor Tolbukhin
Canada
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Abbotsford, British Columbia – Harry Abbott (railway superintendent)
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Barrie, Ontario – Sir
Robert Barrie
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Bathurst, New Brunswick –
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
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Brockville, Ontario and
Brock, Ontario –
Isaac Brock
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Brooks, Alberta – Noel Edgell Brooks (railway engineer)
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Burnaby, British Columbia – Robert Burnaby (politician and explorer)
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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Queen
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of King
George III of the United Kingdom
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Churchill, Manitoba –
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
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Drummondville, Quebec –
Gordon Drummond
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Edmundston, New Brunswick –
Edmund Walker Head
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Fredericton, New Brunswick -
Prince Frederick, Duke of York
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Halifax -
George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
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Hamilton, Ontario –
George Hamilton
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Huntsville, Ontario – Captain George Hunt (settler)
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Joliette, Quebec –
Barthélemy Joliette
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Kitchener, Ontario -
Horatio Kitchener
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Lethbridge,
Alberta –
William Lethbridge
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Markham, Ontario –
William Markham
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Mont-Laurier, Quebec – Sir
Wilfrid Laurier
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Morrisburg, Ontario –
James Morris
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Peterborough, Ontario –
Peter Robinson
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Port Alberni, British Columbia – Captain
Pere d'Alberní
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Prince Albert, Saskatchewan –
Albert, Prince Consort
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Prince George, British Columbia –
George III of England
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Prince Rupert, British Columbia –
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
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Regina, Saskatchewan –
Queen Victoria
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Selkirk, Manitoba –
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
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Sherbrooke, Quebec and
Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia –
John Coape Sherbrooke
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Sydney, Nova Scotia -
Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
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Timmins, Ontario –
Noah Timmins
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Vancouver - Captain
George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent (
van Coevorden)
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Victoria, British Columbia -
Queen Victoria
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Victoriaville, Quebec –
Queen Victoria
Chile
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Cochrane –
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (captain)
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Galvarino –
Galvarino (Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco)
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Lautaro –
Lautaro (Mapuche leader during the War of Arauco)
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Puerto Ingerniero Ibáñez –
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (President)
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Puerto Montt –
Manuel Montt (President)
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Puerto Saavedra –
Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez (Military figure that played a major roll in the Occupation of the Araucanía)
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Puerto Varas – Antonio Varas (minister of the interior)
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Puerto Williams –
Juan Williams Rebolledo (Chilean admiral)
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San Fernando –
Saint Ferdinand
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San Pedro de Atacama –
Saint Peter
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Santiago –
Saint James
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Teodoro Schmidt –
Teodoro Schmidt
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Valdivia –
Pedro de Valdivia (conqueror of Chile)
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Villa O'Higgins –
Bernardo O'Higgins (libertador of Chile)
Republic of the Congo
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Brazzaville –
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Croatia
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Karlovac –
Charles II of Austria
Czech Republic
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Adamov (Blansko District) -
Adam Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein, ironworks owner
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Alojzov -
Alois I, Prince of Liechtenstein
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Františkovy Lázně -
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Golčův Jeníkov -
Martin Maxmillian Goltz, general of the Habsburg army
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Havlíčkův Brod -
Karel Havlíček Borovský
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Jáchymov -
St. Joachim
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Jindřichův Hradec - Jindřich z Hradce, owner of the castle in the town
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Fortress Josefov and
Josefov (Prague) -
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Karlín -
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
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Karlovy Vary -
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
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Karlštejn, castle and village -
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
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Mladá Boleslav -
Boleslaus II of Bohemia
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Špindlerův Mlýn - Špindler, a miller
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Stará Boleslav -
Boleslaus I of Bohemia
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Terezín - Empress
Maria Theresa of Austria
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Žižkov -
Jan Žižka
Former:
★ ''Gottwaldov'' was the name of
Zlín from 1948–1990 -
Klement Gottwald
Denmark
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Augustenborg, Auguste, duchess of
Schleswig-Holstein
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Fredericia, King
Frederick III of Denmark
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Frederiksberg, King
Frederick IV of Denmark
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Frederikshavn, King
Frederick VI of Denmark
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Frederikssund,
Frederick III of Denmark
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Frederiksværk, King
Frederick V of Denmark
In Greenland:
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Christianshåb (Inuit:
Qasigiannguit), King
Christian VI of Denmark
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Frederikshåb (Inuit:
Paamiut), King
Frederick V of Denmark
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Jakobshavn (Inuit:
Ilulissat),
Jakob Severin, a fur trader
Dominican Republic
Former:
★ ''Ciudad Trujillo'' was the name of
Santo Domingo –
Rafael Trujillo
Egypt
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Alexandria –
Alexander the Great
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Crocodilopolis:
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★ formerly named ''Arsinoe'' –
Arsinoe II of Egypt
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★ formerly named ''Ptolemais Euergetis'' –
Ptolemy III Euergetes
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Port Fouad –
Fuad I of Egypt
Falkland Islands
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Darwin –
Charles Darwin
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Stanley –
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Finland
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Brahestad (Finnish:
Raahe),
Peter Brahe, Governor-General of Finland
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Fredrikshamn (Finnish:
Hamina), King
Frederick I of Sweden
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Jakobstad (Finnish:
Pietarsaari),
Jacob De la Gardie (The city was founded by his widow,
Ebba Brahe)
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Kaarina (Swedish:
Sankt Karins),
Saint Catherine of Sweden
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Loviisa (Swedish:
Lovisa),
Lovisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden
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Kristiinankaupunki (Swedish:
Kristinestad) - Queen
Christina of Sweden
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Mariehamn (Finnish:
Maarianhamina), Empress
Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
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Mikkeli (Swedish:
Sankt Michel),
Archangel Michael
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Vaasa (Swedish:
Vasa), King
Gustav I of Sweden
France
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Carla-Bayle -
Pierre Bayle (
1647-
1706),
philosopher and writer
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Châtillon-Coligny -
Gaspard de Coligny
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Crillon-le-Brave (''the brave'') -
Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon
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Decazeville -
Élie, duc Decazes
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Descartes -
René Descartes
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Ferney-Voltaire -
Voltaire
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Flavigny-sur-Ozerain - possibly named after a Roman general Flavius
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La Louptière-Thénard -
Louis Jacques Thénard
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Saint-Léger-Vauban -
Vauban
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Vendays-Montalivet -
Jean-Pierre Bachasson, comte de Montalivet
Gabon
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Bongoville –
Omar Bongo
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Lastoursville – François Rigail de Lastours
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Port-Gentil –
Émile Gentil
Germany
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Augsburg -
Augustus
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Karlsruhe - Margrave
Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach
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Leverkusen -
Carl Leverkus
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Saarlouis -
Louis XIV of France
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Wilhelmshaven (William's harbour) - King William I of Prussia, the later
Emperor William I
Former:
★ ''Karl-Marx-Stadt'' was the name of
Chemnitz -
Karl Marx
★ ''Stalinstadt'' was the name of
Eisenhüttenstadt -
Stalin
Greece
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Alexandroupoli - King
Alexander I of Greece
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Athens -
Athene
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Nafplion -
Nauplius
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Ptolemaida -
Ptolemais I Soter
Guyana
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Georgetown -
King George III of the United Kingdom
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Lethem -
Sir Gordon James Lethem
Hong Kong
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Aberdeen Harbour -
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
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Belcher Bay -
Edward Belcher
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Cape D'Aguilar -
George Charles D'Aguilar
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Kennedy Town -
Arthur Edward Kennedy
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Mount Davis, Hong Kong -
John Francis Davis
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Stanley, Hong Kong -
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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Victoria City - Queen Victoria
Hungary
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Benczúrfalva -
Gyula Benczúr
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Bocskaikert -
Stephen Bocskay
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Petőfibánya -
Sándor Petőfi
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Petőfiszállás -
Sándor Petőfi
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Rákóczifalva -
Francis II Rákóczi
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Rákócziújfalu -
Francis II Rákóczi
India
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Aurangabad -
Aurangazeb (Mughal emperor)
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Bodh Gaya -
Buddha
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Gandhinagar -
Mahatma Gandhi
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Gangaikonda Cholapuram - Rajendra Cholan, alias GangaiKondaCholan (Conqueror of the Ganges), a
Chola dynasty emperor
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Hyderabad -
HAIDER BEGUM,WIFE OF ASAF JHA
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Vizianagaram -
Sri Raja Pusapati Vijaya Rama Raju (Gajapthi Clan)
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Jamshedpur, also called Tata Nagar -
Jamshetji Tata
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Mumbai -
Mumbadevi
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RamachandraPuram -
Raja Kakarlapudi Rama Chandra Raju
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Rajapalayam -
Kshatriya Rajus Community (Kshatriyars)
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Tughlakabad -
Mohammed Bin Tughlaq
Iran
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Apamea (Media) - Apama, mother of
Antiochus I Soter
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Apamea Ragiana - a royal woman named Apama among the
Seleucids
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Nahavand:
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★ formerly named ''Laodicea'' -
Laodice of Macedonia
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★ formerly named ''Antiochia'' - Antiochus I Soter
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Seleucia (Susiana) -
Seleucus I Nicator
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Seleucia (Susiana) - a Seleucus of the Seleucid dynasty
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Susa, formerly named ''Seleucia'' - Seleucus I Nicator
Iraq
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Antiochia in Sittacene -
Antiochus I Soter
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Apamea (Babylonia) - a royal woman named Apama among the
Seleucids
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Apamea (Sittacene) - Apama, mother of Antiochus I Soter
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Charax Spasinu:
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★ formerly named ''Alexandria'' -
Alexander the Great
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★ formerly named ''Antiochia in Susiana'' -
Antiochus IV
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★ formerly named ''Charax of Hyspaosines'' -
Hyspaosines
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Iskandariya - Named after
Alexander the Great
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Laodicea (Mesopotamia) - a royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucids
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Seleucia -
Seleucus I Nicator
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Seleucia (Sittacene) - Seleucus I Nicator
Ireland (Republic of)
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Edgeworthstown -
Henry Essex Edgeworth de Firmont, a local rector
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Charlestown -
Charles Strickland, Land Agent and Town Planner
Israel
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Acre, formerly named ''Antiochia Ptolemais'' -
Alexander the Great's generals
Antiochus and
Ptolemy Soter
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Herzliyya -
Theodor Herzl
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Hippos, formerly named ''Antiochia Hippos'' - an
Antiochus of the
Seleucid dynasty
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Netanya -
Nathan Strauss
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Qiryat Bialik - writer
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
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Tiberias,
Tiberius Caesar Augustus
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Seleucia Samulias - a Seleucus among the
Seleucid dynasty
Italy
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Alessandria -
Pope Alexander III
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Bosisio Parini -
Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet
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Riese Pio X -
Pope Pius X
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Sasso Marconi -
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer
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Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII -
Pope John XXIII
Jordan
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Abila, formerly named ''Seleucia'' - a Seleucus among the
Seleucid dynasty
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Umm Qais:
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★ formerly named ''Antiochia'' -
Antiochus III the Great
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★ formerly named ''Seleucia'' -
Seleucus II Callinicus
Kazakhstan
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Fort Shevchenko - Ukrainian poet
Taras Shevchenko
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Ridder -
Philip Ridder. Between 1941-2002 the city was called ''Leninogorsk'' after
Lenin.
Former:
★ ''Dzhambul'' was the name of
Taraz - Kazakh poet
Zhambyl Zhabayev
★ ''Panfilov'' was the name of
Zharkent -
Ivan Panfilov
★ ''Shevchenko'' was the name of
Aqtau -
Taras Shevchenko
Kyrgyzstan
Former:
★ ''Frunze'' was the name of
Bishkek from 1926-1991 -
Mikhail Frunze
★ ''Przhevalsk'' was the name of
Karakol from 1888-1921 and 1939-1991 -
Nikolai Przhevalsky
Lebanon
Former:
★ ''Laodicea in Phoenicia'' was an ancient name of
Beirut - a royal woman named Laodice among the
Seleucid dynasty
Liberia
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Barclayville –
Edwin Barclay
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Buchanan –
James Buchanan
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Monrovia –
James Monroe
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Tubmanburg –
William Tubman
Libya
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Ptolemais - a king of the
Ptolemaids, probably
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Mauritius
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Mahébourg –
Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais
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Port Louis –
Louis XV of France
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Souillac –
François de Souillac
Mexico
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Cerralvo,
Nuevo León –
Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo
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Chilapa de Alvarez,
Guerrero –
Juan Álvarez
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Ciudad Acuña,
Coahuila – Manuel Acuña (poet)
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Ciudad Hidalgo,
Michoacán –
Miguel Hidalgo
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Ciudad Juárez,
Chihuahua –
Benito Juárez
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Ciudad López Mateos,
State of Mexico –
Adolfo López Mateos
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Ciudad Madero,
Tamaulipas –
Francisco I. Madero
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Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl,
State of Mexico –
Nezahualcoyotl
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Ciudad Nicolás Romero,
State of Mexico – Nicolás Romero
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Ciudad Obregón,
Sonora –
Álvaro Obregón
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Ciudad Victoria,
Tamaulipas –
Guadalupe Victoria
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Doctor Coss,
Nuevo León – Dr. José María Coss (politician)
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Dolores Hidalgo,
Guanajuato –
Miguel Hidalgo
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Emiliano Zapata,
Morelos –
Emiliano Zapata
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Galeana,
Nuevo León – Hermenegildo Galeana (lieutenant)
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General Bravo,
Nuevo León –
Nicolas Bravo
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General Treviño,
Nuevo León – Gen. Jeronimo Treviño
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Gutiérrez Zamora,
Veracruz – Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
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Juan Aldama,
Zacatecas –
Juan Aldama
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Lázaro Cárdenas,
Michoacán –
Lázaro Cárdenas
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Matamoros,
Tamaulipas –
Mariano Matamoros
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Melchor Ocampo,
Nuevo León – Don Melchor Ocampo (foreign minister)
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Sabinas Hidalgo,
Nuevo León –
Miguel Hidalgo
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Venustiano Carranza,
Michoacán –
Venustiano Carranza
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Villa Guerrero,
Jalisco –
Vicente Guerrero
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Villa Juárez,
San Luis Potosí –
Benito Juárez
Namibia
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Keetmanshoop – Johann Keetman (German trader)
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Lüderitz –
Adolf Lüderitz
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Schuckmannsburg – Bruno von Schuckmann
Netherlands
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Anna Paulowna -
Anna Pavlovna of Russia
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Geertruidenberg -
Gertrude of Nivelles
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's-Gravenzande (lit. ''The Count's Sand'') -
William, King of the Romans (and Count of Holland)
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Heerhugowaard - lord ('heer') Hugo of
Assendelft
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's-Hertogenbosch (lit. ''The Duke's Forest'') -
Henry I, Duke of Brabant
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Julianadorp - Queen
Juliana of the Netherlands
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Lelystad - ir.
Cornelis Lely
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Sint Annaparochie -
Saint Anne
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Sint Jacobiparochie -
James, son of Zebedee
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Sint Maarten-
Martin of Tours
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Sint Nicolaasga -
Saint Nicholas
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Sint-Oedenrode -
Saint Oda
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Sint Pancras -
Saint Pancras
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Sint Willebrord -
Saint Willibrord
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Vrouwenpolder -
Our Lady (''Onze Vrouwe'')
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Wilhelminadorp - Queen
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
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Willemsdorp - King
William I of the Netherlands
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Willemstad -
William the Silent
Netherlands Antilles
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Wilemstad -
William II, Prince of Orange or his son
William III of England
New Zealand
★
Albert Town –
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Alexandra –
Alexandra of Denmark
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Christchurch –
Jesus Christ (indirectly via
Christ Church, a college of the
University of Oxford in
England)
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Hunterville – George Hunter (merchant)
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Napier –
Charles James Napier
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Palmerston North –
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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Wellington – Duke of
Wellington
Nicaragua
★
Ciudad Darío –
Rubén Darío
Nigeria
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Port Harcourt –
Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
Norway
★
Eydehavn -
Sam Eyde, an industrial pioneer
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Fredrikstad - King
Frederick II of Denmark
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Kristiansand - King
Christian IV of Denmark
★
Kristiansund - King
Christian VI of Denmark
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Longyearbyen - world's northernmost town -
John Munro Longyear
Former:
★ ''Christiania'' (
1624-
1877) and ''Kristiania'' (
1877-
1925) was the name of
Oslo - King
Christian VI of Denmark
★ ''Fredrikshald'' was the name of
Halden (
1665-
1928) - King
Frederick III of Denmark
★ ''Fredriksvern'' was the name of
Stavern (
1799-
1930) - King
Frederick III of Denmark
★ ''Victoriahavn'' was the name of
Narvik (
1887-
1902) - Queen
Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland
Panama
★
Colón –
Christopher Columbus
Papua New Guinea
★
Finschhafen –
Otto Finsch
★
Port Moresby – Admiral Sir
Fairfax Moresby
Paraguay
★
Pedro Juan Caballero –
Pedro Juan Caballero
★
Villa Hayes –
Rutherford Hayes
Philippines
★
Quezon City –
Manuel L. Quezon
★
Roxas City –
Manuel Roxas
★
Valenzuela City –
Pio Valenzuela
Poland
★
Antonin -
Antoni Radziwiłł
★
Barczewo -
Walenty Barczewski
★
Bemowo -
Józef Bem
★
Dzierżoniów -
Jan Dzierżon
★
Giżycko -
Herman Marcin Gustaw Gizewiusz
★
Henrykowo -
Henry I the Bearded
★
Kętrzyn -
Wojciech Kętrzyński
★
Korfantów -
Wojciech Korfanty
★
Lipce Reymontowskie -
Władysław Reymont
★
Mrągowo -
Krzysztof Celestyn Mrongowiusz
★
Pieniężno -
Seweryn Pieniężny
★
Sokołowsko -
Alfred Sokołowski
★
Wejherowo -
Jakub Weyher
★
Władysławowo -
King Wladislaus IV Vasa
★
Zamość -
Jan Zamoyski
★
Żyrardów -
Philippe de Girard
Former:
★ ''Stalinogród'' was the name of
Katowice from 1953-1956 -
Joseph Stalin
★ ''Bierutowice'' was the name of
Karpacz Górny (now part of
Karpacz) from 1949-1991 -
Bolesław Bierut
Romania
★
Ady Endre -
Endre Ady, hungarian poet
★
Alexandria - Prince
Grigore Alexandru Ghica
★
Bucharest -
Bucur, legendary shepherd
★
Constanţa -
Flavia Julia Constantia, sister of
Constantine the Great
★
Cuza Vodă, Constanţa -
Alexander John Cuza
★
Giurgiu -
Saint George
★
Ion Corvin, Constanţa -
John Hunyadi
★
Medgidia -
Abdülmecid
★
Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanţa -
Mihail Kogălniceanu
★
Mihai Viteazu, Constanţa -
Michael the Brave
★
Mircea Vodă, Constanţa -
Mircea I of Wallachia
★
Nicolae Bălcescu, Constanţa -
Nicolae Bălcescu
★
Negru Vodă - probably
Radu Negru
★
Oneşti -
Stephen the Great's daughter, Oana
★
Ovidiu -
Ovid
★
Roman -
Roman I of Moldavia
★
Saligny, Constanţa -
Anghel Saligny
★
Sfântu Gheorghe -
Saint George
★
Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea -
Saint George
Former:
★ ''Stalin'' was the name of
Braşov -
Joseph Stalin
★ ''Vasile Roaită'' was the name of
Eforie Sud - after a communist shot during the
Griviţa Strike of 1933
★ ''Ferdinand I'' was the name of
Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanţa -
Ferdinand I of Romania
★ ''Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej'' was the name of
Oneşti -
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Russia
★
Babushkin –
Ivan Babushkin
★
Budyonnovsk - Marshal
Semyon Budyonny
★
Chaykovsky –
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
★
Chernyakhovsk - general
Ivan Chernyakhovsky
★
Gagarin -
Yury Gagarin
★
Demidov – Bolshevik Yakov Demidov
★
Dimitrovgrad -
Georgi Dimitrov
★
Dmitrov –
Saint Demetrius
★
Dzerzhinsk –
Felix Dzerzhinsky
★
Engels -
Friedrich Engels
★
Furmanov –
Dmitri Furmanov
★
Kaliningrad -
Mikhail Kalinin
★
Khabarovsk - explorer of Siberia
Yerofey Khabarov
★
Kingisepp - Bolshevik
Viktor Kingissepp
★
Kirov -
Sergey Kirov
★
Kirovgrad -
Sergey Kirov
★
Kirovsk -
Sergey Kirov
★
Korolyov - rocket engineer
Sergey Korolyov
★
Kotovsk –
Grigore Kotovski
★
Kropotkin –
Peter Kropotkin
★
Leninsk-Kuznetsky -
Vladimir Lenin
★
Lermontov –
Mikhail Lermontov
★
Lomonosov - writer and scientist
Mikhail Lomonosov
★
Makhachkala - Daghestani revolutionary
Makhach
★
Marks –
Karl Marx
★
Michurinsk - selectionist
Ivan Michurin
★
Nesterov – World War II hero Sergey Nesterov
★
Noginsk - Bolshevik
Viktor Nogin
★
Pavlovsk –
Paul I
★
Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast –
Peter the Great
★
Petrozavodsk - tsar
Peter the Great
★
Pushkin -
Aleksandr Pushkin
★
Saint Petersburg -
St. Peter, as the patron saint of
Peter the Great (
St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States was in turn named after the Russian city)
★
Sergiyev Posad - St.
Sergii Radonezhsky
★
Shelekhov –
Grigory Shelikhov
★
Togliatti -
Palmiro Togliatti
★
Ulyanovsk -
Vladimir Lenin, whose birth name was Ulyanov
★
Yaroslavl - prince
Yaroslav I the Wise
★
Yekaterinburg, Russia -
Saint Catherine and
Catherine I of Russia
Former:
★ ''Brezhnev'' was the name of
Naberezhnye Chelny -
Leonid Brezhnev
★ ''Gorky'' was the name of
Nizhny Novgorod -
Maxim Gorky
★ ''Chkalov'' was the name of
Orenburg - aircraft test pilot
Valery Chkalov
★ ''Kalinin'' was the name of
Tver -
Mikhail Kalinin
★ ''Kuybyshev'' was the name of
Samara -
Valerian Kuybyshev
★ ''Leningrad'' was the name of
Saint Petersburg -
Vladimir Lenin
★ ''Molotov'' was the name of
Perm -
Vyacheslav Molotov
★ ''Novonikolaevsk'' was the name of
Novosibirsk - tsar
Nicholas II
★ ''Ordzhonikidze'' was the name of
Vladikavkaz -
Sergo Ordzhonikidze
★ ''Petrovsk-Port'' was the name of
Makhachkala -
Peter the Great
★ ''Stalingrad'' was the name of
Volgograd -
Joseph Stalin
★ ''Stalinsk'' was the name of
Novokuznetsk -
Joseph Stalin
★ ''Sverdlovsk'' was the name of
Yekaterinburg -
Yakov Sverdlov
★ ''Yekaterinodar'' was the name of
Krasnodar -
Catherine the Great
Senegal
★
Saint-Louis –
Louis XIV
Serbia
★
Aleksa Šantić -
Aleksa Šantić
★
Bajina Bašta -
Baja Osman
★
Dimitrovgrad -
Georgi Dimitrov
★
Jaša Tomić -
Jaša Tomić
★
Karađorđevo -
Karađorđe
★
Miletićevo -
Svetozar Miletić
★
Obilić -
Miloš Obilić
★
Svetozar Miletić - Svetozar Miletić
★
Zrenjanin -
Žarko Zrenjanin
Former:
★ ''Svetozarevo'' was the name of
Jagodina -
Svetozar Marković
★ ''Rankovicevo'' was the name of
Kraljevo -
Aleksandar Rankovic
Obrenovac-Milos Obrenovic
South Africa
★
Alexandra – Alexandra Papenfus (wife of farmer)
★
Deneysville – Deneys Reitz
★
Douglas – Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Douglas
★
Durban - Sir
Benjamin d'Urban
★
La Lucia -
Lucia Michel
★
Johannesburg -
Johannes Rissk;
Johannes Meyer
★
Kimberley –
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
★
Krugersdorp -
Paul Kruger
★
Port Elizabeth -
Elizabeth Donkin (wife of governor Sir
Rufane Shaw Donkin)
★
Pretoria -
Andries Pretorius
★
Simon's Town -
Simon van der Stel
★
Stellenbosch -
Simon van der Stel
★
Swellendam -
Hendrik Swellengrebel
★
Upington –
Thomas Upington
Spain
★
Pamplona (
Latin ''Pompaelo'') -
Pompey the Great (founder)
★
San Sebastián -
Saint Sebastian
★
Santiago de Compostela -
Saint James the Great
★
Zaragoza (
Latin, ''Caesaeraugusta''; in
English, Saragossa) - Emperor
Augustus
Former:
★ ''El'' Ferrol ''del Caudillo'' -
Francisco Franco birthplace (now restored its original name
Ferrol)
Sudan
★
Suakin, formerly named ''Ptolemais Theron'' -
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Sweden
★
Borstahusen - Rasmus Andersson Borste och Jöns Andersson Borste, fishermen
★
Dorotea -
Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.
★
Eskilstuna -
Saint Eskil
★
Fredrika -
Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.
★
Filipstad - Karl Filip, the son of King
Charles IX of Sweden
★
Jakobsberg - Jakob Lilliehöök, owner, 17th century.
★
Karlshamn - King
Charles X Gustav of Sweden
★
Karlskoga - King
Charles IX of Sweden
★
Karlskrona - King
Charles XI of Sweden
★
Karlstad - King
Charles IX of Sweden
★
Kristianstad - King
Christian IV of Denmark
★
Kristinehamn - Queen
Christina of Sweden
★
Mariefred -
Mary, mother of Jesus
★
Mariestad - Queen Mary, wife of
Charles IX of Sweden
★
Örnsköldsvik -
Per Abraham Örnsköld, Governor 1762-1769
★
Oskarshamn - King
Oscar I of Sweden
★
Ulricehamn - Queen
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
★
Vilhelmina -
Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, for a period Swedish Queen.
Switzerland
★
Augst (near the ancient city of
Augusta Raurica) - Roman Emperor
Augustus
★
Kaiseraugst (also near Augusta Raurica) - Augustus
Syria
★
Apamea (Syria) -
Apama, wife of
Seleucus I Nicator
★
Arwad, formerly ''Antiochia in Pieria'' -
Antiochus I Soter
★
Latakia, formerly ''Laodicea'' -
Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator
★
Laodicea ad Libanum - a woman named
Laodice among the
Seleucids
★
Seleucia ad Belum - a Seleucus of the
Seleucid dynasty
Tajikistan
★
Alexandria Eschate -
Alexander the Great
Trinidad and Tobago
★
Diego Martin – Don Diego Martin (explorer)
Turkey
★
Adana, formerly ''Antiochia in Cilicia'' and ''Antiochia ad Sarum'' - one of the
Seleucids named
Antiochus
★
Alabanda, formerly ''Antiochia of the Chrysaorians'' -
Antiochus III
★
Antakya, formerly ''Antiochia'' -
Antiochus, father of
Seleucus I Nicator
★
Antioch, Pisidia - Antiochus, father of Seleucus
★
Antioch on the Maeander -
Antiochus I Soter
★
Antiochia, Lydia -
Antiochus IV
★
Antiochia Lamotis - one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
★
Antiochia ad Cragum - Antiochus IV
★
Antiochia ad Pyramum - one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
★
Antiochia ad Taurum - one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
★
Antiochia Paraliou - one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
★
Antiochia in Mesopotamia also known as ''Antiochia in Arabia'':
★
★ named for one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
★
★ later named ''Antoninopolis'' - one of the
Antonines, probably
Antoninus Pius
★
★ yet later named ''Constantia'' and ''Constantina'' - Roman emperor
Constantius Chlorus
★
★ yet later named ''Maximianopolis'' - Roman emperor
Maximian
★
Apamea (Euphrates) -
Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
★
Apamea (Phrygia) - Apama, wife of Seleucus I Nicator
★
Apamea Myrlea:
★
★ named for Apama, wife of King
Prusias I of Bithynia
★
★ later site of Roman colony, ''Colonia Iulia Concordia -
Julius Caesar
★
Aydın:
★
★ named for
Aydın Bey, the founder of the Anatolian Turkish Beylik of Aydınoğlu in 1307
★
★ formerly ''Antiochia'' - Antiochus, father of Seleucus
★
★ also formerly ''Seleucia ad Maeandrum'' - Seleucus I Nicator
★
★ also formerly ''Caesarea'' and ''Kaisareia'' - Julius Caesar
★
Cebrene:
★
★ formerly ''Alexandria'' -
Alexander the Great
★
★ formerly ''Antiochia in Troad'' - Antiochus I Soter
★
Edirne, formerly ''Hadrianopolis'' - Roman emperor
Hadrian
★ Eski Stambul:
★
★ formerly ''Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas'' -
Augustus and Alexander the Great
★
★ formerly ''
Alexandria Troas'' - Alexander the Great
★
★ formerly ''Antigonia Troas'' -
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
★
Istanbul, formerly ''Konstantinoupolis/Constantinople'' -
Constantine I
★
Ladik, formerly ''Laodicea Pontica'' - one of the Seleucids named Laodice
★
Laodicea on the Lycus -
Laodice I, wife of
Antiochus II
★
Laodicea Combusta -
Laodice of Macedonia, mother of Seleucus I Nicator
★
Lysimachia -
Lysimachus
★
Mopsuestia:
★
★ formerly named ''Seleucia on the Pyramus'' - Seleucus I Nicator
★
★ formerly named ''Hadria'' - Hadrian
★
★ formerly named ''Decia'' - Roman emperor
Decius
★
Nusaybin, formerly ''Antiochia Mygdonia'' - Antiochus I Soter
★
Samosata, formerly ''Antiochia in Commagene'' - one of the Seleucids named Antiochus
★
Şanlıurfa:
★
★ formerly ''Antiochia on the Callirhoe'' - Antiochus IV
★
★ formerly ''Justinopolis'' - Byzantine emperor
Justinian
★
Seleucia Pieria - Seleucus I Nicator
★
Seleucia above Zeugma - Seleucus I Nicator
★
Seleucia (Pamphylia) - Seleucus I Nicator
★
Seleucia Sidera:
★
★ named for Seleucus I Nicator
★
★ later called ''Claudioseleucia'' - Roman emperor
Claudius
★
Silifke, formerly ''Seleucia'' - Seleucus I Nicator
★
Stratonicea (Lydia):
★
★ named for a royal wife named
Stratonice, possibly the wife of
Eumenes II
★
★ later named ''Hadrianopolis'' - Hadrian
★
Stratonikeia:
★
★ named for
Stratonice of Syria
★
★ later named ''Hadrianopolis'' - Hadrian
★
Tarsus, formerly ''Antiochia on the Cydnus'' - Antiochus IV
★
Zeugma, formerly ''Seleucia'' - Seleucus I Nicator
Turkmenistan
★
Merv:
★
★ formerly named ''Alexandria'' -
Alexander the Great
★
★ formerly named ''Antiochia in Margiana'' -
Antiochus I Soter
★
Turkmenbashi –
Saparmurat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov
Uganda
★
Fort Portal – Sir Gerald Portal (British commissioner)
★
Port Bell – Sir Hesketh Bell (British commissioner)
Ukraine
★
Artemivsk - revolutionary Artem
★
Dniprodzerzhynsk -
Felix Dzerzhinsky
★
Dnipropetrovsk - bolshevik
Grigory Petrovsky who was one of the leaders of Communist Ukraine in 20's-30's
★
Ivano-Frankivsk - writer
Ivan Franko
★
Khmelnytskyi -
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
★
Kirovohrad -
Sergey Kirov
★
Mariupol -
St.Mary or tsarine
Maria Fyodorovna of Russia
★
Mykolaiv –
Saint Nicholas
★
Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi -
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
★
Stakhanov - famous miner
Aleksei Stakhanov
★
Torez -
Maurice Thorez
Former:
★ ''Aleksandrovsk'' was the name of
Zaporizhia - tsar
Alexander I
★ ''Stalino'' was the name of
Donetsk -
Joseph Stalin
★ ''Stanisławów'',''Stanyslaviv'' was the name of
Ivano-Frankivsk - Polish magnat
Stanisław Potocki
★ ''Voroshilovgrad'' was the name of
Luhansk -
Kliment Voroshilov
★ ''Yekaterinoslav'' was the name of
Dnipropetrovsk -
Catherine the Great
★ ''Yelizavetgrad'' was the name of
Kirovohrad -
Saint Elizabeth and tsarine
Elizabeth of Russia
★ ''Yuzovka'' was the name of
Donetsk - British businessman
John Hughes
★ ''Zhdanov'' was the name of
Mariupol -
Andrey Zhdanov
★ ''Zinovievsk'' was the name of
Kirovohrad -
Grigory Zinoviev
United Kingdom
England
★
Bury St Edmunds -
Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia
★
Kingston upon Hull -
Edward I of England
★
Ormskirk - Orme, a
Viking chief
★
Peterlee - Peter Lee, a miners' leader
★
Telford -
Thomas Telford
Northern Ireland
★
County Tyrone - after after
Eoghan, son of
Niall of the Nine Hostages
★
Craigavon - after
Lord Craigavon, a former
Prime Minister
★
Helen's Bay - after
Lady Helen Dufferin
★
Randalstown - after
Randal MacDonnell
United States
For a longer list, please see
List of places in United States named after people.
★
Austin, Texas -
Stephen F. Austin
★
Baltimore, Maryland -
Lord Baltimore
★
Dallas, Texas -
George M. Dallas
★
Jacksonville -
Andrew Jackson
★
Houston -
Sam Houston
★
Los Angeles –
Our Lady the Queen of the Angels
★
San Antonio -
Saint Anthony of Padua
★
San Diego -
Didacus of Alcalá, better known as San Diego
★
San Francisco, California -
Saint Francis
★
San Jose, California -
Saint Joseph
United States Virgin Islands
★
Charlotte Amalie –
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Cassel
Uzbekistan
★
Antiochia in Scythia -
Antiochus I Soter
Venezuela
★
Ciudad Bolivar -
Simón Bolívar
Vietnam
★
Ho Chi Minh City -
Ho Chi Minh
Former:
★ ''Thanh Thai Phien'' was the name of
Da Nang in 1945 -
Thái Phiên
Zambia
★
Livingstone - doctor
David Livingstone
See also
★ Lists of places named after people
★
★
List of country subdivisions named after people
★
★
List of lakes named after people
★
★
List of islands named after people
★ Buildings and structures named after people
★
★
List of eponyms of airports
★
★
List of eponyms of stadiums
★
★
List of convention centers named after people
★
★
List of railway stations named after people
★
Lists of places by eponym
★
List of eponyms
★
Lists of etymologies
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