Mino × a genus of myna starlings, also name of various towns in Japan Miro × an evergreen coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand Mirto × a commune in Sicily, also a popular liqueur made from myrtle Miti × a village in Estonia, also Swahili fot trees and Tahitian for sea, ocean...
Besides such well-known cities as Posen (hence Posner), Berlin (hence Berliner and Berlinsky), Bingen, Cassel, Treves (whence, according to some authorities, originated the very popular Alsatian name of Dreyfus), Dresden, Fulda (hence Fould), and Oppenheim, less familiar towns, like Flatau,...
19.Adrianna. This feminine form of Adrian comes from the name Hadrian, which is probably best known as the name of a famous Roman emperor. Two towns in Italy and the Adriatic Sea were named after him. Other variant spellings of the female version of the name include Adriana with one n ...
The capitals of all countries are written in CAPITAL LETTERS on the map. (E. G.: “BRATISLAVA (Pressburg)”) Changelog: v1.35 –Added city names of Poland Rebuilding v2.2 –Added city names of Project Balkans v1.8 v1.31 –Adapted for ProMods 2.25+ v1.3 –Cities of Italy DLC added –Fi...
WhenIexaminedthepersonnelrecordsofthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury, aninterestingphenomenonstoodoutregardingthesurnamesofthetowns' people.ThevastmajorityofGorodokJewshadYiddishorGermansurnames thatwereapparentlygiventothembytheKahal(Jewishcommunity)officials wellbefore1793(theIIIpartitionofPoland-ornotlongthereafter),atthe...
The oddness of Texas city names doesn't just lie in their pronunciation, but the actual names themselves can be downright ridiculous. Here are a few of the silliest named Texas towns that I could find. Bug Tussle The last census of the town of Bug Tussle was in 1990, and it put the ...
It is the name of several communities and towns in the U.S., including in Illinois, Texas, West Virginia, and Indiana. 46. Rose Rose is a Late Latin name that comes from the word rosa, which means rose. If Rose is a bit bland for you, you can use an alternate form of the name...
I was researching the Vilnius neighborhood names just a few months ago when I realized that it’s possible to triangulatea mysterious composer, Floriann Hermann, to a certain point in space and time using references in his Op. titles and dedications (and one of the most telling was “Souven...
Road Snacks points out that you can think of it as people like Jerry Springer, Honey Boo Boo, Kid Rock, Eminem, Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite and even Cousin Eddie in National Lampoon movies. So, how did they determine which cities and towns were the trashiest in New York State? Road...
(1), some Polish place-names conform to none of thestructures accepted as legal in the light of the theoretical approach advocated above.Therefore, a new solution should be looked for.3. Polish place-names and their complex consonantalendingsNames of cities and towns in Polish which display ...