There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.

Continents

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Countries

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This is a summary of country name etymologies.

Former countries

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British Overseas Territories

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"Lands" of Antarctica

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Towns and cities

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Afghanistan

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Albania

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Algeria

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Angola

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Andorra

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Argentina

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Armenia

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Australia

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Austria

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Azerbaijan

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Bahamas

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Bahrain

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Bangladesh

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Barbados

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Belize

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Benin

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Bermuda

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Bhutan

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Bolivia

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Botswana

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Brazil

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For a longer list, please see List of places in Brazil named after people.

Brunei

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Bulgaria

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Burkina Faso

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Cambodia

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Canada

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Central African Republic

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Chad

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Chile

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China

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Colombia

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Republic of the Congo

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Costa Rica

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Croatia

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Cuba

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Curaçao

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Cyprus

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Czech Republic

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Denmark

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In Greenland:

In Bornholm:

Dominica

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Dominican Republic

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East Timor

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Ecuador

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Egypt

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El Salvador

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Equatorial Guinea

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Estonia

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Eswatini (Swaziland)

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Ethiopia

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Falkland Islands

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Finland

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France

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Gabon

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Germany

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Georgia

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Ghana

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Greece

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Grenada

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Guatemala

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Guinea Bissau

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Guyana

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Haiti

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Honduras

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Hong Kong

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Hungary

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Iceland

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India

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  • YSR districtY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
  • Indonesia

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    Iran

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    Iraq

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    Ireland (Republic of)

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    Israel

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    Italy

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    Ivory Coast

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    Jamaica

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    Japan

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    Jordan

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    Kazakhstan

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    Kenya

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    Kosovo

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    Kuwait

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    Kyrgyzstan

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    Laos

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    Latvia

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    Lebanon

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    Lesotho

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    Liberia

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    Libya

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    Lithuania

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    Luxembourg

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    Malawi

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    Malaysia

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    Mali

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    Malta

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    Mauritania

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    Mauritius

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    Mexico

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    Moldova

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    Mongolia

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    Montenegro

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    Morocco

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    Mozambique

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    Myanmar

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    Namibia

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    Nepal

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    Netherlands

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    New Zealand

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    Nicaragua

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    Niger

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    Nigeria

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    North Korea

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    North Macedonia

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    Norway

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    Oman

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    Pakistan

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    Panama

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    Papua New Guinea

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    Paraguay

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    Peru

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    Philippines

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    Poland

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    Portugal

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    Puerto Rico

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    Qatar

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    Romania

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    Russia

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    Saint Kitts and Nevis

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    Saint Lucia

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    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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    São Tomé e Príncipe

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    Saudi Arabia

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    Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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    Senegal

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    Serbia

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    Seychelles

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    Sierra Leone

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    Singapore

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    Slovakia

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    Slovenia

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    Somalia

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    South Africa

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    South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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    South Korea

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    Spain

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    Sudan

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    Suriname

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    Sweden

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    Switzerland

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    Syria

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    Tajikistan

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    Tanzania

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    Thailand

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    Trinidad and Tobago

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    Tunisia

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    Turkey

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    Turkmenistan

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    Uganda

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    Ukraine

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    United Arab Emirates

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    United Kingdom

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    Great Britain

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    Northern Ireland

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    United States

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    Uruguay

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    Uzbekistan

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    Venezuela

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    Vietnam

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    Zambia

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    Zimbabwe

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    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ Roshen Dalal (2010). The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths. Penguin Books India. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-14-341517-6.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Hamilton, William B. (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 077051524X.
    3. ^ Place-Names of Alberta: Published for the Geographic Board by the Department of the Interior. Ottawa: F.C. Acland. 1928. p. 99.
    4. ^ "Port Alberni". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
    5. ^ Hamilton, William B. (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 247. ISBN 9780802075703.
    6. ^ "Port Said | Suez Canal, Egypt, & Location". Encyclopædia Britannica.
    7. ^ "Ghana Place Names: Kofi Pare".
    8. ^ "Ghana Place Names: Queen Anne's Point".
    9. ^ "Ghana Place Names: Techiman".
    10. ^ O'Mahony, J. (1908). "A history of the O'Mahony septs of Kinelmeky and Ivagha" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 2. 14 (79): 134. The genealogy of the O'Mahonys is traced up from Conn [..] to two other well-known place names :- "From this Kean (Cian, father of Mahon) was called Enniskean"
    11. ^ O'Mahony, Jeremiah (1961). West Cork and Its Story. Kerryman. p. 80. One of Cian's residences was at Deargrath (red fort), which gave its name to the townland on which was built the village of Enniskean, called after Cian himself
    12. ^ "The Twin Villages of Ballineen and Enniskean". ballineenandenniskean.weebly.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020. 'Enniskean' [..] means 'the island of Cian'. It takes its name after Cian Maol Muadh (later O'Mahony), a local Chieftan
    13. ^ Cf. Jaan Puhvel: Comparative mythology. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London 1989, p. 287.
    14. ^ "Нур-Султан – новое название столицы Казахстана" [Nur-Sultan is the new name of the capital of Kazakhstan]. tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 20 March 2019.
    15. ^ "Të gjithë e dini ku është Ferizaj, por nuk e besoni se si e mori emrin ky qytet" [You all know where Ferizaj is, but you do not believe how this city got its name]. Fakti Ditor (in Albanian). 5 October 2019. Emri Ferizaj, rrjedh nga pronari i një hoteli (hani) të njohur, që quhej Feriz Shasivari
    16. ^ "Kjo është historia e emrit Skenderaj e domëthënia e tij, mësoje historinë si u bë komunë Skenderaj" [This is the story of the name Skenderaj and its meaning, learn the story of how Skenderaj became a municipality]. Drenica Press (in Albanian). 28 November 2016.
    17. ^ "Dy emra kontradiktorë: Hani i Elezit dhe gjeneral Jankoviq" [Two contradictory names: Hani i Elezit and General Jankoviq] (in Albanian). Kosova Press. 25 April 2006. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
    18. ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Miners at Addisons Flat, West Coast". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
    19. ^ "Sidan ej hittad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
    20. ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอวชิรบารมี จังหวัดพิจิตร พ.ศ. 2541" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011.