This is a list of place names in which the length is 9.
ACHTHOVEN (Settlement) DutchMeans "eight gardens" in Dutch. This is the name of various towns in the Netherlands.
ALEMANNIA (Region) Ancient RomanLatin name for the lands where the Alemanni lived. The Alemanni were a confederation of Germanic tribes who lived around the upper Rhine River in the time of the Roman Empire.
APELDOORN (Settlement) DutchMeans "apple tree" in Dutch. This is the name of a city in the Netherlands.
ARGENTINA (Country) Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, DanishFrom Latin
argentinus meaning "silvery", a derivative of
argentum meaning "silver". This is the name of a country in South America, arising from a Latinized form of Spanish
Río de la Plata meaning "river of silver".
ASSENDORP (Settlement) DutchFrom Dutch
es meaning "ash tree" (plural
essen) and
dorp meaning "village". This is the name of a city in the Netherlands.
BETHLEHEM (Settlement) English, BiblicalMeans "house of bread" in Hebrew, from the roots
בַּיִת (bayit) meaning "house" and
לֶחֶם (lechem) meaning "bread". This is the name of a city in Palestine. It appears in the both the Old Testament and the New Testament, notably as the town where
Jesus is born.
BLACKBURN (Settlement) EnglishFrom Old English
blæc "black" and
burna "stream". This is the name of a city in Lancashire, England.
BLAKESLEY (Settlement) EnglishFrom the Old English byname
Blæcwulf "black wolf" combined with
leah "woodland, clearing". This is the name of a city in Northamptonshire.
BLIDWORTH (Settlement) EnglishFrom the Old English byname
Blīþa "happy, blithe" and
worþ "enclosure". This is the name of a town in Nottinghamshire, England.
CATALONIA (Region) EnglishFrom Catalan
Catalunya, of uncertain meaning, possibly from Latin
castellum "castle" or
Gauthia Launia "land of the Goths". This is the name of a region in eastern Spain.
COURTENAY (Settlement) FrenchFrom the Gallo-Roman given name
Curtenus, derived from Latin
curtus "short". This is the name of a few French communes.
GORJESTAN (Country) PersianFrom Persian
گرج (Gorj) meaning "Georgia (the country)" combined with the suffix
ستان (stan) meaning "land of". This is the modern Persian name for the country of
Georgia.
HUNNACOTT (Settlement) EnglishFrom Old English
hunig "honey" or the given name
Huna combined with
cot "cottage". This is the name of a small town in Devon, England.
JERUSALEM (Settlement) English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, BiblicalFrom Hebrew
יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim), from an earlier Canaanite form like
Urushalim, probably meaning "established by (the god)
SHALIM". This is the name of a city in Israel and Palestine. Originally a Canaanite city, it was conquered by the Israelites under King
David at the beginning of the 10th century BC. It is now regarded as a holy city by Jews, Christians and Muslims.
KIMBERLEY (2) (Settlement) EnglishCity in South Africa that was named after John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902). His title was taken from the name of the town of
KIMBERLEY (1) in Norfolk.
LITHUANIA (Country) EnglishFrom a Latinized form of Lithuanian
Lietuva, possibly derived from the name of the small river Letavka. This is the name of a country in the Baltic region of northern Europe.
MARRAKESH (Settlement) EnglishFrom Arabic
مرّاكش (Marrakush), possibly from Berber
Murt n Akush meaning "land of God". This is the name of a city in
Morocco.
PRIESTLEY (Settlement) EnglishFrom Old English
preost "priest" and
leah "woodland, clearing". This is the name of a few small towns in England.
SAINT MAUR (Settlement) FrenchName commemorating Saint
MAURUS. This is the name of several communes in France.
SHERBORNE (Settlement) EnglishFrom Old English
scir "bright" and
burna "spring, fountain, stream". This is the name of several towns in England.
SLOVENSKO (Country) Slovak, CzechFrom medieval Slavic
slovene referring to the tribe of the Slavs. This is the Slovak name for Slovakia.
STOCKHOLM (Settlement) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, German, Dutch, FrenchFrom Swedish
stock "log" and
holme "islet". The islet probably referred to Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm. This is the name of the capital city of Sweden. The first written mention of the name occurs in 1252.
WAKEFIELD (Settlement) EnglishFrom Old English
wacu "wake, vigil" and
feld "field". This is the name of a city in England.
WINTHROPE (1) (Settlement) EnglishMeans "Wine's village", from the given name
WINE and Old English
þrop "village". This is the name of a town in Lincolnshire.
WINTHROPE (2) (Settlement) EnglishMeans "Wigmund's village", from the given name
WIGMUND and Old English
þrop "village". This is the name of a town in Nottinghamshire.
WYMONDHAM (Settlement) EnglishFrom the given name
WIGMUND combined with Old English
ham "home, settlement". This is the name of a town in Norfolk.