America(Region & Country)English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman From the name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512). This is the name of two continents (North and South America). As well, it is commonly used to refer to the United States of America.
Ameryka(Region & Country)Polish, Ukrainian Polish and Ukrainian form of America, used to refer to the continents and the United States of America.
Amrika(Region & Country)Arabic, Persian Arabic and Persian form of America, used to refer to the continents and the United States of America.
Baard(Settlement)Frisian Possibly from a given name that was a variant of Bert. This is the name of a town in Frisia in the Netherlands.
Endla(Body of Water)Estonian From the medieval personal name Ent or Endo, which are of uncertain origin, possibly derivatives of the personal name Hendrik or Andres. This is the name of an Estonian lake often appearing in folk poetry.
Gary(Settlement)English City in Indiana that was named after businessman Elbert Henry Gary (1846-1927), the founder of U.S. Steel.
Houston(Settlement)Scottish, English Means "Hugh's town", from the given name Hugh and Old English tun meaning "enclosure, town". This is the name of a town in Scotland. The American city of Houston is named after the Texas president Sam Houston (1793-1863), whose surname is derived from the Scottish town.
Lorraine(Political Subdivision)French, English Ultimately from Latin Lothari regnum meaning "kingdom of Lothar". Lothar was a Frankish king, the great-grandson of Charlemagne, whose realm was in the part of France now called Lorraine, or in German Lothringen.
Louisiana(Region & Political Subdivision)English From French Louisiane, named after King Louis XIV of France by the explorer René-Robert Cavelier in 1682. It originally referred to a large territory in the middle of North America. It was sold by France to the United States in 1803, and the southern tip became the American state of Louisiana in 1812.
Maldwyn(Political Subdivision)Welsh From Welsh Trefaldwyn, misinterpreting it as if meaning "town of Maldwyn". In fact it means "town of Baldwin" (in Welsh both m and b mutate to f). This is another name of the old county of Montgomeryshire.
Manfredonia(Settlement)Italian From the given name Manfredi, referring to a 13th-century king of Sicily. This is the name of a town in Apulia, Italy, founded by King Manfred on the site of the Roman city of Sipontum.
Royston(Settlement)English Means "Royse's town" in Old English. The given name Royse was a medieval variant of Rose. This is the name of a town in Hertfordshire.
Trefaldwyn(Settlement)Welsh Means "town of Baldwin" in Welsh. This is another name for the town of Montgomery in Wales.