Browse Submitted Place Names

This is a list of submitted place names in which the meaning contains the keyword pebble.
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Dorset (Settlement) Medieval English
named after Dorchester, 'Roman Town with Fist-Sized Pebbles'; that was after the Romans had named it Durnovaria, which probably means "Place with Fist-Sized Pebbles"
Sauquoit (Settlement & Body of Water) English, Oneida
From the Oneida word sa-da-quoit, meaning "smooth pebbles in a stream."