Browse Submitted Place Names

This is a list of submitted place names in which the meaning contains the keyword stand.
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Leipzig (Settlement) German/slavic
Settlement in Saxony region Germany.... [more]
Nááts'ihch'oh (Other) Chipewyan
National Park in Northwest Territories, Canada. Means "stands like a porcupine" in Dene.
Taitō (Settlement) Japanese
From Japanese 台 (tai) meaning "pedestal, stand" and 東 () meaning "east". This is the name of a special ward of Tokyo.
Toronto (Settlement) English
The name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto, meaning "place where trees stand in the water". This refers to the northern end of what is now Lake Simcoe, where the Huron had planted tree saplings to corral fish... [more]