Taitō(Settlement)Japanese From Japanese 台 (tai) meaning "pedestal, stand" and 東 (tō) 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]