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Bern (Settlement) Swiss
Bern is the capital city of Switzerland. The etymology of the name Bern is uncertain; according to the local legend, based on folk etymology, Berchtold V, Duke of Zähringen, the founder of the city of Bern, vowed to name the city after the first animal he met on the hunt, and this turned out to be a bear.
Dijon (Settlement) French
From French Dijon, from the Roman name, Latin Divio, from the name Divius (“godly, divine”).... [more]
Karasjok (Settlement) Norwegian
Norwegianized form of the Northern Sami language name Kárášjohka. The meaning of the first element could be káráš from Northern Sami which could mean "food plate of wood", or from Finnish, kara, "something that sticks"... [more]
New Bern (Settlement) English
New Bern was settled in 1710 by Swiss and Palatine immigrants led by Christoph von Graffenried. They named the settlement after Bern, the capital of Switzerland.
Snezhnaya (River) Russian
The name of a river in Russia. Снежная means "snowy" in Russian, thus the river name literally means "snowy river".