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Aberdeen (Settlement) English
A city in Scotland, derived from Scottish Gaelic aber "river mouth" and the name of the river Don.

Boeotia (Region) English, Ancient Roman
From Greek Βοιωτία (Boiotia), supposedly from the eponymous founder Boeotus, though it’s more likely to derive directly from βοώτης (bootes) meaning "herdsman", itself from βοῦς (bous) meaning "ox, cow"... [more]

Dorchester (Settlement) English
From Durnovaria, the name of a Roman town probably meaning "place of fist-sized pebbles" derived from Brythonic durn "fist", combined with Old English ċeaster "fortress, town, city"... [more]

Dorset (Political Subdivision) English
Derived from a reduced form of Dornwaraceaster (an archaic form of Dorchester) combined with the Old English suffix -sæte "residents, dwellers"... [more]

Galbally (Settlement) Irish
From Irish gall "foreigner, stranger" and baile "settlement, home". Alternately, may be from gall "stone" and buaile, a form of seasonal pasture.

Greenwich (Political Subdivision & Settlement) English
Means "green harbour, green settlement", derived from Old English grene "green" and wic, which can mean both "village, town" and "bay, inlet".

Guantánamo (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish, Taíno (Hispanicized)
Borrowed from an uncertain Taino term meaning "land between rivers". This is the name of a city and province in Cuba.

Guantanamo (Political Subdivision & Settlement) English
From Spanish Guantánamo.

Hesse (Political Subdivision) English
From the name of a Germanic tribe originally called Chatti, later Chassi, and from the 8th century called Hassi or Hessi. Hesse is a state in Germany. Possibly derived from Old Germanic *hatjaną "to hunt down, pursue; to rush, incite, attack", or from *hattuz "hat, head covering".

Kahoolawe (Island) English, Hawaiian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Kaho’olawe, derived from Hawaiian ka "the" and ho’olawe "to subtract, erode"... [more]

Kaho’olawe (Island) Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Kahoolawe.

Karkamu (Settlement) Basque
Possibly derived from Spanish cárcamo "waterwheel pit". Alternatively, it could be from Basque harri "stone, rock" and the toponymic suffix -ama. This is the name of a hamlet in Álava, Spain.

Mosul (Settlement) English
Ultimately derived from Arabic الموصل (al-mawsil) meaning "the linking point, the junction" in reference to a bridge and ford over the Tigris river... [more]

Villarreal (Settlement) Spanish
Means "royal village" in Spanish, from villa "small town, settlement" and real "royal". Villarreal is a city in the province of Castelló, in the Valencian Community, Spain, named for being founded by King James I of Aragon.

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