Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely settled British province in Australia.

Named for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth — an important supporter of Eleazar Wheelock's earlier efforts but who, in fact, opposed creation of the College and never donated to it — Dartmouth is the nation's ninth oldest college and the last institution of higher learning established under Colonial rule.

Named for Dr. LaVerne W. Noyes, who also donated the funds to see that Alumni Hall could be completed after sitting unfinished and unused from 1905 to 1907.

Named for Justin Smith Morrill who created the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, Morrill Hall was completed in 1891.

Named IBM 4680 OS, IBM originally chose DR Concurrent DOS 286 as the basis of their IBM 4680 computer for IBM Plant System products and Point-of-Sale terminals in 1986.

* Trinocs: Named for their three eyes ; they also have three fingers on each hand and a triangular mouth.

Named by humans for the creatures in H. G.

She later directed Blanchett in A Streetcar Named Desire ( play ) at the Sydney Theatre Company in Australia, which ran September through October 2009, and then continued from 29 October to 21 November 2009 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, where it won a

He initially gained popularity for recreating the role as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), a Tennessee Williams play that had established him as a Broadway star during its 1947-49 stage run ; and for his Academy Award-winning performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront ( 1954 ), as well as for his iconic portrayal of the rebel motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in The Wild One ( 1953 ), which is considered to be one of the most famous images in pop culture.

Brando brought his performance as Stanley Kowalski to the screen in Kazan's adaptation of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for that role, and again in each of the next three years for his roles in Viva Zapata!

Riccardo Gaudino, historian for the America500 Birthday Extravaganza Movement ( 2007 – 12 ) led the campaign for Who Named America?

Named for the god Nergal, it may have been used for some ceremonial purpose, as it is the only known gate flanked by stone sculptures of winged bull-men ( lamassu ).

Named for the god Adad.

Named for the Sun god Shamash, it opens to the road to Arbil.

* Tribunus laticlavius, Broad Band Tribune: Named for the broad striped tunic worn by men of senatorial rank, this tribune was appointed by the emperor or the Senate.

Named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, the first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian ( specifically Jamaican ) rude boys and British mods, in terms of fashion, music and lifestyle.

She won the Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), a role she also played on stage in London's West End, as well as for her portrayal of the southern belle Scarlett O ' Hara, alongside Clark Gable, in the American Civil War drama Gone with the Wind.

Named after King Amanullah Khan, it is said to be the first, the biggest and the most modern city in the history of Afghanistan.

Named after the denomination's founder, Charles Harrison Mason, Mason Temple is where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous " I've Been to the Mountaintop " speech the day before he was killed.

Named after King George II of Great Britain, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788.

Named after his maternal grandfather, Romanos was married, as a child, to Bertha, the illegitimate daughter of Hugh of Arles, King of Italy, who changed her name to Eudokia after her marriage.

Named for King James I of England, Jamestown was founded in the Colony of Virginia on May 14, 1607.

Named after Britain's King George III, George Town is located on the north-east corner of Penang Island.

; New Brunswick: Named in honour of the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the future King George IV of the United Kingdom, son of King George III of the United Kingdom.

; Prince Edward Island: Named in 1798 after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the son of King George III of the United Kingdom and lieutenant-general in British army in Canada.

Named for the King of France, McLane was born in Smyrna, Delaware, son of Allen and Rebecca Wells McLane.

Named in honour of Prince William Henry, third son of George III, afterwards King William IV.

Named for Prince Edward, Prince of Wales ( later King Edward VIII, and then Duke of Windsor ), the trophy was first presented in the 1925 – 26 NHL season to the champion of the first game in Madison Square Garden and then subsequently presented to the champion of the NHL playoffs ( including the previous two seasons ); however, the trophy has been awarded for eight different accomplishments throughout its history, including for the NHL regular season champions, the American Division regular season champions, the East Division season champions, the Wales Conference regular season champions, the Wales Conference playoff champions, and the Eastern Conference playoff champions.

Named in honor of King Philip II of Spain, the fortification, also referred to as el Morro or promontory, was designed to guard the entrance to the San Juan Bay, and defend the city of Old San Juan from seaborne enemies.

Named in honor of Wilhelm II, who was the German Emperor and King of Prussia, it included the north-eastern part of the present day Papua New Guinea.

Named in the Little Domesday Book, as a Royal demesne ( manor ) of 194 households, the village boasts the site of one of King John's hunting lodges, sited within the grounds of the present HE institution Writtle College ( circa 1210 ).

He was featured in an episode of King of the Hill, (" A Beer Can Named Desire ") in which he misses a throw that would have won the main character, Hank Hill, $ 100, 000.

Named in honour of King George III.

Named the St. Tropez of winter sports it attracts a select clientele of VIP's and royal families including Prince William & Kate Middleton, the Beckham's, Christina Aquilera, Geri Halliwel, Lionel Richie, the Saudi royal family, Peter Andre, Robbie Williams, Roman Abramovich, George Clooney, Georgio Armani, the King of Morocco and many others.

Named Silver King ( 9906a ), Silver Queen ( 9906b ), Silver Knight ( 9907a ), and Silver Princess ( 9907b ), they were arranged in 2 sets consisting of an 1800 hp cab ( a ) unit and a 1200 hp booster ( b ) unit.

Named in honor of the reigning monarchs King William III and Queen Mary II, the College was one of the original Colonial colleges.

Named after King Abdulaziz Al Saud, the airport is Saudi Arabia's third largest air facility and busiest airport by passenger.

In 1971, Michael Langham became Artistic Director and produced highly successful classics including Oedipus the King, Love's Labour's Lost, She Stoops to Conquer, and A Streetcar Named Desire.

Named after Agilulf, a semi-legendary prince of the Germanic Suebi tribe and descendant of King Hermeric of Galicia, the first duke of their line mentioned in any documents, and probably the first, was Gariwald ( Garibald I ).

Named by Mayor Wagner three years ago to head a committee that included James A. Farley, Bernard Gimbel and Clint Blume, Shea worked relentlessly.

Named in honor of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, the county is located in the east of the state, along its border with New Jersey.

Named for James Madison, fourth president of United States, from 1809 to 1817, Madison County, was organized under act of General Assembly of Georgia, December 11, 1811.

Named after Father James P. O ' Kean of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Pocahontas, O ' Kean was located around the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad.

Named for New York lawyer and railroad capitalist John Stryker, who was the founder of the Michigan Southern Railroad Company, the town was organized on March 30, 1835 by James Guthrie, the first settler in the township and in the county.

Named by Captain James Cook on March 7, 1778, this promontory rises to above sea level, making it the highest point on the Oregon coast.

* Biography of James Parkinson from Who Named It?

Named for Vice Admiral James Henry Doyle.

Named for Harry Berkeley James, it populates the high altitudes of Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina.

* James McGregor Stewart ( 1914 ), Named partner of Stewart McKelvey

Named for Ross in Scotland, it was first created in 1488 for James Stewart, Earl of Ross, the second son of James III.

Named in honor of Michigan author James Oliver Curwood, Mt.

Named in an attempt to encourage more tourism traffic through the lands of various AmerInd tribes in southern South Dakota, it passes through or near the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation, the Rosebud Indian Reservation, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, crossing the James River Valley, the Missouri River near Fort Randall Dam, portions of Pine Ridge, and the High Plains of South Dakota, connecting the urban areas of the middle Missouri River with the Black Hills.

Named after Major General James Birdseye McPherson, this fort was founded by the U. S. Army in September 1885.

Named in 1883 by Frederick Schwatka, US Army officer and explorer, after James Gordon Bennett Jr ( 1841 – 1918 ), editor of the New York Herald, who was sponsor of Schwatchka's search for the remains of the Franklin Expedition, 1878-81.

Named in honor of Governor James G. Martin that served North Carolina from 1985 to 1993 ( approved: December 4, 1992 ).

Named for U. S. Representative Eugene James Keogh of New York, they are sometimes called HR10 plans.

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ( US-ACAN ) for James S. Sherwin, ionospheric scientist at Little America V, 1958.

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ( US-ACAN ) ( 2004 ) after James R. Balsley, U. S. Geological Survey, who conducted airborne magnetometer near this peak during U. S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47 ; later Chief, Branch of Geophysics, United States Geological Survey ( USGS ).

Named by US-ACAN for James M. Schopf, geologist, Coal and Geology Laboratory, U. S. Geological Survey ( USGS ), Columbus, Ohio, who greatly assisted the field geologist by analyzing coal and related rock specimens from this mountain.

Named by US-ACAN in 1979 after James E. Cooke, USGS geophysicist who worked in Forrestal Range and Dufek Massif, 1978-79.

Named by US-ACAN for Rear Admiral James R. Reedy, USN, Commander, U. S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from November 1962 until April 1965.