The tribal name, probably a derivation from batawjō (" good island ", from Germanic bat-" good, excellent " and awjō " island, land near water "), refers to the region's fertility, today known as the fruitbasket of the Netherlands ( the Betuwe ).

It was announced in February 2011 that the company name would revert to Meritor, Inc. Cummins, Inc. is by far the region's largest employer, and the Infotech Park accounts for a sizable number of research jobs in Columbus proper.

The region's name is thought to derive from an Ingvaeonic stem flām-meaning " flooded land " ( from Proto-Germanic * flauma -).

The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole, pronounced.

A further change was made after 8 April 1940 to Reichskommissar für die Saarpfalz ; finally, after 11 March 1941, he was made Reichsstatthalter in der " Westmark " ( the region's new name, meaning " Western March or Border ").

This is also the origin of the region's name in many other languages, such as the Polish Siedmiogród and the Ukrainian Семигород ( Semyhorod ).

The region's name is derived from the Angles-a tribe that originated in Angeln, northern Germany.

The area is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name.

The sausage got its name from the city of Falun where it originates from, after being introduced by German immigrants who came to work in the region's mines.

The name of the region's river was changed.

The name Redstone drew on the region's red rocks and soil.

The windfarm name celebrates the region's bluegrass heritage.

The name Nuangola probably derives from an Algonquian language spoken by the indigenous American Indians of the area ( most likely the Delaware, the region's largest tribe, although some Nanticoke and Shawnee also lived there at the time ).

Worried that the region's Confederate-sympathizers might shun an operation led by a well-known Union general, Wilder decided to name Roane Iron's company town after one of its lesser-known Indiana investors, William O. Rockwood.

With its capital at Burao ( Burco ), the region's name is derived from the Togdheer River.

The name change has not yet been adopted, but the term is sometimes juxtaposed with the region's name, as in Centre-Val de Loire.

The name chosen for the new region was decided by the French government without reference to the historical provinces ( too many of them inside the region ) and based on geography: Midi ( i. e. " southern France ")-Pyrénées ( Pyrénées mountains that serve as the region's southern boundary ).

It was named for the arsenal on April 8, 1952, which traced its name to the region's red rocks and soil.

The name Bukovina came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation from the Principality of Moldavia to the possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy, which became Austrian Empire in 1804, and Austria-Hungary in 1867.

Today, about a third of the region's production is sold as Beaujolais Nouveau, a marketing name created by George Duboeuf for the local vin de l ' année.

The history of the Moldovan language refers to the historical evolution of the glottonym Moldavian / Moldovan in Moldova and beyond, which is closely tied to the region's political status, with long periods of rule by Russia and the Soviet Union influencing the language's name and ( when Cyrillic script was in use ) orthography.

The name " Revolution " refers to the New England region's significant involvement in the American Revolution.

The name was given by the region's first occupant.

Nazca ( sometimes spelled Nasca ) is a city and a system of valleys on the southern coast of Peru, and the name of the region's largest existing town in the Nazca Province.

The name derives from the region's location near the Carpathian Mountains, and the voivodeship comprises areas of two historic regions of Eastern Europe — Lesser Poland ( western and northwestern counties ) and Red Ruthenia.

Fezzan derives from the region's Latin Roman name Phasania or Phazania, which may mean " the country of the pheasants " or is related to the Biblical name Phut.

The name derives from the region's location near the Carpathian Mountains.

It is generally believed that the nature of the region's wine derives from the soil ; although the terrain is flat, excellent drainage is a necessity and the increased amount of gravel in the soil allows heat to be retained, encouraging ripening, and extensive root systems.

Widely grown in this area, cassava is typically included in the region's dishes, as are other components of meals, such as the chipá ( a cassava and cheese bread ), which originally came from Paraguay.

Logging has been an important industry in the past, but has been steadily declining with competition from other areas and the closure of the region's major pulp mills.

These traditions were brought from the many homelands of this region's population.

Additional service-related industries in information technology, pharmaceuticals, insurance and financial sectors — as well as research-related spin-offs from the region's numerous universities and colleges — are significant economic contributors.

The question of why the Maritimes fell from being a centre of Canadian manufacturing to being an economic hinterland is thus a central one to the study of the region's pecuniary difficulties.

In the northwestern sections of the United Kingdom the Northern Soul explosion, which started in late 1960s and peaked in 1974, made the region receptive to Disco which the region's Disk Jockeys were bringing back from New York.

DDT and its breakdown products are transported from warmer regions of the world to the Arctic by the phenomenon of global distillation, where they then accumulate in the region's food web.

The hills reach elevations of more than 1, 900 m. The region's most prominent feature is the easterly chain of rugged mountains, the Red Sea Hills, which extend from the Nile Valley eastward to the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea.

Sharp sought " old world " English and Scottish ballads passed down to the region's inhabitants from their British ancestors.

High quality produce comes from the region's hinterland, especially goat cheese.

North Africa served as a transit region for people moving towards Europe or the Middle East, thus, the region's inhabitants have been influenced by populations from other areas.

The region's trade flows had been thoroughly disrupted ; millions were in refugee camps living on aid from United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and other agencies.

Occupying a central position on the great highway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, thus uniting the East and the West, wealth flowed into it from many sources, so that it became one of the greatest of all the region's ancient cities, and the capital of the Neo Assyrian Empire.

Many in the colony however, began to chafe against the aristocratic Family Compact who governed while benefiting economically from the region's resources, and who did not allow elected bodies the power to effect change ( much as the Château Clique ruled Lower Canada ).

The region's ancient history also includes some of the oldest empires from the subcontinent and some of its major civilizations.

The History of Panama is about the Isthmus of Panama region's long history that occurred in southern Central America, from Pre-Columbian cultures, during the Spanish colonial era, through independence and the current country of Panama.

According to Puntland government documents, the Somaliland region's Riyale government in 2006 both financed and offered military assistance to Atom's men as part of a campaign to destabilize the autonomous territory via proxy agents and to distract attention away from the Somaliland government's own attempts at occupying the disputed Sool province.

With the withdrawal of the Egyptians, there ceased to be any written record or information from Kush about the region's activities over the next three hundred years.

Suriname participates in the Amazonian Pact, a grouping of the countries of the Amazon Basin that focuses on protection of the Amazon region's natural resources from environmental degradation.

The most fully developed at this point is the Western Tarim region's 12 muqams, which are now a large canon of music and songs recorded from the traditional performers Turdi Akhun and Omar Akhun among others in the 1950s and edited into a more systematic system.