The name is usually derived from a toponym, Angeln, from a Germanic word * anguz meaning " narrow " ( modern High German " eng ") or " angular " ( of the shape of the Jutland peninsula ).

Mesopotamia ( from the: " between rivers "; ( bilād al-rāfidayn ); ( beth nahrain ): " land of rivers ") is a toponym for the area of the Tigris – Euphrates river system, corresponding to modern-day Iraq and to a lesser extent northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and smaller parts of southwestern Iran.

The family origin in Kruševice is supported by the fact that the Pope used three pears for his Coat of Arms ( The toponym Kruševice is derived from kruška, " pear ").

The first indication of a toponym on the coast between Turenum ( Trani ) and Natiolum ( Giovinazzo ) is in the Itinerarium Provinciarum Antonini Augusti, edited from a third century core.

The connection would be that Vendel is the original homeland of the Vandals prior to the Migration Period, and retains their tribal name as a toponym.

As a result of the find of the Bern zinc tablet in the 1980, it is now more common to assume that the city was named after a pre-existing toponym of Celtic origin, possibly * berna " cleft ".

Mayan () is a Persian toponym, and may refer to:

It seems to suggest that this territory is describing the present-day Russian Federation, whereas it is a demonym deriving from the more ancient toponym Rus or Ruthenia ( see also Etymology of Rus and derivatives, Etymology of the name Belarus ).

The toponym Carinthia ( Slovene: < Proto-Slavic ) is also claimed to be etymologically related, deriving from pre-Slavic * carantia.

The name of the king erecting the Karatepe inscription, Azatiwad, is probably related to the toponym Aspendos, the name of a city in Pamphylia founded by the Argives according to Strabo ( 14. 4. 2 ).

In trying to ascertain the etymology of this theonym, it is important to bear in mind that it is used not only to refer to deities, but also as a toponym and hydronym.

Lakeland is primarily a toponym:

The toponym " Mitcham " is Old English in origin and believed to mean big settlement.

Montclair is a toponym which is French for clear mountain.

The name is a popular Portuguese surname and toponym.

The name Churubusco is a Spanish corruption of an indigenous Nahuatl toponym ( place name ) referring to a temple area celebrating the Aztec god Huitzilopochtli.

Within the communities Shohola is used as a toponym for a railroad depot and stone arch viaduct, a sawmill, hotel, elementary school, post office, summer camp, a three span steel arch truss bridge, and the first suspension bridge to cross the Delaware River.

The toponym is based on the Gaulish phrase are-mori " on / at sea ", made into the Gaulish place name Aremorica (* are-mor-ika ) " Place by the Sea ".

The toponym is derived from the Celtic word bre for hill and the Old English word dun for hill.

Moira's toponym is derived from the Irish earldom of Moira, one of the titles of the Hastings family, which held castle.

The toponym Napton is derived from the Old English cnaepp meaning ' hilltop ' and tun meaning ' settlement ' in the Old English language.

The Celticist A. O. H. Jarman suggests the Welsh name () was derived from the toponym Caerfyrddin, the Welsh name for the town known in English as Carmarthen.

Johannes Müller von Königsberg ( 6 June 1436 – 6 July 1476 ), today best known by his Latin toponym Regiomontanus, was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, translator, instrument maker and Catholic bishop.

The Ottomans retreated for about ten miles ( 16 km ) from Sheikh Sa ' ad to a tributary of the Tigris on the left bank known by the Arabic toponym simply as the Wadi ( meaning " the river valley ").

As a neighborhood toponym, Queen Anne may include Lower Queen Anne, also known as Uptown, the area at the southern base of the hill, just north and west of Seattle Center.

Most likely, in the second half of century AD was built in the Roman fortress known Carsium name ( a toponym related aspect of Thracian origin rocky area, from which derives its name today, Slavicized, the village.

The name " Argentoratum " was first mentioned in 12 BC and the city celebrated its 2, 000th birthday in 1988 ; however, " Argentorate " as the toponym of the Gaulish settlement had preceded it before being latinized, though it is not known by how long.

The first toponym known is Ad Turres, which appears in the Vascula Apollinaria and has been identified with some of the Roman villae or postae in the Via Augusta itinerary, at some point between Villena and Font de la Figuera.

After the Safavid conquest of Baku in 1501, the Sufi order was expelled and over centuries the " palace " fell into ruin, and was known in Baku as Baku Khans palace ; this toponym moved into Russian historiography, first cited by Bartold.

The regional toponym Mesopotamia comes from the ancient Greek root words μέσος ( meso ) " middle " and ποταμός ( potamia ) " river " and literally means "( Land ) between rivers ".

' One view suggests this toponym might be an example of a tribal name used by resettling groups on their return from exile.

Before their defeat in 174 BC by the Romans, tribes of Ligures, the Statielli, dominated the area and the toponym probably derives from Ast which means " hill " in the ancient Celtic language.

The prefix ful-was dropped from the toponym.

According to Cook, the toponym Lydney derives from the Old English * Lydan-eġ, ‘ Lludd ’ s Island .’ However, alternative etymologies of Lydney are offered in other sources.

Annam means " Pacified South " in Sino-Vietnamese, the toponym being derived from the Chinese An Nan ( 安南 ; pinyin: Ānnán ).

* Idro, a small river which the toponym Otranto stems from.

The toponym " Kansas " was derived from the name of this tribe.

The name derives from Cree manitou-wapow or Ojibwa manidoobaa, both meaning " straits of Manitou, the Great Spirit ", a toponym referring to what are now called The Narrows in the centre of the lake.

The ethnonym Thracian comes from Ancient Greek Θρᾷξ ( plural Θρᾷκες ;, ) or Θρᾴκιος / Ionic: Θρηίκιος (/), and the toponym Thrace comes from Θρᾴκη / Ion.

The medieval Arab toponym " Turkestan " and its derivatives were not used by the local population of the greater region, and China had its own name for an overlapping area since the Han Dynasty as Xiyu, with the parts controlled by China termed Xinjiang from the 18th century onward.

The Latin term together with Greek τύρσις was loaned from a pre-Indo-European Mediterranean language, connected with the Illyrian toponym