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The town's name meant " fortress near the Or ," as Burg is German for fortress.
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The town's name is attested as Aisincurt in 1175, derived from a Germanic masculine name Aizo, Aizino and the early Northern French word curt ' farm with a courtyard ' ( Late Latin cortem ).
On 25 May 1824, the town plat was registered with Wayne County as " Annsarbour "; this represents the earliest known use of the town's name.
The name derives from a Brythonic word Gobannia meaning " river of the blacksmiths ", and relates to the town's pre-Roman importance in iron smelting.
The river later became, in Welsh, Gafenni, and the town's name became Abergavenny, meaning " mouth of ( Welsh: Aber ) the Gavenny ( Gafenni )".
While the town's name is generally seen as a diminutive form of Barcelona in Spain, Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing point out an earlier attestation of the name Barcilona in Barcelonnette in around 1200, and suggest that it is derived instead from two earlier stems signifying a mountain, * bar and * cin ( the latter of which is also seen in the name of Mont Cenis ).
Barcino Nova is the town's Latin name meaning " new Barcelona "; Barcino was the Roman name for Barcelona in Spain from its foundation by Emperor Augustus in 10 BC, and it was only changed to Barcelona in the Middle Ages.
The town's name is old as it shows the typical effects of the High German consonant shift ( b > p, t > ss ).
It has been suggested that the town's name comes from an archaic word in the Cornish " bod " ( meaning a dwelling ; the later word is " bos ") and a contraction of " menegh " ( monks ).
The town's name was changed to Columbus on March 20, 1821.
'" Morris's second documentary would be about the town and bear its name, although it makes no mention of Vernon as " Nub City ", but instead explores other idiosyncrasies of the town's residents.
The town's name comes from the Irish: Inis Ceithleann.
The town's name ( with the archaic spelling ) continues to form part of the title to The Royal Irish Regiment ( 27th ( Inniskilling ) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment ).
Since the release of the film the town of Åmål has even tried to embrace the publicity generated, despite the fact that the town's name is missing from the English title.
The town's name means " military settlement ," from Old English here-wic.
( The town's name was changed to New Harmony after the Harmonists left in 1824.
Finally, in 1838 the town's name was changed to simply Jackson.
The name Carmarthen derives from the town's previous Roman name, Moridunum.
The negative references to Nazareth in the Gospel of John suggest that ancient Jews did not connect the town's name to prophecy.
This fragment gives the town's name in Hebrew as " נצרת " ( n-ṣ-r-t ).
The town's name is the Arabic word for ' dignity ', which elevated its symbolism in the eyes of the Arab people, especially after the collective Arab defeat in 1967.
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* From 1982 through to 1985, Times Beach, Missouri, was bought out and evacuated under order of the United States Environmental Protection Agency due to high levels of dioxins in the soil caused by applications of contaminated oil meant to control dust on the town's dirt roads.
The town's central location and many hotels ( for a population of just over 11, 000 it has no less than 4 ) has meant that it is a natural location for conferences and meetings involving delegates from across Northern Ireland.
The town's location on the London to Chester road meant that Nantwich served the needs of travellers from the medieval era.
In the late 1580s, Ferdinando I of Tuscany declared Livorno a porto Franco, which meant that the goods traded here were duty free within the area of the town's control.
The town's position as an area of trade accessible to the sea meant it rapidly took over from Carisbrooke as the main central settlement, eventually absorbing the latter as a suburb.
However, the Soviets had massively reinforced the town's defenses, which meant the attackers took very heavy losses.
The name Strobl originally meant " scrubby " or " unkempt ;" the town's name goes back to the 14th century, when the Wolfgangsee was known as the Abersee, and one Friedrich Stroblo appears as the owner of a Seege -- a fishpond or weir.
The sculpture is meant to represent Crossgates metaphorically, each gate having a large ' X ' in steel in its design to reflect the history of the town's name.
The town's strategic location meant that in the Mozambican War of Independence and Mozambican Civil War, guerrilla warfare was active in and around the town and many landmines were laid.
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Although Klenau held the town, the French still possessed the town's fortress.
In 919 Edward the Elder built the town's first known fortress, on the south side of the River Ouse and there received the area's submission.
Its function was to keep the town's treasures and assets in Zamość fortress that was regarded as a safe place.
Considerable remains of the town's 13th-and 14th-century fortifications are still preserved, for instance a fortress tower known as the Schneiderturm (" Tailor's Tower ") or Säuturm (" Sow's Tower "), the Kalsmuntpforte (" Kalsmunt Gate " – see History ) which was the town gate for the earlier suburb of Silhofen, as well as large sections of the town wall.
It is bordered on one side by the town's natural fortress, a high cliff.
It is bordered on one side by the town's natural fortress, a high cliff.
The ' ribat ', which they began building in 821, as a fortress against the Christians of Sicily, still stands, and contains what is considered to be the oldest mosque in North Africa ; nearby, the town's main mosque, also founded in the 9th century, has a similarly fortress-like appearance.
The town's name derives from the Celtic word moriduno, meaning " lakeside fortress ".
By the time the fortress at Malacca surrendered, the town's population had already been greatly decimated by famine and disease ( the plague ).
The town's fortress, the Cassero, was completed in 1367.
After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Knights Hospitallers who were occupying the island of Rhodes since 1309, built a fortress ( some sort of an Acropolis ) on top of one of the town's nearby hills to protect from a possible Ottoman invasion on the island.
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The highest point is at about above sea level near Bebenhausen in the Schönbuch forest, while the lowest point is in the town's eastern Neckar valley.
Standing near the castle, the Church of the Holy Rude is one of the town's most historically important buildings.
It is the location of Feltham Young Offenders ' Institution, situated near the town's border with Ashford and the neighbouring village of East Bedfont.
Portions of the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind were filmed near the town's Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot ( now razed ) and Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood was filmed in rural portions of Baldwin County near Bay Minette.
During the next two years, school was held in local church buildings, the town's former bank building, and the U. S. Post Office building located near the railroad.
Local myth claimed the town's name " Fredonia " was for the Republic of Fredonia movement of Mexican Texas in the 1820s by a group of Arkansas Cherokee Indians settled near Nacogdoches, Texas.
A bronze statue of the town's namesake, Schuyler Colfax, stands near the depot at the Grassvalley Street railroad grade crossing.
The town's name comes from its location near the junction of the North, Middle, and South Forks of the Kaweah River.
( Old ) Main Street, located near the Connecticut River and running north to south from the border of East Hartford to that of East Windsor, is the center of the town's historical district.
Route 109 runs east-west near the town's geographic center, connecting Washington Depot with New Milford and Morris.
The five stations together operate from studios in Sebring on Highway 27 near the town's northern city limit.
In 1926, the Seaboard Air Line Railway entered what was then simply Boynton, spurring land development a mile inland near the Seaboard station, including the town's first planned subdivision, Lake Boynton Estates.
Col. Friedrich Franz Karl Hecker, whose farm was near Summerfield, Illinois in adjacent St Clair County, was known to and well respected by the town's inhabitants, and they decided to honor him by naming the town after him.
The town's businesses and residents followed and Weaver City faded from existence while Ambia sprang up near the station's new site.
Michigan City Transit's Route 3 stops near the town's southern border at Karwick Plaza, immediately north of Karwick Road / Route 12 intersection.
The small Harrison Creek begins near Battle Ground and flows east, while Burnett Creek skirts the town's western edge and flows southwest.
Most are held on the shore of the river near the town's lock and dam in the " antique " section of Newburgh.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad was built near town in 1868 and eventually became more important to the town's economy than river traffic.
The nearest interstate highway is Interstate 91, which is east of town along Route 2, also known as the Mohawk Trail, which ends just south of town and whose hairpin turn is located just within the town border near the town's southeast corner.
To the east, Mount Everett, the highest point in town and the highest point in the southern Taconic Mountains, rises feet near the town's eastern border.
The town lies along the Housatonic River valley, and several brooks as well as the Konkapot River flow into the river within the town's borders, with several falls along these rivers, including Ashley Falls near the state border.
There are four post offices for the town's two ZIP codes ; The main post office on Route 6, a smaller branch near the Head of Westport, and the branch in Central Village serve the zipcode 02790, while 02791 ( Westport Point ) is served by the Central Village station and at the point itself.
Pine Island, near the southern end of town in the Merrimack River, is also part of the town's land.
The town offices, police station and fire station are all located in Shelburne Falls, with the Buckland Public Library and the town's post office located near the geographic center of town.
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