Since there are only 50 prefectures, many other languages do not have the opportunity to show their faces. In addition to English, French, Spanish, Native American languages and Dutch, city town names are available in German, Italian, Russian, Greek, and Hebrew.
Between towns and states, there are also divisions at the county level. Many cities and towns in the United States use foreign names, but the names of counties are more localized, and most counties are either named in Native languages; Either in English, French, etc.
Here's what each language is represented in town names:
English and British place names: There are too many English languages, after all, the United States is the most English spoken country, so I won't describe them one by one, just pick a few to say.
New York (New York): The largest city in the United States, the name **, meaning "New Yorkshire" - after the end of the Anglo-Dutch War, the Netherlands was defeated and forced to cede New Amsterdam to the British, which happened to be the birthday of the Duke of York, the younger brother of King Charles II, so New Amsterdam was renamed New Yorkshire as a gift to the Duke of York.
Madison: A common place name in the United States, the larger one is the capital of Wisconsin. The name is in honor of Madison, the fourth president of the United States.
Monroe: A common place name in the United States, one on the shores of Lake Erie, south of Detroit. The name is in honor of Monroe**.
Dallas: Texas city. Named after the 11th Deputy ** of the United States, George Mefulin Dallas.
Springfield: A common place name in the United States. As the name suggests, it is generally related to springs, rivers, wetlands, etc.
Cambridge (Cambridge): A common place name in the United States, the most famous one is estimated to be the location of Harvard University on the north side of Boston, and this Cambridge is also the first Cambridge in the United States, and its appearance is also related to Harvard University. Cambridge, England, of course.
There are quite a few British place names that have been moved directly across the United States, such as Chelsea, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Southampton, Reading and so on, and it looks like the Premier League. There are also many new place names that are directly preceded by British place names or English words, such as Newark, New Brunswick, New H**en, New London, New Bedford, and so on.
Speaking of which, let's mention Ann Arbor. Many people think it's a French place name, and that idea fits in with Michigan's history as a French colony. However, Ann Arbor is a place name that is varied from English. Why? Before the city of Ann Arbor, the banks of the Huron River were densely forested with many species of plants, which earned them the nickname "Arboretum". Ann Arbor became inhabited and formed a village, but it was still surrounded by dense woods, which is why it was nicknamed "an arboretum". It was simplified and became an arbor, and later, perhaps to make it a bit more forceful, it was changed to the French-looking ann arbor, which is still used today. There are still many trees in and around Ann Arbor, known as Tree City, and a nature reserve on the University of Michigan campus called Nichols Arboretum, known simply as The Arbe, can be seen as a historical inheritance.
Buffalo: A large city in upstate New York. Literally means big buffalo. In fact, the big buffalo only lives in Europe, which is a misnomer. When the Europeans came here, they found that there was a large mammal that looked about the same size as the big buffalo on the European side, so they named the place Buffalo. Later, they found more of this animal in the central Great Plains, and only then did they notice the difference between them and the European buffalo. In fact, these animals were not the great buffalo of Europe, but the great bison of North America, which was another species, and they were later called bison. However, Buffalo as a place name has been preserved conventionally. The word buffalo itself comes from the Italian word bufolo.
Columbus and Columbia: Common place names in the United States and throughout the Americas. The most famous are the state capital of Ohio and the state capital of South Carolina. Apparently this type of place name is in honor of Christopher Columbus, the Italian navigator who discovered America.
Milan in Michigan, Augusta in Maine, Naples and Rome in Florida, and Venice in California are also direct Italian place names.
There are so many towns with names in aboriginal languages that only a few of the more famous ones are here.
Chicago (Chicago): The third largest city in the United States, in Illinois. Originally called shikaakwa, it comes from the Algonquin language used by the tribes of the local Iowa-Illinois-Indian-Ohio region (mainly the Fox, Miami, and Saouk tribes), referring to a green onion-like plant endemic to the Midwestern United States and eastern Canada. Later, the French explorer Robert de la Serre rewrote it as checagou and later chicago according to the pronunciation. Since the etymology begins with shi, the correct pronunciation of chicago should be shi (close to "shi") -cago rather than chi ("eat" or "seven") -cago.
Miami: Florida city. Originally known to the Spaniards as Biscayne Bay Country (Biscayne Bay is a bay near Miami and now a national park), it was developed by a small number of people from Ohio after Florida was incorporated into the United States, but the development was very slow. Later, due to a large-scale natural disaster (a great cold snap) in the late 19th century, Biscayne Bay Country began to develop as a blessing in disguise. When the train tracks were finally repaired to the only place where grain could survive in the cold snap, the few residents of Biscayne Bay Country began to rename the place because the name Biscayne Bay Country was too long to be used in the name of the station. Later, they learned that on the shores of Lake Okeechobee, a large lake in central Florida, lived a group of Native Americans who called themselves Mayaimi. As a result, Mayaimi was borrowed as the new name for the region. Some sources show that mayaimi means "big lake", referring to Lake Okeechobee, but the source is not remembered. Later, Mayaimi was rewritten as Miami.
Cheyenne: The largest city in Wyoming. The word Cheyenne is a direct reference to the Cheyenne Nation, a powerful indigenous tribe that used to live in the Great Plains of central America. However, Cheyenne was not once the core of the Cheyenne-controlled area, but belonged to the Arapahoe tribe. The Cheyenne formed a large alliance with other tribes such as the Lakota and Dakota tribes in the northern part of the Great Plains. The Arapahoe tribe, which lives in the mountains of southern Wyoming and northern Colorado, is the Cheyenne's most ironclad ally. The U.S. Pacific Union Railroad passed through and established a construction command center at the intersection of the railroad and the river Crow Creek (now known as Sioux River). Although many of the Arapahoe tribes and Cheyenne tribes were wary of whites, some indigenous people from nearby tribes poured into the area, establishing small villages near the command center, which quickly grew into a small town. Since the Cheyenne were the most powerful tribe at that time, the small city was not called Arapaho, but Cheyenne.
Seattle: The largest city in Washington state. The name of the city is derived from the name of the chief of the Duhuamish tribe, a local indigenous people.
Manhattan: The heart of New York City. There are two theories about its origin, one is from the Innoqua language for the Mohicans, an indigenous tribe in the east. Another version comes from the language of the Lenup tribe, which means "island with hills in the middle of the river".
Tucson: A city in Arizona that is often misspelled as Tuscon by various ** books. Its name derives from the phrase "at the foot of Montenegro" in the language of the Oldhams (a branch of the Aztecs). The Black Mountain here refers to a hill made of basalt, a black igneous rock, near the city of Tucson.
Omaha: Nebraska's largest city, in the eastern part of the state. It takes its name from the Omaha Tribe, an indigenous tribe that once lived there. Descendants of the Omaha Division still live on reservations in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. There is also a more interesting but unsure trivia: the origin of the Omaha beach in France, which was landed by the Allies during the Normandy landings. It is said that when Eisenhower drew up his plans, he needed to name all the beaches on the north coast of France. A general from Omaha suggested that one of the beaches be called Omaha Beach. Omaha Beach was later chosen by the Allies as one of the landing sites, and thus became famous.
Sioux Falls: The largest city in South Dakota. The name has two parts: Sioux is a direct reference to the Sioux ethnic name. Once one of the main tribes in the northern Great Plains, the Sioux can be subdivided into the Lakota, Santi (East Dakota), and Yancton (West Dakota), all living near a small plateau in the Great Plains of South Dakota. falls because there is a small waterfall in the city. Of course, it is also possible to attribute the name to French, because the word sioux is actually a combination of French and indigenous languages.
Memphis: A major city in Tennessee, located on the banks of the Mississippi River, the birthplace of the Delta Blues** (W-C Handy, would you look down over me?). coz i've got a first class ticket, but i am blue as a boy can be...The name was chosen by Andrew Jackson** himself on the basis of the fact that Memphis, Tennessee, is similar to Memphis on the banks of the Nile in Egypt (the capital of ancient Egypt).
Phoenix: Arizona's main city. Phoenix is the legendary Egyptian mythical bird.
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania's largest city. The founder of the city was William Bean, the leader of the Specification Society, who originally served as his base for promoting the Specification Society in North America. The Society is a simple sect that advocates equality, simplicity of life, and an emphasis on tolerance and love. It is for this reason that William Bean named the new city Philadelphia. The word** is Greek and consists of two parts: philos means "love" and adelphos means "fraternal". After the two parts were combined, they were transformed to form the word philadelphia.
Detroit: Michigan's largest city, the City of Automobiles. Literally means "waterway" or "strait". Detroit is bordered by a narrow waterway between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie, hence its name.
Boise: A city in Idaho in the western United States, there is a Boise State university, which is often seen in the NCAA. This boise is also a French word meaning "tree-like". There is a legend about the origin of this name: When the American army pursued the remnants of the Indian forces in the west, they hired an Indian from the central United States (the so-called "Indian traitor") who had dealt with the French as a guide. The Indian could barely communicate with the Americans in French, but he didn't speak French well. One day, they came to a basin in southern Idaho (presumably the remnant basin of Lake Bonneville in geology) and saw a river lined with green trees. Born in the Central Plains, the Indians, who had never seen such a beautiful scenery, excitedly shouted "les bois!" in broken French les bois!(There are so many trees!) (There are so many trees!) ）。When the U.S. officers and soldiers heard this is boise, they thought he was talking about the name of the place, so they marked boise on the map.
Baton Rouge: The capital of Louisiana, located near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Its name is derived from the French word for le baton rouge, which means "red label". In 1699, a French explorer came to the delta of the Mississippi River and saw that the Indian tribe there had carved out a hunting area with a fence with a red tag on it. Hence the name Baton Rouge from this place.
Des Moines: A city in Iowa. Literally, it means "from monks", which is derived from French, and it is not easy to understand when you look at it directly. Originally, this was the name of a local river that originated on a hill near St. Louis where a French Trappist monk was located, hence the name des moines river, or "the river from the monks". Later the city got its name from the river.
Needless to say, New Orleans. Montpelier in Vermont, Paris (17 in the United States) and Lyon (at least 10 in the United States) are everywhere. Two larger cities in the center, St Louis and Louisville, commemorate King Louis IX and King Louis XVI of France, respectively.
Los Angeles (Los Angeles): The second largest city in the United States"Angels"(LOS is the). In 1771, Spanish missionaries converted a small village into a mission base and named it El Pueblo de Nuestra se ora la Reina de los ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, which means "mission station of the angels of the Poseoncura River". Due to the complexity of the place name, it was later shortened to Los Angeles.
Las Vegas: A major city in southern Nevada. In 1829, a European caravan from southern California arrived in the valley of southern Nevada. These traders discovered that in the middle of the Nevada desert there was a valley full of springs and pastures, so they called it las vegas, which means "pasture."
El Paso: A city in Texas. The name sounds lofty, but it actually means "the pass" in Spanish.
A large number of cities in the western United States that start with san or santa, such as San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, etc., have borrowed the names of ancient giants or heroes from Spanish legends. There are also names of Spanish cities such as Toledo and Villanova. Santa Cruz refers to an admiral from Granada, Spain, who led the Holy Alliance Navy to defeat the Marquis of Santa Cruz of Turkey at the Battle of Lepanto.
At least five towns in the United States are called Belgrade, borrowing the name from a major city in the Balkans.
There are about 10 cities in the United States named after Karagj. They are a tribute to a missionary from Eastern Europe. There are also towns that pay homage to the Slavic inventor Tesla.
In the 1840 national census, it was found that there were four St. Petersburg and two Moscow in the country, and two more directly named after Russia. According to unofficial statistics, there are now more than 20 places called Moscow, one of which is now a central city in Idaho. There are 4 places called Volga. There are 11 places called Odessa. There is a city in Indiana called Siberia.
There is a small town in Pennsylvania called Galitzin, named after a missionary. This man was the son of the ** ambassador to the Netherlands, who later joined the Roman Catholic Church, went to the United States as a missionary, and eventually died in Pennsylvania. He was a close friend of Voltaire, held a high position in the church, and was later hailed as a servant of God.