Wednesday, December 12, 2018

identical / very similar names

ablah
- village in syria
- village in lebanon
- also surname

  • george jeffrey ablah
  • caol l. ablah sherman
acre
- israel
- 勒海伊阿克雷斯(Lehigh Acres), florida, usa

adam
- adams, ilocos norte, philippines

adelaide
- nsw, australia
-  Adelaide ,Eastern Cape Province , S Africa. The modern day area of Adelaide was first inhabited by Bushmen (estimated around 1530 to 1760), but in the late 18th and 19th century the Xhosa and white settlers arrived. The Bushmen were displaced and are no longer found in the area. Adelaide's origins date back to 1835 when a British officer named Captain Alexander Boswell Armstrong (1787–1862) established a military encampment which he named Fort Adelaide after the wife of King William IV. Despite the earlier English settlers, who were part of the 1820 Settlers, later on a large number of both Scottish and Afrikaans people soon immigrated here too. The Scottish were also the first to erect a church in the local area.

"ae"- names
- aeon
- aon
Aegon N.V. is a multinational life insurance, pensions and asset management company headquartered in The HagueNetherlands.
- caen, france

albania
- albany, georgia
- monte alban, mexico
River Afan - one of the origin of its name -  from "A-Ban" meaning "from the heights" due to its comparatively quick descent from hills to the sea.
- albany road, albany valley hong kong
  • https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20101209/4ABK6ZIKP56R2ZIOTWUSJSPPNI/位於中半山雅賓利道1號的雅賓利大廈,樓高37層,每層3個單位,毗鄰香港動植物公園,是區內著名豪宅。因受追捧,售價屢創新高,資料顯示今年2月雅賓利大廈一個由針織大王方鏗家族持有的高層複式單位,以近3.4億元易手,呎價高達49,480元,打破當時中半山豪宅呎價紀錄,售價媲美山頂頂級洋房。雅賓利業主非富則貴,其中政務司司長唐英年家族,於05年以7,000萬元買入兩個高層單位用作收租。維他奶創辦人羅桂祥的孫兒羅俊義,上月斥資7,400多萬元,購入一個中低層單位,呎價逾29,000元。滙豐私人銀行亞洲區總裁王以智居於該廈。另一名銀行家前中銀國際投資銀行部門董事總經理及副主席彭慶聰,持有該廈中層單位,於本年初出售。成報創辦人何文法家族,也曾擁有一個高層單位。https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20101209/ECY22ACULA7NNAEZJBWWILFB5A/
    單位月租十多萬 周一嶽兄公司名下
alexandria
- egypt
- virginia, usa


Aliaga or Aliağa or Aliagha
Aliagha Vahid (1895–1955), Azerbaijani poet
Felipe Pardo y Aliaga (1806–1868), Peruvian poet, satirist, playwright, lawyer, and politician

alta
Alta, norway
阿尔塔(Alta),western greece, capital of 伊庇鲁斯区(ipiros)
阿爾塔(吉布提)(Arta)


ana-, anna-
- anadan, syria
- annapolis, maryland

ancaster
- lincolnshire, uk
- ontario, canada

angeles
- los angeles, usa
- angeles, philippines


antigua
- antigua guatemala

antioch
- california, usa


saint antonio
- texas, usa
- alberta, canada

arab
- 厄勒布鲁省Örebro County, sweden

argyle
The Argyle Diamond Mine is a diamond mine located in the East Kimberley region in the remote north of Western Australia. Argyle is the largest diamond producer in the world by volume, although due to the low proportion of gem-quality diamonds it is set to close by 2020. It is the only known significant source of pink and red diamonds, producing over 90% of the world's supply.The Argyle mine is owned by the Rio Tinto Group.

armenia
Armenia, capital of Quindio Department, colombia

astana
- kazakhstan
- The Astana is a palace, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia is the official residence of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak, the Governor of Sarawak. The name is a variation of 'istana', meaning 'palace'. It was built in 1870 by the second White RajahCharles Brooke, as a wedding gift to his wife, Margaret Alice Lili de Windt. The palace is not normally open to the public, although the landscaped gardens are, which can be reach by a boat ride across the Sarawak River.

athen
- athens, greece
- athenry, ireland
- athens, georgia, usa


auburn
- alabama, usa
- new york, usa
- new south wales, australia

auckland
- new zealand
Auckland  Tulare CountyCalifornia, usa
- 奧克蘭(Oakland),當地華人及粵語常稱屋崙,英语意為“橡樹之地”,俗稱「奧克城(Oaktown)」san francisco,也是阿拉米達縣縣治所在。奧克蘭和柏克萊位於舊金山灣區東邊,此區域也稱為「東灣」。
-Oakland  Bergen CountyNew Jersey, United States 

town of Austerlitz in the Austrian Empire (modern-day Slavkov u Brna in the Czech Republic)
Austerlitz,Dutch province of Utrecht


avon river
- in uk, canada, australia, new zealand

bahrain
- Bairin Right Banner 巴林右旗, inner mongolia

bahama
- township in durham county (orange county in 1820), north carolina 

bali
帕里亞半島paria peninsula, venezuela
- balicasag island
- bali wet, northern philippines
- barre 巴里, ny state, usa https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200824/00180_033.html
- peri/pari - winged spirits (persian/islamic context)


balmoral
- scotland
- new south wales, australia

baltic
- italian general  Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi

bamburgh
- bamburgh, northumberland, uk
- bamberg, upper franconia, germany

banana
- banana bay, kenting national park 「芭蕉湾」ともいい、船帆石から屏鵝公路を鵝鑾鼻灯台へ約1,5km南下した所に位置する。日本統治時代は日本最南端の捕鯨基地であった。

Banani may refer to:

    banff
    - scotland
    - alberta canada

    Bangor

    班戈Bangor愛爾蘭語Beannchar County DownNorthern Ireland

    -  班哥 maine, usa

    • [abandoned engineering] northern maine used to be a hub of logging operations and bangor was home to many sawmills
    • https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/lost-tourist-who-thought-Bangor-was-San-Francisco-15940512.php



    barbary coast
    - north africa
     red-light district during the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, san francisco
    • sydney town - By the end of 1849, several ships from Australia brought former members of Great Britain's penal colony – including ex-convicts, ticket-of-leave men, and criminals – to San Francisco, where they would become known as the Sydney Ducks.
    Barbarossa
    Barbarossaplatz is an interchange station and hub on the Cologne Stadtbahn lines 12, 15, 16 and 18 in the Cologne district of Innenstadt.
    - 德國巴伐利亞州維爾茨堡上周五一名索馬里籍男子持刀斬人,導致至少3死6傷。事發當地時間上周五下午約5時,戴上口罩、但沒有穿鞋的24歲疑兇在市中心巴巴羅薩廣場(Barbarossaplatz)施襲。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20210627/00180_041.html


    Battenberg or Battenburg may refer to:
    -Battenberg (Eder), a town in Hesse, Germany
    -Battenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
    -Battenberg Hill, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
    Battenberg family, German noble family from Hesse
    Battenberg cake or Battenburg cake, a cake with a checkered pattern on the inside

    bloomington
    - city name in various us states

    barcelona
    - spain
    Barcelona, capital of Anzoátegui State, Venezuela , founded in 1671.

    san basilio
    San BasilioSantu 'Asili 'e Monti in sardinian language,  South Sardinia, italy
    -  San Basilio de Palenque or Palenque de San Basilio , Municipality of Mahates, Bolivar , northern Colombia. Palenque is also considered the first free town in the Americas.

    beira was one of the six traditional provinces or comarcas of Portugal.
    - mozambique


    belfast
    - northern ireland
    Emakhazeni Local Municipality comprises of 4 main towns:Emakhazeni(Belfast) Dullstroom, Entokozweni(Machadodorp) and Emgwenya(Waterval Boven) and it is  situated in the heart of Mpumalanga Province.  http://www.emakhazeni.gov.za/


    bergen
    - norway
    - germany, near frankfurt, battle in 1759 during seven years war

    bethlehem
    - israel
    - pennsylvannia
    - freestate, south africa

    bian
    Bian River or Mbian River , western part of Papua, in the province of Papua)Indonesia.
    The Bian River (汴河), also known in Chinese as the Bian Shui (汴水), was an ancient river partly located within the borders of China’s Kaifeng City, Henan Province. 
    汴京 (now kaifeng)

    bologna
    Boulogne-Billancourt , often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine)The original name of the commune was Boulogne-sur-Seine (meaning "Boulogne upon Seine"). Before the 14th century, Boulogne was a small village called Menuls-lès-Saint-Cloud (meaning "Menuls near Saint-Cloud"). 
    As for the name Billancourt, it was recorded for the first time in 1150 as Bullencort, sometimes also spelled Bollencort. It comes from Medieval Latin cortemaccusative of cors, meaning "enclosure", "estate", suffixed to the Germanic patronym Buolo (meaning "friend, brother, kinsman"), thus having the meaning of "estate of Buolo".

    bolivar
    - simon bolivar
    - Bolivar, Bolivar County, Mississippi.Bolivar was once the county seat, and Bolivar Landing was its port on the Mississippi River. Now permanently cut off from the river, Bolivar is a quiescent residential hamlet, while Bolivar Landing, immediately north and across the immense Mississippi Levee, is a cottage community on Lake Whittington.

    borlang
    Borlang is a village development committee in northern-central Nepal
    Borlänge  Dalarna CountySweden Originally Borlänge was the name of a tiny village, and the first historical information about it is from 1390.
    Norman Ernest Borlaug (/ˈbɔːrlɔːɡ/; March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green RevolutionBorlaug was the great-grandchild of Norwegian immigrants. Ole Olson Dybevig and Solveig Thomasdatter Rinde, of Feios, a small village in Vik kommuneSogn og Fjordane, Norway, emigrated to Dane CountyWisconsin, in 1854.[citation needed] The family eventually moved to the small Norwegian-American community of Saude, near CrescoIowa. There they were members of Saude Lutheran Church, where Norman was both baptized and confirmed.

    brest
    - france
    - belarus

    bulgaria
    -upper balkaria, russia https://www.rbth.com/travel/333070-visit-kabardino-balkaria

    burma
    Bermagui  south coast of New South Wales, Australia in the Bega Valley Shire. It lies on the shores of the southern end of Horseshoe Bay. The name is derived from the Dyirringanj word, permageua, possibly meaning "canoe with paddles".

    cailin
    A variant of the feminine name Colleen
    a village in Meichuan, Wuxue, Huanggang, China
    梅川,臺中盆地烏溪水系柳川支流。

    cambo-, campo-
    Campo Imperatore ("Emperor's Field") italy
    坎波萨诺Camposano (NeapolitanCambasànë) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania
    坎波Campo is an unincorporated community in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California

    camden
    - surname, also names of places in usa, australia, canada, uk, ireland

    kamp (river ,town ), austria

    chamberlain
    - chamberlain lake, maine


    canberra
    坎帕拉Kampala, uganda

    castille
    The Cueva del Castillo, or Cave of the Castle, is an archaeological site within the complex of the Caves of Monte Castillo, in Puente ViesgoCantabriaSpain.
    El Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [el kas'tiʎo], Spanish for "the castle"), also known as the Temple of Kukulcan (or sometimes Kukulkan), is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán

    castro
    - in chiloe, chile

    cauca
    - 考卡山谷省(Departamento del Valle del Cauca), colombia
    - caucasus

    ceylon
    Ceylon, Martin CountyMinnesota, usa 
    西隆卡西語Shillong),又譯為錫隆、斯希隆格, india
    邦阿西楠省英語:Pangasinan Province, 咱人話蜂牙絲蘭省)luzon philippines中国古代称之为冯嘉施兰国,又作傍佳施栏傍佳施兰傍加施兰傍家施兰彭家施阑邦仔系兰房仔系兰

    charlevoix
    - quebec, named after Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix
    - michigan, named after Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix

    chester
    - west chester, pennsylvania

    chinameca
    - mexico
    - el salvador

    chita
    - place names in aichi, japan; russia; texas, usa; columbia

    clark county
    - in various us states

    Colonus may refer to:
    科洛尼亞托瓦爾(西班牙語:Colonia Tovar), aragua, venezuela


    columbia/columbus
    - kolomna (near moscow) russia
    Columbus Circle , NYC borough of ManhattanThe circle is named after the monument of Christopher Columbus in the center. The name is also used for the neighborhood a few blocks around the circle in each direction. To the south of the circle lies Hell's Kitchen, also known as "Clinton", and the Theater District, and to the north is the Upper West SideThe 76-foot (23 m) Columbus Column monument at the center of the circle, created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo.
    - columbia circle, shanghai

    • A historical compound that used to house, among other things, the old Navy Club, the Columbia Country Club--a popular hangout for Americans in the 20s and 40s--and a mansion built for Sun Ke, the son of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, by Hungarian architect Lazlo Hudec. After the end of World War II, it contained a biological institute and then lay vacant for a few years, before Vanke group rented it in 2016 and started major renovations. http://www.smartshanghai.com/venue/15414/columbia_circle
    • hkej 12oct18

    como
    - lake como, italy
    Himalayan Resorts of COMO Uma Paro and COMO Uma Punakha , bhutan https://www.lightfoottravel.com/en/travelbylightfoot/WELCOME-BACK-TO-TRAVEL

    conceicao
    - names of many places in portugal and brazil, also a surname

    congo
    -尼拉貢戈火山Mount Nyiragongo dr congo
    -Kongola is the westernmost constituency of Zambezi Region of Namibia
    - Congo Square (French: Place Congo) is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. The Tremé neighborhood is famous for its history of African American music.

    constitution hill
    - various places in uk, south africa, australia, philippines, ireland

    copenhagen
    哥本峇魯  Kebun Baru is a precinct located at Ang Mo KioSingapore. It is located in the west of Ang Mo Kio and bounded by Mayflower district and Bishan - Ang Mo Kio Park.

    cornhill
    - 康山Thornhill , York , Ontario, Canada
    - kornhill, hk

    cornwall
    - cornwall county, jamaica

    Coronado (Spanish for "Crowned") 
    - names for various places in usa, mexico and others
    -  In 2017, Coronado Coal Group purchased Curragh Coal Mine (australia) from Wesfarmers Resources.

    cottom
    Cottam, Preston, Lancashire, uk
    - nottinghamshire, uk
    - yorkshire uk

    coventry
    Kovan (Chinese高文pinyinGāo Wén) is a neighbourhood located within the town of Hougang, in the North-East Region of Singapore

    cuba
    The Kuba Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of the Bakuba or Bushongo, is a traditional kingdom in Central Africa
    庫瓦瓜島(西班牙語:Isla de Cubagua委內瑞拉的島嶼

    dalby
    - sweden
    - usa
    - uk
    - australia

    Dali
    - yunnan
    - 大瀝 nanhai, guangdong
    Dali (or DhaliGreekΔάλιTurkishDali) is a large village in Cyprus

    丹東
    - dandung, east java

    dezhou
    - contemporary
    • 德州市,中国山东省
    • 德克萨斯州,简称为德州,是美国面积第二大及本土面积最大的州分,也是美国人口第二多的州分。
    - historic

    • 德州 (南梁),南朝梁置,治九德县(今越南义安省荣市)。辖境相当今越南蓝江流域下游地区。隋开皇十八年(598年)改驩州。唐武德八年(625年)复以南德州改德州,仍治今越南义安省荣市。贞观元年(627年)仍改驩州
    • 德州 (山东),隋开皇九年(589年)置,治安德县(即今山东陵县)。在今山东省、河北省境
    • 德州 (云南),唐置,治罗连县(今云南盐津、大关二县交界处)。北宋后废
    • 德州 (辽朝),辽置,治宣德县(今内蒙古凉城县东北)。辖境相当今内蒙古自治区长城以北,岱海周围地区。金时废
    • 德州 (元朝),元置,隶德昌路
    •  德州卫,明朝设置的卫。
    dhaka, bangladesh
    - dakar, senegal

    discovery bay
    - hk
    - jamaica
    http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/messy-claims-land-discovery-bay-cdc-in-trouble_178999

    dole ***names of many places in the world, including in france

    東山縣
    - fujian
    - vietnam

    東興
    - guangxi
    - baidu - 三国时期的东兴(今安徽含山西南),吴主孙亮建兴元年(公元252年)冬十月,太傅诸葛恪围巢湖筑东兴城


    dorset
    - civilisation/culture
    - dorset county, uk

    dundee
    - uk
    The coal mining town of Dundee is situated in a valley of the Biggarsberg mountains in KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa . It is part of the Endumeni MunicipalityUmzinyathi District It is named after the hometown of a pioneering Scottish settler, Peter Smith. At first, Dundee was a farm (Dundee farm), the property of Peter Smith, which he had bought from a Voortrekker settler, Mr Dekker. Three other men are also credited with the founding of Dundee; his son William Craighead Smith, son-in-law Dugald McPhail, and close family friend Charles Wilson.

    dunkirk
    - france
    - ny, usa

    都拉斯Durrës, albania
    - honduras

    eden
    - aten (ancient city), egypt
    Valle Edén  Tacuarembó DepartmentUruguay.
    The Garden Route District Municipality (formerly known as the Eden District MunicipalityWestern Cape Province,South Africa.
    伊滕  iten, kenya
    eden, new south wales
    - edendale, new zealand
    Edendale is a historical name for a district in Los Angeles, California, northwest of Downtown Los Angeles, in what is known today as Echo Park
    Edendale is a township in Msunduzi local municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.Edendale was established in 1851, when 100 black Christian families settled on the farm Welverdiend, about 10 km from Pietermaritzburg, and renamed it to its present name. The village was laid out under the guidance of James Allison, who had broken with the Wesleyan Missionary Society in 1851.
    艾丁湖维吾尔语ئايدىڭكۆل‎,拉丁维文:Aydingköl)xinjiang 艾丁湖一名源於维吾尔语的「ئايدىڭ‎」(月)及「كۆل‎」(湖)

    edo
    Edo is a state in Nigeria. With Benin City as capital.

    ecua-, equa-
    - ecuador
    - equatorial guinea

    Eretria, euboea, greece
    - eritrea, northeast african country

    essex
    - uk
    - massachusetts, usa


    ewe
    - an ethnic group in Eastern part of Ghana, Benin and Togo
    Isle of Ewe, an island off the west coast of Scotland
    - Loch Ewe,  Scotland
    - St Ewe,  Cornwall


    - 肥前國 hizen, japan
    肥东县 anhui
    - 肥乡古称肥邑,区名源自战国时期赵国的相国肥义,三国魏黄初二年(221年),初置肥乡。

    san francisco
    - san francisco, usa
    - san francisco street (now lima street), piura, peru

    frogmore
    Frogmore is a village in the civil parish of Frogmore and Sherford in the South Hams district of the county of Devon, England.The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words frogga and mere meaning pool frequented by frogs.
    Frogmore House is a 17th-century English country house owned by the Crown Estate. It is a historic Grade I listed building. The house is located on the Frogmore estate, which is situated within the grounds of the Home Park in WindsorBerkshire. Half a mile (800 m) south of Windsor Castle, Frogmore was let to a number of tenants until the late 18th century, when it was used intermittently as a residence for several members of the British royal family.
    • there is a japan room


    gallipoli
    Gallipoli Lines (army barrack) in hk  - named for Gallipoli Campaign of World War I

    • http://www.passontorch.org.hk/en/text/activities_detail/556 The “Military Summer Camp for Hong Kong Youth” (the Summer Camp) is jointly organised by the Concerted Efforts Resource Centre, the Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Education Bureau. 
    gaza
    加扎省Gaza province mozambique
    - gasa gasa in new orleans (arts venue)


    genoa
    - italy
    - east gippsland, australia

    georgetown
    - capital of guyana, south america
    - malaysia

    ghana
    - fergana valley central asia

    gibraltar
    - gibraltar
    - santa barbara, california

    glasgow
    - scotland
    - montana, usa
    GlasgowBarren CountyKentucky, United States,  well known for its annual Scottish Highland Games

    gloucester
    - uk
    - usa

    golan heights, middle east
    - golant, cornwall, uk
    • Charles I of England, who camped at Castle Dore "on the night before the surrender of the Parliamentary army in 1644" according to Arthur Mee
    • Giuseppe Garibaldi, who lodged with Colonel Peard for some time after the gaining of Italian independence; Peard had fought in the campaign and was known as "Garibaldi's Englishman".

    gold coast
    - british colony in today's ghana
    - australia

    gotham
    - village in nottinghamshire, means goat home in old english

    granada
    - spain
    - nicaragua

    greek
    - creek (usa indigenous people)

    • The Muscogee, also known as the MuskogeeMuscogee CreekCreekMvskokvlke, or the Muscogee Creek Confederacy (pronounced [məskógəlgi]) in the Muscogee language, are a related group of indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodland


    guadalajara
    - spain
    - mexico

    guangdong
    Gwandong (관동; Korean pronunciation: [kwan.doŋ]) is a region coinciding with the former Gangwon Province in Korea. Today, the term refers to South Korea's Gangwon Province and North Korea's Kangwon Province. The name is often used to refer to people residing in the region. The term literally means "east of Daegwallyeong", a mountain pass in the Taebaek Mountains of the eastern Korean peninsula.

    guia
    -a kind of bead accessories linked with candomble religion (worn by clara nunes)

    guinea
    - guinea
    - papua new guinea
    - ****guinea (in peru) means banana https://ascenicworld.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/juanes-jungle-food-on-the-go/
    - shanxi gaoping 陶唐时期,尧分天下为九州,此为冀州之域,属“帝都畿内”。殷商,为商盖国,祖乙定都于耿城,属畿内地。

    hague
    Cap de la Hague is a cape at the tip of the Cotentin peninsula in NormandyFrance.France's oldest rocks are to be found on its coast in Jobourg. Other rocky outcroppings on the coast include Cadomian granite in Auderville and Variscan granite in Flamanville.The dialect of the Norman language spoken by a minority in the region is called Haguais. The Norman poet Côtis-Capel was a native of the region and used the landscape as inspiration for his poetry. The painter Jean-François Millet was also a native of the region.

    The La Hague site, the largest light water reactor nuclear waste reprocessing plant on earth (over half of the world's capacity), is located in the region.


    hainan
    海南郡Haenam (Haenam-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The capital of Haenam-gun is Haenam-eup (Haenam town).Haenam County has been inhabited since the Neolithic. Relics of the Bronze Age, such as dolmens and shell mounds, were discovered here. The term Haenam appeared during the Goryeo dynasty but a definite record does not exist. After 1895 (32nd year of King Gojong in the Joseon dynasty) it came to be called as Haenam-gun, and became the biggest county in Jeonnam.

    sounds like hakka
    - khakassia, russia

    *******Halali may refer to:
    - the Halali River in India
    - A Swahili word originating from the Arabic word halal, meaning lawful, legal, etc.
    - Halali, Mashhad, a village in Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
    - Halali-ye Mansur, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran
    - a rest camp in Etosha National Park in Namibia
    - Rosa 'Halali' [es], Rosa cultivar
    - Halali also stands for:
    • (German) the ritual end of a hunt by horse
    • (German) the signal blown on the horn marking the end of a hunt by horse

    han river
    - The Han River or Hangang 汉江, korea
    - 韩江 eastern part of guangdong

    hankow
    - Hanko, Finland, town and municipality
    Hanko Peninsula, Finland
    Hanko (stamp), a Japanese signature stamp
    Hankø, an island in the Oslo Fjord in Norway
    - Hanko is sometimes a misspelling of Hankou (汉口), China

    hanoi
    - vietnam
    Kawachi Province (河内国Kawachi no kuni)

    hanover
    - hanover parish, jamaica
    -  New Hanover is the name of a number of places:
    happy valley
    - happy valley set, colonial kenya
    -Happy Valley is a suburb of Mount Isa in the City of Mount IsaQueensland, Australia.The suburb was named in September 1973 and is the ironic name given to the area by the population during the Great Depression, when a shanty town existed in the area.

    havana
    馬魯特阿環礁  Marutea, or Taunga tauranga-e-havana, french polynesia

    hawaii
    - little hawaii waterfall, saikung hk http://hk.hkcd.com/pdf/202004/0423/HZ15423CX01_HKCD.pdf

    helgo
    - island in stockholm county
    - heligoland/helgoland, german island in north sea
    - helgeland (old norse: halogaland) in norway

    hell
    Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton, is a neighborhood on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, west of Midtown Manhattan. It is considered to be bordered by 34th Street (or 41st Street) to the south, 59th Street to the north, Eighth Avenue to the east, and the Hudson River to the west.Until the 1970s, Hell's Kitchen was a bastion of poor and working-class Irish Americans. Though its gritty reputation had long held real-estate prices below those of most other areas of Manhattan, by 1969, the City Planning Commission's Plan for New York City reported that development pressures related to its Midtown location were driving people of modest means from the area.Since the early 1980s, the area has been gentrifying, and rents have risen rapidly. Home of the Actors Studio training school, and adjacent to Broadway theatres, Hell's Kitchen has long been a home to fledgling and working actors. Today, the area has a large LGBTQ population and is home to a large number of LGBTQ bars and businesses.
    - city in michigan


    holland
    - holland on sea, essex
    - great holland village, essex
    - holland, michigan usa
    荷蘭街 holland street, kennedy town

    惠山
    - 惠山市, north korea
    - 惠山, wuxi

    hull
    -  Gatineau (/ˈɡætɪn/French: [ɡatino]), officially Ville de Gatineau, is a city in western Quebec, Canada. The current city of Gatineau is centred on an area formerly called Hull, the oldest European colonial settlement in the National Capital Region. This area was mostly not developed until after the American Revolutionary War, when the Crown made land grants to Loyalists for resettlement in Upper Canada.Hull was founded on the north shore of the Ottawa River in 1800 by Philemon Wright.

    iran
    The Elan Valley (WelshCwm Elan) is a river valley situated to the west of Rhayader, in PowysWales, sometimes known as the "Welsh Lake District". 

    iraq
    - kang-irag, cebu, philippines

    ireland
    - 艾爾半島(Eyre Peninsula)australia

    iyo
    Iyo  village Bassila , Donga Department , western Benin.
    -  Iyo (Japanese伊予市 HepburnIyo-shi)  Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
    -  Iyo Province (伊予国 Iyo-no-kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku.
    -  the whole Shikoku island of Japan (archaic)
    - queen iyo in japan (had contacts with sima ruling house of jin dynasty) singtao 29oct18 hongzhi article

    碧玉,又稱鐵石英Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to iron(III) inclusions. Jasper breaks with a smooth surface and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It can be highly polished and is used for items such as vases, seals, and snuff boxes. The specific gravity of jasper is typically 2.5 to 2.9.[4] A green variety with red spots, known as heliotrope (bloodstone), is one of the traditional birthstones for March. Jaspillite is a banded-iron-formation rock that often has distinctive bands of jasper.The name means "spotted or speckled stone," and is derived via Old French jaspre (variant of Anglo-Norman jaspe) and Latin iaspidem (nom. iaspis) from Greek ἴασπις iaspis (feminine noun), from an Afroasiatic language (cf. Hebrew ישפה yashpeh, Akkadian yashupu). This Semitic etymology is believed to be unrelated to that of the English given name Jasper, which is of Persian origin.Green jasper was used to make bow drills in Mehrgarh between 4th and 5th millennium BC. Jasper is known to have been a favorite gem in the ancient world; its name can be traced back in Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Assyrian, Greek and Latin. On Minoan Crete, jasper was carved to produce seals circa 1800 BC, as evidenced by archaeological recoveries at the palace of Knossos.Although the term jasper is now restricted to opaque quartz, the ancient iaspis was a stone of considerable translucency including nephrite. The jasper of antiquity was in many cases distinctly green, for it is often compared to emerald and other green objects. Jasper is referred to in the Nibelungenlied as being clear and green. The jasper of the ancients probably included stones which would now be classed as chalcedony, and the emerald-like jasper may have been akin to the modern chrysoprase. The Hebrew word may have designated a green jasper. Flinders Petrie suggested that the odem, the first stone on the High Priest's breastplate, was a red jasper, whilst tarshish, the tenth stone, may have been a yellow jasper.
    - Jasperware, or jasper ware, is a type of pottery first developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s. Usually described as stoneware, it has an unglazed matte "biscuit" finish and is produced in a number of different colours, of which the most common and best known is a pale blue that has become known as Wedgwood Blue. Relief decorations in contrasting colours (typically in white but also in other colours) are characteristic of jasperware, giving a cameo effect. The reliefs are produced in moulds and applied to the ware as sprigs.
    ft 28aug2021 article on jasperware - it was mentioned that earl mccartney, first official embassy in china in 1792, landed in tianjin and then to beijing
    - 贾斯珀Jasper is a specialized municipality in western Alberta, Canada. It is the commercial centre of Jasper National Park, located in the Canadian Rockies within the Athabasca River valley. Established in 1813, Jasper House was first a North West Company, and later Hudson's Bay Company, fur trade outpost on the York Factory Express trade route to what was then called "New Caledonia" (now British Columbia), and Fort Vancouver on the lower Columbia River.



    ji'an
    - jilin
    - jiangxi

    滘多用于地名。如:道滘、玉滘、沥滘、赤沙滘、滘口、何滘、仙滘、后滘、西滘、厦滘、细滘、北滘、南滘(都在广东省)
    - hk
    • 大埔
    • 西洲

    金鄉
    - shandong
    - 浙江平陽

    晉州市 (中國):位於中國河北省的城市。晉州市 (韓國):位於大韓民國慶尚南道的城市。


    johannesburg
    - johannisberg is the name of various places in germany, poland (now changes to diferent names), romania, slovenia, sweden, czech republic

    jura
    侏罗山(法语:Jura 法语:[ʒyʁa]),又译汝拉山The Jura Mountains (French: [ʒyʁa]German: [ˈjuːra]locally [ˈjuːɾa]; French: Massif du JuraGermanJuragebirge; Italian: Massiccio del Giura) are a sub-alpine mountain range located north of the Western Alps, mainly following the course of the France–Switzerland border. The Jura separates the Rhine and Rhône basins, forming part of the watershed of each. The name "Jura" is derived from juria, a Latinized form of a Celtic stem jor- "forest". The mountain range gives its name to the French department of Jura, the Swiss Canton of Jura (汝拉州(又譯侏羅州,法語;意大利語羅曼語:Giura)), the Jurassic period of the geologic timescale, and the Montes Jura of the Moon.

    kandal
    - province in cambodia
    - name of various places in iran, iraq and norway

    Kellog (RussianКеллог) Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk KraiRussia. It is one of the three localities in which Ket people (凯特人愒人), a little-known ethnic group whose language is thought by some linguists to be related to the Na-Dene languages of Native Americans, live.

    kina
    基納(Qena), egypt
    奇拉河Chira River or Rio Chira is the name of a river (as well as valley) in northern Peru whose mouth is 100 km north west of the provincial capital of Piura and 25 km north of the port of Paita.

    基隆
    -基洛納Kelowna), canada
    -吉朗Geelong),又译吉隆智朗季隆
    - Keelung City  Taiwan


    kenya
    干尼亞  Chania, crete, greece
    Tasik Kenyir or Kenyir Lake is an artificial lake located in Hulu TerengganuTerengganuMalaysia created in 1985 by the damming of the Kenyir River.

    kilmore
    - victoria, australia
    - gilmore a surname

    kita
    基塔kita,  mali

    kochi
    - kochi city also known as cochin, india
    - kochi prefecture, kochi city, japan

    koln
    - colnbrook, berkshire, uk

    korea
    - *******Coraopolis (/ˌkriˈɒpəlɪs/) is a borough in Allegheny CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States.The borough was incorporated on June 7, 1886. It was previously known as a village under the name of Middletown, while the post office name was Vancefort. It was established in August 1861, and changed to Coraopolis in March 1886. Legend has it that the borough was named for a member of the Watson family, Cora Watson, who was born on February 2, 1870. However, an old newspaper uncovered by longtime resident and local historian Dr. Frank Braden, Jr. suggests it more likely took the appellation from a Greek word for "maiden city". According to page 7 of the book Coraopolis, by Gia Tatone, Coraopolis Historical Society (2007), "The newspaper [Dr. Frank Braden, Jr. uncovered] was simply called the News and was published in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on June 5, 1897. The newspaper discusses the confusion that was occurring with the post offices in regard to the name Middletown, because several other areas in the state of Pennsylvania shared the same name. With a borough now being established, the Reverend Josiah Dillon, a pioneer clergyman, suggested the name to be changed to Coraopolis. Dillon knew Greek and was also the first burgess (mayor) at the time. So he suggested combining Kore meaning 'maiden' and opolis meaning 'city' ('maiden city') to achieve Koreopolis. However, when Greek letters and pronunciation were turned to English, it is said the spelling therefore accidentally got changed."

    krems (river, town) , austria 

    Laki island indonesia
    拉基火山  Laki or Lakagígar (Craters of Laki) is a volcanic fissure in the western part of Vatnajökull National ParkIceland

    lamma
    - lammas land , cambridge, uk
    - lamma island, hk

    lancaster
    Lancaster , South Central Pennsylvania, United States.Originally called Hickory Town, the city was renamed after the English city of Lancaster by native John Wright. Its symbol, the red rose, is from the House of Lancaster.Lancaster was part of the 1681 Penn's Woods Charter of William Penn, and was laid out by James Hamilton in 1734. It was incorporated as a borough in 1742 and incorporated as a city in 1818.During the American Revolution, Lancaster was the capital of the United States for one day, on September 27, 1777, after the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia, which had been captured by the British. The revolutionary government then moved still farther away to York, Pennsylvania.Lancaster was capital of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1812, after which the capital was moved to Harrisburg.
    - lancaster, los angeles

    sri lanka
    - langa langa solomon islands
    - lancashire
    - lancaster
    - 朗格langhe, italy
    帕蘭加Palanga, lithuania
    普馬蘭加省  Mpumalanga, south africa
    KRI Nanggala (402) is a submarine of the Indonesian Navy, one of two Cakra-class submarines.The ship is named after the Nanggala, a divine and powerful short spear with pointed sides that was owned by Prabu Baladewa, a recurring character in wayang puppet theatre. The weapon itself is depicted on the submarine's badge.
    陶朗加Tauranga new zealand
    林加延湾英語:Lingayan Gulf)也称仁牙因湾, luzon philippines

    langya
    Mount Langya 琅琊山chuzhou anhui
    -Mount Langya   yi couinty hebeii

    las vegas
    The Comarca de Las Vegas is a informal comarca, defined by the Guía de Turismo Rural y Activo, edited by Directorate General of Tourism (Consejería de Cultura y Turismo) of the Community of Madridis bound geographically by three rivers TajoTajuña and Jarama. The capital is Aranjuez.
    - usa


    León
    - spain 
    - nicaragua
    - sierre leone
    - monteleone - various towns and communes in italy

    leonardville
    - namibia
    - kansas usa (est 1881)

    利川
    - 南韓京畿道
    - 中國湖北恩施


    lima
    - la lima, honduras
    - limassol 利马索尔, cyprus

    limoges
    - france
    - ontario, canada

    lisbon
    - 利斯本 Lisburn, northern ireland

    lishui
    - zhejiang
    - korea - YEOSU-百济時代稱為源村縣以及突山縣,統一新羅時代的757年開始有麗山之名。高麗時代的940年起使用麗水作為地名。丽水市所在地早在公元五、六世纪就有建制,那时称猿村县。

    london
    - ontario, canada

    long beach
    长滩,台湾稱作長堤,中文音譯為朗比奇 long beach city, california
    Long Beach Township  New Jersey
    长滩Long Beach), ny

    san lorenzo
    - italy
    - mexico

    lotte
    - name of estonian children literature
    - lotte, germany
    - lotte brand in korea

    lund-
    - lund, sweden
    - lundy island, uk (old Norse word for "puffin island"
    Lundey, literally "Puffin Island", iceland

    luther
    - names of various cities in different states of usa

    lynn
    - king's lynn, uk
    - lynn valley, vancouver, canada

    macau
    Macau est une commune du Sud-Ouest de la France, située dans le département de la Gironde, en région Nouvelle-AquitaineSes habitants s'appellent les MacaudaisCe toponyme gascon était jadis documenté sous les formes Maquau ou Macquau (1273), Machau (1311, 1359). Ce nom proviendrait d'un terme présumé *machalus[2]. On notera qu'en 1190, le canal séparant l'île de Machanina (aujourd'hui soudée à la terre ferme) se nommait déjà la Maqueline[réf. nécessaire] (deux variantes de *machalina, un dérivé du toponyme). Deux théories ont été avancées pour tenter d'élucider la signification du toponyme Macau :
    • en latinmalum cavum signifie 'mauvais creux'. Il s'agirait d'une contraction de ces termes, qui aurait dû donner *maucau, une formation par ailleurs inconnue en toponymie gasconne ;
    • le mot macallus désigne une fosse[réf. nécessaire] et pourrait être à l'origine du nom de cette commune.
    La ville connut une destruction au ixe siècle par les Normands.
    The Burmese name Bago (ပဲခူး) is likely derived from the Mon language place name Bagaw (Monဗဂေါ[həkɜ̀]). 
    馬庫阿人,也被稱為馬庫瓦人The Makua people, also known as Makhuwa, are a Bantu ethnic group found in northern Mozambique and the southern border provinces of Tanzania such as the Mtwara Region.


    maine
    Maine [mɛːn] is one of the traditional provinces of France (not to be confused with La Maine, the river). It corresponds to the former County of Maine, whose capital was also the city of Le Mans
    Maine (/mn/ ) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
    - ui maine, ancient irish kingdom
    塞纳-马恩省Seine-et-Marne france
    - mainz germany
    棉因鎮Myaing Township myanmar
    迪蒙恩, iowa, usa

    maipo, maipu
    - maipo river, chile
    邁普Maipú  Mendoza Province, Argentina
    邁普Maipú  Chile  Santiago ProvinceSantiago Metropolitan Region
    - maipo, hk

    malawi
    - country in east africa
    - marawi, philippines

    Malaka o Mlk (en fenicio 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤀, mlkʾ) fue un asentamiento fenicio situado en la costa sur de la península ibérica, en el lugar donde actualmente se encuentra la ciudad española de Málaga. El término Malaka puede significar factoría o sal en idioma fenicio.Se trata de una de las colonias fundadas por los fenicios de Tiro desde el siglo VIII a. C. en la península ibérica,​ sobre un primitivo asentamiento bastetano
    Málaga es una de las ocho provincias españolas que componen la comunidad autónoma de Andalucía
    - malacca, malaysia

    mali
    - 馬里科帕(Maricopa), arizona, usa
    - country in africa
    -馬里Mari (Cuneiform𒈠𒌷𒆠ma-riki, modern Tell HaririArabicتل حريري‎) was an ancient Semiticcity-state in modern-day Syria
    - mariental, namibia
    The Mari El Republic (RussianРеспу́блика Мари́й ЭлRespublika Mariy ElMeadow MariМарий Эл РеспубликHill MariМары Эл Республик) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). Mari El is one of Russia's ethnic republics, primarily representing the indigenous Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group who have traditionally lived along the Volga River and Kama River.
    - mali islands, fiji 
    - marikina city, (also river) manila, philippines
    - note the thai name of jasmine rice - khao hom mali
    The historical Ephialtes was actually not a Spartan, but rather a Malian from the city of Trachis, which is located in the part of Greece known as Thessalia. https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Ephialtes-betray-Sparta

    mari/li +bo/po
    - 马里博尔斯洛維尼亞語Maribor;德語:Marburg an der Drau,意为“德劳河畔马尔堡”)slovenia
    -Paramaribo ( nickname: Par′bo), Suriname
    Malipo County (Chinese麻栗坡县pinyinMálìpō XiànVietnameseMa Lật Pha) , yunnan

    malibu
    Malibu (/ˈmælɪb/) (Spanish: Malibú), western Los Angeles County, California Nicknamed "the 'Bu" by surfers and locals, beaches along the Malibu coast include Surfrider BeachZuma Beach, Malibu Beach, Topanga Beach, Point Dume BeachCounty Line, and Dan Blocker Beach. State parks and beaches on the Malibu coast include Malibu Creek State ParkLeo Carrillo State Beach and Park, Point Mugu State Park, and Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach, with individual beaches: El Pescador, La Piedra and El Matador. The many parks within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area lie along the ridges above the city along with local parks that include Malibu Bluffs Park (formerly Malibu Bluffs State Park), Trancas Canyon Park, Las Flores Creek Park, and Legacy Park.Malibu is named for the Ventureño Chumash settlement of Humaliwo, which translates to “The Surf Sounds Loudly.” This pre-colonial village was situated next to Malibu Lagoon and is now part of the State Park.

    • the beach city is incorporated in 1991 into the City of Malibu. The area is known for being the home of Hollywood movie stars, people in the entertainment industry, and other affluent residents. 

    The Malibu languages are a poorly attested group of extinct languages once spoken along the Magdalena River in Colombia. Material exists only for two of the numerous languages mentioned in the literature: Malibú and Mocana.he Malibu languages have previously been grouped into a single family with the Chimila language. However, Chimila is now known to be a Chibchan language, and Adelaar & Muysken regard the grouping of Chimila with the Malibu languages as "without any factual basis".

    • only spanish and macedonian wiki versions

    - name of wheelock property in tseung kwan o




    malta
    - Maltahöhe, namibia

    man
    - isle of man
    - oman
    - amman
    赫爾曼德省Helmand, afghanistan

    manchester
    ManchesterOntario CountyNew York, United States. 

    mandarin
    - jacksonville, florida, usa

    margate
    Margate, resort town on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, southwest of Port Shepstone. The river which flows into the sea at Margate is called "Nkhongweni" (place of entreaty) because the original inhabitants were reputed to be so mean that travellers had to beg for hospitality. In 1908, Henry Richardson, an English surveyor laid out the town and named it Margateafter another seaside resort on the northern coast of the county of Kent, uk


    Mariental
  • Mariental, Germany, a settlement in the district of Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Mariental, Namibia, a settlement in the Hardap Region, Namibia
  • Mariental, a valley near the Katzenbuckel located in Elztal, Germany
  • Mariental, Switzerland, a valley in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Mariental, former name of Sovetskoye, Saratov Oblast, Russia

  • markham
    馬卡姆市(Markham), toronto, canada
    - markham road (now Huian Rd), shanghai


    mary
    - st mary's island in various places, uk, india


    Maxim or Maksim
    - scmp remember a day on a 31jul19 report Maxim’s, the favourite Paris restaurant of European royalty and international millionaires, had been declared an historical monument by the French government. As a result, the premises, decorated in the art nouveau style, could not be altered without government permission.https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3020901/typhoon-hope-causes-despair-hong-kong-manure-pit-suffocation

    mecca
    - california, usa


    眉山
    - 眉山市, sichuan
    - 眉山, tokushima

    melbourne
    - florida, usa

    melida
    Melide , Lugano , canton of Ticino, Switzerland
    Melide  province of A Coruña in the autonomous region of Galicia in northwest Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Terra de Melide. 

    memphis
    - egypt

    • The history of Memphis is closely linked to that of the country itself. Its eventual downfall is believed to be due to the loss of its economic significance in late antiquity, following the rise of coastal Alexandria. Its religious significance also diminished after the abandonment of the ancient religion following the Edict of Thessalonica.

    - tennessee, usa

    • Memphis was founded in 1819 as a planned city by a group of wealthy Americans including John Overton and future president Andrew Jackson. The plantation economy of the Antebellum South established Memphis as a major domestic trading post for African-American slave labor and agricultural commodities, especially cotton.
    Menora 

    • The menorah (/məˈnɔːrə/Hebrewמְנוֹרָה‬ [mənoːˈɾaː]) is described in the Bible as the seven-lamp (six branches) ancient Hebrew lampstand made of pure gold and used in the portable sanctuary set up by Moses in the wilderness and later in the Temple in Jerusalem. Fresh olive oil of the purest quality was burned daily to light its lamps. The menorah has been a symbol of Judaism since ancient times and is the emblem on the coat of arms of the modern state of Israel.
    • Menora (dance), a| Malay folk dance
    • Menora, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
    • Kfar HaOranim, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank also known as Menora

    mesopotamia
    - middle east
    - argentina, south america


    Minneola
    - various cities in usa
    A type of tangelo called Minneola tangelo

    montana
    - 蒙塔納montana (city, province), bulgaria

    morocco
    摩洛凱島Molokai)hawaii
     莫羅戈羅 Morogoro, tanzania

    Morrow is a word meaning "the next day" in literary English. It also means "morning" in archaic English
    - also name of cities and places in usa and candaa
    - surname of scottish origin

    Muerto or Muerta (Spanish for "dead person") may refer to:

    • Muerto, California, alternate name of Leliter, California
    • La Muerta, Mayan archaeological site
    • Isla Muerta (disambiguation) or Isla de Muerta, various fictional locations
    • 墨尔多山Mo'erduo Mountain  藏族最古老的宗教——黑教的神山,嘉绒藏族文化中心,藏区四大神山之一民族英雄的象征 scmp 1nov2020

    mulan
    兰乡,武汉黄陂区东北部
    - in putien, fujian


    muscat
    - oman
    Muscatine is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States.

    naga
    - city of naga

    南特(法語:Nantes法语:[nɑ̃t] 布列塔尼語Naoned), france
    南達(Nendaz)municipality , Conthey , canton of Valais, Switzerland.Nendaz is first mentioned in 984 as Nenda. It was also known under its German name Neind though that name is no longer used.The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Bend Gules between two Pomenranates

    nanhai
    - 小南海,重慶http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2020/04/07/b04-0407.pdf


    nanjiang
    南江县,中国四川省巴中市
    Nanjiang, Pingjiang (南江镇), Pingjiang County, Hunan province.
    南江县 (越南),越南广南省
    - rivers

    Nanping (Chinese南平pinyinNánpíng, historically known as Yenping)南平市閩北語羅馬字Nâng-běng-chī),別称闽北, fujian
    南平,是臺灣彰化縣員林市的一個傳統地域名稱,位於該市西北部。

    nanyang

    - henan
    南陽市(なんようし)は、山形県の南東にある人口約3万2千人の鶴の恩返し民話が伝わる里で知られる。合併時に、現在も市内の二大市街地である旧宮内町(現南陽市宮内)と旧赤湯町(現南陽市赤湯)の双方が新市名で譲らず、仲裁案として安孫子藤吉山形県知事(当時)が中国の故事である「南陽の菊水」から引用して命名した瑞祥地名である(市役所は中間地点に建てられた)。市名決定の経緯から、南陽市(中国)とは1988年に友好都市として提携している。
    新南陽市(しんなんようし)は、山口県の東部にかつてあった。市制施行前は南陽町を名乗っていたが、山形県南陽市があったために頭に「新」を冠し、新南陽市とした経緯がある。2003年4月21日徳山市熊毛町鹿野町と合併し、新たに周南市となり消滅した。

    naples
    - florida, usa
    尼普斯省Nippes, haiti
    - Nippes (German: Köln-NippesKölschNeppes [ˈne²pəs])[what does "²" mean?] is the fifth city district (Stadtbezirk) of Cologne, Germany. Nippes was incorporated into the city of Cologne in 1888 and the district was created in 1975. A large Ford Europe production plant is located in Niehl, the north-eastern part of the district.
    Ngapali (pronounced Napally and said to be named after the Italian city of Naples) is Myanmar’s premier beach destination.https://www.go-myanmar.com/nagpali-beach-and-thandwe-sandoway

    nassau
    - long island, ny, usa



    Negara may refer to:


    negros
    Río Negro Department , uruguay
    内格罗斯岛 Negros /ˈnɡrɒs/ is one of the many islands that comprise the Visayas, which forms the central division of the nation. The predominant inhabitants of the island region are mainly called Negrenses (locally Negrosanons).

    • Negros Occidental, also known as Occidental Negros or Western Negros, is a province located in the region of Western Visayas, in the Philippines. It occupies the northwestern half of the large island of Negros, and borders Negros Oriental, which comprises the southeastern half.
    - montenegro

    • note that there is a 黑山谷 in chongqing http://hk.hkcd.com/pdf/202008/0821/HA10821CZB1_HKCD.pdf
    • note that there are manyplaces bearing the name of black mountain



    newcastle
    - upon tyne, uk
    - new south wales, australia

    Nice
    - Nicetown–Tioga, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    niederwald
    - niederwalddenkmal monument in niederwald, hesse, germany to commemorate the founding of the german empire in 1871
    - texas, usa

    niger
    - country in africa
    - niger state, nigeria


    niles
    - in illinois

    • Joseph Curtis settled in what became Niles in 1827, and John Dewes followed in 1831. The settlement was originally called "Dutchman's Point", referring to German immigrants who followed, including John Plank of Hesse-Darmstadt (who sold whiskey to passing travelers and remaining Native Americans) and the Ebinger brothers of Stuttgart, as well as John Schadiger, Julius Perren, John-Jackson Ruland (d. 1880) and Revolutionary war soldier John Ketchum.

    - in michigan
    Niles Canyon  San Francisco Bay Area formed by Alameda Creek, known for its railroad and movie history. The canyon is largely in an unincorporated area of Alameda County, while the western portion of the canyon lies within the city limits of Fremont and Union City. The stretch of State Route 84 known as Niles Canyon Road traverses the length of the canyon from the Niles district of Fremont to the unincorporated town of Sunol. Two railroads also follow the same route down the canyon from Sunol to Niles: the old Southern Pacific track along the north side, now the Niles Canyon Railway, and the newer Union Pacific (formerly the Western Pacific) track a little to the south. At the west end are the ruins of the Vallejo Flour Mill, which dates to 1856.

    noah
    - noailles, france


    norfolk
    - uk
    - massachusetts, usa
    - virginia, usa

    norway
    - Norway, Benton County, Iowa, United States.

    obama
    Obama (小浜市Obama-shi), means "little beach" in Japanese, capital of wasaka province

    odessa
    - ukraine
    - texas, usa

    okh-
    Okhla (Old Canal Housing & Land Authority) is a Suburban colony near Okhla barrage in South Delhi district located at Delhi border. It is more commonly known as Okhla Industrial Area (OIA) or Okhla Industrial Estate, an industrial suburb in South Delhi which is mainly divided into three Phases. Okhla has lent its name to the nearby planned township of NOIDA(New Okhla Industrial Development Area).Okhla is among one of the oldest villages in Delhi near the bank of Yamuna river. This can be judged from the making of Okhla canal (Agra Canal) by Britishers in 1874, presently known as Okhla Head.

    oleh
    Oleh is the headquarters of the Isoko South Local Government Area, one of the two administrative units in the Isoko region of Delta State, southern NigeriaThe town is under the leadership of a monarch, His Royal Majesty (H.R.M.) Ovrawah A. Omogha 1 (JP) FCAI. He has the power to appoint his Kinsmen (also known as Chiefs), which assist him in decision(s) making relating to the affairs of Oleh community. In addition to the Monarch and his Chiefs, there is also Oleh community executives headed by an elected President. Both the community executives and the King with his Chiefs work hand-in-hand to see to the smooth running of the community affairs. They are also the traditional custodian of the people's customs and traditions. The monarch is influential in Isokoland in matters relating to his kingdom. He is also a member of the state council of traditional rulers, which also provides him a platform for some influence on statewide issues.

    • the only available alternative wiki version is yoruba

    - oleh is the Ukrainian version of the name Oleg
    - oleh is a Jew immigrating to Israel (plural of oleh is olim)

    Onara may refer to:
    • Onara, Tombolo, Italy
    • "Onara" (song), the theme song of the South Korean television drama Dae Jang Geum
    • Onara can also refer to the Eastern Wu, a kingdom during the Three Kingdoms of China.

    ontario
    Ontario County  New YorkThis area was long controlled by the Seneca people, one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, or Haudenosaunee
    Ontario is a city located in southwestern San Bernardino County, California, 35 miles (56 km) east of downtown Los Angeles and 23 miles (37 km) west of downtown San Bernardino, the county seat.It takes its name from the Ontario Model Colony development established in 1882 by the Canadian engineer George Chaffey and his brothers William Chaffey and Charles Chaffey. They named the settlement after their home province of Ontario.

    orange
    - otange county in various us states , california, ny, florida

    otto-
    The Otto River is a short river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It is one of the headwaters of the Grey River.
    Oto River, a tributary of the Kumano-gawa River, japan

    oxford
    - mississippi, usa

    paddington
    - Paddington is an inner-city area of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb of Paddington is considered to be part of the region associated with the stories of the Cadigal people. These people belonged to the Dharug (or Eora) language group, which includes what is now known as the Sydney central business district. It is known that the ridge, being the most efficient route, on which Oxford Street was built was also a walking track used by Aboriginal people. Much of the Aboriginal population (estimated at the time to be ca. 1000 people) of Sydney died due to the smallpox outbreak of 1789, one year after the First Fleet arrived in Sydney. Some Anthropologists maintain that the tribe moved to other areas of the shared Eora language group. At the time when Robert Cooper began to build his first house in Paddington, approximately 200 Koori people were living in Woolloomooloo in housing which Governor Macquarie had built for them. Paddington has never been a suburb with a dense indigenous population. In the 1930s, when parts of Sydney such as Redfern and Glebe became hubs for Aborigines entering the labour force, Paddington continued to be a European working-class suburb.

    Palikao est l'ancienne graphie française de la ville chinoise de Baliqiao. Le mot peut faire référence à :

    palma
    帕爾馬  Palma, unofficially known as Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands in Spain
    帕爾馬Palma  Mozambique,

    papua
    - [NATS] rival akimel o'odham (pima) communities referred to the tohono o'odham as ba:bawiko'a (bean eaters) a word that spanish invaders heard and pronunced as papago
    - papua new guinea
    - papua province indonesia
    查希尔丁·穆罕默德·巴布尔Babur  founder of the Mughal Empire

    parsippany
    - in greece? [eckstut] used marbel for architecture
    - Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, new jersey

    帕尔旺省Parwān, afghanistan
    - parwan, victoria, austria

    pattaya
    八打雁省巴坦格斯省Batangas), philippines

    saint paul
    - saint paul, minnesota, usa
    - sao paolo, brazil

    persia
    Peshtigo Marinette CountyWisconsin, United States.The etymology of Peshtigo is uncertain. Explanations include an Ojibwe word meaning 'river of the wild goose',[6][7][self-published source] a Menominee word for 'snapping turtle', a word meaning 'passing through a marsh',or a reference to a local Menominee band known as Pesh-tiko.
    - 波斯河鄉, ya'an, sichuan

    peru
    Perugia (Italian pronunciation: [peˈruːdʒa] LatinPerusia) is the capital city of both the region of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the river Tiber, and of the province of PerugiaPerugia was an Umbrian settlement but first appears in written history as Perusia, one of the 12 confederate cities of Etruria; it was first mentioned in Q. Fabius Pictor's account, utilized by Livy, of the expedition carried out against the Etruscan League by Fabius Maximus Rullianus in 310 or 309 BC. At that time a thirty-year indutiae (truce) was agreed upon; however, in 295 Perusia took part in the Third Samnite War and was reduced, with Volsinii and Arretium (Arezzo), to seek for peace in the following year.
    - Peru is a city in, and the county seat of, Miami County, Indiana, United States. Residents usually pronounce the name of Peru like the name of the nation of Peru is commonly pronounced in American English. Elderly Hoosiers commonly use the archaic pronunciation of /ˈpɪəruː/ PEE-roo.

    peterborough
    - st petersburg, russia
    - uk
    彼得堡  new hampshire usa

    philadelphia
    費拉德爾菲亞philadelphia, mississippi
    - massachusetts

    philippines
    卡菲利(英語:Caerphilly;威爾斯語:Caerffili)wales

    plantation
    Plantation Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England, connecting Kingston Road to the west with Woodstock Road to the east.In the past there was a plantation here, hence the name. The road was laid out with building plots by 1832. The philanthropic Oxford Cottage Improvement Company built a block of seven cottages in 1888 on the south side of the road.Towards the end of his life, the diplomat and author Sir Reader Bullard (1885–1976) lived in Plantation Road.
    plantation road, the peak, hk


    plymouth
    - uk
    Plymouth (/ˈplɪməθ/; historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth CountyMassachusetts, United States. The town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown." Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the MayflowerPilgrims, where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. The town has served as the location of several prominent events, one of the more notable being the First Thanksgiving feast.
    - plymouth, de jure capital of montserrat, carribean

    Pompei
    - Pompeia, São Paulo Brazil


    porth
    - porth beach, newquay, cornwall
    • 海岸防衞隊上周五接報,在紐基市的波斯海灘(Porth Beach)有人和狗隻被困後,於是派出一架搜救直升機到場營救。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20201002/00180_038.html

    portobello
    - portobello road, london
    Portobelo (historically Porto Bello in English) is a port city and corregimiento in Portobelo DistrictColón Province, Panama

    portsmouth
    - independent city in virginia, usa

    • The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S. Navy facility that is actually located in Portsmouth rather than Norfolk; the original name "Gosport" was changed to "Norfolk" to reflect its location in what is now the former Norfolk County, Virginia. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/2170520/organisers-hong-kong-wine-and-dine-festival-cancel
    prado
    - paseo del prado, havana, cuba
    - paseo del prado, madrid, spain

    楠普拉Nampula mozambique 
    -*********The name "Nampula" is said to be derived to the eMakhuwa word "Whampula", which according to legend refers to a tribal leader of the area in the past.
    • [note by me]whampoa?????

    莆田
    - fujian
    - in japan?

    蒲州,可以指:
    • 蒲州 (北周),北周时设置的州,在今山西省运城市境
      • 蒲州府,清朝时设置的府,治所在今山西省永济市
    • 蒲州 (金朝),金朝时设置的州,在今山西省临汾市境
    • 蒲州镇,中国山西省运城市永济市的镇
    • 蒲州街道,中国浙江省温州市龙湾区下辖的一个街道

    quorn
    - leicestershire, uk
    - south australia

    rahat
    - 古城拉哈特,near almaty, kazakhstan
    - 拉哈特  israel

    red
    - red sea
    红海湾(Red Bay,旧称汕尾湾),位于广东省汕尾市沿海一个半封闭的海湾,距深圳100多公里,水路距香港81海里,距高雄200海里,距国际航道11海里,有“中国观浪第一湾”之称。红海湾,又称岩岛,沿岸有汕尾红海湾经济开发试验区。因风景美貌,又被称为“粤东麒麟角”[2]


    rome
    - roma, italy
    - ciudad romero, el salvador

    sacromento, sacramenta, 聖山
    - spain
    - portugal
    - usa
    - brazil

    sahara
    - 山麓薩阿拉(西班牙語:Zahara de la Sierra)通常簡稱為薩阿拉, spain

    salem/salam
    - jerusalem
    - salam, massachusetts, usa
    - salem, new york
    Salem, New Hampshire, America’s Stonehenge  
    Salem Bodensee district  Baden-Württemberg  Southern Germany
    "Jerusalema" is a song by South African DJ and record producer Master KG featuring South African vocalist Nomcebo

    salay
    - in myanmar
    Salay, officially the Municipality of Salay, province of Misamis OrientalPhilippines.La provincia de Misamis, creada en 1818, formaba parte del Imperio español en Asia y Oceanía (1520-1898). Estaba dividida en cuatro partidos. El Partido de Cagayán, con CagayánIponánMolugánHasaán y Salay.A finales del siglo XIX la isla de Mindanao se hallaba dividida en siete distritos ó provincias, uno de los cuales era el Distrito 2º de Misamis, su capital era la villa de Cagayán de Misamis y del mismo dependía la comandancia de Dapitan. Uno de sus pueblos era Balingasag que entonces contaba con una población de 9.330 almas, según Govantes 11.800, sus visitas eran Casúlug, Caual, San Roque, la Concepción, Rosario, Lagonlong y SalayA principios del siglo XX, durante la ocupación estadounidense de Filipinas, Salay era un barrio de Babagasag, uno de los 15 municipios que formaban la provincia de Misamis.4​ El 15 de junio de 1968 fue creado el municipio de Binuangán formado por los siguientes barrios pertenecientes al municipio de Salay: Binuangan, Mabini, Kitamban, Kitambis, Valdiconcha, Mosangot, Dampias y Nabataan.

    salzburg
    萨尔普斯堡/萨斯伯格 sarpsborg norway

    薩姆松Samsun turkey

    sanger
    - Sanger, California, a US city
    - Sanger, North Dakota, a ghost town
    - Sanger, Texas, a US city
    - Sanger, West Virginia
    Sânger, a commune in Mureş County, Romania 

    Sapin means "fir tree" in French. It may refer to:

    saudi
    - saudi arabia
    Sautee Nacoochee, georgia, usa Sautee Nacoochee's name combines two place names of Muscogee origin. Sautee is the anglicized name of a tribe of Muscogee Native Americans, known as the Sawate, which means "Raccoon People." Nacoochee is the anglicization of the Cherokee pronunciation of the Muscogee word, Nokose, which means "bear."


    scarborough
    - uk
    - toronto, canada

    • The area was named after Scarborough, Yorkshire in England by Elizabeth Simcoe, the wife of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. The bluffs along Scarborough's Lake Ontario shores reminded her of the limestone cliffs in Scarborough, England. On August 4, 1793, she wrote in her diary, "The shore is extremely bold, and has the appearance of chalk cliffs, but I believe they are only white sand. They appeared so well that we talked of building a summer residence there and calling it Scarborough." Before that, the area was named Glasgow, after the Scottish city.
    scotland
    - sugarland 舒格蘭texas

    Serrana



    seven sisters
    - Seven Sisters buildings were Moscow's main construction projects of the 1950s. The original plan was to have nine of these buildings, but in the end, only seven were built.https://www.rbth.com/history/332207-soviet-major-constructions


    Shahanshah is a title given to the Persian emperors, meaning King of Kings.
    - Shahanshah or Shahenshah may also refer to:

    shannon
    - ireland
    Shannon, New Zealand
    Shannon Island, Greenland
    Hundred of Shannon, a cadastral unit in South Australia
    - various places in usa and canada
    - name of several naval ships

    siam, former name of thailand
    Siam, Ohio, United States

    • ******* Siam was originally called Detroit; under the latter name had its start in 1875 when the railroad was extended to that point.

    Rue de Siam (Siam Street) in Brest, France

    sichuan
    泗川市(사천시)  Sacheon (Korean pronunciation: [sa.tɕʰʌn]) is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Sacheon's chief fame comes from its being the site of two naval battles in the Seven Year WarThe city as it now exists results from the merging of Sacheon-gun and Samcheonpo-si in 1995.1995年5月10日由三千浦市(삼천포시)与泗川郡(사천군)合并而成。

    • called 昆明县 during goryeo dynasty
    sicily, itlay
    - Isles of Scilly錫利群島cornwall
    • Las islas Sorlingas in spanish (en córnicoYnysek Syllan
    The Scilly Isles (/ˈsɪli/) is a double roundabout between the English towns of Esher and Kingston upon Thames on the traditional route of the Portsmouth Road. The name is a corruption of "silly islands", a nickname given to the road system when it was built in the 1930s.The nearby Sandown Park Racecourse hosts the annual Scilly Isles Novices' Chase

    silla
    - fujian龍岩市新羅區


    sirte
    - syria
    - libya

    沙頭角
    -  沙頭角街道  shenzhen http://hk.hkcd.com/pdf/202008/0825/HA10825CZB2_HKCD.pdf
    - hk

    shiga
    - prefecture in japan 滋賀県
    - Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê 日喀则市

    shinkawa
    - former town in aichi, hokkaido
    - shinkawa river
    - also japanese surname

    Sinan (Arabicسنان‎) is a word found in Arabic and Early Arabic, meaning spearhead. The name may also be related to the Ancient Greek name Sinon. It was used as a male given name.
    • http://www.silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol14/Lee_SR14_2016_223_225.pdf

    singa-
    - singapore
    Singaparna is the capital of Tasikmalaya Regency in West JavaIndonesia.

    southampton
    - uk
    - ny, usa

    stanley
    Stanley (/ˈstænli/; also known as Port Stanley) is the capital of the Falkland Islands

    subang
    -梳邦再也Subang Jaya is a city in Petaling DistrictSelangorMalaysia
    Subang is a town and the capital of the Subang Regency in West JavaIndonesia.


    sudan
    Süden, germany

    surrey
    - uk
    - 索里, bc, canada

    surin-
    - suriname, africa
    - 素輦surin province, thailand


    syracuse
    - sicily, italy (greek colony)
    - new york

    syria
    納希利亞Nasiriyah, iraq

    san dionisio
    - el salvador
    - nicaragua
    - mexico
    - united states
    - philippines

    salvador
    - el salvador
    Salvador (EnglishSavior), also known as São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (EnglishHoly Savior of the Bay of All Saints), is the capital of the Brazilian state of BahiaFounded by the Portuguese in 1549 as the first capital of Brazil.
    -Villa El Salvador (VES)  outskirts of LimaPeru.


    santiago
    Santiago (Spanish  [santia'go] ;previously Aiñiní)  Baja California SurMexico,Misión de Santiago de los Coras Aiñiníwas founded in 1724 by the Jesuit missionary, Ignacio Maria Napoli, and closed in 1795; the subsequent Church of Santiago Apostol was built nearby.
    - chile
    聖地亞哥薩卡特佩克斯(Santiago Sacatepéquez)guatemala
    - san diego, california?

    石排鎮
    - dongguan

    石排灣
    - hk
    - macau

    Sinai

    - mount sinai

    - sinaia, romania




    sion, zion
    - mount si, seattle
    - 馬拉扎恩(英語:Marazion,康瓦爾語:Marhasyow), cornwall
    - syon park, london (somewhere in ealing, opposite side of thames river is kew gardens)
    - 蘇格蘭中洛錫安郡(Midlothian)
    • also in texas and virginia

    蘇澳  suao
    - yilan, taiwan
    - pingtan fujian

    swansea
    - wales
    - new south wales, australia

    taipei
    Taipale (surname), a common family name in Finland
    - Taipale, former name of Solovyovo, a rural locality in Leningrad Oblast, Russia


    taiyuan
    太原 shanxi
    太原 thai nguyen, vietnam

    thai
    - thaya (river, municipaility) austria (CzechDyje [ˈdɪjɛ]
    尔塔阿雷火山(Erta Ale)也作埃特阿雷火山,位于埃塞俄比亚东北部阿法尔州境内
    - altai region, siberia
    泰湖Loch Tay scotland
    - zhejiang tiantai 天台county

    taikoo
    - taigu 太谷, shanxi
    - dagukou大沽口,因位居大沽河(今海河)入海口而得名。位於天津市東南50千米海河入海口南岸,隔河與塘沽相望。明永樂二年(1404)在天津築城設衞,於大沽口置炮台Taku Forts or Dagu Forts, also called the Peiho Forts,豎“津門之屏”,鎖鑰入京水道。清初置大沽協鎮營。咸豐十年(1860)六月,英法聯軍集結艦船百餘艘、兵力1.7萬人又犯大沽口地區,先乘北塘防務空虛登陸,後向塘沽、大沽口海陸夾攻,守軍頑強抗擊但最終失敗。光緒二十六年(1900)五月,八國聯軍進攻大沽炮台,守軍英勇抗擊,斃傷敵近250人、傷敵艦4艘,因後援不繼,炮台失陷。侵略軍入侵津京,於次年迫使清政府簽訂《辛丑條約》,內有拆毀“大沽炮台及有礙京師至海通道之各炮台”的條款,簽約後大沽口要塞大部分被毀,唯南岸“海”字炮台仍然存留。1937年6月,日軍約12萬人在大沽口一帶登陸,攻佔天津。今大沽口東北已建成天津新港。

    tajin
    El Tajín is a pre-Columbian archeological site in southern Mexico 
    - tajin, iran
    Tajín is a Mexican company that produces several varieties of condiment, most consisting primarily of chile peppers, lime, and salt
    A tajine or tagine is a Maghrebi dish which is named after the earthenware pot in which it is cooked. It is also called maraq or marqa.

    打鼓嶺
    - 黟縣, anhui http://hk.hkcd.com/pdf/202008/0806/HA11806CZB1_HKCD.pdf
    - hk

    坦帕山Tâmpa (GermanZinne, or KapellenbergHungarianCenkLatinMons Cinum) is a mountain, part of the Postăvarul Massif, located in the southern part of the Eastern Carpathians (alternatively categorized as in the Curvature Carpathians) and almost entirely surrounded by the city of Braşov.
    坦帕Tampa,  Florida


    tangier
    - morocco
    Tangier is a town in Accomack CountyVirginia, United States, on Tangier Island in Chesapeake BayThe people who came to settle the island permanently arrived in the 1770s and were farmers. In the late 19th century, the islanders began to become more dependent on harvesting crabs and oysters from the Chesapeake Bay. As the waterman livelihood became more important and more lucrative, there were often conflicts among the oyster dredgers and oyster tongers in the bay, and between those living in Maryland and those living in Virginia. Many who live on Tangier speak a distinctive dialect of American English. Prior to the arrival of colonists on Tangier Island, it was a retreat for the Pocomoke IndiansThe first known European explorer of the island was John Smith. He named Tangier and the surrounding islands the "Russel Isles" after the doctor on board his ship.

    tatar, tartar
    - tatarstan russia
    - terter, azerbaijan
    Terter (BulgarianТертер), also Terterids or Terterovtsi (Тертеровци), was a Bulgarian noble and royal house of Cuman origin

    Thames
    -Thame england uk
    -泰晤士(英語:Thames毛利語Hauraki)是新西蘭北島上的鎮

    tjina
    Tjina kan syfta på följande platser:

    Sociologist Mely G. Tan noted that Cina (Tjina in older orthography) and Cino (Tjino) carry a derogatory meaning to earlier generations of immigrants, especially those living on the island of Java. Dawis (2009, p. 75) noted this connotation appears to have faded in later generations.

    toledo
    - spain
    - ohio, usa

    • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/05/donald-trump-toledo-dayton-shooting-wrong-ohio-city Donald Trump has been widely criticized for confusing Dayton, the site of one of this weekend’s shootings in which nine people were killed, with another Ohio city, Toledo.


    tripoli
    - lebanon
    - libya

    trinidad
    - island in caribbean
    - la trinidad, benguet, north of manila

    • https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3042042/how-home-grown-tech-firms-and-bayanihan-spirit-rescued
    - trinidad, cuba
    - trinidad, beni, bolivia

    Isla del Trocadero (tr. "trader's island") is an island in the Bay of Cádiz, in AndalusiaSpain.
    The island has been an important commercial traffic point for a long time, hence its name It was also used to repair ships. The San Luis Fort, in the Southern tip of the island, was used as part of the defences of the Bay of Cádiz.The fort, currently in ruins, was captured by French troops during the Battle of Trocadero, on August 31, 1823. This lends name to the Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, which featured the Palais du Trocadéro in the 19th century, and in celebration of which the London Trocadero was named a few years later.
    夏乐宫Palais de Chaillot法语发音:[pa.lɛ də ʃa.jo])位于法国巴黎十六区,隔塞纳河艾菲尔铁塔相对。夏乐宫地区又称为特罗卡德罗Trocadéro)。

    Tubers are enlarged structures used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants
    - tuberculosis

    turkmen
    圖庫曼省(spanish: Provincia de Tucumán)位於南美洲國家阿根廷北部

    tuva republic, russia
    渡華路(英語:To Wah Road)是香港九龍一條道路,位於佐敦渡船角以西的西九龍填海區內,九龍站上蓋物業擎天半島以北。渡華路南端連接佐敦道,北端則為死路。該道路是九龍區內少數以「路」作為後綴的道路。Main buildings - 中華電力有限公司百周年變電站民眾安全服務隊總部,消防處西九龍救援訓練中心佐敦(渡華路)巴士總站西九龍站巴士總站

    tyne
    - newcastle upon tyne, uk
    - tyneham, uk (land owned by bond family, played key role in ww2 [abandoned engineering])
    Tyne Valley (2006 population: 226) is a municipality that holds community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

    uhuru
    - names of people and places
    • Uhuru (Tanzanian ward), an administrative ward in the Dodoma Urban district of the Dodoma Region
    • Uhuru Monument, or Uhuru Torch Monument, a landmark monument in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    • Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya
    • Uhuru Peak, the highest summit on the rim of Kibo volcanic cone at Mount Kilimanjaro

    Ulong may refer to:
    • Ulong Island, in the Republic of Palau in the Pacific Ocean, sometimes called Aulong and originally written Oroolong in English
    • Ulong channel, a gap in the reef to the west of Ulong Island, popular with divers.
    • Ulong, New South Wales, a small town in Australia lying inland from Coffs Harbour.
    • Ulong, a tribe in Survivor: Palau, the tenth season, set in Palau, of the American TV series Survivor.
    • Ulong is an unsigned long integer datatype in computer programming languages and operating systems
    • Ulong tea, an alternate spelling for oolong tea.
    ulster
    - n ireland
    - ulster county new york


    uri
    Uri is a town and a tehsil in the Baramulla district, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Uri is located on the left bank of the Jhelum River, about 10 km east of the Line of Control with Pakistan.Hari Singh Nalwa (r. 1820–1823), the Sikh commander-administrator of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, built the fort of Uri. Following the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–1846) and the Treaty of Amritsar (1846), Raja Gulab Singh was proclaimed the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, acquiring all the lands between the Ravi River and the Indus.[7]:51-52 Uri became a tehsil in the Muzaffarabad district of the Kashmir province. On 22 October 1947, the tribal invasion led to the fall of Muzaffarabad and Uri to the Pashtun tribes from Pakistan. The raiders then halted at Baramulla.[9] Following the accession of the Maharaja to India on 26 October, India air lifted troops to the Kashmir Valley, who retook Baramulla and Uri by mid-November. The Indian government attached utmost importance to the defence of Uri. Muzaffarabad, on the other hand, came under Pakistani control and became the capital of Azad Kashmir. The tehsil of Uri was subsequently merged into the Baramulla district.
    - a canton in switzerland

    vantaa萬塔,finland
    - vanda 萬達

    Varennes-en-Argonne (French pronunciation: ​[vaʁɛn ɑ̃.n‿aʁɡɔn], literally Varennes in Argonne) or simply Varennes (German: Wöringen) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est, in northeastern France.
    - quebec, canada

    venice
    - los angeles

    Veracruz, also known as Heroica Veracruz, is a Mexican port city on the Gulf of Mexico coast in the state of Veracruz. It's one of the country’s oldest and largest ports, founded in the 16th century by Spanish settlers. 
    - vera crux

    victoria
    - natmataung (mt victoria/khaw nau sone), chin state, myanmar

    vienna
    - austria
    -  維埃納河  The Vienne (OccitanVinhana) is one of the most important rivers in south-western France維埃納(法語:Vienne法語發音:[vjɛn] ),法國東南部城市,奧文尼-羅訥-阿爾卑斯大區伊澤爾省的一個市鎮,同時也是該省的一個副省會,下轄維埃納區

    viet
    - 埃维亚岛Evia another name for greek island euboea

    wansheng 萬盛
    - taiwan
    - chongqing, china

    warwick
    - warwick, kent county, rhode island

    wawushan
    • 瓦屋山 (四川),位於中國四川省洪雅縣和滎經縣交界的一座山,設有瓦屋山國家森林公園。
    • 瓦屋山 (江蘇),位於中國江蘇省溧陽市和句容市交界的一座山,屬茅山山脈。
    • 瓦屋山鎮,中國四川省洪雅縣所轄的一個鎮。
    • 瓦屋山站,位於中國江蘇省溧陽市的一座高速鐵路車站。

    windsor
    -Windsor is an incorporated town in Isle of Wight County in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia in the United States.


    worcester
    WorcesterWorcester CountyMassachusetts, United States. Named after WorcesterEnglandDue to its location in Central Massachusetts, Worcester is known as the "Heart of the Commonwealth", thus, a heart is the official symbol of the city. However, the heart symbol may also have its provenance in lore that the Valentine's Day card, although not invented in the city, was mass-produced and popularized by Worcester resident Esther Howland.
    • 美國國會及行政當局中國委員會(CECC)主席麥戈文(Jim McGovern)上周六表示,北京要在香港維護國家安全的說法令人不安,認為會令香港局勢變得更差。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20191104/00176_025.html

    烏溪
    - 烏溪位於臺灣中部,為中央管河川,下游河段因流經臺中市大肚區,俗稱大肚溪The Wu River ( Pe̍h-ōe-jīO͘-khe), also known as the Dadu River

    要說名叫烏江的河流,全國還真有不少。https://kknews.cc/zh-hk/history/emqvnzq.html


    xianyou
    仙游县越南语Huyện Tiên Du縣仙遊[1])越南北宁省
    仙游县莆仙語Sing-iú gā̤ⁿ福建省莆田市

    楊州
    - yangju 揚州 south korea

    yemen
    - Yemen nature reserve in mauritius

    義州
    - 南梁河南义州 - 南朝梁普通四年(523)分霍州置,治包信县(今河南商城县西南),领义城一郡。北齐天保七年(556)废.
    - 唐朝河南义州 - 唐高祖武德元年(618),设义州,州治汲县(河南汲县)。武德四年(621)废义州。
    - 唐朝四川义州 - 唐朝开元七年(719年),将原属眉州(今四川省眉山市)的洪雅县划出,别置义州,次年,又将义州撤销,洪雅县仍改属眉州。
    - 唐朝广西义州 - 义州,(今岑溪)隋永熙郡之永业县。武德五年(622),置南义州及四县。贞观元年,州废,以所领县入南建州。二年,复置义州,还以故县来属。五年,废义州,县属南建州。六年,复置义州。又改县来属。天宝元年,改为连城郡。乾元元年,复为义州。
    - 金朝辽宁义州 - 金天德三年(1151 年)改宜州置义州.治所在弘政 (今义县九道岭镇复兴堡).辖弘政、开义、同昌三县,相当令辽宁义县、阜新地.属北京路。元属辽阳行省大宁路。明洪武初废,二十年(1387 年)置义州卫,属辽东都指挥使司。.清初废.雍正十二年(1734年)复置州,属锦州府。1913 年改为县.。
    义州曾经是中朝边境重要城市,起源于辽国的保州,平安北道政府所在地,由于日军侵略,逐渐衰落,城市移到距离中朝边境更加近的新义州。 新义州市(신의주)是朝鲜第四大城市,是平安北道的首府,位于中朝边境鸭绿江南岸的重要城镇,亦是铁路京义线(首尔 - 新义州)的北方终点站。沿铁路通过中朝边境之后就是中国辽宁省丹东市。自1910年开始开发,已经是一个铁路重镇。朝鲜最高人民会议常任委员会2002年9月12日发布政令,宣布成立新义州特别行政区。

    york
    - uk
    - new york
    - north york, ontario
    - york, western australia

    四方樓
    泰州孫氏四方樓 - 口岸中學創始人之一孫公甫先生的故居
    - “让历史说话用史实发言——七三一旧址保护成果展”开幕式在哈尔滨市举行。展出文物多数是在731部队“四方楼”遗址考古勘探清理过程中采集,为首次对外公开展示。http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2021/07-08/9515261.shtml

    xiangzhou
    - can be 香洲, 襄州, 象州 etc

    香山
    - beijing
    - guangdong
    - taiwan





    新州,可以指:
    - name also appeared in 六祖惠能 sutra (father originally from 範阳, then moved to lingnan and settled in xinzhou)

    Zambezi (sometimes spelled Zambesi) is the fourth largest river in Africa, and the largest to flow into the Indian Ocean. Zambezi or Zambesi may also refer to:
    - Zambezi, Zambia, a town in the North-Western Province of Zambia
    - Zambezi Region, one of the 14 administrative regions of Namibia


    zhaoxing 肇興
    - 貴州黎平縣的肇興 侗寨

    zhongzhou

    zulu kingdom, people, surname
    - unai chulu, tinian island


    Chinook
    - names of a lot of things - people, places, dogs, ships, aircrafts, etc

    sun
    太陽島(たいようとう)heilongjiang

    white cloud/baiyun
    - The White Cloud Temple or the Monastery of the White Clouds (pinyinBái Yún Gùan; literally: "White Cloud Compound") is a Daoist temple , Beijing, China. It is one of "The Three Great Ancestral Courts" of the Quanzhen School of Daoism, and is titled "The First Temple under Heaven". The White Cloud Temple was first founded in the mid-8th century during the Tang dynasty, and was initially called Tianchang Abbey (天長觀; Abbey of Celestial Perpetuity). During this period, the abbey was state-sponsored and staffed by an elite clergy. From 1125 to 1215 when what is now Beijing was controlled by the Jin dynasty, the abbey served as the Daoist administrative headquarters and played an important role in state ceremonies. After Beijing was taken by the Mongols in 1215, the abbey was taken over by the Quanzhen patriarch Qiu Chuji, and became the headquarters of the Quanzhen movement until the establishment of the Ming dynasty. Qiu renamed the abbey Changchun Gong (長春宮; Palace of Eternal Spring). In October 1222, Qiu gave his exposition of Daoism to Genghis Khan after a three-year trek from Shandong Province after being summoned. Qiu's successor, Yin Zhiping (尹志平; 1169-1251) built a memorial shrine over Qiu's grave. This shrine became a temple in its own right called White Cloud Temple. The abbey was damaged when the Mongols took over in the late 13th century, and during the Ming dynasty the Changchun Gong disappeared. However, White Cloud Temple survived and took over the functions of Changchun Gong. During the Ming dynasty, monks from the Zhengyi school took over operations of the abbey, but continued Quanzhen traditions and ordination ceremonies. Zhengyi control over the temple continued until the 17th century, when their monopoly ended and the Quanzhen master Wang Changyue (王常月; ?-1680) took over. To this day, White Cloud Temple remains Quanzhen controlled. During the 20th century, the abbey was without an abbot for the 1940s, and was closed when the Communists came to power in 1949. Unlike many other historical sites which were damaged during the Cultural Revolution, White Cloud Temple was well-protected and remained safe. Today it is again a fully functioning temple and is the seat of the Chinese Daoist Association.
    -  白云寺可以指:
    - baiyun zen temple in fujian wuyi mountain 九曲溪, location of cemetery of rich man surnamed qian from nanyang singtao 16nov17 
    - baiyun mountain guangzhou

    lianyun
    - lianyungang
    - lianyun mountain, hunan
    • http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1154097.shtml

    pheonix mountain
    Phoenix Mountain or Hill, also known in Chinese contexts as Mount Fenghuang or Fenghuangshan, may refer to:
    - Phoenix Island (鳳凰島; pinyin: Fènghuáng Dǎo), dubbed the Oriental Dubai, is an artificial archipelago consisting of two landmasses forming an island resort in SanyaHainan Province, China
    - pheonix park dublin

    Pheonix place/institution
    中国湖南省湘西トゥチャ族ミャオ族自治州鳳凰県がある。
    - 內地媒體引述蘇州大學消息稱,該校上周五發文公布,因應學校發展和學科建設需要,校方決定將與香港鳳凰衞視集團合作組建的「蘇州大學鳳凰傳媒學院」,正式更名為「蘇州大學傳媒學院」,同時撤銷「蘇州大學鳳凰傳媒學院管理委員會」,並在學院黨委、群團等組織進行相應更名。早於去年九月,已有消息指蘇州大學傳媒學院將去掉「鳳凰」二字。惟時任院長陳龍公開否認,強調不會更名。但陳龍承認,校方與香港鳳凰衞視集團的合作協議「會有一定調整」,今次調整是學校響應中宣部、教育部「部校共建」新聞傳播學院的要求。
    http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180114/00178_009.html

    觀音山
    -Various places in china, taiwan, hk and myanmar



    elephant places
    - elephant island, antarctica
    - elephanta, india
    - elephantine, egypt
    - 雲南麗江古城區象山
    • fire https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190429/00178_023.html
    - 象鼻山 tsuen wan

    butterfly places
    Butterfly Valley (TurkishKelebekler Vadisi) is a valley in Fethiye district of Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey, which is home to diverse butterfly species.
    Butterfly valley in Cat Ba island, halong bay vietnam
    Butterfly Valley, or Wu Tip Kuk ( 蝴蝶谷), is a valley in north of Lai Chi Kok in New Kowloon of Hong Kong, located between O Pui Shan and Piper's HillThe valley was a habitat of butterflies before Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and thus named after the creatures. During Japanese occupation between 1941 and 1945, the forest in valley was damaged by the Japanese military for obtaining wood. The butterflies lost their habitat and hence became extinct. The reforestation after war did not help to return the butterflies. The lower section of the valley was the site of a demolished squatter of Wai Man Tsuen (衛民村). The site now on the construction of Route 8. The upper section is part of country parkOn the side above Piper's Hill, there are Roman Catholic Cemetery, Yew Chung International School of Hong Kong. On another side above O Pui Shan is O Pui Shan Boy's HomeThere is a river run along the valley. Its upper course was blocked for collecting water in Kowloon Reservoirs and its lower course become a covered nullah under Butterfly Valley Road, which is the border of Lai Chi Kok and Cheung Sha Wan.
    粉嶺的蝴蝶山徑http://hk.hkcd.com/pdf/202006/0617/HZ14617CX01_HKCD.pdf
    蝴蝶沟位于新疆阿勒泰市区东面60多公里的库别力克山中(从阿勒泰市驱车东行60多公里,跨过喀拉额尔齐斯河就来到位于富海县北部的库别力克山区)。这条山沟在哈萨克语中被称为“库别力克布拉克”,意即“蝴蝶沟”。
    蝴蝶泉,是有名的游览胜地之一,风光秀丽,泉水清澈,独具天下罕见的奇观(蝴蝶会)。随着反映白族生活的经典影片《五朵金花》的传播,蝴蝶泉这一奇异的景观更是蜚声遐迩,驰名中外,比较著名的有大理蝴蝶泉、枣庄蝴蝶泉、阳朔蝴蝶泉等。
    Butterfly Valley, or Lien Minh by its Vietnamese name, is a jewel in the jungle within Cat Ba Island. https://www.vertical-life.info/en/outdoor/red-river-delta/hai-phong/butterfly-valley
    - The butterfly valley in Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County has more than 320 butterfly species in 11 families, one of the most diverse butterfly habitats in the world. The valley is famous for butterfly explosion of Stichophthalma, better known as jungle queens. Each May and June, jungle queens come out of cocoons at the same time and people can see them flying in clusters everywhere. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202105/1222861.shtml

    lion places 
    - roches de lion, along the brittany normandy coast, france [ d-day landing map: operation neptune1, sword area ] 
    - Lion's Head (AfrikaansLeeukop) is a mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, between Table Mountain and Signal Hill.  In the 17th century the peak was known as Leeuwen Kop (Lion's Head) by the Dutch, and Signal Hill was known as Leeuwen Staart (Lion's Tail), as the shape resembles a crouching lion or a sphinx. The English in the 17th Century called the peak Sugar Loaf.
    - lion rock, hk
    - nanhai 獅山
    - 狮岭镇隶属于广东省广州市花都区http://hk.hkcd.com/pdf/202005/0504/HA10504CHBB_HKCD.pdf
    -確診的上市公司大股東劉竹堅,是招聘雜誌Recruit前老闆,現為獅子山集團(1127)及澳獅環球(1540)的大股東。港交所資料顯示,劉竹堅分別在兩間上市公司持有43.09%及67.97%股份,以上周五收市價計算,劉竹堅持有獅子山集團股份市值約3.68億元,持有澳獅環球的股份市值則約2.07億元,合共為5.75億元。獅子山集團主要從事在內地、本港、英國、澳洲,以及美國等承印消閒及生活品味圖書、教科書、教材及兒童圖書,在2011年7月於港交所上市。至於澳獅環球,是由獅子山集團旗下澳洲印刷解決方案及服務供應商分拆而來,2018年掛牌上市。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20200316/PDF/a1_screen.pdf

    虎豹
    - 虎豹别墅英語Haw Par Villa),又稱萬金油花園英語Tiger Balm Garden),世界上共有三棟,均在亞洲。第一座位於香港;第二座位於新加坡;第三座位於中國福建省。它們均是著名藥店商人胡文虎出資建造,並開放給民眾參觀,以宣傳其成藥產品。
    雙溪商圈為位於新北市雙溪區商圈,主要範圍以三忠廟老街為主。步道包含虎豹潭石板步道、雙溪自行車步道、淡蘭古道



    tortoise island
    - in various places e.g vietnam, caribbean, singapore (kusu island)
    素叻他尼府龜島https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200619/00180_028.html

    雁鸣湖
    - various places in china
    -吉林省敦化市 雁鸣湖
    《雁鸣湖畔》是1976年上映的中国剧情电影,高天红执导,吕亚林 、王好明等主演。《雁鸣湖畔》讲述了下乡知识青年蓝海鹰与暗藏的阶级敌人林大全作斗争的故事。
    - elderly care development in jiangmen

    pipa
    - 日本滋賀縣琵琶湖biwa ko
    - Pipa Mountain Park (also known as Pipashan Park, 枇杷山公园; literally: 'Loquat Mountain Park') is a major urban park in the city of Chongqing. With an elevation of 345 meters, this park is the highest point of the Yuzhong District of Chongqing. The park used to be a private garden to Wang Lingji, the former KMT governor of Sichuan Province during Republic of China period. In 1955, the garden started to open to public as an urban park. On the top of Pipa Mountain, there is a tall pagoda called Twin River Pagoda, on top of which people can view Yangtze River to the south and Jialing River to the north.
    琵琶山Piper's Hill位於九龍長沙灣以北,山峰橫跨沙田區深水埗區。琵琶山的東面為尖山,西面則為蝴蝶谷琵琶山的山頂設有直升機場,由琵琶山路連接大埔公路琵琶山段。琵琶山西南則是大埔公路琵琶山段與大埔道的交界處,並為郝德傑道豪宅區。

    • site of po leung kuk choi kai yau school
    tung lo wan
    - 位於安徽池州市貴池區的銅鑼灣商場,昨日上午突發火警https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20210407/00178_025.html


    coffee places
    - coffee bay south africa
    - cafeteria old beach, cafeteria new beach, tuen mun


    寶相 baoxiang temple
    - yunnan
    Buddhist Yongming Baoxiang Temple (永明寶相寺), which was situated at the Juyongguan Pass northwest of the capital, Dadu (modern Beijing)

    白沙
    - 白沙道
    - 白沙村 yuen long

    沙田
    - county in Guangxi Hezhou, Guangdong Dongguan

    大捕
    - hk
    大埔县是广东省梅州市下辖县,因明置大埔县时,设治于大埔村。乡人为纪念大布先生的仁举美德,联合呈请上级,命名为“大布县”。后因朝中有争议,为讨好两方,改名为谐音的大埔县。远自夏商周3代,大埔为扬州南裔地,秦汉时属揭阳东晋义熙九年(413年)立义招县,隶属义安郡。隋大业三年(607年)改义招县为万川县,隶属潮州,义招、万川县治均设在湖寮(古城)。唐武德四年(621年),废万川县,县境并入潮州海阳县(今潮安)。


    觀塘
    - 台灣桃園的觀塘,則以特有的藻礁聞名。珊瑚礁大家聽多了,知道那是由會堆積碳酸鈣骨骼的珊瑚,死亡後遺留下來的石灰岩結構,長年積聚而成。藻類有數百種之多,其中粉紅色的珊瑚藻含有鈣質成分,外表堅硬如同珊瑚礁,所以形成的礁,便稱為藻礁。由於藻礁要經過數千年才能形成,非常珍貴。加上有些特殊的生物喜歡躲在藻礁的孔隙裡生活,比如極為珍稀的史氏酉婦蟹等,所以藻礁海岸是最值得保存的海岸。台灣的民進黨在野的時候,便為保存觀塘的藻礁而抗爭。但如今上台完全執政之後,為了捨棄核能發電,要在觀塘填海興建碼頭來接收天然氣來發電,竟然不顧這樣稀世的珍寶,通過環境評估,而且是在多位專家學者缺席之下強行通 過 的,令台灣 民 眾 都 感 到簡直是「可怒也」。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/10/16/a24-1016.pdf

    新安
    Xin'an County (新安县)f Luoyang , Henan. 根據歷史書及地方誌記載,新安縣秦代建縣,隋代曾改名谷州,因為境內有谷山。民國25年(1936年)恢復新安縣。
    新安郡Sinan County (Sinan-gunSouth Jeolla ProvinceSouth Korea.1969年1月1日 - 務安郡智島面荏子面慈恩面飛禽面都草面黒山面荷衣面長山面安佐面岩泰面押海面の区域をもって新安郡を編成。[2]郡の名前である新安は「しい務」の意味。
    - anhui xiuning 晋太康元年(280年)改新都郡为新安郡 (baidu), 三省要衝、新安源頭 http://hk.hkcd.com/pdf/202005/0523/HA12523CHAA_HKCD.pdf
    - shenzhen 南头古城,又称“新安故城”

    南華
    南華山, taiwan

    tekes
    - county in xinjiang
    Tékes is a village in Baranya county, Hungary.
    - river in kazakhstan
    The Tekezé River (Ge'ezተከዘ or ተከዜ), also known as the Takkaze River,  Ethiopia

    • The Ethiopian government announced in July 2002 that they had formed a partnership with the China National Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Corporation to construct a hydroelectric dam on the Tekezé, which would generate 300 megawatts of electricity. The project would cost US$224 million, and take five years to complete.

    The Teke people, or Bateke, are a Bantu Central African ethnic group that speak the Teke languages

    鞍山市
    - anshan, liaoning

    馬鞍
    - 濟南有兩座馬鞍山,一南一北http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/05/04/b10-0504.pdf
    安徽馬鞍山市
    - 馬鞍島是中山市東面一個小島,位於伶仃洋西部,除將成為深中通道登陸點而備受關注之外,將來更有望搖身變成「新中山港」。根據中山市綜合交通規劃(2012-2020),政府計劃將中山客運碼頭遷至馬鞍島,成為集裝卸儲存、物流及客運服務集於一身的港口,是市內重點發展地區。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20160606/00176_131.html
    - ma on shan hk

    Changting may refer to the following locations in China:


    長洲
    -  长洲岛位于广州东缘,是黄埔地区珠江上的一个江心岛,面积11.5平方公里,其中陆地面积为8.5平方公里,岛上常住人口2万余人。

    五臺山- china
    五臺山国立公园, korea

    金剛山
    - mt kongo japan
    - mt kumgang, n korea

    • https://beta.scmp.com/news/asia/diplomacy/article/2185843/tug-war-legacy-conflict-north-korea-now-tourist-attraction-south 

    后海

    • 后海灣,香港和深圳之間的一個海灣
      • 后海工业区
      • 后海站深圳地鐵2号线车站
      • 根據《展拓香港界址專條》,后海灣原來整個皆屬香港管轄。中華人民共和國成立後,宣稱在1950年代曾經採取行動實際控制了部分后海灣寶安縣可管理沿岸約200米的範圍,但當時未得英國政府確立;及後,中方曾於1990年代,在后海灣進行填海造地工程。目前劃界是1997年7月1日香港主權移交後生效,香港后海灣水域有一半左右被劃入广東省範圍。而在2007年,香港政府重新租用前身為香港水域的深圳灣口岸港方口岸區,以實施一地兩檢,使香港疆界重新跨越深圳灣。后海灣原稱「後海灣」,乃對應位處深圳蛇口半島另一面的前海灣。然而,由於寶安縣居民將「後」寫作「后」(后是後的俗字),故約定俗成作「后海灣」,今香港仍用此名。至於「深圳灣」,據《展拓香港界址專條》載:「……查按照粘附地圖所租與英國之地,內有大鵬灣深圳灣水面,惟議定,該兩灣……」,可見當時已有「深圳灣」之名。今深圳用此名。有傳「深圳灣」一名是深圳政府方面單方面更改,乃誤。2007年,跨越后海灣的深圳灣公路大橋通車。香港政府為統一大橋名稱,依循深圳方面使用「深圳灣」一詞,但「后海灣」仍是香港對該海灣的官方名稱,還有「后海灣幹線」的稱呼。The name of Shenzhen Bay came much later, at least after the establishment of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in 1980. The name became more notable after a hotel was named Shenzhen Bay. While the government of China uses the name widely, the people and government in Hong Kong continue to use the official name (后海灣).
    • 北京什刹海中的后海
    • 青岛市南区市北区市民对胶州湾部分海域的称呼,相对于“前海”(青岛湾及其所属黄海海域)
    • 三亚海棠湾滕海村后海
      • https://www.hk01.com/%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%8B%E5%B0%8F%E4%BA%8B/609017/%E5%85%A8%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E6%9C%80%E5%A4%9A%E8%BE%A3%E5%A6%B9%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%9E%E5%90%8E%E6%B5%B7%E6%9D%91-%E5%A6%82%E4%B8%96%E5%A4%96%E6%A1%83%E6%BA%90-%E7%84%A1%E6%95%B8%E4%BA%BA%E4%BE%86%E7%8E%A9%E5%B9%BE%E5%A4%A9%E8%AE%8A%E5%AE%9A%E5%B1%85
      • economist 24jul2021 "mother ocean"

    • 中国恒大集团总部所在地深圳卓越后海中心

    后港

    - 后港(Hougang)是位于新加坡东北地区的一个规划区和住宅市鎮。后港北接盛港,南抵芽笼和实龙岗,东南面為勿洛,西南面是大巴窑,东面是巴耶利峇,西面是宏茂桥,西南面則是碧山后港这个名字源于福建方言和潮州话。后港曾经是一片林地和养猪场。1979年,建屋發展局宣布要在后港建立新市镇。1980年,由於新加坡當局推動讲华语运动,不少新市鎮的英文名改为汉语拼音名,后港的英文名也从Hou Kang改为Hougang 。



    jinniushan
    - 金牛山旧石器时代遗址 辽宁省大石桥市
    福州金牛山公園

    牛寮
    - 高雄牛寮普唵宮
    - saikung hk

    陽明山
    - taiwan

    五指山
    - pentadaktylos, cyprus (means five finger mountain)
    - various places in hainan and taiwan

    荔枝山
    - 荔枝山/庫倫山 (KOULEN MOUNTAIN)- taipo, hk

    葫蘆
    葫蘆島, liaoning
    葫蘆島, tokushima
    葫蘆島, taipei https://shezishihlin.pixnet.net/blog/post/78814012

    po lam
    宝林中國帝王妃嬪称号。汉魏时,既有保林之号。隋炀帝时始設,为正五品,列八十一御妻,定员二十名。
    宝林寺 in various places in china

    葵涌
    深圳大鵬新區葵涌街道
    - hk

    太平
    (㗝呸山 ko-pi-suann):太平山是馬來西亞最早期的渡假高原,它有1035米高。這裡原先是種植茶葉的,在高峰上,可以鳥瞰馬來西亞半島的西海岸線。
    - 宜蘭太平山http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2019/10/24/a24-1024.pdf



    平山
    - hebei
    - hong kong

    Pacific
     楊樹達據《說文》以為字從「」從「」,「」象氣之分,「」與「」同,象聲氣上出而以「」顯示聲氣之平穩。本義是氣之平舒。《說文》:「平,語平舒也。从亏从八。八,分也。爰禮說。釆,古文平如此。」林義光、高鴻縉認為字從「」,「」聲(《說文》訓辨別,讀若辨之釆)。其說不可從,因「」多從兩點,從四點與「」相近的字形為數不多。  金文「」表示平坦,中山王兆域圖:「丘平者五十尺」。又用作人名,鄀公鼎:「鄀公平侯自乍(作)尊盂。」字又用作地名,𠫑羌鐘:「先會于平陰。」《左傳.襄公十八年》:「十一月丁卯朔,入平陰。」地在今山東肥城西。秦簡「」指相等,《睡虎地.秦律十八種》簡175:「大嗇夫、丞智(知)而弗罪,以平罪人律論之。」大嗇夫和丞俱為官名,全句指這些官員如果知情而不加懲罰,以與罪犯相等的法律論處他們。又指平和,《睡虎地.為吏之道》簡13-1:「和平毋怨。」另,「」亦可用作人名與地名。


    pasfica/pasfika
    Pasifika may refer to:
    Pacifica was a statue created by Ralph Stackpole for the 1939–1940 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. After the exposition, Stackpole proposed that the sculpture be recast in a more permanent form—steel, stone or concrete—and positioned prominently on an island in the San Francisco Bay, perhaps Alcatraz or Angel Island, in a manner similar to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The plan was not seriously considered by civic leaders whose attention was on the events that soon brought the U.S. into direct involvement with World War II.Currently, a non-profit organization called The Pacifica II Statue Project is working to recreate and resurrect Pacifica on Treasure Island. There is currently an 8-foot (2.4 m) replica of Pacifica at City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus, 50 Phelan Avenue in the garden next to the Diego Rivera Theater.
    -  In star trek, Pacifica is an ocean planet that often is used for crewmember shore leave and diplomatic conferences. The planet is administered by Federation Governor Delaplane. It was first mentioned the TNG episode "Conspiracy", in which the Enterprise-D was en route there for shore leave. In the second season, the Enterprise takes Lwaxana Troi and a pair of Antedeans (who travel in a self-induced catatonic state) to Pacifica for a diplomatic conference.
    -  Pacifica is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.

    Csar, Czar and Tsar
    The word as a job title comes from the family name of an individual - Julius Caesar. This guy was so dominant, that 2000ish years later, his name had turned into a job title in Russia (Tsar), and Germany (Kaiser.) In adopting the name, the Russians moved it to Cyrillic… however, it started in the Roman alphabet. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-correct-spelling-Tzar-Tsar-Czar-or-Csar
    when the French borrowed the word <czar> via a German account who may have been taking the word as written without being confident how it was really pronounced, they pronounced <cz> as /z/, and that was how it got routed into English. English does not have its native way to pronounce <cz>, unlike the <cow> in “Moscow”, so they just shrugged and assumed the French knew best, and pronounced it /zar/. So the route of that word went Russian - Polish - German - French - English, all of which use the Latin alphabet in different ways, and it would be surprising if it didn’t suffer a game of Broken Telephone as it went across Europe!
    Nowadays, in my English at least, “tsar” means the Russian ruler, and “czar” means a political official appointed and given extensive powers in order to solve a problem: Wang Qishan is China’s anti-corruption czar, William E. Simon was energy czar for the Nixon administration. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-word-czar-spelled-with-a-cz-and-pronounced-zar-when-the-original-Russian-word-is-pronounced-tsar
    - *********https://www.quora.com/At-what-point-did-Romans-mainly-the-literate-and-educated-realize-they-were-no-longer-a-republic-but-instead-a-monarchy
    - saarland, germany
    沙爾山脈The Šar Mountains, balkan peninsula
    caesar, kaiser
    - kaiserstuhl, range of hills in southwest germany
    - https://www.quora.com/How-do-historians-know-Julius-Caesar-of-Rome-was-pronounced-Caesar-and-not-more-similarly-to-Kaiser
    Julius Caesar’s full name in Latin is Gaius Iulius Caesar. Written in Latin majuscule script, this would be GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR. If you know the International Phonetic Alphabet, then, in the Classical Latin of the first century BC, this name would have been pronounced something like /ˈɡaː.i.us ˈjuː.li.us ˈkae̯.sar/. If you do not know the International Phonetic Alphabet, then, using English phonetic respelling, this would be something like “GAH-ee-oos YOO-lee-oos KAI-sar” with the ⟨r⟩ on the end of Caesar being an alveolar trill, as in Spanish or Italian.https://www.quora.com/Was-Julius-Caesar-pronounced-YOO-Lee-us-KYE-sahr-in-ancient-Rome


    Sheikh (/ʃk/ SHAYK/ʃk/ SHEEKArabicشيخ‎ šayḫ [ʃajx], mostly pronounced [ʃeːx]plural شيوخ šuyūḫ [ʃuju:x])—also transliterated SheikShykhShaykShaykhCheikhShekh, and Shaikh—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates the ruler of a tribe or a royal family member, who inherited the title from his father. "Sheikh" is given to a royal male at birth and the related title "Sheikha" is given to a royal female at birth.The word in Arabic stems from a triliteral root connected with age and aging: ش-ي-خshīn-yā'-khā'. The title carries the meaning leader, elder, or noble, especially in the Arabian Peninsula within the Tribes of Arabia, where shaikh became a traditional title of a Bedouin tribal leader in recent centuries. Due to the cultural impact of Arab civilization, and especially through the spread of Islam, the word has gained currency as a religious term or general honorific in many other parts of the world as well, notably in Muslim cultures in Africa and Asia.谢赫(阿拉伯语:شيخ;索馬里語:Sheekh),波斯又稱沙吉熬爛(Shaykh Alam)阿拉伯语中的一个常见尊称,意指“部落长老”、“伊斯兰教教长”、“智者”等(通常是指博學的四十歲以上男子)。在阿拉伯半岛,谢赫是部落首领的头衔之一。在南亚孟加拉國巴基斯坦阿富汗印度)和东南亚,谢赫往往是阿拉伯后裔男子的称号;阿拉伯基督徒也常用该尊称。这个词汇的其他译名有沙伊赫、昔、锡。在印度,一些高種姓婆羅門刹帝利)人士,皈依伊斯蘭教時也會使用此頭銜,在德里地區謝赫通常是波斯移民後代。

    Pasha
    - [cartier booklet]in ancient ottoman empire, pasha is the governor of a province, by extension, an honorary title, also means commander of a military ship

    diamond
    - diamond hill
    Diamond Mountain may refer to:

    eureka

    • Eureka (word), a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes
    • Eureka effect, the sudden, unexpected realization of the solution to a problem
    • Eureka!, the state motto of California
    • Eureka Stockade, an 1854 goldminers' rebellion in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
      • Eureka Flag, the battle flag of the Eureka Stockade rebellion
    • Tehran Conference, codenamed Eureka, an Allied meeting during World War II
    •  EUREKA, a pan-European research and development funding and coordination organization.
    •  Eureka Diamond, the first diamond found in South Africa
    • a brand name for lemon hkej 14jul18
    龙牙石,产于湖南省长沙市宁乡县。该石所制的砚台称龙牙石砚,色稍紫润,亦易发墨。石镜,属景观石。在湖南省永州市祁阳县城南浯溪山崖上,有一片唐代留下的石头,80×67厘米大,石色黝黑如漆,石面光滑似镜,拭之以水,能清楚地照人容貌以至须眉历历皆见。
    In 1320, the Mongol Empire sent a trade mission to a place called Long Ya Men (or Dragon's Teeth Gate), which is believed to be Keppel Harbour at the southern part of the island. The Chinese traveller Wang Dayuan, visiting the island around 1330, described Long Ya Men as one of the two distinct settlements in Dan Ma Xi (from Malay Temasek), the other being Ban Zu (from the Malay pancur).Ban Zu is thought to be present day Fort Canning Hill, and recent excavations in Fort Canning found evidence indicating that Singapore was an important settlement in the 14th century. Wang mentioned that the natives of Long Ya Men (thought to be the Orang Laut) and Chinese residents lived together in Long Ya Men. Singapore is one of the oldest locations where a Chinese community is known to exist outside China, and the oldest corroborated by archaeological evidence.

    • according to 中國通史, singapore 龍牙石 was destroyed by british in 1880, was erected again in 2005
    longnan
    - 隴南
    市, gansu
    龍南市, jiangxi

    mambo
    - mambo italiano
    Mambo is a musical genre and dance style that developed originally in Cuba. The word mambo, similarly to other Afroamerican musical denominations such as conga, milonga, bomba, tumba, timba, samba, semba, bamba, bamboula, tambo, tango, cumbé, cumbia and candombe, denotes an African origin, particularly Congolese, because it displays certain characteristic combinations of sounds (such as mb, ng and nd) which belong to the Niger-Congo linguistic complex[citation needed]. In modern Swahili, the word mambo corresponds to the English phrase "Hey, what's up?" The Oxford Online Dictionary lists mambo as Haitian-Creole from Yoruba meaning "voodoo priestess".

    "Papa Loves Mambo" is a popular song written by Al HoffmanDick Manning, and Bix Reichner and published in 1954.
    14 日晚, 「少林一家親」聯歡會在河南嵩山 少林寺常住院大禪堂舉行,在少林寺學習 的二十幾個國家的120名學員獻上精彩節目 ,藉此慶祝俄羅斯學員結業。其中,中非學員表演的《Mammbo》 具有着濃厚的非洲地域民族氣息http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20180716/PDF/a14_screen.pdf

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