place names
( state/country; origin, meaning )

feminine

abbey ( england; hebrew, my Father is joyful )
abilene ( texas; english, grass )
adelaide ( australia; german, noble )
agnes ( australia; greek, chaste )
alexandra ( australia; greek, defender of men )
alexandria ( virginia; greek, defending men )
allora ( australia; australian, place of the swamp )
almada ( portugal; arabic, ore mine )
anula ( australia; sanskrit, gentle )
asia ( asia; greek, east )
atlanta ( georgia; greek, secure )
augusta ( georgia; latin, magnificent )

cali ( colombia; italian, beautiful )
charlotte ( north carolina; french, free man )
cheyenne ( wyoming; sioux, people of a different language )

eden ( australia; hebrew, place of pleasure )
elanora ( australia; australian aboriginal, shore )

florence ( italy; latin, prosperous )

geneva ( switzerland; french, juniper tree )
genoa ( italy; ligurian, knee )

havana ( cuba; spanish, port )

jakarta ( indonesia; sanskrit, victorious deed )
juneau ( alaska; french, queen of heaven )

lourdes ( france; basque, craggy slope )
luanda ( angola; bantu, melody )

malta ( malta; greek, honey )
manila ( philippines; tagalog, where indigo is found )
marbella ( spain; spanish, coastal resort )
mesa ( arizona; spanish, table )
minna ( nigeria; germanic, courtly love )

odessa ( russia; russian, wrathful )
olympia ( washington; greek, from mount olympus )
osaka ( japan; japanese, large hill )

palma ( spain; latin, palm tree )
pomona ( california; latin, apple )
puebla ( mexico; spanish, town )

raleigh ( north carolina; english, meadow of deer )
ravenna ( italy; italian, raven )
roma ( italy; italian, a roman )

sahara ( africa; arabic, great desert )
samara ( russia; hebrew/arabic, under God's rule/companion in night conversation )
sanaa ( yemen; swahili/arabic, work of art/shining light )
savannah ( georgia; spanish, flat tropical grassland )
seville ( spain; spanish, valley )
siena ( italy; italian, reddish brown )
sofia ( bulgaria; greek, wisdom )

tanzania ( tanzania; african, black coast )
tulsa ( oklahoma; creek, old town )

valencia ( spain; spanish, brave )
venezia ( italy; italian, blessed )
verona ( italy; italian, truth )
vienna ( austria; latin, forest stream )

yala ( kenya; arabic, height )
yola ( nigeria; greek, violet flower )

zaria ( nigeria; arabic, rose )

masculine

austin ( texas; english, magnificent )

bondi ( australia; australian aboriginal, surf )
bowen ( australia; welsh, son of owen )
bronx ( new york; american, bronck's land )
brunn ( germany; german, well )
brunswick ( australia; german, bruno's village )

cairo ( egypt; arabic, victorious )
camden ( england; scottish, winding valley )
carlton ( australia; english, peasant )
cleveland ( ohio; english, hilly land )
clifton ( australia; english, town by the cliff )

dover ( england; english, port )

euston ( australia; irish, heart )

fitzroy ( australia; english, son of the king )
forrest ( australia; english, woods )
franklin ( australia; english, landowner of free but not noble origin )

glasgow ( scotland; brittonic, grey-green/grey-blue )
gray ( tennessee; english, color name )

irvine ( california; scottish, handsome )

jackson ( mississippi; english, son of jack )

kano ( nigeria; african/japanese, god of the waters )
kobe ( japan; swahili, tortoise )

lucca ( italy; italian, from lucania )
lyon ( france; french, lion )

memphis ( tennessee; greek, enduring and beautiful )
montgomery ( france; norman, man power )

nairobi ( kenya; african, cool water )

oslo ( norway; norwegian, meadow beneath the ridge )

palermo ( italy; italian/jewish, wide gulf )
portland ( oregon; english, land near the port )
porto ( portugal; portuguese, harbor )
princeton ( new jersey; english, princely town )

quebec ( canada; algonquin, narrow passage )
quito ( ecuador; spanish, fifth )

reno ( nevada; spanish, born again )
richmond ( virginia; german, powerful protector )
rio ( brazil; spanish, river )
rome ( italy; hebrew, strong )

salvador ( brazil; spanish, savior )
santiago ( chile; latin, saint james )

tangier ( morocco; african, western kingdom )
tempe ( greece; greek, vale )
thane ( scotland; scottish, clan chieftain )
trenton ( new jersey; english, trent's town )

unisex

albany ( new york; latin, from albany )
aspen ( colorado; english, nature name )
assal ( djibouti; arabic, honey )

berlin ( germany; german, borderline )
berri ( australia; english, small fruit )
blyth ( australia; scottish, cheerful )
boston ( massachusetts; english, botwulf's stone )
bristol ( england; english, meeting place by the bridge )
brooklyn ( new york; english, beautiful brook )

calgary ( canada; norse, cold garden )
charleston ( south carolina; english, town of king charles )
chelsea ( england; english, chalk landing place )
chicago ( illinois; native american; wild garlic )

dallas ( texas; irish, skilled )
denver ( colorado; english/french, from anvers )
devon ( england; english, deep valley dweller )
dublin ( ireland; irish, dark )

edin ( scotland; manx, rich friend )
elliott ( australia; french, my God is Yahweh )
elwood ( australia; english, elder wood )

flynn ( australia; irish, reddish )

galway ( ireland; irish, stony river )

houston ( texas; scottish, hugh's town )

kensington ( england; english, town of cynsige's people )
kingston ( jamaica; english, king's town )
kyoto ( japan; japanese, capital )

lexington ( kentucky; english, town of the new law )
london ( england; english, navigable from the great river )

macon ( france; french, marsh dweller )
miami ( florida; native american; big water )
milan ( italy; slavic, gracious )

orlando ( florida; italian, famous throughout the land )

paris ( france; french, from paris )
philadelphia ( pennsylvania; greek, brotherly love )

rhodes ( greece; english, from a woodland )

salem ( massachusetts; arabic, safe )
sutton ( england; english, from sutton )
sydney ( australia; french, saint denis )

vail ( colorado; english, valley )
vegas ( nevada; spanish, meadows )
venice ( italy; latin, blessed )

wells ( england; norman, wellman )
wels ( austria; german, from wels )

york ( england; english, from the yew estate )

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