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Borginia: Northern-European country featured in the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney and Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth video games. Borostyria: A kingdom in the 1933 Arsène Lupin novel The Woman with Two Smiles. Borovia: Central-European country from The Big Knights TV programme (1999).
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
The full name is in both the seal and the flag of the city. The longest names for communes in France are Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson, Marne (45 characters including hyphens), Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont, Calvados (44 characters), and Beaujeu-Saint-Vallier-Pierrejux-et-Quitteur, Haute-Saône (43 characters).
The City of Melville retains its city status despite dropping below 5,000 people in the 1990s. Kindersley has expressed an interest in applying for city status upon reaching the 5,000 milestone. [26] Saskatchewan's newest city is Warman, which changed from town to city status on October 24, 2012. [27] Saskatchewan has 16 cities.
Here are 100 French names and their interpreted meanings. Pick one for your petite fille! Vivienne — Alive. Simone — To listen. Belle — Beauty. Henriette — Ruler of the home. Beatrice ...
The names used for some major European cities differ in different European and sometimes non-European languages. In some countries where there are two or more languages spoken, such as Belgium or Switzerland, dual forms may be used within the city itself, for example on signage.
Below are listed the known different names for cities that are geographically or historically and culturally in Europe, as well as some smaller towns that are important because of their location or history. Cities are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English. The English version is followed by variants in other ...
Norman toponymy. Placenames in Normandy have a variety of origins. Some belong to the common heritage of the Langue d'oïl extension zone in northern France and Belgium; this is called "Pre-Normanic". Others contain Old Norse and Old English male names and toponymic appellatives.