List of country subdivisions named after people explained
This is a list of country subdivisions named after people. It details the name of the country subdivision and eponym. The etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or the administrative division.
This is a summary from List of etymologies of administrative divisions.
This is a summary of Canadian provincial name etymologies.
- Valgafrom German family names de Walco or de Walko.
Italy
Jamaica
Norway
Papua New Guinea
This is a summary of Philippine provincial name etymologies.
Portugal
This is a summary from Etymological list of counties of Romania
Russia
United Kingdom
- AngleseyOngull, a Scandinavian landowner
- AngusKing Oengus I of the Picts
- BedfordshireBieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)
- BrecknockshirePrince Brychan
- BuckinghamshireBucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)
- CardiganCeredig, son of Cunedda
- FifeFib of the Picts, one of the seven sons of Cruithe
- GlamorganPrince Morgan the Old of Gwent
- GwyneddCunedda
- HampshireHamo, a 6th-century Saxon settler and landowner
- KirkcudbrightSaint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
- LothianLeudonus
- MerionethshireMeirion, son of Cunedda
- Montgomery, PowysRoger de Montgomery
- NottinghamshireSnot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)
- RoxburghshireHroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)
- RutlandRota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")
Dependencies
This is a summary from List of U.S. state name etymologies.
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Uruguay
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