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There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.

Continents[edit]

Place Person Description Notes References
Europe Europa In Greek mythology, a Phoenician princess of Argive Greek origin. First used in a geographic context in the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo, in reference to the western shore of the Aegean Sea.[1] [2]

Countries and territories[edit]

See also: List of country subdivisions named after people
Named after a fictional or mythological woman
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Place Type Person Description References
Saint Helena Overseas territory[a] Helena of Constantinople (c. 246/248–c. 330) Roman Empress and an important figure in the history of Christianity.
Saint Lucia Country Saint Lucy (283–304) A Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. [3]

Lands of Antarctica[edit]

Land Claimant Person Description References
Adélie Land France Adèle Dumont d'Urville (1798–1842) The wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville.
Queen Maud Land Norway Maud of Wales (1869–1938) Queen consort of Norway from 1905 to 1938.
Victoria Land New Zealand Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901.

Towns and cities[edit]

Named after a fictional or mythological woman
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Argentina[edit]

Place Type Person Description Notes References
Ciudad Evita City Eva Perón (1919–1952) First Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952. A planned community founded by President Juan Perón, Eva's husband, who chose the name.

Australia[edit]

Place State/territory Type Person Description Notes References
Adelaide South Australia City Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792–1849) Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837. [4]
Alice Springs Northern Territory Town Alice Gillam Bell (1838–1898) Wife of Sir Charles Todd. The town was constructed around the Alice Springs Telegraph Station, which was itself named after a nearby waterhole. Surveyor W. W. Mills named the waterhole while building the Australian Overland Telegraph Line under Alice's husband, Charles. [5]
Elizabeth Town Tasmania Town Elizabeth II (b. 1926) Queen of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth realms, including Australia, since 1952.
Truganina Victoria Suburb[b] Truganini (c. 1812–1871) Bruny Island woman believed by Europeans to be the last full-blooded Aboriginal Tasmanian. Named after Truganini because she visited the area for a short time.

Austria[edit]

Azerbaijan[edit]

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Belgium[edit]

Belize[edit]

Bolivia[edit]

Brazil[edit]

For a longer list, please see List of places in Brazil named after people.

Cambodia[edit]

Canada[edit]

See also: Royal eponyms in Canada and Viceregal eponyms in Canada

Colombia[edit]

Democratic Republic of the Congo[edit]

  • Cité Maman Mobutu (Kinshasa) – Marie-Antoinette Mobutu (1941–1977), First Lady of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Costa Rica[edit]

Croatia[edit]

Cyprus[edit]

Czech Republic[edit]

Denmark[edit]

Dominican Republic[edit]

  • Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo (Azua) – Emma Balaguer Vallejo (1911–1992), Joaquin Balaguer's sister
  • Elupina Cordero de Las Cañitas (Hato Mayor) – Elupina Cordero (1892–1939), a Dominican catholic religious
  • Mamá Tingó (Monte Plata) – Mamá Tingó, Dominican activist leader
  • María Trinidad Sánchez Province – María Trinidad Sánchez, a female soldier in the wars of independence

Former:

  • Julia Molina Province was the name of María Trinidad Sánchez Province – Altagracia Julia Molina (1863–1964), Rafael Trujillo's mother
  • Villa Julia Molina was the name of Nagua – Altagracia Julia Molina

Ecuador[edit]

  • Ines Arango (Orellana) – Ines Arango (1937–1987), Colombian missionary

Egypt[edit]

El Salvador[edit]

Estonia[edit]

Finland[edit]

Germany[edit]

Main article: List of places in Germany named after people

Georgia[edit]

Former:

Ghana[edit]

Greece[edit]

Further information: List of Greek place names

Grenada[edit]

Guatemala[edit]

Guyana[edit]

Haiti[edit]

Honduras[edit]

Hong Kong[edit]

Hungary[edit]

India[edit]

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Indonesia[edit]

Iran[edit]

Iraq[edit]

Ireland (Republic of)[edit]

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Italy[edit]

Ivory Coast[edit]

Jamaica[edit]

Japan[edit]

Kazakhstan[edit]

Kenya[edit]

Lebanon[edit]

Former:

  • Laodicea in Phoenicia was an ancient name of Beirut – royal woman named Laodice among the Seleucid dynasty

Lithuania[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Mali[edit]

  • Timbuktu – Buktu, a malian old woman who lived in that region

Malta[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Main article: List of places in Mexico named after people

Moldova[edit]

Mozambique[edit]

  • Ilha Josina Machel (Manhiça) – Josina Machel, a former President's wife

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Namibia[edit]

  • Mariental, Namibia – Maria, the wife of the first colonial settler of the area, Hermann Brandt

Netherlands[edit]

New Zealand[edit]

Nicaragua[edit]

Nigeria[edit]

North Korea[edit]

Norway[edit]

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Panama[edit]

Papua New Guinea[edit]

Paraguay[edit]

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  • Doña Heriberta Stroessner de Iglesias was the name of Alto Verá – Heriberta Stroessner de Iglesias (1884–1946), Alfredo Stroessner's sister

Peru[edit]

Philippines[edit]

Poland[edit]

Portugal[edit]

Puerto Rico[edit]

Romania[edit]

Russia[edit]

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Sierra Leone[edit]

Singapore[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Main article: List of places in South Africa named after people

South Korea[edit]

Spain[edit]

Suriname[edit]

Sweden[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

See also: List of mountains of Switzerland named after people

Syria[edit]

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Thailand[edit]

Trinidad and Tobago[edit]

Turkey[edit]

Ukraine[edit]

Former:

United Kingdom[edit]

Great Britain[edit]

Northern Ireland[edit]

United States[edit]

Main article: List of places in United States named after people

United States Virgin Islands[edit]

Uruguay[edit]

Zambia[edit]

  • Helen Kaunda (Copperbelt) – Ms. Helen Kaunda (d.1973), mother of President Kenneth Kaunda
  • Julia Chikamoneka (Kasama) – Julia Chikamoneka (1910–1986), Zambian freedom fighter
  • Victoria falls – Queen Victoria

Zimbabwe[edit]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ A constituent part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory
  2. ^ of Melbourne

References[edit]

  1. ^ Τελφοῦσ᾽, ἐνθάδε δὴ φρονέω περικαλλέα νηὸν / ἀνθρώπων τεῦξαι χρηστήριον, οἵτε μοι αἰεὶ ἐνθάδ᾽ ἀγινήσουσι τεληέσσας ἑκατόμβας, / ἠμὲν ὅσοι Πελοπόννησον πίειραν ἔχουσιν / ἠδ᾽ ὅσοι Εὐρώπην τε καὶ ἀμφιρύτας κατὰ νήσους "Telphusa, here I am minded to make a glorious temple, an oracle for men, and hither they will always bring perfect hecatombs, both those who live in rich Peloponnesus and those of Europe and all the wave-washed isles, coming to seek oracles." (verses 247–251, trans. Hugh G. Evelyn-White).
  2. ^ "Europe". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  3. ^ "CIA World Factbook – St Lucia". Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. ^ Cockburn, Rodney (1990). South Australia: What's in a Name? (PDF) (3rd ed.). Axiom. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. ^ Traynor, Stuart (2016). Alice Springs: From singing wire to iconic outback town. Mile End, South Australia: Wakefield Press. ISBN 9781743054499.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Hamilton, William B. (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 077051524X.
  7. ^ Place-Names of Alberta: Published for the Geographic Board by the Department of the Interior. Ottawa: F.C. Acland. 1928. p. 99.
  8. ^ "Ghana Place Names: Queen Anne's Point".
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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