List of locations in the world with an English name

This is a list of place names originally used in England and then later applied to other places throughout the world via English settlers and explorers.

Argentina

 * Hurlingham
 * Londres (Spanish for London)
 * Ranelagh

Australia
See English place names in Australia

Barbados
See English place names in Barbados

Bolivia

 * Manchester

Bermuda

 * Somerset
 * Somerset Island

Canada
See English place names in Canada

Chile

 * Punta Dúngeness
 * Wellington Island

Costa Rica

 * Liverpool

Hong Kong

 * Kennedy Town
 * Stanley
 * Prince Edward
 * Cape Collinson
 * Fortress Hill
 * Victoria Peak

India

 * Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh (after Earl (later Marquess) of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India (1848–1856))
 * McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh (after Sir Donald Friell McLeod, KCSI CB, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab (1865–1870))
 * Forsythganj, Himachal Pradesh (after TD Forsythe, Esq, Civil Service, Asst Commissioner Simla District (1850))
 * Wellington, Tamil Nadu (after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)
 * Forbesganj, Bihar (after Alexander John Forbes British District Collector and Municipal Commissioner of East India Company)
 * Canning, West Bengal (after Lord Canning, Governor-General of India (1856–1858), and Governor-General & Viceroy (1858–1862))
 * Landsdowne, Uttarakhand (after Lord Landsdowne, Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1888–1894)
 * Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (The anglicised term of Lakhnau in Hindi)

Places in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
 * Port Blair (after Archibald Blair, Esq, Captain in the Maritime Establishment of the East India Company at Bombay)
 * Ritchie's Archipelago (after John Ritchie, 18th-century British marine surveyor)
 * Napier Bay Island Group (likely after Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, C-in-C India (1870 – 1876))
 * Henry Lawrence Island (after Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence KCB, Chief Commissioner Oudh)
 * John Lawrence Island (after Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1864–1869)
 * Wilson Island (after Sir Archdale Wilson, Commandant Bengal Artillery Meerut, lead the action in Delhi and Lucknow, 1857)
 * Outram Island (after Lieutenant General Sir James Outram, capture of Lucknow, 1857)
 * Peel Island (after Captain Sir William Peel, Victoria Cross, wounded in the Relief of Lucknow)
 * James Island
 * Kyd Island
 * Smith Island
 * Pocock Island
 * Montgomery Island
 * Patric Island
 * Clyde Island
 * Elizabeth Bay
 * Campbell Bay
 * Macpherson's Strait
 * Mount Harriet National Park (after Harriet Tytler, wife of Capt Robert Tytler of the 38th Native Infantry (1857), Supdt of Cellular Jail (1862). To be renamed "Mount Manipur")
 * Stewart Island
 * Stewartgunj
 * Anderson Island
 * Bennett Island (after Capt Bennett, Marine)
 * Colebrook Island

Places in cities Renamed places Renamed places in cities
 * Churchgate, in Mumbai
 * Whitefield, in Bengaluru
 * Hastings, in Kolkata
 * Daltongunj, Jharkhand (renamed Medininagar, 2004)
 * Ross Island (renamed Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island, Dec 2018)
 * Neill Island (renamed Shaheed Dweep,Dec 2018)
 * Havelock Island (renamed Swaraj Dweep, Dec 2018)
 * Connaught Place (renamed Rajiv Chowk 1995),

Israel

 * Airport City

Jamaica

 * Kingston
 * Manchester
 * Middlesex
 * Surrey
 * Cornwall

Malaysia

 * Butterworth, Penang
 * Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur
 * George Town, Penang
 * Cameron Highlands, Pahang
 * Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan
 * Slim River, Perak
 * Victoria, Labuan
 * Fraser's Hill, Pahang

Montserrat

 * Plymouth

Northern Ireland

 * Chichester Park
 * Sydenham
 * Windsor
 * Woodstock

Pakistan

 * Abbottabad
 * Campbellpur
 * Jacobabad
 * Jamesabad
 * Lawrencepur
 * Warburton

Serbia

 * Little London

South Africa

 * Arlington
 * Bedford
 * Boston
 * Bramley
 * Derby
 * Epsom Downs
 * Everton
 * Kensington
 * Kenton-on-Sea
 * Lindley, Free State
 * Lindley, Gauteng
 * Malmesbury
 * Margate
 * New Brighton
 * Newcastle
 * Pennington
 * Richmond
 * Sandhurst
 * Somerset East
 * Somerset West
 * Sydenham
 * Worcester
 * York
 * Wellington

Sri Lanka
See Place names in Sri Lanka with an English name


 * Alton
 * Brampton
 * Bray
 * Devon Falls
 * Harrow
 * Hatton
 * Hythe
 * Kenilworth
 * Marlborough
 * Norton Bridge
 * Norwood
 * Preston

Trinidad and Tobago

 * Plymouth

United States
See List of locations in the United States with an English name