User:Linshee/List of words derived from toponyms

This is a list of English language words derived from toponyms, followed by the place name it derives from.

General

 * coach
 * type of carriage
 * Kocs
 * ultimately from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) or "carriage of Kocs", where this vehicle was first made
 * Coldstream Guards — regiment founded at Coldstream in Scotland
 * cologne — a perfume originating from Cologne, Germany.
 * Corinthian order — one of the three orders of classical architecture, after Corinth in Greece
 * Coventry (in the construction "Send to Coventry"): shunned by friends and family, after the treatment of Royalist prisoners during the English Civil War
 * Damask — material, from Damascus
 * denim — a coarse cotton fabric, from French serge de Nîmes, or "serge of Nîmes", where the cloth originated
 * derby — a stakes race limited to three-year-old steeds, named after Derby in England by way of its 12th Earl; also refers to a style of shoe and hat.
 * dollar — a unit of currency, originally from the German taler, an abbreviation of Joachimstaler ("gulden of Joachimstal"), a coin minted (1519) from silver mined near Joachimsthal, Bohemia
 * donnybrook — colloquial term for a brawl or fracas, derived from Donnybrook Fair, an annual horse fair in the Dublin suburb notorious for fighting and drunkenness
 * doolally or dolally — an adjective meaning "mad" or "eccentric" (e.g. "to go dolally"), ultimately named after Deolali, a hill station near Nashik in colonial India, referring to the apparent madness of men waiting to return to Britain after their tour of duty
 * duffel or duffle — heavy woollen cloth, hence duffel coat and duffel bag; after Duffel, a town in Belgium where it was first made
 * Dunkirk spirit, after the evacuation of Dunkirk in World War II
 * Fez, (also called tarboosh), a hat — Fez, a city in Morocco
 * Finlandization, the influence a large country can have on a smaller one, after Finland
 * gamboge, a yellow artist's pigment — Cambodge, French name for Cambodia
 * geyser, a hot water spring — Geysir in Iceland
 * Glasgow kiss, a slang term meaning headbutt — Glasgow, Scotland
 * Greek, not understandable ("all Greek to me") — Greek language of Greece
 * Guinea, former British gold coin, and guineafowl — Guinea region of West Africa
 * Gypsies, nomadic peoples in Europe and United States — Egypt
 * Habanera — a musical style named after Havana, Cuba
 * Hackney carriage, name for the London taxicab, probably from Hackney in London, England
 * Havana, cigar — from capital of Cuba
 * Hempenstall, a surname, after the town of Heptonstall (England)
 * Honiton, a form of lace, after the town in Devon (England) where it is produced
 * Holland, cotton or linen fabric — Holland
 * iliad — a long narrative poem, or a series of woes, trials, etc.; both derive from the Homeric epic Iliad, literally meaning "of Ilium" (or Troy)
 * Indian, the aboriginal peoples of the New World, after India
 * Indigo, colour, after India
 * Ionic order — one of the three orders of classical architecture, after Ionia in present-day Turkey
 * japanning, application of lacquer, after Japan
 * Jeans, denim trousers; Genoa
 * Jersey cattle (also tomato, milk, cream, jumper) — Jersey, one of the Channel Islands
 * Kimblewick bit, used on horses for riding — Kimble Wick, hamlet in Buckinghamshire (England)
 * Labyrinth, maze, after a legendary structure on Crete
 * Laconic, (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words. From Laconia Ancient Sparta (Greece)
 * Left Bank, style of life, fashion, or "look" — "Left Bank", left bank of the Seine (facing downstream) in Paris
 * Leghorn chicken — after Leghorn, historical name for Livorno, Italy
 * Lesbian, female homosexual — Lesbos, island in Greece
 * Lipizzaner, a breed of horse — Lipica, town in Slovenia
 * Macassar oil
 * Magenta, colour — named after Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
 * Marathon, long race — Marathon, Greece, town
 * Madras, lightweight cotton fabric — Madras, old name for Chennai, coastal city in southeastern India
 * Manila envelopes, Manila fiber — Manila, city in Philippines
 * Marseillaise, national anthem of France — Marseille, city in France
 * Masada, a mass suicide when conditions are hopeless, after Masada, Israel
 * Mausoleum, a large and impressive tomb — Mausoleum at Halicarnassus in Turkey
 * meander, a bend in a river — Meander, a river in Turkey
 * Mecca, ultimate destination or activity center — Mecca, holy city in Saudi Arabia
 * Mongoloid race — Mongolia, country in central Asia
 * Morocco leather — Morocco, country in north Africa
 * Muslin, a lightweight fabric — Mosul, Iraq
 * Neanderthal man, known by his fossils — Neanderthal, Germany, valley where the fossils were found
 * Nicene Creed, Christian doctrine — Nicaea, old name for İznik in Turkey
 * Olympics, worldwide games — Mount Olympus, tallest mountain in Greece
 * Ottoman (furniture), a type of stool — after the Ottoman Empire
 * Paisley (design), used in shawls — Paisley, Scotland
 * Panama hat — Panama in Central America, where it was first sold
 * Portland cement — named after the Isle of Portland, England
 * Rubicon, the point of no return — Rubicon (or Rubico), a small former river in northern Italy
 * Rhode Island Red — Chicken named after Rhode Island
 * Rugby football — Rugby School, in Rugby, Warwickshire, central England
 * Shanghaied — drugged and forced into service aboard a ship, from Shanghai, China
 * Siamese twins, conjoined twins — Siam, old name for Thailand
 * Siberia, a remote undesirable location — Siberia, in eastern Russia
 * Skid Row, originally Skid Road of Seattle, now the rundown area of a U.S. city
 * Sodomy, forbidden sexual acts — Sodom, Biblical town on the plain of the Dead Sea
 * Solecism, incorrect or ungrammatical usage of language — Soli an ancient city in Cilicia, where a dialect of Greek regarded as substandard was spoken
 * Spa, place having water with health-giving properties — Spa, a town in Belgium, also famous for its motor racing circuit.
 * Suede, a durable fabric — French name for Sweden
 * Surrey, horse-drawn carriage — Surrey, a county in southern England
 * Timbuktu, metaphor for an exotic, distant land — Timbuktu, city on the Niger River in Mali, West Africa
 * Trojan horse, malicious computer virus — Trojan Horse, of Troy, from the Iliad
 * turkey, from Turkey
 * tuxedo, after Tuxedo Park, New York
 * Vaudeville, after the Vau de Vire the setting for the bawdy songs of Olivier Basselin.
 * volcano, from Italian island of Vulcano
 * Xanadu, a symbol of opulence — Xanadu (or Shangdu), summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire
 * volcano, from Italian island of Vulcano
 * Xanadu, a symbol of opulence — Xanadu (or Shangdu), summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire

Animals
Calico cat and calico horse derive from the appearance of their mottled coat suggesting calico cloth
 * Bedlington Terrier, a breed of dog, after Bedlington, UK
 * chihuahua
 * small dog
 * Chihuahua, state of Mexico
 * originally from
 * originally from

Food and drink

 * Anjou pear — Anjou
 * Arbroath smokie (a kind of smoked haddock) — Arbroath in Scotland
 * Bakewell Pudding — chicken in Derbyshire, England
 * Bath bun — Bath, England
 * Bath Oliver (biscuit) — Bath, England
 * Berliner (pastry), named after Berlin
 * Black Forest gateau, Black Forest cake, Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte — Black Forest (Schwarzwald), Germany
 * Bolognese sauce — from Bologna, Italy
 * Bombay duck, a kind of fish — Bombay, old name for Mumbai, coastal city in western India
 * Brazil nut
 * Brussels sprout — after the capital of Belgium
 * Buffalo wings, named for Buffalo, New York, where they originated
 * Cantaloupe (also called rockmelon), a variety of melon — Cantalupo, multiple communes in Italy
 * Ceylon tea — from Ceylon, old name for Sri Lanka
 * Chelsea bun — Chelsea in London, England
 * Cognac
 * Coney Island hot dog — named after Coney Island, New York, but apparently invented in the Midwest of the United States
 * Cuban, sub sandwich in Florida — Cuba, country in the Caribbean
 * Curaçao liqueur — Curaçao
 * Currant, a dried raisin — Corinth in Greece
 * Danish, a sweet pastry — (in Denmark it is called wienerbrød, "bread from Vienna")
 * Darjeeling tea — Darjeeling in India
 * Dijon, mustard named after the French city
 * Dover sole — from Dover, England
 * Dublin Bay prawn — from Dublin, Ireland
 * Eccles cake — from Eccles, Greater Manchester, England
 * Glamorgan sausage a vegetarian sausage, Glamorgan county, Wales -
 * Frankfurter (or Wiener — from Vienna)
 * Hamburger — Hamburg, Germany
 * Hollandaise sauce — Holland
 * Jaffa orange — Jaffa
 * Jaffa Cakes
 * Java, slang for coffee — from island in Indonesia
 * Jerusalem artichoke — wrongly associated with Jerusalem
 * Kiwifruit — from Kiwi, the national symbol of and a nickname for New Zealand
 * Lancashire hotpot — from Lancashire, England
 * Lemon & Paeroa — from mineral water springs at the New Zealand town of Paeroa
 * Manhattan cocktail — Manhattan Club in New York City
 * Martini — Martinez, California, where the precursor to the martini, the Martinez, was developed
 * Mayonnaise — from Mahón, Menorca, Spain
 * Mocha coffee, ice cream — Mocha, Yemen, place where the coffee is grown
 * Peach — from Persia, old name for Iran
 * Peking Duck, a Chinese dish made of duck — Peking, old name for Beijing, China
 * Pilsner lager — Plzeň, Czech Republic
 * Pomfret Cakes — from Pontefract, Yorkshire, England
 * Salisbury steak — Salisbury, England
 * Sardine, types of small fish — Sardinia, island in the Mediterranean near Italy
 * Seltzer (commercial name), Selters, Germany
 * Seville orange — Seville
 * Shallot — Ashkelon
 * Swede (vegetable) — Sweden; also known as Swedish turnip
 * Tabasco sauce — Tabasco, state of Mexico
 * Tangerine — from Tangier in Morocco
 * Turkish Delight — Turkey
 * Valencia orange — Valencia, Spain
 * Welsh rarebit — A cheese and herb sauce drizzled over hot bread or toast; probably originating from Welsh peasants
 * Vichyssoise — Chilled leek and potato soup, named for Vichy, France
 * Virginia peanut — Virginia
 * Yorkshire puddings from Yorkshire

Note: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is named after the local Saskatoon berry, rather than vice versa.

Cheese

 * Ackawi
 * American cheese, a common name for processed cheese
 * Asiago after Asiago, the plateau and town in northern Italy where it was first made
 * Brie after the Brie region in Île de France, where it was first made
 * Caerphilly after Caerphilly, a town in Wales
 * Camembert (cheese) chicken Camembert, Orne in France
 * Cheddar after Cheddar in Somerset, England, where it was originally made
 * Cheshire after Cheshire, a county in England
 * Colby after Colby, Wisconsin, where it was first made
 * Danbo cheese after Denmark
 * Derby cheese after Derbyshire a county in central England
 * Dubliner after Dublin, Ireland
 * Dunlop after the town of Dunlop in Ayrshire, Scotland
 * Edam after town of Edam in the Netherlands
 * Emmental after Emmental, the name of a valley in Switzerland where it was originally made
 * Double Gloucester cheese after Gloucester cattle, originally from Gloucester in England
 * Gorgonzola after Gorgonzola, a village in northern Italy
 * Gouda after the city Gouda in the Netherlands where originally made
 * Gruyère after Gruyère, a district in Switzerland where first made
 * Jarlsberg after the town Jarlsberg in Norway
 * Lancashire cheese after Lancashire in England
 * Lappi after Lapland region of Finland
 * Leicester cheese after Leicester in England
 * Limburger after Limburg, a former duchy of Lorraine
 * Manchego after La Mancha, Spain
 * Molbo, from the Mols peninsula in Jutland, Denmark
 * Monterey Jack, from Monterey, California (not Monterrey, Mexico)
 * Morbier
 * Munster after town Munster, Haut-Rhin in Alsace region of France
 * Nablusi
 * Neufchâtel, from Neufchâtel-en-Bray, the part of Normandie where it originates
 * Oaxaca, after Oaxaca de Juárez, a state and city in Mexico
 * Parmesan, from Parma, Italy
 * Roma(no) after Rome, Italy
 * Roquefort after a village in southern France
 * Samsø after the island of Samsø in Denmark
 * Stilton after Stilton, a village in England where it was first sold
 * Swiss after Switzerland
 * Tilsit after a town in East Prussia (now Sovetsk, Russia) where it was first produced
 * Wensleydale cheese after Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England

Wine

 * Alsace
 * Asti — Asti (province), Italy
 * Beaujolais
 * Bordeaux
 * Burgundy
 * Chablis
 * Champagne, a sparkling wine named after the region of France where it is produced
 * Chardonnay
 * Gamay
 * Hock, indirectly from Hochheim in Germany
 * Madeira wine, a fortified wine and Plum in madeira, a dessert — Madeira islands of Portugal
 * Marsala wine, a dry or sweet wine — Marsala, a town in western Sicily
 * Port wine (or Porto), sweet fortified wine — Porto, in northern Portugal
 * Rioja — La Rioja (region), Spain
 * Sherry wine, an anglicisation of Jerez — Jerez de la Frontera, a city in southern Spain
 * Tokaji, white wine — a city in Hungary

Corporations
There are some corporations whose name is simply the same as their original location.
 * Évian
 * Iittala
 * Nokia
 * Raisio
 * Tikkurila
 * Vaasa
 * Vauxhall

Elements
See: Chemical elements named after places

Musical genres

 * Britpop — British popular music
 * Canterbury scene — after Canterbury, Kent, England
 * Chicago soul — after Chicago
 * Dixieland jazz — after Dixie, nickname for the southern United States
 * Dunedin sound — after the New Zealand city of Dunedin
 * Madchester — after Manchester, England
 * Memphis soul — after Memphis, Tennessee
 * Northern soul — after Northern England
 * Merseybeat — after the River Mersey
 * Philly soul — after Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * Urban Pasifika — after the Pacific Ocean
 * Goa Trance – after Goa

Derivations from literary or mythical places

 * Brobdingnagian, meaning very large in size — Brobdingnag, fictional land in the book Gulliver's Travels
 * Cloud cuckoo land, an unrealistically idealistic state where everything is perfect, from The Birds by Aristophanes
 * Eden, any paradisaical area, named after the religious Garden of Eden
 * El Dorado, any area of great wealth, after the mythical city of gold
 * hell, any horrible place, after the religious Hell
 * Lilliputian, meaning very small in size — Lilliput, fictional island in the book Gulliver's Travels
 * Munchkin, small children, dwarfs, or anything of diminutive stature — from the Munchkin country in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
 * Never Never Land, a metaphor for eternal childhood, immortality, and escapism, from J. M. Barries's Peter Pan
 * Shangri-La, a mythical utopia, a language usage — Shangri-La, fictional place in the novel Lost Horizon
 * utopia, term for organized society — Utopia, fictional republic from the book of the same name