General Acapulco (as in ... gold) Angora Armageddon Auschwitz Babel Balkanization, a geopolitical term for the fragmentation of a region — the Balkans, region in southeastern Europe Bantustan Bay St Beltway Berlin Wall Bible, bibliography — Byblos, city on the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon Bikini the Blarney and Blarney Stone — Blarney Castle Boetian Bohemian Bombay duck, a kind of fish — Bombay, old name for Mumbai, coastal city in western India Bordeaux Brazilianization Bronx Cheer Brummagem, goods of shoddy quality — Birmingham, city in England Bungalow Byzantine Canary Carthaginian (peace) Caucasian Chautauqua China Chinese Wall Sent to Coventry Denim Detroit Dijon Dixieland music — Dixies or "Dixies land", a nickname for the south-eastern states of the United States. Dollar Donneybrook Doolally Duffel, heavy woollen cloth — Duffel, a town in Belgium Eden (place of dubious existence) El Dorado Essex, 'common' or 'nouveau riche' sensibility — Essex, a county near London Fez, (also called tarboosh), a hat — Fez, a city in Morocco Finlandization Frankfurter Georgia, a font from Microsoft — Georgia (U.S. state) Gibraltar Greek, a language usage ("all Greek to me") — Greek language of Greece Gypsies, nomadic peoples in Europe and United States — Egypt Havana (cigar) Hell, usage in language — Hell, mythical place Hicksville Holland, cotton or linen fabric — Holland Hollandaise Hollywood Iliad (see Troy) Indian Java Jersey cattle (also tomato, milk, cream, jumper) — Jersey, one of the Channel Islands Labyrinth Left Bank Lesbian, homosexual — Lesbos, island in Greece Lilliputian, meaning very small sized — Lilliput, fictional island in the book Gulliver's Travels Madison Avenue Magenta Marathon Madras, lightweight cotton fabic — Madras, old name for Chennai, coastal city in southeastern India Manchester (as in textiles) Manila Marseillaise Masada Mausoleum, a large and impressive tomb — Mausoleum of Maussollos in Turkey Mecca Mocha Mongoloid Motown Maus Neanderthal Nuremberg (defense) Olympics, worldwide games — Mount Olympus, tallest mountain in Greece Paisley Palookaville Peoria Peyton Place Rubicon Rugby football — Rugby School, in Rugby, central England Sardine Seltzer (commercial name) Shambala Shanghai (verb) Shangri-La, a mythical utopia, a language usage — Shangri-La, fictional place in the novel Lost Horizon Siamese twins, conjoined twins — Siam, old name for Thailand Sent to Siberia Sodomy, forbidden sexual acts — Sodom, Biblical town on the plain of the Jordan River Solecism Spa, place having water with health-giving properties — Spa, a municipality in Belgium Stalingrad Surrey, horse-drawn carriage — Surrey, southern England Timbuktu Trojan horse, malicious computer virus — Trojan Horse, of Troy, from the Illiad Trojaned Utopia, term for organized society — Utopia, fictional republic from the book of the same name Wall Street Watergate Woodstock Xanadu, a symbol of opulence — Xanadu (or Shangdu), summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire Zion Events/Agreements Hiroshima Kyoto Maastricht Munich Oslo Potsdam Seattle Yalta Waterloo Food and Drink Burgundy Cantaloupe (also called rockmelon), a variety of melon — Cantalupo, the Pope's summer residence Champagne Cuban, sub sandwich in Florida — Cuba, country in the Caribbean Dunkirk spirit Hamburger Sherry wine, a mispronunciation of Jerez — Jerez de la Frontera, a city in southern Spain Manhattan cocktail — Manhattan Club in New York City Madeira wine, a fortified wine and Plum in madeira, a dessert — Madeira islands of Portugal Peking Duck, a Chinese dish made of duck — Peking, old name for Beijing, China Port wine (or Porto), sweet fortified wine — Oporto, in northern Portugal Salisbury Steak — Salisbury, England Cheese American Aveyron(nais) Caerphilly Cheddar Cheshire Colby Derby Gloucester Gorgonzola Gouda Gruyere Lancashire Leicester Limburg(er) Monterey (Jacks) Munster Parme(san) Roma(no) Roquefort Stilton Swiss Tilsit Wensleydale Elements See: Chemical elements named after places
See also Lists of etymologies
