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List of words derived from toponyms

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GeneralEdit

  • agate — after Achates, ancient Greek name for the river Dirillo on the Italian island of Sicily
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  • badminton — after Badminton in Gloucestershire, England
  • balkanization — after the Balkans, region in southeastern Europe similarly divided into small nations in the twentieth century <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • bangalored — after Bangalore, India; used often in the US when jobs are lost because of outsourcing; first time use by the magazine The Economist; usage: "He is sulking today because he got bangalored."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Events and agreementsEdit

Industries and professionsEdit

  • Bay Street — Canada's financial industry (similar to Wall Street), after Bay Street, the main street of Toronto's financial district
  • Beltway — the pundits, political leaders, and opinion-makers of Washington, D.C., after the highway surrounding the city
  • Broadway — musical theater, after Broadway, a street in New York City
  • The City — London-based financial services, after the City of London
  • Detroit — the American automobile industry
  • Fleet Street — the British press, after the London street that formerly housed many newspapers
  • Hollywood — the American motion picture industry, after the district of Los Angeles, California, where many motion picture companies are headquartered
  • K Street — lobbying industry working with the U.S. Federal government
  • Madison Avenue — advertising industry, after Madison Avenue, a street in New York City where many advertising firms are headquartered
  • Savile Row — tailoring, after the street in London where the most prestigious tailors are located
  • Wall Street — U.S. financial services industry, after Wall Street, street in New York City where many financial services firms are headquartered

Food and drink (other than cheese and wine)Edit

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

CheeseEdit

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WineEdit

CorporationsEdit

There are some corporations whose name is simply the same as their original location.

ElementsEdit

See: Chemical elements named after places

Musical genresEdit

Derivations from literary or mythical placesEdit

See alsoEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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