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* [[El Nido, Palawan]], Philippines ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for ''nest'', or ''[[edible bird's nest]]'') |
* [[El Nido, Palawan]], Philippines ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for ''nest'', or ''[[edible bird's nest]]'') |
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* [[Elektrėnai]], Lithuania |
* [[Elektrėnai]], Lithuania |
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* [[Elektrostal]], Russia (from the plant of the same name,<ref>[http://elsteel.ru/en/about_us/portrait.php Elektrostal Plant: About us]</ref> ''stal'' meaning "steel") |
* [[Elektrostal]], Russia (from the plant of the same name,<ref>[http://elsteel.ru/en/about_us/portrait.php Elektrostal Plant: About us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131061536/http://www.elsteel.ru/en/about_us/portrait.php |date=2009-01-31 }}</ref> ''stal'' meaning "steel") |
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* [[Gas, Kansas]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Gas/history.htm | title=History of Gas | accessdate=2009-02-03 }}</ref> |
* [[Gas, Kansas]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Gas/history.htm | title=History of Gas | accessdate=2009-02-03 }}</ref> |
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* [[Glassport, Pennsylvania]] |
* [[Glassport, Pennsylvania]] |
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* [[Gloversville, New York]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cityofgloversville.com/ContentManager/index.cfm?Step=Display&ContentID=5 | title=Gloversville History & Culture | accessdate=2009-02-03 }}</ref> |
* [[Gloversville, New York]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cityofgloversville.com/ContentManager/index.cfm?Step=Display&ContentID=5 | title=Gloversville History & Culture | accessdate=2009-02-03 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221073619/http://www.cityofgloversville.com/ContentManager/index.cfm?Step=Display&ContentID=5 | archivedate=2010-12-21 | df= }}</ref> |
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* [[Irondale Township, Minnesota]] and [[Ironton, Minnesota]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/city.cfm?PlaceNameID=1468&BookCodeID=71&County=18&SendingPage=Results.cfm|title=Minnesota Place Names – Township and Village Information|publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|accessdate=2009-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/city.cfm?PlaceNameID=1470&BookCodeID=6&County=18&SendingPage=Results.cfm|title=Minnesota Place Names – Township and Village Information|publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|accessdate=2009-02-03}}</ref> |
* [[Irondale Township, Minnesota]] and [[Ironton, Minnesota]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/city.cfm?PlaceNameID=1468&BookCodeID=71&County=18&SendingPage=Results.cfm|title=Minnesota Place Names – Township and Village Information|publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|accessdate=2009-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/city.cfm?PlaceNameID=1470&BookCodeID=6&County=18&SendingPage=Results.cfm|title=Minnesota Place Names – Township and Village Information|publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|accessdate=2009-02-03}}</ref> |
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* [[Iron City, Tennessee]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lawrenceburg.net/iron-city.php | title=About Iron City, Tennessee | accessdate=2009-02-03 }}</ref> |
* [[Iron City, Tennessee]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lawrenceburg.net/iron-city.php | title=About Iron City, Tennessee | accessdate=2009-02-03 }}</ref> |
Revision as of 11:50, 1 January 2018
The following places were named for their main products:
- Açailândia, Brazil (from the açaí palm)
- Alumínio, Brazil
- Apatity, Russia[1]
- Asbest, Russia
- Birżebbuġa, Malta (from żebbuġ, "olives")
- Brazil, from brazilwood.
- Carbon County, Utah from the coal mined there.
- Coal Center, Pennsylvania
- Coal City, Illinois[2]
- Copperton, Utah named for the copper processing plants build there
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Diamantina, Brazil
- El Nido, Palawan, Philippines (Spanish for nest, or edible bird's nest)
- Elektrėnai, Lithuania
- Elektrostal, Russia (from the plant of the same name,[3] stal meaning "steel")
- Gas, Kansas[4]
- Glassport, Pennsylvania
- Gloversville, New York[5]
- Irondale Township, Minnesota and Ironton, Minnesota[6][7]
- Iron City, Tennessee[8]
- Iron County, Utah named for the iron mines operating there
- Iron Mountain, Michigan
- Kant, Kyrgyzstan (from kant, "sugar")[9]
- Kappara, Malta (Maltese for "caper")
- Mastichochoria, Greece, from the mastic tree and resin.
- Mellieħa, Malta (from melħ, "salt")
- Mountain Iron, Minnesota, named after Mountain Iron Mine[10]
- Neftegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia (from neft, "oil") (destroyed in 1995)
- Neftegorsk, Samara Oblast, Russia (from neft, "oil")
- Nefteyugansk, Russia (from neft, "oil" and Yugan River)
- Nikel, Russia
- Nitro, West Virginia
- Oil City, Pennsylvania
- Oildale, California
- Ouro Preto, Brazil (Portuguese for "black gold")
- Saffron Walden, Essex, UK
- Salzburg, Austria, and many other German-speaking places beginning with Salz- (salt)
- Steelton, Pennsylvania
- Tabaco, Philippines (Spanish for tobacco, the city's traditional product)
- Uglegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia (from ugol, "coal")
- Vale do Aço, Brazil (Portuguese for "steel valley")
- Vuhlehirsk, Ukraine (from vuhil, "coal")
- Żebbuġ, Malta and Żebbuġ, Gozo (Maltese for "olives")
- Żejtun, Malta (Siculo-Arabic for "olives")
- Zernograd, Russia (from zerno, "grain")
References
- ^ Running with Reindeer: Encounters in Russian Lapland. By Roger Took. Published by Westview Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8133-4300-3, 978-0-8133-4300-6 On Google Books. Page 222.
- ^ "The History of Coal City". Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ Elektrostal Plant: About us Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "History of Gas". Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ "Gloversville History & Culture". Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
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- ^ "Minnesota Place Names – Township and Village Information". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ "About Iron City, Tennessee". Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ Kyrgyzstan: the Bradt travel guide, By Laurence Mitchell. Published by Bradt Travel Guides, 2008. ISBN 1-84162-221-4, 978-1-84162-221-7. On Google Books Page 121
- ^ "Minnesota Place Names – Township and Village Information". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2009-02-03.