Place Names, Meanings, and their History

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Aabadi (Ah-bah-dee)

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place girl female baby indian hindu settled

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Acton (AK-tən)

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masculine surname boy english baby male place

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Afton (AF-tən)

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surname river nature english place english-scottish scottish-english

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Alameda (ah-lah-MEE-dah)

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surname catalan-spanish portuguese female spanish-portuguese asturian spanish

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Amaravti (uh-mah-rah-vtee)

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city eternal telugu hindu place baby marathi

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Amkanaa (Am-kaa-naa)

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Ardley (AHRD-lee)

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boy baby english masculine place male

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Auji (Ou-jee)

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javanese-indonesian short place baby indonesian-javanese holy gender-neutral

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Bainbridge (BAYN-brij)

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Ballinderry (BAL-in-der-ee)

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place celtic irish gaelic baby unisex

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Barzah (Bar-zah)

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sahabi baby masculine muslim elevated arabic male

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Beram (Beh-ram)

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iranian-kurdish farsi iranian kurdish-iranian muslim boy male

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