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This is a list of geographic acronyms and initialisms. Acronyms are abbreviations formed by the initial letter or letters of the words that make up a multi-word term. Other names have been formed from the initials of multiple people, geographic names, or ordinary words. The main difference between the two is that, in the latter group, the names can be ordered in whatever way is convenient to form the new name.
For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words. Those derived from only two names are usually considered portmanteaus and can be found in the List of geographic portmanteaus. However, there are exceptions to this two/three rule in both lists, so it is more of a guideline than a hard-and-fast rule.
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Contents
1 Acronyms
1.1 Company names
1.2 Neighbourhood names
1.2.1 New York
1.2.2 Other cities
1.3 Bodies of water
1.4 Topography
1.5 Personal names
1.6 Reversed acronyms
1.7 Other acronyms
2 Initialisms
2.1 Personal names
2.2 Other initialisms
3 See also
4 References
Acronyms
Company names
Many of these places are former company towns.
Abanda, Alabama — Atlanta, Birmingham AND Atlantic Railroad[1]
Alco, Louisiana — Alexandria Lumber COmpany[2]
Alcoa, Tennessee — ALuminum COmpany of America
Alpoca, West Virginia — ALpha POCAhontas Coal Company[3]:43
Ameagle, West Virginia — AMerican EAGLE Colliery[3]:79
Asco, West Virginia — Atlantic Smokeless COal Company[3]:86
Atco, Georgia — American Textile COmpany[4]
Atco, New Jersey — Atlantic Transport COmpany[5]
Ballico, California — BALLIntine COmpany
Becco, West Virginia — Bufalo Eagle Colliery COmpany[3]:43
Cadomin, Alberta — CAnadian DOminion MINe[6]
- Calavo Gardens, California[7] — CALifornia AVOcado Growers Association[8]
Caldor, California — CALifornia DOoR Company[8]
Calgro, California — CALifornia GROwers Wineries[8]
Calpack, California — CALifornia PACKing Corporation[8]
Calpet, Wyoming — CALifornia PETroleum Company[5]
Calwa, California — CALifornia Wine Association[8]
Canora, Saskatchewan — CAnadian NOrthern RAilway[9]
Ceepeecee, British Columbia — either Canadian Packing Corporation or California Packing Corporation, or likely first Canadian, then California[10]
Charmco, West Virginia — CHARleston Milling COmpany[3]:165
Cimic, Illinois — Chicago Illinois Midland Railroad, Illinois Central Railroad[11]
- Cipsco Park, Illinois — Central Illinois Public Service COmpany[11]
Clinchco, Virginia — for both CLINCHfield Railroad and CLINCHfield Coal COrporation[12]
Closplint, Kentucky — CLOver SPLINT Coal Company[13]
Cofoco, West Virginia — COal FOrk COal Company, now known as Coal, West Virginia[3]:43
Colwich, Kansas — COLorado and WICHita Railroad Company[5]
- Cominco, Saskatchewan[14] — COnsolidated MINing and Smelting COmpany[9]
- Copco, California[15] — California Oregon Power COmpany[8]
- Cumbo, West Virginia — CUMberland Valley Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad[3]
Delanson, New York — DELaware ANd HudSON Railroad- Domex, Saskatchewan[16] — DOMe EXploration, Ltd.[9]
Elco, Illinois — E. Levenworth and COmpany General Store (from the abbreviation "E. L. Co" stenciled on boxes in front of the store)[11]
Falco, Alabama — Florida–Alabama Land COmpany
Gamerco, New Mexico — Gallup AMERican COal Company[5]
- Gimco City, Indiana[17] — General Insulation and Manufacturing COmpany (now part of Alexandria, Indiana)[18]
Grenora, North Dakota — GREat NOrthern RAilway
Harco, Illinois — HARrisburg COlliery Coal Company[11]
Herpoco, California — HERcules POwder COmpany[8]
Ioco, Port Moody, British Columbia — Imperial Oil COrporation or COmpany (actual name: Imperial Oil, Ltd.)[10]
Irmulco, California — IRvine and MUir Lumber COmpany[8]
Kayjay, Kentucky — Kentucky–Jellico Coal Company[13]
- Kicco, Florida[19] — Kissimee Island Cattle COmpany[20]
Kofa, Arizona — King OF Arizona Mine[21]
Kyrock, Kentucky — KentuckY ROCK Asphalt Company[13]
- Labuco, Alabama — LAcey–BUek Iron COmpany[1]
Lacjac, California — LAChman & JACobi[8]
Latexo, Texas — LouisianA TEXas Orchard Company[22]
Lobeco, South Carolina — LOng, BEllamy, and COmpany[5]
Lorado, West Virginia — LORAin Coal and DOck Company [3]:57
Mercoal, Alberta — McLeod (E for pronunciation) River Hard COAL Company[23]
Micco, West Virginia — Main Island Creek COal Company[3]:43
Mico, Texas — Medina Irrigation COmpany[24]
Mococo, California — MOuntain COpper COmpany[5]
Mokane, Missouri — MissOuri KANsas and Eastern Railway[25]
- Mopeco, California — MOhawk PEtroleum COmpany[8]
Nacmine, Alberta — North America Collieries, Ltd. plus the word MINE[23]
Naplate, Illinois — NAational PLATE Glass Company[11]
Nolalu, Ontario — NOrthern LAnd LUmber Company[26]
Norco, California — NORth COrona Land Company
Norco, Louisiana — New Orleans Refinery COmpany[2]
- Norco, Saskatchewan[27] — NORanda COmpany[9]
- Norpak, North Dakota — NORthern PACific Railroad (with a K replacing the C)[28]
Nyando, New York — New York AND Ottawa Railway, former station on the line; now known as Rooseveltown
Ohaton, Alberta — Osler, HAmmond, and NanTON, Winnipeg financial firm[23]
Orenco, Oregon — OREgon Nursery COmpany[29]
- Orseco, Oregon — ORegon SEcurities COmpany; name changed to Champion,[30] now historical [29]
Parco, Wyoming — Producers And Refiners COrporation- Pennsuco, Florida[31] — PENNsylvania SUgar COmpany[5]
- Praco, Alabama — PRAtt Consolidated Coal COmpany[1]
Raco, Michigan — Richardson & Avery COmpany[32]
Raeco, Washington — Rodes, Appel, and Earnest plus COmpany[33]
Reco, Alberta — REliance COal Company[6]
Sasco, Arizona — Southern Arizona Smelter COmpany[21]
Saspamco, Texas — San Antonio Sewer Pipe (A for pronunciation) Manufacturing COmpany[34]
Seco, Kentucky — South East COal Company[13]
Sedco Hills, California — South Elsinore Development COmpany[8]
- Seroco, North Dakota — SEars ROebuck and COmpany[28]
- Siboco, Oregon — SIuslaw BOom COmpany[29]
Sterco, Alberta — STERling COllieries[6]
- Stoil, California — STandard OIL Company (former location of a pumping station)[8]
Sumica, Florida — Société Universelle des Mines, Industrie Commerce et Agriculture[20]
Svit, Slovakia — Slovenské VIzkózové Továrne (English: "Slovak Viscose Works")
Talco, Texas — Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana Candy COmpany (seen on a box of candy)[35]
Tapco, Arizona — The Arizona Power COmpany[21]
Tapoco, North Carolina — TAllassee POwer COmpany[5]
- Tracoal, West Virginia — TRAce Fork COAL Company[3]:43
Tumco, California — The United Mines COmpany[8]
- Upalco, Utah — Utah Power And Light COmpany[36]
- Vancorum, Colorado[37] — VANandium CORporation of AMerica, with a substitution of a U for the A [38]
Vicco, Kentucky — Virginia Iron Coal and Coke COmpany[13]
Weslaco, Texas — W. E. Stewart LAnd COmpany[39]
Wevaco, West Virginia — WEst VirginiA COlliery Company[3]:670
Wiscoal, Kentucky — WISconsin COal Company[13]
- Zimco, Alabama[40] — ZImmerman Manufacturing COmpany[1]
Neighbourhood names
Many of these names were the result of neighborhood rebranding, first in New York, and then in other cities. The names were mostly coined in immitation of Soho in Manhattan.
New York
- DoBro — DOwntown BROoklyn
Dumbo, Brooklyn — Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass
FiDi — FInancial DIstrict
NoHo, Manhattan — NOrth of HOuston Street
Nolita — NOrth of Little ITAly
NoMad, Manhattan — NOrth of MADison Square Park
Sobro — SOuth BROnx
SoHo, Manhattan — SOuth of HOuston Street
Tribeca — TRIangle BElow CAnal Street
Other cities
CARAG, Minneapolis, Minnesota — Calhoun Area Residents' Action Group- DTLA, Los Angeles, California — DownTown Los Angeles
LoDo, Denver, Colorado — LOwer DOwntown- LoHi, Denver, Colorado — LOwer HIghland
- NoHo, Los Angeles, California — NOrth HOllywood
NoMa, Washington, DC — NOrth of MAssachusetts Avenue
NoPa, San Francisco, California — NOrth of the PAnhandle- RiNo, Denver, Colorado — RIver NOrth Art District
SoBe, Miami Beach, Florida — SOuth BEach
SoBo, Mumbai — SOuth BOmbay- SoBro, Denver, Colorado — SOuth BROadway
- Sobro, Nashville, Tennessee — SOuth of BROadway
SoDo, Seattle, Washington — originally SOuth of the DOme; now SOuth of DOwntown
SoHo, Hong Kong — SOuth of HOllywood Road- SoHo, London, Ontario — SOuth of HOrton Street
SoHo (Tampa), Florida — SOuth of HOward Avenue
Soho, West Midlands (Birmingham, England) — SOuth HOuse- SoLA, Los Angeles, California — SOuth Los Angeles
SoMa, San Francisco, California — SOuth of MArket Street- SoPi, Paris — SOuth of PIgalle
- WeHo — WEst HOllywood, California
Bodies of water
- Ayceecee Creek, British Columbia[41] — Alpine Club of Canada (creek draining glaciers on Three Bears Mountain)[42]
Copco Lake, California — California Oregon Power COmpany- Emar Lake, Saskatchewan[43] — Eldorado Mining And Refining[9]
Lake Jacomo, Missouri — JAckson COunty, MissOuri- Owaa Lake, Saskatchewan[44] — Outdoor Writers Association of America (to mark a meeting of that organization in June 1967)[9]
- Sareco Bay, Saskatchewan[45] — SAskatchewan REsearch COuncil; contains Sareco Island[9]
Snafu Lake, Yukon — Situation Normal, All Fucked Up[46]:69 (drained by Snafu Creek[47]); there is also a Snafu Lake in Ontario[48] and a Snafu Creek in Northwest Territories[49]
Lake Taneycomo, Missouri — TANEY COunty, MissOuri
Tarfu Lake, Yukon — Things Are Really Fucked Up[46]:69 (fed and drained by Tarfu Creek[50])
Topography
- Fasp Mountain, British Columbia[51] — First Aid Ski Patrol[52]
- Isar Mountain, Washington/British Columbia[53] — Internation Search And Rescue[54]
Tamu Massif — Texas A&M University; large undersea volcano in the western Pacific named by scientist after the school he taught at- Ubyssey Glacier, Mount Garibaldi, British Columbia[55] — University of British Columbia[10]
- Veeocee Mountain, British Columbia[56] — Varsity Outdoor Club of the University of British Columbia[57]
Personal names
These are derived from the names of a single person and always include parts, but not all, of more than one of their names. Since the order of such names is fixed, they can be considered a form of acronym. When combining names of more than one person, the order is not fixed, so such names are either in the List of geographic portmanteaus if from only two names, or in the Initialism section below for those from multiple names.
Aflex, Kentucky — A. F. LEckie (X instead of CK)[13]
Anarene, Texas — ANnA LauRENE Graham, daughter of early pioneer J. M. Keen[35]
Anco, Kentucky — ANderson COmbs, first postmaster[13]
Arbyrd, Missouri — A. R. BYRD, landowner[58]
Arjay, Kentucky — R. J. Asher, coal operator[13]
Armelgra, Alberta — ARthur MELville GRAce, engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway[6]
Arvida, Quebec — ARthur VIning DAvis, president of Aluminum Company of Canada[46]:68
Awe, Kentucky — Anthony Wayne Everman, first postmaster[13]
Benld, Illinois — BEN L. Dorsey, early settler[11]
- Cabarton, Idaho — C. A. BARTON, official of the Boise Payette Lumber Company (a former company town of that company)[59]
Cadams, Nebraska — C. ADAMS, local banker[60]
- Charlo, Port Elizabeth, South Africa — CHARles LOvemore, landowner[61]
- Ethanac, California — ETHAN A. Chase, landowner and political leader (town is now named Romoland, California)[8]
- Geekabee Hill, Western Australia — George Kershaw Brown[62]
Helechawa, Kentucky — HELEn CHAse WAlbridge, daughter of W. Delancy Walbridge, first president of Ohio and Kentucky Railroad[13]
Itmann, West Virginia — Isaac T. MANN, president of Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company[63]:323
- Jacam, Manitoba[64] — J. A. CAMpbell, politician[65]
- Jayem, Kentucky — John Marshall Robsion, Sr., congressman[13]
Jay Em, Wyoming — Jim Moore, cattle rancher[5]
- Jayenne, West Virginia — Johnson Newlon Camden, US senator[3]
- Jaype, Idaho — John P. Weyerhaeuser Jr., president of Potlatch Lumber Company[59]
Kragon, Kentucky — K. RAGON, founder and president of the Kentucky Wood Products Company[13]
Mabana, Washington — MABel ANderson, daughter of an early settler, plus A for pronunciation[33]
Mabscott, West Virginia — MABel SCOTT[3]
Marenisco Township, Michigan — either MARy ENId SCOtt,[32] or MAry RElief NIles SCOtt,[66] the wife of Emmet H. Scott, a timber producer
Marietta, Ohio — MARIe AntoinETTe plus A[67]
Marmarth, North Dakota — MARgaret MARTHa Fitch, very young granddaughter of A. J. Ealing, railroad president[28]
Mohall, North Dakota — Martin O. HALL, founder and first postmaster[28]
Norvelt, Pennsylvania — EleaNOR RooseVELT
Odhill railway station, Manitoba — O. D. HILL, K.C.[65]
- Peedee, Kentucky — Pumphrey David Smith, landowner[13]
Rawebb railway station, Manitoba — RAlph WEBB, politician[65]
Reston, Virginia — Robert E. Simon, founder of Reston, plus TON
Tejay, Kentucky — Thomas Jefferson Asher, landowner, founder, and judge[13]
Walong, California — W. A. LONG, railroad official[8]
Wascott, Wisconsin — W. A. SCOTT, railroad company president[66]
Willows, Saskatchewan — WILliam Gibson LOWeS, owner of the first store[9]
Reversed acronyms
- Cleo, Oregon — Oregon Export Lumber Company[29]
- Ocapos, Arizona — SOuthern PAacific COmpany (i.e. Southern Pacific Railroad)[21]
Ti, Oklahoma — Indian Territory[68]
Other acronyms
Abac, Georgia — Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College[4]
Alorton, Illinois — ALuminum ORe plus TON[11]
Anzac, Alberta — Australia New Zealand Army Corps[6]
Bacova, Virginia — BAth COunty VirginiA[12]
Banzare Coast, Wilkes Land, Antarctica — British–Australian–New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition[69]
- Barford, Saskatchewan — BArrier River FORD[9]
Biola, California — Bible Institute Of Los Angeles[8]
Claycomo, Missouri — CLAY COunty, MissOuri[58]
Denare Beach, Saskatchewan — DEpartment of NAtural REsources[9]
Hico, Missouri — HIckory COunty (although Hico is in Dallas County)[58]
Hocomo, Missouri — HOwell COunty MissOuri[58]
Macy, Nebraska — (O)MAha AgenCY (location of Indian agency to the Maha or Omaha people)[60]
Molanosa, Saskatchewan — MOntreal LAke, NOrthern SAskatchewan[9]
Nalcrest, Florida — National Association of Letter Carriers plus REST, retirement community for postmen[20]
- Nemato, Port Alfred, South Africa — NElson MAndela TOwnship[61]
Noida, Uttar Pradesh — New Okhla Industrial Development Authority- NOLA — New Orleans, LouisianA
NOVA — NOrthern VirginiA
Omphghent Township, Illinois — Our Mother of Perpetual Help + GHENT (city in Belgium)[11]
- Sharedon Park, South Africa — Self Help Association of REsidents plus DON, a neighbourhood somewhere in the Cape Town area[61]
SOWEGA — SOuth WEest GeorgiA
Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa — SOuth WEstern TOwnships- Usna, Oklahoma[70] — United States North America[68]
Usona, Alberta — United States Of North America[6]
- Usona, California — United States Of North America[8]
Wyco, West Virginia — WYoming COounty[3]
Initialisms
The names in this section are composed of elements of three or more other names or words. Unlike acronyms, there's no predefined ordering for the names, so they can be placed in whatever order makes for a good name. Names combining only two other names are more properly called portmanteaus. See List of geographic portmanteaus for such names.
Personal names
Aitch, Pennsylvania — Aumen, Isett, Trexler, Crexwell, and Harker, town founders[71]
Alcolu, South Carolina — ALderman COldwell LUla; mill owner, friend, and eldest daughter, respectively[5]
Almadane, Louisiana — three early settlers: AL Damereal, MAnn Huddleston, and DAN Knight + E for euphony[2]
- Amdewanda No. 630 — school near Eston, Saskatchewan; first trustees: Clyde AMey, Sid DEan, Robert WAmsley plus NDA for alliteration[9]
Archerwill, Saskatchewan — councilors ARCHie Hamilton Campbell and ERvie Edvin Hanson, and secretary-treasurer WILLiam S. Pierce of Barrier Valley Rural Municipality[9]
Bahama, North Carolina — three leading families of the community: BAll, HArris, and MAngum [5]
Balmorhea, Texas — BALcolm, MOrrow, RHEA, town founders[35]
- Barholis No. 746 — school near Glenbain, Saskatchewan; early settlers: BARnes, HOLmes and InnIS[9]
- Bolada, Arizona — three family names: BOnes LAne DAndera[21]
Bresaylor, Saskatchewan — three founding families: BREmner, SAYers, and TayLOR[9]
Bromer, Indiana — early settlers: Boyd, Roll, Oldham, McCoy, Ellis, and Reid[18]
Bucoda, Missouri — early settlers: BUchanan, COburn, and DAvis[58]
Bucoda, Washington — investors in local industry: J. M. BUckley, Samuel COulter, John B. DAvid[33]
- Chaney, Oklahoma[72] — six family names: Carey, Hull, Adams, Nichols, Edmonds, Yarnold[73]
Comrey, Alberta — names of six early settlers: Columbus Larson, Ole Roen, Mons Roen, R. Rolfson, J. J. Everson, Ed Yager[6]
Dacono, Colorado — DAisy Baum, COra Van Vorhies and NOra Brooks[38]
Delmar, Iowa — initials of six women on the first train to the new town: Della, Emma, Laura, Marie, Anna, and Rose,[74][75]
Emida, Idaho — East, MIller, and DAwson, three early family names[5]
- Eram, Oklahoma[76] — four children of Ed Oates: Eugene, Roderick, Anthony, and Marie[68]
Faloma, Oregon — Force Love Moore, three original land-owners, with added vowels[29]
- Fastrill, Texas — F. F. FArrington, P. H. STRause, and Will HILL, postmaster and two lumbermen[77]
Gamoca, West Virginia — GAuley, MOley, and CAmpbell[3]:259
- Gathon, Illinois — Gallager, Adams, Tremblay, and Herzog (ON added by the post office)[11]
Germfask Township, Michigan — town founders: John Grant, Matthew Edge, George Robinson, Thaddeus Mead, Dr. W. W. French, Ezekiel Ackley, Oscar (O.D.) Sheppard, and Hezekiah Knaggs[32]
- Golah, New York[78] — coined by Rev H. W. Howard from five local family names (names unknown)[5]
Hacoda, Alabama — HArt, COleman, DAvis, three local businessmen[1]
Hemaruka, Alberta — daughters of A. E. Warren, General Manager of Canadian National Railway: HElen, MArgaret, RUth and KAthleen[23]
Hisega, South Dakota — six women who built a camp site and country club at the location: Helen Scroggs, Ida Anding, Sadie Robinson, Ethel Brink, Grace Wasson, and Ada Pike[79]
Jetson, Kentucky — J. E. Taylor and SON, co-owners of a local business[13]
- Kinnorwood, Illinois — H. L. KINney, George H. NORris, Robert P. WOODworth, land owners[11]
Klej Grange, Maryland — Joseph William Drexel's four daughters: Katherine, Lucy, Elizabeth, and Josephine[80]
- Lake Wagejo, Michigan — WAlter Koelz, GEorge Stanley, JOhn Brumm, zoologists[5]
Lake Carasaljo — daughters of Joseph Brick, owner of local Bergen Iron Works: CARrie (A for pronunciation), SALly, and JOsephine[63]:322
Lamasco (district of Evansville, Indiana) — town founders: John and William LAw, James B. MAcCall, Lucius H. SCOtt[13]
Lecoma, Missouri — three local merchants: LEnox, COmstock, and MArtin [58]
Le Mars, Iowa — six women from Cedar Rapids on a railroad excursion who were asked to name the town: Lucy Ford or Laura Walker; Elizabeth Underhill or Ellen Cleghorn; Mary Weare or Martha Weare; Adeline Swain; Rebecca Smith; Sarah Reynolds.[66]
Lookeba, Oklahoma — LOwe, KElly and BAker, town founders (with an extra O)[68]
Maleb, Alberta — initials of the Bowen family: Morley, Amy, Lorne, Elizabeth, Bowen; disagreement over whether these are the initials of the parents[23] or the children[6]
Maljamar, New Mexico — MALcolm, JAnet, MARgaret, children of William Mitchell, oil operator[81]
Mesena, Georgia — coined by Dr. J. F. Hamilton, using the initial letters of the first names of his six daughters (names unknown)[4]
Milo, Oklahoma — initials of four daughters of J. W. Johnson (names unknown)[68]
Mohrland, Utah — four investors in a coal mine: Mays, Orem, Heiner, and Rice plus LAND[36]
Newport, Texas — initials of seven founding families: Norman, Ezell, Welch, Pruitt, Owsley, Reiger, and Turner[35]
Neyami, Georgia — three subdevelopers: NEwton, YAncy, MIlner[4]
Pawn, Oregon — local residents who applied for a post office: Poole, Ackerley, Worthington, Nolen[29]
Primghar, Iowa — initials of eight people who had a major part in platting the town: Pumphrey; Roberts; Inman; McCormack; Green; Hayes or Hays; Albright; Rereick or Renck[82][66]
Renwer, Manitoba — A. E. WarREN and W. E. Roberts, railway officials[65]
Safe, Missouri — possibly early settlers: Shinkle, Aufderheide, Fann, and Essman[71]
- Tako, Saskatchewan[83] — homesteaders: Taylor, Aked, Krips, Olsen[9]
Tamalco, Illinois — W. H. TAylor, John M(A)cLaren, Frank COlwell, prominent locals[11]
Texico, Illinois — TEXas, Illinois, Claybourn, Osborn, the latter two being local family names[84]
Viento State Park — Henry VIllard, William ENdicott, TOlman[29]
Wimauma, Florida — WIlma, MAUd, MAry, daughters of Captain C. H. Davis, first postmaster[20]
Other initialisms
- Alwinsal — potash mine at Guernsey, Saskatchewan named after a French–German consortium that invested: 1) Mines Domanials de Potasse d'ALsace (French) 2) WINtersall AG (German) 3) SALzfuther AG (German)[9]
Benelux — BElgium NEtherlands LUXembourg
Calabarzon — the Southern Tagalog Mainland region of the Philippines, comprising five provinces: CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, Rizal, and QueZON
Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada — CALifornia, NEVada, ARIzona- Camanava — the Northern Manila District of Metro Manila, Philippines; cities: CAloocan, MAlabon, NAvotas, VAlenzuela
- Camp Shagabec, Saskatchewan — church campground for parishes at Shaunavon, Hazenmore, Assinaboia, Govenlock, Abbey, Bracken, Eastend, Consul-Cabri-Climax[9]
Chariho Regional School District — CHArlestown, RIchmond, and HOpkinton, three towns in southwestern Rhode Island who share the district.
Covada, Washington — six nearby mines: Columbia, Orin, Verin, Ada, Dora, and Alice[5]
Cudsaskwa Beach, Saskatchewan — CUDworth, SASKatchewan WAkaw[9]
Delmarva Peninsula — DELaware MARyland VirginiA
Gerbangkertosusila — official acronym for the Surabaya Extended Metropolitan Area in East Java, Indonesia: GREsik BANGkalan MojoKERTO SUrabaya SIdoarjo LAmongan
Ilasco, Missouri — elements and ingredients of cement: Iron, Lime, Aluminum, Silica, Carbon, and Oxygen
Jabodetabek — the capital of Indonesia and suburbs: JAkarta, BOgor, DEpok, TAngerang and BEKasi
Kemoca Park, Montmartre, Saskatchewan — KEndal, MOtmartre, and CAdiac; three communities the park serves[9]
Kenora, Ontario — three predecessor communities: KEewatin, NOrman and RAt Portage[26]
Kenova, West Virginia — KENtucky, Ohio, VirginiA[3]:346
- Lockridge, Oklahoma — Logan, Oklahoma, Canadian, and Kingfisher Counties plus RIDGE[5]
Luzviminda — three island groups in the Philippines: LUZon, VIsayas, and MINDAnao
Malampa Province, Vanuatu — islands that make up the province: MALakula, AMbrym, PAama
Mandaree, North Dakota — MANdan, HiDAtsa and REE, the three tribes whose reservation the place is on. (Ree is another name for the Arikara)[28]
Mimaropa, Philippines — provinces comprising the Southwestern Tagalog Region: MINdoro (East and West), MArinduque, Romblon and PAlawan- Multorpor Butte or Mountain[85] — a mountain near Mount Hood: MULTnomah County, ORegon, PORtland[29]
- Muntapat, Metro Manila, Philippines — three cities: MUNtinlupa, TAguig, PATeros
- Muntiparlas, Metro Manila, Philippines — three cities: MUNTInlupa, PARañaque, LAS Piñas
Okarche, Oklahoma — OKlahoma ARapaho CHEyenne[86]
Ovapa, West Virginia — Ohio, VirginiA, PennsylvaniA[3]:465
Pakistan — the five northern regions of the British Raj: Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, (I for pronunciation), Sindh, BaluchisTAN
Penama Province, Vanuatu — islands that make up the province: PENtecost, Ambae, MAewo
Shoshanguve, South Aftrica — SOtho, SHAngaan, NGUni and VEnda, the languages of the peoples relocated to this township[61]
Soccsksargen, Philippines — administrative region: SOuth Cotabato, Cotabato City, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, SARangani and GENeral Santos City- Soda, Texas — initials of four names submitted to the post office (names unknown; now a ghost town)[87]
Swenoda Lake and Swenoda Township, Swift County, Minnesota — SWEdish NOrwegian DAnish, nationalities of settlers in that region[88]
Tafea Province, Vanuatu — five islands that comprise the province: Tanna, Aneityum, Futuna, Erromango and Aniwa
TAG Corner — Tennessee Alabama Georgia
Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas — TEXas ARKansas LouisiANA
Veyo, Utah — either Virtue, Enterprise, Youth, and Order or VErdure and YOuth[5]
Viropa, West Virginia — VIRginia, Ohio, PennsylvaniA[3]:650
Walden, Ontario — WAters, Lively, DENison, three of the several communities that merged to form the town[26]
Wamac, Illinois — WAshington, MArion, and Clinton Counties[11]
See also
- List of acronyms
- List of geographic portmanteaus
- List of geographic anagrams and ananyms
References
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^ "Ayceecee Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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^ "Emar Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ "Owaa Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ "Sareco Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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^ "Snafu Lake, Ont". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ "Snafu Creek, NW". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ "Tarfu Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ "Fasp Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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^ "Isar Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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^ "Veeocee Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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^ "Golah, New York". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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^ "Tako, Saskatchewan". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
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^ "Multorpor Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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