MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Ch'in
From Mandarin 秦 (Qín), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻin².
Liu-chou
From Mandarin 柳州 (Liǔzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Liu³-chou¹.
Hsiang-t'an
From Mandarin 湘潭 (Xiāngtán) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiang¹-tʻan².
P'ing-t'an
From Mandarin 平潭 (Píngtán), Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-tʻan².
Ning-te
From Mandarin 寧德 /宁德 (Níngdé) reinforced by Wade-Giles romanization: Ning²-tê².
Chia-mu-ssu
From Mandarin 佳木斯 (Jiāmùsī), Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-mu⁴-ssŭ¹.
Mu-tan-chiang
From Mandarin 牡丹江 (Mǔdānjiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Mu³-tan¹-chiang¹.
Sha-shih
From Mandarin 沙市 (Shāshì) Wade–Giles romanization: Sha¹-shih⁴.
Chiang-ling
From Mandarin 江陵 (Jiānglíng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-ling².
I-ch'ang
From Mandarin 宜昌 (Yíchāng) Wade–Giles romanization: I²-chʻang¹.
Tang-yang
From Mandarin 當陽 /当阳 (Dāngyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tang¹-yang².
Ho-pi
From Mandarin 鶴壁 /鹤壁 (Hèbì), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho⁴-pi⁴.
Warcop
The first element is of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse varða (“cairn”) or vǫrðr (“watch, guard”). The second element is from Old English copp (“hill”).
Garthwaite
English habitational surname from a lost place in Northern England; the second element is probably from Old Norse þveit (“clearing, glade”).
Staniford
"Dweller by a stony ford", probably near Sheffield, where the surname is common. From Old English stāniġ (“stony”) + ford (“ford”).
otocinclus
From the genus name Otocinclus. First part from Ancient Greek ὠτο- (ōto-), stem of οὖς (oûs, “ear”).
Abulfeda
From Arabic أَبُو الفِدَاء (ʔabū l-fidāʔ).
Strathmore
From Scottish Gaelic srath mòr (literally “large strath”).
Hartland
From Old English heorot (“hart”) + land (“land”), because the village in Devon is situated on a peninsula whose form resembles a hart.
The town in New Brunswick is named after surveyor James R. Hartley (1833 - 1868).
Yen-an
From Mandarin 延安 (Yán'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Yen²-an¹.
K'u-ch'e
From Mandarin 庫車 /库车 (Kùchē), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻu⁴-chʻe¹.
Wu-shih
From Mandarin 烏什 /乌什 (Wūshí), Wade–Giles romanization: Wu¹-shih².
Wen-su
From Mandarin 溫宿 /温宿 (Wēnsù), Wade-Giles romanization: Wên¹-su⁴.
Zhetysu
Borrowed from Russian Жетысу (Žetysu), from Kazakh Жетісу (Jetısu), from жеті (jetı, “seven”) + су (su, “river”). Compare Chinese 七河 (Qīhé, literally “seven rivers”).
Ho-t'ien
From Mandarin 和闐 /和阗 (Hétián) Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-tʻien².
and/or
From Mandarin 和田 (Hétián) Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-tʻien².
Pa-ch'u
From Mandarin 巴楚 (Bāchǔ), Wade–Giles romanization: Pa¹-chʻu³.
So-ch'e
From Mandarin 莎車 /莎车 (Suōchē), Wade–Giles romanization: So¹-chʻê¹.
Yeh-ch'eng
From Mandarin 葉城 /叶城 (Yèchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Yeh⁴-chʻêng².
Mai-kai-t'i
From Mandarin 麥蓋提 /麦盖提 (Màigàití), Wade–Giles romanization: Mai⁴-kai⁴-tʻi².
Nan-ning
From Mandarin 南寧 /南宁 (Nánníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-ning².
Mao-ming
From Mandarin 茂名 (Màomíng), Wade-Giles romanization: Mao⁴-ming².
Yung-an
From Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Yung³-an¹.
K'ai-feng
From Mandarin 開封 /开封 (Kāifēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻai¹-fêng¹.
Pang-pu
From Mandarin 蚌埠 (Bàngbù), Wade-Giles romanization: Pang⁴-pu⁴.
Yecapixtla
Borrowed from Spanish Yecapixtla, from Classical Nahuatl Yacapīchtlān.
Huyton
Inherited from Middle English Huyton, from Old English *Hȳþtūn, from hȳþ (“harbour”) + tūn (“estate”).
Avempace
From Arabic اِبْن بَاجَّة (ibn bājja).
Tyendinaga
From a variant spelling of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant's traditional Mohawk name, Thayendanegea.
Avenzoar
From Arabic اِبْن زُهْر (ibn zuhr).
Averroes
From Medieval Latin Averroēs, from Arabic اِبْن رُشْد (ibn rušd).
raajkumaar
Borrowed from Hindi राजकुमार (rājkumār).
Penkridge
From Latin Pennocrucium, from Proto-Brythonic. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom (“head”) + *krouk- (“heap, mound”).
yu choy
From Cantonese 油菜 (jau4 coi3).
Kuang-shui
From Mandarin 廣水 /广水 (Guǎngshuǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Kuang³-shui³.
An-lu
From Mandarin 安陸／安陆 (Ānlù) Wade–Giles romanization: An¹-lu⁴.
T'ien-men
From Mandarin 天門 /天门 (Tiānmén), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-mên².
Tun-huang
From Mandarin 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tun¹-huang².
Ha-mi
From Mandarin 哈密 (Hāmì), Wade–Giles romanization: Ha¹-mi⁴.
Yang-hsin
From Mandarin 陽新 /阳新 (Yángxīn) Wade–Giles romanization: Yang²-hsin¹.
Hsia-lu
From Mandarin 下陸 /下陆 (Xiàlù), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴-lu⁴.
T'ung-shan
From Mandarin 通山 (Tōngshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻung¹-shan¹.
prosodion
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσόδιον (prosódion), use as noun of neuter of Koine Greek προσόδιος (prosódios) (though apparently first attested later), from Ancient Greek πρόσοδος (prósodos, “procession”) + -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix).
Ah Long
Borrowed from Cantonese 阿窿 (aa3 lung4-1).
Meir
Perhaps from Old English mere (“pool, lake”), similar to the surname Mears.
* As a Jewish surname, borrowed from Hebrew מֵאִיר (me'ír). Compare Meyer.
* As an English surname, variant of Mayer, Mear, Mears.
Wyborn
From the Old English personal name Wīġbeorn, which is composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) and beorn (“man, warrior”).
Ah Kong
Borrowed from Hokkien 阿公 (a-kong).
Thathri
From Kashmiri ٹھاٹھ (ṭhāṭh, “personality”) or, according to some other historians, from Hindi ठठेरा (ṭhaṭherā, “coppersmith, tinsmith, brazier”).
mousefall
From Middle English mousfalle, from Old English mūsfealle (“mousetrap”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūsfallā (“mousetrap”), equivalent to mouse + fall. Cognate with Scots mousfall (“mousetrap”), Saterland Frisian Muusefalle (“mousetrap”), West Frisian mûzefalle (“mousetrap”), Dutch muizenval (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muusfall, Muusfalle (“mousetrap”), German Mausfalle, Mausefalle (“mousetrap”).
tamga
Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐱃𐰢𐰍𐰀 (t¹mǧa), from Proto-Turkic *tamga.
Vanth
From Etruscan [script needed] (vanθ). The moon was named after the goddess in an online voting in 2009, the name Vanth was first suggested by American writer Sonya Taaffe.
Okinotorishima
From Japanese 沖ノ鳥島 (Okinotorishima, literally “open sea bird island”).
Parece Vela
From Spanish Parece Vela, from parece + vela (“sail”), from parecer (“similar to”), from appearing to be sail-shaped.
kaizo
From Kaizo Mario World, the name of an early set of fan-created levels in this style first released in 2007, where kaizo is from Japanese 改造 (kaizō, “revamp, remodel, modify”).
KenKen
From Japanese 賢賢 (KenKen), reduplication of 賢 (ken).
Bosher
Metonymic occupational surname from Middle English bossher, bussher (“wood seller”), itself from Old French boschier, buschier (“wood seller”).
Fu-chien
From Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn) Wade–Giles romanization: Fu²-chien⁴.
Feng-nan
From Mandarin 豐南 /丰南 (Fēngnán), Wade–Giles romanization: Fêng¹-nan².
Ya-an
From Mandarin 雅安 (Yǎ'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Ya³-an¹.
amphiblestroides
From Ancient Greek ἀμφιβληστροειδής (amphiblēstroeidḗs, “net-like”), from ἀμφίβληστρον (amphíblēstron, “casting-net”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”). See retina for more.
sackee
Borrowed from Okinawan 酒 (さき, saki). Doublet of sake.
Henotikon
From Ancient Greek ἑνωτικόν (henōtikón, “act of union”).
shaliah
Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלִיחַ (shalíakh).
Sinixt
From Okanagan Sn̓ʕaýckstx.
munsif
From Hindi मुंसिफ़ (munsif), from Arabic مُنْصِف (munṣif).
karkun
Borrowed from Hindustani कारकुन (kārkun) / کارکن, from Classical Persian کار کن (kār-kun, “worker”).
beewort
From Middle English beowurt, from Old English beowyrt; equivalent to bee + wort.
Christotokos
From Koine Greek Χριστοτόκος (Khristotókos, “Christ-bearer”), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) + τόκος (tókos, “childbirth, bearer”).
Ch'ang-an
From Mandarin 長安 /长安 (Cháng'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻang²-an¹.
Lo-ning
From Mandarin 洛寧 /洛宁 (Luòníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Lo⁴-ning².
Nan-ch'ang
From Mandarin 南昌 (Nánchāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-chʻang¹.
I-pin
From Mandarin 宜賓 /宜宾 (Yíbīn) Wade–Giles romanization: I²-pin¹.
Tzu-kuei
From Mandarin 秭歸 /秭归 (Zǐguī) Wade–Giles romanization: Tzŭ³-kuei¹.
Pei-kan
From Mandarin 北竿 (Běigān), Wade–Giles romanization: Pei³-kan¹.
Rinkeby Swedish
From Rinkeby + Swedish. Calque of Swedish rinkebysvenska.
Welford
From either Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) or welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).
Lambayeque
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Lambayeque.
Madre de Dios
Borrowed from Spanish Madre de Dios (literally “Mother of God”).
Moquegua
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Moquegua.
Huai-nan
From Mandarin 淮南 (Huáinán), Wade–Giles romanization: Huai²-nan².
Shih-yen
From Mandarin 十堰 (Shíyàn), Wade-Giles romanization: Shih²-yen⁴.
Li-chiang
From Mandarin 麗江 /丽江 (Lìjiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Li⁴-chiang¹.
Seacombe
From Old English sǣ (“sea”) + cumb (“narrow valley, combe”).
Cairnbulg
From Scottish Gaelic càrn builg (“gap cairn”).
Temple Sowerby
As in other place names, "Temple" stems from the Knights Templar. Recorded as Sourebi 1179, from Old Norse, and Templessoureby in 1292.
Oystermouth
A corruption of Welsh Ystumllwynarth. See oyster, mouth.
Toksun
Borrowed from Uyghur توقسۇن (toqsun).
P'i-shan
From Mandarin 皮山 (Píshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻi²-shan¹.
Yin-ch'uan
From Mandarin 銀川 /银川 (Yínchuān), Wade–Giles romanization: Yin²-chʻuan¹.
Chin-ch'uan
From Mandarin 金川 (Jīnchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-chʻuan¹.
Lan-chou
From Mandarin 蘭州 /兰州 (Lánzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Lan²-chou¹.
endonyx
From endo- + Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”).
Iotabe
From Ancient Greek Ἰωτάβη (Iōtábē).
Iotaba
From Latin Iotaba, from Ancient Greek Ἰωτάβη (Iōtábē).
An-shan
From Mandarin 鞍山 (Ānshān) Wade–Giles romanization: An¹-shan¹.
Chung-shan
From Mandarin 中山 (Zhōngshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Chung¹-shan¹.
Shun-te
From Mandarin 順德 /顺德 (Shùndé), Wade–Giles romanization: Shun⁴-tê².
Shan-t'ou
From Mandarin 汕頭 /汕头 (Shàntóu), Wade–Giles romanization: Shan⁴-tʻou².
Acacius
From Ancient Greek Ἀκάκιος (Akákios).
Chincha
From Spanish Chincha, from Quechua chinchay (“ocelot”).
bad aji
From bad and Japanese 味 (aji), or perhaps directly from the Japanese expression 味が悪い (aji ga warui), literally “the flavour is bad”, i.e. “there is bad aji”.
Qasim
Borrowed from Arabic قَاسِم (qāsim).
Jiamao
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 加茂 (Jiāmào).
Graeae
From Ancient Greek Γραῖαι (Graîai), from γραῖα (graîa, “old woman”), perhaps from γραῦς (graûs).
servingwoman
From Middle English servynge womman, servyng woman; equivalent to serving + -woman.
Adar Sheni
From Hebrew אדר שׁני (literally “second Adar.”).
Heyford
From Old English hēg + ford, recorded in Domesday Book as Hegford (Oxon), and Heiforde (Northants).
Hesketh
Habitational surname from the village of Hesketh Bank, in Lancashire, from Old Norse hestr (“stallion”) + skeið (“racecourse”).
Huai-pei
From Mandarin 淮北 (Huáiběi), Wade–Giles romanization: Huai²-pei³.
Ch'i-men
From Mandarin 祁門 /祁门 (Qímén), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻi²-mên².
Butters
A variant of Butter, or alternatively an occupational surname for a worker in a wine cellar, from Norman boterie (“wine cellar”) + genitive -s.
cochinita pibil
Borrowed from Spanish cochinita pibil, a partial calque of Yucatec Maya pibil kʼéekʼen, from píib (“cooking pit”) + kʼéekʼen (“pig”).
Dendron
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).
K'u-mi-shih
From Mandarin 庫米什 /库米什 (Kùmǐshí), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻu⁴-mi³-shih².
Wu-ch'uan
From Mandarin 武川 (Wǔchuān) Wade-Giles romanization: Wu³-chʻuan¹.
From Mandarin 婺川 Wade-Giles romanization: Wu⁴-chʻuan¹.
Li-shui
From Mandarin 麗水 /丽水 Wade–Giles romanization: Li²-shui³.
I-wu
From the Wade–Giles romanizations of various Mandarin Chinese names.
T'ai-chou
From Mandarin 台州 Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai¹-chou¹.
From Mandarin 泰州 (Tàizhōu) Wade-Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-chou¹.
Shufu
From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 疏附 (Shūfù).
K'a-shih
From Mandarin 喀什, Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻa¹-shih².
Loyang
Borrowed from Mandarin 洛陽／洛阳 (Luòyáng).
Chi-lin
From Mandarin 吉林 (Jílín) Wade–Giles romanization: Chi²-lin².
Hei-lung-chiang
From Mandarin 黑龍江 /黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hei¹-lung²-chiang¹.
Shang-jao
From Mandarin 上饒 /上饶 (Shàngráo), Wade–Giles romanization: Shang⁴-jao².
T'ai-an
From Mandarin 泰安 (Tài'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-an¹.
Lan-t'ien
From Mandarin 藍田 /蓝田 (Lántián) Wade–Giles romanization: Lan²-tʻien².
Tan-feng
From Mandarin 丹鳳 /丹凤 (Dānfèng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-fêng⁴.
Eckersley
Habitational surname from a lost place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Ecgheard + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Finstall
Vinstal-stude, 1295, Vinestallstede 1368. A place with a shed for heaping wood, in preparation for making salt. Related to Medieval Latin finstallum. From Old English fin and Middle English stal, plus Middle English sted. (See also Old English steall, plus Old English stede).
Ah Soh
Borrowed from Hokkien 阿嫂 (a-só).
Ah Chek
Borrowed from Hokkien 阿叔 (a-chek).
Ah Pek
Borrowed from Hokkien 阿伯 (a-peh).
Ah Mm
Borrowed from Hokkien 阿姆 (a-ḿ).
Bromham
From Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + hām (“homestead”).
Paumanok
From an Algonquian name for the area. First recorded on May 3, 1639, in a deed between Lion Gardiner and "Yovawan, Sachem of Pommanocc". Thereafter variously spelled Pamunke (1648), Pammanack (1656), Pawmanack (1658), Paumanuck and Paumanche (1659), and Pommanock (1665), and later Paumanack and Pomonok (preserved as the name of a neighborhood in Flushing in Queens); and then popularized in the spelling Paumanok by Walt Whitman. The precise origin of the name is not entirely clear, but the source language has been suggested to be Lenape (Munsee), and the first element has been suggested to be related to Massachusett pummunnum (“s/he gives away; offers, devotes”), paumpaummunum (“s/he offers it habitually or by custom”), and Narragansett pummenum- (“contribute”), with the final element probably a locative, making the name "land of tribute" (which had to pay tribute, or where wampum shells for paying tribute were obtained).
Fairey
Habitational surname from a minor place in Essex, from Old English fearh (“piglet”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).
Cranmore
# For the place in the Isle of Wight: from Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + mōr (“marsh”), 'cranes' marsh'.
# For the place in Somerset: from Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + mere (“pool”), 'cranes' pool'.
CJNG
Borrowed from Spanish CJNG (initialism of Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación).
Lompoc
From Purisimeño lompoʼ (“stagnant water”).
Isla Vista
Borrowed from Spanish Isla Vista, from isla (island) + vista (view), literally "Island View".
Bupyeong
Romanization of Korean 부평(富平) (Bupyeong).
ubhayapada
From the phrasal pseudo-word Sanskrit उभयपद (ubhayapada). (MW does not treat it as a word, but as the origin of the Sanskrit word उभयपदिन् (ubhayapadin).)
praegnans constructio
From Latin cōnstructiō (“a grammatical construction”) and Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”).
DKM
From German DKM, from German Deutsche Kriegsmarine, from deutsch+Kriegsmarine, from Krieg+Marine.
Khwarazmshah
From Classical Persian خْوَارَزْمْشَاه (xwārazmšāh).
al-Khwarizmi
From Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy).
Beausale
From the personal name Bēaw + Old English halh; recorded as Beoshelle [sic] (Domesday Book), Beausala in 12th century.
Honiley
From Old English hunig (“honey”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, leigh”), recorded as Hunilege in 1208. Equivalent to honey + -ley (“lea”).
Haseley
Possibly from Old English hæsel + lēah, as for Great and Little Haseley in Oxfordshire. Equivalent to hazel + -ley (“lea”).
Gaetan
From French Gaëtan and Gaétan, from Italian Gaetano, from Latin Caiētānus.
Gretzky
From Belarusian Грэцкі (Hrecki).
Shang-ch'iu
From Mandarin 商丘 /商邱 (Shāngqiū), Wade–Giles romanization: Shang¹-chʻiu¹.
T'ao-ch'eng
From Mandarin 陶城 (Táochéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻao²-chʻeng².
Hsing-yang
From Mandarin 滎陽 /荥阳 (Xíngyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsing²-yang².
Ta-ch'ing
From Mandarin 大慶 /大庆 (Dàqìng) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-chʻing⁴.
Picken
Either a nickname from Old French picon (“woodpecker”), or a patronymic surname from the personal name Picon, apparently from picon (“pointed object”).
Port Royal
From port + royal.
* (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real
* (Annapolis, South Carolina): Calque of French Port-Royal
* (Virginia): From the name of a local landowning family, the Roy family.
Su-ch'ien
From Mandarin 宿遷 /宿迁 (Sùqiān), Wade–Giles romanization: Su⁴-chʻien¹.
Huai-an
From Mandarin 淮安 (Huái'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Huai²-an¹.
Yang-chou
From Mandarin 揚州 /扬州 (Yángzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Yang²-chou¹.
Wu-chiang
The Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 吳江 /吴江 (Wújiāng).
filopluma
From Latin filum (“a thread”) + pluma (“a soft feather”).
Jih-chao
From Mandarin 日照 (Rìzhào), Wade–Giles romanization: Jih⁴-chao⁴.
Lin-i
From Mandarin 臨沂 /临沂 (Línyí), Wade–Giles romanization: Lin²-i².
Liao-ch'eng
From Mandarin 聊城 (Liáochéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Liao²-chʻêng².
Kafferskraal
From Afrikaans Kafferskraal, from kaffer (“black, kaffir”) and kraal (“corral”).
tachanka
From Russian тачанка (tačanka) or Ukrainian тачанка (tačanka).
Pao-t'ou
From Mandarin 包頭 /包头 (Bāotóu), Wade–Giles romanization: Pao¹-tʻou².
Yung-ch'un
From Mandarin 永春 (Yǒngchūn) Wade–Giles romanization: Yung³-chʻun¹.
Ch'ang-t'ai
From Mandarin 長泰／长泰 (Chángtài), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻang²-tʻai⁴.
Fu-ch'ing
From Mandarin 福清 (Fúqīng), Wade–Giles romanization: Fu²-chʻing¹.
Chien-ou
From Mandarin 建甌 /建瓯 (Jiàn'ōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chien⁴-ou¹.
Edensor
From the Old English personal name *Ēadin or Ēadhun + -s- + ōfer (“border, edge, riverbank”).
pekkie
Several theories exist.
* From Zulu uḿpheki (“cook”).
* From Afrikaans pik (“pitch (black material)”), from Dutch pik, pek (“pitch (black material)”).
* From piccanin, a form of pickaninny (“black child”).
Crich
From Old Welsh cruc (“hillock, mound, tumulus”). See modern Welsh crug (“mound”).
Dove Holes
From Celtic dwfr (water) (Modern Welsh dŵr).
Buxworth
Respelt from Bugsworth 1930; recorded as Buggisworth 1275, from Old English Bucga's Worth (Bucga's enclosure).
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Distinguishing this Chorlton from others, particularly nearby Chorlton-on-Medlock. English cum is a borrowing of Latin cum (“with”) and Hardy was a nearby settlement gradually absorbed by Chorlton.
Lanchow
Postal romanization of Mandarin 蘭州／兰州 (Lánzhōu)
kigu
Clipping of kigurumi, from Japanese 着ぐるみ (kigurumi), from 着 (gi, “clothes, outfit”) + ぐるみ (-gurumi, all together, inclusive) (referring to the fact that the costume completely encloses the wearer).
Samp
Borrowed from Polish Samp. It could also be a hypocoristic form of the personal name Samson.
Tehachapi
From Kawaiisu tihačipía, from tihaa (“hard”) + čipii- (“to climb”).
game set
Calque of Japanese ゲームセット (gēmu setto), derived from English game, set, match.
Kelowna
From Okanagan kiʔláwnaʔ (“male grizzly bear”).
Hnat
Borrowed from Czech Hnát.
From the East Slavic given name, Ukrainian Гнат (Hnat) or Belarusian Ігнат (Ihnat).
Judayah
Respelling of Judea, from Latin Iudaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá).
Epaphroditus
From Latin Epaphrodītus, from Ancient Greek Ἐπαφρόδιτος (Epaphróditos), from ἐπι- (epi-) + Ἀφρόδιτος (Aphróditos).
panga panga
From Swahili mpangapanga, possibly indirectly via a language of a colonial power.
Machias
From Malecite-Passamaquoddy word for bad little falls, for a location on the Machias River.
tyebble
A dialectal reflex of Middle English table, featuring the local change of Middle English /aː/ to /jɛ/.
Mahia
From Māori Māhia, from Te Māhia, from te+māhia (“indistinct sound”).
* (peninsula): From Te Māhia-mai-tawhiti (“the sound heard from a distance”),
Shippey
"Dweller at the isle where the sheep are kept", from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + īeg (“island”).
kaffir fink
Following a common pattern of naming South African flora and fauna kaffir (originally a neutral term for Bantu, now offensive) followed by an analogous European plant or animal. The compounding may have happened in English or Afrikaans; the components derive from Dutch kaffer and vink.
castles in Spain
Calque of French châteaux en Espagne, recorded in the Roman de la Rose in the 13th century and translated into English around 1365.
Piru
From Chumashan. The gang was named after Piru Street, a residential street in Compton and neighboring Willowbrook; but is now often explained by various backronyms, such as Powerful Indestructible Ruthless Untouchables.
Coronis
From Ancient Greek Κορωνίς (Korōnís).
Yarnton
Recorded as Hardintone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the Old English personal name *Earda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Wolseley
From Middle English Ulselei, Wulfsieslega, from the Old English personal name Wulfsiġe (“wolf victory”) in the genitive case Wulfsiġes + lēah (“wood, clearing”).
rezidentura
Borrowed from Russian резиденту́ра (rezidentúra).
Watton-at-Stone
From Old English wād (“woad”) + tūn; recorded as Wattun in 969, Wodtone 1086 (Domesday Book), and Watton atte Stone in 1311.
Yealands
Yealand was recorded in the Domesday Book as Jalant, from Old English hēah + land.
Storrs
English surname, from several places in England derived from Middle English storth, from Old Norse storð (“brushwood”). Also a variant of Storr.
calander
From French calandre. Compare Dutch klander and Medieval Latin calandrus. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros, “cylinder”). Doublet of calender and cylinder.
Eogene
From eo- + -gene. From Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + γενεά (geneá, “generation”).
hoobae
Borrowed from Korean 후배(後輩) (hubae, “junior”). Doublet of kohai.
sunbae
Borrowed from Korean 선배(先輩) (seonbae, “senior”). Doublet of senpai.
McDermott
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Diarmada (“son of Diarmaid”).
Wombwell
From the Old English personal name *Wamba or *Womba + wella (“well, spring”).
Ondo
Borrowed
* either from Basque ondo (“deep valley, ravine, gully”),
* or from Hungarian Ondó, from the given name Ond + -ó (archaic diminutive), hence unrelated to ondó (“semen”).
From Yoruba Òǹdó.
Lal Draman
From Kashmiri لال (lāl, “red”) and Kashmiri درامن (drāmn, “meadow”).
Dingwall
Probably from Old Norse þing (“assembly”) + vǫllr (“field, meadow”).
balmyard
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole balmyard. Equivalent to balm + yard.
Portingale
From Middle English Portyngale, from Middle French Portingal, which added an intrusive /n/ sound through the process of excrescence, from Latin Portucale.
Palou
Borrowed from Spanish (from Catalan) or French (from Occitan Palon).
mafiya
Borrowed from Russian ма́фия (máfija), from Italian mafia. Doublet of mafia.
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
A calque of Italian Regno delle Due Sicilie and Latin Regnum Utriusque Siciliae, both named in reference to the 1816 creation of the state as the personal union of the Kingdom of Sicily before Faro (the Kingdom of Naples, by its formal name), and the Kingdom of Sicily beyond Faro (the Kingdom of Sicily proper).
Sarmizegetusa
Borrowed from Latin Sarmizegetusa, of Dacian origin and disputed meaning; see Sarmizegetusa.
Ostyak
From Russian остя́к (ostják, “Easterner”), from Eastern Khanty Ас ях (As jah, “people of the river Ob”).
Ilvates
Of Ancient Ligurian origin. Related to the name Veleiates, though it is unclear if these are the same group referred to differently by ancient historians or two slightly different but related groups. Probably of Celtic origin: Encyclopédie Celtique suggests that the name means "the honest ones," "the best ones," from Proto-Celtic *wellos (“desirable, good”).
Mommsen instead prefers an Italic, specifically Umbrian origin, though he does not list any meaning.
Egyptiot
From Greek Αιγυπτιώτης (Aigyptiótis). By surface analysis, Egypt + -iot.
derebey
Borrowed from Turkish derebeyi, from dere (“creek”) + bey (“bey, lord”).
Saint Apollinaire
From French Saint-Apollinaire Literally, “Saint Apollinaris”, from the name of the saint, Apollinaire (“Saint Apollinaire de Ravenna”) (Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna), from Latin Apollinaris (“Apollinaris Ravennas”).
korovai
From older Russian корова́й (korováj) (before 1956 reform) or Ukrainian корова́й (korováj). The modern Russian spelling is карава́й (karaváj).
Alaqagha
Borrowed from Uyghur ئالاقاغا (alaqagha).
Imahara
From Japanese Imahara (Imahara), from いまはら, from 今原.