  there are a number of places named after famous people. for more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy. for other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.  ==continents== *americas (north america and south america) â amerigo vespucci ==countries==  this is a summary of country name etymologies. *bharat â another name for india (bharata was a prince, son of king dushyanta and shakuntala) *bolivia â simÃ³n bolÃ­var *cambodia â kambu svayambhuva *colombia â christopher columbus (after the italian version of his name) *cook islands â captain james cook *dominican republic â saint dominic *el salvador â "the saviour", jesus *israel â jacob (alternative name) *kiribati â thomas gilbert *liechtenstein â anton florian of liechtenstein *marshall islands â john marshall *mauritius â maurice of nassau *philippines â philip ii of spain *saint kitts and nevis â saint christopher *saint lucia â lucy of syracuse (?) *saint vincent and the grenadines â saint vincent *san marino â saint marinus *sÃ£o tomÃ© and prÃ­ncipe â saint thomas *saudi arabia â muhammad bin saud *seychelles â jean moreau de sechelles *solomon islands â solomon ===former countries=== *principality of antioch, now part of turkey â antiochus, father of seleucus i nicator *lotharingia (lorraine), now part of belgium, france, germany, luxembourg, and the netherlands â lothair i *northern rhodesia (now zambia) â cecil rhodes *southern rhodesia (now zimbabwe) â cecil rhodes ===self-governing overseas territories=== *bermuda â juan de bermÃºdez (british overseas territory) *falkland islands â anthony cary, 5th viscount falkland (british overseas territory) *gibraltar â tariq ibn ziyad (british overseas territory) *saint helena, ascension and tristan da cunha â helena of constantinople, and tristÃ£o da cunha (british overseas territory) *south georgia and the south sandwich islands â george iii of the united kingdom, and john montagu, 4th earl of sandwich respectively (british overseas territory)  ==towns and cities== many smaller european towns and cities are named after their founders, often dating back many hundreds of years. often, there is not much known about them today. in latin america it is common practice to name (and often rename) birthplace towns for political leaders or distingu
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