List of places named for their main products
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
- ↑ "History of Gas". Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ↑ "Gloversville History & Culture". Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ↑ "Minnesota Place Names – Township and Village Information". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ↑ "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.
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