WRITER IN THE DARK ⋆ Names

⤷ place names

place names
( state/country; origin, meaning )

feminine

abbey ( england; hebrew, my Father is joyful )
abilene ( texas; english, grass )
adelaide ( australia; german, noble )
agnes ( australia; greek, chaste )
alexandra ( australia; greek, defender of men )
alexandria ( virginia; greek, defending men )
allora ( australia; australian, place of the swamp )
almada ( portugal; arabic, ore mine )
anula ( australia; sanskrit, gentle )
asia ( asia; greek, east )
atlanta ( georgia; greek, secure )
augusta ( georgia; latin, magnificent )

cali ( colombia; italian, beautiful )
charlotte ( north carolina; french, free man )
cheyenne ( wyoming; sioux, people of a different language )

eden ( australia; hebrew, place of pleasure )
elanora ( australia; australian aboriginal, shore )

florence ( italy; latin, prosperous )

geneva ( switzerland; french, juniper tree )
genoa ( italy; ligurian, knee )

havana ( cuba; spanish, port )

jakarta ( indonesia; sanskrit, victorious deed )
juneau ( alaska; french, queen of heaven )

lourdes ( france; basque, craggy slope )
luanda ( angola; bantu, melody )

malta ( malta; greek, honey )
manila ( philippines; tagalog, where indigo is found )
marbella ( spain; spanish, coastal resort )
mesa ( arizona; spanish, table )
minna ( nigeria; germanic, courtly love )

odessa ( russia; russian, wrathful )
olympia ( washington; greek, from mount olympus )
osaka ( japan; japanese, large hill )

palma ( spain; latin, palm tree )
pomona ( california; latin, apple )
puebla ( mexico; spanish, town )

raleigh ( north carolina; english, meadow of deer )
ravenna ( italy; italian, raven )
roma ( italy; italian, a roman )

sahara ( africa; arabic, great desert )
samara ( russia; hebrew/arabic, under God's rule/companion in night conversation )
sanaa ( yemen; swahili/arabic, work of art/shining light )
savannah ( georgia; spanish, flat tropical grassland )
seville ( spain; spanish, valley )
siena ( italy; italian, reddish brown )
sofia ( bulgaria; greek, wisdom )