List of places with numeric names explained
Places that have numerals in their names include:
0
- , ('zero'), Netherlands, old name for a hamlet in Putten
- Nullarbor, locality in South Australia (Latin: no trees)
- Nullarbor Plain, desert region in Western and South Australia (Latin: no trees)
1/2 (half)
- Adabaria Union, Bangladesh ('half hamlet')
- Halbstadt, ('half town'), several places
- Half Hollow Hills, New York, US
- Half Moon Bay, California, US
- Half Rock, Missouri, US
- Half Tree Hollow, Saint Helena
- Halfway, Missouri, US
- Halfway, Oregon, US
1
- 1 Decembrie ('1 December'), Romania, a commune south of Bucharest
- Aintree, England ('one tree')
- Een, The Netherlands ('one')
- Einhaus, Germany ('Onehouse')
- Einsiedeln, Switzerland
- Einsiedelei ('one (person) living (place)', eremitage), a (forgotten) place on the foot of a hill in the West of Graz, Austria[1]
- Ichinomiya ('the first shrine'), Aichi, Japan
- One Tree Hill, South Australia
- Province No. 1, Nepal
2
- Aberdaucleddau ('mouth of the two rivers Cleddau'), Welsh name for Milford Haven, Wales
- Deux-Sèvres, France (refers to two rivers in the department called Sèvre)
- Dois Vizinhos ('2 neighbours'), Paraná, Brazil
- Duas Bocas Biological Reserve ('2 mouths'), Brazil
- Duas Barras ('2 bars'), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Duas Estradas ('2 roads'), Paraíba, Brazil
- Duas Igrejas ('2 churches'), Paredes, Portugal
- Dos Pilas ('2 wells'), Guatemala
- Dos Vientos and Dos Vientos Open Space ('2 winds'), California, US
- Dos Hermanas ('two sisters'), Andalusia, Spain
- Dvigrad ('two towns'), Croatia
- El Segundo ('the second'), California, United States
- Lak Song ('the second milestone'), Bangkok, Thailand
- Río Segundo in Argentina and Costa Rica, 'second river'
- Llanddeusant, Anglesey, Wales ('church of two saints')
- Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, Wales ('church of two saints')
- Second Garrotte, California, US
- Second Mesa, Arizona, US
- Song District, Phrae, Thailand [2] but the name (th|สอง) is same as the Thai word (th|สอง) that means 'two'.
- Song Khwae District ('two waterways'[3]), Nan, Thailand
- Song Phi Nong District ('two siblings'), Suphan Buri, Thailand
- Twee Riviere ('two rivers'), a town in South Africa
- Twee Rivieren ('two rivers'), a suburb in South Africa
- Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, ('two buffaloes with one shot') South Africa
- , ('two houses'), Netherlands
- ('two rivers'), Namibia
- Tweedetol ('second toll'), near Dordrecht, Netherlands
- Twin Cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
- Twin City, a developing concept for Vienna, Austria and Bratislava, Slovakia
- Twin City, Georgia, in Emanuel County, Georgia, US
- Twin City, nickname for Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US
- Two Bridges, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City, United States
- Two Buttes, Colorado
- Two Guns, Arizona
- Two Harbors, Minnesota, United States
- Two Harbors, California, United States
- Two Rock, California
- Two Rocks, Western Australia
- Two Wells, South Australia
- Twyford, Berkshire, England ('two fords')
- Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England ('two fords')
- Twyford, Hampshire, England ('two fords')
- Twyford, Leicestershire, England ('two fords')
- Zweibrücken ('two bridges'), Germany
- Zweinitz, a cadastral municipality of Weitensfeld im Gurktal, Carinthia, Austria
- Zweisimmen, Switzerland, at the confluence of the Gross and Klein Simme rivers (zwei means 'two')
3
- Dreieich, Hesse, Germany ('three oaks')
- Dreiflüssestadt, a colloquial name for Passau, Germany ('three (merging) rivers town')
- Dreikirchen, Germany ('three churches')
- Drie, Gelderland, The Netherlands ('three')
- Driebergen, The Netherlands ('three mountains')
- Driehuis, The Netherlands ('three houses')
- Driemond, The Netherlands ('three (river) mouths')
- Llantrisant, Wales ('church of three saints')
- Río Tercero in Argentina, 'third river'
- Salatiga ('three wrongs'), Indonesia
- Sam Chai District, Kalasin, Thailand ('three wins' or 'three victories'[4])
- Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani, Thailand ('three mounds')
- Sam Ngam District, Phichit, Thailand ('three prongs'[5])
- Sam Ngao District, Tak, Thailand ('three shadows'[6])
- Sam Phraeng ('three-way junction'), Bangkok, Thailand
- Sam Phran District, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand ('three hunters')
- Sam Yan ('three quarters'), Bangkok, Thailand
- Sam Yot ('three peaks'), Bangkok, Thailand
- Sansha ('three sands'), Hainan, China
- Third Hill Mountain, West Virginia, US
- Three Bridges (disambiguation), several places
- Three Churches, West Virginia, US
- Three Points, California, US
- Three Rivers, California, US
- Three Rivers, Michigan, US
- Three Rivers, New Mexico, US
- Three Rivers, Texas, US
- Three Rivers, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Three Rivers District, England
- Three Rivers South, Oregon, US
- Three Rocks, California, US
- Three Sisters (Australia)
- Three Sisters (Northern Cape), South Africa
- Three Sisters (Oregon), US
- Three Springs, Pennsylvania, US
- Three Springs, Western Australia
- Three Mile Island, New Hampshire, US
- Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, US
- Three Way, Tennessee, US
- Tre Kronor castle ('three crowns castle'), Sweden
- Trekroner ('three crowns'), Denmark
- Trekroner Fort ('three crowns fort'), Denmark
- Tres Cantos ('3 corners'), Madrid, Spain
- Tres Cerros ('3 hills'), Argentina
- Três Coroas ('3 crowns'), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Tres Cruces ('3 crosses'), Uruguay
- Tres de Febrero Partido ('3 February'), Argentina
- Tres Islas, Guatemala
- Tres Islas, Uruguay
- Tres Pinos, California
- Tres Valles ('3 valleys'), Mexico
- Tri-cities, several places
- Tricity, Poland of Gdynia, Sopot and Gdańsk
- Triglav ('3 peaks/), Slovenia, a national symbol of the country
- Triple cities, New York
- Tripoli, Lebanon ('three towns')
- Tripoli, Libya ('three towns')
- Trishal ('3 Shal' = Shorea robusta), Bangladesh
- Trois-Pistoles, Canada ('three pistoles (coins)')
- Trois-Ponts (German: Dreibrücken), Belgium ('three bridges')
- Trois-Rivières, Canada ('three rivers')
- Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe ('three rivers')
- Uchquduq ('three draw-wells'), Navoiy, Uzbekistan
4
- 4S Ranch, California, US
- Big Four, West Virginia, US
- Charghat Upazila ('4 ghats'), Bangladesh
- Cuatro Caminos ('4 roads'), one of the first metro stations in Madrid, Spain
- Cuatro Cañadas ('4 paths'), Bolivia
- Cuatro Ciénegas ('4 marshes'), Mexico
- Cuatro Torres ('4 towers'), Madrid business district, Spain
- Cuatro Vientos ('4 winds'), Madrid neighbourhood and military-civil airport and museum
- Four Acres, California, US
- Four Corners, a region of the United States
- Four Crosses, Staffordshire, England
- Four Lane Ends, a district within the ward of Richmond, South Yorkshire, England
- Four Lane Ends, a hamlet near Tiverton, Cheshire, England
- Four Lane Ends Interchange, a Metro station in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Four Square Mile, Colorado, US
- Fourth Crossing, California, US
- Kiryat Arba, Israel ('City of Four')
- Lak Si ('the fourth milestone'), Bangkok, Thailand
- Mount Siguniang ('the four maidens'), Sichuan, China
- Quad Cities, a region of the United States
- Quad cities, Minnesota, US
- Quart, Girona, a town in Spain
- Quart, Aosta Valley, a town in Italy
- Quart de Poblet, a town in Valencia, Spain
- Quart de les Valls, a town in Valencia, Spain
- Raja Ampat ('four kings'), Southwest Papua, Indonesia
- Río Cuarto in Argentina and Costa Rica ('fourth river')
- Shikoku ('four provinces'), Japan
- Si Phraya ('four phrayas'), Bangkok, Thailand
- Sichuan, China ('4 rivers')
- Simpang Empat ('four corners'), various places in Malaysia and Indonesia
- Tetrapolis (Attica)
- Doric Tetrapolis
- Vierhouten ('4 pieces of wood'), Nunspeet, The Netherlands
- Vierlingsbeek (four brooks), The Netherlands
- Vierwaldstättersee, Switzerland ('Lake of the four forested settlements')
5
- Cinco Ranch, Texas, US
- Cinque Ports, England
- Cinque Terre ('five lands'), Italy, after the five villages along the coastline
- Five Corners, Oregon, US
- Five Corners, Washington, US
- Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia
- Five Fingers, New Brunswick, Canada
- Five Forks, Calhoun County, West Virginia, US
- Five Forks, Ritchie County, West Virginia, US
- Five Forks, Upshur County, West Virginia, US
- Five Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Five Mile Terrace, California, US
- Five Towns, Long Island, New York; a group of communities in the Town of Hempstead
- Five Ways, Birmingham, England
- Five Ways, Victoria, Australia
- Fiveways, Brighton, a district of Brighton, England
- Fünfhaus ('five houses'), in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district, Vienna, Austria
- Lak Ha ('the fifth milestone'), Ratchaburi/Samut Sakhon, Thailand
- Llanpumsaint, Wales ('church of five saints')
- Ma'ale HaHamisha, Israel ('ascent of the five')
- Panchagarh ('5 forts'), Bangladesh
- Panchbibi ('5 wives'), Bangladesh
- Piatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ('five houses'), Ukraine
- Pentapolis, five cities in Greek
- Pompeii, Italy, after the five districts of the city
- Pumsaint ('five saints'), Wales
- Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan ('The Land of Five Waters')
- Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia ('five mountains')
- Río Quinto, Argentina ('fifth river')
- Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands ('five houses')
- Vyf Rand ('five rand'), Namibia
6
- Doric Hexapolis in Greek
- Blue Jay 6, West Virginia, US
- Lak Hok ('the sixth milestone'), Pathum Thani, Thailand
- Roppongi ('six trees'), Tokyo, Japan
- Sechshaus (Amtsbezirk) ('six houses'), former district of Lower Austria, Austria
- Sechshaus ('six houses'), Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district, Vienna, Austria
- Sechshaus ('six houses'), Brand-Nagelberg, Lower Austria, Austria
- Sexdrega, Sweden ('six fishing places')
- Six, West Virginia, US
- Sixes, Georgia, US
- Sixes, Oregon, US, named after the Sixes river (accounts vary as to how the river got its name; one local postmaster said Sixes was named for a Native American chief)
- Six Hills in Stevenage, England
- Six Mile Bottom, village near Cambridge, England
- Six Mile Creek (disambiguation), several places
- Six Shooter Canyon, Arizona
- 6th of October, in Egypt
7
- Beer Sheva ('seven wells'), Israel
- Chet Samian ('seven clerks'), Ratchaburi, Thailand
- Gunung Tujuh ('seven mountains'), Sumatra, Indonesia
- Heptapolis in Greek
- Hét ('7'), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
- Namtok Chet Sao Noi ('seven little girls waterfall'), Nakhon Ratchasima/Saraburi, Thailand
- Pancuran Tujuh ('seven springs'), Central Java, Indonesia
- Prampir Makara ('January 7'), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Satara (Sat-Tara = 'seven forts'), Maharashtra, India
- Satkhira ('7 Kheers'), Bangladesh
- Sete Cidades (disambiguation), several places
- Sete Fontes ('7 springs'), Braga, Portugal
- Sete Lagoas ('7 lagoons'), Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Seven Fields, Pennsylvania, US
- Seven Hills, NSW, Australia
- Seven Kings, London, England
- Seven Mile, Arizona, US
- Seven Mile, Ohio, US
- Seven Oaks, California, US
- Seven Oaks, Oregon, US
- Seven Oaks, South Carolina, US
- Seven Sisters, London, England
- Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, US
- Seven Troughs, Nevada, US
- Sevenoaks, Kent, England
- Seventh Mountain, Oregon, US
- Shichigahama ('seven beaches'), Miyagi, Japan
- Sieben ('seven' in German), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, US
- Sieben, U.S. Virgin Islands, US
- Siebenbürgen ('seven castles'), German for Transylvania, historical region in Romania
- Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Höhle ('seven male horses'), cave in Switzerland
- Siebenhirten ('seven shepherds'), Vienna, Austria
- Sietes ('sevens'), Valles (Villaviciosa), in Asturias, Spain; in 2009 it was famous for the promotion of Microsoft Windows 7
- Sungai Tujoh ('the seventh river'), Brunei
- Zevenaar
- Zevenhoven ('seven gardens'), the Netherlands
- Zevenhuizen (disambiguation) ('seven houses'), several places in the Netherlands
8
- Acht (Eifel), Germany
- Acht, near Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Achtmaal, The Netherlands ('eight times')
- Austagram ('containing 8 villages'), Bangladesh
- Babaoshan ('eight-treasure mountain'), Beijing, China
- Eight, West Virginia, US
- Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane, Australia
- Eightmile, Oregon, US
- Kiryat Shmona ('town of the eight'), Israel
- Ocho Ríos ('8 rivers'), Jamaica
- Paet Rio ('8 strips'), a colloquial name for Chachoengsao province, Thailand
- Tuvalu ('8 (islands) together'), state in Oceania
9
- Jiufen ('nine portions'), New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Jiujiang ('nine rivers'), Jiangxi, China
- Jiutai ('nine platforms'), Jilin, China
- Jiuzhaigou ('nine settlement valley'), Sichuan, China
- Kao Liao District ('9 turns' or '9 curves'[7] [8]), Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
- Kelok 9 ('9 turns'), a bridge and road segment in Lima Puluh Kota Regency, Indonesia
- Kowloon, a region of Hong Kong ('9 Dragons')
- Kyushu ('nine provinces'), Japan
- Mount Jiuhua ('nine glorious'), Anhui, China
- , Netherlands ('9 houses')
- Neunkirch, Schaffhausen ((German language) literally '9 churches', but derived from 'new church'), community in Switzerland
- Neunkirchen, Austria ('9 churches', town and district
- , Germany ('9 churches'), several towns, villages and district(s) in Germany
- Nine Elms, London, England
- Nine Mile Falls, Washington, US
- Nueve de Julio (disambiguation) ('July 9'), several towns in Argentina
- Pont Neuf, crossing the river Seine in Paris, France ('bridge (number) 9')
- Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
10
- 10th of Ramadan, Egypt
- Decapolis in Greek
- Diez de Octubre ('October 10'), Cuba
- Ten Mile (or Tenmile), lists several places in Canada, USA
- Ten Sleep, Wyoming, US
- Tiendeveen ('tenth peat'), Netherlands
- ('Ten Commandments'), The Netherlands
- Tiengemeten ('Ten Acres'), The Netherlands
- Washakie Ten, Wyoming, US
11
12
- , Germany ('a dozen lakes')
- , Großer and Kleiner, two ponds in Germany ('dozen ponds')
- , a statistical district (Statischer Bezirk) of Nürnberg, Germany
- Zwölfaxing, Austria (Zwölf means 'twelve')
- Doce de Octubre ('October 12'), Argentina
- Baramulla ('12 roots'), India
- Xishuangbanna ('12 districts', literally '12 township rice-fields'), China
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24
25
26
27
28
29
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33
35
36
40
50
56
60
- Hatvan ('sixty'), Hungary
- Sixtymile, Yukon, Canada
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84
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96
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100
101
108
300
400
1,000
- Chiba prefecture ('thousand leaves'), Japan
- Thousand Islands, an archipelago in the St. Lawrence River along the boundary between New York, United States, and Ontario, Canada
- Thousand Islands (Indonesia), an archipelago under the administrative division of Jakarta
- Thousand Oaks, California, United States
- Thousand Palms, California, United States
- Thousandsticks, Kentucky, United States
- Qianshan ('thousand mountains'), Liaoning, China
- Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal
1,400
- ('fourteen hundred'), Bangladesh
1,770
2,500
- Araihazar ('two-and-a-half thousand), Bangladesh
3,000
4,000
10,000
11,000
32186.9
- Ventimiglia, Italy (coincidental, as it comes from Album Intimilium)
40,010
100,000
Names with trailing numbers
- Kapur IX, a district in Lima Puluh Kota, Indonesia
- Krems I, a part of the village Leezen, Germany
- Peter I Island, Antarctica
- Petersdorf I, Styria, Austria
- Petersdorf II, until end of 2014, Styria, Austria
- Takern I, part of the community St. Margarethen an der Raab, Styria, Austria
- Takern II, part of the same community, Styria, Austria
- Wakendorf I, a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Wakendorf II, a different municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
See also
Notes and References
- [:de:Einsiedelei (Graz)|Einsiedelei (Graz)]
- http://www.phrae.go.th/info/song.pdf ข้อมูลประวัติความเป็นมาและข้อมูลสําคัญต่างๆของอําเภอสอง
- http://province.m-culture.go.th/nan/file/amphur/songk/01songk.html ประวัติอำเภอสองแคว
- http://samchai.kalasin.doae.go.th/history.html ประวัติอำเภอ
- https://district.cdd.go.th/samngam/about-us/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2/ ประวัติความเป็นมา
- http://www.tak.go.th/history_samngao.htm ประวัติอำเภอสามเงา
- https://district.cdd.go.th/kaoliao/about-us/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2/ ประวัติอำเภอเก้าเลี้ยว
- http://kaoliao.nakhonsawan.doae.go.th/kaoliao/index.php/2015-01-22-09-49-11 ข้อมูลอำเภอเก้าเลี้ยว
