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This is a list of country subdivisions named after people . It details the name of the
country subdivision and
eponym . The etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or the administrative division.
This is a summary from
List of etymologies of administrative divisions .
This is a summary of
Canadian provincial name etymologies .
Valga – from German family names de Walco or de Walko .
This is a summary of
Philippine provincial name etymologies .
This is a summary from
Etymological list of counties of Romania
Anglesey – Ongull, a
Scandinavian landowner
Angus – King
Oengus I of the Picts
Bedfordshire – Bieda, a
Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)
Brecknockshire – Prince
Brychan
Buckinghamshire – Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)
Cardigan –
Ceredig , son of
Cunedda
Fife –
Fib of the Picts , one of the seven sons of
Cruithe
Glamorgan – Prince
Morgan the Old of Gwent
Gwynedd –
Cunedda
Hampshire – Hamo, a 6th-century Saxon settler and landowner
Kirkcudbright –
Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
Lothian –
Leudonus
Merionethshire –
Meirion , son of
Cunedda
Montgomery, Powys –
Roger de Montgomery
Nottinghamshire – Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)
Roxburghshire – Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)
Rutland – Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")
Dependencies
This is a summary from
List of U.S. state name etymologies .
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