Wikidata lists 'Kəngsargad' as the Azeri name of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States (click 'All entered languages'). Googling 'Kəngsargad' gets only Harrisburg-related results as well - such as Azeri-language weather forecasts for Harrisburg, or 'driving directions to Kəngsargad, PA, US', or even the Azeri Wikipedia article on Newt Gingrich, which notes his birthplace as being Kəngsargad. Notably, however, the az.wikipedia article on Harrisburg itself does not mention the name Kəngsargad anywhere, only Harrisburq.

It strikes me as quite strange that Azeri would have a name for an American town that bears so little resemblance to English one - especially when the town in question isn't even one that's particularly well-known outside the US (or even outside Pennsylvania). So I wonder, is this name even legitimate? The hypothesis that comes to mind for me is that perhaps someone put it into a toponymic database by mistake, intending to place it as the name for some other location (possibly one starting with "Kings-" or a cognate thereof). On the other hand, if that were the case, I'd expect to find references to Kəngsargad somewhere on the internet where it refers to whatever the intended referent was - and everything's all just pointing to Harrisburg. Anyone have any idea what's going on?

E.G Dartmouth college being named after the earl of Dartmouth William Legge is named after his earldom as opposed to his name (for instance calling it Legge college) or New York being named after the Duke of york, or Warwick in Bermuda being named after the earl of Warwick

Meanwhile, I don't see any other Ancient Greeks like Archimedes or Aristotle honored in the same way.

As the title says, I'm looking for any resources that list the elements of place names. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks! •~•

Hello! Looking at placenames in Northern Colorado, I noticed that the state has cities of Wellington, Windsor, and Westminster, all about an hour within one another. Given that the state was settled a hundred years after independence, I wondered if there was a historical reason for these cities to be given such strongly British names. Perhaps a wave of English immigrants made an ethnic community or land speculators hoped to attract British investors with familiar names, or perhaps at a height of Victorian power, it was fashionable to allude to Britain.

In English all I can think of is how some people sometimes tongue-in-cheek call Marbella 'Marbs' or Ibiza 'Beefa'

So I'm wondering how widespread this is in other European languages!

This was inspired by this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Toponymy/comments/gxo9u7/oc_fully_anglicised_japan_based_off_actual/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

And I originally posted it on Twitter, where Kota Baru was Istana Baru: https://x.com/un_petit_mangue/status/1764679645293932748?s=20

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Hi folks, I am looking for publications/resources about Welsh-language names for places in England. This could take the form of a gazetteer or an etymology/linguistics article or book. I am an archaeologist who is interested in Wales and England in the Early Medieval period. Studying placenames is a big part of this research and I think that this topic is a goldmine of lost historical information. However, I am not a linguist and I am at a loss where to start researching this - I have not had much luck online. I would be grateful if anyone could give me pointers about how to go about researching this, especially if there are any Welsh linguists who might know more about this. Thank you!

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