The first of these suffixes also occurs in the only Chinhan polysyllabic settlement name.7 The second is identical to the transcription given in the Wei zhi for the first two syllables for the contemporary *Jamaʔdə "Yamato" grouping in the Japanese archipelago.
The name may be Scandinavian in origin, the Anglo-Saxon ton meaning a farmstead, although along with nearby Urmston, it may be an anglicised personal name from the 10th or 11th centuries and not a primary settlement name from earlier times.
That settlement, named Jamestown for England's King James I, was established on May 13 , 1607
The settlement, named for James I, was known variously during its existence as James Forte, James Towne, and James Cittie.
Black settlers who had liberated themselves from American slavery were brought over from Nova Scotia and built a new settlement, named Freetown.
The settlement, named Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, was located on the largest lowland strip, about 0.5 mile (0.8 km) wide and 5 miles (8 km) long.
The settlement, named for Lord Palmerston, prime minister of England, was founded in 1866 and declared successively a town (1868), a borough (1877), and a city (1930).
Two miles north of Castle Hill, in what became Óbuda, a settlement named Ak-Ink ("Ample Water") was established by the Celtic Eravisci.
Australia is a nation that evolved from a convict settlement, names Ned Kelly as an iconic figure and its favourite national song is about somebody who stole sheep.
Lias' lawsuit, which resulted in a $48,750 settlement, names Skullcap Crew member Robert Stegmiller, who has racked up more federal lawsuits than any other Skullcap officer.
The latter was occupied in 1633 by the Dutch, but in 1635 a Puritan settlement, named Saybrook (for Lord Say and Sele and Lord Brooke, two land grantees), was established there under the auspices of an English company.
