This is a collection of words that either actually derive from or are interestingly coincident with place names or the names of peoples and tribes inhabiting a particular area. It excludes common words such as READING, GORING, HULL etc. which merely happen to have, quite uninterestingly, the same forms as place names. But it does include words like TOKAY, which is the name of a town in Hungary and also a kind of gecko: the name of the gecko actually comes from a Malay word and has nothing to do with the Hungarian town, but this kind of coincidence seems rather more interesting. The rule is that if the place-name is at all likely to be a useful aide-memoire to the Scrabble word I've included it.
Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| Word | Meaning with capital | Meaning without capital |
| ABRAM | a village of Greater Manchester | a beggar |
| ACTON | a London district and village near Sudbury | a stuffed jacket worn under mail |
| AFGHAN | an inhabitant of Afghanistan | a woollen blanket or shawl |
| AFGHANI | an inhabitant of Afghanistan | a monetary unit of Afghanistan |
| AKITA | a prefecture in Japan | a large powerful breed of dog |
| ALAMO | a town in Texas | a kind of poplar |
| ALASKA | the largest state of the USA | a heavy fabric |
| ALICANT | cf. ALICANTE, a town in Spain | a wine made near Alicante |
| AMADAVAT AVADAVAT | from Ahmadabad in India | an Indian songbird related to the weaver birds, sent to Europe from Ahmadabad |
| AMAZON | a river and area in South America | a tall, powerful woman |
| AMBOINA AMBOYNA | an island in the Moluccas | a reddish-brown, curly-grained wood |
| AMMAN | the capital of Jordan | in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia, a district magistrate |
| ANGOLA | an African country | relating to a fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat |
| ANGOSTURA | a town (now Ciudad Bolivar) on the narrows (Sp angostura) of the Orinoco in Venezuela | a bitter aromatic bark, formerly used in medicine |
| ANNABERGITE | Annaberg is a town in Saxony, eastern Germany | an apple-green mineral, hydrous nickel arsenate |
| ARABIC | from Arabia | as in gum arabic |
| ARAGONITE ARRAGONITE | Aragon is a province of Spain | a form of calcium carbonate |
| ARAUCARIA | from Arauco in S. Chile | the monkey-puzzle tree |
| ARCADIA | a region in the central Peloponnese in ancient Greece | an idyllic rural setting |
| ARMAGNAC | a region in SW France | a kind of brandy |
| ARRAS | a town in France | a rich tapestry, once made at Arras |
| ASCOT | a racecourse and Berkshire town | a type of necktie with broad ends |
| ASSAM | a town in N India | in Malaysia, tamarind as used in cooking |
| ATACAMITE | the Atacama is a desert in Chile | an oxychloride of copper |
| AUTUNITE | Autun is a place in France | a fluorescent ore of uranium |
| AVELLAN AVELLANE | from Latin Avellanus, meaning of Avella or Abella, a town in Campania | of a cross, having four arms shaped like filberts at the end. |
| BABEL | the city, possibly Babylon, where a biblical tower was built | a scene of confusion |
| BACHARACH | a town on the Rhine | a wine from Bacharach |
| BAGUIO | a city on North Luzon in the Philippines | a hurricane |
| BALACLAVA | a place in Crimea | a knitted hat covering the head and neck, with an opening for the face. |
| BALBOA | a Pacific terminal port in Panama | the monetary unit of Panama |
| BALBRIGGAN | a town near Dublin in Ireland | a knitted, unbleached cotton fabric, used in hosiery and underwear |
| BALIBUNTAL | Baliuag in the Philippines, plus BUNTAL, Tagalog for straw | (a hat made of) fine, closely-woven straw |
| BALMACAAN | a village near Inverness, Scotland | a man's loose overcoat |
| BALMORAL | a place in Scotland, a holiday residence of the British royal family | a flat Scottish bonnet |
| BANGALORE | a town in India | as in bangalore torpedo, an explosive device in a long metal tube, used for blowing holes in barbed wire |
| BANGALOW | a town in Australia | an Australian palm-tree |
| BANGKOK | the capital and chief port of Thailand | a straw hat |
| BARBICAN | a building in London | an outer defensive work; esp a tower at a gate or bridge |
| BAREGE | Barege, a village in France | a light silky dress fabric |
| BARGELLO | the Bargello, a Florentine museum | a type of needlepoint or tapestry stitch that produces a zigzag pattern; the museum contains examples of this stitch |
| BARTON | many English towns of this name | a farmyard |
| BASQUE | a member of a people inhabiting the western Pyrenees | a kind of bodice |
| BASTILLE | a fortress and prison of Paris | a fortified place |
| BASTNASITE BASTNAESITE | Bastnas is a town in Sweden | a reddish-brown fluorite of cerium |
| BAYAMO | the capital of Granma province in Cuba | a strong wind, esp. one blowing from the bight of Bayamo |
| BEARNAISE | from Bearn in France | a rich white sauce flavoured with tarragon |
| BEAUJOLAIS | a subdivision of Lyonnais in France | a red wine |
| BEDLAM | from the priory St Mary of Bethlehem, in London | an asylum |
| BERGAMA | Bergama is a town in Turkey | a kind of handwoven Turkish carpet |
| BERGAMASK, BERGOMASK | Bergamo is a town in Italy | a rustic dance from that area |
| BERGEN | a town in Norway | a large rucksack |
| BERLIN | a large German city | a type of carriage |
| BERMUDAS | a group of islands in the Atlantic | a kind of shorts |
| BETHEL | a hamlet on Anglesey | a place of worship for seamen; a nonconformist chapel. |
| BETHESDA | a place in Wales | a chapel |
| BIALY | Bialystok, a city in Poland | short for Bialystok kuchen, a small roll in Polish cuisine |
| BIGGIN | a village near Ashbourne, Derbyshire | a building |
| BIGHORN | a river in the US, scene of Custer's last stand | a kind of sheep |
| BIKINI | an atoll in the Pacific | a two-piece swimming costume |
| BILBO, BILBOE | from Bilbao in Spain, famous for its swords | a rapier or sword |
| BILLINGSGATE | a famous London fish-market | abusive language |
| BLARNEY | a castle near Cork | to talk persuasively |
| BLIGHTY | serviceman's slang for England or home | a wound that gets a serviceman sent home |
| BOHEMIA | the central and western parts of the Czech Republic | a community of bohemians |
| BOLIVIA | a South American landlocked country | a type of fabric |
| BOLOGNA | a city in Northern Italy | a kind of sausage |
| BOLOGNESE | of or from Bologna, a city in Northern Italy | a kind of sauce used with spaghetti |
| BORDEAUX | a region in France famous for its wine | a kind of red or white wine |
| BOSTON | a town in Lincolnshire and the USA | a card game |
| BOUGIE | a town in Algeria | a wax candle |
| BOURBON | a county in Kentucky | a kind of whisky |
| BOURGUIGNON | French = from Burgundy | (of meat dishes) stewed with onion, mushrooms and Burgundy wine |
| BOWERY | a New York city street frequented by drunks/down and outs | any area frequented by drunks/down and outs |
| BRAHMA | from Brahmaputra, a river in India | a large, orig Chinese breed of domestic fowl |
| BRAZIL | large country of South America | a dyewood |
| BRENT | a borough of London | a kind of goose; (adj.) steep |
| BRIARD | from Brie, in NE France | a kind of French dog |
| BRIDEWELL | from a palace near St Bride's Well, London | a house of correction |
| BRINDISI | an old Mediterranean port | a toast, a drinking-song |
| BRISTOL | an English city | a smooth cardboard |
| BRIT | someone from Britain | a young herring |
| BROUGHAM | a locality near Penrith castle, Cumbria | a one-horse closed carriage |
| BRUMMAGEM | colloquial for Birmingham | showy, tawdry |
| BUCKIE | a Grampian fishing town and resort | a large spiral marine shell |
| BULLER | a river of South Island, New Zealand | to seethe, gurgle |
| BUNCOMBE BUNKUM | from Buncombe, a county in N Carolina, whose representative is said to have gone on talking in Congress, explaining apologetically that he was 'only talking for Buncombe' | insincere talk, nonsense |
| BURGUNDY | a region of France | a purplish-red colour |
| BURNSIDE | the name of several Scottish towns | the side of a burn or stream |
| BURRAWANG | from Mount Budawang in New South Wales | any of various palm-like plants having edible nuts |
| BURSA | a popular tourist resort in Turkey | a pouch or sac |
| BYTOWNITE | Bytown, former name of Ottawa. | a kind of mineral |
| BYZANTINE | of Byzantium, the old name for Constantinople | involved and devious |
| CABBAGETOWN | an area in Toronto whose inhabitants were believed to exist on a diet of cabbage | a city slum |
| CALICO | cf. Calicut in India | a kind of cloth |
| CALUTRON | California University + tron | a mass spectrometer used in the separation of isotopes |
| CALVADOS | a department in Normandy | a French apple brandy |
| CALVARY | site of Jesus' crucifixion at Jerusalem | an intense suffering |
| CAMELOT | the seat of King Arthur's court | a strong waterproof fabric |
| CAMPEACHY | Campeachy (Campeche) in SE Mexico | as in campeachy wood, a logwood |
| CAMPOS | a city in Brazil | (pl.) an area of open grassland in S. America |
| CANADA | large North American country | a narrow canyon |
| CANTALOUP CANTALOUPE | Cantalupo town near Rome | a kind of melon, first grown near Cantalupo |
| CAMPEACHY | Campeachy (Campeche) in SE Mexico | as in campeachy wood, a logwood |
| CANTERBURY | a city in Kent | a kind of music-stand |
| CARMAGNOLE | Carmagnola is a town in Piedmont | a popular song and round dance of the French Revolutionary period |
| CASHMERE | an alternative spelling of Kashmir | a goat's wool fabric |
| CASSABA | a town in Turkey, now called Turgutlu | a kind of melon |
| CAYMANS | group of islands in the Caribbean Sea | (pl.) a kind of alligator |
| CELT | an inhabitant of a Celtic area | a primitive ax |
| CHABLIS | a town in France | a white wine from Chablis |
| CHAD | a landlocked country in North-Central Africa | a punched out piece of paper |
| CHAMPAGNE | a region in France | a white sparkling wine |
| CHANTILLY | a town in France | as in chantilly lace |
| CHARD | a market town in Somerset | the edible leafstalk of beet |
| CHARLATAN | Cerreto, a village in Italy renowned for its wandering quacks | a quack, a fraud |
| CHARTREUSE | a town in Grenoble, France | a yellowish-green liqueur |
| CHARLESTON | a town in S. Carolina | a lively dance that involves kicking |
| CHARLOTTE | a city in N. Carolina | a kind of pudding |
| CHAUTAUQUA | a lake and county in New York State | an outdoor meeting of an educational type popular in the US in the 19C. |
| CHEDDAR | a village in SW England | a type of cheese |
| CHEDDITE | CHEDDE is a village in France | a type of explosive |
| CHERALITE | Chera is an ancient name of Travancore | a radioactive mineral rich in thorium and uranium./TD> |
| CHESHIRE | an English county | a kind of pig |
| CHESSYLITE | Chessy is a place in France, near Lyon | a carbonate of copper, blue in colour |
| CHEVIOTS | a range of hills in Britain | (pl.) a kind of twilled wool |
| CHICANO | an American of Mexican descent | an American of Mexican descent |
| CHIHUAHUA | a place in Mexico | a breed of small dog |
| CHILE | a South American country | chili |
| CHINA | an Asian country | fine porcelain ware |
| CHITTAGONG | a town in Bangladesh | an Indian variety of domestic fowl |
| CHRISTY CHRISTIE | from Christiana, former name of Oslo | a turn with skis parallel executed when descending at speed |
| CIMINITE | Monte Cimini is a mountain in Italy | a kind of rock |
| CIMOLITE | Kimolos is an island of the Cyclades | a soft, earthy, clayey mineral |
| CLADDAGH | a village on the edge of Galway city, Ireland | an Irish ring, traditionally given as a token of affection |
| CLAYMORE | an oilfield in Flotta, Scapa Flow | a kind of sword |
| CLEEVE | a residential area of Goring, Oxfordshire | a cliff, a hillside |
| CLINT | a village near Harrogate | a block in a limestone pavement |
| COATE | a village east of Devizes, Wiltshire | (Shakesp.) to quote |
| COBURG | a town in Germany | a kind of loaf |
| COCHIN | as in Cochin-China, now part of Vietnam. Also a town in India | a variety of domestic fowl |
| COGNAC | a town in Charente in France | a French brandy made near Cognac |
| COLBY | a town in New Zealand | a kind of New Zealand cheese |
| COLOGNE | a commercial port in Germany | a perfumed liquid |
| COLOPHONY | Colophon is a town in Asia Minor | rosin |
| COLORADO | a US state, also a US river | refers to a medium strength cigar |
| CONGO | a country in West-Central Africa | a kind of black Chinese tea |
| COQUIMBITE | Coquimbo is a town in Chile | a yellowish hydrous sulphate of iron found in certain volcanic rocks |
| COROMANDEL | a stretch of coast in SE India | a kind of timber |
| CORBY | a town in Northamptonshire | (Scots) a crow, a raven |
| CORDOBA | a city of South Spain | the standard monetary unit of Nicaragua |
| CORDWAIN | from Cordoba, a city of South Spain | goatskin leather |
| CRACOVIENNE KRAKOWIAK | from Cracow, a city in southern Poland | a lively dance |
| CRACOWE | Cracow, a city in southern Poland | a long-toed boot fashionable under Richard II |
| CRAVEN | a district of North Yorkshire | a coward |
| CREMONA | a city in Lombardy, North Italy | an ancient wind instrument |
| CREWE | a town in north-west England | (Spenser) a pot |
| CROTONBUG | the Crotan river in America, whose water was once piped to New York | a species of cockroach |
| CURACAO CURACOA | an island in the W Indies | a kind of liqueur first made in Curacao |
| CURASSOW | phonetic spelling of Curacao, an island in the W Indies | a quail-like bird of Curacao |
| CURRAGH | a prestigious Irish racecourse | a boat shaped like a coracle |
| CURRIE | an area of outer Edinburgh | the parts of an animal killed in hunting given to the hounds |
| CYPRIAN | from Kypros (Cyprus), birthplace of Aphrodite (also called Cypris), the goddess of love and beauty | a lewd woman; a prostitute./TD> |
| CYPRUS | a large island in the Mediterranean Sea | a black fabric like crepe |
| DAQUIRI DAIQUIRI | a place in Cuba | a cocktail containing rum and lime juice |
| DALMAHOY | a village near Edinburgh | a bushy wig worn in the 18th century |
| DALMATIAN | one from Dalmatia, in Croatia | a breed of dog |
| DANISH | from Denmark | a pastry of raised dough |
| DELFT | a town in South Holland known for its pottery | pottery made at Delft |
| DELPH | localities of Oldham and Dudley | pottery made at Delft |
| DENIM | = de Nimes, in France | a fabric for making jeans |
| DERBY | a town in England | a kind of hat |
| DERRY | an alternative name for Londonderry, Ireland | (Aust. sl.) a dislike |
| DEVA | the Roman name for Chester | a god, a divine being |
| DEVON | a county of Southwest England | a breed of cattle from Devon |
| DEVONPORT | district of Plymouth | a large sofa |
| DINANDERIE | Dinant is a town in Belgium | a kind of decorative brassware |
| DISCOED | locality of Powys west of Presteigne | (pt.) DISCO, to dance to music |
| DISS | small market town of Norfolk, near Norwich | to disrespect |
| DIZZARD | Cornwall locality near Bude | a blockhead |
| DOGGER | a sea area and weather region in the North Sea | a Dutch fishing vessel |
| DONEGAL | a region in Ireland | a type of textile |
| DONGOLA | a small town on the Nile | a type of leather |
| DONNYBROOK | a suburb of Dublin | a violent brawl |
| DOOLALLY | for Deolali, India, where British soldiers who had completed their tour of duty were sent to await transportation home. | crazy, unbalanced |
| DOORN | a town of the Utrecht province, Netherlands | (Afrikaans) a thorn |
| DORNICK DORNECK DORNOCK | = Doornik (Tournai), a town in Belgium | a stout figured linen |
| DOVER | a ferry and cross-channel port of Kent | (Scots) to doze |
| DUBBO | a town in NSW, Australia | a stupid person |
| DUFFEL | a town near Antwerp | a thick woollen cloth |
| DUMDUM | a place near Calcutta | a soft-nosed expanding bullet |
| DUNITE | Dun Mountain, near Nelson, New Zealand | a kind of igneous rock |
| DUTCH | coming from Holland | with each person paying for himself |
| DUTCHMAN | someone from the Netherlands | something used to hide structural defects |
| EGYPTIAN | coming from Egypt | a typeface with squared serifs |
| ELDORADO | a country of fabulous riches | a source of great wealth |
| ENGLISH | coming from England | to cause a billiard ball to spin around its vertical axis |
| ETNA | a volcano on Sicily | a vessel for heating liquids |
| FESCENNINE | from Fescennia, a town in ancient Etruria noted for its licentious poetry | licentious, obscene |
| FEZ | a town in Morocco | a type of hat |
| FLEMISH | of the Flemings or Flanders | to coil a rope in a nautical way |
| FLETTON | a town in Leicestershire, England | a kind of brick |
| FLORENCE | an Italian city | a former gold coin of Europe |
| FLORENTINE | someone from Florence | a kind of biscuit |
| FRANKFURT | a commercial city in Germany | a small smoked sausage |
| FRANKFURTER | someone from Frankfurt | a small smoked sausage |
| FRENCH | coming from France | to cut into thin strips before cooking |
| FRIULANO | from Friuli, a region in Italy | a variety of cheese |
| FUJI | a mountain in Japan | a silk fabric |
| FULHAM | a district of Greater London | a loaded die |
| FUNDY | a bay in Southeast Canada known for its tides | a member of the radical wing of the German Green party |
| GADARENE | Gadara, in Biblical times, was a steep hill town just southeast of the Sea of Galilee | headlong, precipitate |
| GALILEE | a region of N. Israel | a small chapel or porch at the western end of some medieval English churches |
| GAMAY | a village in the Beaune district, France | a variety of red grape; a dry red wine made from this |
| GAMBIA | a country on the coast of West Africa | the inspissated juice of a plant growing in Malacca |
| GAMBROON | from Gambrun, a town in Persia | a twilled cloth of worsted and cotton |
| GARRYOWEN | a locality in the Irish city of Limerick | in rugby, a high kick forward followed by a rush towards the landing place of the ball |
| GENAPPE | a Swiss canton, city and lake; a liquor | a smooth worsted yarn |
| GENEVA | a Swiss canton, city and lake; a liquor | a spirit distilled from gin |
| GENOA | a historic city of NW Italy | a large jib which overlaps the mainsail |
| GERMANIC | relating to Germany | containing germanium (a metallic element) |
| GERMAN | from Germany | an elaborate dance |
| GEYSER | from Geysir, a famous geyser in Iceland | a hot spring |
| GLENGARRY | a place in the Highlands, Scotland | a Highlander's cap of thick-milled woollen cloth |
| GOA | a former Portuguese territory, now part of the Indian republic | a kind of Tibetan gazelle with backward-curving horns |
| GOLCONDA | from the ruined city of Golconda near Hydebarad, once famous for diamond-cutting | a rich source of wealth |
| GOLGOTHA | another name for CALVARY | a place of suffering |
| GOOSEY | a village in Oxfordshire, near Wantage | a goose, a blockhead |
| GOSLARITE | from Goslar, in the Harz mountain, central Germany | a rare mineral |
| GOSPORT | a town on Portsmouth harbour, in Hampshire | a communication device in an aeroplane |
| GREECE | a country of South-Eastern Europe | a flight of steps |
| GREEK | from Greece | something unintelligible |
| GREENY | a place on the Orkney Islands | a pound-note; (adj.) greenish |
| GRUYERE | a town in Switzerland | a kind of cheese |
| GUARANI | a member of a group of tribes of Brazil and Paraguay | a monetary unit of Paraguay |
| GUERNSEY | the second largest Channel Island | a woollen jersey |
| HABANERA | = from Havana (of a female) | a slow seductive Spanish dance |
| HABANERO | = from Havana (of a male) | a hot chili pepper |
| HACKNEY | an area of E. London | a kind of cab |
| HADES | the Greek underworld | (3rd.) HADE, to incline |
| HAMBURG | a city and port found in Northern Germany | a patty of ground beef |
| HAMBURGER | one from Hamburg | a patty of ground beef |
| HANTAVIRUS | derives from the Hantaan river in Korea | an often fatal virus with flu-like symptoms |
| HARIANA | Haryana, a state in N. India | a breed of cattle |
| HARROW | a town in Berkshire, England | a spiked frame for breaking up ground; (verb) to harass |
| HASTINGS | a battle site of King Harold's defeat | early fruit or vegetables |
| HAVERING | a borough of Greater London | (pp.) to haver |
| HAYLE | a place in Cornwall, near St. Ives | (Spenser) welfare |
| HENLEY | a town in Oxfordshire, England | a type of sweater |
| HESSIAN | after Hesse, a state in central Germany | a strong coarse cloth made of hemp or jute |
| HIDALGO | a county in Texas | a Spanish nobleman of the lower class |
| HIZEN | a former province in Kyushu, Japan | a type of richly decorated Japanese porcelain |
| HOKONUI | a district of the South Island, New Zealand | illicit whisky |
| HOLLAND | a part of the Netherlands | a coarse cotton or linen |
| HOLMIUM | from Holmia, New Latin for Stockholm | a metallic element |
| HOLSTEIN | a region in N. Germany | a breed of cattle |
| HOMBURG | a town in Germany | a man's felt hat |
| HOY | the second largest of the Orkney Islands | a kind of small boat |
| HYTHE | a cinque port and Kent resort | a port or small haven |
| ILIUM | an alternative name for the city of Troy | the anterior or superior bone of the pelvis |
| ILLAWARRA | a coastal district of E. Australia | a breed of shorthorn dairy cattle |
| IMARI | a seaport in Japan | a type of Japanese porcelain, decorated in red, green and blue |
| INVERNESS | a town in Scotland | a loose overcoat with a detachable cape |
| ITALIC | from Italy | a style of print |
| JACONET | JAGANNATH (now Puri) in India | a kind of cotton fabric |
| JAMBEE | JAMBI in Sumatra | an 18th century light cane |
| JAPAN | a country in North-east Asia | to coat with glossy, black lacquer |
| JARLSBERG | a town in Norway | a hard Norwegian cheese |
| JAVA | a large Indonesian island | a kind of coffee |
| JERSEY | the largest of the Channel Islands | a close-fitting, knitted shirt |
| JIMSON JIMPSON | from Jamestown,Virginia | the thorn apple |
| JIPYAPA JIPIJAPA | a town in Ecuador | a palm-like tree of tropical America |
| JODHPUR | a city in Western India | usu. in pl.: long riding-breeches |
| JORDAN | a river and country of South-west Asia | a chamber-pot |
| KAOLINE | from the mountain gaoling (literally, high mountain) in Jiangxi province, China | clay, esp. that composed of kaolinite[] |
| KARST | from the Karst district, near Trieste | rough limestone country with underground drainage |
| KASHMIR | a disputed region between Pakistan and India | a soft twilled fabric of goat's wool |
| KELVIN | a river in Strathclyde region | the SI unit of temperature |
| KEMBLA | as in Kembla Grange, a place in Australia | (Australian rhyming slang) small change |
| KENNET | a district of Wiltshire | a small hunting-dog |
| KENT | a county of eastern England | to punt or pole |
| KERSANTITE | from Kersanton, in Brittany | a dyke rock of black mica and plagioclase |
| KERSEY | a Suffolk village near Hadley | a coarse woollen cloth |
| KIKUYU | an agrarian people of Kenya | a kind of grass |
| KITCHENER | a city in Ontario, southern Canada | a kitchen servant |
| KLANG | a town in Malaya | a musical note |
| KLONDIKE | a river and region in Yukon that had rich gold deposits | to export (fish, esp. mackerel or herring) while fresh, freq. to a factory ship |
| KORAT | a province of Thailand | a cat having a silver-blue coat |
| KREMLIN | a citadel or fortress within Russian cities | a fortress or strong place |
| KRYPTON | the home planet of Superman | a chemical element |
| KURGAN | a city in central Russia | (Russian) a prehistoric burial mound |
| KUTCH | an area in India, the Rann of Kutch | a dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu |
| KYLE | a North Yorkshire river | (Gaelic) a narrow strait |
| LABRADOR | northeastern part of the Canadian mainland | a breed of dog |
| LACONIC | from Lakonia, a province in ancient Greece | using few words |
| LANDAU | a town in Germany | a horse-drawn carriage |
| LANGLEY | a frequent name of places in Great Britain | a unit of illumination used to measure the temperature of a star |
| LATAKIA | a town in Syria | a kind of tobacco |
| LEATHERHEAD | a town in Surrey, England | a kind of Australian honeyeater, aka friarbird |
| LESBIAN | from Lesbos | a female homosexual |
| LETHE | the river of oblivion in Hades | oblivion, forgetfulness |
| LEVANT | the Eastern Mediterranean region | to abscond |
| LEWIS | the largest island of the Outer Hebrides | a dovetailed iron tenon made to fit into a stone so that it can be hoisted |
| LHERZOLITE | from Lake Lherz in the Pyrenees | a kidnof igneous rock |
| LIDO | a beach resort near Venice | a bathing beach, an open-air swimming pool |
| LIEGE | an industrial city of Belgium | a person under a feudal tenure |
| LILLIPUTIAN | from Lilliput, a country of small people in 'Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift | (someone who is) very small |
| LIMA | the capital of Peru | a kind of bean |
| LIMBURGITE | Limburg is a town in Baden | a volcanic rock composed of olivine and augite |
| LIMERICK | a town in Ireland | a humorous verse form |
| LIMOUSINE | from the Limousin district in France | a posh sort of car |
| LIONEL | a village on north of Lewis, Western Isles | a small lion used as a heraldic bearing |
| LIVERMORIUM | Livermore is a town in the U.S., site of the Lawrence Livermore laboratory | an artificially produced transuranic element |
| LOCKRAM | Locronan (Ronan's cell) in Brittany | a kind of coarse linen said to have been made there |
| LOD | a city in Israel | a statistical unit |
| LOGAN | a village near Cumnock, East Ayrshire | a rocking-stone |
| LOGIE | a village west of Leuchars, Fife | the space in front of a kiln fire |
| LOME | capital and the chief port of Togo | to cover with loam |
| LOVAT | an alternative name for the River Ouzel | grey-green, blue-green |
| LUCERNE | a Swiss tourist centre | a fodder plant, aka ALFALFA |
| MACASSAR | Macassar (now Ujung Pandang) in Indonesia | a kind of hair-oil |
| MACCABAW MACCABOY MACCOBOY | Macouba, the name of a tobacco-growing district in northern Martinique | a kind of snuff |
| MACKINAW | an island between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan | a heavy napped and felted wool cloth; a flat-bottomed lake boat |
| MADEIRA | a volcanic island group in the Atlantic | a white wine |
| MADISON | as in Madison Square Gardens, New York | a type of cycle race, first staged in Madison Square Gardens |
| MADRAS | a port in India | a cotton fabric |
| MADRILENE | French, from Spanish madrileno, of Madrid | a tomato-flavored consomme |
| MAELSTROM | a famous whirlpool off the coast of Norway | any whirlpool or confused state |
| MAGENTA | site of a battle in Italy | a colour, invented around the time of the battle |
| MAGYAR | a member of the majority ethnic group of Hungary | of a garment, cut with sleeves in a piece with the rest |
| MAIDENHEAD | a town in Berkshire, England | the state of being a maiden, virginity |
| MALACCA | a state in SW Malaysia | the stem of the rattan palm, used for walking sticks |
| MALI | a West African country, home of Timbuktu | one of the gardener class in India |
| MANCHESTER | a large city in England | household linen or cotton goods, such as sheets and towels |
| MANHATTAN | an area of New York | a kind of cocktail |
| MANILA | the capital of the Philippines | a fibre used in making rope |
| MANTUA | a town in Italy | a woman's light gown |
| MARATHON | the site of a battle in Greece | a long effort |
| MARCELLA | an anglicisation of Marseilles | a kind of material |
| MARENGO | the site of a battle in Italy | designating a dish browned in oil and sauteed in mushrooms, tomatoes, onions and white wine |
| MARIONBERRY | from Marion County, Oregon | a cross between a loganberry and a wild blackberry |
| MARSHALLS | a group of Pacific islands | (3rd.) MARSHALL, to marshal |
| MARTELLO | a circular fort for coastal defence | Cape Mortella in Corsica, where one resisted for some time a British cannonade in 1794 |
| MASURIUM | from Masurenland, in E Prussia, now in N Poland | a name proposed for element no 43 when its discovery was prematurely claimed |
| MAYO | a county in the Republic of Ireland | mayonnaise |
| MEATH | a county in the Leinster province, Eire | an alcoholic liquor, mead |
| MEKKA | holy city of Islam in western Saudi Arabia | a place visited by many people |
| MEDINA | a Saudi Arabian holy city | in N. African cities, the ancient native quarter |
| MEGARA | a town in eastern-central Greece | (pl.) MEGARON, the central hall of an ancient Greek, esp. Mycenaean, house. |
| MELTON | a village in Humberside and also Suffolk | a heavy woollen cloth |
| MENOMINEE | a native American people of Michigan | a small whitefish |
| MINORCA | the second largest of the Balearic Islands | a type of domestic fowl |
| MOCHA | a place in Yemen | a kind of coffee or ice-cream |
| MODENA | a city in Emilia, Italy | a dark purple colour |
| MOLDOVA | from Moldova, a republic in SE Europe | a green tektite found in the Czech republic, thought to be the product of an ancient meteorite impact in Germany |
| MOLOSSUS | from Molossia or Molossis in the Epirus region of ancient | a verse foot of three long syllables |
| MONADNOCK | Mount Monadnock is a mountain in New Hampshire, US | an isolated hill of hard rock that has resisted the erosion suffered by the land around it |
| MONTADALE | Montana (a state in the US) + dale | a breed of sheep |
| MONTELIMAR | a town in SE France | a kind of nougat |
| MOROCCO | a North African country | a kind of leather |
| MULLITE | from the Isle of Mull | a kind of mineral |
| MUNSTER MUENSTER | industrial city in North-west Germany | a kind of cheese |
| MUSCAT | the capital of Oman | muscatel wine; a musky variety of grape or its vine |
| MUSLIN | ultimately derives, via French and Italian, from Mosul in Mesopotamia | a plain-woven fine cotton |
| NAIRU | an island in the Pacific | acronym for Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment |
| NAKFA | from Nakfa, a town in Eritrea | a unit of currency in Eritrea |
| NANKIN NANKEEN | from Nankin, a town in China | a durable buff-coloured cotton |
| NAPA NAPPA | a town in California | a kind of soft leather |
| NATAL | a former province of S. Africa | relating to birth |
| NEANDERTHAL | a valley in Germany near Dusseldorf | an unenlightened or uncouth man |
| NEATH | West Glamorgan town and river | (obs.) beneath |
| NELSON | a Lancashire town | a wrestling hold |
| NENE | a river that rises near Daventry, Northants | a Hawaiian goose |
| NESS | a Scottish loch | a headland |
| NEWBIE | a coastline area in Dumfries and Galloway | a novice |
| NEWMARKET | racehorse town of Suffolk | a card game |
| NEWTON | popular place name across Britain | a unit of gravitational force |
| NITON | a small town on the Isle of Wight | an old name for the inert gas radon |
| NOME | an Alaskan town, finish of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race | a province or department esp. in ancient Greece |
| NUBIA | a region and former kingdom comprising southern Egypt and northern Sudan | a fleecy headgear |
| OERLIKON | a town near Zurich | an anti-aircraft cannon |
| ORLEANS | a town in France | a variety of plum |
| OSNABURG | = Osnabruck, a town in N. Germany | a coarse linen or cotton |
| OTTRELITE | from Ottrez in the Ardennes + lithos, stone | a kidn of mineral, lke chlorite but harder |
| OUTWELL | a village in Norfolk near Wisbech | to pour out |
| OXFORD | an English university city | a type of shoe |
| PAISLEY | an industrial town in South-west Scotland | a patterned fabric |
| PALAMPORE PALEMPORE | a town in N. India | a flowered chintz bedcover common in Asia |
| PALMYRA | an ancient city and oasis in Syrian desert | a species of palm |
| PANAMA | republic of Central America | a kind of straw hat |
| PANDY | village and locality found in Gwynedd | to beat on the palm of the hand |
| PANTON | hamlet near Wragby, Lincolnshire | a Scots slipper |
| PARGASITE | from Pargas, a Finnish island | a dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende |
| PARIS | the capital of France | a European herb |
| PARMESAN | relating to Parma in Italy | an Italian hard cheese |
| PARTON | a village of Cumbria | a hypothetical particle |
| PAUL | a village on south side of Penzance, Cornwall | an obsolete silver coin |
| PEMBROKE | a town in South-west Wales | a small four-legged table with hinged flaps |
| PENK | a river rising west of Codsall, Staffordshire | a minnow |
| PENNINE | of the hills that make England's backbone | a mineral of the chlorite group |
| PERRIER | a spring in Southern France | a short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot |
| PETERSHAM | London locality in Richmond | a rough, knotted woollen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats |
| PHOENIX | the capital of Arizona | a mythological bird |
| PIEDMONT | a region between New Jersey and Alabama | an area of land formed or lying at the foot of a mountain |
| PIMA | a county in Arizona | a strong cotton |
| PINKIE | a Lothian battle site, south-east of Musselburgh | the little finger |
| PINNER | a London locality in the borough of Harrow | one who impounds cattle |
| PODUNK | the name of a river and a native tribe in Connecticut | a small unimportant town |
| POLISH | from Poland | to make smooth and lustrous by rubbing |
| POLLY | a Highland river | a kind of mineral water |
| POMPEY | a slang name for Portsmouth | (Dickens) to spoil |
| PONTIANAC PONTIANAK | a town in Borneo | a naturally occurring rubber-like substance, aka JELUTONG |
| POPERIN POPRIN POPPERING | from Poperinghe in Belgium | a variety of pear |
| POPLAR | a London district in Tower Hamlets | a kind of tree |
| PORLOCKING | Porlock is a town in Somerset | an irksome intrusion or interruption [from an anecdote concerning the poet Coleridge, who claimed to have been interrupted by a person form Porlock while composing one of his poems] |
| PORTLAND | an Isle in Dorset, south of Weymouth | a kind of cement, having the color of the Portland stone |
| PUDSEY | a West Yorkshire town near Leeds | pudgy, podgy |
| PUEBLO | a city and county of south central Colorado | a communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico |
| PULA | a tonw in Croatia | a currency unit of Botswana |
| PUNA | a cold, bleak plateau of the Andes | a cold Andean wind |
| RABAT | a port and the capital of Morocco | to rotate into coincidence with another plane |
| RAGLAN | a village south-west of Monmouth | a loose overcoat with large sleeves |
| RAMBOUILLET | a town in N France | a breed of sheep |
| RAMILIE RAMILLIE | from Ramillies, site of a battle won by Marlborough | a type of wig |
| RAPLOCH | a village near Stirling, Scotland | homespun; a homespun cloth |
| RATLING | a hamlet near Aylesham, Kent | any of the small lines forming the steps of the rigging of ships |
| RATTERY | a village west of Totnes, Devon | a place where rats are kept |
| RHINE | a well known river of German | a drainage channel |
| RHONE | a region and river of France | (Scots) a roof-gutter |
| RIALTO | a district and island of Venice, with a famous bridge over the Grand Canal | a theatrical district; a marketplace |
| RIOJA | a town in N. Spain | a Spanish red wine |
| RIVIERA | a coastal district in France | any warm coastal district reminiscent of the Riviera |
| ROKER | an area of Sunderland | a kind of ray or skate |
| ROMA | the Italian name for Rome | (pl.) ROM, a gypsy man |
| ROMAN | an Essex river | a metrical narrative of medieval France |
| ROQUEFORT | a commune in southern France | a kind of cheese |
| ROTHER | a river in Kent and East Sussex | an ox, a cow |
| ROTTWEILER | an inhabitant of ROTTWEIL, in Germany | a large powerful breed of dog |
| RUBICON | a river of central Italy | the winning of a game in piquet before one's opponent scores; (verb) to win in this way |
| RUGBY | a town in England | a kind of football |
| RUSSIA | a large Eurasian country | a kind of leather |
| RYAL | a hamlet in Northumberland | an old English gold coin |
| SAHIWAL | a town in the Punjab | a breed of cattle |
| SANTOS | a Brazilian port located SE of Sao Paulo | (Pl.) SANTO, a saint's image |
| SARGASSO | a sea surrounding the Bermudas | a kind of seaweed |
| SARK | one of the Channel Islands | a shirt, a chemise |
| SASSOLIN SASSOLITE | from Sasso, an area of hot springs in Tuscany | a native boric acid |
| SATSUMA | a province of SW Japan | a thin-skinned seedless type of mandarin orange |
| SAUTERNE | a district in France | a white wine |
| SAVOYARD | from the Savoy Theatre in London | a devotee of Gilbert and Sullivan operas |
| SAXONY | a historical territory of Germany | a fine soft woollen fabric |
| SCHIEDAM | a town near Rotterdam | Holland gin, made at Schiedam |
| SEALYHAM | a locality south of Fishguard, Dyfed | a kind of terrier |
| SEINE | a river that flows through Paris | to fish with a certain kind of net |
| SELTZER | cf. Nieder-Selters near Wiesbaden in Germany | a kind of mineral water |
| SHANGHAI | a city port and municipality of China | to kidnap |
| SHANTUNG | = Shandong, a province in China | a plain rough cloth of wild silk |
| SHASTA | a mountain in California | a flower of the daisy family |
| SHILLELAGH | a village in County Wicklow, Ireland, famous for its oaks | an Irish cudgel |
| SHIRAZ | from Shiraz in Iran | a variety of grape |
| SIENITE SYENITE | from Syene in Egypt, the Greek name for Aswan | a coarse-grained plutonic rock |
| SIENNA | from Siena, a town in Italy | a fine pigment made from ferruginous ochreous earth |
| SILESIA | a part of Poland | a thin twilled cotton or linen |
| SLOUGH | a town in Berkshire, England | a bog, a muddy place |
| SODOM | a depraved city mentioned in Genesis | any place notorious for vice |
| SOHO | a seedy area of London | a hunting cry |
| SOLFERINO | a town in Lombardy, Italy | a moderate purplish-red |
| SOMERSET | a county in the west of England | a somersault |
| SPAIN | European country on the Iberian peninsula | (Scots) to wean |
| SPEEDWELL | a district of Bristol, east of city centre | a small blue flower |
| STEENKIRK STEINKIRK | From the battle of Steenkerke, 3 August 1692, in which the French won a victory over the English | a neckcloth or cravat with long lace ends |
| STEPNEY | a district of Tower Hamlets, London | a spare wheel |
| STROUD | a town in Gloucestershire | a kind of coarse blanket made at Stroud |
| STURMER | a town in Essex | a kind of dessert apple developed at Sturmer |
| SUMATRA | an island of Greater Sunda, Indonesia | a short, violent squall in or near the Straits of Malacca |
| SURAT | a city in W. India | a coarse uncoloured cotton |
| SURREY | a county of southern England | a horse-drawn carriage |
| SWEDE | an inhabitant of Sweden | a kind of vegetable |
| SWISS | from Switzerland | a cotton fabric |
| SYRAH | the ancient Persian City of Shiraz | a red wine grape |
| TALEGGIO | a town in the Lombardy region of Italy | an Italian cheese |
| TAMWORTH | a district and town of Staffordshire | a kind of pig |
| TANAGRA | a town in ancient Boeotia | a kind of pottery |
| TANGERINE | a native of Tangier on the coast of Morocco | a kind of thin-skinned orange |
| TARA | a palace and coronation site of many Irish kings | a New Zealand fern |
| TARSUS | a city in Icel province, south-eastern Turkey | the part of the leg between the knee and the foot |
| TATTERSALL | from Tattersall's, a horse market in London. | a pattern of squares formed by dark lines on a light background; a cloth with this pattern |
| TELEMARK | a town in Norway | a kind of turn in skiing |
| TELFORD | new town of Shropshire | a road made of stones |
| TEQUILA | a district of Mexico | an alcoholic drink made from the agave plant |
| TERAI | a district in India | a wide-brimmed double-crowned ventilated felt hat |
| TEREK | a river flowing into the Caspian Sea | a kind of sandpiper |
| TEXAS | the Lone Star State in the USA | the uppermost structure on a steamboat |
| THEBES | a city of ancient Boeotia, in Greece | Pl. of THEBE, a monetary unit of Botswana |
| THORPE | a common village name in northern England | a village or hamlet |
| TILBURY | a large container port in Essex | a light open two-wheeled carriage |
| TOKAY | = Tokaj, a town in Hungary | a large gecko of S. Asia |
| TOLEDO | a city in central Spain on the river Tagus | a sword made at Toledo |
| TOLU | Santiago de Tolu is a town in New Granada, Spain | a fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu |
| TONGA | a Polynesian country in the south-west Pacific | a light two-wheeled Indian vehicle |
| TORBANITE | Torbane Hill, Bathgate, Scotland | a shale, almost a coal, once mined for oil at Torbane Hill. |
| TRIPOLI | major cities of Libya and Lebanon | an earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals |
| TRITON | the largest of Neptune's moons | a genus of large gastropods |
| TROY | an ancient city of Asia Minor | a system of weights |
| TULLE | a French town in the department in Correze | a delicate thin silk fabric |
| TUPELO | a city in NE Mississippi | a N. American tree |
| TURKEY | a European country | a large American bird |
| TURK | an inhabitant of Turkey | one who eagerly advocates change |
| TUXEDO | a park in New York | a dinner jacket |
| TWANKAY | = Tong-ke or Tun-chi in China | a kind of green tea |
| TWEED | a river rising in Scotland at Tweed's Well | a woven fabric |
| TYNE | a river in the north of England | (Spenser) to lose |
| ULSTER | Northern Ireland | a kind of overcoat |
| UTOPIA | a perfect state imagined by Sir Thomas More | any place imagined to be ideal |
| VALENCIA | an autonomous region of eastern Spain | a kind of woven fabric |
| VAUDEVILLE | from vau (val) de Vire the valley of the Vire, in Normandy | variety entertainment; orig a popular song with topical allusions; such songs were popular in the reigon in the 15th century. |
| VENETIAN | from Venice | a flexible window screen |
| VENUS | the sister planet of Earth | a kind of mollusc |
| VESUVIAN | relating to Vesuvius | a smoker's slow-burning match |
| VICHY | town of France famous for its spa | a kind of mineral water |
| VICTORIA | an Australian state | a kind of open carriage |
| VIDALIA | a town in Georgia | a kind of sweet onion |
| VIKING | a sea area and weather region | a sea-raider, a pirate |
| VIRGINIA | a state in the US | a type of flue-cured tobacco grown originally in Virginia |
| VIZSLA | a town in Hungary | a Hungarian breed of hunting dog |
| VULPINITE | from Vulpino in Lombardy | a granular scaly form of the mineral anhydrite |
| VOLTA | an African lake and river | a lively dance in 3/4 time |
| WAGGA | as in Wagga Wagga, a city in NSW, Australia | (Aust. sl.) a blanket |
| WALES | a country of Britain and the UK | (pl.) WALE, a weal |
| WALLSEND | a town near Newcastle | a kind of coal |
| WANTAGE | an Oxfordshire town | a deficiency, a shortage |
| WARSAW | the capital of Poland, on the River Vistula | a kind of fish |
| WATCHET | a port on the Bristol Channel | a pale blue material |
| WATERLOO | a small town in central Belgium | a decisive defeat or setback |
| WELSH | from Wales | to fail to pay a debt |
| WENSLEYDALE | a dale in Yorkshire, England | a kind of cheese |
| WIGAN | a town in Greater Manchester, NW England | a stiff plain-woven cotton |
| WIGHT | an island, sea area and weather region | a creature, a being |
| WINCHESTER | a town in Hampshire, England | a large cylindrical bottle with a narrow neck used for transporting chemicals |
| WOOMERA | an Australian missile and rocket launch site | a stick for launching a spear with greater force |
| WORCESTER | a cathedral city on the River Severn | a kind of fine wool made at Worcester |
| WORTHING | a town in West Sussex | (pp.) WORTH, to be, happen |
| YALE | an Ivy League university in New Haven, Connecticut | a mythical heraldic beast |
| YAPOCK YAPOK | from the river Oyapok in French Guiana | an amphibious opossum of South America |
| YOKER | a suburb of Glasgow | one who yokes |
| YORK | an ancient city of England | to bowl a batsman with a YORKER |
| ZAIRE | a country in Africa | a monetary unit of Zaire |
| ZANTE | one of the Ionian islands | the wood of the smoke tree |
| ZORGITE | from Zorge in the Harz mountains | a metallic copper-lead selenite |
| ZOUK | a trendy spot in Singapore | an Arab market |