A list of 134 words by bilby.
- limousinewas added by bilby and appears on 14 lists
- curassowwas added by bilby and appears on 11 lists
- shantungwas added by bilby and appears on 20 lists
- coachwas added by bilby and appears on 56 lists
- duffelwas added by bilby and appears on 16 lists
- duncewas added by bilby and appears on 45 lists
- damsonwas added by bilby and appears on 27 lists
- tullewas added by bilby and appears on 56 lists
- doolallywas added by bilby and appears on 21 lists
- Jurassicwas added by bilby and appears on 5 lists
- euripuswas added by bilby and appears on 14 lists
- tarantellawas added by bilby and appears on 39 lists
- gasconadewas added by bilby and appears on 53 lists
- bargellowas added by bilby and appears on 7 lists
- elbaitewas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- bougiewas added by bilby and appears on 23 lists
- miascitewas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- hessianwas added by bilby and appears on 22 lists
- mozambique drillwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- dum-dumwas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- shetlandwas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- cantaloupewas added by bilby and appears on 32 lists
- muslinwas added by bilby and appears on 63 lists
- dornockwas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- jaconetwas added by bilby and appears on 12 lists
- bridewellwas added by bilby and appears on 11 lists
- golcondawas added by bilby and appears on 15 lists
- malaccawas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- meanderwas added by bilby and appears on 162 lists
- genappewas added by bilby and appears on 5 lists
- steenkirkwas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- shanghaiwas added by bilby and appears on 31 lists
- pharologywas added by bilby and appears on 12 lists
- mochawas added by bilby and appears on 50 lists
- manillawas added by bilby and appears on 9 lists
- gauzewas added by bilby and appears on 42 lists
- labradorwas added by bilby and appears on 12 lists
- millinerwas added by bilby and appears on 44 lists
- copperwas added by bilby and appears on 99 lists
- friezewas added by bilby and appears on 71 lists
- currantwas added by bilby and appears on 23 lists
- dumdumwas added by bilby and appears on 13 lists
- lesbianwas added by bilby and appears on 37 lists
- sherrywas added by bilby and appears on 21 lists
- congawas added by bilby and appears on 21 lists
- portwas added by bilby and appears on 67 lists
- palacewas added by bilby and appears on 25 lists
- charlestonwas added by bilby and appears on 11 lists
- guineawas added by bilby and appears on 32 lists
- canarywas added by bilby and appears on 55 lists
- bourbonwas added by bilby and appears on 46 lists
- cambricwas added by bilby and appears on 29 lists
- gypsywas added by bilby and appears on 81 lists
- bungalowwas added by bilby and appears on 59 lists
- atticwas added by bilby and appears on 53 lists
- bikiniwas added by bilby and appears on 24 lists
- tawdrywas added by bilby and appears on 187 lists
- bunkumwas added by bilby and appears on 45 lists
- tabbywas added by bilby and appears on 26 lists
- blarneywas added by bilby and appears on 32 lists
- solecismwas added by bilby and appears on 229 lists
- indigowas added by bilby and appears on 151 lists
- sardonicwas added by bilby and appears on 337 lists
- marathonwas added by bilby and appears on 18 lists
- suedewas added by bilby and appears on 24 lists
- dollarwas added by bilby and appears on 29 lists
- tangerinewas added by bilby and appears on 80 lists
- cordovanwas added by bilby and appears on 26 lists
- turquoisewas added by bilby and appears on 89 lists
- tarantulawas added by bilby and appears on 23 lists
- frankfurterwas added by bilby and appears on 13 lists
- madraswas added by bilby and appears on 22 lists
- homburgwas added by bilby and appears on 18 lists
- gethsemanewas added by bilby and appears on 17 lists
- oronocowas added by bilby and appears on 5 lists
- gorgonzolawas added by bilby and appears on 47 lists
- parramattawas added by bilby and appears on 5 lists
- paisleywas added by bilby and appears on 47 lists
- angorawas added by bilby and appears on 21 lists
- fezwas added by bilby and appears on 48 lists
- cheddarwas added by bilby and appears on 27 lists
- dungareewas added by bilby and appears on 18 lists
- calicowas added by bilby and appears on 65 lists
- buckramwas added by bilby and appears on 40 lists
- bayonetwas added by bilby and appears on 30 lists
- cashmerewas added by bilby and appears on 58 lists
- jeanswas added by bilby and appears on 16 lists
- chinawas added by bilby and appears on 49 lists
- parchmentwas added by bilby and appears on 53 lists
- limerickwas added by bilby and appears on 32 lists
- carrickmacrosswas added by bilby and appears on 7 lists
- newfoundlandwas added by bilby and appears on 12 lists
- alsatianwas added by bilby and appears on 10 lists
- dalmatianwas added by bilby and appears on 9 lists
- weimaranerwas added by bilby and appears on 12 lists
- cognacwas added by bilby and appears on 32 lists
- utopiawas added by bilby and appears on 102 lists
- mayonnaisewas added by bilby and appears on 31 lists
- marsalawas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- magentawas added by bilby and appears on 84 lists
- chiantiwas added by bilby and appears on 17 lists
- champagnewas added by bilby and appears on 80 lists
- shirazwas added by bilby and appears on 11 lists
- bordeauxwas added by bilby and appears on 9 lists
- spartanwas added by bilby and appears on 87 lists
- laconicwas added by bilby and appears on 501 lists
- almandinewas added by bilby and appears on 11 lists
- spessartinewas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- lapis lazuliwas added by bilby and appears on 50 lists
- dravitewas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- balkanisationwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- moroccowas added by bilby and appears on 23 lists
- guernseywas added by bilby and appears on 10 lists
- jerseywas added by bilby and appears on 27 lists
- damascenewas added by bilby and appears on 35 lists
- damaskwas added by bilby and appears on 85 lists
- jodhpurswas added by bilby and appears on 46 lists
- schorlwas added by bilby and appears on 12 lists
- donnybrookwas added by bilby and appears on 80 lists
- denimwas added by bilby and appears on 46 lists
- tuxedowas added by bilby and appears on 30 lists
- balaclavawas added by bilby and appears on 53 lists
- serendipitywas added by bilby and appears on 489 lists
- calicowas added by bilby and appears on 65 lists
- cravatwas added by bilby and appears on 73 lists
- berlinerwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- anti-macassarwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- bohemianwas added by bilby and appears on 70 lists
- venetianswas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- hackneywas added by bilby and appears on 40 lists
- vernissagewas added by bilby and appears on 30 lists
- finlandisationwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- wienerwas added by bilby and appears on 21 lists
- hamburgerwas added by bilby and appears on 31 lists
sionnach commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
I learn something on wordie every day - I would never have figured varnish/vernissage to have toponymic origins.
How about serendipity? balaclava? tuxedo? denim? donnybrook?
December 6, 2007
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
All smashing suggestions. Serendipity is fanciful but, hey, so am I.
December 6, 2007
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
I've always wanted to go to Donnybrook and have an argument with someone.
December 6, 2007
seanahan commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
There's always champagne. There are of course a whole host of other alcoholic drinks with place names, bordeaux, shiraz, etc.
December 6, 2007
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Good point seanahan, I'll send the harvester after those shortly. Food, drink, clothes are all profitable areas here. Items like Finlandisation are priceless because they're so quirky.
December 6, 2007
rolig commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
A wonderful list!
I, too, was surprised to learn the origin of varnish/vernissage. Thanks!
Here are a few others: damask, damascene, jersey, morocco, and, to go with your finlandisation, balkanisation.
December 6, 2007
rolig commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
and then there's laconic. I'll say no more.
December 7, 2007
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
!
December 8, 2007
rolig commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
well, I probably will say more. I was just trying to be, you know, laconic. Now for a really interesting toponym, you could try buggery, though technically, I suppose that's an ethnonym.
December 8, 2007
rolig commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
bilby, I just realized that could sound like I was telling you to bugger off, which I'm not at all. I hope you didn't take that the wrong way. (oops, there I go again!)
December 8, 2007
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Never mind. On a place like Wordie it pays to be a leetle careful with the connotations :-)
I'm going to be crusty-craniumed about this list and keep it for words that really fit. Even danish I will exclude because it relates to a culture/people, which in turn relates to a place, but the term for the pastry is not derived from the name of the place. Mako senso? Thinko not so :-(
December 8, 2007
rolig commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
If you are being careful about distinguishing between place and people, then cravat (< Hrvat, "Croatian") probably should be elsewhere.
December 10, 2007
rolig commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Also, if you have serendipity, how about utopian?
And then there's mayonnaise.
December 10, 2007
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Grey area rollie, I'll think about it. Love the suggestions. I'm wondering if dystopia was also a place in the novel or just formed by derivation from utopia.
December 10, 2007
rolig commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
well, it's your gray matter, or course . . . Would there by a dystopia without Utopia? Not sure. I expect that whereas utopian derives from More's fictional world, dystopia derives from (as an antonym to) the literary genre of utopia of which More's Utopia is the eponym. Getting a bit tangled, aren't I?
Once you open the door to fictional places as sources of toponyms, you might consider lilliputian and brobdingnagian, too, of course.
December 11, 2007
rolig commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Bilby, I came across another surprising toponym for you: tarantula!
December 31, 2007
skipvia commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Very interesting list! Madras and frankfurter come to mind...
December 31, 2007
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Thanks Skip! Not sure why frankfurter didn't come to mind when I listed homburg.
December 31, 2007
plethora commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Since you've got hamburger and frankfurter, how about berliner?
April 1, 2008
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Berliner's on the list, eighth from the bottom.
April 1, 2008
plethora commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Yes, I saw it just after I posted the comment. I did look before I said it, I must have missed it. My bad.
April 2, 2008
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Never mind pleth, suggestions are welcome. Perhaps you'll come up with something another time.
April 2, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Oooh, I love this list!
Also, by the way... I think it's spelled "manila".
August 20, 2010
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Cheers ptero. It's manilla in these here parts.
August 20, 2010
erinmckean commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
a recent WOTD might belong on this list: euripus
October 11, 2017
bilby commented on the list tip-top-toponymic
Grazie Erin!
October 12, 2017