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  • 31place of correction —    obsolete    a prison    Named for an honest, but usually unfulfilled, aspiration:     Your places of correction could be as quiet as Chelsea Hospital. (Ustinov, 1971) …

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  • 32Leaman Place, Pennsylvania — Leaman Place is a named place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Leaman Place is known mostly as a whistle stop. President Abraham Lincoln spoke at this station on February 22, 1861 to a crowd of 5,000. [… …

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  • 33List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin — Place names in Australia have names of Aboriginal origin for three main reasons:* Historically, white explorers and surveyors may have asked local Aboriginal people the name of a place, and named it accordingly. Where they didn t ask, they may… …

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  • 34Champlain Place — Place Champlain Place Location Dieppe (Moncton), New Brunswick Coordinates …

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  • 35Rouppe, Place/Rouppeplein —    Place Rouppe was inaugurated on 26 September 1841. Named in honor of the city s first burgomaster Nicolas Rouppe, the square is sited on a large meadow that was used as a place to dry the laundry of a nearby firm, the Blanchisserie de la… …

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  • 36New Zealand place names — Most New Zealand place names are derived from Māori and British sources. Both groups used names to commemorate notable people, events, places from their homeland, their ships or to described the surrounding area. The Māori did not have a… …

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  • 37List of New Zealand place names and their meanings — Placenames in New Zealand derive largely from British and Māori origins. An overview of naming practices can be found at New Zealand place names. * Akaroa Kāi Tahu Māori for Long Harbour . * Albert Town named after Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg… …

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  • 38List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin — This list of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin contains Canadian places whose names originate from the words of the First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, collectively referred to as Aboriginal peoples in Canada. When possible the original word …

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  • 39List of place names in New England of aboriginal origin — This is a List of place names in New England of aboriginal origin. New England is in the northeastern part of the United States, and comprises six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Listed are… …

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  • 40Exhibition Place — Looking East from the CNE Ferris Wheel (National Trade Centre at left, Automotive Building at right). T …

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