List of double placenames
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The following is a list of placenames that prominently feature the names of two or more constituent geopolitical entities. Most are conjoined using hyphenation or grammatical conjunction.
Contents
- Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda
- Bosnia-Hercegovina: Bosnia and Hercegovina
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Papua New Guinea: Papua and British New Guinea
- São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Saint Vincent and Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands
- Kosovo and Metohija: Kosovo proper and Metohija
- La Cañada Flintridge: Two unincorporated areas joined into one city.
- Newfoundland and Labrador: Newfoundland and Labrador
- Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Rhode Island proper and Providence Plantations
- San Andrés and Providencia: San Andrés Island and Providencia Island
- Budapest formed by the amalgamation of Buda and Pest on opposite sides of the Danube River in 1873.
Many federal states of Germany, regions of France, federal subjects of Russia and autonomous communities of Spain also feature two or more placenames conjoined by a hyphen or with the word "and" (or its translation).
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands
- Kosovo and Metohija: Kosovo proper and Metohija
- La Cañada Flintridge: Two unincorporated areas joined into one city.
- Newfoundland and Labrador: Newfoundland and Labrador
- Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Rhode Island proper and Providence Plantations
- San Andrés and Providencia: San Andrés Island and Providencia Island
- Budapest formed by the amalgamation of Buda and Pest on opposite sides of the Danube River in 1873.
United Kingdom
England
- Bath and North East Somerset: Bath and north east Somerset
- Blackburn with Darwen: Blackburn with Darwen
- Brighton and Hove: Brighton and Hove
- Redcar and Cleveland: Redcar and Cleveland
- Telford and Wrekin: Telford and Wrekin
- Tyne and Wear: River Tyne and River Wear
Northern Ireland
- Dungannon and South Tyrone: Dungannon and south Tyrone
- Newry and Mourne: area around Newry and the Mourne Mountains
Scotland
Wales
- Neath Port Talbot: Neath and Port Talbot
- Rhondda Cynon Taff: River Rhondda, River Cynon, and River Taff
Non-sovereign entities
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands: Ashmore Island and Cartier Island
- Heard and McDonald Islands: Heard Island and McDonald Island
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon: Saint Pierre Island and Miquelon
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
- Trindade and Martim Vaz: Trindade Island and Martim Vaz Island
- Turks and Caicos Islands: Turks and Caicos
- Wallis and Futuna Islands: Wallis Island and Futuna Islands
Others
- Lewis with Harris: one island consisting of Lewis and Harris
Includes defunct personal unions and dissolved political unions.
- Austria-Hungary: Austria and Hungary
- Denmark-Norway: Denmark and Norway
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands
- Great Britain and Ireland: Great Britain and Ireland
- Poland-Lithuania: Poland and Lithuania
- Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- Ruanda-Urundi: Rwanda and Burundi
- Serbia and Montenegro: Serbia and Montenegro
- Río de Oro y Saguía el Hamra: Río de Oro and Saguía el-Hamra
- Sweden-Finland: Sweden and Finland
- Sweden-Norway: Sweden and Norway
Triple
Traditionally or conventionally conjoined entities
Separate entities historically treated as one single unit.
- Alsace-Lorraine: Alsace and Lorraine
- Baker and Howland Islands: Baker Island and Howland Island
- Bohemia and Moravia: Bohemia and Moravia
- England and Wales: England and Wales
- Eupen and Malmedy: Eupen and Malmedy
- Matthew and Hunter Islands: Matthew Island and Hunter Island
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen: Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Some names have been coined as an alternative to using hyphenation or grammatical conjunction.
- Czechoslovakia: the Czech lands and Slovakia
- Pakistan: purportedly an acronym of the initials of some of the constituent provinces carved from British India to form West Pakistan
- Tanzania: Tanganyika and Zanzibar
False double placename
The word "and" in its name does not signify the union of two distinct territories.
- Sala y Gómez: one island named for two people
In at least one case, the name of a city in two different languages has been joined by a hyphen to become the community's official name:
- Vitoria-Gasteiz: the combination of this city's Spanish name of Vitoria and Basque name of Gasteiz
See also
- Czechoslovakia: the Czech lands and Slovakia
- Pakistan: purportedly an acronym of the initials of some of the constituent provinces carved from British India to form West Pakistan
- Tanzania: Tanganyika and Zanzibar
False double placename
The word "and" in its name does not signify the union of two distinct territories.- Sala y Gómez: one island named for two people
- Vitoria-Gasteiz: the combination of this city's Spanish name of Vitoria and Basque name of Gasteiz
See also
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