This is a list of place names originally used in England and then later applied to other places throughout the world via English settlers and explorers.
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Argentina
- Hurlingham
- Londres (Spanish for London)
- Ranelagh
Australia
See English place names in Australia
Bangladesh
Barbados
See English place names in Barbados
Bolivia
Bermuda
Canada
See English place names in Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
- Liverpool
Hong Kong
India
- Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh (after Earl (later Marquess) of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India (1848–1856))
- McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh (after Sir Donald Friell McLeod, KCSI CB, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab (1865–1870))
- Forsythganj, Himachal Pradesh (after TD Forsythe, Esq, Civil Service, Asst Commissioner Simla District (1850))
- Wellington, Tamil Nadu (after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)
- Forbesganj, Bihar (after Alexander John Forbes British District Collector and Municipal Commissioner of East India Company)
- Canning, West Bengal (after Lord Canning, Governor-General of India (1856–1858), and Governor-General & Viceroy (1858–1862))
- Landsdowne, Uttarakhand (after Lord Landsdowne, Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1888–1894)
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (The anglicised term of Lakhnau in Hindi)
Places in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Port Blair (after Archibald Blair, Esq, Captain in the Maritime Establishment of the East India Company at Bombay)
- Ritchie's Archipelago (after John Ritchie, 18th-century British marine surveyor)
- Napier Bay Island Group (likely after Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, C-in-C India (1870 – 1876))
- Henry Lawrence Island (after Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence KCB, Chief Commissioner Oudh)
- John Lawrence Island (after Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1864–1869)
- Wilson Island (after Sir Archdale Wilson, Commandant Bengal Artillery Meerut, lead the action in Delhi and Lucknow, 1857)
- Outram Island (after Lieutenant General Sir James Outram, capture of Lucknow, 1857)
- Peel Island (after Captain Sir William Peel, Victoria Cross, wounded in the Relief of Lucknow)
- James Island
- Kyd Island
- Smith Island
- Pocock Island
- Montgomery Island
- Patric Island
- Clyde Island
- Elizabeth Bay
- Campbell Bay
- Macpherson's Strait
- Mount Harriet National Park (after Harriet Tytler, wife of Capt Robert Tytler of the 38th Native Infantry (1857), Supdt of Cellular Jail (1862). To be renamed "Mount Manipur")
- Stewart Island
- Stewartgunj
- Anderson Island
- Bennett Island (after Capt Bennett, Marine)
- Colebrook Island
Places in cities
- Churchgate, in Mumbai
- Whitefield, in Bengaluru
- Hastings, in Kolkata
Renamed places
- Daltongunj, Jharkhand (renamed Medininagar, 2004)
- Ross Island (renamed Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island, Dec 2018)
- Neill Island (renamed Shaheed Dweep,Dec 2018)
- Havelock Island (renamed Swaraj Dweep, Dec 2018)
Renamed places in cities
- Connaught Place (renamed Rajiv Chowk 1995),
Ireland
Israel
Jamaica
Malaysia
- Butterworth, Penang
- Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur
- George Town, Penang
- Cameron Highlands, Pahang
- Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan
- Slim River, Perak
- Victoria, Labuan
- Fraser's Hill, Pahang
Montserrat
Pakistan
Serbia
South Africa
- Arlington
- Bedford
- Boston
- Bramley
- Derby
- Epsom Downs
- Everton
- Kensington
- Kenton-on-Sea
- Lindley, Free State
- Lindley, Gauteng
- Malmesbury
- Margate
- New Brighton
- Newcastle
- Pennington
- Richmond
- Sandhurst
- Somerset East
- Somerset West
- Sydenham
- Worcester
- York
- Wellington
Sri Lanka
See Place names in Sri Lanka with an English name
- Alton
- Brampton
- Bray
- Devon Falls
- Harrow
- Hatton
- Hythe
- Kenilworth
- Marlborough
- Norton Bridge
- Norwood
- Preston
Trinidad and Tobago
- Plymouth
United States
See List of locations in the United States with an English name
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