Alabaster, Bikinis, and Calvados: An ABC of Toponymous Words |
Common terms and phrases
adjective American ancient Angostura Bitters Badminton Balaclava became Berlin wool-work Bermuda blue breed Britain British Broderie anglaise called Calvados Canaries cards centre Chartreuse cheese China Chinese cloth coast Cognac coined coloured comes commemorate connection Cor Anglais curaçao dance Dartford Dartford warbler Demerara derived developed Dictionary doubt Duffle early east eighteenth century England English etymology Europe famous fashion France French German given Greek Guernsey India Inverness cape island Italian known Leghorn liqueur London macassar oil Mafficking manufactured Maris Piper Marsala meaning meringue miles Napoleon nineteenth century Norfolk jacket noun nowadays originally Oxford Paris patterns Plymouth Brethren Pontefract cakes popular Port probably produced reference river Roman Royal Sandwich tern savonnerie Scarborough Sealyham terrier seaport seems South south-east Spanish Strontium supposed takes its name Tasmanian devils term toponyms town trade Troy variety Victorian village Welsh Rabbit wine word World Yorkshire Ytterbium