List of political entities named after people
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Around the world there are a number of countries and many administrative divisions named after famous people. For a general etymological listing of place names see Placename etymology.

Continents

• Europe - Europa
• North America and South America - Amerigo Vespucci

Countries

• Bermuda - Juan de Bermudez (crown colony)
• Bolivia - Simón Bolívar
• Cambodia - Cambu Svayambhuva
• Colombia - Christopher Columbus
• El Salvador - Jesus Christ, "The Saviour"
• Israel - Jacob
• Kiribati - Thomas Gilbert
• Liechtenstein - John Adam of Liechtenstein
• Marshall Islands - John Marshall
• Mauritius - Maurice of Nassau
• Philippines - Philip II of Spain
• Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Christopher
• Saint Lucia - Lucy of Syracuse (?)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Saint Vincent
• San Marino - Marinus the Dalmatian
• São Tomé and Príncipe - Thomas
• Saudi Arabia - Muhammad bin Saud
• Seychelles - Jean Moreau de Sechelles
• Solomon Islands - Solomon

Former Countries

• Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) - Cecil Rhodes
• Southern Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) - Cecil Rhodes
• Rome - Romulus

Administrative divisions

Australia

• Queensland - Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
• Tasmania - Abel Tasman
• Victoria - Queen Victoria

Canada

• Alberta - Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria
• British Columbia - Christopher Columbus
• Prince Edward Island - King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, named during his mother's reign while he was still Prince of Wales

France

• Lorraine - Lothar
• Saint-Pierre and Miquelon - St. Peter
• Wallis and Futuna - Samuel Wallis, 18th century navigator

Mexico

• Guerrero - Vicente Guerrero
• Hidalgo - Miguel Hidalgo
• Morelos - José María Morelos
• Quintana Roo - Andrés Quintana Roo
• Veracruz-Llave - Ignacio de la Llave

New Zealand/Aotearoa

• Cook Islands - Captain James Cook

Romania

• Bessarabia - from Basarab I

United Kingdom

• Anglesey - Ongull, a Scandinavian landowner
• Angus - King Angus of the Picts
• Bedfordshire - Bieda, a Saxon landowner ("Bieda's ford" + shire)
• Brecknockshire - Prince Brychan
• Buckinghamshire - Bucca, a Saxon landowner ("Bucca's home" + shire)
• Cardigan - Ceredig, son of Cunedda
• Fife - Fib of the Picts, one of the seven sons of Cruithe
• Gibraltar - Tarik-ibn-Ziyad (from Arabic djebl al-Tarik or "mountain of Tarik")
• Glamorgan - Prince Morgan the Old of Gwent
• Gwynedd - Cunedda
• Hampshire - Hamo, a 6th century Saxon settler and landowner
• Kirkcudbright - Saint Cuthbert ("church of Cuthbert")
• Lothian - Leudonus
• Merionethshire - Meirion, son of Cunedda
• Nottinghamshire - Snot, a Saxon landowner ("Snot's home" + shire)
• Roxburghshire - Hroc, an ancient landowner ("Hroc's fortress" + shire)
• Rutland - Rota, a Saxon landowner ("Rota's land")

United States

• Delaware - Thomas West, Lord de la Warr
• Georgia - King George I of England
• Louisiana - King Louis XIV of France
• Maryland - Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, wife of Charles I
• North Carolina and South Carolina - King Charles I of England
• Pennsylvania - William Penn
• Virginia and West Virginia - Queen Elizabeth I of England, the "Virgin Queen"
• Washington and Washington D.C- George Washington

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