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U.S. City Name Etymologies

Can you guess these U.S. cities based on what they are named for?

Quiz by Quizmaster - Jan 14, 2018

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Clue	Named for ...	City
Major city	"Brotherly Love" in Greek
	Mythical bird that rises from its own ashes
	Duwamish tribal chief
State capital	Apostle who spread Jesus's teachings to the Gentiles
	Englishman who tried to colonize Virginia
	French for "red stick"
	Author of the Bill of Rights
	Seventh President of the U.S.
City in Georgia	Plato's home town
College town in New York	Greek island, home to Odysseus
Suburb of D.C.	City in Egypt
City in Arizona	A geographical formation, Spanish for "table"
Suburb of Chicago or Denver	Roman goddess of dawn
Suburb of Chicago	Rome's greatest orator
City in Texas	Spanish for "yellow"
	"Body of Christ" in Latin
	Spanish for "the pass"
City in New Hampshire	The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution
City in northern California	Greek expression yelled by a person making a discovery
City in upstate New York	Greek colony on Sicily, home to Archimedes

Answer Stats

JoshPen

level 70

Feb 11, 2018

Syracuse and Ithaca in the same quiz? Is the author from Upstate NY?

KevinF

level 41

Feb 11, 2018

Should have added Attica and Troy too.

junkenglish31

level 33

Feb 11, 2018

Steamed hams aplenty.

cobraaahhh

level 60

Feb 11, 2018

Not in Ithica, no, it's an Albany expression.

communisteggplant

level 70

Feb 11, 2018

Cicero could have been clued as the Syracuse suburb just to make it even more upstate-centric

BlackJohn

level 46

Feb 11, 2018

Pretty easy if you're Greek.

mikeyp

level 43

Feb 12, 2018

Yea it was all Greek to me.

samiam1955

level 60

Feb 11, 2018

Great quiz!

vmajzlik

level 56

Feb 11, 2018

I think perhaps you should clarify the birthplace of the industrial revolution question......Are you referring to the American Industrial revolution, or the UK one? If it is the UK one....surely it is Ironbridge, whereas Manchester is considered the "powerhouse" of the revolution, not the birthplace (imo)

sihollett

level 52

Feb 14, 2018

Indeed - I knew there was a Manchester in NH, but that couldn't be right as the English city never is referred to as the 'birthplace'. I tried Ironbridge and Telford (whose signs declare it, due to Ironbridge now being inside its borders) which market themselves on this claim, before trying Manchester just because I assumed that the quiz author had done the research.