List of inventions named after places
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This is a list of inventions and foods named after places.
- Adirondack chair – Adirondack Mountains, US
- Adirondack guideboat – Adirondack Mountains, US
- Angostura bitters – Angostura, now called Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
- Arbroath smokie – Arbroath, Scotland
- Axminster carpet – Axminster, Somerset, UK
- Badminton game – Badminton, Gloucestershire, UK [1]
- Bahian guitar – Bahia, Brazil
- Bakewell tart – Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK [2]
- Balaclava – Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine [3]
- Balmoral bonnet – Balmoral, Scotland
- Balmoral shoe – Balmoral, Scotland
- Bánh mì – Saigon, Vietnam
- Bangalore torpedo – Bangalore, India
- Bath bun – Bath, Somerset, UK [4]
- Belfast truss – Belfast, Northern Ireland [5]
- Berlin – Berlin, Germany
- Bikini – Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands [6]
- Blackpool rock – Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
- Bordeaux mixture – Bordeaux, France[7]
- Bristol board – Bristol, UK
- Brummagem Ware – Birmingham, UK
- Bungalow – Bengal, India [8]
- Cambric – Cambrai, France known as Kameryk in Dutch [9]
- Camembert – Camembert, Orne, France [10]
- Calico – Kozhikode, Kerala, India known as Calicut [11]
- Cape cart – Cape of Good Hope
- Champagne – Champagne, France
- Chelsea bun – Chelsea, London, UK
- Chorley cake – Chorley, Lancashire, UK
- Chicago screw – Chicago, Illinois, US
- China - China
- Cologne - Cologne, Germany
- Cognac – Cognac, France[12]
- Concord coach – Concord, New Hampshire, US
- Corinthian bronze – Corinth, Greece [13]
- Cornish pasty – Cornwall, UK
- Damascus steel – Damascus, Syria
- Damask – Damascus, Syria
- Delftware – Delft, Netherlands [14]
- Denim – Nimes, France [15]
- Dresden porcelain – Dresden, Germany
- Denver boot – Denver, US
- Duffel Bag – Duffel, Belgium
- Dum-dum bullet – Dum Dum, West Bengal, India [16]
- Dymkovo toy – Dymkovo settlement, Russia[17]
- Eccles cake – Eccles, Greater Manchester, UK
- Elswick cruiser – Elswick, Tyne and Wear
- Eton crop – Eton, Berkshire, UK [18]
- Eton mess – Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, UK
- Fedoskino miniature – Fedoskino, Russia
- Fez – Fez, Morocco[19]
- Finnan haddie – Findon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [20]
- French horn - France
- Frankfurter – Frankfurt, Germany
- Gordian knot – Gordium, Turkey
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- Hackney carriage – Hackney, London
- Hamburger – Hamburg, Germany
- Harris tweed – Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- Homburg – Bad Homburg, Germany
- Jeans – Genoa, Italy[21]
- Jodhpurs – Jodhpur, India
- Jena glass – Jena, Germany
- Jersey barrier – New Jersey, US
- Jersey (clothing), Jersey (fabric) – Jersey
- Kentucky rifle – Kentucky, US
- Khokhloma – Khokhloma settlement, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia[22]
- Lancashire boiler – Lancashire, UK
- Landau – Landau, Germany
- Leyden jar – Leiden, Netherlands [23]
- Limerick – Limerick, Ireland
- Limousine – Limousin, France [24]
- Lincoln green – Lincoln, UK
- Macassar oil – Makassar, Indonesia
- Madeira Islands — Madeira Islands via Madeira wine
- Madeira wine — Madeira Islands
- Magenta – Magenta, Lombardy
- Marathon race – Marathon, Greece
- Mayonnaise – Mahón, Menorca, Spain
- Muscovy glass – Moscow, Russia
- Nankeen – Nanking, China[25]
- Norfolk wherry – Norfolk, UK
- Orenburg shawl – Orenburg, Russia
- Oxford bags – Oxford, UK
- Oxford brogues – Oxford, UK
- Panama hat – Panama
- Paris Green – Paris, France
- Parchment – Pergamon, Turkey [26]
- Pilsner – Pilsen, Czech Republic
- Plaster of Paris – Paris, France
- Polonium – Poland
- Pomfret Cakes – Pontefract, Yorkshire, UK
- Port wine – Porto, Portugal
- Portland cement – Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK [27]
