WRITER IN THE DARK ⋆ Names

⤷ african, asian, australian place names

african, asian, australian place names
( country; origin, meaning )

feminine

adelaide ( australia; german, noble )
agnes ( australia; greek, chaste )
alexandra ( australia; greek, defender of men )
allora ( australia; australian, place of the swamp )
anula ( australia; sanskrit, gentle )
asia ( asia; greek, east )

eden ( australia; hebrew, place of pleasure )
elanora ( australia; australian aboriginal, shore )

jakarta ( indonesia; sanskrit, victorious deed )

luanda ( angola; bantu, melody )

manila ( philippines; tagalog, where indigo is found )
minna ( nigeria; germanic, courtly love )

osaka ( japan; japanese, large hill )

sahara ( africa; arabic, great desert )
sanaa ( yemen; swahili/arabic, work of art/shining light )

tanzania ( tanzania; african, black coast )

yala ( kenya; arabic, height )
yola ( nigeria; greek, violet flower )

zaria ( nigeria; arabic, rose )

masculine

bondi ( australia; australian aboriginal, surf )
bowen ( australia; welsh, son of owen )
brunswick ( australia; german, bruno's village )

cairo ( egypt; arabic, victorious )
carlton ( australia; english, peasant )
clifton ( australia; english, town by the cliff )

euston ( australia; irish, heart )

fitzroy ( australia; english, son of the king )
forrest ( australia; english, woods )
franklin ( australia; english, landowner of free but not noble origin )

kano ( nigeria; african/japanese, god of the waters )
kobe ( japan; swahili, tortoise )

nairobi ( kenya; african, cool water )

tangier ( morocco; african, western kingdom )

unisex

assal ( djibouti; arabic, honey )

berri ( australia; english, small fruit )
blyth ( australia; scottish, cheerful )

elliott ( australia; french, my God is Yahweh )
elwood ( australia; english, elder wood )

flynn ( australia; irish, reddish )

kyoto ( japan; japanese, capital )

sydney ( australia; french, saint denis )

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