List of geographic acronyms and initialisms

Countries • Malaysia — MALAYa, Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore (until 1965), (IA for pronunciation), the former British Colony. The name also means Land of the Malays, combining the ethnic name "Malays" (from the Malay word Melayu) with the Latin-Greek suffix "-ia," meaning "land". • Pakistan — Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, (I for pronunciation), Sindh, and BaluchisTAN, the northern provinces of British India. The name also means Land of the Pure in Urdu and Persian. Provinces • Malampa Province, Vanuatu — islands that make up the province: MALakula, AMbrym, PAama • Penama Province, Vanuatu — islands that make up the province: PENtecost, Ambae, MAewo • Tafea Province, Vanuatu — five islands that comprise the province: Tanna, Aneityum, Futuna, Erromango and Aniwa Other regions • Banzare Coast, Wilkes Land, Antarctica — British–Australian–New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition • Benelux — BElgium NEtherlands LUXembourg • Calabarzon — the Southern Tagalog Mainland region of the Philippines, comprising five provinces: CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, Rizal, and QueZON • LoVeSe — three island groups in northern Norway: LOfoten, VEsterålen, and SEnja, often used in relation to the political issue of oil extraction in the region. "LoVe" is also a common variation, referring to just Lofoten and Vesterålen. • Luzviminda — three island groups in the Philippines: LUZon, VIsayas, and MINDAnao • Mimaropa, Philippines — provinces comprising the Southwestern Tagalog Region: MIndoro (East and West), MArinduque, ROmblon and PAlawan • NEPA, a common nickname of NorthEastern PennsylvaniA • NOVA — NOrthern VirginiA • Shoshanguve, South Africa — SOtho, SHAngaan, NGUni and VEnda, the languages of the peoples relocated to this township • Soccsksargen, Philippines — administrative region: SOuth Cotabato, Cotabato City, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, SARangani and GENeral Santos City • SOWEGA — SOuth WEst GeorgiA • TAG Corner — Tennessee Alabama Georgia == Populated places ==

Cities and towns Places named after companies Many of these places are former company towns. • Abanda, Alabama — Atlanta, Birmingham AND Atlantic Railroad • Alco, Louisiana — Alexandria Lumber COmpany • Alcoa, Tennessee — ALuminum COmpany of America • Alpoca, West Virginia — ALpha POCAhontas Coal Company • Ameagle, West Virginia — AMerican EAGLE Colliery • Atco, New Jersey — Atlantic Transport COmpany • Ballico, California — BALLIntine COmpany • Becco, West Virginia — Bufalo Eagle Colliery COmpany • Calavo Gardens, California — CALifornia AVOcado Growers Association • Caldor, California — CALifornia DOoR Company • Ceepeecee, British Columbia — either Canadian Packing Corporation or California Packing Corporation, or likely first Canadian, then California • Charmco, West Virginia — CHARleston Milling COmpany • Cipsco Park, Illinois — Central Illinois Public Service COmpany • Clinchco, Virginia — for both CLINCHfield Railroad and CLINCHfield Coal COrporation • Closplint, Kentucky — CLOver SPLINT Coal Company • Cofoco, West Virginia — COal FOrk COal Company, now known as Coal, West Virginia — COnsolidated MINing and Smelting COmpany — California Oregon Power COmpany — DOMe EXploration, Ltd. — General Insulation and Manufacturing COmpany (now part of Alexandria, Indiana) • Grenora, North Dakota — GREat NOrthern RAilway • Harco, Illinois — HARrisburg COlliery Coal Company — Kissimmee Island Cattle COmpany • Kofa, Arizona — King OF Arizona Mine • Kyrock, Kentucky — KentuckY ROCK Asphalt Company • Lobeco, South Carolina — LOng, BEllamy, and COmpany • Micco, West Virginia — Main Island Creek COal Company • Mococo, California — MOuntain COpper COmpany • Mopeco, California — MOhawk PEtroleum COmpany • Norco, California — NORth COrona Land Company • Norco, Louisiana — New Orleans Refinery COmpany — NORanda COmpany • Nyando, New York — New York AND Ottawa Railway, former station on the line; now known as Rooseveltown • Ocapos, Arizona — A backwards acronym for SOuthern PAcific COmpany (i.e. Southern Pacific Railroad) now historical — PENNsylvania SUgar COmpany — PHOSphate MIning COmpany • Praco, Alabama — PRAtt Consolidated Coal COmpany • Raeco, Washington — Rodes, Appel, and Earnest plus COmpany • Reco, Alberta — REliance COal Company • Seco, Kentucky — South East COal Company • Tapco, Arizona — The Arizona Power COmpany • Vancorum, Colorado — VANadium CORporation of AMerica, with a substitution of a U for the A • Vicco, Kentucky — Virginia Iron Coal and Coke COmpany • Wevaco, West Virginia — WEst VirginiA COlliery Company — ZImmerman Manufacturing COmpany • Alcolu, South Carolina — ALderman COldwell LUla; mill owner, friend, and eldest daughter, respectively • Archerwill, Saskatchewan — councilors ARCHie Hamilton Campbell and ERvie Edvin Hanson, and secretary-treasurer WILLiam S. Pierce of Barrier Valley Rural Municipality • Awe, Kentucky — Anthony Wayne Everman, first postmaster • Cadams, Nebraska — C. ADAMS, local banker • Chaney, Oklahoma — six family names: Carey, Hull, Adams, Nichols, Edmonds, Yarnold • Charlo, Port Elizabeth, South Africa — CHARles LOvemore, landowner • Edmore, Michigan — EDwin MOoRE, the first settler of the village • Emida, Idaho — East, MIller, and DAwson, three early family names — four children of Ed Oates: Eugene, Roderick, Anthony, and Marie • Ethanac, California — ETHAN A. Chase, landowner and political leader (town is now named Romoland, California) • Gamoca, West Virginia — GAuley, MOley, and CAmpbell • Germfask Township, Michigan — town founders: John Grant, Matthew Edge, George Robinson, Thaddeus Mead, Dr. W. W. French, Ezekiel Ackley, Oscar (O.D.) Sheppard, and Hezekiah Knaggs — coined by Rev H. W. Howard from five local family names (names unknown) • Itmann, West Virginia — Isaac T. MANN, president of Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company • Jacam, Manitoba — J. A. CAMpbell, politician • Jayem, Kentucky — John Marshall Robsion, Sr., congressman • Kragon, Kentucky — K. RAGON, founder and president of the Kentucky Wood Products Company • Lookeba, Oklahoma — LOwe, KElly and BAker, town founders (with an extra O) • Marenisco Township, Michigan — either MARy ENId SCOtt, the wife of Emmet H. Scott, a timber producer • Marietta, Ohio — MARIe AntoinETTe plus A • Marmarth, North Dakota — MARgaret MARTHa Fitch, very young granddaughter of A. J. Ealing, railroad president • Tako, Saskatchewan — homesteaders: Taylor, Aked, Krips, Olsen • Wahjamega, Michigan — William A. Heartt, James A. Montgomery, and Edgar George Avery • Wascott, Wisconsin — W. A. SCOTT, railroad company president • Omphghent Township, Illinois — Our Mother of Perpetual Help + GHENT (city in Belgium) — United States North America • NoDa, Charlotte, NC — NOrth DAvidson Street • NoMa, Washington, DC — NOrth of MAssachusetts Avenue • NoPa, San Francisco, California — NOrth of the PAnhandle • NuLu, Louisville, Kentucky — a portmanteau of "New" and "Louisville" • Lamasco, Evansville, Indiana — town founders: John and William LAw, James B. MAcCall, Lucius H. SCOtt • SoHo (Tampa), Florida — SOuth of HOward Avenue • Soho, West Midlands (Birmingham, England) — SOuth HOuse • SoMa, San Francisco, California — SOuth of MArket Street • SoMa, Vancouver, British Columbia — SOuth MAin • SoPi, Paris — SOuth of PIgalle • QC — Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines == Natural features ==

Bodies of water • Ayceecee Creek, British Columbia — Alpine Club of Canada (creek draining glaciers on Three Bears Mountain) • Lake Carasaljo — daughters of Joseph Brick, owner of local Bergen Iron Works: CARrie (A for pronunciation), SALly, and JOsephine • Copco Lake, California (now drained) — California Oregon Power COmpany • Emar Lake, Saskatchewan — Eldorado Mining And Refining — Outdoor Writers Association of America (to mark a meeting of that organization in June 1967) — SAskatchewan REsearch COuncil; contains Sareco Island); there is also a Snafu Lake in Ontario and a Snafu Creek in Northwest Territories • Swenoda Lake and Swenoda Township, Swift County, Minnesota — SWEdish NOrwegian DAnish, nationalities of settlers in that region • Lake Taneycomo, Missouri — TANEY COunty, MissOuri • Tarfu Lake, Yukon — Things Are Really Fucked Up) • Lake Wagejo, Michigan — WAlter Koelz, GEorge Stanley, JOhn Brumm, zoologists — First Aid Ski Patrol • Isar Mountain, Washington/British Columbia — Internation Search And Rescue • Multorpor Butte or Mountain — a mountain near Mount Hood: MULTnomah County, ORegon, PORtland — University of British Columbia — Varsity Outdoor Club of the University of British Columbia == Others ==

• Alwinsal — potash mine at Guernsey, Saskatchewan named after a French–German consortium that invested: 1) Mines Domanials de Potasse d'ALsace (French) 2) WINtersall AG (German) 3) SALzfuther AG (German) • Odhill railway station, Manitoba — O. D. HILL, K.C. • Rawebb railway station, Manitoba — RAlph WEBB, politician • Camp Shagabec, Saskatchewan — church campground for parishes at Shaunavon, Hazenmore, Assinaboia, Govenlock, Abbey, Bracken, Eastend, Consul-Cabri-Climax • Solanco School District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — SOuthern LANcaster COunty • Viento State Park, near Hood River, Oregon — Henry VIllard, William ENdicott, TOlman ==See also==