Toponyms

Description
Toponyms are common words that originate from the names of places or regions.

Examples

 * angora goat, angora rabbit, angora cat: These words come from Angora, variant or former name of "Ankara" - their place of origin.
 * bedford cord: A heavy fabric with a ribbed weave similar to corduroy; named after either Bedford, England or possibly New Bedford, Massachusetts.
 * bedlam: This means uproar or pandemonium after popular name/pronunciation of St. Maryl of Bethlehem, London's first psychiatric hospital.
 * bikini: A two-piece bathing suit for women, after Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands (where atomic bombs were tested in 1946; supposedly analogous to the "explosive" effect on the male libido).*
 * bronx cheer:A noise made by the mouth to signify derision; after The Bronx, a borough of New York City
 * canary: a small yellow bird, originating on and named after the Canary Islands
 * caucasian: name for the "white race", coined by anthropologist Johann Blumenbach after Caucasus Mountains, their supposed ancestral homeland.
 * coach: a type of carriage, ultimately from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) or "carriage of Kocs", where this vehicle was first made.
 * denim — a coarse cotton fabric, from French serge de Nîmes, or "serge of Nîmes", where the cloth originated.
 * dollar — a unit of currency, originally from the [[German language|German taler, an abbreviation of Joachimstaler ("gulden of Joachimstal"), a coin minted (1519) from silver mined near Joachimsthal, Bohemia
 * donnybrook — colloquial term for a brawl or fracas, derived from Donnybrook Fair, an annual horse fair in the Dublin suburb notorious for fighting and drunkenness.
 * Glasgow kiss, a slang term meaning headbutt — Glasgow, Scotland
 * Gypsies, nomadic peoples in Europe and United States — Egypt
 * Havana, cigar — from capital of Cuba
 * Jeans, denim trousers; Genoa.
 * Labyrinth, maze, after a legendary structure on Crete
 * Lesbian, female homosexual — Lesbos, island in Greece
 * Magenta, colour — named after Magenta, Italy
 * Marathon, long race — Marathon, Greece, town
 * Olympics, worldwide games — Mount Olympus, tallest mountain in Greece
 * Rhode Island Red — Chicken named after Rhode Island
 * Rugby football — Rugby School, in Rugby, Warwickshire, central England
 * Siamese twins, conjoined twins — Siam, old name for Thailand
 * Spa, place having water with health-giving properties — Spa, a municipality in Belgium
 * Trojan horse, malicious computer virus — Trojan Horse, of Troy, from the Iliad

FOOD!
 * Hamburger — Hamburg, Germany
 * Martini — Martinez, California, where the precursor to the martini, the Martinez, was developed
 * Mocha coffee, ice cream — Mocha, Yemen, place where the coffee is grown
 * Turkish Delight — Turkey
 * Virginia peanut — Virginia

CHEESEE!
 * Cheddar after Cheddar in Somerset, England where it was originally made
 * Colby after Colby, Wisconsin where it was first made
 * Munster after town Munster, Haut-Rhin in Alsace region of France