This is a list of inventions and foods named after places.
A-G
- Adirondack chair â Adirondack Mountains, US
- Adirondack guideboat â Adirondack Mountains, US
- Angostura bitters â Angostura, now called Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
- Arbroath smokie â Arbroath, Scotland
- Axminster carpet â Axminster, Somerset, UK
- Badminton game â Badminton, Gloucestershire, UK
- Bahian guitar â Bahia, Brazil
- Bakewell tart â Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK
- Balaclava â Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine
- Balmoral bonnet â Balmoral, Scotland
- Balmoral shoe â Balmoral, Scotland
- Bánh mì â Saigon, Vietnam
- Bangalore torpedo â Bangalore, India
- Bath bun â Bath, Somerset, UK
- Belfast truss â Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Berlin â Berlin, Germany
- Bikini â Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
- Blackpool rock â Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
- Bordeaux mixture â Bordeaux, France
- Bristol board â Bristol, UK
- Brummagem Ware â Birmingham, UK
- Bungalow â Bengal, India
- Cambric â Cambrai, France known as Kameryk in Dutch
- Camembert â Camembert, Orne, France
- Calico â Kozhikode, Kerala, India known as Calicut
- Cape cart â Cape of Good Hope
- Champagne â Champagne, France
- Chelsea bun â Chelsea, London, UK
- Chorley cake â Chorley, Lancashire, UK
- Chicago screw â Chicago, Illinois, US
- China - China
- Cologne - Cologne, Germany
- Cognac â Cognac, France
- Concord coach â Concord, New Hampshire, US
- Corinthian bronze â Corinth, Greece
- Cornish pasty â Cornwall, UK
- Damascus steel â Damascus, Syria
- Damask â Damascus, Syria
- Delftware â Delft, Netherlands
- Denim â Nimes, France
- Dresden porcelain â Dresden, Germany
- Denver boot â Denver, US
- Duffel Bag â Duffel, Belgium
- Dum-dum bullet â Dum Dum, West Bengal, India
- Dymkovo toy â Dymkovo settlement, Russia
- Eccles cake â Eccles, Greater Manchester, UK
- Elswick cruiser â Elswick, Tyne and Wear
- Eton crop â Eton, Berkshire, UK
- Eton mess â Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, UK
- Fedoskino miniature â Fedoskino, Russia
- Fez â Fez, Morocco
- Finnan haddie â Findon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- French horn - France
- Frankfurter â Frankfurt, Germany
- Gordian knot â Gordium, Turkey
H-Q
- Hackney carriage â Hackney, London
- Hamburger â Hamburg, Germany
- Harris tweed â Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- Homburg â Bad Homburg, Germany
- Jeans â Genoa, Italy
- Jodhpurs â Jodhpur, India
- Jena glass â Jena, Germany
- Jersey barrier â New Jersey, US
- Jersey (clothing), Jersey (fabric) â Jersey
- Kentucky rifle â Kentucky, US
- Khokhloma â Khokhloma settlement, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
- Lancashire boiler â Lancashire, UK
- Landau â Landau, Germany
- Leyden jar â Leiden, Netherlands
- Limerick â Limerick, Ireland
- Limousine â Limousin, France
- Lincoln green â Lincoln, UK
- Macassar oil â Makassar, Indonesia
- Madeira Islands â Madeira Islands via Madeira wine
- Madeira wine â Madeira Islands
- Magenta â Magenta, Lombardy
- Marathon race â Marathon, Greece
- Mayonnaise â Mahón, Menorca, Spain
- Muscovy glass â Moscow, Russia
- Nankeen â Nanking, China
- Norfolk wherry â Norfolk, UK
- Orenburg shawl â Orenburg, Russia
- Oxford bags â Oxford, UK
- Oxford brogues â Oxford, UK
- Panama hat â Panama
- Paris Green â Paris, France
- Parchment â Pergamon, Turkey
- Pilsner â Pilsen, Czech Republic
- Plaster of Paris â Paris, France
- Polonium â Poland
- Pomfret Cakes â Pontefract, Yorkshire, UK
- Port wine â Porto, Portugal
- Portland cement â Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK
R-Z
- Roman candle (firework) â Rome, Italy
- Rugby football â Rugby, Warwickshire, UK
- Russian guitar â Russia
- Russian Mountains â Russia
- Samian ware â Samos, Greece
- Sherry â Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
- Sienna â Siena, Italy
- Surrey (carriage) â Surrey, UK
- Trojan horse â Troy, Turkey
- Tula pryanik â Tula, Russia
- Tulle (netting) â Tulle, France
- Venetian blind â Venice, Italy
- Venetian glass â Venice, Italy
- Yorkshire pudding â Yorkshire, UK
- Worcester sauce â Worcester, UK
- Worsted â Worstead, Norfolk, UK
- Zhostovo painting â Zhostovo, Russia
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