This is a list of inventions and foods named after places.
A-G
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 Bahian guitar – Bahia, Brazil Bakewell tart – Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK Balaclava – Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine Balmoral bonnet – Balmoral, Scotland Balmoral shoe – Balmoral, Scotland Bánh mì – Saigon, Vietnam Bangalore torpedo – Bangalore, India Bath bun – Bath, Somerset, UK Belfast truss – Belfast, Northern Ireland Berlin – Berlin, Germany Bikini – Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands Blackpool rock – Blackpool, Lancashire, UK Bordeaux mixture – Bordeaux, France Bristol board – Bristol, UK Brummagem Ware – Birmingham, UK Bungalow – Bengal, India Cambric – Cambrai, France known as Kameryk in Dutch Camembert – Camembert, Orne, France Calico – Kozhikode, Kerala, India known as Calicut 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 Concord coach – Concord, New Hampshire, US Corinthian bronze – Corinth, Greece Cornish pasty – Cornwall, UK Damascus steel – Damascus, Syria Damask – Damascus, Syria Delftware – Delft, Netherlands Denim – Nimes, France Dresden porcelain – Dresden, Germany Denver boot – Denver, US Duffel Bag – Duffel, Belgium Dum-dum bullet – Dum Dum, West Bengal, India Dymkovo toy – Dymkovo settlement, Russia Eccles cake – Eccles, Greater Manchester, UK Elswick cruiser – Elswick, Tyne and Wear Eton crop – Eton, Berkshire, UK Eton mess – Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, UK Fedoskino miniature – Fedoskino, Russia Fez – Fez, Morocco Finnan haddie – Findon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland French horn - France Frankfurter – Frankfurt, Germany Gordian knot – Gordium, Turkey
H-Q
Hackney carriage – Hackney, London Hamburger – Hamburg, Germany Harris tweed – Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland Homburg – Bad Homburg, Germany Jeans – Genoa, Italy 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 Lancashire boiler – Lancashire, UK Landau – Landau, Germany Leyden jar – Leiden, Netherlands Limerick – Limerick, Ireland Limousine – Limousin, France 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 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 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
R-Z
Roman candle (firework) – Rome, Italy Rugby football – Rugby, Warwickshire, UK Russian guitar – Russia Russian Mountains – Russia Samian ware – Samos, Greece Sherry – Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Sienna – Siena, Italy Surrey (carriage) – Surrey, UK Trojan horse – Troy, Turkey Tula pryanik – Tula, Russia Tulle (netting) – Tulle, France Venetian blind – Venice, Italy Venetian glass – Venice, Italy Yorkshire pudding – Yorkshire, UK Worcester sauce – Worcester, UK Worsted – Worstead, Norfolk, UK Zhostovo painting – Zhostovo, Russia
See also List of inventions named after people List of inventors List of inventors killed by their own inventions
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