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YREKACalifornia town wrongly thought to be named from a backwards "bakery" sign
CHICAGOThird most populous city in the US, thought to be named from an Algonquian word for 'onion' or 'garlic' (7)
AROMABakery sign?
CANCUNCoastal resort of SE Mexico believed to be named from the Mayan for 'nest of snakes' (6)
ANNIEShe could be named from many, less a thousand we hear. (5)
KALIHindu goddess of destruction, from whom the city of Kolkata is thought to be named (4)
SARDINESFish thought to be named after a region in Italy
LINDYDance thought to be named for an aviator
DILLDilham is thought to be named after this (4)
EBROLongest river entirely within Spain, after which the Iberian Peninsula is thought to be named (4)
MISHEARDWrongly thought to have said "in midcut" (8)
VESPUCCIFlorentine navigator (c.1454-1512) after whom North and South America are thought to be named (8)
AMERIGOFlorentine navigator (c.1454-1512) after whom North and South America are thought to be named (7)
HAMSTRUNGTo be rendered powerless; named from a tendon in the leg (9)
AMISSWrongly thought to equal 1 mile? (5)
TOKAMAKA candidate as a practical nuclear fusion reactor, named from a Russian acronym for "toroidal magnetic chamber"
LOSALAMOSSun over one from a backward country town (3,6)
GORILLAAnimal named from a Greek word meaning "tribe of hairy women"
RUMBADance named from a Cuban word for "spree"
CAVANSouthernmost county of Ulster, named from a Gaelic term meaning 'hollow' (5)