List of inventions named after places
This is a list of inventions and foods named after places.
A-G
- Adirondack chair β Adirondack Mountains, US
- Adirondack guideboat β Adirondack Mountains, US
- Angostura bitters β Angostura, now called Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
- Arbroath smokie β Arbroath, Scotland
- Axminster carpet β Axminster, Somerset, UK
- Badminton game β Badminton, Gloucestershire, UK
- Bahian guitar β Bahia, Brazil
- Bakewell tart β Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK
- Balaclava β Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine
- Balmoral bonnet β Balmoral, Scotland
- Balmoral shoe β Balmoral, Scotland
- BΓ‘nh mΓ¬ β Saigon, Vietnam
- Bangalore torpedo β Bangalore, India
- Bath bun β Bath, Somerset, UK
- Belfast truss β Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Berlin β Berlin, Germany
- Bikini β Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
- Blackpool rock β Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
- Bordeaux mixture β Bordeaux, France
- Bristol board β Bristol, UK
- Brummagem Ware β Birmingham, UK
- Bungalow β Bengal, India
- Cambric β Cambrai, France known as Kameryk in Dutch
- Camembert β Camembert, Orne, France
- Calico β Kozhikode, Kerala, India known as Calicut
- Cape cart β Cape of Good Hope
- Champagne β Champagne, France
- Chelsea bun β Chelsea, London, UK
- Chorley cake β Chorley, Lancashire, UK
- Chicago screw β Chicago, Illinois, US
- China - China
- Cologne - Cologne, Germany
- Cognac β Cognac, France
- Concord coach β Concord, New Hampshire, US
- Corinthian bronze β Corinth, Greece
- Cornish pasty β Cornwall, UK
- Damascus steel β Damascus, Syria
- Damask β Damascus, Syria
- Delftware β Delft, Netherlands
- Denim β Nimes, France
- Dresden porcelain β Dresden, Germany
- Denver boot β Denver, US
- Duffel Bag β Duffel, Belgium
- Dum-dum bullet β Dum Dum, West Bengal, India
- Dymkovo toy β Dymkovo settlement, Russia
- Eccles cake β Eccles, Greater Manchester, UK
- Elswick cruiser β Elswick, Tyne and Wear
- Eton crop β Eton, Berkshire, UK
- Eton mess β Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, UK
- Fedoskino miniature β Fedoskino, Russia
- Fez β Fez, Morocco
- Finnan haddie β Findon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- French horn - France
- Frankfurter β Frankfurt, Germany
- Gordian knot β Gordium, Turkey
H-Q
- Hackney carriage β Hackney, London
- Hamburger β Hamburg, Germany
- Harris tweed β Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- Homburg β Bad Homburg, Germany
- Jeans β Genoa, Italy
- Jodhpurs β Jodhpur, India
- Jena glass β Jena, Germany
- Jersey barrier β New Jersey, US
- Jersey (clothing), Jersey (fabric) β Jersey
- Kentucky rifle β Kentucky, US
- Khokhloma β Khokhloma settlement, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
- Lancashire boiler β Lancashire, UK
- Landau β Landau, Germany
- Leyden jar β Leiden, Netherlands
- Limerick β Limerick, Ireland
- Limousine β Limousin, France
- Lincoln green β Lincoln, UK
- Macassar oil β Makassar, Indonesia
- Madeira Islands β Madeira Islands via Madeira wine
- Madeira wine β Madeira Islands
- Magenta β Magenta, Lombardy
- Marathon race β Marathon, Greece
- Mayonnaise β MahΓ³n, Menorca, Spain
- Muscovy glass β Moscow, Russia
- Nankeen β Nanking, China
- Norfolk wherry β Norfolk, UK
- Orenburg shawl β Orenburg, Russia
- Oxford bags β Oxford, UK
- Oxford brogues β Oxford, UK
- Panama hat β Panama
- Paris Green β Paris, France
- Parchment β Pergamon, Turkey
- Pilsner β Pilsen, Czech Republic
- Plaster of Paris β Paris, France
- Polonium β Poland
- Pomfret Cakes β Pontefract, Yorkshire, UK
- Port wine β Porto, Portugal
- Portland cement β Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK
R-Z
- Roman candle (firework) β Rome, Italy
- Rugby football β Rugby, Warwickshire, UK
- Russian guitar β Russia
- Russian Mountains β Russia
- Samian ware β Samos, Greece
- Sherry β Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
- Sienna β Siena, Italy
- Surrey (carriage) β Surrey, UK
- Trojan horse β Troy, Turkey
- Tula pryanik β Tula, Russia
- Tulle (netting) β Tulle, France
- Venetian blind β Venice, Italy
- Venetian glass β Venice, Italy
- Yorkshire pudding β Yorkshire, UK
- Worcester sauce β Worcester, UK
- Worsted β Worstead, Norfolk, UK
- Zhostovo painting β Zhostovo, Russia