Bend vs Drake

Bend

name
  • An unincorporated community in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. 

  • A ghost town and former railway community in central British Columbia, Canada. Named after a 90-degree curve in the railway line. 

  • An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States. 

  • A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in Lampasas County and San Saba County, Texas, United States. 

  • A city, the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. 

  • A surname. 

Drake

name
  • An unincorporated community in Illinois. 

  • An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for Missouri statesman Charles D. Drake. 

  • Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sea captain, pirate, and explorer of the Elizabethan era. 

  • A ward of Plymouth, Devon, England; named for aqueduct Drake's Leat, itself for Francis Drake, Mayor of Plymouth at the time of its construction. 

  • A city in North Dakota; named for early settler Herman Drake. 

  • An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”. 

  • An unincorporated community in Arizona. 

  • An unincorporated community in Colorado. 

  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A town in New South Wales, Australia. 

  • An unincorporated community in Kentucky. 

  • An Irish surname, anglicized from Drach, itself a Hiberno-Norman name English Drake. 

  • A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. 

  • An unincorporated community in South Carolina. 

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