List of inventions named after places

A-G

• Adirondack chair – Adirondack mountains, USA
• Adirondack guideboat – Adirondack mountains, USA
• 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, USA
• Cognac – Cognac, France
• Concord coach – Concord, New Hampshire, USA
• 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, USA
• 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
• 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, USA
• Jersey, Jersey – Jersey
• Kentucky rifle – Kentucky, USA
• 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
• 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 – 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 – Surrey, UK
• Trojan horse – Troy, Turkey
• Tula pryanik – Tula, Russia
• Tulle – 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