Things Named After Places

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French fries
Frankfurter - a hot dog named after the German city but not often eaten there
Wiener - a hot dog sausage named for, Vienna, the capital of Austria (German: Wien)
Hamburger - a sandwich, named after the German city
Ebola River virus
Panama hat - not made in Panama (according to Ripley's Believe It Or Not)
Buffalo wings - style of deep fried chicken wings invented at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York
Bermuda shorts
Canadian bacon
Dutch oven
English muffin
Hollywood Values - anti-Christian deceit foisted upon us by the liberal elite
Wiener Schnitzel - a fried veal cutlet called "Viennese Schnitzel" in German
Milanesa - a fried meat cutlet made in the "Milanese" style popular among Mexican-Americans
Parma ham
Champagne - named after Champagne, a region in France
Mayonnaise - mayonnaise after Mayon in Menorca
Danish pastries - called Viennese Pastries there
Vaudeville theater
Belgian waffles
Shanghai - a darts term meaning to hit the single, double and treble of the same number in three darts.
Bombay mix - named after the old name for Mumbai.
Bikini bathing suit - this was being promoted just after a hydrogen bomb test in the Bikini atoll in the Pacific, and that word was in the news. The promoters of the bathing suit thought that it would be a good name.

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