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diacritic A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word ''diacriti ...
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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

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Utqiaġvik Utqiagvik ( ik, Utqiaġvik; , , formerly known as Barrow ()) is the borough seat and largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located north of the Arctic Circle, it is one of the northernmost cities and towns in the ...


American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the International ...

* Āfono * Ālega * 'Āmanave * Āmouli * Aūa * Fagasā * Faleāsao * Lumā * Tāfuna


California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

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La Cañada Flintridge LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
, Los Angeles County * Los Baños, Merced County * Piñon Hills, San Bernardino County * San José, Santa Clara County


Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

* Cañon, Conejos County *
Cañon City A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to cu ...
* Piñon, Montrose County * Piñon, Pueblo County * Piñon Acres, La Plata County


Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

* Hagåtña * Hagåtña Heights


Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

City names in Hawaii often use the ʻokina, not to be confused with the
apostrophe The apostrophe ( or ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for two basic purposes: * The marking of the omission of one o ...
. * Āhuimanu * Āinaloa * Hanapēpē * Haikū-Pauwela * Hālawa * Hāliimaile * Hāmoa, Maui County * Hāna * Hāōū * Hāwī * Hīlea, Hawaii County * Hōlualoa * Hōnaunau-Nāpōopoo * Honokōhau, Maui County * Hoōpūloa, Hawaii County * Kāanapali * Kaimū * Kākio, Maui County * Kalāheo * Kamalō, Maui County * Kāneohe * Kaupō * Kaūpūlehu * Keālia * Kēōkea, Hawaii County * Kēōkea, Maui County * Kīhei * Kīholo, Hawaii County *
Kīlauea Kīlauea ( , ) is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. Located along the southeastern shore of the Big Island of Hawaii, the volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago. His ...
* Kīpahulu * Kīpū, Maui County * Kōloa * Kūkaiau, Hawaii County * Kūkiʻo, Hawaii County * Lāie * Lānai City * Laupāhoehoe * Lāwai * Līhue * Māalaea * Māili * Mākaha * Mākaha Valley * Mākena * Mānā, Hawaii County * Mokulēia * Mōpua, Maui County * Mūolea, Maui County * Nāālehu * Nāhiku * Nānākuli * Nānāwale Estates * Nāpili-Honokōwai * Nīnole, Hāmākua District, Hawaii County * Nīnole, Kaū District, Hawaii County * Ōmao * Ōmaopio, Maui County * Ōōkala * Pāauhau * Pāhala * Pāhoa * Pāia * Pākalā Village * Pālehua, Honolulu County * Pāpā Bay Estates, Hawaii County * Pāpaaloa * Pāpaikou * Poipū * Puaākala, Hawaii County * Pūālaa, Hawaii County * Puakō * Pūkoo, Maui County * Pūlehu, Maui County * Pūpūkea * Puunēnē * Wahiawā * Wahīlauhue, Maui County * Waikāne * Waikapū * Waimānalo * Waimānalo Beach * Waiōhinu * Waipāhoehoe, Hawaii County * Welokā, Hawaii County


Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

* Pointe à la Hache * West Pointe à la Hache


Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

* Arnesén, Lake of the Woods County * Lindström


New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

* Cañada de los Alamos * Cañon, Mora County * Cañon, Sandoval County * Cañoncito, Bernalillo County * Cañoncito, Rio Arriba County * Cañoncito, Santa Fe County * Cañoncito, Taos County * Cañones * Doña Ana * Española * Lower Cañones, Rio Arriba County * Peña Blanca * Peñasco * Peñasco Blanco, San Miguel County * Piñon * Señorito, Sandoval County


Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

* Añasco * Bayamón * Canóvanas * Cataño * Comerío * Guánica *
Juana Díaz Juana is a Spanish female first name. It is the feminine form of Juan (English John), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Janet, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. Juanita is a common variant. The name Juana may refer to: People *Juana I (14 ...
* Las Marías * Loíza * Manatí * Mayagüez * Peñuelas * Rincón *
Río Grande The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The length of the Rio G ...
* San Germán *
San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...
* Cañabón, a ward of
Caguas, Puerto Rico Caguas (, ) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was founded ...
* Castañer, Puerto Rico *
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico Río Piedras is a populous district of San Juan, and former town and municipality of Puerto Rico, which was merged with the municipality of San Juan in 1951. The district today is composed of various '' barrios'' (these are the primary legal div ...
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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

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César Chávez Cesar Chavez (born Cesario Estrada Chavez ; ; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged ...
* La Peñusca, Cameron County * Lopeño * Peñitas * Salineño * Salineño North


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Diacritics A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word ''diacritic ...
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