Richmond

Old Dominion capital

Richmond is a common English place name, most notably the capital city of Virginia and a major Confederate capital during the American Civil War.

Other significant Richmonds include a borough of London and cities in California and Indiana.

The name also serves as a surname.

They drove down to Richmond for the weekend.

Virginia

James River

Virginia river to Chesapeake

Edgar Allan Poe · Arthur Ashe · Patrick Henry · John Marshall · antebellum · plantations · Civil War · Reynolds · Altria

historic

colonial

Of occupied territories

slavery · Underground Railroad · freedom · emancipation · Reconstruction · battlefields · monuments · heritage · preservation · museum

London

Thames

London's river

  • Kew GardensLondon's royal botanical institution
  • boroughAdministrative town or district
  • TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family

Henry VII · deer · royal · palace · riverside · affluent · green · cricket · rugby · terrace

BritishColumbia

Vancouver

Major Canadian Pacific port

  • SurreyRegion bordering Greater London
  • BurnabyVancouver-adjacent Canadian city
  • dim sumChinese small-plate tradition

night market · fishing · cannery · temperate · Pacific

greenspace

deer

Antlered hoofed mammal

cycling · walking · ponds · wildlife · nature reserve · woodlands · grassland · herds · fallow deer · red deer

Categories
Opposites
Civil War Capital Alignment

RichmondWashington D.C.

United States capital city

Washington · Philadelphia · New York City · Boston

Geographic/Regional Identity (Virginia)

RichmondNorthern Virginia

D.C.'s southern suburbs

Roanoke · Virginia Beach · Norfolk · Arlington

Southern vs. Northern US Cities

RichmondBoston

Massachusetts state capital

Philadelphia · New York · Chicago · Detroit · Pittsburgh

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G