- Location: Honduras, Spain, Trinidad, USA, Venezuela
1. Spain (Valencia): an autonomous community (in Spanish, Comunidad Valenciana), a city and a former kingdom. Founded as Valentia in 138 bc for Lusitanian military veterans, the Roman name, Valentia Edetanorum 'Fortified Town of the Edetani', came from the tribal name and the Latin valens 'strong' or 'powerful'. The Arabic name was Medina bu-Tarab 'City of Joy'.
2. Venezuela: founded in 1555 as Nueva Valencia del Rey 'New Valencia of the King' by Alonso Diaz Moreno who came from the Spanish city of Valencia.
