List of interesting or unusual place names
The following international geographical names are either interesting or unusual. This list is provided chiefly for its entertainment value.Exacly what is "interesting or unusual" is of course open to debate, but most of the names fall into recognisable categories:
- Names suggesting matters sexual or scatalogical or insulting, usually unintentionally. For example Intercourse, Shitlington Crags, or Silly.
- Some sex-related names are marked 1 below
- Names of unorthodox spelling or sound. For example ÃÂÃÂ
or Woolloomooloo.
- Candidates for the shortest or longest word in English or other languages are marked 2.
- Names that are also listed on inherently funny word are marked 3.
- Names that describe something that is in no apparent sense a geographical location. For example, Why, Old Harry, Mutters, Pity Me, and Die.
- Names that match or resemble the name of another place many orders of magnitude more well-known, giving opportunity for confusion. For example New York, Lincolnshire, England
- Some names of this kind are marked 8.
- Some names of this kind are marked 8.
See also: List of unusual English words, Street sign theft, toponymy, list of toponyms (with names derived from place names)
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