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There are many unusual place names throughout the world. The study of placenames is known as toponymy. Toponymy is the taxonomic study of toponyms (place-names), their origins and their meanings. ...
Types of placenames often seen as unusual include:
- Names with unorthodox spelling or sound.
- Names which are extremely short (e.g., one-letter names) or extremely long.
- Names that describe something that is commonly not a geographical location.
For places with names that match or resemble the name of another much better known place, see List of misleading place names. A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. ...
In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a pro-form that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase with or without a determiner, such as you and they in English. ...
Many place names that appear odd to English-speakers are from other languages. Often they are either meaningless or innocuous in their own tongue. Well known examples of this are the French town of Condom, and the Austrian village of Fucking. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
This article is about the French commune. ...
The frequently stolen traffic sign,[1] at the entrance to the village of Fucking. ...
Some parts of the world have been seen as places which are famous for a large number of unusual names such as Dorset [1] in England; Ireland [2]; Antarctica [3]; Alberta [4] and Newfoundland [5] in Canada, and also Canada itself[6]; and Arkansas [7], Texas [8], Kentucky [9] Minnesota [10] and Pennsylvania [11] in the United States. Many of these are the result of local dialect or family names, so may more accurately be considered picturesque rather than unusual. Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ...
Motto: Fortis et liber(Latin) Strong and free Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Official languages English (see below) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong - Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 28 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories) (8th [Province]) Area Ranked...
For other uses, see Newfoundland (disambiguation). ...
Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Largest metro area Little Rock Metropolitan Area Area Ranked 29th - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²) - Width 239 miles (385 km) - Length 261 miles (420 km) - % water 2. ...
Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area Ranked 37th - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²) - Width 140 miles (225 km) - Length 379 miles (610 km) - % water 1. ...
Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area Ranked 12th - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 400 miles (645 km) - % water 8. ...
Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 280 miles (455 km) - Length 160 miles (255 km) - % water 2. ...
Examples of unusual place names
A •Å (disambiguation), Norway Ã… can refer to: the letter Ã… the town Ã… in Norway the parish Ã… in Sweden symbol for Ã¥ngström a noun meaning river in Scandinavian languages it is also the symbol for an American Baseball team, the Astros This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ...
•Aars, Denmark Aars is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in northern Denmark, in the county of North Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. ...
•Abbess Roding, Essex, England Abbess Roding is a village in the English county of Essex. ...
•Accident, Maryland, USA Accident is a town located in Garrett County, Maryland. ...
•Adiós, Navarre, Spain ("Goodbye" in Spanish) Adiós is a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, Spain. ...
•Ah Cut, Pitcairn Island AH CUT, on Pitcairn Island, is the highland area immediately to the south of Palva Walley, about a quarter of a mile north of Gudgeon Harbour. ...
•Ål, Buskerud, Norway 2. Its name is Danish, Norwegian and Swedish for "eel".[citation needed]
•Alpha, Michigan, Alpha, Minnesota, and Alpha, New Jersey, USA Alpha is a village located in Iron County, Michigan. ...
Alpha is a city located in Jackson County, Minnesota. ...
Alpha is a Borough located in Warren County, New Jersey. ...
•Alpha, Queensland, Australia The township of Alpha is located in central western Queensland, Australia. ...
•Alphabet City, a neighborhood of New York City, USA[citation needed]
•Anaconda, Montana, USA Anaconda, county seat of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, is located in mountainous southwestern Montana. ...
•Apples, Vaud, Switzerland 8 Apples is a commune in Switzerland. ...
•Arab, Alabama, USA (Pronounced "ay-RAB," Arab is down the road from a town called Boaz, which is a Biblical Hebrew name) Arab is a city in Marshall and Cullman counties in northeastern Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Metro Area. ...
•Arresting, Lower Bavaria, Germany
•Arsoli, Lazio, Italy Arsoli is a city in the Province of Rome, Italy. ...
•Arthur Kill, New York and New Jersey, USA[citation needed]
•Artichoke, Minnesota, USA[citation needed]
•As, Limburg, Belgium[citation needed]
•Aš, Czech Republic AÅ¡ is a city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. ...
•Ås, five places in Sweden (means small mountain ridge) County Akershus Landscape Follo Municipality NO-0214 Administrative centre Ã…s Mayor (2003) Johan Alnes (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 383 103 km² 101 km² 0. ...
•Asbestos, Quebec, Canada Asbestos is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Nicolet River and is the seat of the MRC dAsbestos. ...
•Assawoman, Virginia, USA 1 Assawoman is a place in Accomack County, Virginia. ...
•Asse, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
•Assens, Denmark Assens is a city in central Denmark, located in Assens municipal. ...
•Atomic City, Idaho, USA Atomic City is a city located in Bingham County, Idaho, U.S., at the 2000 census the population was 25. ...
•Avenue Road, a main street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in other cities (there are six in London) Avenue Road is a major north-south street in Toronto, Ontario. ...
•Azusa, California, USA Azusa is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
B •Bachelor's Bump, East Sussex, England[citation needed]
•Bad Axe, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
•Bad Gastein, Austria[citation needed]
•Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany[citation needed]
•Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[citation needed]
•Bakewell, Derbyshire, England-known for its puddings[citation needed]
•Bald Knob, Arkansas, USA[citation needed]
•Ball, Louisiana, USA[citation needed]
•Ballsbridge — a suburb of Dublin, Ireland[citation needed]
•Bam, Iran[citation needed]
•Banana, Queensland, Australia 7 & 8[citation needed]
•Bang Bang Jump Up, a rock formation in Australia[citation needed]
•Bankass, Mali[citation needed]
•Barf (Lake District), hill in the Lake District, England[citation needed]
•Bat and Ball, a railway station in Sevenoaks, Kent, England[citation needed]
•Batman, Batman Province and Batman River, Turkey[citation needed]
•Beer, Devon, England 8[citation needed]
•Belcher in Louisiana[citation needed]
•Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada[citation needed]
•Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA[citation needed]
•Between, Georgia, USA[citation needed]
•Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, Canada[citation needed]
•Bidon 5, Sahara Desert, Africa 5[citation needed]
•Big Bear City, California, USA 7[citation needed]
•Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky, USA[citation needed]
•Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire, England[citation needed]
•Bitche, France[citation needed]
•Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, USA[citation needed]
•Black Hammer Township, Minnesota, USA[citation needed]
•Blackboy Hill, Bristol, England (At the top end of Whiteladies Road)[citation needed]
•Blowing Rock, North Carolina, USA[citation needed]
•Blubberhouses, Yorkshire, England[citation needed]
•Blue Ball, Pennsylvania, USA 1[citation needed]
•Blue Cow, New South Wales, Australia[citation needed]
•Boaz, Alabama, USA (Boaz, which is a Biblical Hebrew name, is down the road from a town called Arab)[citation needed]
•Bonesteel, South Dakota, USA[citation needed]
•Bong County, Liberia[citation needed]
•Bong Recreational Area, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
•Bongoville, Gabon (Named after President Omar Bongo of Gabon)[citation needed]
•Boom, Belgium[citation needed]
•Booti Booti National Park, Australia[citation needed]
•Boring, Oregon, USA[citation needed] Wood mill in Boring. ...
•Boutilimit, Mauritania[citation needed]
•Braintree, a place name in the United Kingdom as well as both Massachusetts and Vermont, USA
•Bras d'Or Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada[citation needed]
•Breaky Bottom, East Sussex, England[citation needed]
•Bredon Hill, England (translated: hill hill hill)[citation needed]
•Brest, France[citation needed]
•Bright, Indiana, USA[citation needed]
•Broadstairs, Kent, England[citation needed]
•Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA[citation needed]
•Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Australian mining giant BHP stands for Broken Hill Proprietary Company[citation needed]
•Brown Willy, a tor in Cornwall, England[citation needed]
•Bruno, Minnesota, USA[citation needed]
•Bryndwr, Christchurch, New Zealand (which is as flat as a pancake. "Bryndwr" is Welsh for "steep hill")[citation needed]
•Buckhead, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, United States[citation needed]
•Bucksnort, Tennessee, USA[citation needed]
•Buddha, Indiana, USA[citation needed]
•Bullhead City, Arizona, USA; named for a nearby rock formation shaped like a bull's head; submerged soon after the completion of nearby Davis Dam[citation needed]
•Bulls, New Zealand 7[citation needed]
•Bullocks Flat, New South Wales, Australia[citation needed]
•Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia[citation needed]
•Burnt Hill, Berkshire, England[citation needed]
•Buttahatchee River, Alabama and Mississippi, USA[citation needed]
C •Calexico, California, USA (portmanteau of "California" and "Mexico"; it lies by the border between the two [see also: Mexicali])[citation needed]
•Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada, USA; portmanteau of California, Nevada and Arizona[citation needed]
•Cape Circumcision, Bouvet Island[citation needed]
•Cape Foulwind, South Island, New Zealand[citation needed]
•Caress, West Virginia, USA[citation needed]
•Carneys Point Township, New Jersey, USA[citation needed]
•Carpinteria, California, USA; Spanish for "carpenter shop"[citation needed]
•Carsick, Sheffield, England[citation needed]
•Catbrain Hill, Gloucestershire, England[citation needed]
•Cathedral City, California USA; named not for the house of worship but for a rock formation. There are no cathedrals in Cathedral City.[citation needed]
•Cathole, Devon, England[citation needed]
•Cattewater, Devon, England[citation needed]
•Center of the World, Ohio, USA[citation needed]
•Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA, built on property that was once the backlot of Twentieth Century Fox[citation needed]
•Cereal, Alberta, Canada 8[citation needed]
•Chaldon Herring, Dorset, England[citation needed]
•Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Massachusetts, USA 2[citation needed]
•Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA[citation needed]
•Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA[citation needed]
•Chicken, Alaska, USA 7 & 8[citation needed]
•Chili, New York, USA8 (pronounced CHYE-lye, often mispronounced by non-locals)[citation needed]
•Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.[citation needed]
•Chino, California, USA ("Chino" is the Spanish word for "Chinese man".)[citation needed]
•Chipping Sodbury, England[citation needed]
•Christmas Island, Australia 4[citation needed]
•Christmas, Michigan, USA 4[citation needed]
•Christmas Pie, Surrey, England 4 & 8[citation needed]
•Chugwater, Wyoming, USA[citation needed]
•Chunky, Mississippi, and the nearby Chunky River, USA[citation needed]
•Climax, Colorado, Climax, Michigan, Climax, Minnesota, and Climax, Georgia, USA1[citation needed]
•Climax Springs, Missouri, USA 1[citation needed]
•Clit, Arad, Romania 1[citation needed]
•Clitherall, Minnesota, USA 1[citation needed]
•Clowne, Derbyshire, England[citation needed]
•Coalinga, California, USA; attributed to a Standard Oil installation in the area called "Coaling Station A," used as a fueling point for steam locomotives. [citation needed]
•Coca Cola, Colón, Panama[citation needed]
•Cocks, Cornwall, England[citation needed]
•Coffeeville, Mississippi, USA[citation needed]
•Colon, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
•Combined Locks, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
•Come-by-Chance, New South Wales, Australia[citation needed]
•Commerce, California, USA[citation needed]
•Conception Bay, Newfoundland[citation needed]
•Conception Junction, Missouri, USA 1[citation needed]
•Concepcion, Texas, USA[citation needed]
•Condom, Gers, France 1[citation needed]
•Coolville, Ohio, USA[citation needed]
•Cornville, Maine, USA 8[citation needed]
•Cosmos, Minnesota, USA[citation needed]
•Coxsackie, New York, USA[citation needed]
•Crackpot, Yorkshire, England[citation needed]
•Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, Canada[citation needed]
•Crapolla, Italy[citation needed]
•Cumming, Georgia, USA 1[citation needed]
•Cunter, Graubünden, Switzerland 1[citation needed]
•Curry Mallet, Somerset, England[citation needed]
•Cut n' Shoot, Texas, USA[citation needed]
•Cut Off, Louisiana, USA[citation needed]
D • D'Lo, Mississippi, USA[citation needed]
• Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany ("Intestine City")[citation needed]
• Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Death Valley, California, USA[citation needed]
• Defiance, Ohio, USA[citation needed]
• Delta in many places[citation needed]
• Desert Center, California, USA[citation needed]
• Destruction Bay, Yukon, Canada[citation needed]
• Devils Elbow, Missouri, USA[citation needed]
• Devil's Beef Tub, Scotland (A large depression where border rievers hid stolen cattle)[citation needed]
• Devil's Playground, in Mojave, California, USA[citation needed]
• Dial Post, Sussex, England[citation needed]
• Die, Drôme, France[citation needed]
• Dildo Island, South Dildo, and Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada 1[citation needed]
• Disappointment Islands[citation needed]
• DISH, Texas, named so to obtain free Dish Network for 10 years[citation needed]
• Dix Hills, New York, USA 1[citation needed]
• Doo Town, Tasmania, Australia (all houses are called something to do with "doo", eg. Doo Little, Doo Drop In, Didgeri-doo, etc.)[citation needed]
• Double Trouble, New Jersey, USA (also name of a state park)[citation needed]
• Drain, Oregon, USA[citation needed]
• Drama Near Thessaloniki, Northern Greece[citation needed]
• Drogen, Germany (translates as "drugs")[citation needed]
• Dry Prong, Louisiana, USA[citation needed]
• Duel, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
• Dummer, New Hampshire, USA[citation needed]
E • Eagle, Lincolnshire, England[citation needed]
• Eagle Butte, South Dakota USA[citation needed]
• Earth, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• East Fishkill, New York, USA[citation needed]
• East Northport, New York, USA[citation needed]
• East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada[citation needed]
• Easter Island, Chile 4[citation needed]
• Ecce Homo, Schwyz, Switzerland 1[citation needed]
• Eclectic, Alabama, USA[citation needed]
• Eel Pie Island, London, England[citation needed]
• Eighty Eight, Kentucky, USA 5[citation needed]
• Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, USA 5[citation needed]
• El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula, USA (Full name of Los Angeles, California)[citation needed]
• Elephant Butte, New Mexico, USA 7[citation needed]
• Elephant and Castle, London, England (a well-known road intersection)[citation needed]
• Embarrass, Minnesota, USA [citation needed]
• Embarrass, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
• Empire, Michigan, USA [citation needed]
• Erode, India[citation needed]
• Eromanga, Australia (Japanese for hentai manga)[citation needed]
• Eustace, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Eye, Cambridgeshire, Eye, Herefordshire, Eye, Suffolk, as well as the River Eye, England, and River Eye, Scotland[citation needed]
F • Fanny, West Virginia, USA[citation needed]
• Faro, Yukon, Canada, named after the Faro card game[citation needed]
• Felch, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
• Fertile, Minnesota, USA[citation needed]
• Fish Camp, California, USA[citation needed]
• Fishkill, New York, USA ("kill" is an old Dutch word for a small stream)[citation needed]
• Five Corners (several), USA 5[citation needed]
• Five Forks (several), USA 5[citation needed]
• Five Points (several), USA 5[citation needed]
• Flippin, Arkansas, USA[citation needed]
• Florala, Alabama, USA[citation needed]
• Foch, West Virginia, USA[citation needed]
• Foggy Bottom, Washington, DC, USA[citation needed]
• Fonzo, West Virginia, USA[citation needed]
• Forks of Salmon, California, USA[citation needed]
• Fort Bliss US Army Post, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Foul Mile, Sussex, England[citation needed]
• Foulness, Essex, England[citation needed]
• French Camp, California, USA[citation needed]
• French Lick, Indiana, USA[citation needed]
• Fresh Kills, Staten Island, New York, USA[citation needed]
• Friendly, Maryland, USA and Friendly, West Virginia, USA[citation needed]
• Friendship, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
• Frisby on the Wreake, Leicestershire, England[citation needed]
• Fryingpan River, Colorado, USA[citation needed]
• Fryup, Yorkshire, England [citation needed]
• Fucking, Austria The frequently stolen traffic sign,[1] at the entrance to the village of Fucking. ...
• Fyshwick, A.C.T., Australia[citation needed]
G • Gander, Newfoundland, Canada 7[citation needed]
• Gap, Pennsylvania, USA[citation needed]
• Garden, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
• Gary, Indiana, USA[citation needed]
• Gas, Kansas, USA[citation needed]
• Gaylord, Michigan, USA and Gaylord, Minnesota.[citation needed]
• Gayton (several places in England) 1[citation needed]
• Gay, Michigan, USA [citation needed]
• Gay, West Virginia, USA[citation needed]
• Gays, Illinois, USA[citation needed]
• George, Washington, USA[citation needed]
• Germfask, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
• Giggleswick, North Yorkshire, England[citation needed]
• Gimli, Manitoba, Canada (a rural municipality)[citation needed]
• Gland, Switzerland[citation needed]
• Glasscock County, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Gnaw Bone, Indiana, USA[citation needed]
• Goodyear, Arizona, USA 4[citation needed]
• Goose Green, Vermont, USA; also in the Falkland Islands[citation needed]
• Goree, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion, a train station in Gwynedd, Wales 2[citation needed]
• Grand Tetons, a mountain range in Wyoming, USA (meaning: "big nipples" in French) 1[citation needed]
• Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, USA [citation needed]
• Grandmother Gap, North Carolina, USA [citation needed]
• Great Neck, New York, USA[citation needed]
• Gropecunt Lane, England, United Kingdom[citation needed]
• Grosse Tête, Louisiana, USA (meaning: "big head" in French) [citation needed]
• Gun Barrel City, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Gunbarrel Highway, Western Australia, Australia[citation needed]
• Gunbarrel, Colorado, USA[citation needed]
• Gypsy, West Virginia, USA[citation needed]
H • Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
• Ha Ha Tonka State Park, Missouri, USA[citation needed]
• Half.com, Oregon, USA (it is sponsored by eBay)[citation needed]
• Halfway, Missouri, USA[citation needed]
• Halfway House, Newfoundland, Canada[citation needed]
• Halo, West Virginia, USA[citation needed]
• Ham, Wiltshire in England 8[citation needed]
• Hamtramck, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
• Happy, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Happy Adventure, Newfoundland, Canada[citation needed]
• Hard, Austria[citation needed]
• Hawaiian Gardens, California, USA[citation needed]
• Hazard, Kentucky USA[citation needed]
• Hazardville, Connecticut, USA[citation needed]
• Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, a historic site in Alberta, Canada[citation needed]
• Headland, Alabama, USA[citation needed]
• Hel, Poland[citation needed]
• Hell, Norway[citation needed]
• Hell Corner, Berkshire, England[citation needed]
• Hell For Certain, Kentucky, USA[citation needed]
• Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York, USA[citation needed]
• Hell Gate, a portion of the East River in New York, USA[citation needed]
• Hell Hole Gorge National Park, Australia[citation needed]
• Hell, Michigan, USA & Hell, Grand Cayman, British West Indies[citation needed]
• Hella, Iceland[citation needed]
• Helper, Utah, USA[citation needed]
• Hetch Hetchy Valley, California, USA[citation needed]
• Hicksville, New York, and Hicksville, Ohio, USA[citation needed]
• High Level, Alberta, Canada[citation needed]
• High Point, a mountain in Sussex, New Jersey, USA — the highest point in the state[citation needed]
• Hoard, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
• Hoeryong, North Korea (similar to Dutch "hoerenjong", meaning literally "child of a whore")[citation needed]
• Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, USA[citation needed]
• Hokah, Minnesota, USA[citation needed]
• Hole in the Wall, Bahamas[citation needed]
• Hometown, Illinois[citation needed]
• Hometown, Pennsylvania[citation needed]
• Hometown, West Virginia[citation needed]
• Homosassa, Florida, USA[citation needed]
• Honor, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
• Hooker, Oklahoma, USA[citation needed]
• Horsleydown, London, UK[citation needed]
• How, Wisconsin, USA 6[citation needed]
• Howard City, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
• Humptulips, Washington, USA[citation needed]
• Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, Australia[citation needed]
• Hungry Horse, Montana, USA[citation needed]
• Hungry Mother State Park, Virginia, USA[citation needed]
• Hurricane, Utah, USA[citation needed]
• Hurricane, West Virginia, USA (pronounced Her-i-kin)[citation needed]
• Hurt, Virginia, USA[citation needed]
• Hustler, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
I • Idiotville, Oregon[citation needed]
• Idle Hour, New York, USA[citation needed]
• Idyllwild, California, USA[citation needed]
• Indented Head, Victoria, Australia[citation needed]
• Index, Washington, USA[citation needed]
• Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada[citation needed]
• Indian Queens, Cornwall, England[citation needed]
• Industry, California, USA[citation needed]
• Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California (street with the head office of Apple Computer)[citation needed]
• Innaloo (suburb of Perth, Western Australia)[citation needed]
• Intercourse, Alabama and Intercourse, Pennsylvania, both in USA 1[citation needed]
• Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia[citation needed]
J • Jackman, Maine, USA[citation needed]
• Jackpot, Nevada, USA[citation needed]
• Jedi Way, East Freetown, Massachusetts (street)[citation needed]
• Jerry City, Ohio, USA[citation needed]
• Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, USA (about 250 miles from the Jersey Shore)[citation needed]
• Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA[citation needed]
• Joe, Montana, USA (Joe Montana is a famous NFL Quarterback)[citation needed]
• John o' Groats, Scotland[citation needed]
• Jupiter, Florida USA[citation needed]
K • Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
• Kalifornien, Germany (German for California)[citation needed]
• Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada[citation needed]
• Karkkila, Finland (Candyland)[citation needed]
• Keno City, Yukon, Canada, named after the Keno gambling game.[citation needed]
• Kill, County Kildare, Ireland[citation needed]
• Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, USA[citation needed]
• Kill Van Kull, New York and New Jersey, USA[citation needed]
• King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA[citation needed]
• Kiritimati Island, Kiribati (pronounced "Christmas" and is in fact an alternate name for the island; "ti" in Gilbertese is the "s" sound in English)[citation needed]
• Kissimmee, Florida, USA (properly pronounced "kis-SIMM-ee" (IPA [kǝˈsɪmɪ]), but usually mispronounced "KISS-a-me" ([ˈkɪsǝmiː]) by non-locals). The Osceola Astros Class A Minor league baseball team changed its name to the Cobras when they moved to Kissimmee.[citation needed]
• Kissing, Germany[citation needed]
• Klang Valley, Malaysia[citation needed]
• Kloten, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Kloten is the Dutch word for "testicles," and is frequently used as an expletive.[citation needed]
• Knob Noster, Missouri, USA[citation needed]
• Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England[citation needed]
• Koochiching County, Minnesota, USA[citation needed]
• Koolyanobbing, Western Australia 1[citation needed]
• Koshkonong, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
• Krk, Croatia[citation needed]
• Kumamoto, Japan (amusing/offensive only to speakers of Swahili--it translates as "fire cunt")[citation needed]
L • Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada; Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Ladysmith, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
• Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, Australia[citation needed]
• Lake Minnewanka, Alberts, Canada [citation needed]
• Lake Tahoe, USA[citation needed]
• Lake Titicaca, in Peru and Bolivia[citation needed]
• Lame Deer, Montana[citation needed]
• Latex, Texas[citation needed]
• Learned, Mississippi, USA[citation needed]
• Levelland, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Liberal, Kansas, USA[citation needed]
• Lickey End, Worcestershire, England[citation needed]
• Licking, Missouri, USA[citation needed]
• Licking County, Ohio, USA[citation needed]
• Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA1[citation needed]
• Little Big Horn, Montana, USA[citation needed]
• Little Five Points, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 5[citation needed]
• Little George Coc'nuts, Pitcairn Island[citation needed]
• Little River, Victoria, Australia[citation needed]
• Little Rock, Arkansas, USA[citation needed]
• Livermore, California, USA[citation needed]
• Liverpool, Great Britain[citation needed]
• Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales 2[citation needed]
• Llanhyfryddawelllehynafolybarcudprindanfygythiadtrienusyrhafnauole (normally Llanfynydd), Wales 2[citation needed]
• Llanddewi Brefi, Wales, UK (not to be confused with the fictional Llandewi Breffi featured in Little Britain)[citation needed]
• Locust Valley, New York, USA[citation needed]
• Log Cabin, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Loggerheads, Wales[citation needed]
• Lolita, Texas[citation needed]
• Loogootee, Indiana, USA[citation needed]
• Loon Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada[citation needed]
• Lost, Scotland[citation needed]
• Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland (pronounced "Lock Nay")[citation needed]
• Louny, Czech Republic[citation needed]
• Loveland, Ohio, USA[citation needed]
• Loveland, Colorado, USA[citation needed]
• Lover, Wiltshire, England[citation needed]
• Loving, New Mexico, USA[citation needed]
• Loving County, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Luck, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
• Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India[citation needed]
M • Macgillicuddy's Reeks, mountains in Ireland[citation needed]
• Magnet, Nebraska, USA[citation needed]
• Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa, USA[citation needed]
• Mahwah, New Jersey, USA[citation needed]
• Ma-Me-O Beach, Alberta, Canada (beach)[citation needed]
• Manteca, California, USA, Spanish word for lard.[citation needed]
• March, Cambridgeshire, England 4[citation needed]
• Martin's Heron, Berkshire, England[citation needed]
• Masai, Johor, Malaysia[citation needed]
• Mashpee, Massachusetts, USA[citation needed]
• Mavis Enderby, Lincolnshire, England[citation needed]
• Maybee, Michigan, USA[citation needed]
• Mayo, Yukon, Canada8 (named after Alfred Mayo)[citation needed]
• Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada[citation needed]
• Melbury Bubb, Dorset, England[citation needed]
• Meridian, Mississippi, USA[citation needed]
• Merrybent, County Durham, England[citation needed]
• Metropolis, Illinois, USA[citation needed]
• Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico (portmanteau of "Mexico" and "California"; it lies by the international border [see also Calexico])[citation needed]
• Mexican Hat, Utah, USA[citation needed]
• Middelfart, Funen, Denmark[citation needed]
• Mineral, Virginia, USA - pronounced min-rul by locals[citation needed]
• Mockbeggar, England[citation needed]
• Mold, Wales[citation needed]
• Money, Mississippi, USA[citation needed]
• Monster, Netherlands[citation needed]
• Montezuma, Indiana, USA[citation needed]
• Moosehead Lake, Maine, USA[citation needed]
• Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada[citation needed]
• Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada[citation needed]
• Morehead, Kentucky, USA[citation needed]
• Moretonhampstead, Devon (longest one-word place name in England)[citation needed]
• Mount Disappointment, Victoria, Australia[citation needed]
• Mount Hopeless, Australia[citation needed]
• Mousehole, UK[citation needed]
• Muck, island in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland[citation needed]
• Muckanaghederdauhaulia, Ireland[citation needed]
• Muff, County Donegal, Ireland[citation needed]
• The Mullet, an island off the coast of Ireland[citation needed]
• Muleshoe, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Mumbles, Wales[citation needed]
• Murderkill River, Delaware, USA[citation needed]
N • Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia[citation needed]
• Nasty, Hertfordshire, England[citation needed]
• Nauraushaun, New York, USA[citation needed]
• Navasota, Texas, USA[citation needed]
• Neck City, Missouri, USA[citation needed]
• Needles, California, USA[citation needed]
• Nempnett Thrubwell, Somerset, England[citation needed]
• Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England[citation needed]
• Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England[citation needed]
• New Invention, Shropshire, England[citation needed]
• New Invention, Walsall, England[citation needed]
• Niceville, Florida, USA[citation needed]
• Nimrod, Minnesota, USA[citation needed]
• Ninety Six, South Carolina, USA 5[citation needed]
• Nobber, County Meath, Ireland[citation needed]
• Nobottle, Northamptonshire, England[citation needed]
• Nogo, Arkansas, USA[citation needed]
• Nome, Alaska, USA (after the nearby Cape Nome; '? Name' misread by a map maker as 'C. Nome')[citation needed]
• No Place, County Durham, England[citation needed]
• Norco, California, USA; abbreviation of "North Corona"[citation needed]
• Normal, Illinois, USA[citation needed]
• Normal Heights, a community in San Diego, California, USA[citation needed]
• North, South Carolina, USA[citation needed]
• North Freedom, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
• North Pole, Alaska, USA[citation needed]
• Nothing, Arizona, USA[citation needed]
• Novice, Texas, USA[citation needed]
O • Odd, West Virginia, USA[citation needed]
• Odder, Denmark[citation needed]
• Ogre, Latvia[citation needed]
• Okonoko, West Virginia, USA[citation needed]
• Old Crow, Yukon, Canada[citation needed]
• Old Harry Rocks, Dorset, England[citation needed]
• Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England[citation needed]
• Old Swan, Liverpool, England[citation needed]
• Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England[citation needed]
• Oliver Paipoonge, Ontario, Canada[citation needed]
• Oma, Wisconsin, USA, the German shortened version for grandmother[citation needed]
• One Hundred and Two River, Iowa and Missouri, USA[citation needed]
• One Tree Hill, South Australia[citation needed]
• Oombulgurri, Western Australia, Australia[citation needed]
• Opa-locka, Florida, USA[citation needed]
• Opelousas, Louisiana, USA[citation needed]
• Opp, Alabama, USA[citation needed]
• Orange, California, USA, city in Orange County, and Orange, New Jersey, USA8 [citation needed]
• Oroszlány, Hungary (a twist on "oroszlán", meaning "lion"; spelled this way, it translates to "Russian girl" in Hungarian)[citation needed]
• Oroville, California, USA ("Oro" is Spanish for "gold")[citation needed]
• Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA[citation needed]
• Os, Hedmark, Norway 2[citation needed]
• Os, Hordaland, Norway 2[citation needed]
• Oskaloosa, Iowa and Oskaloosa, Kansas, USA[citation needed]
• Otterup, Denmark[citation needed]
• Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso[citation needed]
• Owanka, South Dakota, USA 1[citation needed]
• Oxnard, California, USA[citation needed]
P • Paint, Pennsylvania, USA[citation needed]
• Pakenham Upper, Victoria, Australia[citation needed]
• Panthersville, Georgia, USA[citation needed]
• The Paps of Jura, mountains on the Isle of Jura
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