One of the funniest place names in Swedish probably belongs to the village of Kvinnaböske, which in modern swedish sounds alot like woman-bush
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This Austrian city has had its town sign stolen several times.
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The most boring German town name: "Neustadt" (which exists like 30 times in Germany). Guess what, it means New Town. Highly creative...
Of course, there's Fucking in Austria. In the end they were forced to put their town sign into concrete as it was stolen regularily by tourists.
Of course, there's Fucking in Austria. In the end they were forced to put their town sign into concrete as it was stolen regularily by tourists.
Nova Cartagena. (Cartagena being a contraction of Carthago Nova, and Carthago meaning "New town")
So it's New New New Town.
This roadsign presents a choice - Tapa or Loobu; meaning - Kill!(command) or Quit/Cancel.
There is also a place which translates as: "The valley between thighs" (Reitevaheorg)
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A couple of urban legends concerning place names:
A dude walks on a bus and asks: "One ticket for a freak."
Actually the place where he wanted to go was called "Freak/Bastard/Spawn" and he was asking for a ticket to go there.
An old lady got onto a bus at the village of Kortsu, but forgot her bag on bus stop bench. Realising that, she said: "(Ball)Sack is wrinkled". Bus driver responded: "That's right, I quess so."
Actually the name Kortsu means wrinkled in english and bag and sack are one word - kott. This plus the fact that this phrase (Kott on kortsus - Sack is wrinkled/bag is in Kortsu) is most times used in a sexual context.
Two old women step into a bus and says: "Two hags." Bus driver didn't say anything and just waited. Old lady said again: "Two hags." Bus driver said: "Yes, I know that two hags, but where would those two hags want to go?"
Thing is that that these women wanted to go to Mutti, which means hags. And "two hags" is the same phrase as "two to Hags".
A chick sits into a taxi and says to the driver: "Kind of old". Driver responds: "Well, look for a younger one then."
"Kind of old" is a place name - Vana-Võitu.
There was once an advertisement in a real estate news paper: "Farmstead for sale, adress: Cat's village, <Insert the most stereotypical dog's name possible> farmstead."
The village was called just "Kass"(Cat) and the farmstead was Muri(dog's name similar to Buddy/Cooper/Bandit).
There are also place names, such as Norway, Sweden and Paris in estonia and older children like to tease smaller children about travelling outside of Estonia, when they really go to neibghouring village.
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Remember once passing Donnacona in Quebec several years ago. I was with a Portuguese. Giggled like a pre-teen schoolboy.
Too rude to translate.
Too rude to translate.
Nottingham used to be known as 'Snottingham'. To the amusement of schoolboys everywhere.
My favourite:
"The Museum of Vulvas"
of labias
But really it means "Museum in Sromow", with locality name "Sromow" being coincidentally the same as plural genetivus for "labia".
I live close to an area that contains the villages of Manderup (lit. translated Mensville), Kvinderup (lit. Womensville) and the town of Slangerup (lit. Snakesville). In local vernacular this area has been known, since the late middle ages, as "The Garden of Eden".
Of course the original meanings of those place names are grounded in names that has nothing to do with the Bible, and are far older (from around the Bronze Age), but has later been distorted on account of their similarity with modern language words (a theory is that the -rup ending is connected to the wellknown, and much more recent, -thorpe, or in Danish -torp, ending of place names).
Of course the original meanings of those place names are grounded in names that has nothing to do with the Bible, and are far older (from around the Bronze Age), but has later been distorted on account of their similarity with modern language words (a theory is that the -rup ending is connected to the wellknown, and much more recent, -thorpe, or in Danish -torp, ending of place names).
Then you also live near Høsterkøb, which is a distortion of Hustrukøb (wife purchase).
There are several towns with interesting names within easy driving distance, here in Pennyslvania, USA. North of me is Virginville, while Intercourse is to the South. Bird in Hand isn't too far from there. A few of the Native American place names in the region are a challenge to spell and pronounce, like "Schuylkill" (simplified to "skookill" by the locals), and I have no clue what they originally meant.
There is (or was) a "Hell" in Michigan, but I don't believe it has its own post office anymore. You used to be able to send a letter postmarked from Hell. It's nice to be able to say "been there, done that", when you've literally been to Hell and back, and have the paperwork to prove it.
There is (or was) a "Hell" in Michigan, but I don't believe it has its own post office anymore. You used to be able to send a letter postmarked from Hell. It's nice to be able to say "been there, done that", when you've literally been to Hell and back, and have the paperwork to prove it.
so many old names are cool, expecially in Central Asia: cities have super cool names (Samarcanda, Marakanda, Bukhara, tashkent, fergana, Khiva, etc.), regions have super cool names too (Sogdiana, Transoxiana, Ariana, Drangiana, etc.).
The Alexandrias all have cool names (Alexandria Eschate, Alexandria Susiana, Alexandria Bucephala, Alexandria Nikaia, etc.).
Persian names are super cool: Ctesiphon, Ecbatana
The Alexandrias all have cool names (Alexandria Eschate, Alexandria Susiana, Alexandria Bucephala, Alexandria Nikaia, etc.).
Persian names are super cool: Ctesiphon, Ecbatana