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  2. List of short place names - Wikipedia

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    A, a former village in Kami-Amakusa city, Kumamoto, Japan; Á, a farm in Dalabyggð municipality, Dalasýsla, Iceland. Á is Icelandic for "river". Ά, an eco-hippie community in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina [citation needed] D, a river in Oregon, United States. It was also formerly believed to be the world's shortest river.

  3. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    While English-speakers may find this city's name to be funny, its official name is said to be the world's longest, which does make a hard man humble at one point. Bang Mun Nak: A district in Phichit province, upper central Thailand. "Mun Nak" means "otter poop" in Thai, and the issue about the other word can be found in nearby entries. Bangor

  4. List of national capital city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The coins in circulation in the region under the Rajputs were called dehliwal. Some other historians believe that the name is derived from Dilli, a corruption of dehleez or dehali—Hindi for 'threshold'—and symbolic of the city as a gateway to the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Another theory suggests that the city's original name was Dhillika.

  5. Quiz: Can You Guess These Iconic City Skylines? - AOL

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    Egypt is home to 20 of the most famous universities in the world and has brought the world many inventions, including the 365-day calendar, the sundial, and makeup to name a few. Related: Unsolved ...

  6. 100 City-Inspired Baby Names, from Adelaide to Raleigh - AOL

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    Whether you have found memories of your trip to Italy (hello, Luca or Siena) or simply want a name that has a certain cosmopolitan flair to it, we’ve got you covered with our roundup of city ...

  7. Lists of cities by country - Wikipedia

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    List of cities in the Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory) List of cities in Poland - Republic of Poland; List of cities in Portugal - Portuguese Republic; List of cities in Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US overseas commonwealth)

  8. List of city name changes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States

  9. List of Philippine city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The more than 140 cities in the Philippines as of 2022 have taken their names from a variety of languages both indigenous (Austronesian) and foreign (mostly Spanish).The majority of Philippine cities derive their names from the major regional languages where they are spoken including Tagalog (), Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicolano, Kapampangan and Pangasinense.