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  2. Scottish Gaelic place names - Wikipedia

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    Town Grand Mira North: A' Mhira Mhòr a Tuath Town Grand Mira South: A' Mhira Mhòr a Deas Town Grand River: Abhainn Mhòr Great river Halifax: Halafacs City Inverness: An Sithean Baile Inbhir Nis Iona: Sanndraigh Judique: Siùdaig Loch Lomond: Loch Laomainn Lake Mabou: An Drochaid The bridge Town Mabù Marion Bridge: Drochaid Mhira Town New ...

  3. List of double placenames - Wikipedia

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    Double placenames prominently feature the placenames of two or more constituents in double-barrelled form rather than invent a new name. This is often out of consideration for local sensitivities, since the smaller entity may resent its takeover, and may demand its symbolic perpetuation within an amalgamated name so as to propagate the impression of a merger between equals.

  4. List of short place names - Wikipedia

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    Au, name of three municipalities in Germany: Au am Rhein, Au (Breisgau) and Au in der Hallertau; Au, name of almost hundred of villages and hamlets in Germany, mostly in Bavaria: Au (Sieg) and others; Au, a town in the Kankan Region, Guinea; Au, a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland; Au, a village in the canton of Zürich ...

  5. The weirdest town names in all 50 states, from ... - AOL

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    The new name came about in 1950 when, for the 10th anniversary of NBC radio's Truth or Consequences game show, host Ralph Edwards suggested there might be a town willing to adopt the name as their ...

  6. List of fictional towns in film - Wikipedia

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    Town Name Film Name(s) Distributor(s) Notes Agrabah: Aladdin: Walt Disney Pictures: An Arabian city, where Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, Genie, Abu, Jafar and Iago reside. It has a marketplace and the iconic palace where the Sultan, Jasmine and Rajah live. It also has a parade where lots of people come to watch the elephants, people dancing and a ...

  7. Funk, Boring and Other Oddball American Town Names - AOL

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    Gu-Win, Alabama. Faced with annexation by the nearby town of Guin, the community of about 150 known as Ear Gap decided to incorporate in 1956. Residents adopted their new name from the Gu-Win ...

  8. Most lewd-sounding town names in each state revealed - AOL

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    If you've ever read the name of a town on a highway sign and started chuckling, you are not alone. Cities and towns across the nation have terrifically dirty-sounding and laugh-inducing names.

  9. List of Hebrew exonyms - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of traditional Hebrew place names. This list includes: This list includes: Places involved in the history (and beliefs) of Canaanite religion, Abrahamic religion and Hebrew culture and the (pre-Modern or directly associated Modern) Hebrew (and intelligible Canaanite ) names given to them.