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  2. Street name controversy - Wikipedia

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    A street name controversy is a conflict over a public road or street name, also including alleys, squares, parks, quays and motorways. Theory. Causes. There are ...

  3. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including especially short or long names. These names often have an unintended effect or double-meaning when read by ...

  4. California will rename places to remove racist term for a ...

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    A racist term for a Native American woman will be removed from nearly three dozen geographic features and place names on California lands, the state Natural Resources Agency announced Friday ...

  5. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A place in Wyoming probably filled with street rats. Also a ghost town in California. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake: A reservoir in South Carolina that apparently needs an intervention. Renamed to "Village Lake" in 2022. Alemanía An almost ghost village in the province of Salta, in the northwest of Argentina. Its name is Spanish for "Germany". Alert

  6. Mysteries of Milwaukee street names explained, from ... - AOL

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    The tribute even survived a city campaign in the late 1920s to standardize street names. “They eliminated 100 or so street names … but they didn’t touch Layton Boulevard," Baehr said of city ...

  7. The most unique street names in the world - AOL

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    Across the pond, in a suburb of South Yorkshire, the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road couldn't take the jokes visiting tourists and back-side baring teens any longer.

  8. Street harassment - Wikipedia

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    Street harassment is a form of harassment, primarily sexual harassment that consists of unwanted sexualised comments, provocative gestures, honking, wolf whistles, indecent exposures, stalking, persistent sexual advances, and touching by strangers, in public areas such as streets, shopping malls and public transportation. [1]

  9. Franco-era street names to return to Cordoba as right ... - AOL

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    Fascist-era street names will be returned to Cordoba, the Spanish city's new rightist administration decided at its first meeting on Tuesday, overturning the left's move to change them. The ...