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  2. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    Gay, West Virginia: A town in West Virginia. It seems like there are a lot of towns in the United States with this name such as Idaho, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. Gay, Russia: A town in Russia, pronounced like "guy". Gaydon: A parish and village in Warwickshire, England. It's where Jaguar and Land Rover cars are made. Gay Head

  3. List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places - Wikipedia

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    Biblically sourced names are widespread and are sometimes the result of naming a settlement after its church. Names from ancient history can also be found in a number of places, although a concentration of them can be found in upstate New York. Names from these two sources can be found in the Ancient World section below the list of countries.

  4. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. 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 ...

  5. Weird Town Names: 10 U.S. Areas With the Oddest Monikers - AOL

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    By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Most of the more than 30,000 incorporated towns and cities in the U.S. listed by the Census Bureau have names that wouldn't get a second glance. But there are more than ...

  6. List of municipalities in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Cities Largest municipalities in West Virginia by population ... Map of the United States with West Virginia highlighted. 2023 Rank City Type 2023 Estimate [1 ...

  7. List of municipalities in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    There are currently 253 cities and 673 villages in Ohio, for a total of 926 municipalities. Municipality names are not unique: there is a village of Centerville in Gallia County and a city of Centerville in Montgomery County ; there is also a city of Oakwood in Montgomery County as well as the villages of Oakwood in Cuyahoga County and Oakwood ...

  8. List of city nicknames in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    This partial list of city nicknames in West Virginia compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in West Virginia are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.

  9. Northern panhandle of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Ohio County; Marshall County; Most West Virginians also include Wetzel County, and sometimes Tyler County, directly to the south of Marshall County, as a part of the northern panhandle, although they do not lie strictly within the northern extension. [2] Prior to the 2020 redistricting, they formed the core of West Virginia's 1st congressional ...