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A fictional town located in the fictional Midwestern state of North Yankton, based on North Dakota. The town's name, which is named after the German military leader Erich Ludendorff, alludes to Bismarck, the state capital of North Dakota, named after the German military leader and statesman Otto Von Bismarck. Midgar Final Fantasy VII
Name Description Aaru: The heavenly paradise often referred to as the Field Of Reeds, is an underworld realm where Osiris rules in ancient Egyptian mythology. Akhet: An Egyptian hieroglyph that represents the sun rising over a mountain. It is translated as "horizon" or "the place in the sky where the sun rises". [1] Benben
Carcosa is an ancient and mysterious city is barely described and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there. Caslin, Nebraska Stephen King: The Stand: Casterbridge, South Wessex Thomas Hardy: Thomas Hardy's Wessex: Correlates to the real-life Dorchester, Dorset: Castle Rock, Maine Stephen King: The ...
Town (popular name) In hieroglyphs Date founded Nome Patron deity Modern name Other name/s Note Chenem-Waset During Seti I's reign none Amara, Nubia: Per-Menmaatre, Per-Rameses-meri-Amun: Official residence of the representative of Kush: Iken
Following are lists of fictional locations, as large as a universe and as small as a pub.. List of fictional bars and pubs; List of fictional castles; List of fictional city-states in literature
This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans. It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies in antiquity rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global ...
This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis. Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included here if at any time its population or the dominant stratum within it spoke Greek.
This is a list of fictional city-states in literature. A city-state is a sovereign state that consists of a city and its dependent territories. [1] [2] They have been an important aspect of human society, and historically included famous cities like Athens, Carthage, Rome, [2] and the Italian city-states of the Renaissance. Correspondingly in ...