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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 ...
A place in Angola that has the most consecutive vowels in a row of any other place name Cave-In-Rock: Even though people find rocks in caves, this town in southern Illinois says otherwise. It's named from the state park of the same name, which features a cave. Celebration: A community developed by Disney near Walt Disney World.
The 1918 pandemic flu. It was associated to Spain since, in other countries, the World War I censorship blocked local reports to preserve morale. [3] Spanish supper Tightening of the belt a notch instead of eating. [1] Swedish headache Pain from sexual arousal without sexual release (cf. Blue balls). [2] Texas butter
A group of street names (for example in a residential area) is deemed to be unrepresentative for the population of that place, region or country because some demographics are overrepresented and others underrepresented, for example, because a disproportionate number of streets are named after men, and few after women. [1] [2]
Remarkable Rochesterians: Rev. Iris Jean Sulcer Banister. Let’s add the name of this educator and activist who died March 11, 2024, at age 77, to the list of Remarkable Rochesterians that can be ...
Place names may revert to an earlier name; for instance in Australia, pre-colonial names established thousands of years ago by Aboriginal peoples have been reclaimed as official names. Examples include K'gari (formerly Fraser Island and various other names since settlement), and Uluru / Ayers Rock , where a dual naming strategy was adopted but ...
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.
It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world, according to World Atlas. [2] The name of the hill (with 85 characters) has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. Other versions of the name, including longer ...