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Ibn Battuta, the Berber traveller, visited Jeddah during his world trip. He wrote the name of the city into his diary as "Juddah". The British Foreign Office and other branches of the British government used to use the older spelling of "Jedda", contrary to other English-speaking usage, but in 2007 changed to the spelling "Jeddah".
While English-speakers may find this city's name to be funny, its official name is said to be the world's longest, which does make a hard man humble at one point. Bang Mun Nak: A district in Phichit province, upper central Thailand. "Mun Nak" means "otter poop" in Thai, and the issue about the other word can be found in nearby entries. Bangor
Little is known about how Romans adapted foreign place names to Latin form, but there is evidence of the practices of Bible translators.They reworked some names into Latin or Greek shapes; in one version, Yerushalem (tentative reconstruction of a more ancient Hebrew version of the name) becomes Hierosolyma, doubtlessly influenced by Greek ἱερος (hieros), "holy".
It was also formerly believed to be the world's shortest river. E, a mountain in Hokkaidō, Japan; E, a river in the Highlands of Scotland; É, an ancient name for Dadu River in Sichuan, China [1] G, a village in Kayanza Province, Burundi [2] H, also known as H Island, an island in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, in Fairfax County, Virginia
From the new World Trade Center to the Willis Tower, these towering landmarks have become synonymous with the success and history of cities in which they were built. We’ve gathered 25 world ...
List of cities in the Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory) List of cities in Poland - Republic of Poland; List of cities in Portugal - Portuguese Republic; List of cities in Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US overseas commonwealth)
List of cities with the most skyscrapers; List of cities with more than one commercial airport; List of city name changes; List of largest cities throughout history; List of national capitals; List of ghost towns by country; List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants; Lists of city flags; World's most livable cities; Global city
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States