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A small town in Missouri, United States. Knob Noster: A town in Johnson County, Missouri. Another town name in Missouri with the word "knob" in it. "Knob" doesn't have the same meaning in the US as it does in the UK, but it's stil a weird name nonetheless. Knock: A village in Ireland. The name is an anglicised form of the Irish Gaelic word ...
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 ...
Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...
Swett, South Dakota. Population: 2. Swett gained fame for being "For Sale" back in 2014, with a listing price of $399,000. The sale included 6 acres of land and a few buildings, including a tire ...
Arlen, Texas. King of the Hill. FOX. Arlen is a small fictional town in Texas approximately 96 miles outside of Dallas and has an area code of 409 that includes Beaumont and Galveston. Aron City, Washington. Johnny Bravo. Cartoon Network. Aron City is a fictional town in Washington and the main setting of Johnny Bravo. Ayanagi City, Toyama.
A village within the Lincoln National Forest, Cloudcroft's 8,600-foot elevation, which makes for mild summers, attract visitors from West Texas and New Mexico. Cloudcroft's history dates back to ...
Nicknames of several New Jersey communities celebrate their status as Jersey Shore resorts. Asbury Park – The Dark City [3] Atlantic City – A.C., [4] America's Playground, [5] "The City" (inside Atlantic County) Belleville – The Cherry Blossom Capital of America [6] Byram Township – The Township of Lakes [7] Caldwell – The Denver of ...
The parish name was recorded as Llanfair y Pwllgwyngyll ('Llanfair' meaning " [St.] Mary's church"; y meaning " (of) the") as far back as the mid 16th century, in Leland 's Itinerary. The suffixing of the township name to that of the church would have served to distinguish the parish from the many other sites dedicated to Mary in Wales.