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  2. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A township in Granville County, North Carolina. A locality within Burwood East, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The capital city of Tank District, Pakistan, and located near Dera Ismail Khan. Apparently this place loves tanks. A town in Estonia. "Tapa" means "kill" in Estonian. A river in North Carolina.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga ...

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    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. [3] 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 ...

  5. Wikipedia : Unusual articles/Places and infrastructure

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    Beating the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa by 1.22 degrees. List of destroyed landmarks in Spain. Over 60 interesting buildings, including larger castles, royal palaces, leaning towers, city gates which were completely or partially demolished and no longer exist, with their respective articles and images.

  6. Lists of places - Wikipedia

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    List of places named for Benjamin Franklin. List of places named for Charles de Gaulle. List of places named for Pope John Paul II. List of places named for Nathanael Greene. List of places named for Sam Houston. List of places named for Andrew Jackson. List of places named for Thomas Jefferson.

  7. Category:Lists of place names - Wikipedia

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    List of administrative division name changes. List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas. List of renamed places in Angola. List of Arabic place names. List of Aramaic place names. List of places named after Armenia. List of Asian regions with alternative names. List of reduplicated Australian place names.

  8. List of long place names - Wikipedia

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    The longest place name in Israel [3] is כעביה-טבאש-חג'אג'רה (21 letters and 2 hyphens), a local council. it is named for the three Bedouin tribes who live there, Ka'abiyye, Tabbash and Hajajre. The longest place names in Poland are Sobienie Kiełczewskie Pierwsze and Przedmieście Szczebrzeszyńskie, with 30 letters (including ...

  9. Lists of tourist attractions - Wikipedia

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    India. List of tourist attractions in Bangalore. List of tourist attractions in Delhi. Lighthouse in Tangasseri, Kollam. Morgan House is a classic example of colonial architecture in Kalimpong, India. Tourism in Tamil Nadu. Tourism in Chennai. List of tourist attractions in Delhi. Tourism in Telangana.