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The capital of Azerbaijan. The city's name comes from the Persian Bād-kube which means "wind-pounded city". And no, the meme wasn't created there. Bald Head: A village in Maine. It is also the name of an island and lighthouse in North Carolina where Cape Fear is located. Bald Knob
One notable attraction was a heated natatorium, complete with a wave generator and a special section for a band to play music to entertain the swimmers. While Bayocean's economy was based on tourism, there were other businesses in town, including a cannery, a tin shop, a machine shop, and a Texaco gas station. [2]
Iba was also a previous name for Sedan. [54] Jervis or Jarvis in DeKalb County is now Butler. The town was also previously known as Oak Hill and Norristown. [55] Kekionga, the capital of the Miami tribe, is now Fort Wayne. [56] Newport in Wayne County is now Fountain City. It was originally called New Garden. [56] (There is another Newport in ...
This town just east of Oklahoma City gets its ominous name from a supposed haunted bridge in the area. In the early 1900s a woman named Katie Dewitt James was murdered, and her body was found near ...
Gu-Win, Alabama. Faced with annexation by the nearby town of Guin, the community of about 150 known as Ear Gap decided to incorporate in 1956. Residents adopted their new name from the Gu-Win ...
Known as the City of Splendors, Waterdeep is one of the largest and busiest cities—and one of the most important political powers—on the continent. The population is primarily human, although other races dwell therein. Ypsilon Pikkó herceg és Jutka Perzsi: A city, the capital of the fictional country of Gömböc in the first Hungarian opera.
If you've ever read the name of a town on a highway sign and started chuckling, you are not alone. Cities and towns across the nation have terrifically dirty-sounding and laugh-inducing names.
(Other than Mount E this is the shortest place name in Japan in both Japanese phonology and orthography. All other Japanese place names in this section require at least two kana.) Ub, a town in Serbia; Ui, a town in Republic of Korea; Ug, short name for Tiszaug, Hungary; Ul, a parish in the Oliveira de Azeméis municipality in Portugal