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  2. Slang Words Only People in Your State Know - AOL

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    Every state in the U.S. has a secret language that shows off what life is like there. PlayNJ, a gaming website, conducted a nationwide survey of 2,000 individuals and used data from sources like ...

  3. List of words derived from toponyms - Wikipedia

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    Coney Island hot dog — named after Coney Island, New York, but apparently invented in the Midwest of the United States; Cuban, sub sandwich in Florida — Cuba, country in the Caribbean; Curaçao liqueur — Curaçao; Currant, a dried raisin — Corinth in Greece; Danish, a sweet pastry — (in Denmark it is called wienerbrød, "bread from ...

  4. List of islands of Florida - Wikipedia

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    In the upper Florida Keys Palm Beach Island: 8.12 square miles (21.0 km 2) Palm Beach Barrier island Palm Island: Miami-Dade Artificial island in Biscayne Bay Palm Key: Monroe In Florida Bay: Paradise Island: Osceola In Lake Tohopekaliga Park Key: 70 acres (28 ha) Monroe In the lower Florida Keys Peanut Island: 0.32 square kilometres (0.12 sq ...

  5. North American English regional phonology - Wikipedia

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    Words of this class include, among others: origin, Florida, horrible, quarrel, warren, borrow, tomorrow, sorry, and sorrow. In General American there is a split: the majority of these words have /ɔr/ (the sound of the word or), but the last four words of the list above have /ɑr/ (the sound of the words are).

  6. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A former comune in France. Bouzille sounds like "bousiller" which means either "to cock up" or "screw up" in French. Bowna: A community in the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. Sounds like "boner", a slang term for an erection, when said in a non-rhotic accent. Box: A large village, civil parish and very early railroad tunnel in Wiltshire ...

  7. Fire Island (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Fire Island (Aleutian Islands) Fire Island (Anchorage, Alaska) Ilha do Fogo, Mozambique (Portuguese for Fire Island) Green Island, Taiwan, known before 1949 as Fire Island or Bonfire Island; Ognenny Ostrov (Russian for Fire Island), an island of Lake Novozero in Belozersky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia; An island in the Isle Royale National ...

  8. List of city nicknames in Florida - Wikipedia

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    This partial list of city nicknames in Florida compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Florida are known by (or have been known by historically), ...

  9. Category:Islands of Florida - Wikipedia

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    Cape St. George Island; Captiva Island; Casey Key, Florida; Cedar Keys; City Island (Daytona Beach) Clearwater Beach Island; Coconut Island (Florida) Conch Key; Cottrell Key; Craig Key; Crawfish Key; Crawl Key; Cudjoe Key