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Au, name of three municipalities in Germany: Au am Rhein, Au (Breisgau) and Au in der Hallertau; Au, name of almost hundred of villages and hamlets in Germany, mostly in Bavaria: Au (Sieg) and others; Au, a town in the Kankan Region, Guinea; Au, a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland; Au, a village in the canton of Zürich ...
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. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time.
This is a list of fictional settlements, including fictional towns, villages, and cities, organized by each city's medium.This list should include only well-referenced, notable examples of fictional towns, cities, settlements and villages that are integral to a work of fiction and substantively depicted therein.
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 ...
Estately Real Estate Search recently put together a map and created a list that they are dubbing "The Master List of the Most Obscene Town Names in America." Don't be shy.
It is a rural town founded in Douglas County, Wisconsin as a logging settlement in 1887. It was renamed following the 1890 disappearance of founder and storyteller Jackson Sloth and his family, said to have fallen in a sinkhole that no-one can find twice. The town is rich with folktales and paranormal activity, especially around holidays.
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 ...
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".