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  2. 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 ...

  3. Gag name - Wikipedia

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    El Amcukiye is a "city in Syria", another pseudo-Arabic word play with the word amcık, vagina in Turkish. Female given names Eleanor and Elizabeth are slangs for masturbation as the Turkish word for hand is el. Real life names also can be used in the form of gag names by being similar to Turkish words. Examples are as follows.

  4. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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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

  5. List of palindromic places - Wikipedia

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    A palindromic place is a city or town whose name can be read the same forwards or backwards. An example of this would be Navan in Ireland. Some of the entries on this list are only palindromic if the next administrative division they are a part of is also included in the name, such as Adaven, Nevada.

  6. Innuendo - Wikipedia

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    A notable example is the Carry On film series (1958–1992) in which innuendo was a staple feature, often including the title of the film itself. British sitcoms and comedy shows such as Are You Being Served? [7] and Round the Horne [8] have also made extensive use of innuendo. Mild sexual innuendo is a staple of British pantomime. [9]

  7. List of city name changes - Wikipedia

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    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. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States

  8. Why does NY have so many duplicate city and town names? - AOL

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    And a number of other locales share the same name. Did you know there are two 'Rochesters' in New York state? And a number of other locales share the same name.

  9. List of double placenames - Wikipedia

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    Double placenames prominently feature the placenames of two or more constituents in double-barrelled form rather than invent a new name. This is often out of consideration for local sensitivities, since the smaller entity may resent its takeover, and may demand its symbolic perpetuation within an amalgamated name so as to propagate the impression of a merger between equals.