When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_names_considered_unusual

    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. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_place_names

    While English-speakers may find this city's name to be funny, its official name is said to be the world's longest, which does make a hard man humble at one point. Bang Mun Nak: A district in Phichit province, upper central Thailand. "Mun Nak" means "otter poop" in Thai, and the issue about the other word can be found in nearby entries. Bangor

  4. 50 American Towns With Oddball Names - AOL

    www.aol.com/50-american-towns-oddball-names...

    From Eek, Alaska, to Christmas, Florida, American towns have taken on some unusual names over the years. Is your hometown in this list? 50 American Towns With Oddball Names

  5. List of city nicknames in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in...

    Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...

  6. World Atlas names New York's most darling towns. See the list

    www.aol.com/world-atlas-names-yorks-most...

    Located in Ulster County in the Catskill Mountains, Woodstock is best known for lending its name to a particularly famous music festival in 1969, even though the festival actually took place 40 ...

  7. List of the most common U.S. place names - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_U...

    This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.

  8. List of city nicknames in New Jersey - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in...

    This partial list of city nicknames in New Jersey compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities, other municipalities, and other populated places in New Jersey are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.

  9. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_towns_in...

    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.