Great pleasure is experienced by people who travel on own car. They receive vivid impressions not only from contemplating the beauty of the surrounding area, but also from the names of settlements, rivers, and lakes.
If you plan to drive your car a significant distance, then take a pen and notepad with you to write down the names of cities, towns, villages and rivers you encounter along the way. In the future, you will not only be guaranteed victory in the game “Cities,” but you will also be able to amuse your friends and family with funny and unusual place names.
To start with, I would like to offer you the following: interesting names real geographical objects:
- Cocaine Mountains - a river in the Perm region;
- Lysaya Balda is a river in the Ukrainian village of Zaryanoye;
- Dno is the name of a city not far from Pskov;
- The Hare Bubble is a river in the Kemerovo region;
- IN Ulyanovsk region- village of Musorka;
- Krasnaya Mogila is a village in Donetsk region;
- Chuvaki - a village in the Perm region;
- Tukhlyanka - a river on Sakhalin;
- Bolshiye Pupsy is a village in the Tver region;
- Machekhin Konets is a village in the Tver region;
- Krutiye Khutora is a village in the Lipetsk region;
- Tsatsa is a village in the Volgograd region;
- The village of Kurilovka in the Saratov region;
- Yes, yes - a village in the Khabarovsk Territory;
- This is a village on Sakhalin Island;
- Kuyoknulo is a village in the Tver region.
If you are traveling to Omsk, then you will meet on your way:
the rivers Bernyazhka, Nyukhalovka, Byzovka, Ingaly, Avlukha;
the villages of Pochekuevo, Shchuevoz, Takmyk, Kurnosovo, Bolshiye Murly, Chebakly, Uvalnaya Bitiya and others.
These are so interesting geographical names meet! Each such name, of course, has its own origin story. What seems funny to us now had a completely different meaning in ancient times. You can ask around local residents where did the name of their village or village or river come from. Old people will tell you a lot of interesting things, however, there are fewer and fewer of them every day.
It’s a pity that our history flows like a river into oblivion.
It's a pity that we are ready to laugh at unusual name, without inquiring about the history of its origin.
Fortunately, there are enthusiasts who collect bits and pieces of this information and save it. After all, a people who does not know their history, their roots, is weak and vulnerable. Esotericists, clairvoyants and healers say that strength is given to living people by their ancestors, the so-called family tree or family egregor.
Don't forget to take a notepad and pen with you when traveling!
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There are so many amazing cities in the world! Some are famous for their craftsmen, others for their historical sights, others attract guests with fun carnivals or festivals, and others – for their names. When people settle in a new place and establish a settlement, they come up with a name for this place. It can be associated with a legend, with the name of a hero, with the area where it is located or with some event. But sometimes the name causes complete bewilderment - why? Why was this place called that?
Cities of the world
This is exactly what the town in the state of Arizona (USA) is called - Why (why). Either its first settlers themselves were surprised why it occurred to them to stay here, or perhaps because of the transcription of the letter Y, as they say official version and looks from above the intersection of roads on which it stands Why.
In Germany, in the state of Bavaria, a city is thriving Kissing. A city with such a name cannot fail to flourish. I wonder if there is some special tradition associated with kissing here, or if the city has glorified some famous kiss?
If you haven't succeeded in something in life, try going to South Africa. This is where the city is located for the most persistent - Try Again and... try again!
Rafting lovers have their own paradise for their hobby - a city named Slime (Dirt). For romantics in England there is a very nice place - the city Roseberry Topping). But where you wouldn’t want to go is a town in the Cayman Islands called Hell). Yes, the place is gloomy, located among the rocks. Here anyone can exclaim: “I live in Hell!” But tourists really like to send postcards from here to their friends - straight from Hell.
Sometimes a city with the most ordinary name changes it to a more original one. This is what happened to the resort town Hot Springs, whose residents decided to change his name to Truth or Consequences giving in to temptation. The organizers of the game show of the same name promised to move production to a city that would be named after the program.
The city with the most long name also worthy to be mentioned among the unusual - Taumatahuakatangiangakoauauotamateapokanuenuakitanatahu. It is located in New Zealand and means the following - "The summit where Tamatea Pokai Whenua played the flute for his beloved." Beautiful, isn't it? In contrast, there is a city that is just an empty place, which is how the name of the town Noodle sounds in Texas slang. But what about living in cities called Spot, Monkey's Eyebrow, or even worse, Idiotville? I can't even imagine what the residents of these cities and towns answer when asked where they come from?
And we have?
On the sidewalk
Seven men came together:
Seven temporarily obliged,
A tightened province,
Terpigoreva County,
Empty parish,
From adjacent villages:
Zaplatova, Dyryaeva,
Razutova, Znobishina,
Gorelova, Neelova -
Bad harvest too...
There are many cities with strange names all over the world. And our country is no exception! If you have ever traveled by car across the vast expanses of our vast homeland, then you have also come across funny, amusing and even such original titles, which do not withstand censorship…. But what people thought when they called the place they were going to live that way! Although, maybe this is all the tricks of the neighbors?
Judge for yourself: Bolshiye Pupsy (a village in the Tver region), Cheshevki (a village in the Kaluga region), Takoe (a village on Sakhalin), Bolshoye Struikino (a village in the Novgorod region), Ovnishche (a village in the Tver region), Dno ( a town near Pskov), Trusovo (a village in the Komi Republic), Kosyakovka (a village in Bashkiria), Krutiye Khutora (a village in the Lipetsk region), Novopozornovo (a village in the Kemerovo region), Bolotnaya Rogavka (a village in the Novgorod region), Starye Chervi (a village in the Kemerovo region), Verkhnee Zachatiye (a village in the Chekhov region), Durakovo (a village in the Kaluga region), Zayachiy Bubble (a river in the Kemerovo region), Kozyavkino (a village in the Kemerovo region), Tsatsa (Volgograd region) region), Zveronozhka (a river in the Moscow region), Mukhodoevo (a village in the Belgorod region), Da-da (a village in the Khabarovsk region), Bolshoye Bukhalovo (a village in the Vologda region), Zhabino (a village in Mordovia), Chuvaki (a village in the Perm region), Musorka (a village in the Ulyanovsk region), Bezvodovka (a village in the Ulyanovsk region) and even Good Bees (in the Ryazan region)!
And perhaps only people with a good sense of humor can live in the city of Swastika or in the city of the Kingdom of Satan. And it should be noted that these are not the most strange names from existing ones.
1. Swastika
Swastika city in Ontario, Canada.
Swastika town in Ontario, Canada - pretty strange place. In fact, this is not a Nazi haven at all - the city was founded almost 30 years before Adolf Hitler began using the swastika. The name of the city was chosen in honor of the ancient Indian sign of prosperity and fertility.
2. Kingdom of Satan
Two cities in the United States (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.
What's funny and strange is that there are cities and geographical places, named after hell. For example, two cities in the United States (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.
3. Peniston
Penistone town in Yorkshire, England.
The name of the town of Penistone in Yorkshire, England, probably derives from older forms of Welsh and English. The name originally meant "Hilltop Village". Today, everyone is giggling at him.
4. Nothing
The village of Nothing in Arizona, USA.
The previously populated (although very few people lived in it) village of Nothing in Arizona, was completely abandoned in 2005. The sign at the entrance to the city reads: “The dedicated citizens of Nothing are full of hope and faith in the necessity of work. For many years these people believed in Nothing, hoped for Nothing and worked in Nothing."
5. North Pole
The North Pole city is located in the states of Alaska and New York, USA.
There are cities named North Pole in the states of Alaska and New York. New York's North Pole has theme park with live reindeer and Santa Claus.
6. Nameless
Town in Colorado, USA.
Nameless is a small town in Colorado, which got its name when a highway was planned to be built in this place with a turn to a city that does not yet exist. During the construction of the road, a temporary sign with the inscription “Unnamed” was installed at the bend. As a result, the name stuck.
7. Moon
The town of Luna is located northwest of Pittsburgh.
Northwest of Pittsburgh there is a town called Luna, which was probably so named because it is located in a crescent-shaped bend of the river.
8. Mars
City of Mars in Pennsylvania, USA.
Tourists have recently often visited the city of Mars in Pennsylvania. Not only is there a non-working former spaceship installed in the city, but you can also say that you visited the Martians (that’s what the locals are called).
9. George Washington
George Washington is the only city named by its full name.
George Washington is the only city in the United States that bears the full name of its founding father.
10. Ganja
City in Azerbaijan.
The city with the most Rastafarian name can be found in Azerbaijan. Moreover, this is not even a village that was named as a joke, but the second largest city in the country.
11. Chinatown
Chinatown is a city in Wisconsin, USA.
Chinatowns or Chinatowns exist in major cities all over the world, but in Wisconsin there is the whole city, which bears a similar name.
12. Batman
The city of Batman in the province of Batman on the banks of the Batman River, Türkiye.
Everyone knows the famous comic book hero, but few people know that in Turkey, in the province of Batman, on the banks of the Batman River (a tributary of the Tigris River) there is a city called Batman. The main local attractions are oil refineries and a large military air base.
13. Bastardtown
Bastardtown in County Wexford, Ireland.
Bastardtown in County Wexford, despite its name, is a picturesque Irish seaside village.
14. Å
Å is a village in the very north of Norway.
The settlement with such a laconic name is a beautiful seaside village in the very north of Norway. Six other Norwegian towns, a Swedish and a Danish town also have a similar name.
15. Accident
The town of Accident in Western Maryland, USA.
Interestingly, the town of Casualty was built in the 1770s in Western Maryland by accident. Two surveyors marked out the ground, randomly choosing the same oak tree as a reference point. It was on that spot that the city was founded.
For travelers, the key role is most often played by the vacation spot, its characteristics and features, rather than the name. In this case, the principle “it’s not the name that makes the place beautiful, but the place that makes the name” applies, and in connection with this we often fall in love with the names of those cities in which we had the best time. Beautiful city names are most often found in Europe; they are pleasant and melodious to our ears. But many Russian settlements also fall into this category, the names of which sound charming in our native language.
Romanesque museum cities
It is believed that the most beautiful names of cities in the world are concentrated in historical region, in the Mediterranean. It is noteworthy that this region is located between two parts of the world - Europe and Asia, and all settlements, which have ever been here or are still here, have very beautiful names. Many cities of the former Roman Empire have survived to this day. Among them are Rome, Florence, Venice. Along with them, we can highlight very beautiful names of regions: Liguria, Tuscany, Sicily. A delight for the ears, don't you agree?
Italy's neighbor, Greece, also has beautiful names of cities that are located on its territory. These are Athens, Kallithea, Heraklion. It is noteworthy that, in addition to the most beautiful names, these settlements managed to preserve architectural monuments of stunning beauty on their territories. You can admire them forever, and gradually they will become synonymous with the names of cities.
Ancient East - sophistication and beauty
It’s surprising that beautiful names were much more sweet in the Middle East. Firstly, it is the center of the birth of the Akkadian civilization. Several centuries later, it was replaced by the majestic Nineveh. In the south of the same Mesopotamia was located the king of all powers of that time - Babylon with its famous tower, which has not yet been excavated from the golden sands. On the territory of Egypt, two megacities with beautiful names can be distinguished - Memphis and Alexandria. In present-day Turkey, which once bore the names of Anatolia and Cappadocia (also very attractive names to the ear), there was legendary city Troy, famous for its history with the wooden horse.
Well, Syria has such beautiful city names as Damascus, Alalakh, Amarna and others. It is noteworthy that most of the above names have survived to this day. An exception can be considered Memphis, which changed its name to the no less beautiful one - Cairo.
Spain is a modern storehouse of uniqueness
The country, located in the southwest of the European continent, is famous for having beautiful city names. We will not list them, but will only go through the most famous ones, which are unique not only for their sound, but also for their architecture.
It’s probably worth starting your trip to Spain from Catalonia, where the metropolis of Barcelona is located. This name has been thundering throughout the world for many centuries and appears either in the creative sphere of life, or in sports, or in tourism.
Below is Valencia, and regions stretch even closer to the south. Among the cities of this country, one can distinguish a complex but very beautiful name - La Manga del Mar Menor. It is important to note that Spanish colonization caused the spread of this culture to more vast territories. Thus, beautiful city names that are pronounced and written in this language can be found in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and many other countries.
Distant and mysterious North
The names of Scandinavian settlements are also recognized as the most beautiful. It is important to note that Romano-Germanic and Finno-Ugric peoples coexist on this peninsula, so the names of local geographical units are fundamentally different. The city of Stockholm is filled with severity and grandeur. Along with it are Östersund, Malmö, Skellefteå and Sundsvall. Finland is famous for the famous cities of Helsinki, Viitasaari, Tornio, Rovaniemi and Nilsiä. The most important thing is that in many settlements of these cold countries, even in the smallest ones, the primitive traditions and culture of these peoples have been preserved, which gives them even more charm and charm.
Surprise of the new century - South Africa and its assets
Who would have thought that in the vastness of southern point The African continent will grow into real urban jungles that will bear beautiful names. Among the cities that are more reminiscent of America with their panoramas, we highlight Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and East London. These settlements owe these unique names to the synthesis of local dialects and in English, which appeared here after British colonization.
Russia and its uniqueness
For our compatriots, the most beautiful are the names of Russian cities and mainly the native one, which is unique and individual in every letter.
St. Petersburg is an ancient and incredibly beautiful city.
Remote megacities also have beautiful names: Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Astrakhan, Arkhangelsk, Kaliningrad. We can say with complete confidence that in Russia there are many more places, regions and cities with beautiful names, but it is simply impossible to list them in one article.
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UNUSUAL
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES
Funny and weird
Name A They simultaneously have rivers in the Netherlands, Germany, places on the Lofot Islands of Norway, as well as in France, Denmark and Sweden.
There are also two small towns with the name AND- one is located in the north of France, and the other in west coast Finland.
There is also a village in France ABOUT, however, this is how it is read, although it is written not with one, but with four letters: Nauh.
Towns YU located in France and Sweden.
E- this is the name of a town in Belgium and one of the ports of Burma.
In the Caroline Islands Pacific Ocean you can visit a town called U. The left tributary of the great river has a similar name South-East Asia Mekong, in the Lao Republic and a city in South Korea.
Dad- a city in Hungary.
Tyatya(old Russian "father") is a volcano on the Kuril Island Iturup.
Mother- city and river, left tributary of the Vitim River in the Irkutsk region of Russia. By the way, the sources of this river are called Right Mama and Left Mama.
Daughter- a river in the Bryansk region, a tributary of the Desna, and a river in the Moscow region.
Woman- a cape in the west of the Asia Minor peninsula (Türkiye). Has the same name mountain range in the Hindu Kush system of Afghanistan. By the way, “Baba” means “Father” in Arabic.
Grandmothers- a village in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine.
Great Grandmother- also in Ukraine - a tributary of the Seversky Donets and a village of the same name in the Kharkov region. Babka is a river in the Perm region of Russia and a city in the west of the island of New Guinea.
Dedovsk- a village in the Moscow region.
Sister- rivers in the Moscow and Leningrad regions.
Brothers- islands nearby south coast Republic of Vietnam.
Vnukovo- a village near Moscow.
Husbands- a village on the Ob River in Siberia and a left tributary of the Tagus River in Portugal.
Godfather- a river in Turkey. Kuma is a river in the North Caucasus and a city in the Australian state of Victoria.
Cousin- island in the group Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
Matchmaker- a river in Eastern Slovakia and Pakistan.
Twins- a village in the Kharkov region of Ukraine.
Stepmother- a village in the Volgograd region.
Relatives- a village in the Kaliningrad region of Russia.
Village Neighbor located in the Penza region.
River Boy flows through the Magadan and Kamchatka regions of the Far East.
Village Maid located in the Voronezh region of Russia.
City Virgo- in Western Romania.
A tributary of the Abakan River in the Krasnoyarsk Territory is called She, and the village on the Rioni River in Georgia is called They.
In Massachusetts (USA) there is small lake, the name of which is not easy to pronounce without stopping, because it consists of 42 letters, and in English transcription it is even longer (44 letters). Judge for yourself: Chargoggagogg. Translated from the local Indian language, this abracadabra means: “I will fish on this side, you will fish on that side, and in the middle no one catches anything.” Thus, the name of the lake records an agreement between two Indian tribes who once lived on its banks.
The long name is associated with one of the villages North Island New Zealand: Taumatavkakapikiahu(83 letters!). Translated from the local Maori language, it means: "The place where Tamatea, the man with long shins, the famous mountain eater who moved mountains, climbed them and swallowed them, played the flute for his beloved."
The longest among the Gulliver names is the name of the capital located in Southeast Asia of the Republic of Thailand - Bangkok. Translated it sounds like this: “Place of the wild plum”, the full local name has as many as 147 (!) letters and means: " great city angels, the highest repository of divine treasures, a great land that cannot be conquered, a great and prosperous kingdom, a magnificent and wonderful capital of the nine gems, a place where the greatest rulers live and is located Grand Palace, the home of gods who can transform into spirits." It is this geographical name that is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest in the world.
River Volga, in addition to the well-known one, flows in the state of Iowa (USA). The right tributary of the Mississippi has the same name. The city of the same name is located on the banks of the American Volga.
River Don flows in Scotland, in the north of the island of Great Britain, and the famous tributary of the Volga Oka has a “namesake” - a large tributary of the Angara in Eastern Siberia.
City Moscow is located in Vyatka region Russia.
You can get to Russia from Berlin V Paris without leaving the territory Chelyabinsk region. Is here also Leipzig, Varna and other cities. All of these are usually small towns, received their names in honor of the outstanding victories of the Russian army in the Patriotic War of 1812.
There are railway stations in the Odessa region of Ukraine Borodino, Leipzig, Paris and others. Village Paris is also located in the Krasnokutsky district of the Kharkov region.
In the Fergana region of Uzbekistan there is a village with a great name Baghdad, in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan - railroad station Cairo, in Moldova - railway station - Sofia, in Latvia and the Yekaterinburg region of Russia - towns Nice, in the Novosibirsk region - a village Shanghai, in the Oryol region - a village Panama, in Irkutsk - railway station Malta.
Nile- a settlement in the Amur region of Russia, Chad- railway station in the Perm region, Sahara- river in Yakutia, Africa- cape on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Victoria- a village in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan.
Bay America- on Far East, Danube Islands- at the mouth of the great Siberian river Lena, Eldorado village- on the middle Yenisei, lake china- in the Odessa region of Ukraine.
On railway Perm - Nizhny Tagil yes Eurasia station(on the border of Europe and Asia).
An interesting road sign is located in the vicinity of the American city of Linchula (Maine). He indicates that from here to Peru- 90, up to Poland - 50, Denmark - 35, Norway- 25 km. All of these localities are in this state and are not countries.
There are villages in the states of Indiana, Minnesota and North Dakota Russia, Belarus And Kyiv. They were founded over 100 years ago by natives of these areas who moved to America in search of a happy life.
In the California desert there is stop Siberia. It must be admitted that the authors of this title were humorists. After all, the hottest place in the entire Western Hemisphere is located nearby.
Located in the south of Brazil city America.
In the USA there are cities such as London, Boston, Newcastle, Cambridge, Oxford, Baltimore, Bristol, Greenwich and many others whose “parents” are in Europe.
Geographical names came from France to the American continent Orleans, Nancy, Toulon, Lyon, A Paris occurs over ten times.
Found seven times on the US map Moscow and repeatedly numerous towns called Petersburg, Rome, Cairo, Athens, Odessa and others.
From Spain to Latin America"relocated" such geographical names as Barcelona, Valencia, Venice, Granada, Cordoba, Seville and others.
In Ukraine in the Chernivtsi region there is Mamalyga village, and in Poltava - Pie.
Cockroach- the name of a small island and city of the same name off the eastern coast of the Indonesian island of Kalimantan.
Gang- one of the seas washing the shores of the islands of Sulawes, New Guinea and Timor.
An island with an attractive name Paradise can be seen off the coast of the Republic of Vietnam.
In the Gulf of Thailand in the west of the island, New Guinea rises mountain house.
Sombrero- this is the name of the strait in Nicobar Islands Indian Ocean.
Rivers Dream And Barack flow in India.
Pech City located in Hungary, Cabinet- in Sweden, and cities with no less strange, in our opinion, names Salo located in Finland and Northern Italy.
There are towns in Italy Bank, Fortune And Mirage.
Madonna- a city in Latvia.
Duma city located in Syria.
Village Game- in Udmurtia.
Give- in Romania.
Moi River flows in Ireland, and islet Mak is in the group Hebrides off the coast of Great Britain.
Kucha city is located in Western China, Tank- in Pakistan, Tea And Chan- in Turkey, city of Limon- in Guatemala.
Subject- a seaport in the African republic of Ghana.
Marine name Squid assigned to land French city in Alsace.
On geographical map Russian Federation you will see nearby Summer And Winter shores, as well as the city Winter in Eastern Siberia.
Stump- a village in the Novosibirsk region, Miracle- in Smolenskaya, Baklushi And Turks- in Saratovskaya, Kalach- in Volgogradskaya, boot- in Ryazan, Wand- in Tomsk, Bottom- in Pskovskaya, Mud- in Lipetskaya, A cap- in Leningradskaya, Wasp- in the Perm regions, Barysh- a river in the Ulyanovsk region.
In Ukraine - Paradise in Ternopil region, Bar- in Vinnytsia, Platypus, Partying, Benefit- in Odessa, Wise heads- in Khmelnytskyi, Good afternoon- in Chernigovskaya, Brawler, Bucha And Kozhanka- in Kievskaya, Money- in Cherkasy, Happiness- in Lugansk regions.
Stomach can be found in the Grodno region of Belarus.
Note flows in Murmansk, Dark in Tverskaya, Pair in Ryazan, Leather in Arkhangelsk and even Shish- the right tributary of the Irtysh - in the Omsk regions.
Villages are located in the Gomel region of Belarus Mars, Venus and even Capricorns. Villages with names Mars we find in the Sharansky district of the Nizhnenovgorod region of Russia and the Novoaidarsky district of the Lugansk region of Ukraine.
Cape The end of the world located on the extreme eastern island Kuril ridge Shikotan.
Half- this is the name of a village in the Irkutsk region of Russia, halfway between Moscow and Vladivostok.
In the Far East, on the Moscow - Vladivostok railway, one of the cities is called by name and patronymic - Erofey Pavlovich.
Some geographical names reflect the shape of objects. So, for example, in Siberia, in the Eastern Sayan there is Mount Pyramid, in the Arctic Ocean - Yugorsky and Matochkin Shary straits, in the Sea of Okhotsk - Cone Island, and in the east, on the Lysyansky Peninsula, there is Cape Duga Zapadnaya. River Krivaya flows in the Republic of Macedonia and Serbia.
There are also names on the geographical map that consist of only vowels. This Wye- river in England, cities Aue(Germany), Aya("Saint" in Greece), island Eui in the Tonga archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, village Ii- in Australia, island Eiao in the group of Marquesas Islands.
But there are also names consisting of only consonants, for example Croatian island Krk in the Adriatic Sea and mountain Smrk(1204 m) in the Czech Republic.
There are geographical names starting with the letter “Y”, for example, rivers Ykhne in Estonia, Yrgaity in Kyrgyzstan, Yngata in Yakutia (Right tributary of the Vilyuya), as well as villages Eundin in the Komi Republic, Uizhou in Northern and Eunsung in South Korea.
Purely Russian geographical names can be found on the world map. Villages God, Vershok, Morning- in France, Dream- in Spain, Moan- in England, Favorite- in Germany, Rich- in Hungary, Plan- an island off the coast of the Republic of Tunisia in Africa.
based on materials from the book "Entertaining Geography"
And last summer I discovered this in Nizhny Novgorod region.
and couldn't pass by.
