And to live in the city of Swastika or in the city of the Kingdom of Satan, perhaps, only people with a good sense of humor can. And it should be noted that these are not the strangest names in existence.
1. Swastika
City of Swastika in Ontario, Canada.
The city of Swastika in Ontario, Canada is a rather strange place. In fact, this is not a Nazi haunt at all - the city was founded almost 30 years before Adolf Hitler began to use the swastika. The name of the city was chosen in honor of the ancient Indian sign of well-being and fertility.
2. Kingdom of Satan
Two cities in the USA (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.
In a funny and strange way, there are cities and geographic places on Earth named after hell. For example, two cities in the USA (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.
3. Peniston
Town of Peniston in Yorkshire, England.
The name of the town of Peniston in Yorkshire, England, probably comes from older forms of Welsh and English. Originally, the name meant "Hilltop Village". Today, everyone who is not lazy is giggling over him.
4. Nothing
The village of Nothing in Arizona, USA.
The formerly inhabited (although very few people lived in it) village of Nothing in Arizona was completely abandoned in 2005. A sign at the entrance to the city says: "The devoted citizens of Nothing are full of hope and faith in the need for work. For many years these people believed in Nothing, hoped for Nothing and worked for Nothing."
5. North Pole
The city of the North Pole is in the states of Alaska and New York, USA.
There are cities with the name of the North Pole in the states of Alaska and New York. New York's North Pole has a theme park with live reindeer and Santa Claus.
6. Nameless
City in Colorado, USA.
Nameless - a small town in the state of Colorado, which got its name when a highway was planned to be laid in this place with a turn to the still non-existent city. During the construction of the road, a temporary sign with the inscription "Nameless" was installed at the turn. In the end, the name stuck.
7. Moon
The town of Luna is located northwest of Pittsburgh.
To the northwest of Pittsburgh there is a town called Luna, which was probably so named because it is located in a crescent-shaped bend in the river.
8. Mars
City of Mars in Pennsylvania, USA.
Tourists have recently been frequenting the city of Mars in Pennsylvania. Not only is 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 Rastaman 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 around the world, but there is an entire city in Wisconsin that bears a similar name.
12. Batman
Batman City in Batman Province on the banks of the Batman River, Turkey.
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 of Batman. The main local attractions are oil refineries and a large military airbase.
13. Bastardtown
Town of Bastardtown in County Wexford, Ireland.
Bastardtown in County Wexford, despite its name, is a picturesque seaside Irish 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. Also, six other Norwegian towns, Swedish and Danish cities have a similar name.
15. Accident
Town Accident in Western Maryland, USA.
Interestingly, the town of Accident was built in the 1770s in Western Maryland by accident. Two surveyors were marking the ground by randomly choosing the same oak tree as a reference point. It was on that spot that the city was founded.
Great pleasure is experienced by people who travel in their own car. They get vivid impressions not only from contemplating the beauty of the surrounding area, but also from the names of settlements, rivers, lakes.
If you plan to travel a considerable distance in your car, then take a pen and notebook with you to write down the names of cities, towns, villages and rivers that you meet on your way. In the future, you will not only be guaranteed victory in the Cities game, but you will also be able to amuse your friends and family with funny and unusual toponyms.
For starters, I want to bring to your attention the following interesting names of real geographical objects:
- Cocaine mountains - a river in the Perm region;
- Lysaya Balda - a river in the Ukrainian village of Zaryanoye;
- Dno is the name of a city near Pskov;
- Bunny bubble - a river in the Kemerovo region;
- In the Ulyanovsk region - the village of Musorka;
- Red Grave - a village in the Donetsk region;
- Chuvaki - a village in the Perm region;
- Tukhlyanka - a river on Sakhalin;
- Bolshie Pupsy - a village in the Tver region;
- Machekhin End - a village in the Tver region;
- Krutye Khutora - a village in the Lipetsk region;
- Tsatsa - 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;
- Kuyoklo is a village in the Tver region.
If you are going to Omsk, then you will meet on your way:
the rivers Bernyazhka, Nyukhalovka, Byzovka, Ingaly, Avlukha;
the villages of Pochekuevo, Shchuevoz, Takmyk, Kurnosovo, Bolshie Murly, Chebakly, Uvalnaya Bitiya and others.
Here are some interesting place names! Each such name, of course, has its own history of origin. What now seems funny to us in ancient times had a completely different meaning. You can ask the locals where the name of their village or village or river came from. Old people will tell a lot of interesting things, however, there are fewer and fewer of them every day.
It is a pity that our history flows like a river into oblivion.
It is a pity that we are ready to laugh at an unusual name without asking about the history of its origin.
Fortunately, there are enthusiasts who collect bit by bit and save such information. After all, a nation that does not know its history, its roots, is weak and vulnerable. Esotericists, clairvoyants and healers say that living people are given strength by their ancestors, the so-called family tree or family egregor.
Don't forget to bring a notepad and pen with you!
Incredible Facts
Planet Earth is full of amazing geographical and geological mysteries and paradoxes. In fact, there are so many of them that we are unlikely to be able to reveal all the secrets that nature holds. Here are the most unusual and sometimes strange facts related to geography, geology and earth.
1. The shortest place name
The shortest place name is " Å "- the name of a small village, which is located in both Sweden and Norway. In Scandinavian" Å " means "river".
2. The largest city in the world
The largest city in the world, based on surface area, is the city Hulunbuir in the Inner Mongolia region of China, which covers an area of 263,953 sq. km.
3. Countries completely surrounded by one country
Lesotho, Vatican City and San Marino are the only countries completely surrounded by one country. Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa, while the Vatican and San Marino are completely surrounded by Italy.
4. Second longest place name
The second longest place name in the world has been recognized " Taumatawhakatangihangak oauauotamateaturipukaka pikimaungahoronukupokaiwhe nua kitanatahu", consisting of 84 letters, which belongs to a hill in New Zealand and in the Maori language means " the place where Tamateya, a man with big knees who slid off, got up and swallowed mountains, being known as a mountain eater, played his flute for his beloved".
It was the longest place name for some time (and remains so in the Guinness Book of Records), until it was superseded by the name " Krung thep mahanakhon bovorn ratanakosin mahintharayutthaya mahadilok pop noparatratchathani burirom udomratchanivetmahasathan amornpiman avatarnsathit sakkathattiya visnukarmprasit", consisting of 163 letters and meaning the poetic name of Bangkok in Thailand.
5. The coldest and warmest sea
The water temperature in the White Sea in Russia is the lowest and is only -2 °C. The Persian Gulf is the warmest sea. In summer, the water temperature here reaches 35.6 °C.
6. The world's oldest constitutional republic
San Marino is considered the oldest constitutional republic in the world. It was founded in 301 by a Christian stonemason who was fleeing persecution from the emperor Diocletian. The San Marino Constitution, which was adopted in 1600, is considered the oldest written constitution in the world.
The deepest hole drilled by man is Kola Superdeep Well in Russia. It reached 12,262 m and was drilled for a scientific study that made a number of unexpected discoveries, such as a huge hydrogen deposit that was so massive that the mud that came out of the well literally boiled.
Due to the bulge of the Earth at the equator, the top of the volcano Chimborazo in Ecuador, at 6,310 m, is the farthest point from the center of the Earth, claiming to be the "highest point on Earth" despite the fact that Everest is the highest peak above sea level. Chimborazo is an extinct volcano and is located 1 degree south of the equator.
Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans with the lowest elevation of the surface of the earth's crust. To date, it is believed that its depth is 10,971 m. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean east of the Mariana Islands.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the longest mountain range on Earth, amounting to 40 thousand km. It is located in the center of the Atlantic Ocean. Iceland is the only part of this mountain range that is above sea level.
The Andes form the longest surface mountain range, at 7,000 km.
10. The name of the area, consisting of only vowels
Mountain Circeo on the west coast of Italy was once called Aeaea(5 vowels in a row and no consonants). According to mythology, the sorceress Circe lived here. Two other geographic localities with only vowels in their names are AIEA(Aiea) in Hawaii and eiao(Eiao), one of the Marquesas Islands.
11. The most northern, eastern and western state in America
Alaska is the most northern, eastern and western state in America. It is the only state that is part of the Eastern Hemisphere, making it the easternmost and westernmost state.
12. Sea without a coast
The Sargasso Sea is an area in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean surrounded by ocean currents and is the only sea without a coast. It is bounded in the west by the Gulf Stream, in the north by the North Atlantic Current, in the east by the Canary Current and in the south by the North Equatorial Current. This system of currents forms the North Atlantic subtropical gyre.
13. Lake in an ancient impact crater formed as a result of a meteorite fall
Lake Bosumtwi Located in an ancient meteorite impact crater with a diameter of 8 km, is the only natural lake in Ghana. It is located 30 km southwest of the city of Kumasi and is a popular recreational area. Near the lake there are about 30 villages with a total population of 70,000 people.
14. Unusual river flow
There is only one river in the world that originates at the equator and flows into the temperate zone from there, and that is the Nile River. For some unknown reason, most rivers flow in the opposite direction.
15. No land at the North Pole
There is no land at the North Pole - only ice above the water surface. With 12 million square kilometers of floating ice, the Arctic Ocean has the coldest winter temperature, -34°C.
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How many amazing cities in the world! Some are famous for their craftsmen, others for historical sights, others attract guests with fun carnivals or festivals, and the fourth - with their own 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 kind of event. But sometimes the name causes complete bewilderment - why? Why was this place named so?
Cities of the world
That 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 because of the transcription of the letter Y, as the official version says and the intersection of roads on which stands why.
In Germany, in the state of Bavaria, a city flourishes 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 glorified some famous kiss?
If something in life has failed you, try to go to South Africa. It is here that the city for the most persistent is located - try again and… try again!
Rafting enthusiasts have their own heavenly place for their hobby - a city named Slime (Dirt). For romantics in England there is a very nice place - the city Roseberry Topping (Strawberry Topping). But where I would not like to go is to 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 common name changes it to a more original one. So it happened with the resort town Hot Springs (Hot springs), whose inhabitants decided to change his name to Truth or Consequences (Truth or Consequences), yielding 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 longest name is also worthy of being mentioned among the unusual ones - Taumatauakatangiangakoauauotamateapokanuenuakitanatahu. It is located in New Zealand and means the following - "The top where Tamatea Pokai Uenua played the flute for his beloved." Beautiful, isn't it? In contrast, there is a city that is just an empty place, which is exactly what the name of the town Noodle (Noodles) sounds like in Texas slang. And how to live in cities with the name Spot (Spot), Monkey's Eyebrow (Monkey Eyebrow) or even worse Idiotville (Idiotville). I can’t even imagine what the inhabitants of these cities and towns answer when asked where they come from?
And we have?
On the pillar path
Seven men came together:
Seven temporarily liable,
tightened province,
County Terpigorev,
empty parish,
From adjacent villages:
Zaplatova, Dyryaeva,
Razutova, Znobishina,
Gorelova, Neelova -
Crop failure too...
There are many cities with strange names all over the world. And our country is no exception! If you happened to travel by car across the expanses of our vast country, then you also met funny, funny and even such original names that do not withstand censorship .... But people thought when they called the place where they were going to live! Although, maybe it's all the tricks of the neighbors?
Judge for yourself: Bolshoy Pupsy (a village in the Tver region), Deshevki (a village in the Kaluga region), Such (a village on Sakhalin), Bolshoye Struikino (a village in the Novgorod region), Ovnishche (a village in the Tver region), Dno ( a city near Pskov), Trusovo (a village in the Komi Republic), Kosyakovka (a village in Bashkiria), Krutye Khutor (a village in the Lipetsk region), Novopozornovo (a village in the Kemerovo region), Bolotnaya Rogavka (a village in the Novgorod region), Old Worms (a village in the Kemerovo Region), Verkhnye Zachatie (a village in the Chekhov District), Durakovo (a village in the Kaluga Region), Hare Bubble (a river in the Kemerovo Region), Kozyavkino (a village in the Kemerovo Region), Tsatsa (Volgogradskaya region), Zveronozhka (a river in the Moscow region), Mukhodoevo (a village in the Belgorod region), Yes-yes (a village in the Khabarovsk Territory), Bolshoye Bukhalovo (a village in the Vologda region), Zhabino (a village in Mordovia), Dudes (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)!
