The most unusual names in the world. What are the most beautiful names of cities in the world and Russia? Aguascalientes - "hot waters"

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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 merry carnivals or festivals, and the fourth with 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 the 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 the name of the town in the state of Arizona (USA) - Why (why). Either its first settlers themselves were surprised why it occurred to them to stay here, or it was still because of the transcription of the letter Y, as the official version says, and the road intersection on which stands Why.

In Germany, in the state of Bavaria, a city flourishes Kissing... A city with that name cannot but flourish. I wonder if there is any special tradition associated with kissing, or the city glorified some famous kiss?

If you have not succeeded in something in your life, try to go to South Africa... It is here that the city is located for the most persistent - Try again and… try again!

Rafting lovers have their own heavenly place for their hobby - a city named Slime (Dirt). There is a very nice place for romantics in England - the city Roseberry 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 love to send postcards from here to friends - straight from Hell.

Sometimes the city with the most common name changes it to a more original one. It happened with the resort town Hot Springs whose inhabitants decided to change his name to Truth or Consequences succumbing to temptation. The organizers of the game show of the same name promised to move production to the city, which will be named after the program.

The city with the most long title just as worthy to be mentioned among the unusual - Thaumatahuakatangyangakoahahuotamateapokanuenuakitanatahu. It is located in New Zealand and means "The top where Tamatea Pokai Uenua played the flute for his beloved." Nice, isn't it? In contrast, there is a city that is just empty space, this is how the name of the town of Noodle sounds 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 a pole track

Seven men came together:

Seven temporarily liable

Tightened province,

Terpigorev County,

Empty parish,

From adjacent villages:

Zaplatova, Dyryaeva,

Razutova, Znobishina,

Gorelova, Neelova -

Bad harvest too ...

There are many cities around the world with strange names... And our country is no exception! If you happened to travel by car across the vastness of our homeland, then you too have come across funny, amusing and even original names that do not stand up to censorship .... But people thought when they called the place where they were going to live! Although, maybe this is all the tricks of the neighbors?

Judge for yourself: Bolshie Pupsy (a village in the Tver region), Deshevki (a village in the Kaluga region), Takoe (a village on Sakhalin), Bolshoye Struykino (a village in the Novgorod region), Ovnische (a village in the Tver region), Dno ( a town near Pskov), Trusovo (a village in the Komi Republic), Kosyakovka (a village in Bashkiria), Krutye Khutora (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), Upper Conception (a village in the Chekhov region), Durakovo (a village in the Kaluga region), Hare bubble (a river in the Kemerovo region), Kozyavkino (a village in the Kemerovo region), Tsatsa (Volgograd obl.), Little Animal (a river in the Moscow oblast), Mukhodoevo (a village in the Belgorod oblast), Yes (a village in the Khabarovsk krai), Bolshoye Bukhalovo (a village in the Vologda oblast), Zhabino (a village in Mordovia), Chuvaki (a village in the Perm region), Garbage (a village in the Ulyanovsk region), Bezvodovka (a village in the Ulyanovsk region) and even Kind Bees (in the Ryazan region)!

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UNUSUAL
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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Name A have at the same time rivers in the Netherlands, Germany, towns on the Lofot Islands in 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 O, though this is how it reads, although it is written not in one, but in four letters: Nah.

Small 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 in Pacific you can visit a town called Have... The left tributary has a similar name. great river South-East Asia Mekong, in the Lao Republic and a city in South Korea.

Dad is a city in Hungary.

Tyatya(old Russian "father") - a volcano on the Kuril island of Iturup.

Mum- 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 (Turkey). The same name is also mountain range in the Hindu Kush system in Afghanistan. By the way, "Baba" in translation from Arabic means "Father".

Grandmothers- a village in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine.

Great Grandma- also in Ukraine - a tributary of the Seversky Donets and the 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 Moskovskaya and Leningrad regions.

Brothers- islands off the southern coast of the Republic of Vietnam.

Vnukovo- a village near Moscow.

Husbands- a village on the Ob River in Siberia and the left tributary of the Teju River in Portugal.

Kum- a river in Turkey. Kuma is a river in the North Caucasus and a city in the Australian state of Victoria.

Cousin- an island in a 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.

Small river Guy flows through the Magadan and Kamchatka regions of the Far East.

Village Maid located in Voronezh region Russia.

Town Virgo- in Western Romania.

The 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 the state of Massachusetts (USA) there is a small lake, the name of which is not easy to pronounce without stopping, because it consists of 42 letters, and in the English transcription it is even longer (44 letters). Judge for yourself: Chargoggagogg... Translated from the local Indian language, this gibberish means: "I will fish on this side, you will fish on the other side, and no one catches anything in the middle." Thus, in the name of the lake, an agreement is recorded between two Indian tribes who once lived on its shores.

The long name is associated with one of the villages North Island New Zealand: Taumatawkakapikimaung burial kupokaiwhenuakitanat ahu(83 letters!). Translated from the local Maori language, it means: "The place where Tamatea, a man with long legs, a famous city-eater who moved mountains, climbed and swallowed them, played the flute for his beloved."

The longest among the names-gullivers is the name of the capital located in South-East Asia of the Republic of Thailand - Bangkok. In translation, it sounds like this: "The 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, great land unconquerable, great and prosperous kingdom, magnificent and wonderful capital of the nine precious stones, a place where the greatest rulers live and a large palace is located, the abode 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, except for the well-known, 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 well-known tributary of the Volga Oka has a "namesake" - a large tributary of the Angara in Eastern Siberia.

Town Moscow located in the Vyatka region of Russia.

You can get to Russia from Berlin v Paris without leaving the territory Chelyabinsk region... There is also Leipzig, Varna and other cities. All these, 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 other. Village Paris is located in the Krasnokutsk district of the Kharkov region.

There is a village with a loud name in the Fergana region of Uzbekistan Baghdad, in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan - railroad station Cairo, in Moldova - railway station - Sofia, in Latvia and the Yekaterinburg region of Russia - small towns Nice, v Novosibirsk region- village Shanghai, v Oryol region- village Panama, in Irkutsk - railway station Malta.

Nile - locality v Amur region Russia, Chad- railway station in the Perm region, Sahara- a river in Yakutia, Africa- a cape on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Victoria- a village in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan.

Gulf america- on the 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 the railroad Perm - Nizhny Tagil is Eurasia station(on the border of Europe and Asia).

An interesting road sign is located in the vicinity of the American city of Lynchula (Maine). He points out that from here to Peru- 90, up to Poland - 50, Denmark - 35, Norway- 25 km. All of these settlements are located in this state, and are not countries.

Indiana, Minnesota, and North Dakota have townships Russia, Belarus and Kiev... They were founded over 100 years ago by the natives of these areas who moved to America in search of a happy life.

In the California desert there is Siberia station... It must be admitted that the authors of this name were humorists. After all, the hottest place in the entire western hemisphere is located nearby.

In the south of Brazil there is city America.

There are cities in the USA 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.

Seven times on the map of the United States occurs Moscow and many times numerous towns under the names Petersburg, Rome, Cairo, Athens, Odessa other.

From Spain to Latin America such geographical names as "moved" Barcelona, Valencia, Venice, Granada, Cordova, Seville other.

In Ukraine in the Chernivtsi region there is the village of Mamalyga, and in Poltava - Pie.

Cockroach- the name of a small island and the city of the same name near eastern shores Indonesian island 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 the Nicobar Islands Indian Ocean.

The rivers Dream and Barrack flow in India.

Furnace City located in Hungary, Curbstone- in Sweden, and cities with no less strange, in our opinion, name Salo located in Finland and Northern Italy.

In Italy there are towns Bank, Fortune and Mirage.

Madonna is a city in Latvia.

City of Duma located in Syria.

Village Game- in Udmurtia.

Give- in Romania.

My river takes place in Ireland, and islet poppy is located in the Hebrides group off the coast of Great Britain.

Kucha city located in Western China, Tank- in Pakistan, Tea and Chan- in Turkey, city of Lemon- in Guatemala.

Topic - sea port in the African Republic of Ghana.

Nautical name Squid assigned to land French city in Alsace.

On the geographic map Russian Federation you will see adjacent Summer and Winter the coast as well as the city Winter in Eastern Siberia.

Stump- a village in the Novosibirsk region, Divo- in Smolenskaya, Backlash and Turks- in Saratov, Kalach- in Volgograd, Boot- in Ryazan, Wand- in Tomsk, Bottom- in Pskov, Mud- in Lipetsk, Cap- in Leningradskaya, Wasp- in the Perm regions, Profit- a river in the Ulyanovsk region.

In Ukraine - Paradise v Ternopil region, Bar- in Vinnitsa, Platypus, Partying, Benefit- in Odessa, Wise heads- in Khmelnitskaya, good day- in Chernihiv, Buyan, Bucha and Kozhanka- in Kievskaya, Money- in Cherkasskaya, Happiness- in the Luhansk 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.

Settlements are located in the Gomel region of Belarus Mars, Venus and even Capricorns... Villages with a name Mars we find in the Sharansky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia and the Novoaydarsky district of the Luhansk region of Ukraine.

Cape The end of the world located on the extreme eastern island Kuril ridge Shikotane.

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 place names reflect, as it were, the shape of objects. So, for example, in Siberia, in the Eastern Sayan there is Mount Pyramid, in the Arctic Ocean - straits Yugorsky and Matochkin Shary, in the Sea of Okhotsk - Cone Island, and in the east, on the Lysyansky peninsula, there is Cape Duga Zapadnaya. River Curve flows in the Republic of Macedonia and Serbia.

There are also names on the map that consist of only vowels. This Wye- a river in England, cities Aue(Germany), Aya("Holy" in Greece), island Eui in the Tonga archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, a village Ai- in Australia, an island Eiao in the group of the Marquesas Islands.

But there are also names consisting of only consonants, for example, the Croatian island Krk in the adriatic sea and mountain Smrk(1204 m) in the Czech Republic.

There are place names starting with the letter "Y", for example, rivers Yhne in Estonia, Yrgites in Kyrgyzstan, Yngata in Yakutia (Right tributary of the Vilyuy), as well as villages Yingding in the Komi Republic, Uijou in North and Eunseong in South Korea.

Purely Russian geographical names can be found on the world map. Settlements God, Vershok, Morning- in France, Dream- in Spain, Moan- in England, Beloved- in Germany, Rich- in Hungary, Plan- an island off the coast of the Republic of Tunisia in Africa.

based on the book "entertaining geography"

And last summer I discovered this in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
and could not drive by.

And, perhaps, only people with a good sense of humor can live in the city of the Swastika or in the city of the Kingdom of Satan. And it should be noted that these are not the strangest names in existence.

1. Swastika

Swastika city in Ontario, Canada.

The city of Swastika in Ontario, Canada is a rather strange place. In fact, this is not a haven for the Nazis 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.

Funnily and strangely, there are cities and geographic locations on Earth 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

Peniston town in Yorkshire, England.

The town of Peniston, in Yorkshire, England, probably derives its name from older forms of Welsh and English languages... Originally the name meant "Hilltop Village". Today all and sundry giggle at him.

4. Nothing

Village of Nothing in Arizona, USA.

The formerly inhabited (although very few people) settlement of Nothing in Arizona was completely abandoned in 2005. The sign at the entrance to the city reads: “Dedicated citizens of Nothing are full of hope and faith in the need for work. For many years these people believed in Nothing, hoping for Nothing and working for Nothing. "

5. North Pole

The North Pole city 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. The New York North Pole has theme park with live deer and Santa Claus.

6. Nameless

Township in Colorado, USA.

Nameless is a small town in Colorado, which got its name when a highway was planned in this place with a turn to a still non-existent city. During the construction of the road, a temporary sign with the inscription "Nameless" was installed at the turn. As a result, the name stuck.

7. Moon

Luna Township is located northwest of Pittsburgh.

To the northwest of Pittsburgh there is a town named Luna, which was probably named so because it sits in a crescent-shaped bend in the river.

8. Mars

Mars city 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, it can also be said that he visited the Martians (this is what the locals are called).

9. George Washington

George Washington is the only city with a full name.

George Washington is the only city in the United States to bear the full name of the 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 for a joke, but the second largest city in the country.

11. Chinatown

Chinatown is a city in Wisconsin, USA.

Chinatowns or Chinatowns exist in large cities around the world, but Wisconsin has whole city, which 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 Batman province, on the banks of the Batman River (a tributary of the Tigris River) there is the city of 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 - a village in the very north of Norway.

The locality with such a laconic name is a beautiful seaside village in the very north of Norway. Also, six other Norwegian towns, a Swedish and a Danish town have a similar name.

15. Accident

Township Accident in Western Maryland, USA.

Interestingly, the town of Accident was built in the 1770s in the state of Western Maryland by accident. Two surveyors marked out the ground, randomly selecting the same oak as the anchor point. It was on that place that the city was founded.

Cities of the world

If you have not succeeded in something in life, try going to South Africa. It is here that the city is located for the most persistent - Try again and… try again!

The city with the longest name is also worthy of being mentioned among the unusual - Taumatauakenuakitanatahu. It is located in New Zealand and means "The top where Tamatea Pokai Uenua played the flute for his beloved." Nice, isn't it? In contrast, there is a city that is just empty space, this is how the name of the town of Noodle sounds 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 a pole track
Seven men came together:
Seven temporarily liable
Tightened province,
Terpigorev County,
Empty parish,
From adjacent villages:
Zaplatova, Dyryaeva,
Razutova, Znobishina,
Gorelova, Neelova -
Bad harvest too ...

There are many cities all over the world with strange names. And our country is no exception! If you happened to travel by car across the vastness of our homeland, then you too have come across funny, amusing and even original names that do not stand up to censorship .... But people thought when they called the place where they were going to live! Although, maybe this is all the tricks of the neighbors?

Funny names of settlements can be found all over the world. The rating includes only the most colorful names, which cannot be passed by without a smile.

The TOP-10 includes:

Fucking, Austria

The Austrian village Fucking (Fucking) is located in the municipality of Tarsdorf. This place is very popular among tourists. Especially the name of this settlement seems ridiculous to English-speaking travelers.

The Fucking village was founded in the 11th century and was named after the aristocrat Fokko. However, it became popular after World War II, when American soldiers found this village. Of course, they spread the fame of Fucking literally all over the world.

And today many tourists are happy to be photographed near the sign against the backdrop of Fucking. Depending on the mood, this word can express delight, or maybe an indecent swear word. The inhabitants of the village (of which there are a little more than a hundred), to put it mildly, "got a fake" from such annoying attention of tourists and are seriously thinking about changing the name of the village. Still, how can we talk about attention if a sign with the inscription Fucking has been stolen 13 times over the past few years.

Hui City: When Size Doesn't Matter

A tiny settlement in Belgium is popular with tourists not only because of its name. There are so many languages and dialects in the world that it is not surprising when a completely common and familiar word for a foreigner seems funny to us and is heard as vulgarism.

It's no secret that the most frequent direction among the Slavs is the direction of three letters. Perhaps you shouldn't be offended by such a "message" - what if you are offered to go to Belgium?

In the province of Liege, on the banks of the Meuse River, there is the city of Huy. To be completely accurate, the name of the city Huy should be pronounced as "yi" or "yi", the first letter is not readable. However, our people call this city in their usual way - and so it happened.

Lokhovo, Russia

Lokhovo is a village in the Cheremkhovsky district of the Irkutsk region of Russia. Administrative center Lokhovsky municipal formation. It is located about 15 km south-west of the district center.

Why

Kissing

In Germany, in the state of Bavaria, the city of Kissing flourishes. A city with that name cannot but flourish. I wonder if there is any special tradition associated with kissing, or the city glorified some famous kiss?

In Germany, in the state of Bavaria, the city of Kissing flourishes. A city with that name cannot but flourish. It is still not known for sure whether the city became famous for some famous kiss, or there is another reason for such a name of the city.

Try again

If something in life has failed, you can try to go to South Africa. This is where the city for the most persistent is located - Try Again and ... try again!

Slime

Rafting lovers have their own heavenly place for their hobby - a city called Slime (Dirt).

Roseberry topping

For romantics in England there is a very pretty place - the city of Roseberry Topping (Strawberry top).

Hell

But where I would not want 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 love to send postcards from here to friends - straight from Hell.

Hot springs

Sometimes the city with the most common name changes it to a more original one. This happened with the resort town of Hot Springs (Hot springs), whose residents decided to change its name to Truth or Consequences (Truth or Consequences), succumbing to temptation. The organizers of the game show of the same name promised to move production to the city, which will be named after the program.

Taumatahuakatangyangakoahahuotamateapokanuenuakitanatahu

The city with the longest name. It is located in New Zealand and means the following - "The top, where Tamatea Pokai Uenua played the flute for his beloved." Nice, isn't it?

In contrast, there is a city that is just empty space, this is how the name of the town of Noodle sounds in Texas slang. And how to live in cities called Spot, Monkey’s Eyebrow or even worse Idiotville.