There are settlements on the planet with such amazing names that it is difficult to believe in the fact of their existence. And to live in the city of the Swastika or in the city of the Kingdom of Satan can, perhaps, only love with a good sense of humor. And it should be noted that these are not the strangest names in existence.
1. Swastika
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
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
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
The formerly inhabited (although very few people) village of Nothing in Arizona was completely abandoned in 2005. A 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
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
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
To the northwest of Pittsburgh there is a town named Luna, which is probably so named because it is located in a crescent-shaped bend in the river.
8. Mars
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 they call local residents).
9. George Washington
George Washington is the only city in the United States to bear the full name of the Founding Father.
10. Ganja
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
Chinatowns or Chinatowns exist in large cities around the world, but Wisconsin has whole city, which bears a similar name.
12. Batman
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, despite its name, is a picturesque Irish seaside village.
14. Å
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
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.
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 - 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 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 also came 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)!
There are seven villages in Russia with the name Shitty! This one is in the Ivanovo region. Photo: Andrey KARA
Stupid, Suchkino, Bukhalovo, Lokhovo, Shitty ... Among 170 thousand settlements countries we have chosen are those that cannot be passed by without emotion
Of course, the Russian people have no problems with imagination. But with the names of most of the settlements, apparently, they did not bother too much. As a result, we have: about 44% of the titles are duplicate. A third of them are named by name (Ivanovka, Mikhailovo, Aleksandrovka ...), and a quarter by nature (Sosnovka, Berezovka, Kalinovka ...). This is understandable: before, they somehow managed without "brainstorming" and creative agencies. But among 165 thousand rural settlements, 1300 urban-type settlements and 1100 cities of Russia, there are real "pearls" of extraordinary folk thought! There are about a thousand names that are engraved in the memory. Together with the regional editions of "KP" we have chosen two hundred of them, the most, in our opinion, strange and funny.
Let's start with the Perm Territory. There is the village of Tupitsa. We do not know why she is so ...
Photo: Alexey ZHURAVLEV
Or here is the village of Suchkino. It is interesting how the local residents relate to this name.
Photo: Alexey ZHURAVLEV
And the village of Putino. Also available.
And here is the village of Khomyaki. "Someone seems to be eating too much !?" - I remembered from the fairy tale about Winnie the Pooh.
V Kemerovo region is the village of Antibes. And with her Drachenino and Uporovka.
The Tyumen region is also famous for a large list of funny names. There is Kokuy, Partizan, Expansion, Vagina, Half, Plump, Shortness of breath, Goldobino, Sour, Beautiful, Nevolino, Elbows, Bad, Kinder, Vata, Politotdelsky, Shot.
V Chelyabinsk region, as well as in Bashkiria, also has its own Paris. And Fershanpenoise is available. And even the village of Leipzig with Berlin.
There are such unusual villages in Udmurtia: Muki-Kaksi, Baldeika, Podmoy, Kosolapovo, Karavai, Foals, Babino, Luke, Chur, Uzi. And villages: Skates, Zabegalovo, Berezka, Krasny Kustar, Bannoe, Roosters, Kabanikha, Kozlovo, Sheep, Small Game and Big Game, Ubytdur, Capture, Vanya-Chumo, Adam.
But the most creative people seem to live in the Pskov region! The towns of Dno, Opochka, Pytalovo are lit there ... And the villages: Ulcers, Torchilovo, Babki, Badgers, Bolshoi Khochuzh, Sos, Grace, New Opel, Loboc ...
Goats, Washcaps, Kissing, Teeth, Krivoslyapy, Lamons, Obscene ...
And also Zhizhitsa, Mokriki, Tumors, Ass, Redhead, Ale, Grandfather-Kabak, Bald-Flies, Zanogi, Fast, Big Wands, New Life.
In the Sverdlovsk region, there are such cities: Nizhnie Sergi, Rezh, Novaya Lyalya (and the village of Staraya Lyalya - this is all the Novolyalinsky urban district). And the villages - Verkhnyaya Sinyachikha, Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha, Laya, Red Adui.
In the Yaroslavl region - Gore-Mud, Pshenichishche, Zhupeevo, Bukhalovo.
V Voronezh region there is crap.
In Kaluga - the village of Zhivotinka. The name is quite harmless and to the point: after all, a livestock farm is located here.
V Lipetsk region there is a village Zasosnaya. In Vologda there are as many as two villages with the name End (and there are eight of them in Russia).
In Crimea, there is the city of Saki, from which the locals made the city of Psaki. Thus, they allegedly banned the entry of the famous American woman.
There are also a lot of unusual and funny names in the Trans-Baikal Territory, for example, in the Priargunsky District, there is the village of Duroy. There is also the village of Klitschka, which is named after a mining engineer. In the Sretensky district there is the village of Bolshiye Boty. Not far from the regional capital there is the village of Ulyoty. And in the Chernyshevsky district there is the village of Ukurei. In Khiloksky district - laugh.
And in Murmansk region there is the village of Afrikanda. Afrikanda looks especially exotic under the snow.
There is the village of Lokh in the Saratov region.
And in Omsk - Babezh, Big Scourges, Big Murls, Volchanka, Zagvazdino, Lezhanka, Prishib. In Samara - the village of Koshki (this is twinned with the city of Myshkin, Yaroslavl region). In Penza - Tatar Pendelka, Chulpan, Bogdaniha, Svetly Put, Rubezh, GAI. In the Vladimir region stand out: the village of Krasnaya Gorbatka, the village of Perebor, the village of Likhaya Pozhnya. In Bryansk - Mamai, Bibiki, Zaitsev Dvor, Crimea, Varna, Bald, New Scales, Damage, Gobiki, Badgers, Byakovo, Sluts, New World, Vesely, Hooks, Bobrik, Gnilevo, Usoh, Lizogubovka, Spoons, Ugrevishche, Shiryaevka, Shapkino ... And in the Khabarovsk Territory there is the village of Kondon. V Smolensk region- the village of Boduny. In Tambovskaya - Bolshaya Rzhaksa.
In Mordovia, you can find settlements with the following names: Piksyasi, Chudinka, Red Warrior, Syryatino, Sialeevsky Maidan. In Chuvashia - the village of Bolshoye Murashkino, the village of Opytny, the village of Khachiki. In Mari El - the village of Mari El.
In Troitsky administrative district There is the village of Babenki in Moscow.
And in the Ryazan region there was once the village of Lost Paradise. Nobody lives there now. This is a natural boundary. It seems that a much more friendly atmosphere is in the local village of Kind Bees.
There is the village of Pyankovo in the Kostroma region.
BY THE WAY
5 interesting facts about the settlements of Russia
1) The settlement "Central estate of the state farm named after the 40th anniversary of the Great October Revolution" - the longest name of the settlement in the country. I wonder if the locals are annoyed by the need to pronounce or write this hoo-some-long name somewhere in the documents?
2) Verkhnenovokutlumbetyevo and Starokozmodemyanovskoe - the longest merged names of settlements. It seems that there since childhood, and everyone is ready to work as an announcer on TV. After all, byaaaa, you will say where you are from ...
3) 46 settlements have two-letter names in Russia. Of these, 11 are Yar. And there is, for example, Yb - in Komi there are as many as three villages with that name. Remember this in order to dazzle your opponents when playing in the "city-village".
4) There are only two settlements in the country with the name on J. These are Yoshkar-Ola and Josefovka (a village in the Smolensk region).
5) The names of 27 settlements in Russia begin with the letter Y. Almost all of them are in Yakutia. These are, for example, Ytyk-Kyuel and Yllymakh. In general, there are cities in our country for absolutely all letters, excluding the soft and hard sign, of course.
What funny names of settlements in Russia do you know? We are waiting for your comments!
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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 life, try going 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 longest name is also worthy of being 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 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 also came 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)!
In many countries of the world, the name of a city is often not a simple word. Most often, the name of a city means something associated with it - a river or sea, on the banks of which it is located, or some symbol of the city. But sometimes the names of cities are whole phrases with a mysterious and mysterious meaning. And no matter how famous the city is and what exactly it became famous for to the majority - it is not for nothing that in many religions a special meaning is put into the name. Having learned the meaning of the names of cities, you can discover something more than what opens up to the eye on the streets. An article about the cities with the most beautiful and interesting names Is an excellent educational material that can diversify the horizons of many seasoned travelers. If a person managed to visit these cities - you can compare personal impressions with the meaning of the names, if not - it's time to check whether the city corresponds to the meaning of its name.
Pattaya - "the wind that comes before the rainy season"
Pattaya is one of the largest and best-known cities in Thailand, ranking at the top of many Thai resort listings. Often, a visit to Pattaya seems even more interesting and desirable than a visit to Bangkok - main city Thailand and the capital of the country. Such attractiveness of Pattaya is due to the fact that the Thai authorities have done everything to turn the city into real paradise for the tourist. Travel agencies around the world never have to rack their brains over drawing up a Pattaya tourist program for clients - there is just a huge amount of entertainment and all kinds of interesting leisure activities. Crocodile farms, elephant pastures, a huge aquarium with a bunch of different attractions for tourists, a huge Botanical Garden with a magnificent park of tropical orchids ...
Noteworthy is a huge number of restaurants and cafes, where cuisines of all nations of the world are presented, a park of replicas of famous sights. The vaults of the Temple of Fate proudly rise above the heads of those strolling along South Street, and the cozy sandy shore of the Gulf of Thailand should soon adorn the image of the majestic Temple of Truth. In Pattaya, the wind that comes before the rainy season is probably the wind of the masses of tourists, a single rush of their breath and the hubbub of noisy streets, which subsides only during the strongest tropical showers.
Antananarivo - "the city of a thousand warriors"
The capital of hot and sunny Madagascar can be safely called the main center of the island's life. Antananarivo sits on the slopes of hills densely dotted with rows of descending terraces, and on the tops are palaces with roofs shining in gold. Life is in full swing in the misty lower reaches of the hills - it seems that the ever-moving stream of tourists does not allow Antananarivo to stand still for a moment. The sight of visitors is delighted by the magnificently preserved buildings of past centuries; the hubbub of human voices never dies down on the noisy streets. A real showcase of local culture is the unforgettable performances of the best artists of Hira-Gasi, the most famous local theater. Antinanarivo is called the city of thousands of warriors, but there is little reminiscent of past battles here.
Tegucigalpa - "The Silver Hills"
Tegucigalpa, the main city of sultry tropical Honduras, the main economic and cultural center of a country with a difficult history, is located on the gentle slopes of the Choltek River valley. The sunny streets of Tegucigalpa are full of life - among all the expanses of Central America, there are only two cities larger than the capital of Honduras. One of the main features of the city is its division into flat and more mountainous parts. The average altitude of the capital of Honduras is about 1000 meters above sea level - that is why the city, filled with people, has surprisingly fresh air and a rather mild climate, sometimes interrupted by periods of terrible heat, in which only the blows of mountain winds and the remnants of the once huge coniferous forests save.
Clermont-Ferrand - City of Extinct Volcanoes
Thousands of years ago, a huge volcano rose in the south of France, proudly crowning the Wolverhampton mountain range. But since the eruption of the lava giant, many hundreds of years have passed, and the slopes of the giant are overgrown with forests, among which Clermont-Ferrand lurks - a truly special city with a population of almost 140 thousand inhabitants. The ancient architectural heritage of this city is represented by a huge number of residential buildings, church buildings, sustained in the incompleteness of the exquisite early Gothic style. There is something invisible and special in the appearance of the city - it is thanks to him that all these objects look amazingly harmonious even today, reviving quite standard urban landscapes. Clermont-Ferrand can also be called a student city - there are several large universities, which attract many residents from all over the area and hundreds of foreigners to study. Center annually cultural life the city becomes the International Festival of Short Films, with the screenings at which many successful French directors started.
Aguascalientes - "hot waters"
The center of the eponymous Mexican state got its name from the huge number of hot springs nearby. In general, Aguascalientes embodies all the main Mexican traditions - after the sultry, emotional local bullfight, people here take to the calm streets, as if covered with a foggy veil of provincialism. In addition, the state capital is a major center for trade and industry. This is due to the fact that a large number of high-tech industries are located on the territory of the state, which are actively gaining momentum in the dynamically developing Mexico. But tourists are most attracted by the contract for real modern life with the provincial coziness of narrow streets and tranquil suburbs where small farms thrive. Having become truly modern, Aguascalientes has managed to maintain the charming simplicity of the old days.
Reykjavik - "smoking bay"
The capital of small and peaceful Iceland has lived a calm and serene life for many years. Through the communications of the city circulates hot water volcanic in origin, heating all ordinary buildings and even the greenhouses of farmlands. Reykjavik looks like a city that was not built by people, but by nature itself - so harmonious, calm and natural is the image of the urban landscapes of the Icelandic capital. Nature itself warms Reykjavik, and its streets are filled with an atmosphere of peace and tranquility.
Southampton is a beautiful port on the south coast of Great Britain
Southampton's picturesque buildings rise on the gentle shores of the Solent Strait. Only 55 thousand people live here, but from time to time this number can double - the local nature and the unique atmosphere of the old narrow streets that have absorbed English traditions are so attractive. The center of the city is a long canal through which all ships from Atlantic Ocean... The ports of the city are equipped with the largest shipbuilding docks, from which many majestic ships have departed, including the legendary Titanic.
