Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The following international geographical names are either interesting or unusual. Place namess are often either meaningless or innocuous in the source language. This list is provided chiefly for its entertainment value. See the notes for information as to why certain names were included. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also: list of unusual English words, toponymy, and for a list of names derived from place names, list of toponyms. A Å, Norway 2 Adiós, Navarre, Spain Ae, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 2 Ah Cut, Pitcairn Island Ål, Buskerud, Norway 2 Alphabet City, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Amerika, Germany Anting, China 7 Arsoli, Lazio, Italy Asbestos, Quebec, Canada Au, several towns in Austria, Germany and Switzerland 2 B Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany Bald Knob, Arkansas, USA Banana, Queensland, Australia 7 Bang Bang Jump Up, a rock formation in Australia Beaver, Pennsylvania 1 & 7 Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, USA Bitey Bitey, Pitcairn Island Blubberhouses, Yorkshire, England Blow Me Down, Provincial Park in Newfoundland, Canada Blowing Rock, North Carolina, USA Blue Ball, Pennsylvania, USA Bø, in Telemark and Nordland, Norway 2 Bob, Canada 9 Boca Grande, Florida, USA ("big mouth" in Spanish) Boca Raton, Florida, USA ("Mouth of the mouse" in Spanish) Boom, Belgium Boring, Oregon, USA Bottom, North Carolina, USA Bra, Cuneo, Italy Brown Willy, a tor in Cornwall, England Bucksnort, Tennessee, USA Burrumbuttock, New South Wales, Australia C Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Massachusetts 2 Chinaman's Knob, Australia Christmas Island, Australia 4 Christmaspie, Surrey, England Climax, Colorado, USA Climax, Michigan, USA Clit, Arad, Romania1 Come-by-Chance, Newfoundland, Canada Condom, Gers, France 1 Cunter, Graubünden, Switzerland 1 Cuntis, Pontevedra, Spain 1 D Die, Drôme, France Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada Dondangadale, Victoria, Australia E Easter Island, Chile 4 Ed, Upper Austria, Austria 2 Ed, Sweden 2 Egg, Austria Egg, Zürich, Switzerland Eighty Eight, Kentucky, USA Elephant Butte, New Mexico, USA 7 F Fa, Aude, France Five Corners (several), USA Five Forks (several), USA Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Foggy Bottom, Washington, DC, USA Foul Mile, England French Lick, Indiana, USA Fresh Kills, Staten Island, New York, New York, USA Frisby on the Wreake, Leicestershire, England Fucking, Upper Austria, Austria 1 Fuku, China 1 G Gland, Aisne, France Gland, Vaud, Switzerland Gnaw Bone, Indiana, USA Goodyear, Arizona, USA 4 Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion, a train station in Gwynedd, Wales2 Grand Tetons, a mountain range in Wyoming, USA (meaning: "big tits" in French) Grong Grong, New South Wales, Australia Grosse Water Beach, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Gun Barrel City, Texas, USA Gunbarrel Highway, Western Australia, Australia Gunbarrel, Colorado, USA Gy, Geneva, Switzerland 2 H Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, a historic site in Alberta, Canada Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Hell Gate, a portion of the East River in New York, New York, USA Hell Hole Gorge National Park, Australia Hell, Michigan, USA Hell, Norway Hells Gate Roadhouse, Australia Hérisson, Allier, France (meaning: "hedgehog") Himmelspforte, Germany (meaning: "heaven's gate") Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, USA Homosassa, Florida, USA How, Wisconsin, USA 6 Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, Australia Hungry Mother State Park, Virginia, USA I Ii, Finland (two identical vowels) 2 Indian Queens, Cornwall, England Innaloo (suburb of Perth, Australia) Intercourse, Pennsylvania, USA Isles of Scilly, England (pronounced "silly") J John Catch a Cow, Pitcairn Island K Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Kissimmee, Florida, USA (properly pronounced kis-SIMM-ee [SAMPA /k@"sImI/], but usually mispronounced KISS-a-me [SAMPA /"kIs@%mi/] by non-locals) Knob Lick, Missouri, USA Kokomo, Indiana, USA "Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit", the poetic name of Bangkok, Thailand 2 L La Hoz de la Vieja ("The Old Woman's Sickle"), Teruel, Spain Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, South Australia, Australia Lake Titicaca, in Peru and Bolivia Lickey End, Worcestershire, England Little George Coc'nuts, Pitcairn Island Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales 2 Lord Hereford's Knob, hill on the Welsh border Los Rábanos ("the radishes"), Soria, Spain Lough Neagh (pronounced 'Lock Nay!'), Northern Ireland Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England Lü, Graubünden, Switzerland 2 M Macgillicuddy's Reeks, mountains in Ireland Mianus, Connecticut, USA Mockbeggar, England Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky, USA Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada Mount Jerome, Ireland Muck, island in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland Muff, Northern Ireland Mumbles, Wales Mutters, Austria N Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia Natters, Austria Ninety Six, South Carolina, USA 5 Ninety Six Corners, New York, USA 5 Ninetynine Oaks, California, USA No Guts Captain, Pitcairn Island No Name, Colorado, USA Noone, New Hampshire, USA Normal, Illinois, USA Nyah and Nyah West, Victoria, Australia O Öd, Lower Austria, Austria 2 (also meaning "deserted" in German) Old Harry Rocks, Dorset, England Old Harry, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada Os, Hedmark, Norway 2 Os, Hordaland, Norway 2 P Panthersville, Georgia, USA Peckerwood Lake, a lake in Arkansas, USA Penistone, South Yorkshire, England Petting, Bavaria, Germany Phuket, Thailand Piddle, river in Dorset, England Pie Town, New Mexico, USA Pis Pis River, Nicaragua Pity Me, England Pratt's Bottom, England Prickwillow, England Pussy, Savoie, France Q R Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA 3 Re, Vestfold, Norway 2 Ronkonkoma, New York, USA (stress goes on the second syllable) Rottenegg, Upper Austria, Austria Rum, island in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland Rum Jungle, Australia Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire, England Ryme Intrinseca, Somerset, England S Saddam Hussein, Sri Lanka Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha, Quebec, Canada Saint-Tite (pronounced St. Tit), Quebec, Canada Salsipuedes, California, USA (meaning: "leave if you can" in Spanish) Sexmoan, Pampanga, Philippines (now renamed to Sasmuan) 1 Scunthorpe, England Seldom Seen Roadhouse, Victoria, Australia Semen, Indonesia Sexsmith, Alberta, Canada Shafter, California, USA Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada Shag Island, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Indian Ocean (dependency of Australia) Shag Island, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada 1 Shitlington Crags, Northumberland, England Shittlehope, Durham, England Siem Reab, Cambodia (meaning defeat Siam) Silly, Belgium Simmering, Vienna, Austria Smackover, Arkansas, USA Snapfinger, Georgia, USA Snodland, England Sommerloch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany4 (meaning: "summer slump") Spuzzum, British Columbia, Canada Swords, outside Dublin in Ireland T Taintsville, Florida, USA Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu Hill, New Zealand 2 Tittybong, Victoria, Australia Titz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Toadsuck, Collinsville, Texas, USA Toadsuck, Perry County, Arkansas, USA Tombstone, Arizona Town of Seventeen Seventy, Queensland, Australia 5 Treinta y Tres (Thirty-Three), Uruguay Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, USA Twatt, Orkney Islands, Scotland Twenty, Lincolnshire, England 5 Twentynine Palms, California, USA 5 Two Boars Roll, Pitcairn Island U Ugley, Essex, England Up In Ti, Pitcairn Island Upotipotpon, Victoria, Australia Useless Loop, Western Australia, Australia V Venusberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Void, Meuse, France (Now merged with neighbouring place to form Void-Vacon) W Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Waikikamukau, New Zealand Walla Walla, Washington, USA 3 Wank, mountain in Bavaria, Germany 1 Wankers Corner, Oregon, USA 1 Wedding, Germany Weed, California, USA Westward Ho, England (The exclamation mark is part of the name. The town takes its name from the title of a book by Charles Kingsley) Wetwang, East Riding of Yorkshire, England 1 Where Freddy Fall, Pitcairn Island Where Minnie Off, Pitcairn Island Where Reynolds Cut The Firewood, Pitcairn Island Whroo, Victoria, Australia Why, Arizona, USA 6 Wigtwizzle, South Yorkshire, England Wooloomooloo, Sydney, Australia Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (home of the Diet of Worms) 7 X Y Y, Alaska, USA 2 Y, Somme, France 2 Z Notes On visual resemblance (intentional or not): 1 sex related topic 2 listed in/or candidate for shortest or longest word in English or other languages 3 listed on inherently funny word 4 calendar-related name 5 number 6 interrogative pronoun 7 a living organism's names 9 After Nunavut separated from the Northwest Territories, a poll was conducted as to what the remainder of the territory should be named. Retaining the name Northwest Territories won by a substantial margin, but a distant runner-up choice was Bob. 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