Sometimes geographic objects are too long or too short, extremely funny or difficult to pronounce names. Sometimes they are so ridiculous that one has to wonder - how could such a person come to mind? So, see for yourself.
The longest place names in the world
An example might be not big lake v American state Massachusetts. The name of this reservoir consists of more than 40 letters and it is almost impossible to pronounce it without stopping and the first time. The name of this lake is Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. This gibberish, translated from the Indian language of the area, means: "I will fish on this side, you will fish on the other side, and no one catches anything in the middle." This is how the two Indian tribes, who once lived on opposite sides, entered into an agreement. Thus, the lake received such a long name.
An even longer name is a small station near Wales in Great Britain. Train tickets starting or ending point, which this station is, are entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest Railway tickets... Their length is 15 cm. In length. The station's name consists of 54 letters and sounds like: Llanfirepulguiguillgogherikutridrobullaantisiliogogok, for the convenience of pronunciation and spelling of the name it was abbreviated to Llanfire. The name of the station, translated from the Welsh dialect, means: "a church in the lowlands, which is overgrown with white hazel, located near a river with a whirlpool near the cave." The translation of the name reliably accurately describes the geographical area in which the old station... Old-timers say that the name of the once old and unknown station was invented by a local joker who wished to remain in the shadows. He did this in order to glorify his unremarkable little-known village. Since then, tourists began to flock to the small town, who were attracted here by an unusual name. There is a known case of theft from the station building of a sign with the full name of the city, apparently it was stolen by some collector.
"The place where Tamatea, a man with very long legs, a famous man who devours mountains, who moved them, climbed mountains to play the flute for his beloved." This is how the even longer name of the village located in the northern part of the island is translated. New Zealand... The name itself consists of 83 letters and is pronounced as: Taumatavhakatangihangaburial kupokayvhenuakitanatahu.
The well-known capital of Thailand, the city of Bangkok has the longest name in the world written in Thai. It is officially listed in the Guinness Book of Records. It consists of 147 characters and is very difficult to read. The translation of the name describes the location of the city in the style of oriental sages and means: “ great city, the city of angels, which contains the treasures of the gods, great land, which no one can conquer, a kingdom that will always prosper, this is the place where the palace of the gods is located, in which the gods live who are able to transform into spirits, a wonderful land given by the gods. "
The shortest place names in the world
For example, the names that are presented on maps in the form of the letter A are found in many parts of the world. For example, a river in Germany or a place on the Lofots Islands, as well as small villages in France and Sweden.
The letter I as a name has two small towns located in the north and west of France and the coast of Finland, respectively.
A unique French town located in the south is called Nah, which reads as O.
In the territories of Sweden and France there are cities with the name Yu. The river in the north of Russia has the same name.
The letter E denotes the name of a small town in Belgium, and the port with the same name is located near Burma.
U is the geographical name that cities in South Korea and on Caroline Islands located in the Pacific Ocean. The same name belongs to the left tributary of the Mekong River, located in Asia.
The funniest place names in the world
Cockroach is the name of a small island and town of the same name near eastern shores Indonesian island Kalimantan.
Penyok is a village in Novosibirsk region.
Kalach - a city in the Volgograd region
Sapozhok - a city in the Ryazan region
Bottom - a village in the Pskov region
Zheludok - a village in the Grodno region of Belarus
The strangest place names in the world
Village of Nothing in Arizona, USA.
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.
Cities and cities meet on Earth geographic locations named after hell. For example, two cities in the United States (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.
Cities with the name North Pole is available in the states of Alaska and New York. The New York North Pole has theme park with live deer and Santa Claus.
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.
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.
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).
In the 1770s, the town of Accident was built in Western Maryland. 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.
In fact, there are a huge number of such unusual and funny names throughout Russia. Who comes up with them, I wonder?
I bring to your attention some of them.
In the city of Myshkin, everything is really saturated with a mouse spirit. Not in the sense of smell, no. The mouse is everywhere present as a symbol. Firstly, the city itself has quite a mouse scale: 6 thousand people live in it. Secondly, there is a wonderful Mouse Museum here. And thirdly, the city, like a mouse, hid from the present and quietly exists somewhere between Uglich and Rybinsk. There is a city called Koshki, it is located in the Samara region.
A village with an exotic name Polovinka (located in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, 30 km from UrAy).
I suggest you visit the village of Chuvaki in the Perm region. Far away, of course, but what a name.
Somewhere in the water basin of the Lukhovitsky region, a river with the breathtaking name Voblya flows. And the old ambassadorial road from the time of Boris Godunov passed along the banks of the Potudan and Ublya rivers. The names have survived to this day.
Quite recently, residents of the village of Lokhovo, Cheremkhovsky District, Irkutsk Region, decided to change the name of their settlement. The villagers even arranged a competition for a new geographical name. But in vain! Actually, “goof” is the name of a shrub with strong-smelling flowers and edible berries, and the term “goof” is used by ichthyologists for salmon in the period after spawning. In the explanatory dictionary of Vladimir Dal there is a word close to the current jargon, but only the feminine gender - in the old days a stupid woman was called "sucker".
Do not snooze. The name of this place near the town of Artemovskiy Sverdlovsk region, they say, appeared after 1914, when a railway line was extended there. There were no buildings, and therefore the train slowed down a little there. Future passengers had to jump on the train literally on the move, following the driver's shouts: "DO NOT Yawn!"
There is a Gazeta settlement in the Sverdlovsk Region. Where the name came from - no one remembers.
The village of Rassol got its name not from the famous drink, but from the Rassolka river. The river was named in connection with the steel industry that existed here in the old days.
Village Kosyakovka, Sterlitamak district of Bashkiria.
Bolshaya Pyssa is a settlement in the Komi-Udora region. Of course, there is also Malaya Pyssa nearby. And you shouldn't have refused to live here! It is here that the unique holiday “chechchalan luns” is celebrated. On the Annunciation, they put chocks near the walls of houses, put boards on them and jump for a whole week. Children, youth and unmarried women participate in this action. They compete - who will jump higher and will not fall off the board. The higher you jump, the longer and happier your life will be.
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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 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 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)!
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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 NS 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 of the great river has a similar name. 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.
Mama- 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- the river in 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 New Guinea.
Dedovsk- a village in the Moscow region.
Sister- rivers in Moskovskaya and Leningrad regions.
Brothers- islands near south coast 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- village in Kaliningrad region 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. Translated, it sounds like this: "The place of the wild plum", the full local name has as many as 147 (!) Letters and means: "The great city of angels, the highest repository of divine treasures, a great land that cannot be conquered, a great and prosperous kingdom, magnificent and wonderful capital of nine precious stones, the place where the greatest rulers live and is located Grand Palace, the dwelling of gods capable of transforming 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 of these tend to small towns, got their names in honor of the outstanding victories of the Russian army in Patriotic War 1812 g.
V Odessa region Ukraine has railway stations 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, in the Novosibirsk region - the village Shanghai, v Oryol region- village Panama, in Irkutsk - railway station Malta.
Nile- a settlement in the Amur region of 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 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 railroad Perm - Nizhny Tagil is Eurasia station(on the border of Europe and Asia).
An interesting road sign is in the vicinity American city Lynchula (Maine). He points out that from here to Peru- 90, up to Poland - 50, Denmark - 35, Norway- 25 km. All these settlements are in this state, 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"moved" such geographical names how 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 city of the same name off the eastern shores 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 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 in the group Hebrides 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.
Theme - sea port in the African Republic of Ghana.
Nautical name Squid assigned to land French city in Alsace.
On 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, A cap- in Leningradskaya, Wasp- in the Perm regions, Profit- a river in the Ulyanovsk region.
In Ukraine - Paradise in the 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, Darkness 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 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 at the extreme east 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. it 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 Nizhny Novgorod region.
and could not drive by.
Spring is approaching and there is a desire for change. So you want to change your usual environment and go somewhere on a journey. There are many unique ones in the world, interesting places that are worth seeing with your own eyes. We will present some of them - the most unusual, the most extraordinary.
1. The most high mountain In Canada
In Canada, the highest is Mount Logan with a height of 5959m. it belongs to the Southwest Yukon Territory, the Saint Elias Ridge system. The name of the mountain was given in honor of William Edmond Logan - Canadian geologist
2. The southernmost city in the world
Ushuaia (Argentina) is the southernmost city in the world. The population of this administrative center of the province of Tierra del Fuego is 45 thousand people.
3. The lowest point in Africa
At 155 meters below sea level, Lake Assal in Djibouti is located - the lowest point in Africa.
4. The largest lake on an island in a lake
The system of these lakes resembles a nesting doll - in Canada, on Lake Huron, Manitoulin Island is located, on Manitoulin Island there is Lake Manitouline. Manitou turns out to be the most big lake in a lake with an area of 104 square kilometers.
5. The richest city in the world
The richest and most beautiful city the world - Dubai. It is not at all difficult to buy cheap in Dubai, and therefore this city is the most visited city in the world. Interestingly, 80% of its population consists of foreigners.
6. The longest lake in the world
Lake Tanganyika is located on the border of Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is the longest in the world. It was discovered in 1858 by English explorers John Speke and Richard Burton. The lake is interesting not only for its length (673 km), but it is the second in the world in terms of depth (1470 m) and water volume.
And Tanganyika is also famous for its interesting and varied fauna, bright and unusual fish.
7. Most high waterfall in Africa
On the territory of South Africa, in the Drakensberg Mountains, there is the Tugela Falls. Here water falls from a height of 948 meters in five cascades. The largest cascade is 411 meters high.
8. The most deep depression on earth not filled with water
About deep sea trenches we have heard a lot, but there are also the deepest faults on the surface of the Earth. The deepest of them was discovered in Antarctica in 1961. Deepest point the Bentley trench is 2540 meters below sea level and is filled with ice.
9. The highest peak in the Scandinavian mountains
In the Scandinavian mountains high peak is Gallhopiggen. Arnesen, Flaatten and Sulheim climbed this 2,469-meter mountain in Norway for the first time in 1850.
10. The longest river in Eurasia
The deepest and longest river in Eurasia is the Yangtze. It carries its waters from its sources in Tibet to the East China Sea along the territory of China for 6300 km.
11. The longest braid in the world
The world's longest spit is located in Ukraine. Arabat arrow, located on the Crimean peninsula, 112 km long and 270 m to 8 km wide, separates from Sea of Azov Sivash Bay.
12. Most small city in the world
