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Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (once known as Hot Springs) is one of the oddest names for a city that I happened across on the Net.
The longest name of a place:
Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit
The translation here is pretty much the unabridged history of the city rather than a word.
Newfoundland has some of the funniest:
Come By Chance, Blow Me Down, Jerry's Nose, Lawn and Mosquito - to name a few.
The longest name of a place:
Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit
The translation here is pretty much the unabridged history of the city rather than a word.
krungthep mahanakhon
The land of angels, the great city of
amorn rattanakosin
immortality, various of divine gems,
mahintara yudthaya mahadilok pohp
the great angelic land unconquerable,
noparat rajathanee bureerom
land of nine noble gems, the royal city, the pleasant capital,
udomrajniwes mahasatarn
place of the grand royal palace,
amorn pimarn avaltarnsatit
forever land of angels and reincarnated spirits,
sakatattiya visanukram prasit
predestined and created by the highest divas.
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/name.html
The land of angels, the great city of
amorn rattanakosin
immortality, various of divine gems,
mahintara yudthaya mahadilok pohp
the great angelic land unconquerable,
noparat rajathanee bureerom
land of nine noble gems, the royal city, the pleasant capital,
udomrajniwes mahasatarn
place of the grand royal palace,
amorn pimarn avaltarnsatit
forever land of angels and reincarnated spirits,
sakatattiya visanukram prasit
predestined and created by the highest divas.
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/name.html
We all live in various parts of the world. What odd names are in your neighborhood?
In New Brunswick we have Canso; Mechanic, Sunny Corner, Red Bank, Burnt Church and Beaver Dam.
Newfoundland has some of the funniest:
Come By Chance, Blow Me Down, Jerry's Nose, Lawn and Mosquito - to name a few.