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 in the US state of 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 listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the greatest 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 shortened 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 is located. 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. 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 is, a man with a very long legs, a famous person 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 of New Zealand is translated. 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: “The great city, the city of angels that contains the treasures of the gods, the great land that no one can conquer, the kingdom that will always prosper, this is the place where the palace of the gods is located, in which there are gods who can be reincarnated into spirits, a wonderful land given by the gods. "
The shortest place names in the world
For example, the names that are represented 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 Naux which reads as O.
In the territories of Sweden and France there are cities with the name Y. 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 used by cities in South Korea and the 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.
On Earth, there are cities and geographic places named after hell. For example, two cities in the United States (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.
There are cities with the name of the North Pole in the states of Alaska and New York. The New York North Pole has a theme park with live reindeer 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 was probably so named because it is located in a crescent-shaped bend in the river.
Tourists in recent times frequent visitors to Mars, 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 choosing the same oak as the anchor point. It was on that place that the city was founded.
Spring is coming 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 placesthat are worth seeing with your own eyes. We will give some of them - the most unusual, the most extraordinary.
1. The most high mountain In Canada
In Canada, the highest is Mount Logan at 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, a Canadian geologist
2. Most southern 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 Manitouin. Manitou turns out to be the most big lake in a lake with an area of \u200b\u200b104 square kilometers.
5. The richest city in the world
The richest and most beautiful city 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.
Tanganyika is also famous for its interesting and varied fauna, bright and unusual fish.
7. Most high waterfall in Africa
Within the territory of South African Republic 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 deepest depression on earth not filled with water
We have heard a lot about deep sea trenches, but there are also deepest faults on the surface of the Earth. The deepest of them was discovered in Antarctica in 1961. Deepest point the Bentley trench is 2,540 meters below sea level and is filled with ice.
9. Highest peak in the Scandinavian mountains
In the Scandinavian mountains high peak is Gallhopiggen. Arnesen, Flaatten and Sulheim first climbed this 2,469-meter mountain in Norway in 1850.
10. The longest river in Eurasia
The deepest and long 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. The Arabat Spit, located on the Crimean Peninsula, 112 km long and 270 m to 8 km wide, separates from Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov Sivash Bay.
12. The smallest city in the world
For travelers, most often the key role is played by the place of rest, its characteristics and features, rather than the name. In this case, the principle “it is not the name that paints the locality, but the locality that paints the name” applies, and in this regard, we often fall in love with the names of those cities in which we were best. Beautiful names of cities are most often found in Europe, they are pleasant and melodious to our ears. But many Russian settlements also fall into this category, the names of which sound charmingly in our native language.
Romanesque museum towns
It is believed that the most beautiful names cities of the world are concentrated in a historical area in the Mediterranean. It is noteworthy that this region is located between two parts of the world - Europe and Asia, and all settlementsthat have ever been here or are still here have very beautiful names. Many cities of the former Roman Empire have survived to this day. Among them are Rome, Florence, Venice. Along with them, very beautiful names of the regions can be distinguished: Liguria, Tuscany, Sicily. A delight to hear, agree?
Italy's neighbor, Greece, also has beautiful names of cities that are located on its territory. This is Athens, Kallithea, Heraklion. It is noteworthy that, in addition to the most beautiful namesThese settlements managed to preserve architectural monuments of stunning beauty in their territories. You can admire them forever, and gradually they will become synonymous with the names of cities.
Ancient East - sophistication and beauty
It is surprising that the beautiful names were much more sweet in the territories of the Middle East. First, it is the center of the birth of the Akkadian civilization. Several centuries later, it was replaced by the majestic Nineveh. In the south of Mesopotamia, the king of all the powers of that time was located - Babylon with its famous tower, which has not yet been dug out of golden sands. On the territory of Egypt, there are two megalopolises with the most beautiful names - Memphis and Alexandria. In today's Turkey, which once bore the names of Anatolia and Cappadocia (also names very attractive to the ear), there was the legendary city of Troy, famous for its history with a wooden horse.
Well, Syria has such beautiful names of cities as Damascus, Alalah, Amarna and others. It is noteworthy that most of the above names have survived to this day. An exception can be considered Memphis, which changed its name to an equally beautiful one - Cairo.
Spain is a modern treasure of uniqueness
The country located in the southwest of the European continent is famous for having beautiful city names. We will not list them, but only go through the most famous ones, which are unique not only for their sound, but also for their architecture.
Perhaps it's worth starting a trip to Spain from Catalonia, where the metropolis Barcelona is located. This name has been thundering all over the world for many centuries and appears now in the creative sphere of life, then in sports, then in tourism.
Below is Valencia, and even closer to the south are the regions. Among the cities of this country, one can distinguish a complex, but very beautiful name - La Manga del Mar Menor. It is important to note that Spanish colonization was the reason for the spread of this culture to larger territories. So, beautiful names of cities that are pronounced and written in this language can be found in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and many other states.
Far and mysterious North
The names of Scandinavian settlements are also recognized as the most beautiful. It is important to note that the Romano-Germanic and Fino-Ugric peoples coexist on this peninsula, therefore the names of local geographical units are fundamentally different. Filled with austerity and grandeur - the city of Stockholm. Along with him are Östersund, Malmö, Skellefteå and Sundsvall. Finland is famous famous cities Helsinki, Viitasaari, Tornio, Rovaniemi and Nilsia. The most important thing is that in many settlements of these cold countries, even in the smallest, the primitive traditions and culture of these peoples have been preserved, which gives them even more charm and charm.
Surprise of the new century - South Africa and its heritage
Who would have thought that in the vastness of the southernmost point of the African continent, a real urban jungle will grow, which will bear beautiful names. Among the cities that are more reminiscent of America in their panoramas, we will single out Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and East London. These settlements are unique in their kind due to the synthesis of local dialects and the English language, which appeared here after the British colonization.
Russia and its uniqueness
For our compatriots, the most beautiful are the names of Russian cities and, mainly, the native one, which in each of its letters is unique and individual.
St. Petersburg is an ancient and incredibly beautiful city.
Remote megacities also bear beautiful names: Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Astrakhan, Arkhangelsk, Kaliningrad. We can say with complete confidence that in Russia where more places, regions and cities with the most beautiful names, but it is simply impossible to list them in one article.
And, perhaps, only people with a good sense of humor can live in the city of 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 this 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 a theme park with live reindeer and Santa Claus.
6. Nameless
A town 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 defunct 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 so named because it is located 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 citywhich 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
The town of 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, Swedish and Danish cities bear a similar name.
15. Accident
Township Accident in Western Maryland, USA.
Interestingly, the town of Accident was built in the 1770s by accident in Western Maryland. Two surveyors marked out the ground, randomly choosing the same oak as the anchor point. It was on that place that the city was founded.
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Name AND have at the same time rivers in the Netherlands, Germany, towns in the Lofot Islands of Norway, as well as in France, Denmark and Sweden.
There are also two small towns named AND - one is located in the north of France and the other in west coast Finland.
There is a village in France ABOUT, 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 the Pacific Ocean, 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.
Mother - a city and a river, the 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 - 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 - 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.
River Guy flows through the Magadan and Kamchatka regions of the Far East.
Village Maid located in the Voronezh region of 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: Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamau... Translated from the local Indian language, this gibberish means: "I will fish on this side, you will fish on the other side, and in the middle no one catches anything." Thus, in the name of the lake, an agreement is recorded between the 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 gems, the place where the greatest rulers live and 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 in Pariswithout 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 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, in 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 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 villages Russia, Belarus and Kiev... They were founded over 100 years ago by the natives of these areas, who migrated 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 \u200b\u200bAmerica.
There are cities in the USA like 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, and Paris occurs over ten times.
Seven times on the US map occurs Moscow and 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, Cordoba, 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 coast 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.
Rivers Sleep and Barrack flow in India.
Furnace City located in Hungary, Curbstone - in Sweden, and cities with no less strange, in our opinion, name Fat located in Finland and Northern Italy.
There are towns in Italy 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 \u200b\u200bof Lemon - in Guatemala.
Topic - a seaport in the African Republic of Ghana.
Nautical name Squid assigned to a French land town in Alsace.
On geographic map Russian Federation you will see adjacent Summer and Winter coast as well as 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 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, Couple 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 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 \u200b\u200bOkhotsk - cone Island, and in the east, on the Lysyansky peninsula, there is cape Duga Western. 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 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. Villages God, Vershok, Morning - in France, Sleep - in Spain, Moan - in England, Favorite - 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.
