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Al-karak (Settlement) Arabic
An ancient city in Jordan. ... [more]

Alpine (Settlement & Mountain) English
A name belonging to settlements and locations, typically referring to the Alps or any mountain.

Ames (Settlement) French
A small mining settlement in Colorado USA. Derived from the surname Ames.

Asbestos (Settlement) English (Canadian)
The previous name of the Canadian town Val-des-Sources. This name was given because the town was located next to the world's largest asbestos mine.

Bharhut (Settlement) Indian
Bharhut got it's name from the ruling clan of Bhar.

Chaffee (Political Subdivision) English
From the Old French word 'Chauf' meaning bald.

Dark Entry Forest (Region) English (American)
A woodland location in Connecticut.... [more]

Fungshui (Other) Chinese
Fungshui means Wind-Water. Fungshui woodland is an ancient forest in mainland China.

Giaginsky (Political Subdivision) Russian

Italica (Settlement) Ancient Roman
Named after the Italic veterans of the founder.

Jeffrey (Other) English
Application of the English given name Jeffrey. The Jeffrey Asbestos mine is named after the mine's primary investor, W.A. Jeffrey.

Jinsha (River) Chinese
Jinsha means 'Gold Sanded River', it is called this currently due to the gold panning commonly done in the river. The river has gone by other names, listed below.... [more]

Kerak Castle (Settlement) Arabic
A castle named after Al-karak, the city it is built in.

King County (Political Subdivision) English (American)
Typically named after individuals.... [more]

Leesburg (Settlement) English
A town in Virginia named after the Lee family, who had helped lead the settlement during early colonial times.

Maykopsky (Political Subdivision) Russian

Milky Way (Other) English (Modern)
The Milky Way Galaxy is the Galaxy containing Sol and by extension, Earth.... [more]

Mirny (Settlement) Russian

Mos Espa (Settlement) Popular Culture
A small town on the planet Tatooine from the Starwars universe. It features a pod-racing track and was the birthplace of Anakin Skywalker

Mushroom Kingdom (Country) Popular Culture
A kingdom from the Super Mario universe.... [more]

New Donk City (Settlement) Popular Culture
A city in the Super Mario universe. Home of the character Pauline.... [more]

New New York (Settlement & Island) Popular Culture
New New York is the name of the main city from Futurama, which was built over Old New York after it was destroyed.

Northop (Settlement) Medieval English (Archaic)
The name has two possible claimed origins:... [more]

Northorpe (Settlement) Medieval English
The name is derived from the cardinal direction - North.

Null Island (Body of Water & Other) English
Null Island is a point zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude, where the prime meridian and the equator intersect. Since there is no dry land, it is not an actual island, but there is a weather buoy marking the coordinates.... [more]

Paulsbo (Settlement) Norwegian, English
Means 'Paul's Place'

Pingyu (Political Subdivision) Chinese

Piss Pot Island (Island) English (Modern)
Piss Pot Island is a small island found within the Potomac river.... [more]

Rarotonga (Island) Maori

Rjukan (Settlement) Norwegian
The settlement of Rjukan got it's name from the nearby waterfall named 'Rjukanfossen' which means waterfall that emits fog, or foggy waterfall.

Rock Bottom (Settlement) Popular Culture
Rock Bottom is a fictional town from the cartoon 'Spongebob Squarepants'. It's name is a reference to the saying Rock Bottom. Rock Bottom is typically used as a way of expressing desperation or feeling like one is stuck... [more]

San Paride Ad Fontem (Other) Ancient Roman
San Paride ad Fontem is a Roman Catholic church which got it's name from the low ground having a spring at which the town's 4th local bishop had preached.

Sudbrooke (Settlement) English (British, Archaic)
The name means 'Brook, stream to the south' as in, there is a stream south of here.

Teufort (Settlement) Popular Culture
The most popular map from the game Team Fortress and Team Fortress 2. The location's name has two different meanings depending on if you view it from in universe or out of universe.... [more]

Tiger Leaping Gorge (River & Other) Chinese
Tiger Leaping Gorge is a canyon of the Jinsha River.... [more]

Tulsky (Settlement) Russian

Val Des Sources (Settlement) French (Quebec)
Val-des-Sources means 'Valley of the springs'.

Vyimka (Settlement) Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian виїмка (vyyimka), a shorting of виймання (vyymanya) "extraction (mining)". Vyyimka is an abandoned village in the Bakhmut Rayon, Donyetsk Oblast. It is called Выемка (Vyyemka) in Russian.

Windham (Political Subdivision) English (American)
A county in Connecticut named after Wyndham, either a surname or a name of a location in England.

Xincun (Settlement) Chinese
Means 'New Village'

Yax Mutal (Region) Classic Mayan
A lowland region named after the ruler of the local city-state Yax-ehb-xook.

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