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Anduin (River) Literature
A river in JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' series. From the fictional Sindarin language and meaning “long” and duin meaning "river”.

Ankh-Morpork (Settlement) Literature
A city in Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' series. From the English words "ankh" and "morepork".

Arkham (Settlement) Literature
The name of a fictional town in Essex County, Massachusetts, used in the stories of H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). It may be influenced by Latin arcanum meaning "mystery, secret" and Old English ham "home, homestead".

Arnor (Country) Literature
A former kingdom in JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' series. From the fictional Sindarin language ar meaning "high, noble, royal" and dor meaning "land, dwelling".

Barad-dûr (Settlement) Literature
A tower in JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' series. From the fictional Sindarin language barad meaning “tower” and dûr meaning “dark, somber”.

Belegaer (Body of Water) Literature
An ocean in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. From the fictional Sindarin language beleg, "great", and gaer, "sea".

Beleriand (Region) Literature
A region in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. From the fictional Sindarin language, Balar (an island and bay in the region) and iand meaning "land".

Bombo (Mountain & Other) Kongo, Literature, Popular Culture
The name of a hill in the border between southernmost mainland Congo Brazzaville and westernmost DRC; the meaningful name of a little known Tarzan inspired character.

Camelot (Other) Arthurian Cycle

Celephaïs (Settlement) Literature
The name refers to a fictional city that appears in Lovecraft's Dream Cycle, including his novella "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath".

Doriath (Country & Other) Literature
A kingdom in JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion. From the fictional Sindarin language dôr meaning "land" and iath meaning "fence".

Elsinore (Settlement) Literature, English
Anglicized form of Helsingør. This is the name of Hamlet's castle in William Shakespeare's play.

Eriador (Region) Literature
A region in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. Meaning "lonely land, wilderness" in the fictional Sindarin language, likely derived from Primitive Elvish eryā meaning "isolated, lonely" and ndore meaning "land".

Fangorn (Region) Literature
A forest in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. From the given name Fangorn, itself meaning "treebeard" in the fictional Sindarin language, from fang meaning "beard" and #orn" meaning "tree".

Golgonooza (Settlement) Literature
Golgonooza is a mythical city in the work of William Blake. Golgonooza is a City of Imagination built by Los, the spiritual Four-fold London, a vision of London and also linked to Jerusalem and is Blake's great city of art and science.

Gorgoroth (Region) Literature
A region in JRR Tolkien's works. From the fictional Sindarin words gor meaning "fear" and goroth meaning "horror".

Gwalia (Country) Welsh (Archaic), Literature
From Medieval Latin Wallia, which was a Latinized form of English Wales. This is an archaic Welsh name for Wales; although never as widely used as Cymru, Gwalia was once popular as a poetic name for the country... [more]

Harad (Region) Literature
A region in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. From the fictional Sindarin language, harad meaning "south".

Kanga (Settlement & Other) Kongo, Popular Culture, Literature
Even though it is also the name of a hill range in westernmost Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kanga is best known internationally as the name of a certain Kangaroo from Winnie the Pooh books and the basis for the name Kaänga.

Kirrin (Island) Literature
Kirrin Island is the fictional island in Enid Blyton's 'The Famous Five' series of children's books.

Lönneberga (Settlement) Swedish, Literature
Combination of Swedish lönn "maple" and berg "mountain". This is the name of a small village and parish in Småland, southern Sweden... [more]

Minas Tirith (Settlement) Literature
A city in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. Meaning "tower of guard, tower of watch," from the fictional Sindarin language, minas meaning "tower, fort" and tirith, meaning "watch, guard, vigilence".

Mompracem (Political Subdivision, Region, Settlement & Island) Literature, Popular Culture
Mompracem is the historical name of Kuraman, which is currently known primarily as the alter ego name of Keraman in the Sandokan series.

Nangijala (Other) Literature
Meaning unknown. Invented by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren for her novel "The Brothers Lionheart" (1973) where it is the main setting. In the book, Nangijala is the name of afterlife where our souls go after we die.

Númenor (Country & Island) Literature
An island empire in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. From the fictional Quenya language númen, meaning "west", and nórë, meaning "land".

Orthanc (Settlement) Literature
A fortress in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. Likely from the fictional Sindarin language orod, "mountain", and thanc, "cleft, split".

Osgiliath (Settlement) Literature
A city in JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' series. Meaning "city of the stars", from the fictional Sindarin language ost, "fortress, city" and gil "star".

Pandæmonium (Political Subdivision) Literature
From Greek παν (pan) "all" and δαιμόνιον (daimónion) "little spirit, little demon" or only δαιμον (daímōn) "demon, evil spirit" with a suffix... [more]

Rhûn (Body of Water) Literature
A sea in JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' series. From the fictional Sindarin language rhûn meaning "east".

R'lyeh (Settlement) Literature
A fictional lost city in the South Pacific, invented for HP Lovecraft's short story 'The Call of Cthulhu'. From a fictional language incomprehensible to and unable to be pronounced by humans.

Sirion (River) Literature
From JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' series. From the fictional Sindarin language sîr meaning “river” and iaun meaning “wide”.

Terabithia (Political Subdivision) Literature
The magical kingdom from the children's novel 'Bridge to Terabithia' (1977) by Katherine Paterson. Terabithia means "land of the turpentine-trees", it is in relation to the island Terebinthia in 'The Chronicles of Narnia' by C. S. Lewis.

Valinor (Region) Literature
A region in JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' series. From the fictional Quenya language, a compound of vala, a fictional quasi-divine species, and the suffix ndor meaning "land".

Valyria (Settlement) Literature
The name of a city in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.

Westeros (Region) Popular Culture, Literature
Westeros is a fictional continent in the Game of Thrones-universe created by George R. R. Martin. The other continents are Essos, Sothoryos, and Ulthos.

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