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Points: 8191 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2007 at 17:40
Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

Originally posted by Zappa88 Zappa88 wrote:

I live in Bristol, the most over-used city name on the planet.
There are 16 states in the US with a Bristol.
 
I think that distinction might actually go to "Columbus".  There are 20 states with a city named "Columbus", including two cities by that name in Kentucky!
 
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Points: 11682 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2007 at 18:30
Yorktown Heights, NY
Apparently named after the battle of Yorktown that helped end the American Revolutionary War...and the town is higher I guess (I know it is in other ways )
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Points: 13244 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:19
Originally posted by Philéas Philéas wrote:

When I lived in Belgium and we were going to Sweden by car during the holidays, we passed this place called Zemst. Zemst is pronounced the same way as the Swedish word for "worst" (sämst) is, so we always laughed a little when we saw the signs.



Nice - reminds me of the Swiss town called 'Kloten', which is a less polite Dutch term for your balls.
Can you imagine getting a holiday card saying 'Greetings from great Kloten'?

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I live in a small town called Forney.  You can just imagine the puns related to that name.  And, no, the high school teams are not referred to as "Cators."
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Points: 15535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:32
Originally posted by Chicapah Chicapah wrote:

I live in a small town called Forney.  You can just imagine the puns related to that name.  And, no, the high school teams are not referred to as "Cators."


Do you get a lot of Good Cajun food from there? You know Forney Cajun food? WinkBig smile
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Points: 758 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:47
I was born and raised in the city of Sundsvall. Named so because it was built on a pasture (vall) owned by a farmer named Sund. During the late 19th century it was one of Swedens richest cities due to it's wood industry. The city centre is filled with beautiful architecture from that time. 
 
Bands from Sundsvall listed at PA: Garmarna and Book of Hours. (Not that sure about the last one being from Sundsvall though.)
 
 
Nowadays I'm living in Karlskrona. The name translates to Karl's Crown.
The city was founded in the late 17th century by the king Karl XI as Swedens main naval port. Today it's one of the world's best preserved military ports of that era and therefore a World heritage, as listed by UNESCO. The port is still in use by the military but more and more is taken over by the civilian society.
 
As far as I know, there's no Prog band from Karlskrona.


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I live in Maracay,...Mara was the name of cacique or leader of a tribu of indians ,but cay ...I dont know...may be house or dominion etc
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Points: 3278 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2007 at 18:02
I live in Melbourne which the English bought off the Aboriginals in the area for a few axes and other related tools. It soon because the center of gold trading during the gold rush. It is now the second most populous city in Australia with around 3.7 million people.
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Points: 3252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2007 at 18:15
Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

I used to live in Aura:

"Aura (IPA: [ˈɑurɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. The name derives from the river Aura and the plough (aura in Finnish) reminiscent shape of the municipality." (Wikipedia)

Not only that, but Aura is also a Finnish cheese, a beer and obviously that weird energy thingy floating around all people and objects. Smile
ln spanish mean the same kind of energy and is a female name.
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Points: 3252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 23 2007 at 19:31
Playa seca,....that means Dry Beach..and Punto Fijo that mean Fix point
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Points: 2012 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2007 at 03:07
Once, when I was on a holiday in South Africa, we went past a town called "Hotazel".
It was lying in a desert and the thing that struck me the most was that is was really hot as hell over there!
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Fort Wayne -- named after Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne. The United States Army built this last in a series of forts near the community of Kekionga, the largest of all Miami villages, which is located where the St. Joseph River and St. Marys River join to form the Maumee River.[2]
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